Books Are My People Jennifer Caloyeras

On episode 128 I speak with author Catherine Newman about summer hair, humor as survival strategy and Catherine’s previous job working in a sandwich shop. This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by Let Gravity Seize the Dead by Darrin Doyle. Sandwich by Catherine NewmanWe All Want Impossible Things by Catherine NewmanBooks Recommended:Quietly Hostile by Samantha IrbyWeekends with O’Keeffe by C.S. MerrillWent to London, Took The Dog: A Memoir Nina StibbeMother Doll by Katya...

These week, on episode 127 I take it back to the OG days of the podcast five years ago when I struggled to get a guest on the show. Now, I am so lucky to get to pick amazing guests! This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith Books Recommended:I am Not Sydney Poitier by Percival EverettThe Berry Pickers by Amanda PetersJohanna Porter is Not Sorry by Sara ReadThe Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy TanThe Dolphin House by Aud...

This week, on episode 126, I speak with picture book author Nell Cross Beckerman. We discuss how authors find illustrators, some of our favorite picture books and Nell’s recently published book, From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us.From Park to Playa: The Trails That Connect Us by Nell Cross Beckerman, illustrated by Sophie DiaoThis episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. SmithBooks Recommended:The House of East 88th Street by B...

This week, author and Drag Queen Story Hour founder Michelle Tea visits and talks to us about her new Press, Dopamine, its forthcoming anthology, Sluts and how she generates so much writing. This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced, A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith Books Discussed:Sluts Anthology edited by Michelle TeaMy Child The Algorithm by Hannah SilvaSkunks by Fiona WarnickCandy Darling : Dreamer Superstar by Candy DarlingMissi...

Collage artist and printmaker Sarah Z. Short talks about her creative process, how language figures into her art, the books she used to love to teach and, she recommends some of her favorite reads on episode 124 of Books Are My People. Books Discussed:The Hunter by Tana FrenchReal Americans by Rachel KhongFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrowOne Hundred Days by Alice PungThe Story of Art Without Men by Katy HesselSarah Z. Short WebsiteSarah Z. Short on Instagram Other Things Discussed:The Women...

#123 with Jo Piazza The Sicilian InheritanceThis week, I talk food and books with The Sicilian Inheritance author and podcaster extraordinaire, Jo Piazza.Book RecommendedThe Sicilian Inheritance by Jo PiazzaThe Secret Book of Flora Lee by Patti Callahan HenryThe House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneFinlay Donovan is Killing it by Elle CosimanoFinlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle CosimanoFinlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle CosimanoThe Husbands by Holly GramazioBreaking and Entering by ...