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Events: Shilpi Suneja, Virginia Pye, and The Mighty Blaze's Spell-O-Rama!
Starting Thursday and the first week of October
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Michelle Hoover
Bonus Episode: Yael Goldstein-Love on The Possibilities
Listen now (28 mins) | Yael Goldstein-Love discusses the first pages of her latest novel, The Possibilities, how she set the tone of her book with an…
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Michelle Hoover
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Yael Goldstein-Love
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Passages: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on the essay “Futurity”
Listen now (37 mins) | Alex Marzano-Lesnevich discusses the first pages of their essay “Futurity” which appeared in the 2022 Best American Essays. We…
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Passages: Carter Sickles on The Prettiest Star
Listen now (30 mins) | Carter Sickles discusses the first pages of his latest novel, The Prettiest Star, including the importance of setting and…
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Michelle Hoover
Passages: Caroline Leavitt on Days of Wonder
Listen now (31 mins) | Caroline Leavitt discusses the first pages of her upcoming novel, Days of Wonder, to be released in April. We talk about how and…
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Michelle Hoover
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Passages: David Heska Wanbli Weiden on Winter Counts
Listen now (36 mins) | David Heska Wanbli Weiden discusses the first pages of his novel, Winter Counts, how he studied fight scenes to get it right, his…
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Michelle Hoover
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Passages: Shilpi Suneja on House of Caravans
Listen now (32 mins) | Shilpi Suneja shares the first pages of her debut novel, House of Caravans, how she discovered the core of her story (and…
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Michelle Hoover
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August 2023
Passages: Isa Arsén on Shoot the Moon
Listen now (33 mins) | Isa Arsén shares the first pages of her debut novel, Shoot the Moon, which releases in October. We discuss how she broke two…
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Michelle Hoover
Passage: Virginia Pye on The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann
Listen now (44 mins) | Virginia Pye discusses the first pages of her wonderfully smart and imaginative novel, The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann…
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Michelle Hoover
Passages: Charlotte Rixon on The One That Got Away
Listen now (30 mins) | Charlotte Rixon discusses the first pages of her latest novel, The One That Got Away, how she wanted to create a larger story by…
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Michelle Hoover
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Charlotte Duckworth
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Passages: Angel Di Zhang on The Light of Eternal Spring
Listen now (34 mins) | Angel Di Zhang discusses the first pages of her debut novel, The Light of Eternal Spring, how her single point-of-view novel grew…
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Michelle Hoover
Passages: Rachel Kadish on The Weight of Ink
Listen now (31 mins) | Rachel Kadish discusses the first pages of her latest novel, The Weight of Ink, how she followed the voice in her first lines to…
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Michelle Hoover
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