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Eliza Jane Brazier - IF I DISAPPEAR
Episode 71
Eliza and I discuss her adult debut If I Disappear, how she created her unique format, finding a place in today’s world, how grief can impact and inf…
5 years, 3 months ago
Anna Malaika Tubbs - THE THREE MOTHERS
Episode 70
Anna and I discuss her new book The Three Mothers, the importance of black women and their stories and contributions, how she chose these three mothe…
5 years, 3 months ago
Te-Ping Chen - LAND OF BIG NUMBERS
Episode 69
Te-Ping and I discuss her short story collection Land of Big Numbers, how the people she met as a journalist in Beijing inspired some of these storie…
5 years, 4 months ago
Jane Harper - THE SURVIVORS
Episode 68
Jane and I discuss her latest book The Survivors, how setting and plot drive her stories, creating a strong sense of place, her thoughts on the motio…
5 years, 4 months ago
Nancy Johnson - THE KINDEST LIE
Episode 67
Nancy and I discuss her debut novel The Kindest Lie, the issue of identity in the United States today, her title’s dual meaning, how important it is …
5 years, 4 months ago
Ty Seidule - ROBERT E. LEE AND ME
Episode 66
Ty and I discuss his new book Robert E. Lee and Me, the myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy and its creation and perpetuation, how telling his …
5 years, 4 months ago
Lisa Gardner - BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED
Episode 65
Lisa and I discuss her new mystery Before She Disappeared, the complexity of plotting a person’s disappearance in 2021, walking the streets of Mattap…
5 years, 4 months ago
Liese O'Halloran Schwarz - WHAT COULD BE SAVED
Episode 64
Liese discusses her new book What Could Be Saved, writing about Bangkok in both the 1970s and present day, pulling from her experiences as an expat, …
5 years, 4 months ago
Mateo Askaripour - BLACK BUCK
Episode 63
Mateo discusses his debut novel Black Buck, using a creative format to tell the story, fiction’s incredible power to teach empathy and understanding,…
5 years, 4 months ago
Julie Carrick Dalton - WAITING FOR THE NIGHT SONG
Episode 62
Julie discusses her debut Waiting for the Night Song, why she loosely based the plot line on a cherished children’s book, choosing New Hampshire for …
5 years, 4 months ago