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Author2Author

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Bill Kenower, Editor-in-Chief of Author magazine, talks to writers of all genres about the books we write and the lives we lead, and how these two are one in the same.

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Author2Author with Jacquelyn Mitchard

February 08, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes - 14.9 MB

Bill welcomes author Jacquelyn Mitchard to the show. Jacquelyn's first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was published in 1996, becoming the first selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club and a #1 New York Times bestseller. Nine other novels, four children's books and six young adult novels followed, including Two if By Sea, No Time to Wave Goodbye, Still Summer, All We Know of Heaven, and The Breakdown Lane. Mitchard's writing has won or been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award, the Ora...

Author2Author with Monica McGurk

February 01, 2022 22:00 - 32 minutes - 14.2 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Monica McGurk to the show. Award-winning author Monica McGurk likes nothing better than weaving complex, multi-layered stories that bring contemporary issues and strong female characters to life through different genres of popular fiction. Her previous work includes three volumes of paranormal YA romance—The Archangel Prophecies: Dark Hope, Dark Rising, and Dark Before Dawn—along with numerous works of fan fiction under the name Consultant by Day.

Author2Author with Bernard MacLaverty

January 25, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MB

Bill welcomes Irish author Bernard MacLaverty to the show. Bernard is the author of five previous collections of stories and five novels, including Grace Notes, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Midwinter Break, shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Born in Ireland, he now lives in Glasgow, Scotland.   

Author2Author with Andrew Lipstein

January 18, 2022 22:00 - 29 minutes - 25.8 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Andrew Lipstein to the show. Andrew's first novel, Last Resort, has been receiving rave reviews prior to its release January 18. We talked about how he dealt with the years of rejection preceding it's publication, the importance of getting into the flow of writing, as well as his unusually creative approach to securing that first contract. Check it out!

Author2Author with Shawn Singleton II

January 11, 2022 22:00 - 31 minutes - 14.2 MB

Bill welcomes coach and author Shawn Singleton II to the show. Shawn Singleton II is a 2021 CREA Award winner, Brainz Executive Contributor, Scribd featured speaker for leadership and mindset, published author of "Brick by Brick: Reshape Your Thinking," Certified Personal Trainer, and Cognitive Behavioral, Life, and Business Coach who has committed the last 14 years of his life learning what it takes to develop habits and the mindset to become successful in life, both personally and professio...

Author2Author with Jason Mott

January 04, 2022 22:00 - 29 minutes - 25.8 MB

Bill welcomes award-winning novelist Jason Mott to the show. Jason is a Bestselling author, National Book Award Winner, Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction Winner, Pushcart Prize nominee, and Carnegie Medals For Excellence Longlist nominee, His poetry and fiction has appeared in various literary journals, and Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of their 10 “New Hollywood: Next Wave” people to watch. He is the author of two poetry collections: We Call This Thing Between Us Love and “…hide ...

Author2Author with Gabrielle Myers

December 14, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 15 MB

Bill welcomes poet and memoirist Gabrielle Myers to the show. Gabrielle is a professor, writer, and chef. Her memoir, Hive-Mind, details her time of love, awakening, and tragic loss on an organic farm. Her poetry manuscripts have been top finalists for the Catamaran West Coast Poetry Prize (2018 & 2020) and the 42 Mile Press Poetry Award (2014). Her poetry has been published in The Adirondack Review, San Francisco Public Press, Fourteen Hills, Evergreen Review, pacificREVIEW, Connecticut Rive...

Author2Author with Farhad Dadyburjor

December 07, 2021 22:00 - 38 minutes - 34.2 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Farhad J. Dadyburjor to the show. Born and based in Mumbai, Farhad J. Dadyburjor has been an entertainment & lifestyle journalist for more than twenty years. He has written for many publications and held several senior editorial positions, including at DNA newspaper, as launch editor at the international men’s magazine FHM, and currently at The Leela magazine. He also has a popular blog of his own, My Good Life, in which he covers food, travel, culture and fashion. His ...

