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In addition to being a much-admired writer, she owns Parnassus Books, in Nashville. “Because I own a bookstore, I get a copy of just about every book that comes out. It's like being pelted to death with books.” Like that Shirley Jackson story but more ironic. The author of Bel Canto, on friendship, fathers, writing, and reading.

Make the New Year Your Best Year Free 2-part Workshop to build 3 new habits January 3 and 10th  – 12 Noon Eastern – 1 hour via Zoom Sign Up here _______________________ As the year winds down, it's time to reflect - and look ahead. Carol Orsborn, author of the new book Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life, explains why it's a wise move to continue that practice  with weekly reflections to tune into the spiritual side of aging. Carol Orsborn joins us from Tennessee. _______________________ Bio Dr. Carol Orsborn is the best-selling author of over 35 books including her forthcoming Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life. Her body of work includes The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life's Promise.  Older, Wiser, Fiercer: The Wisdom Collection  and 2015 Gold Nautilus Book Award winner in the category of Consciously Aging: The Spirituality of Age: A Seeker's Guide to Growing Older (with Robert L. Weber, Ph.D.) She has recently launched the Spiritual Aging Study and Support Group (SASS) at Spiritual Aging@ Substack.com.  She founded the Conscious Aging Book Club in conjunction with Parnassus Books and now housed at CarolOrsborn.com, and the Sage-ing Book Club run in conjunction with the leading organization in the field Sage-ing International Carol is curator of Fierce with Age:  The Archives of Boomer Wisdom, Inspiration, and Spirituality, housed at CarolOrsborn.com and a leading voice of the conscious aging and spirituality and aging movements.  For the past decade, she has also blogged about the Boomer Generation for Huffington Post, BeliefNet.com and PBS's Next Avenue, among others. Dr. Orsborn received her Masters of Theological Studies and Doctorate in History and Critical Theory of Religion from Vanderbilt University with post-graduate work in Spiritual Counseling at the New Seminary in Manhattan. She is an internationally-recognized thought leader on the fulfillment of the human potential through all life stages. For the past forty years, Dr. Orsborn has been a leading voice of her generation, appearing on Oprah, NBC Nightly News and on The Today Show among many others. Her blogs have appeared regularly in Huffington Post, Beliefnet, NPR's Next Avenue and McKnights, among others.  She has been  a frequent speaker at conferences and events such as the American Society of Aging, Sage-ing International Conference, Boomerstock, the Positive Aging Conference, Omega Institute and the American Academy of Religion. Dr. Orsborn established her reputation as a generational expert as co-founder of the first global initiative by a top ten PR company dedicated to helping brands such as Ford, AARP, Prudential and Humana communicate with Boomers. She has brought her talks and retreats on resilience, spirituality and aging to such venues as Omega Institute, American Society of Aging, Positive Aging Conference, Vanderbilt University Hospital and many other aging, healthcare, spiritual and religious groups. Dr. Orsborn received her Doctorate in History and Critical Theory of Religion from Vanderbilt University, specializing in adult development and ritual studies, including intergenerational values formation and transmission. She has served on the faculties of Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount and Georgetown Universities.  Dr. Orsborn lives in Nashville, Tennessee and Toronto, Canada. ________________________ For More on Carol Orsborn Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life Website Substack ________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like The Vintage Years – Dr. Francine Toder Slow Living - Stephanie O'Dea From Role to Soul – Connie Zweig Getting Good at Getting Older – Rabbi Laura Geller ________________________ Thinking of retiring? Start here with our Best Books on Retirement summaries _______________________ About The Retirement Wisdom Podcast

Earlier this week Diane hosted a special edition of The Diane Rehm Book Club, her monthly series held on ZOOM in front of a live audience. This month she asked some of her favorite book lovers to join her to talk about their favorite reads of year. And they did not disappoint. Her guests were Ann Patchett, novelist and owner of Parnassus Books, Eddie Glaude Jr., professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of several books on race and politics, and Maureen Corrigan, book critic on NPR's Fresh Air. She also teaches literary criticism at Georgetown University. See below for a list of each guest's top books of the year, along with all of the titles discussed during this conversation. Maureen Corrigan's top books of 2024: “James” by Percival Everett “Colored Television” by Danzy Senna “Long Island” by Colm Tóibín “Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar “Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner “Cahokia Jazz” by Francis Spufford “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore “A Wilder Shore” by Camille Peri “The Letters of Emily Dickinson” edited by Cristanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell Ann Patchett's top books of 2024: “James” by Percival Everett “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar “Colored Television” by Danzy Senna “Sipsworth” by Simon Van Booy “Tell Me Everything” by Elizabeth Strout “Mighty Red” by Louise Erdrich “Time of the Child” by Niall Williams “An Unfinished Love Story” by Doris Kearns Goodwin “The Backyard Bird Chronicles” by Amy Tan “Hotel Balzaar” by Kate DiCamillo (middle grade book)  “Water, Water: Poems” by Billy Collins Eddie Glaude Jr.'s top books of 2024: “Slaveroad” by John Edgar Wideman “Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative” by Isabella Hammad  “We're Alone” by Edwidge Danticat Other titles mentioned in the discussion: “Wide Sargasso Sea” with introduction by Edwidge Danticat “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver “The Dog Who Followed the Moon: An Inspirational Story with Meditations on Life, Experience the Power of Love and Sacrifice” by James Norbury “Afterlives” by Abdulrazak Gurnah “Someone Knows My Name” by Lawrence Hill “Moon Tiger” by Penelope Lively “Sandwich” by Catherine Newman “Windward Heights” by Maryse Condé “There's Always This Year” by Hanif Abdurraqib “Mothers and Sons” by Adam Haslett (publication date in January 2025) “Memorial Day” by Geraldine Brooks (publication date in February 2025) “33 Place Brugmann” by Alice Austen (publication date in March 2025) “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell “Independent People” by Halldor Laxness “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald “Beloved” by Toni Morrison “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn WardTo find out more about The Diane Rehm Book Club go to dianerehm.org/bookclub.

In the season finale of Gays Reading, host Jason Blitman sits down with Ann Patchett to discuss the annotated edition of her acclaimed novel Bel Canto. They explore the power of memory, the key to learning and appreciating opera, and much more. Ann shares stories about meeting Jim Parsons at Our Town on Broadway, attending the only baseball game of her life, and what she would say to her younger self who wrote Bel Canto. Tune in for Ann's holiday book recommendations and Jason's most memorable reads of the year.Ann Patchett is the author of novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake, works of nonfiction, and children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women's Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.The list of books from the episode can be found HERE. Check out the Bel Canto Spotify PlaylistBOOK CLUB!Use code GAYSREADING at checkout to get first book for only $4 + free shipping! Restrictions apply.http://aardvarkbookclub.comWATCH!https://youtube.com/@gaysreadingBOOKS!Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page: https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading MERCH!Purchase your Gays Reading podcast merchandise HERE! https://gaysreading.myspreadshop.com/ FOLLOW!@gaysreading | @jasonblitman CONTACT!hello@gaysreading.com

Ann Patchett is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Ann sat down with Jenna Bush Hager for a conversation about what inspired her latest children's book, “The Verts: A Story of Introverts and Extroverts” and what it was like to revisit her beloved novel "Bel Canto" for the special annotated release. Ann shares how she knew she wanted to write at a very young age, the nun that inspired her love of books, and how she started the next chapter in her career by opening Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore in Nashville. 

