Kiley Reid goes behind the scenes of "Such A Fun Age"

Posted on February 5, 2020 at 4:52 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Stuck on the wait list for Such a Fun Age at your local library? We sure are — so in...

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Curtis Sittenfeld talks about her inspiration for "Rodham"

Posted on February 4, 2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Curtis Sittenfeld’s fiction is moving to the other side of the political aisle, with Rodham coming out June 30. As...

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Susan Choi on why "Trust Exercise" resonated so strongly with readers

Posted on February 2, 2020 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Susan Choi knew her latest novel, Trust Exercise, had made a splash — after all, it won the National Book...

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New book examines the stresses in the US election system

Posted on January 30, 2020 at 11:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Feeling a bit too cheerful this morning? We can fix that, with the help of an NPR author interview. Richard...

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NPR re-interviews "American Dirt" author

Posted on January 24, 2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR interviewed one of the most talked-about authors last week — and then had to toss it out. The writer...

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Author Bryan Stevenson on addressing the injustices of the past

Posted on January 20, 2020 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As you may know, the new movie Just Mercy is based on a memoir of the same name by lawyer...

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Why writer John McPhee is starting a project that will never end

Posted on January 15, 2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us are drawn to tasks with a natural completion, or at least we’ve chosen those for our New...

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Why NPR's Steve Inskeep wrote a book on Jessie and John Frémont

Posted on January 13, 2020 at 3:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If reading is your escape from reality, this author interview may not be for you. Because not only is NPR...

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Why "Such a Fun Age" author Kiley Reid is already adapting it for the screen

Posted on January 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another debut novel that’s hitting several headlines is Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid. Reese Witherspoon has chosen it...

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Find out why there's such fuss over "Topics of Conversation"

Posted on January 8, 2020 at 9:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Have you been seeing Topics of Conversation all over your literary newsfeed and wondered what the fuss was about? Well,...

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