Author2Author with Michael Leppert

November 30, 2021 22:00 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Michael Leppert to the show. Michael Leppert is a lecturer at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, an adjunct professor at IU’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, a columnist and an author. Immediately following his time as a student at IU, Michael went to work for the State of Indiana. His government career began at the Indiana Boys School, leaving there after five years as the program manager in the Intensive Treatment Unit (Maximum S...

Author2Author with Yasmin Angoe

November 23, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 14.8 MB

Bill welcomes debut thriller writer Yasmin Angoe to the show. Yasmin is a first-generation Ghanaian American from Northern Virginia where she grew up in two cultural worlds. In 2020, she received the Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and is a proud member of SinC, Crime Writers of Color, and International Thriller Writers. Yasmin was a middle and high school English teacher and currently works as a freelance developmental editor. When not writing or edi...

Author2Author with Meredith Jaeger

November 16, 2021 22:00 - 34 minutes - 30.4 MB

Bill welcomes author Meredith Jaeger to the show. Meredith is the USA Today bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Dowry, Boardwalk Summer, and her recently released The Pilot’s Daughter. Meredith was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and holds a BA in modern literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She lives outside San Francisco with her husband and daughter.

Author2Author with Sabrina Benaim

November 09, 2021 22:00 - 35 minutes - 31.2 MB

Bill welcomes slam poetry sensation Sabrina Benaim to the show. Sabrina is a poet, storyteller, and workshop facilitator. She is one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time: her videos have reached more than one hundred million people. In 2017, her debut collection, Depression & Other Magic Tricks, was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist, finishing just behind Rupi Kaur's The Sun and Her Flowers. In 2020, she took part in the Heavy Hitters Festival alongside Ani DiFranco, Amber Tambly...

Author2Author with Christy Hallberg

November 02, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 15 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist author Christy Hallberg to the show. Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the novel SEARCHING FOR JIMMY PAGE, from Livingston Press. She is a Teaching Professor of English at East Carolina University, where she earned her BS and MA in English. She received her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Goddard College. She is Senior Associate Editor of North Carolina Literary Review. Her short fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews have appe...

Author2Author with Uli Beutter Cohen

October 26, 2021 21:00 - 35 minutes - 31.7 MB

Bill welcomes New York City–based documentarian, artist, and the creator of Subway Book Review, Uli Beutter Cohen, to the show. Uli explores belonging to a time and place through writing and photography. She is a sought-after speaker and panelist. Her work has been featured in print, on TV, and online by New York magazine; Esquire; Vogue; Forbes; O, The Oprah Magazine; Glamour; the BBC; and The Guardian, among others. Between the Lines: Stories from the Underground is her first book. Uli live...

Author2Author with Maria Marotti

October 19, 2021 21:00 - 31 minutes - 14.1 MB

Bill welcomes author Maria Marotti to the show. Maria Marotti is a retired academic and author of several essays and books of literary criticism. More recently she has published two books in the Detective Captain  Fusco Mystery Cases Series: A Question of Class (2021) and The Etruscan Princess (2020). Maria is at work on the third volume of the series. She also writes animal/paranormal stories.

Author2Author with Laura Davis

October 12, 2021 21:00 - 35 minutes - 15.8 MB

Bill welcomes author Laura Davis to the show. In her 30+ year career as an author, Laura Davis has written seven non-fiction books that have changed peoples’ lives. The Courage to Heal paved the way for hundreds of thousands to heal from the trauma of sexual abuse. Becoming the Parent You Want to Be helps parents develop a vision for the families they want to create. And I Thought We’d Never Speak Again: The Road From Estrangement to Reconciliation teaches the skills of reconciliation and pea...

Author2Author with Joanna Penn

October 05, 2021 21:00 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MB

Bill welcomes bestselling novelist and indie publishing guru Joanna Penn to the show. Joanna writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. 

