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Jennifer Caloyeras
Books Are My People is a podcast for book lovers with book news, book recommendations and ruminations on living a literary life in Los Angeles. Each episode will feature at least five book recommendations in various genres as well as bookish news and occasional guests. Jennifer Caloyeras is an author, voracious reader and writing instructor living in Los Angeles. www.jennifercaloyeras.com Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras
On episode 132 Louis Bayard discusses his latest historical novel, The Wildes: a novel in five acts. We talk about our shared affinity for Oscar Wilde, Bayyard's favorite work of Wilde's and we share some recent reads we loved.
In addition, Shannon Bowring, author of Where the Forest Meets the River recommends a favorite read.
Books Recommended:
The Wildes: A Novel In Five Acts by Louis Bayard
James by Percival Everett
Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey with Leslie Jamison
This is Happiness by Niall Williams
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan
The Screw Tape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know : the Fathers of Wilde , Yeats and Joyce by Colm Toibin
Louis bayard on social media:
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Instagram: @louisbayardauthor
Threads: @louisbayyardauthor
Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring
The Woods by Janice Obuchowsky
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This week, on episode 131, I speak with the incredibly creative and talented Janice Hallett about her latest novel, The Examiner. We discuss how she goes about crafting her novels and she shares some of her favorite reads.
Guest Author Recommendation:
Caroline Woods, author of The Mesmerist recommends The Divorcees by Rowan Beaird.
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Books Recommended:
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
You'd Look Better As A Ghost by Joanna Wallace
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
The Stars Turned Inside Out by Nova Jacobs
This episode is sponsored by Paris Lost & Found: A Memoir of Love by Scott Dominic Carpenter.
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Instagram: @janice.hellett
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I read 40 books this summer! In episode 130, I share some of my favorites.
This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by Darrin Doyle’s Let Gravity Seize the Dead.
Books Recommended:
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Bear by Julia Phillips
Cutting for Stone also by Abraham Verghese
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
The Winner by Teddy Wayne
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Episode 129 of Books Are My People is sponsored by Let Gravity Seize the Dead by Darrin Doyle.
This week, I speak with Catherine Chidgey, the award-winning author of The Axeman's Carnival and Pet. We talk about magpies and finding the perfect point of view for your novel.
Books Recommended:
The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
Jackie by Dawn Tripp
HORSE by Geraldine Brooks
The Grimalings by Rachel King
HUM by Helen Phillips
The Natural Way of Things By Charlotte Wood
Guest Author, Ellen Hopkins (Synch) recommends The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Find Catherine on:
Facebook and Twitter @cathchidgey
Instagram @Catherinechidgey
Find Tama the magpie on Twitter @tamamagpie
Giveaway: I am giving away one copy of Xochitl Gonzalez’s Anita de Monte Laughs Last. To Enter: Simply leave a comment on my Giveaway Instagram Post and subscribe to my Books Are My People newsletter on Substack. This giveaway will close on Thursday, September 5th and I will contact the winner on September 6th. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only.
Molly The Magpie Link
Neil Gaiman Accusers Speak Up
Watch Carly’s Library Story in Idaho in TikTok @carlyjdot
The Booker Prize 2024 Longlist
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On episode 128 I speak with author Catherine Newman about summer hair, humor as survival strategy and Catherine’s previous job working in a sandwich shop.
This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by Let Gravity Seize the Dead by Darrin Doyle.
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Books Recommended:
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Weekends with O’Keeffe by C.S. Merrill
Went to London, Took The Dog: A Memoir Nina Stibbe
Mother Doll by Katya Apekina
Amos and Borris by William Steig
Other Books:
Queenie Candice Cardy-Williams
Etsy Shop Summer Sale
Substack Book Club:
June: Independent Reading
July: Book to Film Adaptation- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
September / October Read With Me Series: The Alternatives Caoilinn Hughes
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These week, on episode 127 I take it back to the OG days of the podcast five years ago when I struggled to get a guest on the show. Now, I am so lucky to get to pick amazing guests!
This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith
Books Recommended:
I am Not Sydney Poitier by Percival Everett
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Johanna Porter is Not Sorry by Sara Read
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
The Dolphin House by Audrey Schulman
Other Books Mentioned:
Kairos by Jenny Erpenveck
Additional Links:
Silent Book Club
1000 Words of Summer
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This week, on episode 126, I speak with picture book author Nell Cross Beckerman. We discuss how authors find illustrators, some of our favorite picture books and Nell’s recently published book, From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us.
From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us by Nell Cross Beckerman, illustrated by Sophie Diao
This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith
Books Recommended:
The House of East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
Bunny Days by Tao Nyeu
Big Sister and Little Sister by Charlotte Zolotow
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Dear Tree Frog by Joyce Sidman
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This week, author and Drag Queen Story Hour founder Michelle Tea visits and talks to us about her new Press, Dopamine, its forthcoming anthology, Sluts and how she generates so much writing.
This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced, A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith
Books Discussed:
Sluts Anthology edited by Michelle Tea
My Child The Algorithm by Hannah Silva
Skunks by Fiona Warnick
Candy Darling : Dreamer Superstar by Candy Darling
Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett
Luster by Raven Leilani
Other Things Discussed:
MISA: Madeline Island Arts School
Sign up for my Read With Me Series in May where we are reading The Book of Ayn by Lexi Freiman
Apartment Guide’s on 7 Guidelines for building a home library featuring some bookshelf advice by yours truly.
Visit Michelle Tea’s Website here.
Find Michelle Tea on Instagram @michelleteaz
Find Michelle on Facebook @MichelleTea
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Collage artist and printmaker Sarah Z. Short talks about her creative process, how language figures into her art, the books she used to love to teach and, she recommends some of her favorite reads on episode 124 of Books Are My People.
Books Discussed:
The Hunter by Tana French
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarrow
One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel
Sarah Z. Short Website
Sarah Z. Short on Instagram
Other Things Discussed:
The Women by Kritsin Hannah giveaway closes 5/9/24 US mailing addresses only.
Click here to be taken to my Substack
Read with me series in May is The Book Of Ayn by Lexi Frieman
FSG Poetry hotline 385 3425374 Monday - Friday in April
Instructables Competition
George Orwell’s 1984 audiobook link
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123 with Jo Piazza The Sicilian Inheritance
This week, I talk food and books with The Sicilian Inheritance author and podcaster extraordinaire, Jo Piazza.
Book Recommended
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
The Secret Book of Flora Lee by Patti Callahan Henry
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Finlay Donovan is Killing it by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Breaking and Entering by Don Gilmore
Other things mentioned:
The Sicilian Inheritance Podcast (Watch the trailer)
Under the Influence Podcast
Where to find Jo Piazza:
Substack: Over the Influence @Jopiazza
Instagram: @joypiazzaauthor
Book Giveaway: Monsters We Have Made closes Wednesday, April 17th
To Enter: Visit and post a comment on my Instagram Page and make sure you subscribe to my Books Are My People newsletter on Substack. Open to US mailing addresses only. Gain extra entries by tagging friends and sharing in your stories.
Link to LA Times Festival of Books.
Sponsorship: reach out to booksaremypeople@gmail.com
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Author Garrard Conley (Boy Erased) speaks with me about his latest novel, All The World Beside. We talk about the research involved in writing historical fiction, how he helped change legislature, and some scandalous letters he discovered while conducting research. ,
Books Recommended:
All the World Beside by Garrard Conley
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon
James by Percival Everett
The Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste del Amo
The Morningside by Tea Obrecht
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Other Books Mentioned:
Anamalia by Jean-Baptiste del Amo
Ramona Ausebel, author of The Last Animal, recommends Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Garrard Conley's Links:
Instagram @gayrodcon
Twitter @gayrodcon
podcast : History Unerased
Giveaway for Amy Lin’s Here After closes on 3/27/24
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My Read With Me series on Substack begins in May. We Will be reading The Book of Ayn by Lexi Freiman
March 27th at 9 am PT Free Book Cover Art Along and Book Discussion. You must be registered here to attend.
April 2: Substack Paying Subscriber Discussion on The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee and the TV series, The Expats time: TBD
Hugo awards Article
Tournament of Books
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In episode #121, graphic memoirist, Kelcey Ervick joins the show to talk about her graphic memoir and what it’s like to write about and draw her lived experience.
Books Recommended:
I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
The Painter’s Daughter by Emily Howes
Give Me Space But Don't Go Far by Haley Weaver
Kelcey's books:
The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law that Changed Women's Lives
Field Guide to Graphic Literature
Find Kelcey online:
Website
Substack
Join the Books Are My People Bookclub on Substack
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Roxana Robinson (Leaving) and I discuss novels that move us, Parisian sewers and best approaches to teaching writing.
Books Recommended:
Leaving by Roxana Robinson
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert MacFarlane
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Trespasses Louise Kennedy
Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartright
Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley
Guest Author Recommendation:
Mrs. Gulliver by Valerie Martin
Twitter: @ValerieMmart
The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Other Things Discussed:
The Expatriates in March and Expats on Substack
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And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roxanarobinsonauthor/
Wesbsite: https://www.roxanarobinson.com
Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras
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In episode #119, John Evans, owner of Diesel Bookstore talks about selling his independent bookstore, what he'll miss most and how books help us deal with difficult subjects such as war.
