060: Muslim Comics And Warscape Witnessing by Esra Mirze Santesso
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Esra Mirze Santesso discusses and reads from Muslim Comics And Warscape Witnessing (The Ohio University Press, 2023), which looks at the growing body of Muslim graphic narratives, and how these comics have become an increasingly potent means of visualizing a variety of Muslim perspectives and experiences. Plus music by The Discipline. https://thediscipline.bandcamp.com/ [email protected] Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author
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059: The Mad, Mad Murders Of Marigold Way by Raymond Benson
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Raymond Benson discusses and reads from The Mad, Mad Murders Of Marigold Way (Beaufort Books, 2022), a comic mystery in the vein of the Coen Brothers thrillers, set in the strange setting of the American suburbs, in the even stranger period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus music by Raymond Benson. https://raymondbenson.com/ [email protected] Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author
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058: Reno’s Big Gamble: Image And Reputation In The Biggest Little City by Alicia Barber
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Alicia Barber discusses and reads from Reno’s Big Gamble: Image And Reputation In The Biggest Little City (University Press Of Kansas, 2008), which explores the history of this Northern Nevada city, and the unique push-and-pull between urban identity, civic pride, nonconformist reputation, and economic growth. https://aliciambarber.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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057: Bull Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams
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Suzanne Morgan Williams discusses and reads from her YA/middle grade novel, Bull Rider (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009), in which fourteen-year-old Cam O’Mara must face the fears of riding bulls and having to reforge a relationship with his war-wounded older brother. https://suzannemorganwilliams.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author
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056: Naked City by Eric Drooker
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Eric Drooker discusses his graphic novel Naked City (Dark Horse Books, 2024), which follows a painted, a musician, and a dancer, as they ponder – and experience! – what it means to be an artist in the big city, and in the 21st century. https://www.drooker.com/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Twitter: @it_author Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author
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055: Uncommon Allies: American Jews And Christians Uniting Against Hitler, 1933-1945 by Alan M. Shore
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Alan M. Shore discusses and reads from Uncommon Allies: American Jews And Christians Uniting Against Hitler, 1933-1945 (Syracuse University Press, 2024), which looks at the development of interfaith unity in the face Hitler’s rise to power, largely manifested through a series of Madison Square Garden rallies, and how this unity helped reshape U. S. identity. https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/6470/uncommon-allies/ [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Twitter/X: @it_author Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads:...
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054: Sync by Ellen Hopkins
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Ellen Hopkins discusses and reads from her latest YA novel in verse, Sync (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024), a story of twins, as close as they can be, until they’re separated within the foster system and have to struggle through heartbreaking trauma and cling to the hope of reunion. ellenhopkinsbooks.com [email protected] Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Twitter/X: @it_author Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author
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053: Love Virus by Jacci Turner
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Jacci Turner discusses and reads from her novel, Love Virus (Tree House Books, 2024), which follows the trials of three women, from three generations, as they navigate the challenges of love, loss, and learning to connect in the time of Covid-19. www.jacciturner.com [email protected] Twitter: @it_author Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author
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052: A Nuclear Family: Coming Of Age In Oppenheimer’s Secret City by Ellen Wilder Bradbury-Reid & E. Marshall Wilder
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Ellen Wilder Bradbury-Reid & E. Marshall Wilder discuss and read from A Nuclear Family: Coming Of Age In Oppenheimer’s Secret City (Bradbury-Reid & Wilder, 2023) which recounts their childhood experiences in Los Alamos, by turns normal and extraordinary, as their father worked on the intricacies of the atomic bomb. [email protected] Twitter: @it_author Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author
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051: The Necessary Beggar by Susan Palwick
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Susan Palwick discusses her novel The Necessary Beggar (Tor, 2005, 2020) in which refugees from another dimension find themselves on the outskirts of Reno, Nevada, where they learn to be American and to navigate the country's culture and systems, and also re-learn what it means to be a family. [email protected] Twitter: @it_author Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author
info_outlineMarc Laidlaw discusses and reads from his novel, Underneath The Oversea, the culmination of the Gorlen Vizenfirthe stories, about a gargoyle-handed bard, a human-handed gargoyle, and the family that they’ve built in the fantastical world of Ique.
“Sombre Hombre” by Marc Laidlaw comes from the independently released EP, Sombre Hombre. Used with permission.
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