Books Are My People

This week, I'm in conversation with Lauren Steinstra, author of The Beauty of the End. We discuss genetics, how her career in science influenced her work and whether or not people should delete their 23 and Me accounts. Plus, lots of book recommendations.  This episode is sponsored by People of the Titanic  [http://www.shawncarlowwrites.com/]by Shawn Carlow Andrew Porter, author of The Imagined Life [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593538050]recommends a favorite read.  Giveaway: Girls and Their Horses [https://www.instagram.com/p/DIgxoiQT3Iw/] Books Discussed: The Age of Miracles [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780812982947]by Karen Thompson Walker Sky Full of Elephants [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781668034927] by Cabo Campbell The Unthinkable: Who Survives Disasters and Why [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593796726]by Amanda Ripley Dan and Jane at the End of the World [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593200827] by Colleen Oakley Our Hideous Progeny [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780063256804]by C.E. McGill Other books Mentioned: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781400052189] by Rebecca Skloot Gallery info: I have a piece of art on display at the Rod Briggs Gallery through May 24th. Click here for more info.  [https://longbeachcreativegroup.com] Art Hang Recording: Draw Book Covers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFzNX94R9b4&list=PLPFa308d1o8VufmNLA3rVejJwzDUsgsml] Support the show [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com] Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! [https://www.etsy.com/listing/1773045186/books-are-my-people-mug?click_key=b62145f9667b7cf4e56beaf6ab4f52405b46ab7d%3A1773045186&click_sum=77fe2419&ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1] I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

On this episode of Books Are My People, I'm visited by artist and bibliophile Jane Mount. We discuss the importance of talking about banned books, her favorite book to paint, and how her degree in anthropology informs her work.  This episode is sponsored by People of the Titanic  [http://www.shawncarlowwrites.com]by Shawn Carlow Books Recommended:  The Adventures of Amina Asarfti [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780062963512]by Amina Someone The Art of Noticing by   [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780525521242]Rob Walker  The Vanished Birds [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593129005] by Simonoa Jiminez  All that Glitters: [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593316740]  by Orlando Whitfield The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Huma [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781982117368]n by Siddhartha Mukerjee Life with Picasso [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781681373195]by Francoise Gilot  Amy Shearn, author of Animal Instinct  [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593718339]recommends Being Here is Everything: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781635900088] by Marie Darrieusseca Some of Jane's Books: Books Make Good Friends [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781797209654] Bibliophile: [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781452167237]an Illustrated Miscellany Bibliophile’s Reader’s Journal [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781452167312] Find Jane online: https://janemount.com [https://janemount.com/] Instagram @jane_mount [https://www.instagram.com/jane_mount/] GIVEAWAY Kristen Arnett Smile if You’ve Heard This One [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com/p/books-are-my-people-weekly-newsletter-287] Book to Film Nickel Boys [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com/p/april-advanced-review-copies] The Women’s Hotel [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com/p/the-womens-hotel-weeks-1-and-2] Call the poetry hotline: 385 DIAL-FSG   Support the show [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com] Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! [https://www.etsy.com/listing/1773045186/books-are-my-people-mug?click_key=b62145f9667b7cf4e56beaf6ab4f52405b46ab7d%3A1773045186&click_sum=77fe2419&ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1] I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

This week, I'm joined by author Kristen Arnett. We chat about clown and how they relate to her latest novel, Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One. [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593719770]  Guest Book Author Recommendation: Eliza Kennedy Lucky Night [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593800836]recommends The Empusium [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593712948]by Olga Tokarczuk  Book Recommendations: State of Paradise [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780374612207] by Laura Van Den Berg Hot Air [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593320907] by Marcy Dermasnky Lot [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780525533689] by Bryan Washington Kate & Frida [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593852385] by Kim Fey Dry Season [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593537237] by Melissa Febos Women’s Hotel [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780063343535]by Daniel M. Lavery Substack through my  Read with Me program. Giveaway: Kristen Arnett’s Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One on Instagram LINK UP Closes April 16th.   Click here to find out ways in which you can help the attack on Federal funding for libraries.  [https://www.everylibrary.org/statementimls2025] On Social Media: Twitter @ Instagram Kristen_Arnett [https://www.instagram.com/kristen__arnett/] Blue Sky Kristen Arnett Substack: Dad Lessons [https://kristenarnett.substack.com] Link up to her column, Am I the Literary Asshole [https://lithub.com/author/kristen-arnett/]on Lit Hub     Support the show [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com] Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! [https://www.etsy.com/listing/1773045186/books-are-my-people-mug?click_key=b62145f9667b7cf4e56beaf6ab4f52405b46ab7d%3A1773045186&click_sum=77fe2419&ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1] I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