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Books recommended:
Trilogy by H.D.
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
The Children’s Bach by Helen Garner
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Other books mentioned:
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The Position by Meg Wolitzer
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Diesel Bookstore on Instagram
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This week, on episode #117 of Books Are My People, I'm visited by H. Maria Armijo a visual artist, librarian and instructor on a mission to boost community literacy. We talk books and the importance of information literacy.
Books recommended:
Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C. Rogers
You Dreamed of Empires by Albert Enrigue translated by Natasha Wimmer
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Guest author recommendation: Angela Brown, author of Olivia Strauss Is Running Out Of Time recommends Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major
Visit H. Maria Armijo's website
H. Maria Armijo's Instagram
Sign up for my Read with Me January Read Along: Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
Sign up for my Book Social happening on Thursday, January 18th at 5 pm PT. We will share what books we are reading and loving in January.
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Link to copyright free songs and books.
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Learn about three new works of fiction, one memoir and a backlisted short fiction collection. Join my book club if you're looking for a book community. I talk about book bans in Florida, reading goals and Keanu Reeves.
Books Recommended:
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen
Safe As Houses by Marie-Helene Bertino
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Greek Lessons by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon
Jennifer Belle, author of Swanna in Love recommends True Grit by Charles Portis
Other Books Discussed:
Beautyland by Marie Helene Bertino
Parakeet by Marie Helene Bertino
Join February’s Read Along of Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang
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Today, on episode #116, Andy Hunter CEO of Bookshop.org stops by and talks about how he started his company and he shares some of his favorite recent reads.
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Books Recommended:The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut
Nonfiction by Julia Myerson
The Book Of Ayn by Lexi Freiman
The Fetishist by Katherine Min
Didn't Nobody Give A Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham
Other Books Discussed:
Love and Hydrogen by Jim Shepard
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Today, my father and screenwriter Ron Clark and I talk movies and I recommend my favorite reads from 2024.
Books recommended:
Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Death Valley by Melissa Brodeur
Guest Author Recommendations by Betsy Marro, author of Casualties.
Betsy recommends Make It Stop by Jim Ruland
Other Books Discussed:
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Find Betsy oon her Substack, Spark.
Link to Elizabeth Marro's book, Casualties.
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Find me on Instagram.
Movies Discussed:
The Holdovers
Oppenheimer
Flowers of the Killer Moon
Monster
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Today on episode #114 I go back in time and review my favorite book from 2014.
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Books recommended in 2014
Euphoria by Lily King
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
A Girl is A Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Dept of Speculation by Jenny Offilll
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Today, on episode #113, Michelle Porter and I discuss her debut fiction novel, A Grandmother Begins The Story.
Books Recommended:
A Grandmother Begins The Story by Michelle Porter
Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Whitemud walking by Matthew James Weigel
The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach
The Circle by Katherena Vermette
Guest Author Recommendation: Holly M. Wendt, author of Heading North
Recommends Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Links Mentioned:
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Buy my handmade upcycled book journals
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Watch Ada Limon’s read “Dear Human At The Edge Of Time” included in the National Climate Assessment.
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Today, I get a visit from one of my favorite authors, Edward Carrey. We talk about his latest novel, Edith Holler.
Books Recommended:
Edith Holler by Edward Carrey
Seeking Fortunes Elsewhere: Stories by Sindya Bhanoo
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Golem Girl: A Memoir by Riva Lehrer
My Brilliant Friend: The Graphic Novel: Based on the novel by Elena Ferrante by Chiara Lagani and Mara Cerri
Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Other Books Discussed:
Little by Edward Carrey
The Swallowed Man by Edward Carrey
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Link to apply to adopt an adorable puppy I’m fostering.
Link to Edward Carrey’s website
Link to download the toy theater from Carrey’s website in black and white
and link to download the toy theater in color.
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Today, on episode #111, I recommend five great reads.
Books Recommended:
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
Shark Heart by Emily Haebeck
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Notes on An Execution by Danya Kukafka
Other Books
Never Whistle at Night Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst
Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris
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Here is the link to my All You Have To Do Is Call book giveaway closing 11/2
Letter from Steinbeck to his son.
My most recent Live book recommendation with Annie Sullivan of So This
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On episode #110 I speak with author Kerri Maher. We talk about reproductive rights, historical fiction and her latest novel, All You Have To Do Is Call.
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Books Reccomended:
All You Have To Do Is Call by Kerri Maher
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
Guest author recommendation:
The Meadows by Stephanie Oaks recommends The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty,
Other Books Discussed:
Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix (Explore the Creature Feature series here.)
Our Strangers by Lydia Davis
Doppleganger by Naomi Klein
Tom Lake by Anne Patchett
All you have to do is Call book giveaway:
This giveaway will close on Thursday, November 2nd, and I will announce a winner on my Instagram Giveaway post on November 3rd. This is Open to U.S. mailing addresses only.
To enter: Follow me on Instagram, click here to leave a comment below the All You Have To Do Is Call giveaway post and sign up for my weekly Books Are My People newsletter , out each Tuesday with new books releases, paperback releases and more if you haven’t yet already. You can gain extra entries by sharing the giveaway post in your stories and by tagging your book-loving friends.
Banned Book wagon tour stops.
Monty Hall Problem
Victoria Authors Festival
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Today, on episode #109, I speak with young adult Kayvion Lewis, author of the recently published Thieves’ Gambit. We talk about her writing process and her adventurous spirit is so infectious!
Book Recommended:
Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
Yellow Face by R.F. Kuang
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
Guest author Emily Brightwell, author of Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win recommends Redshirts by John Scalzi
Other books:
Starter Villian by John Scalzi
See my art in The Nelligan Review.
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Giveaway: I am giving away TWO copies of Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall. This giveaway will close on publication day, October 10th, and I will announce the two winners on this post on October 11th. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only.
To enter: Follow me on Instagram, click here to leave a comment and sign up for my weekly Books Are My People newsletter, out each Tuesday with new books releases, paperback releases and more in my Linktree on Instagram. Gain extra entries by sharing this post in your stories and tagging your book-loving friends.
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Esquire article on Blurbs: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a44948120/book-publishing-broken-blurbs-system/
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I speak with Hannah Carlson, who has a PHD in material culture, to talk about her book, Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close.
Books Recommended:
The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline Weber
Rouge by Mona Awad
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
Guest author recommendation: Laura Zimmerman Just Do This One Thing For Me
Recommends
Weather by Jenny Offill
Other Books Discussed:
Prophet by Sin Blanche and Helen McDonald
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Up Next:
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Annie Sullivan and I recommend book live on Instagram @JenniferCaloyeras 9 am 9 /19
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107 – Denene Millner
On this episode, I speak with Denene Millner about her latest novel, One Blood, out September 5th.
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Book Giveaway: The Weaver and the Witch Queen
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This giveaway will close on Thursday, September 14th and I will announce a winner on the original post on Friday, September 15th.
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Books Recommended:
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Other Books Discussed:
The Weaver and The Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec
The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Medusa’s Sisters by Lauren J. A. Bear
The Warriors by Sol Yurick
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We keep things close by Hannah Carlson
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This week I am joined by screenwriter, Ron Clark, who also happens to be my father. We discuss the writer's strike, Stephen Sondheim, my dad's secret fear and, we hum, in addition to recommending books, of course. Click on any of the titles to be taken to my bookshop.org shop.
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Books Recommended:
The English Teacher by Lily King
The Finale by D.T. Max
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Miss Lonely Hearts by Nathaniel West
A Cool Million by Nathaniel West
The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
Guest author recommendation from Eva Silverfine: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
Ephemeral Wings by Eva Silverfine
How To Bury Your Dog by Eva Silverfine
Elastic Walls by Eva Silverfine
Eva Silverfine on Episode #78 of Books Are My People
Other things discussed:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Booker Prize Longlist
Up next:
Oscar Hammerstein and the Invention Of The Musical by Laurie Weiner
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
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On this episode, historical fiction author, Nicola Harrison pops by to discuss her latest novel, Hotel Laguna, out June 20th.
Recommended Books:
Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
The House Is On Fire by Rachel Beanland
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Book Giveaway! I'm giving away one copy of May Cobb's A Likable Woman out July 11th. Click here to be taken to my Instagram post to learn how to enter.
Guest author recommendation by Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year
Book recommended: Social Engagement by Avery Carpenter Forrey
Other Books by Nicola Harrison:
Montauk
The Showgirl
Up Next:
Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane
Faces by Tove Ditlevsen
Other links:
See Nicole Harrison on Friday, June 23rd at 6 pm at Zibby's
Twitter casting call for Crying in H Mart buy the book here!
Sign up to have your name go to space with Ada Limon's poem.
Nicola Harrison on Instagram @nicolaharrisonauthor
Nicola Harrison on Facebook @nicolaharrisonauthor
Nicola Harrison on Twitter @nicolahauthor
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On this week's episode, A Likable Woman author, May Cobb, and I talk about how we unknowingly used to be neighbors, what it means to be an unlikable woman and what inspired her latest novel out July 11th.
