Gweek 044: Sarah Vowell interviewed about her book, Unfamiliar Fishes

In Gweek episode 044, I interviewed Sarah Vowell about her book Unfamiliar Fishes. It's a history of Hawaii between the time of the arrival of the first Christian missionaries and its annexation to the United States in the late 1890s.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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SV is one of my random crushes.
- Jonathan Badger
  
  That’s news? She’s a random crush of *every* geeky guy. Also what isn’t exactly news is Unfamiliar Fishes — it’s been out for months. Not bad though, although not quite as good as Wordy Shipmates.
  - Mark_Frauenfelder
    
    It’s new in paperback, which I mention in the beginning of the podcast.
  - http://twitter.com/bosconet p johnson
    
    Sorry but ‘Assassination Vacation’ is IMESHO her best work to date.
    - Jonathan Badger
      
      Actually, I’d agree with that.
  - Eric Hunt
    
    Us random gay geeky guys have a crush on her, too! My partner and I listened to the Unfamiliar Fishes audiobook on our move from SF to Little Rock this past summer.
    
    I am still amazed she was the music critic for the Bay Guardian in SF for a short time.
Michael Pusateri

Good discussion. I saw Sarah speak in Pasadena during the release tour with Jesse Thorne and I still learned new things in this podcast.