Books Are My People
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Turning Discarded Books Into Art
April 22, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBCollage 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: ...
Murder in Sicily with Jo Piazza author of The Sicilian Inheritance
April 08, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB#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 ...
Changing Legislation through Books with Garrard Conley
March 25, 2024 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.3 MBAuthor 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 O...
How to Write A Graphic Memoir
March 11, 2024 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIn 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...
Roxana Robinson
February 26, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBRoxana 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 D...
Books About War
February 12, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIn 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. Click below to purchase the books at my affiliate Bookshop.org shop, which gives money back to Diesel Bookstore and supports this show. 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 b...
Building Community Through Books and Art
January 15, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThis 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, au...
116 with Bookshop.org CEO Andy Hunter
January 01, 2024 13:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBToday, 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. One of the best things you can do to support my free podcast is to purchase books through my affiliate links below! Or, buy me a coffee! (I do love coffee!) 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...
Bookshop.org and the Importance of Independent Bookstores
January 01, 2024 13:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBToday, 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. One of the best things you can do to support my free podcast is to purchase books through my affiliate links below! Or, buy me a coffee! (I do love coffee!) 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 Hap...
115 - Books Are My People Best Books of the Year
December 18, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBBooks 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. Visit me on Substack. Find me on Instagram. Movies D...
Best Books of 2023
December 18, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBToday, 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...
115 - Books Are My People Best Books of the Year with Ron Clark
December 18, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBBooks 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. Visit me on Substack. Find me on Instagram. Movies D...
114 - Books Are My People, back in time to 2014
December 04, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MB114 – Books Are My People back in time 2014 Etsy Link To My Journals Send me an email at [email protected] with your address I will send you a handmade collage! 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 Support the show I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!
Best Books of 2014
December 04, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MBToday on episode #114 I go back in time and review my favorite book from 2014. Etsy Link To My Journals Send me an email at [email protected] with your address I will send you a handmade collage! 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 Support the show I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!
A Grandmother Begins The Story
November 20, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBToday, 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:...
113 - with Michelle Porter, author of A Grandmother Begins The Story
November 20, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBMichelle 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: Link up to the story of...
Edward Carrey
November 06, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBToday, 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 ...
112 with Edward Carrey, author of Edith Holler
November 06, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBBooks Are My People #112 with Edward Carrey author of 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 Ferra...
112 - with Edward Carrey author of Edith Holler
November 06, 2023 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBBooks Are My People #112 with Edward Carrey author of 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 NOcel: 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 Ferra...
111 - Me, Myself and I
October 23, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBThis week, it's a quick solo show, but I still manage to recommend five books! 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 Here is the link to my Substack. Here is the link to my All You Have To Do Is Call book giveaway closing 11/2 ...
Five Great Book Recommendations
October 23, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBToday, 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 Here is the link to my Substack. Here is the link to my All You Have To Do Is Call book giveaway closing 11/2 Letter from Steinbeck to...
Reproductive Rights and Women's Healthcare
October 09, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBOn 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. Sign up for my weekly book recommendation newsletter here. Find me on Substack here. 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 aut...
110 - Books Are My People with Kerri Maher
October 09, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBOn this episode Kerri Maher and I talk reproductive rights, historical fiction and books we love! Sign up for my weekly book recommendation newsletter here. Find me on Substack here. 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 recom...
#110 - Books Are My People with Kerri Maher
October 09, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBOn this episode Kerri Maher and I talk reproductive rights, historical fiction and books we love! Sign up for my weekly book recommendation newsletter here. Find me on Substack here. 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 recom...
109 - with Kayvion Lewis author of Theives' Gambit
September 25, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBToday, 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 Sca...
Theives' Gambit and Wanderlust
September 25, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBToday, 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 Reds...
Pockets and Fashion in Books And Culture
September 11, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBToday, on episode #108, 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 F...
108 - Books Are My People with Hannah Carlson
September 11, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBI 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 Weath...
Dreamgirls
August 28, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBToday, on episode 107 I speak with author Denene Millner about her latest novel, One Blood, and her experience novelizing the film Dreamgirls. Click on any of the links below to purchase the books discussed. Shownotes: My upcycled book journals are on sale with 25% off through September 15th, 2023 with the code: ENDOFSUMMER Free shipping free when you spend $35 or more. Click here to shop! Book Giveaway: The Weaver and the Witch Queen All you have to do to enter is click here and comm...