Shownotes
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Recommended Books:
A Likeable Woman by May Cobb
Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Brazier
My Last Innocent Year by Daisy SOMETHING Flores
Vera Won’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano
Other Books Mentioned:
Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Only One Left by Riley Sager
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Find May on social media: @may_cobb
Click here to enter my book giveaway of Emma Cline's The Guest. Giveaway closes on June 7th. Open to US mailing addresses only.
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You won't believe how many books Savanna looks at a month in order to make her review selections at BookPage! And don't forget to enter my giveaway of Emma Cline's The Guest.
Books Recommended:
A Right Sort Of Man by Allison Montclair
The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
The Devil And The Dark Water by Stuart Turton
The Guest by Emma Cline
All The Sinners Bleed by S. a. Cosby
Other Books Discussed:
Dreaming Of You by Lisa Kleypas
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Trust by Hernan Diaz
How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Link to the CRSPR episode on RadioLab
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Listen to learn about Katie’s life as an editor in Amsterdam, her love of Southern storytelling and her number one tip for writers revising their own work.
Books Recommended:
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
House of Cotton by Monica Brashears
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez
Other Books Mentioned:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
An American Marriage by Tyari Jones
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Find Katie on Social Media:
Instagram @katiemouallek
Twitter @katiemouallek
www.katiemouallek.com
Other links mentioned:
Transcribe historical documents at the U.S. Library of Congress
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Shownotes This week I speak with lawyer and Bookstagrammer, Caroline Dreyfus of @Texacalibooks. She shares with us three books that make her happy, including the book she wants to hug for the rest of her life. (How’s that for an endorsement?) Books Recommended: Bear Town by Fredrik Backman For You and Only You a Joe Goldberg Novel by Caroline Kepnes The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs The Guncle by Steven Rowley Other Books Mentioned: Joseph Cornell's Manual of Marvels: How Joseph Cornell reinvented a French agricultural manual to create an American A Humument 1966-2016 Final edition Check out Caroline on social media @texacalibooks on InstagramCarolinedrey1 on Tik-Tok
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This week, I celebrate my 100th podcast episode!
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Books Recommended
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
The Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
American Mermaid: a novel by Julia Langbein
The Fake by Zoe Whittall
Up Next For Me:
For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes
SoThis Bookclub link
Come say hello to me at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Check here for a forthcoming post about where I will be and when!
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This week, editor and author, Jenny Jackson, comes on the show to discuss her novel, Pineapple Street.
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Books Recommended:
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Women Are The Fiercest Creatures by Andrea Dunlop
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Games and Rituals by Katherine Heiny
Other Books Mentioned:
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
Find Jenny Jackson on Instagram @jennyjacksonpineapple
Email me with ideas about how to celebrate my 100th episode at booksaremypeople@gmail.com
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Books Recommended:
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
The Door by Magda Szabo
Letters To A Writer of Color edited by Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro
Madonna In A Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
The Virgins by Pamela Erens
Other Books Recommended:
Black Candle Woman by Diane Marie Brown
A Likely Story by Leigh McMullan Abramson
Guest Author: Dog on Fire by Terese Svoboda
Terese’s recommendation: Pity the Beast by Robin McLean
Up next for us:
No Knives in the Kitchen of this City by Khaled Khalifa
Notes on an execution by Danya Kukafka
Find Rebecca online:
On Twitter, Instagram, etc. @RebeccaMakkai
On Substack: Submakk
LA Times Book Prize List of Finalists
Check out my new Etsy store where I am sell homemade journals from up cycled papers and books.
Listeners in San Francisco, check out my friend's shop, Simple, where my handmade journals are sold.
Story Studio Chicago (Rebecca Makkai's organization)
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97 – Books Are My people with Priya Guns
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Episode Guest: Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns
Guest Author Recommendation: A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness: Stories by Jai Chakrabarti
Books Recommended:
Exquisite Cadavers by Meena Kandasamy
Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly
Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan
Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour
A Cup of Rage by Raduan Nassar
Other Books Discussed:
Tom Ripley Novels by Patricia Highsmith
Long Division by Kiese Laymon
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
In the Country by Mia Alvar
Letters to a Writer of Color edited by Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro
Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella
You can read "Prodigal Son," by Jai Chaibrakarty at Electric Literature.
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This week, Amy Poeppel and I discuss her new novel, The Sweet Spot, how monologues can help a writer find their character's voice and find out which one of us feels compelled to finish all the books they begin!
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Books Discussed:
The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The World According to Fanny Davis by Bridgett M. Davis
Bookworm by Robin Yeatman
The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
The Sweet Spot by Amy Peoppel
Other Books Mentioned:
Limelight by Amy Poeppel
Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel
Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel
Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Night of the Living Rez Morgan Talty
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Pretend I’m Dead Jen Beagin
Vacuum in the Dark by Jen Beagin
Link to Amy Poeppel on social media:
Website
Instagram
Twitter
Link to National Book Critics Circle Awards
First look at Naomi Alderman's The Power TV series
Link to the high cost of books in Egypt
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We talk about puppets, Muppets, our mutual love for Jim Henson, how Grady viscerally has to feel horror when he writes and the fascinating subject matter of the next book he's researching and writing.
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The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Maame by Jessica George
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen
Shiver by Jungi Ito
When Darkness Loves Us / Beauty Is by Elizabeth Engstrom
Other Books Discussed:
Girls of Huntington House by Blossom Elfman
Next up:
Endpapers by Jennifer Savrin Kelly
Super Infinite by Katherine Rundell
Climate change article in New York Times
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This week, Parini Shroff, author of The Bandit Queens, visits and we talk about how we like to organize our books, what inspired her novel and what she is working on next. Plus a Grady Hendrix Giveaway!
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Books recommended:The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Writers and Lovers by Lily King
How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Other books recommended:
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Night Wherever we go by Tracey Rose Peyton
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Spare by Prince Harry
The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
Will There Be Wine? by Whitney Cubbison
The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig
Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict
The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz
Tides by Sara Freeman
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Find Parini Shroff on Twitter and Instagram @Parinishroff
Instagram: @whitneycubbisonwrites Comments? Suggestions? Email me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com
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This week, I speak with Annie Long Sullivan, founder of soThis, a bookclub with benefits. She speaks with me about some of her favorite recent reads and why she started a virtual bookclub community.
Books Recommended:
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All Signs Point to Paris by Natasha Sizlo
The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent
I Miss you I Hate this by Sara Saedi
The Storied Life of AJ Fickry by Gabrielle Zevin
Wildcat by Amelia Morris
Other Books Recommended:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Age Of Vice
Spare by Prince Harry Duke of Sussex
The Club by Ellery Lloyd?
The Dream Builders by Oindrilla Mukherjee
How High We go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
I Came all thisWay to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg
The Maid by Nita Prose
Trust by Hernan Diaz
You Have a Friend in 10a by Maggie Shipstead
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Up Next for Us:
Maame by Jessica George
All Signs Point to Paris by Natasha Sizlo
Annie Long Sullivan’s Social Media info:
Sothisisawebsite.com
@SothisisAnnie on Instagram
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92 – Books Are My People – Just Jennifer – Back in time to 2015
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Books Recommended:
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Between the World and Me by Te Nehisi-Coates
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Other Books Discussed:
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Lemon by S.E. Boyd
We Were Liars by E. Lockheart
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
H is for Hawk by Helen McDonald
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91 – Books Are My People with Anna Caputo
Books Discussed:
Thank you for Listening by Julia Whelan
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Poster Girl by Veronica Roth
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung Translated by Anton Hur
The Wilder women by Ruth Emmie Lang
Other Books Discussed:
The Splendid Ticket by Bill Cotter
The Bird Tattoo by Dunya Mikhail
At Certain Points We Touch by Lauren John Joseph
The Tudors in Love Passion and Politics in the age of England’s Most Famous Dynasty by Sarah Gristwood
My Annihilation written by Fuminori Nakamura Translated by Sam Bett
Out There: Stories by Kate Folk
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Reading Next:
The Super Powereds Series by Drew Hayes
The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel
Anna Caputo's Website
Instagram @annanarrates
Twitter @annanarrates
Search "Anna Caputo" on Audible to see other books she’s narrated.
Levar Burton Christmas Carol Free audiobook linkup
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Books Are My People – Episode 90
This week, I welcome author and actor Tracy Dawson, author of Let Me Be Frank: A Book about Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed to Do.
Books Recommended:
Let Me Be Frank: A Book about Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson
If Neitzsche Were a Narwhal by Justin Gregg
Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry
The Wreckage of my Presence by Casey Wilson
Other Books Mentioned:
Trust by Hernan Diaz
In Sensorium: Notes for my People by Tanais
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
No Farther than the End of the Street by Benjamin Niespodziany
Burntcoat by Sarah Hall
The (Other) You: Stories by Joyce Carol Oats
Love in the Big City Sang Young Park
Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for your Forever Files by Deb Pearlman
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
You can purchase all of the books I talk about on the show on my Bookshop.org store: Books Are My People. It’s a great way to support the show as well as local bookstores.