On this week’s episode of BOOKS ARE MY PEOPLE I’m joined by fellow book podcaster Traci Thomas of THE STACKS. We chat about some of her favorite author interviews, how she manages her reading time and, she even spills the tea regarding what kind of tea Regina Porter sent her after their interview!  Guest Book Recommendation: Will Bardenwerper author of Homestand Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780385549653] recommends The Good Hand: a memoir [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781984881533] by Michael Patrick F. Smith Books Recommended: One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593804148]by Omar El Akkad A Great Country [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780063324343] by Shilpi Somaya Gowda Original Sins [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593243701] by Eve L. Ewing Private Rites [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781250344311]by Julia Armfeld The Hunger Games [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780439023528]by Suzanne Collins Other Books Discussed: North Woods [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593597040]by Daniel Mason Carry On [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9798989335701] by Shea Barry Andreoni Empire of Ruin [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780316519663] by Django Wexler Tiny Beautiful Things [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593685211] by Cheryl Strayed The Wild Robot [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780316382007] by Peter Brown The Partner [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780345531957] by John Grisham Transect of Coexistence Inquiry into Nature Art and Habitat [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9788832080940]by Illaria Mazzoleni  Be Ready When The Luck Comes [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593799895] by Ina Garten The Bee Sting [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781250338259] by Paul Murray   Other Things:  One for the Books LA ist [https://laist.com/events/one-for-the-books] Find Traci online at: Instagarm @thestackpod [https://www.instagram.com/thestackspod/] Substack: tracithomas [https://tracithomas.substack.com] Traci's website [https://www.thestackspodcast.com]     Links: Link to Substack Nickel Boys: Link to Instagram Nickel Boys: Youtube Bookbinding for the Booker series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XVn89hrlI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_XVn89hrlI] Link to my handmade upcycled journals. Support the show [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com] Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! [https://www.etsy.com/listing/1773045186/books-are-my-people-mug?click_key=b62145f9667b7cf4e56beaf6ab4f52405b46ab7d%3A1773045186&click_sum=77fe2419&ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1] I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

This week, on episode #141 Jane Tara visits all the way from Australia to discuss her first book written for adults, Tilda is Visible. We talk about self love during the aging process, what it's like to write over 100 children's books and of course, we both recommend books.  Christine Murphy, author of Notes on Surviving the Fire [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593801499] also recommends a favorite read.  Books Recommended: Pictures of You [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781958506462] by Emma Grey The Cafe with No Name [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9798889660644] by Robert Seethaler The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780063397293]by Anna Johnston The Hypocrite [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593701034] by Jo Hamya The Pillow Book [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9784805311080]by Sei Shonagon Christine Murphy Notes on Surviving the Fire [ https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9780593801499]recommends Devolution [https://bookshop.org/a/9873/9781984826800] by Max Brooks The Great Divide Giveaway Link [https://www.instagram.com/p/DFqCZplvnt7/] One-Day Choir Defying Gravity Link [https://youtu.be/moKnLlF2LRs] Read Nickel Boys with me on Substack in March [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com] Find Jane on Social Media: instagram: @authorjanetara [https://www.instagram.com/authorjanetara/] Facebook: @authorjanetara [https://www.facebook.com/authorjanetara] Jane's bookclub: Book Queens [https://www.facebook.com/groups/bookqueens] Substack: @janetara [https://substack.com/@janetara?utm_source=top-search] Support the show [https://jennifercaloyeras.substack.com] Get your Books Are My People coffee mug here! [https://www.etsy.com/listing/1773045186/books-are-my-people-mug?click_key=b62145f9667b7cf4e56beaf6ab4f52405b46ab7d%3A1773045186&click_sum=77fe2419&ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1] I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!