ICYMI: Char Adams!

"One strength that Black bookstores have had consistently is their connection with their communities. Most Black bookstores and their owners in this country are deeply loved." — Char Adams

New Friday Morning Coffee episode! @badlycooked.bsky.social discusses the life of David Ruggles and his connections to New England. Char Adams chats with me about her book Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore. Listen: www.writersbone.com/friday-morni...

Author and journalist Char Adams joins me on tomorrow's Friday Morning Coffee to discuss her book Black-Owned-The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp

"It’s the distillation of feeling and of character that I love in a short story. And everything I love about a short story is not always on the page." @nicolealamy.bsky.social

we're getting some great feedback on this one - give us a spin and think back to what it took to jumpstart your own writing life... #TuftsUniversity #writinglife #storytelling #documentary #journalism #newpodcastepisode @writersbone.com

ICYMI: Celeste Ng and Nicole A. Lamy!

student journalist #MatthewWinkler has an inspiring, insight-filled story to tell about how his time at #TuftsUniversity led him to discover an unsung hero from the world of #jazz, and then to turn that discovery into a documentary w. the help of his professors... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Happy paperback pub day, @jverchwrites.bsky.social!

Episode 731: Celeste Ng and Nicole A. Lamy apple.co/4otOsEq

It was a delight to speak with @writersbone.com and @nicolealamy.bsky.social about selecting stories for this year's Best American, what we love about stories, and what this year's batch say about the times we're in.

New episode! @pronounced-ing.bsky.social and @nicolealamy.bsky.social discuss our shared love of the short story. Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...

So fun to speak with @writersbone.com and series editor @nicolealamy.bsky.social about Best American Short Stories 2025! Listen in 👇

On tomorrow's show, we celebrate The Best American Stories 2005 with guest editor @pronounced-ing.bsky.social and series editor Nicole Lamy. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp iHeartRadio: ihr.fm/2TXaBzn Amazon Podcasts: amzn.to/2RuHlxs

We're grateful for one more day of baseball (summer, really), but we're already mourning the end of the season. Perhaps this doubleheader from Ron Shelton will help ease us into winter. Our interview with the author/director: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch... @criterion.bsky.social

I wrote a piece on the work of writer and director James Gunn, who is engaged in a pretty incredible ongoing enterprise that despises bigotry and authoritarianism and reaffirms patriotism for progressives. www.vulture.com/article/jame...

Thanks to @mcfaulmike.bsky.social for an insightful chat about his book Autocrats vs. Democrats. Upcoming eps: 11/4: @pronounced-ing.bsky.social & Nicole A. Lamy, Best American Short Stories 2025 FMC 11/7: Char Adams 11/11: @himymcraig.bsky.social Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc

“We need to be engaged with the world. Putting our head in the sand and hoping that what happens in Ukraine or Taiwan doesn’t affect us, could lead to some tragic outcomes for our security and prosperity.” @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

For this week's newsletter, I wrote about a piece I published a dozen years ago in The Daily Beast on how to write a baseball book, and how that piece has followed me ever since I actually did exactly that. substack.com/home/post/p-...

ICYMI: Michael McFaul, former ambassador to Russia and author of Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.

Episode 730: @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Happy pub day, @mcfaulmike.bsky.social! The former Ambassador to Russia for President Barack Obama and NBC News contributor joins me on the show to discuss his new book Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder. Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...

. @mcfaulmike.bsky.social joins me on tomorrow's show to discuss his new book Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp iHeartRadio: ihr.fm/2TXaBzn

A Sunday newspaper tradition. ☕️

Started reading @somers.bsky.social’s new book last night (after holding a newborn for a four-hour stretch) and I’m loving it.

And then there’s Guillermo’s unequivocal stance. More of this please:

ICYMI: David Ambroz!

Thanks to @jeffpearlman.bsky.social and David Ambroz for two great discussions this week. Slightly tweaked upcoming schedule: 10/28: @mcfaulmike.bsky.social 11/4: @pronounced-ing.bsky.social & @nicolealamy.bsky.social, Best American Short Stories 2025 Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc

New Friday Morning Coffee! @badlycooked.bsky.social discusses poverty and homelessness in America (and who is getting rich off of both). Author and activist David Ambroz then joins me to chat about his memoir A Place Called Home. Listen: www.writersbone.com/friday-morni...

Author and activist David Ambroz joins me on tomorrow's Friday Morning Coffee to discuss his memoir A Place Called Home. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp iHeartRadio: ihr.fm/2TXaBzn Amazon Podcasts: amzn.to/2RuHlxs

Episode 729: Jeff Pearlman

New episode! @jeffpearlman.bsky.social joins me on the show to discuss his new book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur. Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...

Author and journalist Jeff Pearlman joins me on tomorrow's show to discuss his latest book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp iHeartRadio: ihr.fm/2TXaBzn Amazon Podcasts: amzn.to/2RuHlxs

Thanks for the reading homework, @mcfaulmike.bsky.social. Eager to chat.

Thanks to Mary Roach for a great chat about her book Replaceable You. Upcoming schedule: 10/21: @jeffpearlman.bsky.social 10:28: @pronounced-ing.bsky.social & Nicole A. Lamy Subscribe and tune in: apple.co/3XMnpcc

Our graphic designer at @wgbh.org described this color as "dirty teal." I think that's now my favorite color. The new art is part of our feed overhaul ahead of the next season...

ICYMI: Mary Roach!

"I never saw the trajectory of my life heading for an iron lung. I didn’t know they still existed." — Mary Roach Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...

New episode! Mary Roach returns to the show and chats with me about her latest book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...

The one and only Mary Roach joins me on tomorrow's show to discuss her latest book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp iHeartRadio: ihr.fm/2TXaBzn Amazon Podcasts: amzn.to/2RuHlxs

This is why we do what we do.

New Friday Morning Coffee! Author and journalist @joshuamoore.com joins me on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss his book Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World. Listen: www.writersbone.com/friday-morni... @badlycooked.bsky.social

Author and journalist @joshuamoore.com joins me on tomorrow's Friday Morning Coffee to chat about his book Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp iHeartRadio: ihr.fm/2TXaBzn

ICYMI: Sam Sussman!

"Many of my first memories are my mother reading to me. The worlds she introduced me to were magical." Sam Sussman

Back in the saddle.

New episode! Sam Sussman chats with me about his debut novel Boy From North Country. Listen: www.writersbone.com/podcastsarch...

We're back tomorrow with Sam Sussman, author of Boy from the North Country. Subscribe and tune in! Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2JZQLgt Spotify: spoti.fi/2GpMLEp iHeartRadio: ihr.fm/2TXaBzn Amazon Podcasts: amzn.to/2RuHlxs

new podcast episode - a conversation with legendary @columbiajournalism.bsky.social professor and celebrated journalist #SamuelGFreedman #journalism #books #publishing #authors @writersbone.com #writing #storytelling #academia #nonfiction #memoir #booktalk #AsToldTo open.spotify.com/episode/6do9...