Tracey: Twitter @dawsontracy
Instagram @dawsontracy
Artist Tina Berning: @tina_berning
NEWS NOTES:
Here are the list of Kirkus Prize Winners
Here is the official trailer for the film adaptaion of Lady Chatterly’s Lover
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89 – Books Are My People with Brittany Ackerman
The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman
The Perpetual Motion Machine by Brittany Ackerman
The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
The Blurry Years by Eleanor Kriseman
None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive by Carolyn Prussa
Jello Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom
Other Books Discussed:
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
Newborn by Agustin Maes
Bunny by Mona Awad
All’s Well by Mona Awad
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky
Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom
Spare by Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Novelist as a Vocation by Murakami
The Last Party by Claire McIntosh
The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz
Dickens and Prince by Nick Hornby
Just Thieves by Gregory Galloway
Mothers, Fathers, and Other Essays by Siri Hustvedt?
Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades
The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Brittany Ackerman's social media links:
Insta: @suboatmilk
Website: Brittanyackerman.com
Postcards to voters. https://postcardstovoters.org
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This week, I have the perfect Halloween guest, Rachel Harrison, author of the recently published, Such Sharp Teeth. We talk about reads for spooky season!
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Ghosteaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
So Happy for you by Celia Laskey
Other Books
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
The Return by Rachel Harrison
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
Night Bitch by Rachel Yoder
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
When We Were Bright and Beautiful by Jullian Medoff
Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk (translated by Ekin Oklap
Weasels in the attic by Hiroko Oyamada (translated by David Boyd):
Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin (translated by Megan McDowell)
Sister Novelists : The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës by Devoney Looser
A Murder at Balmoral by Chris McGeorge
The Collective by Alison Gaylin
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves by Hanna Priest
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Graveyard of Lost Children by Katrina Monroe
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Rachell Harrison Social Media
Twitter: @Rachfacelogic
Insta Rachelharrisonsghost
www.Rachel-Harrison.com
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Link to Shirley Jackson Award Finalists (Yes, I'm aware these are last year's nominees!)
Colleen hoover NYT Article
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I'm taking the week off to wrap up my teaching commitments, so I've enlisted some help from my friends Amy and Carrie over at The Perks of Being A Book Lover Podcast. Please enjoy this episode where they talk about books (our favorite thing to talk about) and speak with Typewriter Rodeo poet, Sean Petrie!
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This week, I welcome acclaimed author, A.M. Homes to the show! We talk about her latest novel, The Unfolding, as well as her writing habits and what made her want to write about politics.
Books discussed this week.
The Unfolding by A.M. Homes
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Ancestor Trouble by Maude Newton
The Hero of this Book by Elizabeth McCracken
Figuring by Maria Popova
Other Books Discussed
The Foulest Things Amy Tector
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris
Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict
A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Leave the World Behind by Ruman Alam
Ephemeral Wings by Eva Silverfine
Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings Randal Keenan?
Woolf Hall by Hilary Mantell
Bring up the bodies by Hilary Mantel
Giving up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Find A.M. Homes on Social Media:
Twitter nycnovel
www.Amhomesbooks.com
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This week, I am joined by Cat Acree, Deputy Editor of BookPage Magazine. We chat about how we select our next picks, changes in the publishing industry and Cat shares some of her favorite recent reads!
Book recommendations:
On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Grown Ups by Marie Aubert
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
Other Book recommendations:
Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie
The Foulest Thing by Amy Tector
A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti
Three Muses by Martha Anne Toll
The Lemon S.E. Boyd
Liberation Day by George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Now is Not the time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
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Go to my instagram @jennifercaloyeras
Scroll until you find the Three Muses post. Follow me and leave a comment to enter. Tag friends for additional entries. Share in stories for additional entries. Giveaway closes on October 13th. I will contact the winner on October 14th. U.S. Mailing addresses only.
Links to BookPage
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Facebook: Bookpage
Twitter: @readbookpage
Twitter: @catacree
Link to hair in books on tik tok
Kirkus most anticipated books for fall link
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Thinks week I speak with Emily Ackler, founder of Italic Type. She recommends books, speaks with us about her online book community and talks bout how she selects her next read.
Books Recommended:
Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih Ghali
One’s Company by Ashley Hutson
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Paperbacks:
Assembly Natasha Brown
Hao: Stories by Ye Chun
Landslide by Susan Conley
Sill Life by Sarah Winman
Other Books Mentioned:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Dark matter by Blake Crouch
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Up Next for Us:
Woman: An intimate Geography by Natalie Angier
Wildcat by Amelia Morris
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Find out more about Emily Ackler and Italic Type on social media:
Twitter @italictype
@Ea_sportz
Instagram @italictype
@emilylaurel
Website: italictype.com
www.athleticgreens/emerging
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Today, author Christopher Farnsworth visits and discusses his new novel, Reunion. We also talk about why writers write and he recommends some of his favorite books!
Books Recommended:
Reunion by Christopher Farnsworth
Making History by Carolyn See
Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Kissing Bug: A True sotry of a family, an insect, and a nation’s neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernandez
Version Control by Dexter Palmer
House of Leaves by Mark C Danielewsky
The Hero of this Book by Elizabeth McCracken
Other Books Mentioned:
Olympus Texas, Stacey Swann
Maranatha Road by Heather Bell Adams
The Good Luck Stone by Heather Bell Adams
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Kin: A memoir by Shawna K. Rodenberg
The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson
Chris’s social media Links
Twitter @ChrisFarnsworth
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Chris's author website
www.athleticgreens/emerging
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This week, I am joined by Katie Hafner, author of The Boys. We talk about how reading is like matchmaking and Katie recommends some of her favorite books.
Books Recommended :
The Boys by Katie Hafner
You Again by Debra Jo ImmergutI
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza translated by Thomas Bunstead
Joan is Okay by Weike Wang
Other Books Mentioned:
The Burning by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman
The Darkness of Others by Cate Holahan
What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirely Jackson
Southern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Katie Hafner on Social Media
Twitter: @katiehafner
Instagram: @katiehafner
Other Things Mentioned:
Link up to podcast The Sh*t no one tells you about writing
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This week, I recommend The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka and other great books! Also, find out how you can get your favorite book recommendation on the show!
Books Discussed:
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Such A Good Mother by Helen Monks Takhar
Other Books Discussed:
Heatwave Vicotr Jestin
The Human Zoo by Sabina Murray
Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson
Room and Board by Miriam Parker
Other Things Discussed:
Send in a recording of a book review to booksaremypeople@gmail.com
include your first name, what city you live in, what you do , the title and a short summary of the book and what you like about it (think 2-3 sentences).
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Obama's Summer Reading List
Up Next:
Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin
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This week, I’m joined by The Village Well Books and Coffee owner, Jennifer Caspar who talks about what it takes to run a bookstore as well as shares some of her favorite recent reads!
Books Discussed:
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Shmutz by Felicia Berliner
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
The Pink Hotel by Liska Jacobs
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
Up Next for Us:
House of Hearts by Francesca Lia Block
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
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Sign up for newsletter at Villagewell.com
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This week, a book about murder turns murderous in my bookish news segment, I recommend five recent paperback releases and five great books that I've read recently. You'll also hear about my trip to Whistler, our new pets, and I'll share who will be my special guest on the next episode.
BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger
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This week's books:
The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger
The Poet’s House by Jean Thompson
Night of the Living Rez: Stories by Morgan Talty
A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch
Vera Kelly Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht
Paperbacks out now:
Ghosts: a novel by Dolly Alderton
Not A happy Family: a novel by Shara Lapena
We Were Never Here: a novel by Andrea Bartz
THe Last Gradiate by Naomi Novik
The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine
Up Next for me: Shmutz by Felicia Meliner
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The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael Leali
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch
New Backlist!
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
Hell of A Book by Jason Mott
On Animals by Susan Orlean
Embassy Wife by Katie Crouch
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Up Next
The Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
How To Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
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This week, author Eva Silverfine visits and discusses her novel, How to Bury Your Dog. We chat about writing, Kate Bush, the environment and other great books including Appleseed by Matt Bell and All the Things We Don't Talk About by Amy Feltman.
Books Discussed:
Greenwood by Michael Christie
All the Things We Don’t Talk About Amy Feltman
Appleseed by Matt Bell
The Lost Apothocary by Sarah Penner
Properties of Thirds by Mary Wiggins
Other Books Discussed:
The Last Kabbalist in Lisbon by Richard Zimler
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts by Matt Bell
End of the World House by Adrienne Celt
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Books Discussed:
1- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
2- Tales of The City by Armistead Maupin
3- Why Fish Don't Exist by LuLu Miller
4- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
5- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
6- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
7- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
8- Once More We Saw Stars by Jason Green
9- When We Were Vikings by David MacDonald
10- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
11- Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
12- The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
13- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
14- You by Caroline Kepnes
15- Strays by Jennifer Caloyeras
16- Unruly Creatures by Jennifer Caloyeras
17- The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
18- A Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
19- The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
20- Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever
21- Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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This week, author May Cobb visits and talks about her latest release, My Summer Darlings. We chat about writing in a pandemic and discuss some of our latest reads including Watch Out for Her by Samantha Bailey and Geiger by Gustav Gordeman. Listen to learn more about how to enter My Summer Darlings book giveaway.
