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Episode 565: Alex Kenna, Author of What Meets the Eye

Author Alex Kenna joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut What Meets the Eye.

To learn more about Alex Kenna, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter.

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Friday Morning Coffee: Oindrila Mukherjee, Author of The Dream Builders

Author Oindrila Mukherjee joins Daniel Ford on the first Friday Morning Coffee of 2023 to discuss her sensational debut The Dream Builders.

Caitlin Malcuit also discusses a tenant group in Los Angeles buying four buildings from Boston University, an affordable housing win, some upcoming Cat TV gigs, and our March 7 event with Issac Fitzgerald (author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts) and our friends at the Reading Public Library.

To learn more about Oindrila Mukherjee, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Episode 564: Jean Chen Ho, Author of Fiona and Jane

Author Jean Chen Ho joins Daniel Ford on our first episode of 2023 to chat about her debut Fiona and Jane (which is now out in paperback!).

To learn more about Jean Chen Ho, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Pop Literacy, The Thoughtful Bro, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

Episode 563: Monica Acker, Author of Brave Like Mom

Author Monica Acker joins Daniel Ford on the 2022 season finale to discuss her debut children's book Brave Like Mom.

Stephanie and Averie Ford make a special appearance and share their favorite children's books they've discovered during the last year. Titles include: 

Good Night, Little Bookstore, written by Amy Cherrix and illustrated by E.B. Goodale Little Elliot, Big City, written and illustrated by Mike Curato Little Unicorn (Ten Minutes To Bed) , written by Rhiannon Fielding and illustrated by Chris Chatterton Dozens of Doughnuts , written by Carrie Finison and illustrated by Brianne Farley ABCs Of Kindness , written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Summer Macon  Little Bat Up All Day , written and illustrated by Brian Lies You're My Little Honey Bunny , written by Nicola Edwards and illustrated by Natalie Marshall The Wonderful Things You Will Be , written and illustrated by Emily Winfield Martin Peggy: A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure , written and illustrated by Anna Walker

To learn more about Monica Acker, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Brave Like Mom was featured in our Best Books of 2022 episode.

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Friday Morning Coffee: David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Author of Winter Counts

Author David Heska Wanbli Weiden joins Daniel Ford on the final Friday Morning Coffee of 2022 to chat about his book Winter Counts.

Caitlin Malcuit also discusses tribal sovereignty in the United States and an appeals court's decision to revisit a June decision that would allow a company to establish a copper mine on Oak Flat land, which is part of a Native American reservation in Arizona.

To learn more about David Heska Wanbli Weiden, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

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Episode 562: Jenna Blum, Author of Woodrow on the Bench

Author Jenna Blum returns to the show to chat about the paperback edition of Woodrow on the Bench. She also discusses her new podcast series, "The Key of Love," and what's cooking for A Mighty Blaze in 2023 and beyond.

To learn more about Jenna Blum, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our last interview with the author on Friday Morning Coffee.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Pop Literacy, The Thoughtful Bro, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

Episode 561: The Best Books of 2022

We’re gettin’ down to the last few weeks of 2022. We hope your writing is going well and you’re hitting all your goals. If not, hey, a new year is about to dawn, more pots of coffee will be brewed, and your notebooks, laptops, tablets, and post-it notes await your next brilliant thoughts.

And, really, what better way to avoid your own writing at the end of the year than by reading other writers’ work? Daniel Ford provides all the books you need with the best books of 2022! As an added bonus, several hosts from around the Writer’s Bone Podcast Network share of their favorite reads from the past year, so if you get sick of Daniel's voice, don’t worry, you’ve got some literary friends just around the corner.

The list: 

The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan by Elliot Ackerman Brave Like Mom by Monica Acker At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler Kismet by Amina Akhtar I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays It Dies with You by Scott Blackburn Herrick's End by T.M. Blanchet The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game by Craig Calcaterra Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang The Symmetry of Fish by Su Cho Don't Know Tough by Eli Cranor The Prince of Infinite Space by Giano Cromley Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Brian Lies Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont Trust by Hernan Diaz The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop by Gus Garcia-Roberts Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez Free Love by Tessa Hadley Unlikely Animals by Annie Harnett Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring The Secrets We Share by Edwin Hill Uphill: A Memoir by Jemele Hill Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho Hell and Back by Craig Johnson The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer by Fred Kaplan Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly What Meets the Eye by Alex Kenna Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. by Lee Kravetz Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain by Charles Leerhsen Little Bat Up All Day by Brian Lies Seasonal Work: Stories by Laura Lippman Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews Wahala by Nikki May Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me by Paul O’Neill and Jack Curry How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories by Daniel A. Olivas Balloon Dog by Daniel Paisner Reservations for Six by Lindsey J. Palmer The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry The Maid by Nita Prose The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series by Jessica Radloff Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild A Touch of Moonlight by Yaffa S. Santos How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Secret Identity by Alex Segura The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Disappeared by Bonnar Spring The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Night of the Living Rez: Stories by Morgan Talty Half Outlaw by Alex Temblador The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela After the Lights Go Out by John Vercher The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin by Paul Vidich The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories by Jess Walter Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin No Land to Light On Yara Zgheib

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Episode 560: Dahlia Adler, Editor of At Midnight

Author Dahlia Adler stops by the show and chats with Daniel Ford about editing and collaborating on At Midnight: 15 Beloved Fairy Tales Reimagined.

To learn more about Dahlia Adler, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Also, if you happen to live or find yourself in Connecticut, attend Adler's live book event at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT tonight, Dec. 6, at 6 p.m.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Pop Literacy, The Thoughtful Bro, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

Friday Morning Coffee: Tracy Dawson, Author of Let Me Be Frank

Multiple-talented actress and scribe Tracy Dawson chats with Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee about her debut book Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do.

Caitlin Malcuit also discusses this year's 55th anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's famous Boston Marathon run, the 50th anniversary of the Boston Marathon allowing women to run in the race, and the 50th anniversary of Title IX. She also talks about the latest Congressional efforts to strengthen and protect Title IX protections and the work being done by Know Your IX.

To learn more about Tracy Dawson, visit her official website and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also check out a replay of Dawson's Politics and Prose book event with Amber Tamblyn.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Pop Literacy, The Thoughtful Bro, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

 

Episode 559: Andrew Limbong, Host of NPR's 'Book of the Day'

Andrew Limbong, host of NPR's "Book of the Day" podcast, joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about how he got into public radio and some of his favorite books of the year.

To learn more about Andrew Limbong, follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also subscribe to "Book of the Day," check out more of Limbong's work on NPR, and peruse the 2022 edition of "Books We Love."

Audio excerpt used with permission from NPR. Listen to the full interview.

Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Pop Literacy, The Thoughtful Bro, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.