Podcast appearances and mentions of mary rand hess

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they're reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Swing by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess.   Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!

Told in a combination of poetry and prose, Swing follows Noah and Walt's story about baseball, jazz, love, hope and courage. Walt is convinced that junior year is going to be "their year" but Noah is skeptical after failing to make the baseball team again and being firmly friend-zoned by his crush. Sometimes you just have to take a swing at life. This title is intended for teens, however, it may contain language or themes that some readers may find offensive. Recorded with permission of Blink, an imprint of HarperCollins. Click here to see this title in the Houston Public Library catalog.

New York Times bestselling author Mary Rand Hess is our guest on this episode of The Author Inside You podcast. Mary shares her daring decision to contact the popular Instagram sensation Steve Greig (@wolfgang2242) with her idea of a picture book. The One and Only Wolfgang: From Pet Rescue to One Big Happy Family has become a number one bestseller on Amazon. MaryRandHess.com MaryRandHess@yahoo.com Mary on LinkedIn Mary on Twitter Steve's Instagram @wolfgang2242       

New York Times bestselling author Mary Rand Hess is our guest on this episode of The Author Inside You podcast. Mary shares her daring decision to contact the popular Instagram sensation Steve Greig (@wolfgang2242) with her idea of a picture book. The One and Only Wolfgang: From Pet Rescue to One Big Happy Family has become a number one bestseller on Amazon. MaryRandHess.com MaryRandHess@yahoo.com Mary on LinkedIn Mary on Twitter Steve's Instagram @wolfgang2242       

In this week's podcast, poet, writer and multi-media artist Mary Rand Hess takes us into the heart of her collaborations with Newbery medalist Kwame Alexander. Together MAry and Kwame have written two best-selling YA titles Solo, a book that has rock and roll weaving through it and Swing, a book that centers around jazz and baseball. Both tell rich and complex stories of teenage boys trying to grow up in a world they didn't create--and both do it entirely in verse. Mary talks about writing for young adults and kids, what draws her to poetry (she started out wanting to be a rock star!), and making a life as a working writer.

In this week's podcast, poet, writer and multi-media artist Mary Rand Hess takes us into the heart of her collaborations with Newbery medalist Kwame Alexander. Together MAry and Kwame have written two best-selling YA titles Solo, a book that has rock and roll weaving through it and Swing, a book that centers around jazz and baseball. Both tell rich and complex stories of teenage boys trying to grow up in a world they didn't create--and both do it entirely in verse. Mary talks about writing for young adults and kids, what draws her to poetry (she started out wanting to be a rock star!), and making a life as a working writer.

In this week's podcast, poet, writer and multi-media artist Mary Rand Hess takes us into the heart of her collaborations with Newbery medalist Kwame Alexander. Together MAry and Kwame have written two best-selling YA titles Solo, a book that has rock and roll weaving through it and Swing, a book that centers around jazz and baseball. Both tell rich and complex stories of teenage boys trying to grow up in a world they didn't create--and both do it entirely in verse. Mary talks about writing for young adults and kids, what draws her to poetry (she started out wanting to be a rock star!), and making a life as a working writer.

In this week's podcast, poet, writer and multi-media artist Mary Rand Hess takes us into the heart of her collaborations with Newbery medalist Kwame Alexander. Together MAry and Kwame have written two best-selling YA titles Solo, a book that has rock and roll weaving through it and Swing, a book that centers around jazz and baseball. Both tell rich and complex stories of teenage boys trying to grow up in a world they didn't create--and both do it entirely in verse. Mary talks about writing for young adults and kids, what draws her to poetry (she started out wanting to be a rock star!), and making a life as a working writer.

Today, Tom’s guest is award-winning young-adult author, poet and educator Kwame Alexander. He has written 28 books, including ----Booked,---- which was nominated for a National Book Award, and ----The Crossover,---- winner of the Newberry Medal for middle grades novel. ----Swing,---- his latest novel co-written with Mary Rand Hess, is a follow-up to ----The Crossover.----He is the winner of many awards, including the Coretta Scott King Author Honor and the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Prize, and he’s received three NAACP Image Award nominations. He’s also the founder of Versify, a publishing arm of Houghton Mifflin, and he hosts a literary show called Bookish, which airs on Facebook Watch.

