Senator Tammy Duckworth releases a memoir

Posted on March 30, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As her interviewer put it, a fictional version of US Senator Tammy Duckworth’s life might be derided as unrealistic. For...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR, Politics

Read or listen to an excerpt from "This Is the Voice"

Posted on March 19, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author John Colapinto’s examination of a vocal injury and exploration of how human speech actually works came out earlier this...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Excerpt, Memoir, Nonfiction, NPR, The Guardian

New book explores Mississippi as a literary powerhouse

Posted on March 17, 2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As residents of Iowa, we’re keenly aware that small states can have outsized impacts on larger issues. The same phenomenon...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book is out

Posted on March 16, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday would have been Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s eighty-eighth birthday, had she not passed away last fall. But today is her...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR, Politics

Author Q&A: Tina Marie

Posted on March 8, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Contemporary romance author Tina Marie's photo and website URL.

Today we're interviewing Tina Marie, a Canadian author who writes contemporary romance.

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Tagged As: Author interview, Romance

Colson Whitehead discusses the good, bad, and ugly on "60 Minutes"

Posted on March 4, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If your weekend was anything like ours, it was spent out in the sun instead of near a TV set. ...

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Read an excerpt of "The Committed" (and interviews with its author)

Posted on March 3, 2021 at 8:33 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen’s follow-up to his 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner hit shelves yesterday. The Committed is the sequel to...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Excerpt, The New York Times

Meet the author who caused lovers to leave locks on bridges

Posted on March 2, 2021 at 10:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Italian author Federico Moccia didn’t invent the idea of leaving locks on bridges as a signal of love, but his...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Literature in translation, Romance, The New York Times, Young adult literature

Anne de Bourgh is the latest Austen character to get her own novel

Posted on February 19, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Authors are just like us — fascinated by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and all the characters, minor and major,...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Classic literature, Literary Hub

The lessons of "The Tale Of The Mandarin Duck" by Bette Midler

Posted on February 18, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ready for another inspirational children’s book about a newsworthy bird? Award-winning entertainer Bette Midler has delivered it: The Tale Of...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, NPR, Pop culture