Tell Me What You’re Reading No. 20 The Call Me Ishmael Project
Steph Kent and Logan Smalley, founders of the Call Me Ishmael project, are privy to the reading interests of the thousands of people who have called in to Ishmael’s phone number:(774.325.0503) to leave a voicemail message about the books they love and the stories they have lived. Steph and Kent discuss the Call Me Ishmael Project, their passion for reading and what they have learned about the readers who call in to leave an anonymous message for Ishmael.
Logan refers to Ishmael of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick as “a fortuitous witness”, as “insatiably curious” and as a collector of stories. An apt way to describe Step and Logan as well.
Where to find Steph and Logan . . . and Ishmael
#callingishmael Instagram / Twitter/ Facebook
Steph and Logan discuss the calls that Ishmael receives about books that move readers emotionally, and that change their perspective on life, and books that help you through the transitions in your life (“the right book has a way of finding you”).
What Steph is Reading Each year, Steph chooses a genre on which to focus her reading. Last year, it was female authors. This year, it is sports literature, including . . .
The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
Reviews The New York Times | The Guardian | The Atlantic | The New Yorker | The Paris Review |
What Logan is Reading Logan is on a SciFi kick.
Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovksy
Reviews The Guardian | Financial Times | Locus | Space | Civilian Reader | The Book Plank
Children of Ruin, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Reviews Los Angeles Review of Books | Fantastic Fiction | Locus | SFBook Reviews
Favorite Bookstores
Steph and Logan McNally Jackson (New York)
Steph Bookshop Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California)
Logan Avid Bookshop (Athens, Georgia)
