Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Elinor Lipman about "Miss Bates Bobs Her Hair," the story she contributed to "Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters." Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com every Monday @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Karolina Zapal, the program manager at the Massachusetts Center for the Book, about their annual Reading Challenge. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP radio every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #Booksky

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Joanna Sokol about her memoir, "A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

Fun with punctuation and caroling

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to local author Linda Summersea about her memoir, "The Girl with the Black and Blue Doll." Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Amanda Jones, author of "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America." Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Sacha Lamb, whose novel The Forbidden Book won the 2025 New England Book Award for YA fiction. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Gish Jen about her novel, "Bad Bad Girl." Gish Jen reads at Odyssey Bookshop on Thurs. 11/13 at 7 p.m. Listen on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky Photo credit: Basso Cannarsa

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to novelist Debra Jo Immergut about teaching writing. Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com (anywhere in the world!) every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Catherine Newman about her novel, "Wreck." Catherine has a reading with Odyssey Books (at the First Congregational Church in South Hadley) on Tuesday, 10/28 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

During Writers' Block this week, NEF co-president Marty Wohl and I will talk to Buz and Bill about the Northampton Education Foundation Adult Spelling Bee. Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am & 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is novelist Paula Saunders, author of "Starting from Here." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky Author photo by Stewart Shining

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is novelist Lily King, author of "Heart the Lover." Lily King has a reading and signing with Odyssey Books (at the First Cong. Church in South Hadley) on Tue., Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is Rachel Kanter, owner of Lovestruck Books, a romance bookstore in Cambridge, MA. Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is novelist Angela Flournoy, author of The Wilderness. Angela Flournoy has a reading and signing at Odyssey Bookshop on Wednesday, September 24 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be writer and artist Mike Curato, discussing his new graphic novel, Gaysians. Mike has a reading and signing at Odyssey Bks on Thurs., 9/18 @7. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #Booksky

Tomorrow's Writers' Block guest is author, Elizabeth Bear. Her 2 new books are The Folded Sky and Angel Maker. She's reading at Odyssey Books on 9/11 at 7. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

Northampton Mayor Sciarra was one of 10 Commonwealth mayors to join Senator Elizabeth Warren in a roundtable discussion on housing. [Cont]

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Jill Bialosky, author of "The End is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother." Listen to Writers’ Block on every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. Author photo by Beowulf Sheehan #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Libby Buck, author of "Port Anna." (Description in the comments.) Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Jenny Adams, chair of the UMass Amherst English dept. We'll talk about majoring in English and her work in medieval life and literature. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays @ 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Kate Russo, author of "Until Alison." Kate Russo has a reading and signing on Thursday. 7/17 at 7 pm at Odyssey Bookshop. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be one of my faves—Sarah MacLean, author of "These Summer Storms." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky #romancelandia

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Ocean Vuong, author of "The Emperor of Gladness." Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #Booksky Photo: Gioncarlo Valentine

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Heather Clark, author of "The Scrapbook." Heather Clark will read at Odyssey Bookshop on 6/24 @ 7 pm. Listen to Writers’ Block on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Carolyn Zaikowski, poet laureate of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

Richard Russo will be my guest on Writers' Block on 6/2. His new collection of essays is "Life and Art." He'll be reading on 6/4 @ 7 pm, at 1st Cong. Church in S. Hadley. Event sponsored by Odyssey Books. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be illustrator, cartoonist, and New Yorker cover artist, Harry Bliss, talking about his graphic memoir, "You Can Never Die." Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is Jon Wynn, author of "The Set Up." "The Set Up" launch party is Thur. 5/15, @5 at Sticks and Bricks (90 King Street, Northampton). Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Helen Sheehy, author of "Just Willa." Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky helensheehy.org

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Hillary Hoffman, owner of Federal Street Books in Greenfield. Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Julie Brill, author of "Hidden in Plain Sight: A Family Memoir and the Untold Story of the Holocaust in Serbia." Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

Hard to not be daunted these days.

My calls today.

My son specializes in political extremism in his academic life. In his opinion, these two sources are must-reads for anyone with young male tweens and teens in their lives. First one here. Second one, which is the book, How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism, is linked in the first comment.

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is Amity Gaige, author of "Heartwood." Amity will be reading from "Heartwood" at Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

For everyone who attended #ACES2025. What a fun, edifying, and inspiring conference.

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is Emily Everett, author of All That Life Can Afford. Emily has events at Broadside on 4/1 and at Writers in Progress on 4/12. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Emma Donoghue, author of The Paris Express. Listen to Writers’ Block live via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

Tomorrow's Writers' Block guest: Nathaniel Ian Miller, author of Red Dog Farm. Nathaniel Ian Miller will be at Odyssey Bks in South Hadley for a reading on 3/11 @ 7:00 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com Mondays @ 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #Booksky

Newsom is our Vance, smooth, opportunistic, soulless.

This is a really important election and you can help by writing postcards. Let me know if you want more info, or just go to the Postcards To Voters website (link in comments). www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Robin Glossner, Adult Events Coordinator at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. (new time!) and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be editor Pat Dobie of Lucid Edit. We'll talk about developmental editing & manuscript evaluation. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com Mondays at 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky #freelanceeditors #editors

I’m trying out the DuckDuckGo browser as an alternative to Google. Anyone have experience with it? duckduckgo.com/&kp=1

Tomorrow's Writers' Block guest is Elinor Lipman, whose new novel is "Every Tom, Dick & Harry." Elinor Lipman's at Broadside bks on 2/18 @ 7 and Odyssey bks on 2/19 @ 7. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com Mondays at 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

Love is love is love is love is love. (Art by Fred Zinn.)

Tomorrow's guest on Writers' Block will be Olufunke Grace Bankole. Her debut novel is The Edge of Water. Catch Bankole @ Odyssey Bks in S. Hadley on Thurs, 2/27 @ 7. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted. #booksky

Dear New Republic. Hire a copyeditor. #editorsky