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Jyotsna Hariharan's audio-original drama REBUTTAL Nov 14, 2016

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In Jyotsna Hariharan's debut audio-original drama REBUTTAL, the author weaves her introverted upbringing as a literature geek into an radio drama about two high school students from imperfect homes and the debate team that brought them together. Listen as Jyotsna weaves her path from a marketing career in India to a being a published playwright in New York, and the process of having actors collaborate to bring her vision of REBUTTAL to life.

John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage Nov 07, 2016

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"Some showed courage throughout the whole of their political lives. Others sail with the wind until the decisive moment when their conscience and events propel them into the center of the storm." – John F. Kennedy On the week of the most divisive presidential elections in modern times, we take a moment to contemplate the words of then Senator John F. Kennedy from his Pulitzer Prize winning book Profiles in Courage, and hear excerpts from the audiobook recording made by his children, John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Caroline Kennedy.

Reductress' How to Win at Feminism Oct 31, 2016

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Who was the monster in middle school and who was the nerd? Beth Newell and Sarah Pappalardo, co-founders of the satirical website Reductress, talk about extending their online collaboration into the book format.

Francine Prose Oct 25, 2016

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Mister Monkey, Francine Prose’s latest novel, is as humorous, poignant and spiritual as an onstage monkey with a halo slipping on a banana. The author tells us which autobiographical elements had to be disguised to protect the guilty.

Sr Editor Andrew Harwell Discusses National Book Award Finalist NIMONA Oct 18, 2016

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Andrew Harwell, senior editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, describes how the graphic novel NIMONA became a full cast audiobook. He also reveals what book he rereads every year, and what being an author taught him about being an editor.

Cathi Hanauer discusses THE BITCH IS BACK Oct 10, 2016

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Fourteen years after the New York Times bestselling anthology THE BITCH IN THE HOUSE ushered in an unfiltered voice for a generation of young women, Cathi Hanauer has returned with a more mature, wiser, and "less angry" follow-up in THE BITCH IS BACK. Hanauer discusses her selection of this collection's 16 new contributors - ranging from a transgender middle-aged woman to one who was in an arranged marriage - and follows up with 9 authors from the first volume whose lives have changed dramatically in the generation between books.

Girl Mans Up Oct 04, 2016

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Pen Oliviera is a badass gamer girl and a gender-nonconforming teen, stuck in a small town outside Toronto. Listen as M-E Girard, first-time author, reveals the one thing she refused to give up and the one thing she had to give up in order to have her young adult novel accepted by a major American publisher.

Danielle Trussoni's THE FORTRESS Sep 21, 2016

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Danielle Trussoni, author of THE FORTRESS, tells us how a google search for “paradise” yielded her a fortress and how 25 rejections yielded her a bestseller.

Gilly Macmillan Sep 06, 2016

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Gilly Macmillan, bestselling author of WHAT SHE KNEW, joins us this week to chat about her upcoming thriller THE PERFECT GIRL. Listen in as Gilly tells us about writing one ending instead of three, the music genre equivalent of a thriller novel (you’ll never guess), and which novel she thinks about the most.

Michael Chabon's SUMMERLAND Aug 30, 2016

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Summerland is our favorite vacation spot that we're not quite ready to part with. It’s also a fantasy novel for all ages by the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Michael Chabon. This week we feature a clip of Summerland (the novel), performed by Michael Chabon himself.

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