Ann Patchett is best known for her award-winning novel Bel Canto, “a book that works both as a paean to art and beauty and a subtly sly comedy of manners” (New York Times). She is also the author of the novels The Patron Saint of Liars, The Dutch House, Commonwealth, and the non-fiction books Truth and Beauty and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. Her new novel, Tom Lake, is about the lives parents lead before their children are born, the choices we make that inform who we become, and what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. Patchett lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is co-owner of Parnassus Books, a popular independent bookstore.On September 8, 2023, Ann Patchett came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco to be interviewed on stage by writer and critic Steven Winn.  This program was originally broadcast on September 17, 2023. 

I guess a trip to Tennessee also consists of leaving Tennessee... This is my heavily summarized trip to Tennessee, where I spent well over a month (never again). It was mostly good. links mentioned: New York vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAaRKPH7mUI&t=900s Sweat 440: https://sweat440.com/ Parnassus Books: https://www.parnassusbooks.net/ blog & socials: Blog: Simply Jamilah ||  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.simplyjamilah.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:allsimplyjay ||  https://www.instagram.com/allsimplyjay/ TikTok: juhmeeluhh || www.tiktok.com/@juhmeeluhhYouTube: Jamilah on Film || www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOfgkee5Es9TkHa_ts8jNw Spotify: itsmilahh || ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.spotify.com/user/itsmilahh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ music credit (all from Epidemic Sound): intro: “Turning Tables” by Dusty Decks black & beautiful: “Better (Not Bitter)” by King Sis ft. Jontha Links recs & regrets: “Cologne, 4AM” by William Claeson outro: “Precious Cargo” by Mimmi Bangoura SIMONE BILES

This conversation features best-selling author and book store owner Ann Patchett, interviewed by author and professor Kevin Wilson. They discuss Patchett's book “Tom Lake” before a live audience at the Kentucky Author Forum. This conversation was recorded on February 12th, 2024 at the Kentucky Center in Louisville. ANN PATCHETT is the author of nine novels, four books of nonfiction and one children's book. Patchett has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a National Humanities Medal, England's Women's Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Book Sense Book of the Year, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her novel “The Dutch House” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In November, 2011, she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee. She has since become a spokesperson for independent booksellers, championing books and bookstores. KEVIN WILSON is the author of two story collections, and four novels. His book “Nothing to See Here” was a New York Times bestseller and a “Read with Jenna” book club selection. His fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Southern Review, One Story, A Public Space, and has appeared in Best American Short Stories 2020 and 2021, as well as The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2012. Wilson is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of the South.

Ann Patchett is one of the world's most acclaimed, prize-winning novelists and non-fiction writers. She was named one of Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and Harper's Magazine. She also famously co-owns indie bookstore Parnassus Books in Nashville with her husband. Her collection of essays These Precious Days was chosen by Barack Obama as one of his books of the year in 2021. Ann is appearing at the Auckland Writer's Festival in May, where she'll be talking about her latest novel, Tom Lake.

This week on The DeCesare Group Podcast, join Jim DeCesare for his conversation with Courtney Stevens about the importance of having a good public library system. Courtney is the executive director of Warren County Public Library by day, and author for HarperCollins by night, and a hobby goat farmer whenever there's time. She's a former professor, youth minister, Olympic torchbearer, and bookseller for Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN. https://warrenpl.org/If you enjoy The DeCesare Group Podcast, leave us a review. And, to learn more about our social media services and sponsoring The DeCesare Group Podcast and newsletter click here.

Ann is a Pulitzer finalist, a National Humanities Medal nominee, and the author of some of America's favorite stories, including her latest, TOM LAKE. Lindsay's debut novel, DO TELL, hit the USA Today bestseller list and was featured on the Today Show. The pair joined fellow author Jenna Blum to talk about the writing life and their work together at Ann's Parnassus Books in Nashville. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

It's two years until the next Winter Olympics at Milan-Cortina in 2026, so we are in a winter sports mood! Milan-Cortina's slidingnovela (where the sliding events will take place) has us curious about bobsled, so Australian bobsledder (bobsleigher?) Breeana Walker joins us to talk monobob. Bree competed at Beijing 2022 in both the two-woman and the monobob, placing 16th and 5th respectively. We've wanted to talk about monobob for a while, and Bree sheds some light on the sport for us, including body weight differences between the two events, why you need different sets of runners, and why they call it the lonely sport. Plus, we get into the costs of sleds and runners--you'll be shocked at how much they can cost. Follow Bree on social @bobsledbree, and check out her YouTube channel and website. Because it's two years until the next Winter Games, there is a bunch of news from Milan-Cortina, not all of it rosy.  The good news: The NHL is back in the Olympics! They've come to an agreement to have pro players compete at 2026 and 2030, and we are here for it! The not-so-good news: The sliding track is one construction project we've been focused on, but there are more construction issues happening that could affect other sports and where some athletes sleep. In Paris 2024 news, French police are investigating the way Paris 2024 CEO Tony Estanguet is paid and whether that is skirting French law in the wrong way. Final spectator numbers for the Opening Ceremony have been announced--and they're quite a bit lower than originally planned. Pride House is looking for volunteers, both in-person and remotely. Find more information here. Tickets for Team NL house are on sale--and it's a pretty good deal! Find them here. Following up from our Youth Olympic Games coverage, the IOC will announce the next Winter YOG host next year. In news from TKFLASTAN, we hear from: Artistic swimmer Jacqueline Simoneau Curler John Shuster Shooter Kim Rhode The Big O (or Owe) Author Andrew Maraniss--register for his March 5 book launch at Parnassus Books in Nashville here. For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com. Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Photo courtesy of Bree Walker.   ***  Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown. New episodes released every week and daily during the Olympics and Paralympics. Also look for our monthly Games History Moment episodes in your feed.   Support the show: http://flamealivepod.com/support Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod   Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: hhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/flamealivepod Newsletter: Sign up at http://flamealivepod.com VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348        

Hello! Seeing as Cozy Christmas Reads has become an annual tradition for Medium Lady Talks I wanted to make sure those of you tuned in to this feed have a chance to enjoy the THIRD annual Cozy Christmas Reads Episode! Happy Holidays and Merry Reading!!! xo   Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 12, Cozy Christmas Reads 2023; Featuring Ali Oppenlaender and Stephanie Cunningham. This week's episode is extra special, because not only do you have Erin and Jillian, but you have the other two members of their Buddy Read Group, Ali and Stef. Together they're going to be discussing their favorite cozy books that would be perfect to read this holiday season. This episode was recorded in separate locations, but it is just as full of love and fun! In This Episode: All four ladies check in and share how they're reading is going. If you'd like to go back and listen to the previous episodes of Cozy Christmas Reads, you can listen to 2021's episode here and 2022's episode here. Each woman shares their definition of what a Cozy Christmas Read is to them. The women go round-robin through their recommendations. Prepare for 8 new cozy reads! Next up are hot takes, listen to the episode to hear what the ladies are sharing their thoughts on. Parnassus Books on IG: https://www.instagram.com/parnassusbooks/?hl=en Supposedly Fun on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/supposedlyfun, especially his episode reviewing the NYT Top 100 books of 2023: https://youtu.be/84IoxwSjAyo?si=4C7IwUI46L9QTuhC  Best of Goodreads 2023 List To end the show the ladies share their holds list.    Books Mentioned In This Episode: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan A Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow The Princess and The Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood  Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune Legends & Lattes by Travis Balder Beyond the Four Kingdoms Series by Melanie Cellier The Grace of Wild Things by Heather Fawcett Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett A Family for St. Nick: A Heartwarming Holiday Romance by Barbara Meyers The Maid by Nita Prose A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin & Marissa Stapley All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy & Sierra Simone Foster by Claire Keegan If you enjoyed this episode we would love it if you recommended us to a friend or loved one!  Be sure to take a screenshot and share on Instagram stories, and tag both Jillian (@jillianfindinghappy) and Erin (@medium.lady), or the podcast @mediumladyreads, so that they can reshare the love! Thanks for listening and if you enjoyed what you heard, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts! Tune in on December 27th for the next episode of the Medium Lady Reads Podcast.  

