On episode 128 I speak with author Catherine Newman about summer hair, humor as survival strategy and Catherine’s previous job working in a sandwich shop. This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by Let Gravity Seize the Dead by Darrin Doyle. Sandwich by Catherine Newman We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Books Recommended: Q…

These week, on episode 127 I take it back to the OG days of the podcast five years ago when I struggled to get a guest on the show. Now, I am so lucky to get to pick amazing guests! This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith Books Recommended: I am Not Sydney Poitier by Percival Everett The …

This week, on episode 126, I speak with picture book author Nell Cross Beckerman. We discuss how authors find illustrators, some of our favorite picture books and Nell’s recently published book, From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us. From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us by Nell Cross Beckerman, illustrated by Sophie Diao This epi…

This week, author and Drag Queen Story Hour founder Michelle Tea visits and talks to us about her new Press, Dopamine, its forthcoming anthology, Sluts and how she generates so much writing. This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced, A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith Books Discussed: Sluts Anthology edited by Michelle Tea My…

Collage 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 Hundre…

#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 Cosiman…

Author 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 Jam…

In 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 Bu…

Roxana 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 …

In 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 …

This 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…

Learn about three new works of fiction, one memoir and a backlisted short fiction collection. Join my book club if you're looking for a book community. I talk about book bans in Florida, reading goals and Keanu Reeves. Books Recommended: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions…

Today, 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 Ben…

Today, 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…

Today 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 booksaremypeople@gmail.com 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…

Today, 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 Gu…

Today, 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 Ferr…

Today, 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 i…

On 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 …

Today, 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 Whal…

Today, 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 …

Today, 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 …

Shownotes: 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 newsle…

Today, 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 Lo…

Today, 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 T…

Today 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 St…

Today, 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 Sign…

Today 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 Ke…

This 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…

This 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 Latecom…

Want 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 Rec…

97 – 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…

This 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 …

Want 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 …

This 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 …

Sign up for my new Books Are My People Newletter here! This week, I speak with Annie Long Sullivan, founder of soThis, a bookclub with benefits. She speaks with me about some of her favorite recent reads and why she started a virtual bookclub community. Books Recommended: Click any title to be taken to my affiliate Bookshop.org shop. All Signs Poin…

92 – Books Are My People – Just Jennifer – Back in time to 2015 click here to sign up for my newsletter! Books Recommended: Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff The First Bad Man by Miranda July Between the World and Me by Te Nehisi-Coates The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson The Sellout by Paul Beatty Other Books Discussed: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo …

91 – Books Are My People with Anna Caputo Books Discussed: Thank you for Listening by Julia Whelan Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney Poster Girl by Veronica Roth Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung Translated by Anton Hur The Wilder women by Ruth Emmie Lang Other Books Discussed: The Splendid Ticket by Bill Cotter The Bird Tattoo by Dunya Mikhail At Certain Poin…

Books Are My People – Episode 90 This week, I welcome author and actor Tracy Dawson, author of Let Me Be Frank: A Book about Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed to Do. Books Recommended: Let Me Be Frank: A Book about Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren’t Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson If Neitzsche Were a Narwhal…

89 – Books Are My People with Brittany Ackerman (author of The Brittanys and The Perpetual Motion Machine) The Brittanys by Brittany Ackerman The Perpetual Motion Machine by Brittany Ackerman The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson The Blurry Years by Eleanor Kriseman None of This Would Have Happened If Pri…

This week, I have the perfect Halloween guest, Rachel Harrison, author of the recently published, Such Sharp Teeth. We talk about reads for spooky season! House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth Ghosteaters by Clay McLeod Chapman Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese So Happy for you by Celia Laskey Other Books Cackle by Rachel …

I'm taking the week off to wrap up my teaching commitments, so I've enlisted some help from my friends Amy and Carrie over at The Perks of Being A Book Lover Podcast. Please enjoy this episode where they talk about books (our favorite thing to talk about) and speak with Typewriter Rodeo poet, Sean Petrie! Learn more about The Perks of Being a Book …

This week, I welcome acclaimed author, A.M. Homes to the show! We talk about her latest novel, The Unfolding, as well as her writing habits and what made her want to write about politics. Books discussed this week. The Unfolding by A.M. Homes Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet Ancestor Trou…

This week, I am joined by Cat Acree, Deputy Editor of BookPage Magazine. We chat about how we select our next picks, changes in the publishing industry and Cat shares some of her favorite recent reads! Book recommendations: On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton Trust by Hernan Diaz Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Grown Ups by Marie Aubert Th…

Thinks week I speak with Emily Achler, founder of Italic Type. She recommends books, speaks with us about her online book community and talks bout how she selects her next read. Books Recommended: Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih Ghali One’s Company by Ashley Hutson Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal Our Crooked Hearts by Meli…

Today, author Christopher Farnsworth visits and discusses his new novel, Reunion. We also talk about why writers write and he recommends some of his favorite books! Books Recommended: Reunion by Christopher Farnsworth Making History by Carolyn See Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin American Gods by Neil Gaiman The Kissing Bug: A True sotry of a family, …

Click here to purchase any of the books mentioned today. This week, I am joined by Katie Hafner, author of The Boys. We talk about how reading is like matchmaking and Katie recommends some of her favorite books. Books Recommended : The Boys by Katie Hafner You Again by Debra Jo ImmergutI The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead Capture the Castle by D…

This week, I recommend The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka and other great books! Also, find out how you can get your favorite book recommendation on the show! Books Discussed: The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Such A Good Mother by Helen Monks Takhar Oth…

This week, I’m joined by The Village Well Books and Coffee owner, Jennifer Caspar who talks about what it takes to run a bookstore as well as shares some of her favorite recent reads! Books Discussed: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Shmutz by Felicia Berliner Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh The Pink Hotel by Liska Jacobs The Art of Gathering by P…

This week, a book about murder turns murderous in my bookish news segment, I recommend five recent paperback releases and five great books that I've read recently. You'll also hear about my trip to Whistler, our new pets, and I'll share who will be my special guest on the next episode. BOOK GIVEAWAY: The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger WIN a hard …