I could talk to Lisa Taddeo for hours and hours. Listen in on our chat about the June N&G Book Club Pick, ANIMAL.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Elizabeth McCracken
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I loved talking with Elizabeth McCracken. She is as wildly funny and witty as her short story collection, THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM.
Read MoreIn Conversation with David Pogue
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I learned so much while chatting with David Pogue about his book, HOW TO PREPARE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, the April N&G Book Club pick.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Patricia Engel
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I loved chatting with Patricia Engel about her buzzed-about book, INFINITE COUNTRY, which was the March N&G Book Club pick.
Read MoreNeed Parenting Help, Will Travel
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I’m fascinated by Michaeleen Doucleff’s new book, HUNT, GATHER, PARENT, so I was thrilled to chat with her and learn more about the parenting tips she learned around the world.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert
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I talked about the environmental crisis with journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, who wrote the February N&G Book Club pick, UNDER A WHITE SKY: THE NATURE OF THE FUTURE.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Jane Smiley
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I spoke with Jane Smiley about her lovely new novel, Perestroika in Paris, which was the January N&G Book Club pick.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Katherine May
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For our book club, Katherine May and I chat about her book WINTERING and why we should all give ourselves permission to hibernate in certain seasons of life.
Read MoreIn Conversation with John Freeman
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Gen has a wide-ranging conversation about environmentalism with TALES OF TWO PLANETS editor John Freeman and writer Aminatta Forna.
Read MoreIn Conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
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Prolific author Jacqueline Woodson chats with Gen about her exquisite novel RED AT THE BONE, the N&G Book Club pick for October.
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