Courtney “Court” Stevens grew up in the knockabout town of Bandana, Kentucky. She is a former adjunct professor, youth minister, Olympic torchbearer, and bookseller at Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN. These days she writes coming-of-truth fiction and is the Executive Director of Warren County Public Library in Bowling Green, KY. She has a pet whale named Herman, a bandsaw named Rex, and a tiny fleet of novels with her name on the spine. It's important for me to remind people they matter. —Court Stevens Connect with Court Stevens on her website (courtneycstevens.com) and Instagram (@quartland) Mentioned in This Episode Last Girl Breathing | Court Stevens Beartown | Fredrik Backman Tom Lake | Ann Patchett The Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman The Other Year | Rea Frey Markus Zusak's books Did you know you can support this podcast? Support this podcast by clicking the "Support" button at anchor.fm/exploringtheblankpage or by subscribing on your favorite podcast platform! Don't miss anything from Exploring the Blank Page Podcast *Instagram: ⁠@exploringtheblankpagepodcast⁠ *YouTube: ⁠@ExploringTheBlankPage⁠ Exploring the Blank Page Podcast is hosted by Emilie Hendryx and Christen Krumm

Tom's guests on this encore edition of Midday are two authors who have new books — and a special bond. Ann Patchett is the best-selling author of nine novels, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Her new book, published this past August, is called Tom Lake. Her protagonist is an actress who ultimately lands in a different line of work. It's a tender, warm, and wise, meditation on love and family and memory and the stories that shape us. Lindsay Lynch is a first-time novelist whose debut offering is masterfully shaped. It's a gripping narrative set largely in the pre-war years of Hollywood. It follows the long career trajectory of its protagonist, an actress who, like Ann's central character, also finds a second act, which includes encounters with a sweeping panoply of movie stars and wannabees. It's called Do Tell.  Ann and Lindsay are colleagues at Parnassus Books, the independent bookstore Ann owns in Nashville, Tennessee. Ann's book is one of the most highly anticipated books of the year. For some time now, any book by Ann Patchett will automatically be highly anticipated. Lindsay's book is one of any number of debuts hoping for a little attention, a little buzz, a little shelf space. Two excellent books by two gifted authors who are at two very different places in their writing lives. We begin with Ann Patchett. Lindsay Lynch joins the conversation later in the program. Both connect with us on Zoom from Nashville… Because today's program is pre-recorded, we won't be taking any calls or emails.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

This week I'm rejoined by Jason Pargin to discuss his new novel, Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia, and the ways in which the futuristic panopticon he envisions for Zoey and the other citizens of Tabula Ra$a is a little like now, but moreso. We talk for a bit about how book marketing has evolved over the last decade-plus, why TikTok became a must for novelists like himself, and why despite the word “dystopia” being in the title of the book, he doesn't necessarily think of his vision of the near future as a downer.  Unpaid endorsement: I really enjoy Jason's novels (he is also the author of the John Dies at the End series), and the Zoey Ashe books (the first two of which are available on Kindle Unlimited) are pretty compulsively readable, a pleasing melange of ideas and imagery and just enough suspense from moment to moment to activate the “okay, just one more chapter” portion of my brain. Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia is understandable if you've not read the other books in the series, but you can't go wrong by picking up copies of the previous entries. And if you want a signed copy of his latest, you can get one from Parnassus Books in Nashville, but you have to order by Monday. 

Ann Patchett is a perennial favorite at Talking Volumes. So it's no surprise that she sold out the Fitz for her conversation with host Kerri Miller on Sept. 28. What ensued was a raucous two hours of honest conversation. Just a few of the topics they covered: Ann's “shiny new attitude” about book tours, how to be a feminist while still making dinner every night, why Ann keeps a drawer stocked with $20s in her desk and — last but certainly not least — Ann's new novel, “Tom Lake.” Don't miss this lively exchange, which includes music by singer-songwriter Sarah Morris and closes with a special guest appearance by the author to whom Ann dedicated “Tom Lake” — Minnesotan Kate DiCamillo. Video: Talking Volumes with Ann PatchettGuests:Ann Patchett is the author of many beloved books, including “Commonwealth,” “The Dutch House,” “Bel Canto” and “Truth and Beauty.” Her latest novel is “Tom Lake.” She also owns Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore in Nashville, and she adores her husband, Karl — even if he doesn't make dinner.Kate DiCamillo is also an author of many beloved books, including “Because of Winn-Dixie,” “Flora and Ulysses,” “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” and the forthcoming, “The Puppets of Spelhorst.” She is a staunch friend of Ann Patchett, which is why “Tom Lake” is dedicated to her and how she ended up on stage with Ann at Talking Volumes. Use the audio player or video player above to listen to the conversation.Don't miss a conversation! Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS.Love books? Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: trips overseas and checking out home decor books Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: what is working for us in our reading lives The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:53 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week 6:15 - Current Reads 6:46 - The Last One by Will Dean (Meredith) 9:41 - Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard 10:58 - To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Kaytee) 11:05 - Capital Books 11:08 - Parnassus Books 14:36 - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novick (Meredith) 18:33 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer  19:01 - All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (Kaytee) 20:22 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 23:08 - Down the Hill by Susan Hendricks 23:24 - In Light of All Darkness by Kim Cross (Meredith) 24:45 - I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara 28:51 - Waypoints by Sam Heughan (Kaytee) 30:16 - Wild by Cheryl Strayed   33:59 - Deep Dive: What Is Working In Our Reading Lives Switching up the format of a book (Meredith) 36:26 - Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Freedom of reading… within constraints (Kaytee) Going in blind to books (Meredith) Putting ebooks or audiobooks on hold via the library that I already physically own and limiting myself to one stack at a time (Kaytee) 42:18 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny  Doing close reads of not just Three Pines, but any other book I feel the urge (Meredith) 43:01 - Ezeekat on Instagram 44:15 - Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Finding a new time to read (Kaytee) 46:35 - Meet Us At The Fountain 47:02 - I wish more people would explore the works by Anne Perry, specifically the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series. (Meredith) 47:13 - The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry 48:18 - I wish to press The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 48:20 - The Anthroprocene Reviewed by John Green Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredithmondayschwartz on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcastand www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

Jason and Brett talk to R. Eric Thomas (Congratulations, the Best is Over!) about Ann Patchett, The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, Parnassus Books owned by Ann Patchett, and some other things entirely unrelated to Ann Patchett such as the sequel to the best pickleball movie, what Charles Dickens might've talked about over brunch, and so much more. This episode also features special guest Hunter McLendon (aka shelfbyshelf on Instagram) who joins Jason and Brett to discuss some of his favorite essay collections. R. Eric Thomas is the bestselling author of Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America, a Lambda Literary Award finalist; and the YA novel Kings of B'more, a Stonewall Honor book. Both books were also featured as Read with Jenna book club picks on Today. He is also a television writer (Apple TV+'s Dickinson, FX's Better Things), a Lambda Literary Award–winning playwright, and the long-running host of the Moth in Philadelphia. For four years, Thomas was a senior staff writer at Elle online, where he wrote the popular “Eric Reads the News” column. @oureric**BOOKS!** Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page:https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading | By purchasing books through this Bookshop link, you can support both Gays Reading and an independent bookstore of your choice!Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content! Purchase your Gays Reading podcast Merch! Follow us on Instagram @gaysreading | @bretts.book.stack | @jasonblitmanWhat are you reading? Send us an email or a voice memo at gaysreading@gmail.com

