Monthly Archives: June 2023

E126: Interview with Steven Rowley author of The Celebrants



Anytime I host Steven Rowley there’s plenty to celebrate and this episode is no different! We celebrate Steven’s magical year: winning the 2022 Thurber Prize for American Humor for The Guncle, being a Read With Jenna Pick, once again making it onto the NYT bestseller list (this time for The Celebrants), and sharing a publication date with his amazing author husband, Byron Lane. We talk about all that and more in this terrific episode.Thank you for joining me once again Steven!

Steven Rowley recommends: Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane; A Star is Bored by Byron Lane. Click here to reserve your copy of The Celebrants and all Steven Rowley titles! 

Listen to E62 as Steven and I talk about his Thurber Prize winner, The Guncle.

 


E125: Interview with Erin E. Adams author of Jackal



This marvelous debut, Jackal, by author Erin E. Adams is one of those books best read with the lights on! Recommended by Gillian Flynn on the Today Show, Jackal is the story of a young Black girl who goes missing in the woods outside her rust belt town. But she isn’t the first—and she may not be the last. So when Liz Rocher goes back to this town to attend her best-friend’s wedding she gets much more than she bargained for. Filled with gorgeous prose, this hair-raising debut will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. I loved it.  For this episode, we chat about Erin’s inspiration for the story, her hometown of Johnstown, PA, her love for libraries, what she’s working on next and so much more. Thank you Erin!

Erin E. Adams recommends the Fall 2023 releases of, What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman; Nestlings by Nat Cassidy; The Black Girl Survives in this One: A YA Horror Fiction Anthology.