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Two little girls in 1973 St. Louis are at the heart of Marisa Silver’s latest novel, "The Mysteries."

John Edgar Wideman has published some 20 books. His latest, "You Made Me Love You," is a collection of 57 stories selected from previously published collections.

In Jo Ann Beard's latest collection, she brings us nine stories, most of which are based on real people and events. The collection itself reveals again the author's ability to build a story that grabs us from the beginning and never lets us go.

In Gregory Curtis' memoir of losing his beloved spouse, the longtime editor of Texas Monthly returns alone to Paris.

Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides discuss “The Betrothed” by Anton Chekhov.

Anthony Bourdain was planning to write a new travel book with his assistant, Laurie Woolever, before he passed away in 2018. But Woolever made good on the implicit promise to make the book a reality.

Father James Martin talks about learning to pray in his latest book "Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone."

Joshua Bennett has received the Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Kristin Hannah’s latest novel, The Four Winds, is set during the Great Depression when drought, famine and the devastation of the Dust Bowl converged at once for the folks living in the Great Plains.

Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel, “Of Women and Salt,” is about the choices mothers make and the burden of that legacy for their daughters.

This week on Book Public, Te-Ping Chen discusses her debut collection of short stories, "Land of Big Numbers."

Elizabeth Miki Brina’s new memoir “Speak Okinawa” delves into topics of family, identity and forgiveness.

On this "Pop-Up Book" episode we learn all about the 9th Annual San Antonio Book Festival from executive director Lilly Gonzalez and literary director Clay Smith.

Dusk Night Dawn: Anne Lamott on Recapturing Hope in Dark Times

This week on "The Lonely Voice" from Book Public, Peter Orner and Yvette Benavides welcome special guest, author Thomas O'Malley, to discuss "Irish Revel" by Edna O'Brien.

"The Lowering Days": Gregory Brown's Debut Novel of Contention and Compassion in Maine Community

“Homo Irrealis”: André Aciman’s Essay Collection Parses the Meanings of the Paradoxes and Contradictions of Time

"Mike Nichols: A Life": Mark Harris Chronicles Mike Nichols' Complex Life and Brilliant Career

“Black Buck”: Mateo Askaripour’s Debut Novel Highlights Racism in Corporate America

In the novel Landslide, author Susan Conley tells the story of a fishing accident that leaves protagonist Jill’s husband, Kit, hospitalized in Canada. Jill is left to look after her two sons. Then Jill suspects her husband has been unfaithful.

A review of Rebecca Sacks’ debut novel "City of a Thousand Gates."

“The National Road: Dispatches from a Changing America”: Tom Zoellner’s Essay Collection A Roadmap through Contradictory American Histories,

The Lonely Voice with Peter Orner discusses Edna O’Brien's short story “The Love Object.” O’Brien is an award-winning Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and writer of short stories.

"Walking with Ghosts": Gabriel Byrne's Memoir Is Mesmeric Reflection on Family, Memory, and Loss.

Book Public host Yvette Benavides talks to Sharon Harrigan about her novel, "Half."