Online Book Talk: Kevin Barry “That Old Country Music”

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Explore contemporary Ireland with Kevin Barry, author of the wildly acclaimed Night Boat to Tangier, as he talks about his wonderful new collection of short stories, That Old Country Music. Kevin will be speaking from County Sligo, Ireland, with award-winning writer Matthew Thomas. This is a free talk, held live online via Crowdcast; register and view here. That Old Country ...

Online Book Talk: New Voices with Amir Ahmadi Arian and Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer

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Then the Fish Swallowed Him is Amir Ahmadi Arian’s acclaimed first novel in English after a career as a journalist, author and translator in Iran. Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer is a psychology professor and science writer who has turned to fiction with her first novel, a hypnotic thriller: The Mask Collectors. Nancy Star talks to these two compelling debut novelists, accomplished ...

Online Book Talk: Bringing Korean Stories to the World

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Frances Cha’s riveting debut novel If I Had Your Face, depicts four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, ruthless social hierarchies and K-pop mania. She speaks with Nancy Jooyoun Kim, author of The Last Story of Mina Lee, a Reese’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller. Her debut novel illustrates ...

Online Book Talk: Don Lemon “This Is The Fire” with Joy-Ann Reid

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Don Lemon's new book This Is The Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism is an urgent, deeply personal, riveting plea, which he hopes will "help heal America". Host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, he will be talking with political analyst and MSNBC host of The ReidOut, Joy-Ann Reid on Saturday March 20 at 7 p.m. Beginning ...