PATCHETT PUBLISHES!! That should be big news in the literary world. Ann Patchett has a new book out as of August 1st.  Tom Lake is the title - a novel influenced by COVID as three daughters come home to be with their mother during the pandemic. What do they want to talk about? Her past. And she has a past - having had a romance with a man who went on to become a famous actor. How much do you tell your kids? “I want them to think I was better than I was, and I want to tell them the truth…those two desires do not neatly co-exist.” Ann Patchett is a wonderful writer - one of America's best! She's also a wonderful and amusing talker! And she owns an independent bookstore - Parnassus Books in Nashville. That makes her a perfect guest, we think, for The Book Case. Books mentioned in the podcast: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Commonwealth by Ann Patchett These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Bel Canto by Ann Patchett State of Wonder by Ann Patchett Run by Ann Patchett Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir about Writing and Life by Ann Patchett Our Town by Thornton Wilder Absolution by Alice McDermott Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 4 brings us the incredible writing talent that is Ann Patchett, an "auto-buy" author for our hosts and the 2023 National Humanities Medal recipient for "putting into words the beauty, pain and complexity of human nature." The three start their conversation by diving into Elin and Ann's respective years at the Iowa Writers' Workshop before exploring  Ann's writing process, her friendship with Lucy Grealy, and her ability to nail human relationships on the page. They also discuss the release of Ann's latest novel Tom Lake, as well as Ann's favorite writers and what it's like owning Parnassus Books in Nashville.A special thank you to our Episode Sponsors:Nantucket Looms - limited time, 15% off with code BOOKS15Triple Eight DistilleryAnn Patchett Reading List:The Magician's Assistant by Ann PatchettBel Canto by Ann PatchettTruth & Beauty by Ann PatchettState of Wonder by Ann PatchettThese Precious Days by Ann PatchettCommonwealth by Ann PatchettThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettTom Lake by Ann PatchettWhat else are we reading in this episode:The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThen We Came to the End by Joshua FerrisAutobiography of a Face by Lucy GrealyOur Town by Thornton WilderOther authors mentioned:Jane Smiley, Anna Quindlen, Tim Winton, Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Frank Conroy, Allan Gurganus, Russel Banks, Grace Paley, John Irving, Lucy Grealy, Colson Whitehead, Colleen Hoover, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Hanks, Kate DiCamillo, Elizabeth McCracken, Louise Erdrich, Elizabeth Strout, Harlan Coben, Andrew Sean Greer, Zadie Smith, Margaret Atwood, and V, formerly Eve Ensler. Follow/Subscribe to the 'Books, Beach, & Beyond' podcast now to stay current on new episodes.And find us on Instagram at @booksbeachandbeyondHappy Reading!

Tom's guests today are two authors who have new books — and a special bond. Ann Patchett is the best-selling author of nine novels, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Her new book, which will be released tomorrow, is called Tom Lake. Her protagonist is an actress who ultimately lands in a different line of work. It's a tender, warm, and wise, meditation on love and family and memory and the stories that shape us. Lindsay Lynch is a first-time novelist whose debut offering is masterfully shaped. It's a gripping narrative set largely in the pre-war years of Hollywood. It follows the long career trajectory of its protagonist, an actress who, like Ann's central character, also finds a second act, which includes encounters with a sweeping panoply of movie stars and wannabees. It's called Do Tell.  Ann and Lindsay are colleagues at Parnassus Books, the independent bookstore Ann owns in Nashville, Tennessee. Ann's book is one of the most highly anticipated books of the year. For some time now, any book by Ann Patchett will automatically be highly anticipated. Lindsay's book is one of any number of debuts hoping for a little attention, a little buzz, a little shelf space. Two excellent books by two gifted authors who are at two very different places in their writing lives. We begin with Ann Patchett. Lindsay Lynch joins the conversation later in the program. Both connect with us on Zoom from Nashville…Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: a summer reading conundrum, and a box full of galleys Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: best practices and encouragement for attending a literary festival and meeting authors The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:10 - It's time to send in your listener presses!  Make a voice memo on your phone. Tell us your name, where you're from and the title and author of the book you'd like to press. Use the phrase “Here's the setup” and tell us why you love it! Please keep it under 3 minutes. Email us your voice memo at currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com with “Listener Press” as the subject. DEADLINE JUNE 22 3:17 - Bookish Moment of the Week 5:09 - Libby 5:10 - Hoopla 5:11 - Scribd 5:12 - Audible 7:05 - Elizabeth Barnhill @wacoreads on Instagram 7:37 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 8:14  - Current Reads 8:32 - Currently Reading Patreon 8:44 - Capital Books on K 9:25 - The Swifts by Beth Lincoln (Meredith) 13:58 - Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls (Kaytee) 14:07 - Parnassus Books 14:12 - Parnassus Books on Instagram 14:13 - Parnassus Books on TikTok 17:13 - All the Queen's Men by S.J. Bennett (Meredith) 20:54 - The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett 21:08 - How to Human by Carlos Whittaker (Kaytee) 21:18 - @loswhit on Instagram 24:55 - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (Meredith) 27:27 - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 29:34 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 30:16 - Happy Place by Emily Henry (Kaytee) 35:24 - Deep Dive: Literary Festivals, Book Signings, and Meeting Authors, Oh My! 35:58 - CR Season 5, Episode 42 36:08 - Prepping for a Literary Festival Get on their mailing list Figure out which events you want to attend, because some run concurrently and you have to choose! Coordinate with others attending!  47:58 - An Immense World by Ed Yong 49:44 - Meet Us At The Fountain 51:19 - I wish everyone would find their Swift name! (Meredith) 52:08 - I (Megan) am in fact okay with Cardon Swift. I am slightly large, kind of prickly, and do also have my pretty side.  52:30 - Mary is Marketable Swift 52:55 - Roxanna is Shrill Swift  54:04 - I wish to win at summer reading. (Kaytee) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannathereader on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: summer reading guides and plane reading Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we are chatting about the dreaded book hangover, the ways we deal with it, and what it means about our reading lives. The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:44 - Bookish Moment of the Week 2:01 - MomAdvice Summer Reading Guide 2:15 - Sarah's Bookshelves Summer Reading Guide Sarah's Patreon if you want access to Summer Shelves   2:22 - Modern Mrs. Darcy's FREE minimalist reading guide MMD Full Reading Guide 2:34 - Paperback Summer Reading Guide w/FictionMatters 2:40 - Kellyhook.readsbooks on Instagram 5:53  - Current Reads 6:13 - Nic Blake and the Remarkables by Angie Thomas (Kaytee) 6:36 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 6:54 - Libro.fm 10:17 - Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson (Meredith) 10:37 - Parnassus Books 14:21 - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 16:15 - If Only You by Chloe Liese (Kaytee) 20:19 - Drowning by TJ Newman (Meredith) 21:53 - Falling by TJ Newman 22:47 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 24:28 - The Marriage Act by John Marrs (Kaytee) 24:38 - The One by John Marrs 28:52 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Meredith) 31:33 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 33:59 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 34:00 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 35:18 - Furyborn by Claire Legrand 35:20 - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 37:21 - The Dreaded Book Hangover (or is it dreaded??) 37:41 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 38:10 - Babel by R.F. Kuang 38:31 - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 44:08 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 45:59 - The Wager by David Grann 47:37 - Meet Us At The Fountain 47:45 - If you liked my current reads, I wish you'd go back to each other and read their first books. (Kaytee) 48:04 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 48:14 - Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese 48:25 - The One by John Marrs 49:07 - I wish everyone would try pink or brown noise to help focus their reading. (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: reading mojo and a package of bookish delights Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: how do we decide which books to own or keep? The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  We are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). The goal here is to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:21 - Bookish Moment of the Week 3:15 - Parnassus Books 3:34 - Currently Reading Patreon (supporters get access to the IPL each month) 4:16 - Fabled Bookshop 5:32 - The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (Publishes Sept 2023) 7:09 - Current Reads 7:23 - To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins (Kaytee) 7:32 - Rebel by Beverly Jenkins  11:30 - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas (Meredith) 16:46 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 18:11 - Beach Read by Emily Henry 18:54 - The Storyteller's Death by Ann Davila Cardinal (Kaytee) 19:06 - Schuler Books 21:10 - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 21:46 - The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow (Meredith) 23:28 - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson 25:08 - Diving In Podcast 25:37 - The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass (Kaytee) 25:43 - Changing Hands Bookstore 30:27 - The Future is Yours by Dan Frey (Meredith) 34:05 - How Books Make It To Our Forever Shelves 38:19 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher 38:20 - Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 38:22 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 38:25 - Search by Michelle Huneven 39:53 - Scythe by Neal Shusterman 41:41 - The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield 42:46 - Still Life by Louise Penny  43:13 - Babel by RF Kuang 46:15 - Meet Us At The Fountain 46:42 - I wish everyone would read Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman in a Specific Way (Kaytee) 46:42 - Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman 47:01 - Fanny Hill by John Cleland 49:04 - Pango Books 49:14 -  I wish I liked putting together Ikea furniture (Meredith) 49:24 - Ikea full size Billy Bookcase Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