On today's episode, Adam is joined by three of OverDrive's staff librarians to answer a few of the book request emails we've received over the last few weeks. Emma, Kristin, and Maria do not disappoint. Check out all these amazing books!   Books our librarians (and Adam) are reading:   My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer   Historical Fiction with a Medical Slant The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman The Physician by Noah Gordon Outlander by Diana Gabaldon   YA Poetry & Novels in Verse The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Crank by Ellen Hopkins The Dark Between Stars by Atticus If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar Swing by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess   Steampunk/Dieselpunk, Modern & Urban Fantasy The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher The Queen of All Crows by Rod Duncan (Book One of the Map of Unknown Things series) The Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin   Dark, Intense and Creepy audiobooks (based off of I'll be Gone In The Dark) You by Caroline Kepnes The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter   Dark Fantasy and moral ambiguity The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Furyborn by Clarie Legrand Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones The Sisters of the Winter Wood   Thrilling dad books! Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Micro) Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Marathon Man by William Goldman     HP Read Alikes and Literary Fiction A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (2019)   True Crime and books about drug dealers The Power of the Dog trilogy by Don Winslow No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel by Dan Slater The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum

With a poet’s passion, Kwame Alexander narrates his novel-in-verse about high school friends Noah and Walt. Alexander’s strong connection to his characters shines—he’s inside the heads of these teens. Consider it a listening companion to SOLO, also by Alexander and Hess, or the celebrated THE CROSSOVER—both Earphones Award winners. In an AudioFile interview, Alexander said, “Good poetry—the kind that connects and resonates with readers and listeners—is work that stands on the page and on the stage.” Published by Blink. Read the full review of SWING at audiofilemagazine.com. For more free audiobook recommendations, sign up for AudioFile Magazine’s newsletter. On today’s episode are Jo Reed and AudioFile Magazine publisher Michele Cobb. Support for Behind the Mic comes from Grammy Award-winning publisher Hachette Audio, home to works by James Patterson, JK Rowling, Joel Osteen, David Sedaris, David Baldacci, Elin Hilderbrand, Michael Connelly, and many more bestselling audiobooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, Tom’s guest is award-winning young-adult author, poet and educator Kwame Alexander. He has written 28 books, including Booked, which was nominated for a National Book Award, and The Crossover, winner of the Newberry Medal for middle grades novel. Swing, his latest novel co-written with Mary Rand Hess, is a follow-up to The Crossover.He is the winner of many awards, including the Coretta Scott King Author Honor and the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Prize, and he’s received three NAACP Image Award nominations. He’s also the founder of Versify, a publishing arm of Houghton Mifflin, and he hosts a literary show called Bookish, which airs on Facebook Watch.Known to many from his frequent appearances on NPR’s Morning Edition, he is one of America’s most persuasive Pied Pipers when it comes to igniting a love of reading and exploration in young and old alike.Kwame Alexander joins Tom to discuss his new book, discovering his voice as a child and the eternal pursuit of finding your cool. This conversation was pre-recorded.

On today's episode, Jill and Adam share the books coming out in October they are most excited for. BUT FIRST... We are in a BIG NAGINI MOOD. We bring on friend of the show and all around rockstar human Jandra Sutton to breakdown the issues we have with the new Fantastic Beasts trailer. We have thoughts, friends. Book mentioned in this episode The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton The Witch Elm by Tana French The Library Book by Susan Orlean Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami Elevation by Stephen King Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker (Don't) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen Lu by Jason Reynolds Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally Heavy by Kiese Laymon Dear Evan Hansen Val Emmich Author & Steven Levenson Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle I'll Be There for you the one about friends by Kelsey Miller Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson Swing by Kwame Alexander & Mary Rand Hess