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Ann Patchett and the Sixties Collection

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Weekly Reader. Book information here

FEATURED BOOK

 

Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, Harper, NBCC Fiction Finalist

COLLECTION: THE SIXTIES 

The Nix, Nathan Hill, Knopf, NBCC John Leonard First Novel Finalist

The Girls, Emma Cline, Random House, NBCC John Leonard First Novel Finalist

Cruel Beautiful World, Caroline Leavitt, Algonquin

If Marion has not written about the book in question, we’ll often link to the LitHub page for this book. LitHub is, among other things, an aggregator of book reviews, like a Rotten Tomatoes for books.

 

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The Ivy is a proud sponsor of The Weekly Reader. All titles discussed on this show are available at The Ivy Bookshop, located in Mount Washington at Falls Road and Lake Avenue. More information at theivybookshop.comor call 410-377-2966. The right book is waiting. 

Lisa Morgan covered the local arts community as co-creator and host of WYPR’s award-winning program The Signal from 2004 to 2015. She has created and produced many programs for WYPR, including news stories, features, commentaries, and audio documentaries. She taught audio production at Goucher College and has done voice-over work for a variety of clients. The Weekly Reader is her latest project.
Longtime All Things Considered commentator (1991-2006) Marion Winik is the host of The Weekly Reader radio show and podcast. She reviews books for Newsday, People, Kirkus Review and other venues and is a board member of the National Book Critics Circle. She is the author of First Comes Love, The Glen Rock Book of the Dead and seven other books. Her Bohemian Rhapsody column at BaltimoreFishbowl.com has received the "Best Column" and "Best Humorist" awards from Baltimore Magazine, and her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Sun and many other publications. She is a professor in the MFA program at the University of Baltimore. She has appeared on Today, Politically Incorrect and Oprah. Other honors include an NEA Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction, and the yearly "Best Local Writer" Award from the Austin Chronicle from 1993 - 1997. More info at marionwinik.com.