We're dedicating this installment of AYA to YA/Middle-Grade author Ellen Wittlinger, who passed in away in November 2022. In this episode, Kate Pritchard will offer some memories of her mom and give us a timeline of LGBTQIA+ books for young people. We'll are share our picks for Queer YA books, as well as mentioning what we've been consuming lately and what we're looking forward to next. (With a slight detour to discuss how we feel about reading sequels.) Titles, Authors, and Other Related Info From This Episode: “LGBTQ Children's Books,” a timeline by the Ohio University Libraries: https://libguides.library.ohio.edu/LGBTQchildbks/timeline. Smith, Richard. “Behind the Story - Section 28.” Gay Times, February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204120913/http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/Magazine/InThisIssue.aspx?articleid=3489§ionid=650. “Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin - February 2021.” Special Collections (blog), Newcastle University, 22 February 2021. https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/2021/02/22/jenny-lives-with-eric-and-martin-february-2021/. Gershon, Livia. “Queer YA: The Early Decades.” JSTOR Daily, 17 December 2021. https://daily.jstor.org/queer-ya-the-early-decades/. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/90990-obituary-ellen-wittlinger.html https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/8577-john-green-david-levithan-ya/ https://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/stonewall/honored https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/ https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammys-directory-1988-present/ “Boys Run the Riot” by Keito Gaku, volume 1 at Parnassus Books. https://www.nagoyaisnotboring.com/geisha-nagoya-meigiren/ https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/no-women-kabuki-theater-japan/ Princess Knight by Osamu Tezuka at Parnassus Books. Thorn, Rachel (Matt). “Girls And Women Getting Out Of Hand: The Pleasure And Politics Of Japan's Amateur Comics Community”. Online at Academia. ‘American Born Chinese' Stages ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once' Reunion, by Meaghan Darwish.https://www.tvinsider.com/1077101/american-born-chinese-premiere-date-photos-michelle-yeoh-ke-huy-quan/ Tales of a Seventh Grade Lizard Boy by Jonathan Hill Camp by L.C. Rosen Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah

Hello #AmWriters! Someone in the #AmWriting Facebook group asked about the best ways to connect and build relationships with bookstores, so we decided to revisit this older episode with bestselling author and Emmy-winning television host Mary Laura Philpott. Drawing on her many years working at Parnassus Books and launching her own books into the world, we talk about the benefits of working with your local bookseller in time for publication day. Got a writer-dilemma we could help with? Wanna come on the pod and talk it through? Hey, there's a goal! Whatever you're trying to do, maybe we can help you find the action items to get you there. Email us—amwriting@substack.com—and let's talk.HEY NOVELISTS—Did you finish NaNoWriMo? Would you like to know what to do next with that pile of words you worked so hard to create? Here's a group of Author Accelerator certified book coaches dedicated to walking you through the process of finishing your draft or tackling revision—and they have put together a host of free resources to get you started.Check out  www.nanonowwhat.com to learn more about these fantastic book coaches and how they can get you from NaNo success to a draft that's ready to pitch or publish.Writers, I've got exciting news from Author Accelerator. Applications for Author Accelerator's new 2-year scholarship program for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other people of color opens this month! The Author Accelerator team developed this scholarship as a way to amplify diverse voices and perspectives that are under-recognized in the publishing world.The newly launched Author Accelerator Book Coach Certification Scholarship provides one year of professional mentorship and feedback for up to three students of color as they complete the Book Coach Certification program and one subsequent year of career coaching and mentorship as they launch their business.  If you're Interested in Applying,  the scholarship window opens November 15th and will close January 15, 2023. The program will kick off in March 2023.  To learn more, visit bookcoaches.com/equity. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

It is a truth universally acknowledged that books make great gifts. In this brief episode we'll share four YA picks you can buy for others or keep for yourself. We're especially excited to have input from two local indie booksellers: Rae Ann Parker from Parnassus Books in Nashville and Amanda McCrina from Bound Booksellers in Franklin, TN. In this episode: Puffin Plated Series The Hunger Between Us Violet Made of Thorns Guided Tarot for Teens Intro/Outro music is “Birthday Cake” by Jahzzar. Creative Commons License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Logo design by Sarah Timmons, all rights reserved.