107 - Books Are My People with Denene Millner
August 28, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB107 – Denene Millner On this episode, I speak with Denene Millner about her latest novel, One Blood, out September 5th. Click on any of the links below to purchase the books discussed. Shownotes: My upcycled book journals are on sale with 25% off through September 15th, 2023 with the code: ENDOFSUMMER Free shipping free when you spend $35 or more. Click here to shop! Book Giveaway: The Weaver and the Witch Queen All you have to do to enter is click here and comment on my The Weaver a...
Stephen Sondheim, Writer's Strike and Books
August 14, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBShownotes: Today, on episode #106, 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. Permanent Linkups: Sign up for my weekly newsletter Follow me on Substack Follow me on Instagram Take a writing class with me Buy a unique, upcycled journal for book lovers Reach ...
106 - Books Are My People with Screenwriter, Ron Clark
August 14, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBShownotes: 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. Permanent Linkups: Sign up for my weekly newsletter Follow me on Substack Follow me on Instagram Take a writing class with me Buy a unique, upcycled journal for book lovers Reach out and email m...
105 - Books Are My People with Hotel Laguna author, Nicola Harrison
June 19, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBOn 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...
Historical Fiction and Hotel Laguna
June 19, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBToday, on episode #105 historical fiction author, Nicola Harrison pops by to discuss her latest novel, Hotel Laguna. 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 ...
104 - Books Are My People with Suspense Author, May Cobb
June 05, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBOn 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 click on any title to be taken to my bookshop.org shop: Books Are My People Recommended Books: A Likeable Woman by May Cobb Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Brazier My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Flores Vera Won’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Su...
Suspense Novels and May Cobb
June 05, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBToday, on episode #104, 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 click on any title to be taken to my bookshop.org shop: Books Are My People Recommended Books: A Likeable Woman by May Cobb Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Brazier My Last Innocent Year by Daisy Alpert Flores Vera Won’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Su...
Bookpage Magazine
May 22, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBToday on episode #103, you won't believe how many books Bookpage Editor, Savanna Walker 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, Vegetab...
103 - Books Are My People with BookPage genre editor Savanna Walker
May 22, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBYou 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 ...
Book Recommendations from a Book Editor
May 08, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBToday, on episode #102, listen to learn about Katie Mouallek'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...
102 - Books Are My People with Editor Katie Mouallek
May 08, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBListen 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 b...
101 - Books Are My People with @texacalibooks' Caroline Dreyfus
April 24, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBShownotes 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 Menti...
Bookstagram and Book Influencers
April 24, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBToday on episode #101, 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 Men...
100 Episodes of Book Recommendations
April 10, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBThis week, on episode #100, I celebrate my 100th podcast episode! Want more book recommendations? Sign up for my newsletter here. Win Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson here. 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...
100 - Books Are My People
April 10, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBThis week, I celebrate my 100th podcast episode! Want more book recommendations? Sign up for my newsletter here. Win Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson here. 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...
99 - Books Are My People with Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street
March 27, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThis week, editor and author, Jenny Jackson, comes on the show to discuss her novel, Pineapple Street. Want more book recommendations? Sign up for my newsletter here. 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 B...
98 - Books Are My People with Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You
March 13, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBWant more books in your life? Sign up for my weekly newsletter here. 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 Svo...
97 - Books Are My People with Priya Guns, author of Your Driver Is Waiting
February 27, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB97 – Books Are My people with Priya Guns Want more book recommendations in your life? Sign up for my weekly newsletter! Want to send a little love my way? Leave me a review or rating wherever you listen to Books Are My People. Click any book to be taken to my bookshop.org affiliate page and support the show! 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: Ex...
96 - Books Are My People with Amy Poeppel, author of The Sweet Spot
February 13, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBThis 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! Sign up here for my newsletter for more book titles delivered to your inbox! 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 Adrian...
95 - Books Are My People with Grady Hendrix
January 30, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBWant even more book recommendations? Sign up for my weekly newsletter! 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. Click on any title below to be taken to my Bookshop.org shop and help support the show! The Elementals by Michael McDowell Maame by Jessica George Through the Woods by Emily Carroll Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen Shi...
94 - Books Are My People with Parini Shroff, author of The Bandit Queens
January 23, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBThis 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! Sign up for my newsletter link. Enter my How to Sell A Haunted house Giveaway 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 Kirs...