Karen Thompson Walker on mixing the ordinary and extraordinary

Posted on January 3, 2019 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In The Age of Miracles, author Karen Thompson Walker wove the typical tribulations of growing up into the larger-scale tension...

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Tagged As: Author interview, New release

What's in the memoir of a "born-again Southern Mexican"?

Posted on January 3, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Your lunchtime read today comes from NPR, which interviewed chef and memoirist Eddie Hernandez over the weekend. Hernandez calls himself...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR

New book: Screen time isn't ruining kids these days

Posted on January 2, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re ready to kick off the new year with some uplifting reading material. If you are too (and especially if...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR

N.K. Jemisin explains why she loves endings

Posted on December 29, 2018 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author N.K. Jemisin was a doubly fitting interview for the end of the year, as Ari Shapiro points out. December...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Final lines and chapters, NPR, Science fiction

Memoirist takes Toni Morrison's advice, subconsciously

Posted on December 28, 2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Tillie Walden didn’t specifically set out to write the book she wished she could have read, but that’s exactly what...

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Tagged As: Graphic novel / comics, Memoir, NPR

Author Q&A: Jack Massa

Posted on December 27, 2018 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

YA paranormal fantasy and historical fantasy author Jack Massa's photo and website URL.

Jack Massa has worn many hats throughout his working life, but they've always been covering that of fantasy-fiction author.

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Tagged As: Author interview, Fantasy, Historical fiction, Young adult literature

Sentencing reform advocate discusses her new book

Posted on December 27, 2018 at 9:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The latest criminal-justice reforms to pass Congress have inspired hope among many, including the co-author of a book opposing life...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR, Politics

Author Q&A: Joshua Rutherford

Posted on December 26, 2018 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fantasy author Joshua Rutherford's photo and website URL.

Joshua Rutherford was a screenwriter without an audience ... until he realized the perks of publishing a novel instead.

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Tagged As: Author interview, Fantasy

Preview the latest Frederick Douglass biography through NPR

Posted on December 23, 2018 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

David Blight’s new biography of Frederick Douglas is among the New York Times’s ten best books of the year. At...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction, Nonfiction, NPR

Novelist Andrew Miller on the books that shaped him

Posted on December 21, 2018 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In general, our literary tastes don’t overlap much with author Andrew Miller’s, based on his recent Q&A with the Guardian....

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Tagged As: Author interview, The Guardian