On today's episode we travelled to Nashville, TN and sat down in-person for a conversation with author and owner of Parnassus Books, Ann Patchett, to discuss bookstores, audiobooks, licorice, and more. READ TRANSCRIPTION About Ann: ANN PATCHETT is the author of seven novels and was the editor of Best American Short Stories, 2006, and has written three books of nonfiction. In November, 2011, she opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, with her business partner Karen Hayes. She has since become a spokesperson for independent booksellers, championing books and bookstores. Use promo code: LIBROPODCAST when signing up for a Libro.fm membership to get an extra free credit to use on any audiobook. Some of Ann's books: The Dutch House These Precious Days Commonwealth Bel Canto State of Wonder This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage Other audiobooks mentioned: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

On this week's episode, Sonny is joined by Jason Pargin for a wide-ranging and freewheeling discussion about, among other things, the propriety of jokes about nuclear war, how a cult classic movie kicked off his literary career, and the ways in which social media algorithms have possibly led you to believe that your favorite writers have disappeared and/or died. (As the former executive editor of Cracked dot com, Jason has some experience with this.) Oh, we also talk about his new novel—If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe, out October 18—and why you don't need to read the three previous books in the series to enjoy it. That said: I would recommend reading them! The first, John Dies at the End, is probably the easiest to skip since you can get the basics by watching the movie (streaming now on Hulu) but basics are, well, basic, and you don't want to be Basic, now do you? (You can buy a new copy here and a used copy here). The second, This Book Is Full of Spiders, is my favorite of them, a deft deconstruction of the late-2000s-to-mid-2010s wave of zombie movies, shows, and video games. (New here, used here.) What the Hell Did I Just Read is perhaps the funniest book about depression I've ever read. (New here, used here.) One of the things we talk about in this episode is Jason's dislike of live events, meaning readings/signings. Which in turn means that if you want to get a signed copy of the new one, well, you have to preorder it from Parnassus Books in Nashville. And you have to do it by October 17, a scant 11 days from now. So … go get it, I don't know what you're waiting on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode, Sonny is joined by Jason Pargin for a wide-ranging and freewheeling discussion about, among other things, the propriety of jokes about nuclear war, how a cult classic movie kicked off his literary career, and the ways in which social media algorithms have possibly led you to believe that your favorite writers have disappeared and/or died. (As the former executive editor of Cracked dot com, Jason has some experience with this.) Oh, we also talk about his new novel—If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe, out October 18—and why you don't need to read the three previous books in the series to enjoy it. That said: I would recommend reading them! The first, John Dies at the End, is probably the easiest to skip since you can get the basics by watching the movie (streaming now on Hulu) but basics are, well, basic, and you don't want to be Basic, now do you? (You can buy a new copy here and a used copy here). The second, This Book Is Full of Spiders, is my favorite of them, a deft deconstruction of the late-2000s-to-mid-2010s wave of zombie movies, shows, and video games. (New here, used here.) What the Hell Did I Just Read is perhaps the funniest book about depression I've ever read. (New here, used here.) One of the things we talk about in this episode is Jason's dislike of live events, meaning readings/signings. Which in turn means that if you want to get a signed copy of the new one, well, you have to preorder it from Parnassus Books in Nashville. And you have to do it by October 17, a scant 11 days from now. So … go get it, I don't know what you're waiting on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We Have The Pleasure Of Interviewing Award Winning New York Times Best Selling Author Andrew Maraniss Andrew Talks His New Book - Inaugural Baller - Out Tuesday September 13, 2022 - Meet Andrew Maraniss At Parnassus Books - Nashville Tennessee - Tuesday September 13, 2022, For More Information Go Here https://www.parnassusbooks.net/event/store-andrew-maraniss-author-inaugural-ballers To Get A Copy Of Andrew's New Book - At Places Like - Parnassus Books - Nashville - https://www.parnassusbooks.net/andrewmaraniss Also Indiebound.com Also https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059335124X?tag=randohouseinc7986-20 For More Information Go To http://andrewmaraniss.com/ Thank You Andrew Maraniss For Taking The Time Thank You Diane Chen For The Introduction To Our Listeners And Our Fans In All 74 Countries For Enjoying The Life Box Media Channel Radio Podcast THANK YOU Please Comment Follow Like And Subscribe To Our Show And All Of Our Social Media TheLifeBoxMediaChannel.com https://linktr.ee/TheLifeBoxMediaChannel Thank You God Bless Episode # 373

We are so excited to have David Maraniss on today's show to talk about his new book Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe. Path Lit by Lightning came out this week, and we talked with him about the book and Thorpe, who won the pentathlon and decathlon at Stockholm 1912, but had his medals stripped because it was later discovered that he had been a professional athlete.  Follow David on Facebook, Twitter and Insta! David will be on tour promoting the book from now through October. Check out his website for details. One we want to point out: If you're in the Nashville area, David will be appearing at Parnassus Books in conversation with his son--and fellow book club author--Andrew on Thursday, Aug. 25 at 6:30pm. Advance registration is required. In our Albertville 1992 moment, Alison's starting in on the women's figure skating competition with the beginnings of the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding situation. In our update from TKFLASTAN, we have news from: The Montreal Parc Olympique -- the office tower is now 100% occupied! Beach volleyball player Kelly Cheng Para dressage rider Sydney Collier, who will be competing at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in a couple of weeks. Modern pentathlete Samantha Schultz - If you're in Colorado Springs on August 12, go to the US Olympic & Paralympic Museum for her meet and greet! Race walker Evan Dunfee -- just check out his last lap of the 10000K race walk at the 2022 Commonwealth Games! For a transcript, please visit: https://wp.me/pbRtIx-1XW Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive! Photo credit: Linda Maraniss. Photo courtesy of Simon & Schuster. Note: Links to products are affiliate links. We earn commissions through purchases made through them, which helps to fund the show. ***  Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown   Support the show: Tell a friend: http://flamealivepod.com Bookshop.org store: https://bookshop.org/shop/flamealivepod Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/flamealivepod   Hang out with us online: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flamealivepod Insta: http://www.instagram.com/flamealivepod Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/flamealivepod Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/312069749587022 Newsletter: Sign up at http://flamealivepod.com VM/Text: (208) FLAME-IT / (208) 352-6348  

Jennie and Dianne discuss the many cemeteries Jennie was able to visit while in Alaska. From the coastal town of Ketchikan to the center of the state in Fairbanks, learn about how life on the final frontier helped to create unique burial grounds and monuments to those ordinary, extraordinary souls who were brave enough to face harsh weather, extreme wildlife, and so much more in search or riches or glory or sometimes a fresh start on this episode of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast.Books and Bookstores mentioned in this episode: https://www.facebook.com/Parnassus-Books-in-Ketchikan-177164382679/ https://www.hainesbookstore.com/https://www.heatherlende.com/find-the-good/https://www.janmackellcollins.com/booksGood Time Girls: Of the Alaska/Yukon Gold Rush https://a.co/d/2rs7lEO

Fave return guest alert! We talked to Mary Laura Philpott in episode 71–#YouandYourBookstore, back when she was a Parnassus Books guru. And then in Episode 150: #NeverReady, when MLP (as we like to call her) launched her first book of essays, I Miss You When I Blink, into the world—and then again, for episode 163 #BookTourReality.And now she’s back with a new book of essays: Bomb Shelter: Love, Time and other Explosives. (Read an excerpt here. And here. And then go order the book here.) The difference? Blink was, as MLP says, a book of essays that, together, became a memoir. Bomb Shelter is a memoir that took on the form of a book of essays—essays that went deeper than those shared in Bomb Shelter, that cut so much closer to the heart and were so much harder to write, and to share. Links from the Pod:marylauraphilpott.comMary Laura’s newsletterBomb Shelter#AmReadingMLP: The Arc, Tory Henwood HoenThe Mutual Friend, Carter BaysIona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, Clare PooleyKJ: Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie GarmusOlga Dies Dreaming, Xochitl GonzalezJess: Girl in Ice, Erica FerencikAlso mentioned: The Sober Diaries, Clare PooleyMitchell’s Book CornerStories of Your Life and Others, Ted ChiangKJ here—and I am now a certified Author Accelerator book coach! If you’ve been listening for a while, you know I spent five years as an editor with The New York Times—but I still had a lot to learn about helping writers through the process of taking a book from idea to manuscript, and I loved learning it with the Author Accelerator team. What they taught me has changed my approach to editing completely. I didn’t just learn how to help a writer move from one stage of the process to the next—I learned how to help them appreciate how far they’ve come and feel excited about what’s coming next, see their strengths and how they can build on them and trust me to guide them into the hard work that lies ahead. If you’d like to learn more about coaching fiction or non-fiction, you need to visit www.bookcoaches.com to learn more. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