Author2Author with David Richman

September 28, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 14.7 MB

Bill welcomes author and speaker David Richman to the show. David is an author, public speaker, philanthropist, and endurance athlete whose mission is to form more meaningful human connections through storytelling. In his first book, Winning in the Middle of the Pack, he discussed how to get more out of ourselves than ever imagined. With Cycle of Lives, David shares the interconnected stories of people overcoming trauma and delves deeply into their emotional journeys with cancer. He continue...

Author2Author with Sarah Lipton-Sidibeh

September 21, 2021 21:00 - 38 minutes - 34.4 MB

Bill welcomes poet Sarah Lipton-Sidibeh to the show. Sarah Lipton-Sidibeh, BA Honours, LLCM, FRSA, was born in London, England. She has written three volumes of short stories, three volumes of poetry, a play, a children's book, film scripts, song lyrics and two educational textbooks. Some of her short stories were broadcast on the radio, and her poetry has been published in numerous anthologies. She has received an award from 'The Poetry Society' in England, and her poem, 'Stagnation,' was sh...

Author2Author with Gregg Olsen

September 14, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 14.9 MB

Bill welcomes suspense author Gregg Olsen to the show. Gregg is a #1 New York Times, #1 Amazon Charts, #1 Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 crime books. An impassioned voice for victims and their families, Olsen has been a guest on Dateline, 48 Hours, 20/20, William Shatner's Aftermath, Deadly Women, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Today, FOX News, CNN, Anderson Cooper, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, Snapped, Forensic Files, Inside Ed...

Author2Author with Kevin O'Brien

September 07, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MB

Bill welcomes suspense author Kevin O'Brien back to the show. Before his thrillers landed him on the USA Today and New York Times Bestseller lists, Kevin O’Brien was a railroad inspector.  The author of 21 internationally-published thrillers, he won the Spotted Owl Award for Best Pacific Northwest Mystery. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Press & Guide said: “If Alfred Hitchcock were alive today and writing novels, his name would be Kevin O’Brien.” Kevin’s latest nail...

Author2Author with Lemony Snicket

August 31, 2021 21:00 - 35 minutes - 32 MB

Bill welcomes bestselling novelist Lemony Snicket (AKA Daniel Handler) to the show! Lemony Snicket is the author of far too many books, including the four-volume All the Wrong Questions and the thirteen-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events. His new book, Poison for Breakfast, publishes fall 2021. When inconvenience or treachery prohibits him from making an appearance, Mr. Snicket is represented by Daniel Handler, author of seven unnerving novels himself. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Lyanda Lynn Haupt

August 24, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 14.9 MB

Bill welcomes author Lyanda Lynn Haupt to the show. Lyanda is an award-winning author, naturalist, ecophilosopher, and speaker whose writing is at the forefront of the movement to connect people with nature in their everyday lives. Her newest book is Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit(Little, Brown Spark 2021). Lyanda’s previous books include: Mozart’s Starling (Little, Brown, April, 2017), winner of the Washington State Book Award: The Urban Bestiary: Encountering ...

Author2Author with Lee Zacharias

August 17, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.6 MB

Bill welcomes Author Lee Zacharias to the show. Lee is the author of four novels, a collection of essays, and a collection of short stories. She has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council, has twice won the North Carolina Sir Walter Raleigh Award for a book of fiction, and has received many other prizes, including two silver medals from the Independent Publishers Book Awards and the Phillip H. McMath Book Award. Her latest novel is What A...

Author2Author with Asha Lemmie

August 10, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 14.4 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Asha Lemmie to the show. Asha is the New York Times bestselling author of Fifty Words for Rain. After graduating from Boston College with a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing, she relocated to New York City where she worked in book publishing. Asha writes historical fiction that focuses on bringing unique perspectives to life. 

Author2Author with Christina Baker Kline

August 03, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MB

Bill welcomes author Christina Baker Kline to the show. Christina is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, and whose books have been published in 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities, and schools as "One Book, One Read" selections. H...