Books Recommended:
My Summer Darlings by May Cobb
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth.
Watch Out for Her by Samantha Bailey
The Verifiers by Jane Pek
More Than You’ll Ever Know by Kaitie Guitierrez
Geiger by Gustav Skordeman
Other Books Discussed:
Big Woods by May Cobb
The Hunting Wives by May Cobb
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
May Cobb on Social Media:
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Website: www.Maycobb.com
Twitter: @maykcobb
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This week, I'm joined by fridge organization and meal prep and planning guru, Kristen Hong, author of Fridge Love. She shares great food storage tips as well as some of her favorite reads!
Books Talked About:
Fridge Love by Kristen Hong
End of the World House by Adrienne Celt
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer
The Love you make by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Other Books Mentioned:
Dark Matter boy Blake Crouch
I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Geiger by Gustaf Skördeman
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht
Where to find Kristen:
@hellonutritarian Insta
FB @hellonutritarian
Hellonutritarian.com
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This week, I discuss the International Booker Prize shortlist and recommend books including Defenestrate, Unlikely Animals and other great books!
Books recommended:
Defenestrate Renee Branum
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
Hello Molly! By Molly Shannon
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
International Booker Shortlist Books:
A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated from Norwegian by Damion Searls
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Samuel Bett and David Boyd
Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro, translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle
Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from Polish by Jennifer Croft
Other Things Discussed:
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This week, I'm joined by author A. E. Copenhaver, author of My Days of Dark Green Euphoria. We discuss eco-anxiety, the ethics of literature and she recommends some great reads!
Books Discussed:
Dreamland by Venetia Welby
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
When Goddesses Wake by Marisa Silva-Dunbar
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
Kind by Gretchen Primack
Other Books Discussed:
Little Earthquakes, a graphic novel by Tori Amos et al
A Ballet Of Lepers by Leonard Cohen
Rabbit Cake by Annie Harnett
Up next for us:
The Firecracker Boys by Dan O’Neill
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
A. E. Copenhaver's social media links
Instagram: @copenhaverae
Twitter: @copenhaver_ae
Website: www.aecopenhaver.com
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This week, I'm joined by artist and illustrator Sara Boccaccini Meadows. We discuss what a day in the life of an artist is like and talk about books!
Books Discussed:
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
1984 by George Orwell
Refuse to Be Done Matt Bell
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Other Books Discussed:
Things You Can Do: How to Fight Climate Change and Reduce Waste by Eduardo Garcia. Illustrated by Sara Boccaccini Meadows
Grow: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them by Riz Reyes, illustrated by Sara Boccaccini Meadows
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
My Days of Dark Green Euphoria by A.E. Copenhaver
Sara's social media links
Instagram: @boccaccinimeadows
Facebook: Boccaccinimeadows
Website: www.boccaccinimeadows.com
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Today, we are so lucky to be visited by Marit Weisenberg, author of the recently published, This Golden State. We discuss genetic testing and some of our favorite recent reads.
Books. Discussed:
This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Hooked by Sutton Foster
Other Books Discussed:
The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
George by Alex Gino
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
In the Wild Light, Jeff Zentner
Olypmus Texas by Stacey Swann
A Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
Follow Marit Weisenberg on Instagram @Marit Weisenberg
Link to my Scene Writing Workshop at UCLA Extension Writers' Program May 7th.
Let’s Get back to the Party Giveaway link – open until March 15th
Action Kit to help. fight Banned Books
ALA list of most frequently Banne Books
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This week, I recommend Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh and Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh as well as other great books! I also announce my next guest author and host a book giveaway for Let's Get Back to the Party.
Books Recommended:
This Golden State – Marit Weisenberg
Let’s Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih
Mercy Street – Jennifer Haigh
Quiet in her Bones – Nalini Singh
Essays Two - Lydia Davis
Fridge Love – Kristen Hong
Up next for me:
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Find me on TikTok @jennifercaloyeras
Instagram @jennifercaloyeras
Book Giveaway: Go to my Instagram account and find the Let's Get Back to the Party Book Giveaway post. Comment and tag friends and post in your stories by 3/15/22 to enter. US Mailing addresses only.
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This week, author Sarah Blake visits to talk about her latest novel, Clean Air! We also recommend books, books and more books including When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill and Hard Child by Natalie Shapero.
Books Recommended:
A Lesser Love by E. J. Koh
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill
The Naomi Letters by Rachel Mennies
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Hard Child by Natalie Shapero
Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jarod Kaid
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict.
Other Books Mentioned:
The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
Naamah by Sarah Blake
Mr. West by Sarah Blake
Let’s Not Live on Earth by Sarah Blake
Trashlands by Alison Stein
Vladamir by Julia May Jonas
Find Sarah on Social Media:
Twitter: @BlakeSarah
Instagram: @sarahblakeauthor
Sarahblakeauthor.com
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This week, I'm joined by librarian and J3 children's literacy program director, Valerie Jauregui of the J3 Foundation. We discuss some of our favorite recent reads including The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson and The Upstairs House by Julia Fine.
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Books Discussed:
How to Write one Song by Jeff Tweedy
The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Upstairs House by Julia Fine
The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson
Finding Inner Courage Mark Nepo
What We're Reading Next:
Clean Air by Sarah Blake
Flamer by Mike Curato
Other Books Discussed:
Pachinko
Fleishman is in trouble
Conversations with Friends
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Saint X
Children of Blood and Bone
The Plot
Bad Feminist
Find Valerie on Instagram and Twitter @valerie_library
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This week, I'm joined by Carrie and Amy from the podcast, The Perks of Being a Podcast Lover and we discuss some of our favorite recent reads, crochet and sweating in closets.
Books Discussed:
The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
All the Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner
Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier
What We're Reading Next:
When We Lost Our Heads by Heather oneill
The Rot by Siri Peterson
The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carrey
Insta: @Perksofbeingabookloverpod
Website www.perksofbeingabooklover.com
Facebook: perks of being a book lover page
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This week, I look at Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson, Reckless Girls. by Rachel Hawkins and other great books out now!
Books Discussed:
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
The School for Good Mothers: A Novel by Jessamine Chan
The Maid by Nita Prose
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Other Books
The Ex Hex Erin Sterling
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This week, I go back in time to my favorite books in 2016 as well as recommend my favorite reads form 2021. Get your to read list ready! I'm slinging a ton of titles your way!
Books Recommended:
The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
Homegoing by Ya Gyassi
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
The Red Parts: An Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Sentence by Lousie Erdrich.
Wayward by Dana Spiotta
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro March
Other Books Mentioned:
Transcendent Kingdom by Ya Gyassi
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Bluettes by Maggie Nelson
Jane: A Muder. By Maggie Nelson
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Beartown by Fredrick Backman
the Underground Railroad by Colsoin Whitehead’s
The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard (talked about on episode #41)
Detransition baby by Torrey Peters
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett(talked about on episode #51)
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (talked about on episode #46)
The Mysteries by Marissa Silver (talked out on episode #49
Razorblade tears by SA Cosby
Rabbits by Terry Miles
Other things discussed:
Freedom Reads
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This week, author and actor, Dinah Manoff is here to discuss her novel, The Real True Hollywood Story of Jackie Gold and recommend some of her favorite reads!
Books discussed:
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Wayward by Dana Spiotta
One Simple Thing by Warren Read
My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Next up for us:
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Link to Bright Burning Stars Giveaway. Open until December 13th.
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This week, bookstagrammer Jessica Laguna from The Towering TBR visits and recommends some great reads! We discuss The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman, The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas and other great books!
Books discussed
The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman
The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas
To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
Other books discussed
Dial A for Aunties
Next up for us:
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry
Find Jessica on Instagram @The_Towering_TBR instagrm
Link to Bright Burning Stars Giveaway. Open until December 13th.
Come say hello to me at artist, Missy Dunaway's Book signing at Diesel Books, Brentwood on Sunday, December 5th at 3 pm.I'll be handing out Books Are My People stickers!
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On episode 63 of Books Are My People, I talk about Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg, The Teller of Secrets by Bise Adjapon and other great books!
Book Recommendations: (Click book titles to be taken to my Bookshop.org page.)
What Just Happened by Charles Finch
Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg
The Guide by Peter Heller
The Teller of Secrets by Bise Adjapon
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Other Things Discussed:
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Link to Station Eleven trailer
What Just Happened Giveaway:
Follow me and leave a comment on my instagram post @jennifercaloyeras by November 25th. I will DM a winner by November 26th. Open to US mailing addresses only. Tag a reader friend for extra entries.
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On this episode I talk about Win Me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu, New York My Village by Uwem Akpan and other great books!
Books Discussed:
Win me Something by Kyle Lucia Wu
The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim
Carry the Dog by Stephanie Gangi
The Turnout by Megan Abbott
New York, My Village by Uwem Akpan
Reading next: Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine by Klara Hveberg
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This week, on episode 61, author Darrin Doyle and I discuss his latest novel, The Beast in Aisle 34 and other great books including, The Auctioneer by Joan Sampson and An Elderly Lady Can Do No Wrong by Ellen Tursdon.
