When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…

When we devalue art—especially books—we’re not just losing culture, we’re risking our future. buff.ly/VuCI3zJ #BookCulture #ArtMatters #PublishingIndustry #ReadingForLife #IndieAuthorLife #WritersCommunity #FutureOfBooks #BookishThoughts #LiteraryHub #SupportArtists

Bob Dylan’s Superpower is That He Doesn’t Get Embarrassed To be caught in the spotlight of our pretensions is the worst kind of embarrassment there is. And so, one thing I found notable in the years I spent writing a biography of Bob Dylan and his poetic …

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Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White E.B. White, beloved children’s author (Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan), innovative and revered essayist, and co-editor of the indispensable The Elements of Style, celebrate…

E.B. White wrote that writing isn't about clever words but seeing the world clearly. In a noisy digital age, maybe simplicity is the most powerful tool. #Writing #LiteraryHub

Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities Many young people tell me that they fear there is no future. When they ask about the future, they are also asking: what is still imaginable or for what may we still hope? To say there is no future,…

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Myriam J.A. Chancy on Haitian American Communities Following Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s racist smears against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, author Myriam J.A. Chancy joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about…

NEW EPISODE: Following racist smears against Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH, author Myriam J.A. Chancy joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about Haitian history and independence. She reads from Village Weavers.

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Ellen Emerson White on the First Woman President, Real and Imagined As Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic campaign for the presidency enters its final weeks, writer Ellen Emerson White joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her…

NEW EPISODE: As Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic campaign for the presidency enters its final weeks, writer Ellen Emerson White joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her 1984 novel The President’s Daughter.

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Thomas Frank on How the Harris-Walz Ticket Can Win Red State Voters Political and cultural critic Thomas Frank joins host Whitney Terrell to discuss how Democrats and Republicans courted voters from the Midwest and South at their respective conventions. Frank gives…

Political and cultural critic Thomas Frank joins host Whitney Terrell to discuss how Democrats and Republicans courted voters from the Midwest and South at their respective conventions. He reads from his famed book What’s the Matter with Kansas.

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Alissa Quart on the Dangerous Lie of American Bootstrap Narratives Nonfiction writer Alissa Quart joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss how the American obsession with “bootstrap narratives” led to the publishing industry championing Hi…

NEW EPISODE: Nonfiction writer Alissa Quart joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the American obsession with “bootstrap narratives” and J.D. Vance's controversial memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. Alissa reads from her book.

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Iris Jamahl Dunkle and Kelly McMasters on Biographical Ethics Following Elon Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson’s accusations of unethical behavior on the part of Musk’s authorized biographer, memoirist Kelly McMasters and biographer Iris Jamahl Du…

NEW EPISODE: Memoirist Kelly McMasters and biographer Iris Jamahl Dunkle join co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about the ethics of biography.

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Francine Prose on What 1974 Can Teach Us About 2024 Novelist Francine Prose joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new book, 1974: A Personal History. Prose talks about her relationship with Tony Russo, who in collabor…

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Francine Prose joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new book, 1974: A Personal History.

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Jasmin Graham on Understanding Sharks Marine biologist Jasmin Graham joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new book, Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist, which is about the beauty an…

NEW EPISODE: Marine biologist Jasmin Graham joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new book, Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist.

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Elle Everhart and Ellie Palmer on the Rise of Romance Romance novelists Elle Everhart and Ellie Palmer join co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about the genre’s increasing popularity. Everhart, the London-based author of the new …

NEW EPISODE: Romance novelists Elle Everhart and Ellie Palmer join co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to talk about the genre’s increasing popularity.

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Harry Siegel on the Supreme Court, Bribery, and Scofflaws New York Daily News columnist Harry Siegel joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his recent piece about the Supreme Court’s decision to permit what he has…

NEW EPISODE: New York Daily News columnist Harry Siegel joins co-host @sugi.bsky.social and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his recent piece about the Supreme Court’s decision to permit what he has dubbed “after-the-fact bribery.”
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Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV Novelist Sally Franson and critic Emily Nussbaum join host V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about reality television. Franson, a recent reality TV show winner whose new novel, Big in Sweden, is from the…

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Sally Franson and critic @emilynussbaum.bsky.social join host @sugi.bsky.social to talk about reality television.

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Phil Elwood on Doing PR for All the Worst Humans In the wake of the recent Trump-Biden debate, public relations operative Phil Elwood joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his career spinning stories in …

NEW EPISODE: Public relations operative Phil Elwood joins host V.V. Ganeshananthan and co-host Matt Gallagher
to discuss the subject of his captivating new memoir: his career of spinning stories for some of the most infamous world leaders.

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NEW EPISODE: Novelist Maxim Loskutoff joins co-host V.V. Ganeshananthan and guest co-host Matt Gallagher to talk about his new novel, Old King, which is about Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who moved to Montana to withdraw from society.

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