Author2Author with Vikki J. Carter

July 27, 2021 21:00 - 37 minutes - 33.1 MB

Bill welcomes the "author's librarian" Vikki J. Carter to the show. As a professional librarian and author, Vikki J. Carter reveals the techniques that librarians use to help writers effectively find valuable sources. Vikki's book, Research Life A Librarian, is available in eBook and in print. Since the publication of her book in March 2021, Vikki has scheduled a fall appearance on The Creative Penn Podcast, and she will be presenting at the 2021 Self-Publishing Advice Conference. 

Author2Author with Kris Faryn

July 20, 2021 21:00 - 31 minutes - 14.1 MB

Bill welcomes multi-genre author Kris Faryn to the show. Kris is known for her love of bean burritos, of traveling, and of her patooties at home, including the grown-up one and furry ones. She also loves baking, cooking, a good book, and a crackling fire. She is a multi-award-winning author of Young Adult Fantasy books and Adult Suspense. Most importantly, Kris believes in turning dreams into realistic goals and that everyone has something special and unique to offer the world. 

Author2Author with Marilyn Peterson Haus

July 13, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 14.3 MB

Bill welcomes memoirist Marilyn Peterson Haus to the show. Marilyn learned to read and write in a one-room school set in the midst of a sea of corn and oats, and then rode a rickety yellow school bus seven miles to the nearest town (population 700) for middle and high school. Everything was oriented around the railroad that sliced through the tallgrass prairie, heading west. Marilyn’s own journey took her in the opposite direction, and after attending Augsburg College in Minneapolis, she and ...

Author2Author with Ellen Birkett Morris

June 29, 2021 21:00 - 34 minutes - 15.2 MB

Bill welcomes debut fiction author Ellen Birkett Morris to the show. Ellen is the author of Lost Girls, a collection of short stories called "a varied set of tales from a skilled practitioner of the short form" by Kirkus Reviews. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, South Carolina Review, and Santa Fe Literary Review, among other journals. She is a winner of the Bevel Summers Prize for short fiction. She is also a recipient of a 2013 Al Smith Fellowship f...

Author2Author with Chris Power

June 22, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 28.5 MB

Bill welcomes novelist and short story writer Chris Power to the show. Chris is the author of Mothers, which was long-listed for the Rathbones Folio Prize and short-listed for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. His new novel, A Lonely Man, was just published to rave reviews! He lives in London. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Kevin McIlvoy

June 15, 2021 21:00 - 34 minutes - 15.2 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Kevin McIlvoy to the show. Kevin’s novel One Kind Favor is his eighth published book. He has published five novels, A Waltz, The Fifth Station, Little Peg, Hyssop, At the Gate of All Wonder, and a short story collection, The Complete History of New Mexico. His short fiction has appeared in Harper’s, Southern Review, Ploughshares, Missouri Review, and other literary magazines. A collection of his prose poems and short-short stories, 57 Octaves Below Middle C, has been p...

Author2Author with Mary Dixie Carter

June 08, 2021 21:00 - 34 minutes - 15.4 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Mary Dixie Carter to the show. Mary Dixie graduated from Harvard College with an honors degree in English Literature and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Her writing has appeared in TIME,  The Economist, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer,  The New York Sun, The New York Observer and other print and online publications.  She worked at The Observer for five years, where she served as the publishing dire...

Author2Author with William Kenower

June 01, 2021 21:00 - 35 minutes - 32 MB

Bill turns the tables and is interviewed by author and activist Michael Kaufman. Michael talks to Bill about his new book, Everyone Has What It Takes: A Writer's Guide to the End of Self-Doubt. In addition to hosting Author2Author every week, Bill is the author of Fearless Writing: How to Create Boldly and Writer with Confidence, Write Within Yourself: An Author’s Companion, and is the Editor-in-Chief of Author magazine. In addition to his books he’s been published in The New York Times, Writ...

