Adriana Trigiani is The New York Times best selling author of 20 books in fiction and nonfiction, award-winning filmmaker, and the host of the blockbuster Faceb...
This New Years Eve we are spotlighting some stand-out titles of 2024 with our dear friend and executive editor of Riverhead Books, Jake Morrissey…and Jake knows books. Jake publishes both fiction and nonfiction in history, science, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and literary and historical fiction. He works with a wide range of bestselling and award-winning authors, including Daniel H. Pink, Anne Lamott, James McBride, Priya Parker, Michele Harper, and Marlon James, with whom he cohosts the podcast Marlon & Jake Read Dead People.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Jake's Books:
ENTITLEMENT Rumaan Alam
COLORED TELEVISION Danzy Senna
SOMEHOW Anne Lamott
ALL FOURS Miranda July
THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE The Matt Haig
WHY WE LOVE FOOTBALL by Joe Posnanski
THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride
WE SOLVE MURDERS Richard Osman
FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston
GOOD ENERGY by Casey Means
SONNY BOY by Al Pacino
COUNTDOWN 1960 by Chris Wallace
JOLLY OLD SANTA CLAUS
Adriana's Books:
THE STORY OF SILENT NIGHT
I CAPTURE THE CASTLE by Dodie Smith
THE WAY YOU WEAR YOUR HAT by Bill Zehme
REPRIEVE by Agnes DeMille
THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN STORY by Stanley Green
WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES by Michael McDonald
WALK THROUGH FIRE by Sheila Johnson
THE HISTORY OF THE SNOWMAN by Bob Eckstein
GIANT LOVE by Julie Gilbert
MORNINGSIDE by Aran Shetterly
WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE by Julie Satow
SICILIAN AVENGERS (books one and two) by Stephen Riggio
TO DIE FOR by David Baldacci
THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah
THE STORY OF THE FOREST by Linda Grant
THE QUEEN OF STEEPLECHASE PARK by David Ciminello
ROOTS, WINGS AND RECIPES by The Origin Project students
ITALIAN SNACKING by Anna Francese Gass
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Poppy Harlow: Christmas with the Kids!
On this week’s episode of YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ, we are joined by special guest Poppy Harlow with her adorable Christmas story, THE BIGGEST LITTLE BOY, illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki. In the spirit of the holiday season, we wanted to bring you a conversation for the kids too! Poppy Harlow is the former co-anchor of CNN This Morning and also known for her reporting on Forbes.com. Poppy has been nominated for multiple Emmy awards throughout her career. She often reports from the field during breaking news. She was sent to cover the 2015 Paris terror attacks and anchored from the ground there for two weeks. Poppy also anchored extensive coverage of the Boston marathon bombings. Poppy’s proudest role, however, is to be the mother of her daughter Sienna and son Luca who inspired her to write this book.
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Remembering Sister Bernadette Kenny: A Philosophy of Care
On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are remembering a dear friend who passed recently, beloved nun Sister Bernadette Kenny. Sister Bernie grew up in Boston and entered the order of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in 1957. For fifteen years, Sister Bernie traveled from Ireland to Tanzania as a midwife, and then moved to Southwest Virginia in 1978 by request of the Richmond Diocese. In 1982, Sister Bernie founded the Health Wagon, a single mobile unit, traveling through small towns to community locations and even providing care in families’ backyards to the medically underserved populations of Southwest Virginia. From preventative care, women’s health, and chronic disease management (the list goes on), to parenting classes, economic health, and even technical education, the Health Wagon has become an invaluable lifesaving resource across the five main counties it serves, and beyond. In 2019, Sister Bernie co-wrote "Better for Being with You: A Philosophy of Care" with Tauna Gulley who worked alongside Sister Bernie in Clinchco, Virginia. In the book, Sister Bernie and Tauna recount three decades of health care work in Southwest Virginia. The great Father John Rausch once said if you want to meet a modern-day saint, have a conversation with Sister Bernie Kenny. We hope you enjoy this conversation with her.
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The Great American Humorist, Artist and New Yorker Cartoonist Bob Eckstein
On this week’s episode, we are delighted to have award-winning writer and New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein with us. Bob’s illustrations are iconic, immediately recognizable and always hilarious. His work has been exhibited in the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco, the Smithsonian Institution, The Cartoon Museum of London, among many others. His work has also appeared in MAD, McSweeney’s, National Lampoon, The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, SPY, Wall St. Journal and publications worldwide. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, New York University, Pratt Institute and Yonsei University in South Korea. Bob has worked on over 50 books as either a writer or illustrator or both. A few of his titles include The History of the Snowman, The Complete Book of Cat Names, Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores, and Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums, which we will be discussing at The Bookmark Shoppe in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday, December 18th at 7pm.
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Jennifer Egan: Original Voice, Genre-Buster
Bestselling novelist and award-winning journalist Jennifer Egan joins us on this week’s episode of You Are What You Read. You know Jennifer's work: Manhattan Beach, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Candy House, and more. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, Jennifer’s books are the gold standard. It’s no wonder they have also been included in the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century and among President Barack Obama’s favorite reads. Jennifer’s writing also appears in The New Yorker and The New York Times. In this conversation, we get to know Jennifer beyond the page and the crucial steps she took to become a writer- her gap year between high school and college thinking she would be an archeologist, her career as a model, her time spent as a temp in New York City…and her many stories in between.
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Adriana Trigiani is The New York Times best selling author of 20 books in fiction and nonfiction, award-winning filmmaker, and the host of the blockbuster Facebook Live show, "Adriana ink". For five years, her online conversations have reached a loyal audience of 2.1 million readers. With the "You Are What You Read" podcast, Adriana goes one-on-one in deep, surprising, and humorous conversations with the great cultural figures of our time about the books that built their souls.
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