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Interview with Sara Nović (Author of "True Biz") Mar 28, 2023

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On today's episode we sit down with author Sara Nović. We talk not only about her writing, but also the importance of ASL representation—including in audiobooks. Sara is the author of the instant NYT Bestseller True Biz, as well as the books Girl at War and America is Immigrants.

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Books we discussed on today's episode:

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

Interview with Grady Hendrix Feb 27, 2023

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On today's episode we sat down with author Grady Hendrix. Grady is the author of "The Final Girl Support Group", "The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires", and most recently "How to Sell a Haunted House".

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About Grady: Grady Hendrix is an American author, journalist, public speaker, and screenwriter. He has written many books of fiction and non-fiction including: Horrorstör, My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, The Final Girl Support Group, and most recently How to Sell a Haunted House. Hendrix lives in Manhattan and was one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival.

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Books we discussed on today's episode:

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
True Biz by Sara Novic
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley

Interview with Jeannine Cook & Celia Cook of Harriett's Bookshop Feb 07, 2023

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On today's episode, we sit down with the owner of Harriett's Bookshop in Philadelphia, PA, Jeannine Cook, and her mother and former librarian, Celia Cook. Harriett’s is an Indie bookshop celebrating women authors, women artists, and women activists under the guiding light of Harriet Tubman. We discussed opening the bookstore as COVID started, expanding to pop-ups and sister stores, delivering books by horseback, and more.

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Books discussed on this episode:

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Vanishing Fleece by Clara Parkes
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
Weyward by Emilia Hart
The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Interview with Neel Patel Jan 10, 2023

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On today's episode we sat down with author and screenwriter Neel Patel. Neel is the author of the novel 'Tell Me How to Be' and a collection of short stories titled 'If You See Me, Don't Say Hi'.

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About Neel: Neel Patel is a screenwriter and author who grew up in Champaign, Illinois. His writing has appeared in Elle India, The Paris Review, on Buzzfeed.com, and more. His first book, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi, is a New York Times Book Review Editors’ choice, an NPR Best Book of 2018, and has been optioned for television. He lives in Los Angeles, where he writes for TV and film.

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Books we discussed on today's episode:

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
True Biz by Sara Novic
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Sisterhood of Sleuths by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Audiobooks as Holiday Gifts! Dec 16, 2022

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On today's episode we chatted with the Libro.fm staff and got their picks for audiobooks that make great gifts for the holiday season! Audiobooks make great last minute gifts and with Libro.fm you can gift a specific audiobook or a bundle of credits so your friends and family can choose books they want!

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Books discussed:

The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
The Power of Fun by Catherine Price
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
So Help Me Golf by Rick Reilly
Bombshell by Sarah MacLean
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin & Cory Doctorow
Babel by R. F. Kuang
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Bunny by Mona Awad

Interview with Ann Patchett Nov 16, 2022

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On today's episode we travelled to Nashville, TN and sat down in-person for a conversation with author and owner of Parnassus Books, Ann Patchett, to discuss bookstores, audiobooks, licorice, and more.

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About Ann: ANN PATCHETT is the author of seven novels and was the editor of Best American Short Stories, 2006, and has written three books of nonfiction. In November, 2011, she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, with her business partner Karen Hayes. She has since become a spokesperson for independent booksellers, championing books and bookstores.

Author Photo credit: Heidi Ross via http://www.annpatchett.com/about

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Other audiobooks mentioned:

Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Interview with Olivie Blake Oct 17, 2022

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On today's episode we have a conversation with novelist Olivie Blake. She is the author of The Atlas Six, The Atlas Paradox, and many more! We discuss how she pivoted careers, how her book went viral on TikTok, and whats coming up next!

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About Olivie Olivie Blake is the pseudonym of Alexene Farol Follmuth, a writer based out of Los Angeles, CA. She is the author of multiple novels, anthologies, graphic novels, and film scripts, including the internationally bestselling THE ATLAS SIX from Tor Books, with forthcoming TV adaptation from Amazon Studios and Brightstar Productions.

Olivie's books

Other audiobooks mentioned

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Fault Lines by Emily Itami
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Banned Books: A Conversation Sep 19, 2022

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On today's episode we have a conversation about banned books, censorship, and more with Traci Thomas (Host of The Stacks Podcast), Martha Hickson (A high school librarian from New Jersey), Kiese Laymon (author of 'Heavy' and Professor of Creative Writing and English at Rice University), and Nicole Lintemuth (owner of Bettie's Pages bookstore in Lowell, MI).

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Books mentioned

Lawnboy by Jonathan Evison
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
The Black Period by Hafizah Augustus Geter
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Brown and Gay in LA by Anthony Christian Ocampo
Fight Like Hell by Kim Kelly

Interview with Emma Straub Sep 12, 2022

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On today's episode we have a conversation with novelist Emma Straub. She is the author of This Time Tomorrow, Modern Lovers, All Adults Here, and many more! She owns and runs an amazing bookstore, Books Are Magic, based in Brooklyn, New York.

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About Emma Emma Straub is the New York Times-bestselling author of five novels—This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures—and the short story collection Other People We Married. Her books have been published in more than 20 languages, and All Adults Here is currently in development as a television series. She and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.

Emma's books

Other audiobooks mentioned

The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
Recitatif by Toni Morrison
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Heiresses by Laura Thompson
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Interview with Clint Smith Aug 08, 2022

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On today's episode we chat with Clint Smith a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, and the poetry collection Counting Descent.

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About this month's guest: Clint has received fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New America, the Emerson Collective, the Art For Justice Fund, Cave Canem, and the National Science Foundation. His essays, poems, and scholarly writing have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, the Harvard Educational Review, and elsewhere. He is a former National Poetry Slam champion and a recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review.

Photo credit: Carletta Girma via/ author website

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Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
The Movement Made Us by David J. Dennis Jr. & David J. Dennis Sr.
An Immense World by Ed Yong
Lost & Found: A Memoir by Kathryn Schulz
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
Dirty Work by Eyal Press

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