This is a book club episode. In it, Travis and Amanda will discuss and analyze the second half of Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill. You should expect full “spoilers,” discussions of rhetorical elements, and celebrations / critiques of style and substance.
From the cover: “In the beginning, it was easy for this couple to imagine their future. They were young and giddy, sure of themselves and of their love for each other. Then they got married, had a child and navigated the familiar calamities of family life—a colicky baby, a faltering relationship, stalled ambitions…In language that shimmers with rage and longing and wit, Offill has created a brilliantly suspenseful love story—a novel to read in one sitting, even as its piercing meditations linger long after the last page.”