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Books Discussed:
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
The Auctioneer by Joan Samson
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Tales the Devil Told me by Jen Fawkes
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Ellen Tursdon
Other Books Discussed:
Washington Black Esi Edugyan
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Ellen Tursdon
The Southern Lady’s Book club guide to slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
What we're reading next:
The Rumphulus by Joseph Peterson
I Love you but I’ve chosen Darkness Calire Vaye Watkins
Where to find Darrin on Social Media
Twitter @ DoyleDarrin
Instagram @DarrinDoyle Writer
Darrin Doyle's Facebook Author Page
Website Darrindoyle.com
BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman
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Giveaway open to US mailing addresses only and closes on. October 25th, 2021.
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This week on Books Are My People I recommend some new books including A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris , The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller and other great books!
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A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris
Brood by Jackie Polzin
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Performance Art, stories by David Kranes
The Neighbor’s Secret by L. Alison Heller
Others Books Discussed:
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Holidays on Ice, David Sedaris
Next : What Just Happened: notes on a long year by Charles Finch
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Link to National Book Award Nominees
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This week, author Jen Michalski joins me to talk about her latest novel , You'll Be Fine. We also discuss books including The Spectacular by Zoe Whitall and The City We Became by N.K. Jemisen.
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Books Discussed:
The Spectacular Zoe Whittall
I am Faithful by Jenny Irish
The Best Short Stories of 2021 The O. Henry Prize Winners
The City We Became N. K. Jamison
The Last Thing He Told me Laura Dave
Other Books Discussed:
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Piranasi by Susanna Clarke
Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence
You'll Be Fine by Jen Michalski
The Tide King by Jen Michalski
The Summer she was under water by Jen Michalski
Close Encounters by Jen Michalski
From Here by Jen Michaelski
Could You Be With Her Now by Jen Michalski
What we're reading next
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Find Jen on Twitter at @MichalskiJen
Click here to be taken to the National Book Festival Podcast Series:
Victoria Festival of Authors
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This week, I look at Hell of a Book by Jason Mott, Mrs. March by Virginia Feito and other great books!
Books Recommended:
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
The Photographer by Marie Dixie Carter
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
Other Books Mentioned:
The English Patient by Michael Ondaji
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
A Calling for Charlier Barnes by Joshua Ferris
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The Hit Living Foundation (animal rescue)
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His Only Wife Book Giveaway link, closes Wednesday, September 8th. Click here to enter.
Click here to see the schedule of the Library of Congress national book event September 17th - 26th.
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This week, my friend Michael Levin joins the show and talks about reading his way through Nobel Prize winners including Thomas Mann and A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe.
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Books Discussed:
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
The Plague by Albert Camus
A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe
One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Other Books Discussed:
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
Bring up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel
The Mirror and the Light – Hilary Mantel
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Justine by Lawrence Durrell
What we're reading next
Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
HIS ONLY WIFE GIVEAWAY - click to be. taken to my. Instagram Page and enter the giveaway. All you have to do to enter. is leave a comment under the giveaway post. Feel free to tag a friend for more entries. I will randomly select one winner. Open. to US mailing addresses only. This giveaway will close on Tuesday, September 7th, 2021.
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Click here to read the Center For Fiction's longest for the First Novel Prize.
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This week, I discuss some new releases, including All's Well by Mona Awad and Edge Case by YZ Chin.
Books Discussed: (Click book title to be taken to my Bookshop.org store. It's a GREAT way to support this show!)
All's Well by Mona Awod
Immediate Family by Asjley Nelson
Edge Case YZ Chin
The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristen Miller.
Safe in My Arms by Sara Shepard
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This week, Rachel Donohue, the author of The Temple House Vanishing, visits and we talk about books, including Embers and Love and Fury.
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Books Discussed:
Embers by Sandor Marai
Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft by Samantha Silva
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Mother for Dinner: Shalom Auslander
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Other Books Discussed:
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue
Other Things Discussed:
Link to Lake County Library Tales and Tails program
Find Rachel Donohue on Social Media:
Instagram: @rachellucydonohue
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This week, I recommend five great books including Build Your House Around My Body, Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead and other great books! Click on the link to purchase books at my bookshop.org shop.
Books Discussed:
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon
The Temple House Vanishing by Rebecca Donaohue
Nobody, Somebody, Anybody by Kelly McClorey
Other Books Mentioned:
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
The Storied Life of A.J. Fickery by Gabrielle Zevin
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This week, Ellen Birkett Morris, author of Lost Girls, visits and we talk about writing, teaching and books, including Klara and the Sun and Euphoria.
Books Discussed:
KLARA AND THE SUN ISHIGURO
EUPHORIA BY LILY KING
THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN BY TESS SHARPE
ABIDE WITH ME BY ELIZABETH STROUT
THE PLOT BY JEAN HANFF Korelitz
Find Ellen Birkett Morris on Social Media:
Website: Ellenbirkettmorris.ink
Facebook: EllenBirkettMorrisWriter
Twitter: @Birkett_morris
Instagram: @Ellenbirkettmorris
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This week, I recommend four books including The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia and other great books!
Books Recommended:
The Son of the House Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia
With Teeth Kristen Arnett.
How to Stop Time by Matthew Haig
Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Other Books Mentioned
Next up for me is Build Your House Around my body by Violet Kupersmith.
Ellen Birkett Morris short stories
Other Things:
Pizza Hut Book Club
My Book Giveaway forThe Hunting Wives closes on Tuesday, June 15th. Enter by visiting my Instagram account @jennifercaloyeras Scroll to find the book giveaway photo and makes a comment. It’s that easy! Open to U.S. mailing addresses only.
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This week, Missy Dunaway, author of The Traveling Artist: A Visual Journal, visits and talks about writing and some of her favorite books, including Astray by Emma Donahue.
Books Discussed:
The Journey is the Destination: The Journals by Dan Eldon
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
Astray by Emma Donoghue
Other Books Discussed:
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan
Other Things Discussed:
LeVar Burton's Book Club
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Instagram @missydunaway
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This week, May Cobb, author of The Hunting Wives, visits and talks about writing and some of her favorite books, including Hollow by Owen Egerton and Woman on the Edge by Samantha Bailey.
Books Discussed:
Woman on the Edge by Samantha Bailey
The Shark Club by Ann Kid Taylor
Hollow by Owen Egerton
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezukumatathil.
The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Other Things Discussed:
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Dial A for Aunties by Jessie Q. Sutanto
Next episode Missy Dunaway will visit to talk about her new book. The Traveling Artist: A Visual Journal by Missy Dunaway
Book of the month
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Twitter: @maycobb
Instagram @maycobb
My Book Giveaway for A Theater For Dreamers by Polly Samson closes Tuesday, May 18th. Enter by visiting my Instagram account @jennifercaloyeras Scroll to find giveaway photo and makes a comment. It’s that easy!
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On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books!
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Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
The Hunting Wives by May Cobb out May 18
Why Peacocks : An Unlikeyly Search For Meaning In The Worl’d Most Magnificent Bird, by Sean Flynn out May 11
Everywhere You Don’t Belong by Gabriel Bump
The Atmospherians by Alex McElroy out May 18th
The Mysteries by Marissa Silver out May 4
Other Books Mentioned:
Horror store by Grady Hendrix
The Southern Girl's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Last Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
Other Things Menioned:
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Next Episode, May Cobb, author of The Hunting Wives will be on the show!
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On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books!
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Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Too Good To Be True Carola Lovering
Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley
Other Books Mentioned:
Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin.
Monster walter Dean Myers
Sarah Grien like Water for Elephants
The Sympathizer Viet Nguyen Thang
Other Things Menioned:
Click here for the trailer for the movie, Monster, based on Walter Dean Myer’s novel.
Click here for the article on Sara Gruen in Vulture.
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On this episode, I discuss Hummingbird Salamander, Love in Case of Emergency and other great books!
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Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VenderMeer
Love In Case of Emergency Daniela Krien
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes
Stop Asian Hate Reading Lists
Feminist Press
Vox
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On this episode, author Mindy Mejia, author of Strike Me Down, comes to visit and we talk about The Echo Wife, You Will Know Me and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Land of Shadows – Rachel Howzell
Every Last Fear Alex Finlay
Bad Habits by Amy Gentry
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbot
Other books mentioned:
Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia
The Charmed Wife- Olga Grushin
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Facebook: Mejiawrites
Twitter: Mejiawrites
Insta: Mindy Mejia
Mindymejia.com
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On this episode I discuss How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, Who Is Maude Dixon? And other great books!
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Books Discussed: (click any book to be taken to my Bookshop.org store)
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Justine by Forsyth Harmon
The Babysitter by Liza Rodman and Jennifer
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
Who is Maude Dixon by Alexandra Andrews
What I’m Reading Next:
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia
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On this episode, author Heather Bell Adams comes to visit and we talk about The Dearly beloved by Cara Wall, Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
The All Night Sun Diane Zinna
Fourteen Talk by Age 14: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have With Your Kids Before They Start High School Michelle Icard
The Dearly Beloved Cara Wall??
Milk Blood Heat Dantiel W. Moniz
The Last List of Miss Judith Kraft, Andrea Bombotis?
