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2023/06/15

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Caroline Miller, author of Getting Lost and Finding Home

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2023/05/18

On today's episode we welcome Portland-based author Caroline Miller, author of the new memoir Getting Lost and Finding Home. Caroline has published four novels, 12 short stories, and a children's radio play. She is the creator of the blog "Write Away" and hosts the YouTube ...

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Jena Friedman, author of Not Funny: Essays on Life,...

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2023/05/11

Join us as we welcome Jena Friedman, comedian, writer, director, and author of the new book Not Funny: Essays on Life, Comedy, Culture, Etcetera from Atria Books. In the words of Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and author Samantha Bee, "Jena Friedman is brilliant at m...

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Leora Skolkin-Smith, author of Stealing Faith

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2023/04/20

Leora Skolkin-Smith joins us to talk about her new novel Stealing Faith, the tale of a young woman struggling to survive her mind and the world-famous writer who helped her find the voice that saved her life. Caroline Leavitt says of Stealing Faith: "Skolkin has created an ...

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De’Shawn Charles Winslow, author of Decent People

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2023/03/16

De’Shawn Charles Winslow, the award-winning author of In West Mills, joins us to talk about his new novel Decent People. Set in the same fictional small town in North Carolina, Decent People is a murder mystery, a family saga, and a nuanced examination of race and class. “...

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Caroline Leavitt, author of With or Without You

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2023/02/16

Novelist Caroline Leavitt joins us to talk about publishing, believing in your writing, her latest novel With or Without You, as well as her upcoming book. Caroline is the New York Times bestselling author or Pictures of You and nine other novels. Her writing has appeared ...

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Lynn Steger Strong, author of Flight

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2023/01/19

Lynn Steger Strong, author of Want, graces Between the Covers with an interview on her new novel Flight, a poignant inquiry on social class, love, and family. Lily King calls Flight "arresting and powerful".

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John Vercher, author of After the Lights Go Out

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2022/12/15

On today's BTC, we talk with John Vercher, author of the novel After the Lights Go Out from Soho Press. The book tells the tragic and suspenseful story of an MMA fighter trying to stay on the circuit, as the brain damage he's suffered takes its toll. John is a contributing...

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Chris Abani, author of Smoking the Bible (part 1 of 2)

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2022/11/17

From poet, essayist, novelist, Igbo priest and humanitarian Chris Abani, comes his latest collection of poems Smoking The Bible, an elegy to his dear brother and an exploration of love, loss, exile and rebirth. Part 1 of 2.

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Mary Helen Stefaniak, author of The World of Pondside...

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2022/10/20

Halloween is just around the corner, so we have a double treat for you on today's episode. Mary Helen Stefaniak is here to talk about her two new books: The World of Pondside, a rollicking, cyber mystery set in a retirement home, and The Six-Minute Memoir: Fifty-Five Short ...

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$5 For Three Minutes by Cammie Toloui

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2022/09/15

Photojournalist Cammie Toloui joins us on Between the Covers to talk about her photoessay book $5 For Three Minutes. The new book explores Cammie's time as a stripper at San Francisco's Lusty Lady Theater, where she photographed the people who paid for peep shows, revers...

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Small World by Jonathon Evison

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2022/08/18

On today's episode, our guest is novelist Jonathon Evison, author of the New York Times bestsellers Lawn Boy, West of Here, and All About Lulu. We talk with Jonathon about his new novel, Small World, an epic American tale that spans generations. The New York Times Book Rev...

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What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

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2022/07/21

On today's episode, we speak with Omar El Akkad about his novel What Strange Paradise, recently released in paperback. Called “an instant classic” by the New York Times, What Strange Paradise is the searing story about one boy’s perilous journey toward safety in a desperate...

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All the Secrets of the World by Steve Almond

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2022/06/16

Fans of beloved writer, Dear Sugar columnist, and writing teacher Steve Almond rejoice as we talk to the author about his first novel All the Secrets of the World. Sara Lippman of the Chicago Review of Books says: "All the Secrets of the World is a masterful, nervy, comple...

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Vigil Harbor by Julia Glass

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2022/05/19

On today's episode, our guest is Julia Glass, author of the new novel Vigil Harbor from Pantheon. Vigil Harbor is a rich, complex delve into the lives of one community in the near future wrestling with climate disaster, pandemics, domestic terrorism, and family dissolution...

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You Tell the Stories You Need to Believe by Rebecca...

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2022/04/21

On today's episode, our guest is Rebecca Brown, author of the new cycle of essays You Tell the Stories You Need to Believe from Chatwin Books. In the new book, Brown explores life's biggest questions: time, memory, love, and how we endure. Brown is the author of ten books ...

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