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When I read Joe Posnanski’s writing, I am reminded that writing itself is a type of magic—my favorite kind. It was an honor and a thrill to interview Posnanski to discuss his latest book, The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini.
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When I read Joe Posnanski’s writing, I am reminded that writing itself is a type of magic—my favorite kind.
Read my full recommendation for The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski and Anne Nesbit’s Cloud and Wallfish: 23 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: October 2019
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This month’s blurb teases:
-The fact that The Story of Ferdinand is one of my husband’s favorite picture books makes me love him all the more, and, whether or not he can change a diaper, I think that he is going to be a pretty fantastic dad. . . .
-In The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, we have the joy of entering another time through the eyes of someone who doesn’t belong there.
Read my full recs and more: 19 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: September 2019
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We are links in a chain of women that goes back thousands of years. What we have to give to the next generation . . . is our experience, wisdom, and love. The mode of transference? Food.
Read my full rec for Miriam’s Kitchen by Elizabeth Ehrlich and for Screen Queens by Lori Goldstein: 21 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: August 2019
Screen Queens is the perfect fun, smart, girl power summer read. Listen in to my interview with author Lori Goldstein as we discuss her inspiration for the story, sexism in Silicon Valley, and our social media-driven world.
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Just South of Home is filled with tween humor and fun while exploring complex issues of race and identity. In my conversation with author Karen Strong, we discuss Strong’s novel, her Southern upbringing, and her pull to writing.
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This month, I recommended two very different books, Wild and Nikki on the Line. Blurb teasers:
Wild by Cheryl Strayed made me think that perhaps we can never really separate ourselves from those around us, and that what makes us who we are is an unknowable combination of those people and something deep inside us.
Nikki on the Line: It is a testament to Nikki and her creator, Barbara Carrol Roberts, given how little I knew about basketball going into this story, how much I cheered for Nikki to the very end.
Read my full recs and more: 16 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: July 2019
Writer’s Bone co-host Daniel Ford’s newest book, Black Coffee, give us glimpses into vastly different worlds that somehow believably exist in the same universe. Sean Tuohy and I chatted with Ford about his short story collection, which, like its author, manages to be darkly optimistic.
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This month, I recommended two children’s books for Writer’s Bone’s Books that Should Be on Your Radar. Just South of Home by Karen strong is a touching and adventurous middle-grade tale about family, friendship, and coming to terms with a painful past. (Stay tuned for our upcoming interview!) Emma and the Whale is a beautifully illustrated picture book about a girl who lives by the sea.
Read my rec and more: 17 Books That Should Be on Your Radar: June 2019
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The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas is a thrilling mystery that gets creepier and creepier, until you have to stay up into the wee hours of the morning to find out what happens. At least, that’s what I did. Read my full recommendation on Writer’s Bone’s May list:
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