Amanda Montell with Kristin Keane

Writing for Wellness Panel

In episode 14 of The Book Drop, a panel of local Marin authors discuss the ins and outs of writing about wellness and personal growth. Featuring authors Rand Selig, Willow Older, Deborah Huber, and Merrill Page, moderated by Joanne Orion Miller.

Carvell Wallace with Shawn Taylor

In episode 13 of The Book Drop, we hear from Carvell Wallace (coauthor of Andre Iguodala's New York Times bestselling basketball memoir, The Sixth Man) for a special conversation about his new book, Another Word for Love, a transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing. In conversation with writer and creative consultant Shawn Taylor.

Amanda Montell with Kristin Keane

Episode 12 of The Book Drop features a conversation with bestselling author of Cultish and Wordslut Amanda Montell to talk about her new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking. "Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in her new book, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brains' coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven. In conversation with author and researcher Kristin Keane.

Garrett Bucks

In episode 11 of The Book Drop, we hear from Garrett Bucks, founder of The Barnraisers Project and author of The Right Kind of White, a revelatory memoir that earnestly reckons with whiteness. The Right Kind of White charts Garrett's intellectual and emotional odyssey in his pursuit of this ideal whiteness, the price of its admission, and the work he's doing to bridge the divide from those he once sought distance from.

Sasha Vasilyuk with Michael David Lukas

Episode 10 of The Book Drop features a conversation with local authors Sasha Vasilyuk and Michael David Lukas all about Sasha's newest novel, Your Presence is Mandatory. Based on real events, Your Presence is Mandatory tells the story of a World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to reassess the man they thought they knew and the country he had defended.