Books Are My People
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Books Are My People is a podcast for book lovers with book news, book recommendations and ruminations on living a literary life in Los Angeles. Each episode will feature at least five book recommendations in various genres as well as bookish news and occasional guests.
Books Are My People
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This week, on episode 126, I speak with picture book author Nell Cross Beckerman. We discuss how authors find illustrators, some of our favorite picture books and Nell’s recently published book, From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us.
From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us by Nell Cross Beckerman, illustrated by Sophie Diao
This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith
Books Recommended:
The House of East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
Bunny Days by Tao Nyeu
Big Sister and Little Sister by Charlotte Zolotow
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1M ago
Collage artist and printmaker Sarah Z. Short talks about her creative process, how language figures into her art, the books she used to love to teach and, she recommends some of her favorite reads on episode 124 of Books Are My People.
Books Discussed:
The Hunter by Tana French
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarrow
One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel
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Other Things Discussed:
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Books Are My People
1M ago
#123 with Jo Piazza The Sicilian Inheritance
This week, I talk food and books with The Sicilian Inheritance author and podcaster extraordinaire, Jo Piazza.
Book Recommended
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
The Secret Book of Flora Lee by Patti Callahan Henry
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Finlay Donovan is Killing it by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Breaking and Entering by Don Gilmore
Other things mentioned:
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1M ago
Author Garrard Conley (Boy Erased) speaks with me about his latest novel, All The World Beside. We talk about the research involved in writing historical fiction, how he helped change legislature, and some scandalous letters he discovered while conducting research. ,
Books Recommended:
All the World Beside by Garrard Conley
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon
James by Percival Everett
The Son of Man by Jean-Baptiste del Amo
The Morningside by Tea Obrecht
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Other Books Mentioned:
Anamalia by Jean-Baptiste del Amo
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1M ago
In episode #121, graphic memoirist, Kelcey Ervick joins the show to talk about her graphic memoir and what it’s like to write about and draw her lived experience.
Books Recommended:
I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
The Painter’s Daughter by Emily Howes
Give Me Space But Don't Go Far by Haley Weaver
Kelcey's books:
The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law that Changed Women's Lives
Field Guide to Graphic Literature
Find Kelcey online:
Website
Substack
Instagram
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Books Are My People
1M ago
Roxana Robinson (Leaving) and I discuss novels that move us, Parisian sewers and best approaches to teaching writing.
Books Recommended:
Leaving by Roxana Robinson
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert MacFarlane
Piglet by Lottie Hazell
Trespasses Louise Kennedy
Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartright
Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley
Guest Author Recommendation:
Mrs. Gulliver by Valerie Martin
Twitter: @ValerieMmart
The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Other Things Discussed:
The Expatriates in March and Expats on Substack
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1M ago
In episode #119, John Evans, owner of Diesel Bookstore talks about selling his independent bookstore, what he'll miss most and how books help us deal with difficult subjects such as war.
Click below to purchase the books at my affiliate Bookshop.org shop, which gives money back to Diesel Bookstore and supports this show.
Books recommended:
Trilogy by H.D.
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Claire Dederer
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
The Children’s Bach by Helen Garner
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Other books mentioned:
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
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1M ago
This week, on episode #117 of Books Are My People, I'm visited by H. Maria Armijo a visual artist, librarian and instructor on a mission to boost community literacy. We talk books and the importance of information literacy.
Books recommended:
Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C. Rogers
You Dreamed of Empires by Albert Enrigue translated by Natasha Wimmer
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Guest author recommendation: Angela Brown, author of Olivia Strauss Is Running Out Of Time recommends Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major
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Books Are My People
1M ago
Learn about three new works of fiction, one memoir and a backlisted short fiction collection. Join my book club if you're looking for a book community. I talk about book bans in Florida, reading goals and Keanu Reeves.
Books Recommended:
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen
Safe As Houses by Marie-Helene Bertino
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Greek Lessons by Han Kang translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon
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Books Are My People
1M ago
Today, on episode #116, Andy Hunter CEO of Bookshop.org stops by and talks about how he started his company and he shares some of his favorite recent reads.
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Books Recommended:The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut
Nonfiction by Julia Myerson
The Book Of Ayn by Lexi Freiman
The Fetishist by Katherine Min
Didn't Nobody Give A Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham
Other Books Discussed:
Love and Hydrogen by Jim Shepard
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