Author2Author with Blake Robbins

May 25, 2021 21:00 - 35 minutes - 15.8 MB

Bill welcomes screenwriter, director, and actor Blake Robbins to the show. Blake is an award winning director, writer, and actor. His feature film writing and directing debut THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL world premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival to rave reviews and went on to win 8 Grand Jury Awards at film festivals around the globe. His follow up film THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING (100% Rotten Tomatoes score) world-premiered at the Atlanta Film Festival as the opening night film and won...

Author2Author with Aidan Truhen

May 11, 2021 21:00 - 34 minutes - 30.8 MB

Bill welcomes crimes novelist Aidan Truhen to the show. Aidan lives in London. He worked in commodities of one sort or another until he was thirty, which is an age when a man wants his positive achievements to outnumber his acquittals. He's trying to reinvent himself as a writer. We'll see how it goes. He's also the author of The Price You Pay, and, most recently, Seven Demons. He's hilarious and interesting and we had a fantastic conversation. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Clare Whitfield

May 04, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 32.1 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Clare Whitfield to the show. Clare is a UK based writer living in a suburb where the main cultural landmark is a home store/Starbucks combo. She is the wife of a tattoo artist, mother of a small benign dictator and relies on a black Labrador for emotional stability. People of Abandonned Character is her first novel. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Rebekah Modrak

April 27, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 14.6 MB

Bill welcomes artist and author Rebekah Modrak. Rebekah is a writer and interventionist artist whose artworks resist consumer culture. Re Made Co. (remadeco.org) poses as an online “company” to recreate actual company Best Made Co. by promoting artisanal toilet plungers. RETHINK SHINOLA (rethinkshinola.com) will guide you through the Shinola company’s past and present of marketing white supremacy. Hyperallergic, Core77, The Creators Project, Detroit MetroTimes, and Design Observer and other p...

Author2Author with Jamie Beck

April 20, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 14.7 MB

Bill welcomes author Jamie Beck to the show. A Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author, Jamie’s realistic and heartwarming stories have sold more than three million copies. She is a two-time Booksellers’ Best Award finalist, a National Readers’ Choice Award winner, and critics at Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist have respectively called her work “smart,” “uplifting,” and “entertaining.” In addition to writing novels, she enjoys dancing around the kitchen while cooking and ...

Author2Author with Lainey Cameron

April 13, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Lainey Cameron to the show. Lainey Cameron is a digital nomad and author of women’s fiction, as well as the founder and host of The Best of Women’s Fiction series. A recovering tech industry executive, her award-winning novel, The Exit Strategy, was inspired by a decade of being the only woman in the corporate boardroom. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Joshua M. Greene

April 06, 2021 21:00 - 32 minutes - 14.5 MB

Bill welcomes lecturer and author Joshua M. Greene to the show. Joshua M. Greene is a popular lecturer on Holocaust history and an author whose biographies have sold more than a half-million copies worldwide. Greene’s groundbreaking book on the Dachau war crimes trials, Justice at Dachau: The Trials of an American Prosecutor, was deemed “riveting—history writing at its best” by Douglas Brinkley, presidential historian for CNN. His renowned work on survivor testimony, Witness: Voices from the ...

Author2Author with Tammy Euliano

March 30, 2021 21:00 - 22 minutes - 10 MB

Bill welcomes debut novelist Tammy Euliano to the show. Tammy is a practicing anesthesiologist and tenured professor of anesthesiology at the University of Florida. In addition to a prolific list of academic publications, YouTube teaching videos, and numerous teaching awards, she has also written award-winning short fiction. Fatal Intent is her debut novel. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Martha Beck

March 23, 2021 21:00 - 34 minutes - 30.9 MB

Bill welcomes author and coach Martha Beck to the show. Martha is a PhD, a Harvard-trained sociologist, world-renowned coach and New York Times bestselling author. She has published nine non-fiction books including Expecting Adam, Leaving the Saints, and Finding Your Own North Star, one novel, Diane, Herself, and more than 200 magazine articles. Her latest book is The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self. Don't miss it!