Name: Blakeford Book ClubMembers: Sylvia Dupre, Mary Laura Philpott, Ben OddoAges: 86, 47, 32What fruit would each member be?: Mary Laura: "Maybe a grapefruit. I like grapefruit a lot. It looks a lot like an orange but it's a little more complex. It's a little bitter. Also I think its name is funny. Grape-fruit. It's not a grape. A grapefruit has a sense of humor."Sylvia: "Can I be a vegetable? A zucchini. They are versatile. You can make zucchini bread. You can have a zucchini soufflé. You can have a zucchini salad. It's just versatile. Easy to grow. Plays well with others."Ben: "I think I would be a plantain. You think I'm a banana, but I'm a plantain, you know what I mean?" Check out Mary Laura's latest book, Bomb Shelter, which hits shelves April 12th, 2022!--SponsorBlakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blakeford.com Music by John McHughPhotography by Warner Tidwell

Name: Blakeford Book ClubMembers: Sylvia Dupre, Mary Laura Philpott, Ben OddoAges: 89, 47, 32What fruit would each member be?: Mary Laura: "Maybe a grapefruit. I like grapefruit a lot. It looks a lot like an orange but it's a little more complex. It's a little bitter. Also I think its name is funny. Grape-fruit. It's not a grape. A grapefruit has a sense of humor."Sylvia: "Can I be a vegetable? A zucchini. They are versatile. You can make zucchini bread. You can have a zucchini soufflé. You can have a zucchini salad. It's just versatile. Easy to grow. Plays well with others."Ben: "I think I would be a plantain. You think I'm a banana, but I'm a plantain, you know what I mean?" Check out Mary Laura's latest book, Bomb Shelter, which hits shelves April 12th, 2022!--SponsorBlakeford Senior Life – With more than 25 years as a nonprofit provider of senior living solutions, we are the premier choice in Nashville, TN. Visit us at Blakeford.com Music by John McHughPhotography by Warner Tidwell

On this week's episode of The Real Story, there's a lot to discuss, and not just because Secrets of Our House, the latest book by Rea Frey, launches today. This episode is about “birthing,” and what that means for anything we put out into the world—from books and other creative projects—to the very day-to-day choices we make for ourselves.Rea and Joe find themselves once again diving deep into the subject matter, exploring all the ways that humans choose to interact with life around them, both how we choose to participate and what we choose to contribute. Also, the ways in which we prevent ourselves from participating and contributing, and what that means for our future.As mentioned, Secrets of Our House has officially launched! If you'd like to get your hands on a *signed* edition by Rea, you can order your personalized copy from the following wonderful establishments— SNAIL ON THE WALL or PARNASSUS BOOKS—otherwise it's available anywhere you get your books! And if you want to keep up with all the virtual events, don't forget to sign up for our newsletter or check out upcoming events HERE.

Ketchikan Mayor Dave Kiffer and I talk Southeast Alaska history from Parnassus Books in downtown Ketchikan. We start off with agriculture and gold rush then move to the great Region V basketball rivalries. If you want to know what life is like in Southeast Alaska, this is a quality glimpse. If you live here, it'll bring back memories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: reader profiles on Instagram and connecting authors and readers Current Reads: we are revisiting some authors that we've read before, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Deep Dive: the items we have on our bookish bucket lists. What do we want to “achieve”? Book Presses: an oldie but goodie mystery and a graphic novel As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . :30 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:55 - Bookish Moment of the Week 8:50 - Bear Necessity by James Gould-Bourn 11:11 - Current Reads 11:36 - The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Meredith) 13:38 - Roar by Cecelia Ahern  15:01 - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri  15:50 - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Kaytee) 15:57 - Season 3: Episode 44 17:19 - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano 19:38 - Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian (Meredith) 21:10 - The Shelf Subscription from Bookshelf Thomasville  22:34 - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 24:12 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult (Kaytee) 27:34 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 28:23 - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (Meredith) 28:41 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 33:39 - The Flight of the Puffin by Ann Braden (Kaytee) 34:13 - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly 37:02 - Deep Dive: Our Bookish Bucket Lists 38:31 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 39:51 - Parnassus Books 40:03 - An Unlikely Story bookshop 40:10 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 40:22 - Powell's Books 40:28 - Strand Bookstore 40:42 - Fabled Bookshop 41:07 - BookPeople 45:50 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 46:19 - The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili 46:37 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 46:38 - Roots by Alex Haley 46:50 - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 47:38 - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 49:20 - Blackwell's bookshop 51:01 - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 51:44 - Original Sin by P.D. James (Meredith) 54:16 - Cover Her Face by P.D. James  54:32 - The Flight of the Puffin by Ann Braden 54:35 - New Kid by Jerry Craft (Kaytee) 55:05 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 55:19 - Class Act by Jerry Craft Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Well listeners, it's official! This episode is the first official appearance of the Writeway Podcast as its new expansive experiment, The Real Story. This week, Rea is joined by artist, designer, and Writeway's creative director, Alex Holguin—a man who, most importantly, is also her husband.The two take the opportunity to sit down to discuss the ways their household and family dynamics have already shifted in 2022, and how they intend to continue to explore and expand their lives by breaking through social norms “set” for a typical American family. Instead, they are writing their own sacred contracts around what it means to be married, to be creatives, to be parents, partners, and friends. In some other exciting news, Rea's forthcoming release, Secrets of Our House, is launching next week, February 8. If you'd like to get your hands on a *signed* copy, you can order your personalized copy from the following wonderful establishments: SNAIL ON THE WALL or PARNASSUS BOOKS. And that's not all. Rea's last book, Until I Find You, is still available as an ebook for the incredibly low price of $1.99 through February 4th, so get yours for next to nothing while you still can. It's available wherever you get your ebooks online—like right HERE.

Karen Hayes, together with novelist Ann Patchett, co-owns Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee. Karen found her way to the owner's desk after a career that included 12 years at Ingram Content Group, the nation's largest book distributor, plus 18 years as a traveling sales rep for Random House. During her time at Random House, she came to love and respect the vibrant community of independent bookstores she worked with, eventually opening a store of her own. In addition to being the managing owner of Parnassus Books, she also sits on the board of The Porch Writers' Collective.   Karen has lived in Nashville since she was 12 years old and is proud to own a bookstore that serves both the neighbors she grew up with and the rapidly growing population of families, artists, and business people who have discovered all Nashville has to offer.Parnassus BooksAnn Patchett, booksThe Shop Dog DiariesJohn Meacham, books Ruta Sepetys, Books Margaret Wrinkle, author Mary Laura Philpott, books Joan Didion, books Beaumonster: A Memoir, Jesse DaytonEmma Straub, booksLessons in Chemistry, Bonnie GarmusSupport the show (https://paypal.me/TheBookshopPodcast?locale.x=en_US)