What We’re Reading Next
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
Other books mentioned:
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munroe
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory MacGuire
Books by Heather Bell Adams:
Maranatha Road Heather Bell Adams
The Good Luck Stone, Heather Bell Adams
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Instagram @heatherbelladams
Twitter @heatherbelladam
Website: heatherbelladams.com
Facebook: Heather Bell Adams
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On this episode, I talk about Milkfed by Melissa Broder, Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
The Delivery by Peter Mendelsund
Milkfed by Melissa Broder
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
Other Things Discussed:
If you are a kindle reader, I’ve been adding book deals to my Instagram stories, so check back often. I’ve been focusing on books that I’ve recommended on the show.
My friends and I have started an Instagram page called @3friendspaint where we each paint the same subject and post it.
Alexander Kwame visits a fan in London
Next time, author Heather Bell Adams will visit!
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On this episode, Jacki Skole, author of Dogland, and I talk about dog books including
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, The Particulars of Peter by Kelly Conaboy and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
Dogland: A Journey into the Heart of America’s Dog Problem by Jacki Skole
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
On Dogs by E.B. White
How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Breed by Gregory Berns
The Particulars of Peter by Kelly Conaboy
The Dogs Who Found Me: What I Learned From Pets Who Were Left Behind by Ken Foster
Other Books Mentioned:
We Have Always Lived in the Castel by Shirley Jackson
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pindborough
Other Things Discussed:
Click here to read Shirley Jackson’s newly discovered short story.
Click here to see the trailer for Behind Her Eyes on Netflix.
Find Jacki Skole on Facebook at Jacki Skole
Or a www.jackiskole.com
Get in touch with me at booksaremypeople@gmail.com
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On this episode, I talk about The Rib King, My Brilliant Life and other great books.
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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim
The Housewife Chronicles by Jennifer Snow
The Rib King Ladee Hubbard
We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Other Books Mentioned:
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz
A Beginning At the End by Mike Chen (listen on episode #18)
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict (listen on #15)
Other Things Menitioned:
Roxanne Gay’s Book Club
New York Public Libraries Story Line
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On this episode, I talk about The Wife Upstairs, The Fortunate Ones and other great books. And you can enter a book giveaway!
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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
Ed Tarkington The Fortunate Ones
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
Tsarina by who Ellen Alpsten
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Other Things Menitioned:
The End of October by Lawrence Wright
On Earth We’re Briefly Georgeous
Lydia Millet, a Chinldren’s Bible
Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte
Article by Lawrence Wright in the New Yorker
Ed Tarkington The Fortunate Ones Giveaway on my Instagram page open until Saturday January 16th
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On this episode, I go back in time and visit some of my favorites books from 2017 including White Tears and Forest Dark.
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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
Her Body and other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
White Tears by Hari Kunsru
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss
Strange Heart Beating by Ellie Goldstone
Other Things Menitioned:
Enrollment is open for my online, asynchronous young adult novel writing class. Thee class will last ten weeks and run from January 13th to March 23rd.
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On this episode, author Marit Weisenberg visits and speaks about her novel, The Insomniacs. We also discuss The Dutch House, The Harpy and other great books.
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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg
The Harpy by Megan Hunter
Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Here is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan
Other Books Mentioned:
Select by Marit Weisenberg
Select Few by Marit Weisenberg
Monogamy by Sue Miller
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Friends And Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Other Things Menitioned:
Enrollment is open for my online, asynchronous young adult novel writing class. Thee class will last ten weeks and run from January 13th to March 23rd.
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Find Marit on instagram @maritweisenberg
www.maritweisenberg.com
Want more of the Insomniacs? Listen to Episode 31
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On this episode, I talk about Caste by Isabelle Wilkerson, Intimations by Zadie Smith and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Intimations by Zadie Smith
Santa Monica by Cassidy Lucas
Singular Sensation by Michael Riedel
Other Books Mentioned:
Tokyo Ueno Station by You Miri
A Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Monogamy by Sue Miller
The Glass Kingdom by Lawrence Osborne
Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit
The Midnight Library By Matt Haig
Other things mentioned:
The World's Reading Habits infographic
Take my 10 - week Young Adult Novel Writing Course through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program. Learn more here!
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On this episode, author Kitty Cook visits and speaks about her novel, Sleeping Together. We also talk about Why Fish Don’t Exist, This Is How You Lose the Time War and other great books.
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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)
Sleeping Together by Kitty Cook
Why Fish Don’t Exist: The story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone?
The Orchard by David Hopen (a special thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for the advanced review copy)
How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal M. Fleming
Leave The World Behind by Ruman Alam
Where to find Kitty Cook:
@kittycookbooks
Kittycookbooks.com
Enrollment is open for my online, asynchronous young adult novel writing class. Thee class will last ten weeks and run from January 13th to March 23rd.
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On this episode, I talk about White Ivy, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
White Ivy by Susie Yang
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
Miss Iceland by Audor Ava Olafsdottir
Other Books Mentioned:
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Sleeping Together by Kitty Cook
Other things mentioned:
Diesel, A Bookstore Go Fund Me Page
Toni Morrison’s house for sale
Come see me speak about writing beginnings, the event is free.
Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 5 PM PST – 6 PM PST
Public · Hosted by Library | Shoreline Community College
I will talk about what make a successful beginning to a novel as well as share a few short excerpts from the start of some of my short fiction stories in order to help new writers get started with their NaNoWriMo journeys. Nanowrimo is national novel writing month, which began November 1st.
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On this episode, I speak with author Mallory Tater about The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun, Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
The Birth Yard by Mallory Tater
The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun
How a Woman Becomes a Lake by Marjorie Celona
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch
Leave the World Behind by Ruman Alam
If You Discover a Fire by Shaun Robertson
Other Things Discussed:
Get a glimpse at the new Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad limited TV series here.
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Learn more about Mallory Tater:
Mallorytater.com
Twitter: @malatonin
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On this episode, I talk about Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
Hamnet – Maggie O’Falrrel
The Death Of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Evolving Vegan by Akwaeke Emezi
The Comback by Ella Berman
Bright and Dangerous Object by Annalise MacIntosh
Other Things Discussed:
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US library of Congress new AI tool
Next episode, Mallory Tater author of The Birth Yard will be visiting.
Up next for me: The Orchard by David by David Hopen
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On this episode Midge Raymond, publisher and author of My Last Continent, stops by for a visit. We share some of our favorite environmentally friendly reads including We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song edited by Kevin Young
My Last Continent by Midge Raymond
We Are Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay.
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Strange As This Weather Has Been by Ann Pancake
Protest Kitchen by Carol J. Adams and Virginia Messina
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On this episode I discuss The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg, Luster by Raven Leilani and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Born A Crime - by Trevor Noah
The Insomniacs – Marit Weisenberg
Musical Chairs by Amy POeppel
Luster by Raven Leilani
Kasuma: The Graphic Novel by Elisa Marcellari Translated by Edward Fortes
Next up for me: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell.
Other Things Discussed:
Reclaim Her Name project
Trip Fiction
Publisher and author Midge Raymond will be here next episode. Check out some of her book ahead of time by clicking this link to my online bookstore.
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On this episode Julie Christine Johnson, author of The Crows of Beara, stops by for a visit. We share some of our favorite recent reads including The Vanishing Half, Disappearing Earth and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
The Crows of Beara by Julie Christine Johnson
In Another Life by Julie Christine Johnson
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Inland by Tea Obrech
Godshot by Chelsea Bieker
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emez
Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid
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On this episode I discuss Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony, Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Enter the Aardvark by Jessica Anthony
Turbulence by David Szalay
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
Other Things Discussed:
The Crows of Beara author Julie Christine Johnson will be here next week!
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On this episode Katy Yocom visits to discuss her novel Three Ways To Disappear and share some of her favorite reads.
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Books Discussed:
Three Ways to Disappear by Katy Yocom
Sleeping Together by Kitty Cook
Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
2 am at the Cat’s Pajamas – Marie-Helen Bertino
Blue Territory: A meditation on the life and art of Joan Mitchell by Robin Lippincott
The Return By Rachel Harrison
The Soul of an Octopus: A surprising exploration in to the wonder of unconsciousness by Sy Montgomery
Other Things Discussed:
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On this episode I discuss The Last Flight by Julie Clark, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
The Last Flight by Julie Clark
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks
Autobiography Of A Face by Lucy Grealy
Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
Who Is Very Kelly? By Rosalie Knecht
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On this episode I get a visit from author JoeAnn Hart and we discuss her memoir Stamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race and Feminism in the 1970's as well as Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld and The End of October by Lawrence Wright and other great books!
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JoeAnn Hart's Books:
Stamford '76: A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race and Feminism in the 1970's
Float
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Books Discussed:
Stamped From The Beginning by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Negroland by Margo Jefferson
The End Of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The End of October by Lawrence Wright
Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns
Other Things Discussed:
Varsity Tutor Free Camp
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On this episode I discussHow to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Dorand
Between the World And Me by Ta – Nehisi Coates
Want more? Check out these anti-racist reading lists:
Ibrim X Kendi’s Antiracist Reading List
Vulture’s Anti-racism Reading List
Enjoy Free Streaming of Bryan Stevenson's movie based on the book, Just Mercy through June
Don’t forget, Joe Anne Hart will be here in two weeks discussing her books including her recent memoir Stamford ’76, A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s
Organizations to support:
Criticalresistance.org – International movement to end the Prison INdustrail complex
Joincampaignzero.org – A comprehensive website of urgent policy solutions, integrating recommendations from communities and research organizations.