Author2Author with Laura Maylene Walter

March 16, 2021 21:00 - 31 minutes - 14.1 MB

Bill welcomes debut author Laura Maylene Walter to the show. Laura has written for Poets & Writers, Kenyon Review, The Sun, Ninth Letter, The Masters Review, and many others. She has been a Tin House Scholar, a recipient of the Ohioana Library Association's Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, and a writer in residence at Yaddo, the Chautauqua Institution, and Art Omi: Writers. Laura is currently a writer/editor for the Cleveland Public Library, serves as editor in chief of Gordon Square Review, and b...

Author2Author with Julie Carrick Dalton

March 09, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 28.1 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Julie Carrick Dalton to the show. Julie's debut novel WAITING FOR THE NIGHT SONG has been named to Most Anticipated 2021 book lists by CNN, Newsweek, USA Today, Parade, and Buzzfeed, and was an Amazon Editor’s Pick for Best Books of the Month. Julie is a member of the Climate Fiction Writers League and is a frequent speaker and workshop leader on the topic of Fiction in the Age of Climate Crisis. Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, BusinessWeek, The Chicago Revie...

Author2Author with Erica Miner

March 02, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 29.6 MB

Bill welcomes novelist and lecturer Erica Miner to the show. A Violinist turned author, Erica has a multi-faceted career as an award-winning author, screenwriter, journalist and lecturer. Erica's lectures, seminars and workshops on writing and on opera have received kudos in venues across the West Coast, including the Wagner Societies of New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego and Northern California. Erica's writings also have appeared in Leitmotive, the magazine of the Wagner Society of No...

Author2Author with Marcia Butler

February 23, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 29.9 MB

Bill welcomes novelist Marcia Butler to the show. Marcia has had several creative careers: interior designer, documentary filmmaker, oboist, and author. She was a 2015 recipient of a Writer-in-Residence through Aspen Words and the Catto Shaw Foundation. She was also a writing fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2018 and 2019. Her writing has been published in The Washington Post, Literary Hub, PANK Magazine, Psychology Today, Aspen Ideas Magazine, Catapult, Bio-Stories, Ke...

Author2Author with Melissa Gould

February 16, 2021 22:00 - 32 minutes - 29 MB

Bill welcomes memoirist and screenwriter Melissa Gould to the show. Melissa is an award-winning screenwriter who wrote on such acclaimed TV series as Bill Nye the Science Guy, Party of Five, Beverly Hills 90210, and Lizzie McGuire.​​ Her essays can be found in TheNew York Times, TheLos Angeles Times,TheWashington Post. Widowish, her memoir, is her first book.

Author2Author with Michael Kaufman

February 09, 2021 22:00 - 36 minutes - 32.1 MB

Bill welcomes novelist and gender activist Michael Kaufman to the show. Michael Kaufman, PhD, is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction books. As an advisor, activist, and keynote speaker, he has developed innovative approaches to engage men and boys in promoting gender equality and positively transforming men's lives. Over the past four decades his work with the United Nations, governments, non-governmental organizations, corporations, trade unions, and universities has taken him to fifty ...

Author2Author with Tim Garvin

February 02, 2021 22:00 - 33 minutes - 30 MB

Bill welcomes poet and novelist Tim Garvin to the show. Tim  grew up in Arizona, then the Alaskan wilderness. Now he lives beside a creek outside Durham, North Carolina, with his wife, Cynthia, and dog, Blue. He built a cabin beside the creek, and in the mornings goes down there to write. In the afternoons, he throws pots, gardens, reads, discusses life with Cynthia, and sometimes coaxes her and Blue to the coast to float around the Outer Banks in a little sailboat. His debut novel, A Dredgi...

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