Our guest this week is author, MSN, FNP and founder of Integrative Family Medicine, Dani Williamson. Originally studying fashion, Dani did not pursue a degree in nursing until after her divorice, which inspired her to go back to school and study nursing. With experiences as a Doula and a passion to help others, Dani went to school on food stamps, eventually becoming an FNP. Despite her rough past, Dani finally decided to put herself first 11 years ago, which resulted in a transformational change and the start of her business; Integrative Family Medicine. Dani's practice is centered around dealing with childhood trauma, healthy eating, and inside-out transformations. Discussing her relationship with food and health, Dani recalls her complicated past with food and how she's found freedom in eating one-ingredient, fresh foods. Dani also has a supplement store and is the author of Wild & Well: Dani's Six Commonsense Steps to Radical Healing. To learn more about Dani visit her website at http://www.daniwiliamson.com. You can also pick up a copy of her book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell's Books , BAM-Books a Million, or Parnassus Books. Connect with her directly on Facebook or Instagram and keep up with her journey! Don't Miss These Moments: Overcoming obstacles to achieve healing. How Integrative Family Medicine helps clients achieve optimal wellness. Dangers of unhealthy and unnatural foods. Wild & Well: Dani's Six Commonsense Steps to Radical Healing. Be a Featured Guest On the NursePreneur Podcast Want to be a guest on the NursePreneur Podcast? We are looking for nurse entrepreneurs who are living their passion and building a thriving business. We want to inspire nurses to be like you. If you are an experienced NursePreneur, making an impact on the world and helping others, then we would love to chat! Before applying, you should have a website and a successful business model. No MLM or businesses that “tripled your income and got you out of nursing.” We want nurses who are proud to be in nursing. ______________________________________________________________ WATCH OUR FREE IV Hydration WEBINAR THE 3 SECRETS How to Start a Successful IV Hydration Business First, you have to want it, then the rest is pretty straightforward. Come find out what is involved in starting this type of business in our free Masterclass with Program Director Kimble Bradley, owner of DripChattanooga. WATCH NOW and get something for FREE - https://nursepreneurs.com/ivhydrationwebinar1/ Catie Harris, CEO & Founder NursePreneurs I'm In! Take Me To The Offer! -https://nursepreneurs.com/ivhydration/ or visit our www.nursepreneurs.com for more....

Literary giant Ann Patchett joined Zibby for a Women on the Move event with the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center to discuss her memoir in essays, These Precious Days. Their conversation spans from topics like their mothers' glamour, the origin story of Ann's bookstore, Parnassus Books, why writers often persevere for far longer than is to be expected in such an uncertain industry, and how this book answers the question, "What did Ann Patchett do during the pandemic?" Ann also answers questions from the event's audience about what genre she finds harder to write, what surprising lessons she's learned during her ten years as a bookseller, and where to find the coat from the title essay about her late friend, Sooki Raphael.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cYHhkkBookshop: https://bit.ly/3rluNvq See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

(This conversation originally aired on December 7, 2021) Welcome to this archive edition of Midday. Tom Hall's guest today is the acclaimed writer, Ann Patchett. She is the winner of many awards, including the 2002 Pen Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction, and her work has been translated into more than 30 languages. She is the author of eight best-selling novels, the latest of which, The Dutch House, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her break-out book was a novel she published in 2001 called Bel Canto, which was made into a movie in 2018. She is the author of several non-fiction titles, including Truth and Beauty, a memoir of her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy, and a wonderful collection of essays called This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. She also co-owns Parnassus Books, an independent bookshop in her hometown of Nashville, with her business partner, Karen Hayes. Her new book was published two days before Thanksgiving. It's another collection of essays called These Precious Days. Like her fiction, Patchett's non-fiction work is musical, powerful and compassionate. She has a great ear, and a quiet, unfailing eye. And like her fictional characters, the real-life friends and family that Patchett writes about are people you are simply delighted to meet. Ann Patchett joined us on the line from Nashville… This conversation was recorded earlier, so we're not able to take any calls or comments today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Boston Public Radio is on tape. We're bringing you the ultimate book club — back-to-back conversations from over the years with some of our favorite writers: Kevin Young shares from his collection of poetry, “Brown.” Young is the poetry editor of The New Yorker and the director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Ann Patchett discusses the autobiographical elements of her book “Commonwealth,” and makes a pitch to all readers to shop at local, independent bookstores. Patchett is an author and the owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn.  Sy Montgomery offers up details about her newly-released book: an illustrated children's version of her memoir, “How to Be a Good Creature.” Montgomery is a naturalist, journalist and frequent Boston Public Radio contributor. David Duchovny talks about his book, “Miss Subways: A Novel.” Duchovny is an actor and writer, and recently appeared in the Netflix series “The Chair.” Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her book “Big Magic,” a self-help book about tapping into creativity. Gilbert is a journalist and writer — her other books include “Eat, Pray, Love” and “Committed.” T.C. Boyle drops in on the dropout culture with his novel “Outside Looking In,” which is based on the LSD research of Timothy Lear. Boyle is a novelist and short story writer. Lizzie Post weighs in on cannabis culture in her new book, “Higher Etiquette: A Guide to the World of Cannabis, From Dispensaries to Dinner Parties.” Post is a writer, co-director of The Emily Post Institute and great-great-granddaughter of etiquette writer Emily Post. Sebastian Smee talks about his book “The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art.” Smee is an art critic for The Washington Post.

American novelist Ann Patchett reflects on the men who made her, going a year without shopping and her power to make herself invisible

About Certamen, Parnassus Books, and a creative twist on the choice of Achilles. With a Classics degree from Yale University, Kate Hattemer chaired the Classics Department at Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia and has also taught at Walnut Hills High School and Cincinnati Gifted Academy. Kate has long been deeply involved in the Junior Classical League (JCL), with a special interest in Certamen; she captained two national championship teams in high school, coached many state teams for both Ohio and Virginia, and served as the Virginia JCL's Certamen Chair. Kate also writes books for children and young adults. Her four published novels have earned starred reviews and nominations to "Best of the Year" lists by the American Library Association, Kirkus, Bustle, and the Los Angeles Public Library. She now lives and writes in Cincinnati, where she spends much of her time trying to convince her two toddlers to call her "mater." http://www.katehattemer.com/ Quintilian is on Facebook! Find us, follow us, and join the conversation. Music: "Echo Canyon Instrumental" by Clive Romney Comments or questions about this podcast may be directed to ryangsellers@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

On this week's episode of 2 Jocks & A Schlub, the guys are joined by the incredible writer, Joe Posnanski! We talk about his new book The Baseball 100 which is being released Tuesday 9/28. Plus, we talk about his love for the Cleveland Browns and his biggest surprises from this baseball season. You can preorder the book from Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Books-A-Million, Wal-Mart, or directly from Simon & Schuster. You could also go to your favorite independent bookstore — like Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh or Powell's in Portland or Parnassus Books in Nashville. You can still preorder a signed book from good friends at Rainy Day Books. Oh, and the bookplate deal is still going. In case you missed that, here's how it works: If you preorder the book from anywhere, you can go to this preorder page, fill out your name, address, and proof of purchase, and, voila, you will get an autographed bookplate to put in the book and an invitation to an exclusive virtual event with a very special guest. Joe's Substack: https://joeposnanski.substack.com/ Follow the gang on Twitter! Podcast: @2Jocks1Schlub Colin: @cjcernig Matt: @rootycake Ethan: @eurtz23 FACEBOOK Group: https://www.facebook.com/2Jocks1Schlub Questions or suggestions for the show? Hit the mailbag: 2jocks1schlub@gmail.com Intro & Outro Music via HookSounds.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's show, I talk to the fiction writer and poet Alan Michael Parker, Plus Andrew Gretes offers his "Ode to Zorba." TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Davis Sedaris talked about the Amazon/Hachette battle to Parnassus Books, a bookstore in Tennessee.