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Back to SearchCornelia Spelman, "Missing" (Jackleg Press, 2022)
Episode 225
In her new memoir, Missing (Jackleg Press, 2022), children's book author Cornelia Maude Spelman explores her family history and her mother's life. Sp…
3 years, 7 months ago
L. M. Weeks, "Bottled Lightning" (South Fork Publishers, 2022)
Episode 294
Today I talked to L. M. Weeks about his new book Bottled Lightning (South Fork Publishers, 2022)
Top global technology lawyer Tornait "Torn" Sagara kn…
3 years, 7 months ago
Fida Jiryis, "The Cage" (Pardes, 2022)
Episode 295
Ha-Kluv (The Cage) is a Hebrew anthology of selected short stories by Fida Jiryis, which she originally published in Arabic. The stories speak of the…
3 years, 7 months ago
Elissa Bassist, "Hysterical: A Memoir" (Hachette, 2022)
Episode 293
Today I talked to Elissa Bassist about her memoir Hysterical: A Memoir (Hachette, 2022)
For two years author Elissa Bassist saw over twenty medical sp…
3 years, 7 months ago
Nicola Cornick, "The Winter Garden" (Graydon House Books, 2022)
Episode 154
In her novels, Nicola Cornick blends a modern perspective with a historical mystery and a paranormal connection between the two. The Winter Garden (G…
3 years, 7 months ago
Amy Fusselman, "The Means" (Mariner Books, 2022)
Episode 67
Amy Fusselman is the author of five books. Her latest, The Means (Mariner Books, 2022), is her first novel. Fusselman’s previous four books, all nonf…
3 years, 7 months ago
Grant Faulkner, "All the Comfort Sin Can Provide" (Black Lawrence Press, 2021)
Episode 23
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Grant Faulkner. We discuss National Novel Writing Month, of which Grant is the executive director, 100 Word St…
3 years, 7 months ago
Lynn Steger Strong, "Flight" (Mariner Books, 2022)
Episode 66
Lynn Steger Strong is the author of the novels Hold Still, Want, and Flight (Mariner Books, 2022). Her non-fiction has appeared in The New York Times…
3 years, 7 months ago
Laura Jean McKay, "The Animals in that Country" (Scribe Us, 2022)
Episode 40
In this episode, I talk to Dr. Laura Jean McKay about her award-winning novel The Animals in that Country (Scribe, 2020).
Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed,…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sindya Bhanoo, “Tsunami Bride” The Common magazine (Fall, 2022)
Episode 46
Sindya Bhanoo speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “Tsunami Bride,” which appears in The Common’s new fall issue. Sindya talks abo…
3 years, 7 months ago