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Interview with Clint Smith
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08/08/22 • 0 min
On today's episode we chat with Clint Smith a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the narrative nonfiction book, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, and the poetry collection Counting Descent.
About this month's guest: Clint has received fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New America, the Emerson Collective, the Art For Justice Fund, Cave Canem, and the National Science Foundation. His essays, poems, and scholarly writing have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, the Harvard Educational Review, and elsewhere. He is a former National Poetry Slam champion and a recipient of the Jerome J. Shestack Prize from the American Poetry Review.
Photo credit: Carletta Girma via/ author website
Clint's books:
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Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
- The Movement Made Us by David J. Dennis Jr. & David J. Dennis Sr.
- An Immense World by Ed Yong
- Lost & Found: A Memoir by Kathryn Schulz
- The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.
- Dirty Work by Eyal Press
Interview with Grady Hendrix
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02/27/23 • 0 min
On today's episode we sat down with author Grady Hendrix. Grady is the author of "The Final Girl Support Group", "The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires", and most recently "How to Sell a Haunted House".
About Grady: Grady Hendrix is an American author, journalist, public speaker, and screenwriter. He has written many books of fiction and non-fiction including: Horrorstör, My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, The Final Girl Support Group, and most recently How to Sell a Haunted House. Hendrix lives in Manhattan and was one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival.
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Listen to Grady's books:
- How to Sell a Haunted House
- The Final Girl Support Group
- My Best Friend’s Exorcism
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
- Paperbacks from Hell
- Horrorstör
Books we discussed on today's episode:
- Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
- True Biz by Sara Novic
- Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
- The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
Introducing the Libro.fm Podcast Extravaganza!
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04/22/24 • 0 min
Join Craig and Karen for the first ever Libro.fm Podcast Extravaganza, a week-long celebration of authors, narrators, booksellers, and more leading up to Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday April 27th, 2024! Stay tuned for conversations with authors Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Darcie Little Badger, and Steven Rowley. Libro.fm also has a huge sale and Golden Ticket Giveaway this week—head over to https://libro.fm/ibd for more details.
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02/21/24 • 0 min
In this episode of the Libro.fm Podcast, we sat down in person with Casey McQuiston, bestselling author of Red, White, and Royal Blue, One Last Stop, and I Kissed Shara Wheeler. We discussed audiobooks, their writing process, their upcoming novel ‘The Pairing,’ and what it was like to work at Cold Stone Creamery and sing whenever they got tipped.
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About Casey McQuiston: Casey lives at the intersection of fun, escapist romantic adventure and smart-mouthed characters with bad manners and big hearts. They were born and raised in the Deep South, which taught them how to love a good story and a great biscuit, and now lives and works in New York City with their dog, Pepper.
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Books discussed on today's episode: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands *The Prospects
Interview with Nadia Odunayo (Founder and CEO of The StoryGraph)
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08/01/23 • 0 min
On today's episode, we chat with Nadia Odunayo, Founder and CEO of The StoryGraph, an indie alternative to Amazon-owned Goodreads. We discuss how The StoryGraph was founded, how it grew, and where it's going next, as well as the importance of indie companies in an ever-monopolized industry.
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About Nadia Odunayo: Nadia is the founder and CEO at The StoryGraph. She studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at University College, Oxford. She is a fan of fiction & storytelling, and how these can be used as tools for education, the process and execution around building products, particularly from scratch, and singing & dance.
Books we discussed on today's episode:
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
- Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan
- Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
- American Queen by Sierra Simone
- The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine
04/23/24 • 0 min
In this episode, we interview author Hanif Abdurraqib about his new book, "There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension," his writing process, and the themes of aging and mortality in his book. We also discuss his upcoming tour and the importance of place and community in his work, as well as his favorite style of french fry.
Photo: Kate Sweeney (https://www.katesweeneyphotography.com)
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About Hanif Abdurraqib: Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio, and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant. His most recent book, A Little Devil in America, was the winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Gordon Burns Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award. His first collection of essays, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was named one of the books of the year by NPR, Esquire, BuzzFeed, O: The Oprah Magazine, Pitchfork, and Chicago Tribune, among others.
Read Hanif’s books:
- There's Always This Year
- They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
- A Fortune For Your Disaster
- A Little Devil in America
Books discussed on today's episode:
- The Apology by Jimin Han
- The Men Can't Be Saved by Ben Purkert
- Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
11/28/23 • 0 min
In this episode of the Libro.fm Podcast, we were lucky enough to interview award-winning author Kacen Callender about their new book, "Stars in Your Eyes." We also discuss the importance of finding community and connection in their work, their experience in publishing, book banning, and more!
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About Kacen Callender: Kacen Callender is a Saint Thomian author of children's fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award-winning middle grade debut Hurricane Child. Their fantasy novel, Queen of the Conquered, is the 2020 winner of the World Fantasy Award and King and the Dragonflies won the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
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Books we discussed on today's episode:
- Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
- Hitchcock's Blondes by Laurence Leamer
- One in a Millennial by Kate Kennedy
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Interview with Julia Whelan
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07/29/22 • 0 min
On today's episode we chat with author and narrator Julia Whelan. She is an Audie award winning narrator who has narrated over 500 books and also authored multiple books of her own. We discuss a wide range of topics including her new book Thank You For Listening (on sale 8/2/22), the audiobook industry, how narration works, what AI means to the industry and more!
About this month's guest: Whelan is one of the top narrators recording today. She was named Audible’s Narrator of the Year in 2014 and is a Grammy-nominated audiobook director. She has acquired multiple Audies and Society of Voice Arts Awards, including for the performance of her own novel, My Oxford Year. She has won dozens of Earphone Awards, The Audie Award for Best Female Narrator of 2019, and was presented with Audiofile Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Golden Voice Award in 2020.
Photo by Kei Moreno via/ HarperCollins Publishers
She can be found on Instagram @JustJuliaWhelan, Twitter @JustJuliaWhelan, and TikTok @JustJuliaWhelan.
Julia's books:
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Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
04/24/24 • 0 min
On today’s episode, we sat down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ‘Less,’ Andrew Sean Greer. We discuss how he approached writing the sequel ‘Less is Lost’, book recommendations, his favorite burrito in San Francisco, and what it's like to be a crossword clue and question on Jeopardy.
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About Andrew Sean Greer: Andrew Sean Greer is the author of seven works of fiction, including the bestsellers The Confessions of Max Tivoli and Less. Greer has taught at a number of universities, including Stanford and the Iowa Writers Workshop, been a TODAY show pick, a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow, a judge for the National Book Award, and a winner of the California Book Award and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award. He is the recipient of a NEA grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Books discussed on today's episode:
- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
Interview with Stacey Abrams (Author, Politician, and Activist)
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12/19/23 • 0 min
In this episode of the Libro.fm Podcast, we speak with writer, small business owner, politician, and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams. We cover her newest novel, her work in politics, book banning, her romance writer alter-ego, and more.
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About Stacey Abrams: Stacey Abrams is the four-time New York Times bestselling author of Stacey’s Extraordinary Words, While Justice Sleeps, Our Time is Now, and Lead from the Outside; an entrepreneur; and a political leader. She is the award-winning producer of the documentary, All In: The Fight for Democracy, which made the 2021 Academy Award shortlist for best documentary.
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Books discussed on today's episode:
- What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
- Network Effect by Martha Wells
- The Last Lion by William Manchester
- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
- How to Loiter In a Turf War by Coco Solid
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Libro.fm Podcast currently has 42 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Society & Culture, Reading, Podcasts, Books, Audiobooks and Arts.
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