Blacklivesmatter.com – the BLM movements page circulating information and news as well as collecting donations.
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Books Are My People #24
On this episode I discuss A Children's Bible by Lydia Miller, Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
One Day by David Nicholls
Happy & you Know it by Laura Hankin
Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey
Other Things Discussed:
My new webstie – check it out! www.jennifercaloyeras.com
Virtual Silent Reading Party
Taika Waititi and many other actors did a reading of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach on YouTube.
Author JoeAnn Hart author of the memoir, Stamford ’76, A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s and the novel, Float, will visit Book Are My People on June 29th
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On this episode I discuss Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker, We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
2am at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
A Tender Thing by Emily Neuberger
Other Things Mentioned:
Article in Vox on Anxiety
Movie Trailer for the New Shirley Jackson Biopick
What I’m reading next: Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
Want to get ready for my June podcast guest? Then read Stamford ’76, A True Story of Murder, Corruption, Race, and Feminism in the 1970s by Joe Anne Hart
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On this episode I discuss Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin, The Southern Bookclub's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Pretend I’m Dead by Jen Beagin
The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Lonely City: Adventures in the art of being alone by Olivia Laing
The Dilemma by B. A. Paris
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Other Things Discussed:
PopSugar's Bookclub
Emily St. John Mandel speaks at L.A. Times Bookclub on May 19th
Great Books You Can Read In A Day
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On this episode I discuss The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandell, We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell
We Used to be Friends by Amy Spalding
The Herd by Andrea Bartz
Other Things Discussed:
Greenlight Bookstore author talks
Politics and Prose author talks
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On this episode I discuss Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming
Temporary by Hilary Leichter
Other things discussed:
Dolly Parton reads bedtime stories
Little Free Library Guidelines
Ten Virtual Book Clubs
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On this episode I discuss The Holdout by Graham Moore, Things in Jars by Jess Kidd and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
The Holdout by Graham Moore
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley
A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen
Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar
Other things Mentioned:
Gucci Osteria Mossimo Buttera @mossimobottera?
Universal Films to release movies early
Diesel Bookstore in Los Angeles
Free code camp 450 Ivy League Courses to take online for free
Cincinaati Zoo live video
Broadway HD
Sourdough Tim
Walter Mosley reads from The Man In My Basement
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On this episode I discuss Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin, Long, Bright River by Liz Moore and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
Reputation by Sara Shepard
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
Long, Bright River by Liz Moore
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On this episode I discuss Weather by Jenny Offill, When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Weather by Jenny Offill
When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
Three Daughters Of Eve by Elif Shafak
Heathcliff Redux: A Novella and Stories by Lily Tuck
Oksana, Behave! Maria Kuznetsova
The Five Books vying for the Aspen Words Literary Prize:
Patsy, by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli
Lot, by Bryan Washington
Opioid, Indiana, by Brian Allen Carr
The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Lefteri
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On this episode, we get a visit from writer, Colette Sartor and discuss her short fiction collection, Once Removed, as well as other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera
The Giant Baby by Laurie Foos
The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery Of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton
The Chronology of Water by Lydia Yuknavitch
Other Books Mentioned:
Once Removed by Colette Sartor
The Penguin Book Of Japanese Short Stories by assorted authors
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder
Other Things Mentioned:
American Dirt Controversy Podcast
Colette Sartor on Facebook: colettesartor
Colette Sartor on Twitter: @colettesartor
Colette Sartor on Facebook: Colette Sartor - Author
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On this episode I discuss The Only Woman In The Room by Marie Benedict, The Inventors by Peter Selgin and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
The Worst Kind of Want by Liska Jacobs
White Elephant by Trish Harnetiaux
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
The Inventors by Peter Selgin
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On this episode I discuss Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok, My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams and other great books!
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Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
The Wall – by John Lanhchester
My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams
The Grace Year by Kim Liggit
Tell The Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
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Join my dad and I and a bottle of vodka for some holiday cheer.
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On this episode I go back in time and discuss my favorite books from 2018.
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The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Small Animals: Parenting in the Age Of Fear
Other Books Mentioned:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Hundred Year House by Rebecca Makkai
Music For Wartime: Stories by Rebecca Makkai
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On this episode I discuss Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Little by Edward Carey
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue
Other books mentioned:
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Other Things Mentioned:
Untouchable - Netflix documentary about Harvey Weinstein
Latin History for Morons - play by John Leguizamo
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On this episode I discuss Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky, Escape Room by Megin Goldin and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Very Nice by Marcy Dermansky
Escape Room by Megan Goldin
Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene
The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine
I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
Other books mentioned:
One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta
The Professor and The Madman by Simon Winchester
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On this episode I discuss Fever by Mary Beth Keane, Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Other books mentioned:
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
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On this themed episode, I discuss dark books in honor of Halloween, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Confessions by Kanae Minato and other great, spooky books!
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Books Discussed:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Bunnicula by Deborah Howe and James Howe
Confessions by Kanae Minato
An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten
Other Books Mentioned:
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta
Little Children by Tom Perotta
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
Penance by Kanae Minato
Other things mentioned:
The Girlfriend Experience TV series
The Goldfinch Mov
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On this episode I discuss The Need by Helen Phillips, I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
The Arrangement by Robyn Harding
Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum
The Need by Helen Phillips
Guts by Reina Telgemeier
Other books mentioned:
The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
Bunny by Mona Awad
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Smile by Reina Telgemeier
Sisters by Reina Telgemeier
Drama by Reina Telgemeier
Ghosts by Reina Telgemeier
Other things mentioned:
The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize shortlist
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On this episode I discuss Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson, Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Other Books Mentioned:
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Deadly Olga Tokarczuk
Other things mentioned:
I will be teaching a workshop on revision and Twitter Pitch Parties in the Los Angeles area on October 5th brought to you by the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles.
I am hosting a giveaway of the novel Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith. You can enter through my instagram account @jennifercaloyeras. The giveaway ends October 1st.
And that's it!
Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras
Twitter @jencaloyeras
www.jennifercaloyeras.com
www.booksaremypeople.com
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On this episode I discuss The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger, Lock Every Door by Riley Sager and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
I.M.: a Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi
To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
The Vexations by Caitlin Horrock
Other things mentioned:
I will be teaching a Young Adult Novel Intensive Workshop through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program over two weekends in the fall on the UCLA campus.
I will be teaching Young Adult Novel I online through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program in the fall.
I will be teaching a workshop on revision and Twitter Pitch Parties in the Los Angeles area on October 5th brought to you by the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles.
I am hosting a giveaway of the novel Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith. You can enter through my instagram account @jennifercaloyeras. The giveaway ends October 1st.
And that's it!
Find me on Instagram @jennifercaloyeras
Twitter @jencaloyeras
www.jennifercaloyeras.com
www.booksaremypeople.com
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On this episode I discuss The Chain by Adrian McKinty, Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy-Brodesser-Akner and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Other books mentioned:
Circe by Madeline Miller
Sula by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Other things mentioned:
Neon Retro Arcade in Pasadena
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Twitter @jencaloyeras
www.jennifercaloyeras.com
www.booksaremypeople.com
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On this episode I discuss Where We Come From by Oscar Casares, Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo and other great books!
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Books Discussed:
This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes
Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo
Where We Come From by Oscar Casares
Dig by A.S. King
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
Other books mentioned:
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
Other things mentioned:
Aug 24th, 2019 The Young and the Reckless Writing Conference
Oct 5th, 2019 Pitch Ready: Revision Strategies to Get Your Manuscript Pitch Party Ready
The Thread Podcast
Dr. Death Podcast
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Twitter @jencaloyeras
www.jennifercaloyeras.com
www.booksaremypeople.com
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On this episode I host my first guest, writer, Ron Clark (he's also my dad!) We discuss Treasure Island! , Made for Love and other weird and wonderful books.
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Books Discussed:
Treasure Island by Sara Levine
Holy Lands by Amanda Sthers
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
Lightening Rods by Helen DeWitt
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Other books mentioned:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Something Wonderful: Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdue
The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra by Eliot Weisman
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing up Bernstein by Jamie Berstein
This Book May Save Your Life by A.M. Homes
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On this episode I discuss The Last Romantics, Heavy: An American Memoir and other great books.
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Books Discussed:
Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak
The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
Here Where the Sunbeams are Green by Helen Phillips
Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel
Other books mentioned:
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds
Anne of Green Gables by Mariah Marsden
Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips
The Beautiful Buerocrat by Helen Phillips
Hunger by Roxanne Gay
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On this debut episode I discuss Women Talking, We Cast a Shadow and more great books!
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Books Discussed:
Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Women Talking: A Novel by Miriam Toews
The People at Number 9 by Felicity Everett
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young
Other books mentioned:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Winnesberg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Girls With Razor Hearts by Suzanne Young
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Twitter @jencaloyeras
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