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As you're about to discover, we're doing something a little different on our channel today. We've been looking for ways to highlight and promote shows across the Writer's Bone universe and don't you know it, we've got a passionate, informed, and engaged audience right here on our airwaves, why not share stand out episodes like the one you're about to hear. Daniel Paisner has been on quite the heat...

Author Alison Espach ( Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance , The Adults ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her best-selling novel The Wedding People , which was also Read With Jenna pick. To learn more about Alison Espach, visit her official website .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing . 

In the latest Friday Morning Coffee episode, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses online violence and abuse experienced by female journalists and the growing number of deepfake attacks against them. Author Amy Reading joins Daniel Ford on the show and chats about her book The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker .  To learn more about Amy Reading, visit her official website . Order the...

We recorded in-person interviews recently from The Writers' Collaborative Learning Center in downtown Reading, Mass., during the annual Reading Fall Street Faire . We chatted with course leads Nancy Parsons, Evea Raye, and Asa Sutton. To learn more about The Writers' Collaborative Learning Center, visit the official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwr...

Erica Wright returns! She chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Hollow Bones .  To learn more about Erica Wright, visit her official website . Also listen to our previous interview with the author .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing . 

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses an uptick in Hawaii's tourism industry following last year's devastating wildfires is displacing native Hawaiians because of rising costs and limited opportunities. Learn more from Our Hawaii , a nonprofit social welfare organization founded in 2021, that aims to hold politicians accountable. Author Kimi Cunningham Grant then joins Dan...

Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack join Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their book  What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service . Melissa Fitzgerald is an actor, producer and social justice advocate. As an actor, Melissa is best known for her seven-year role as Carol on the award-winning television series, "The West Wing." In 2013, Me...

Author and artist Heather McCalden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her memoir The Observable Universe .  To learn more about Heather McCalden, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare .

On today's Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses " The Great Postal Heist ," a 2022 documentary about the toxic work environment (thanks to USPS management) faced by postal workers. Author and journalist Jesselyn Cook then joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her book The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family . To learn more about Jesselyn Cook, visit her...

Author Lena Valencia chats with Daniel Ford about her short story collection Mystery Lights .  To learn more about Lena Valencia, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare .

Author Kristopher Jansma ( Why We Came to the City ) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his new novel Our Narrow Hiding Places , out today from Ecco. To learn more about Kristopher Jansma, visit his official website . Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 186 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Tell...

On the latest episode of Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses the approaching global warming threshold in 2026 , AI's environmental impact , and the term " greenwashing ." Then author Kate Risse chats with Daniel Ford about her book Inland .  To learn more about Kate Risse, visit her official website .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shou...

Author Alexander Boldizar ( The Ugly ) wrinkles our brain again during our discussion about his new book The Man Who Saw Seconds . To learn more about Alexander Boldizar, visit his official website . Also read our print interview with the author from 2016 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libr...

Historian and author Jacqueline Jones joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare .

Audio storyteller and author Lissa Soep joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss her memoir Other People's Words .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare .

Author Asha Thanki chats with Daniel Ford about her debut novel A Thousand Times Before .  To learn more about Asha Thanki, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare .

Author Catherine Joy White chats with Daniel Ford about her book This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood . To learn more about Catherine Joy White, follow her on Instagram .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare .

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit talks about the current state of cinema (sigh). She mentions an article from More Perfect Union titled Why Hollywood Can't Stop Making Sequels, Prequels and Reboots (published in June 2023) that is well worth your time. Author Scott Ryan then talks to Daniel Ford about his book The Last Decade of Cinema , in which he makes the argument that feat...

Author Nash Jenkins joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his debut novel Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos , which is now out in paperback.  To learn more about Nash Jenkins, visit his official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare .

Author Liz Moore ( Long Bright River , The Unseen World ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel The God of the Woods , out today from Riverhead Books. To learn more about Liz Moore, visit her official website and read our first interview with the author in 2016. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going...

On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit and her guest co-anchor Scott Cassell discuss the passing of Major League Baseball legend Willie Mays , the Rickwood Field game held in Birmingham, Ala., the game's troubled history of racism , and the recent integration of Negro League statistics into baseball's official record book.  Author and historian Kevin Baker ( The Fall of a Great...

Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker Chelsea Devantez joins Daniel Ford to chat about her memoir I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway ) and her podcast Glamorous Trash .  To learn more about Chelsea Devantez, visit her official website . Also listen to her appearance on As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast with Daniel Paisner. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by  L...

Author John Vercher ( After the Lights Go Out , Three-Fifths ) returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his latest novel  Devil Is Fine , out today from Celadon Books. To learn more about John Vercher, visit his official website and listen to our previous interview with the author in Episode 535 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be...

Caitlin Malcuit discusses the 16 mass killings in the United States in 2024 , including the 11 that involved a firearm, and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act .  Then author Eric Rickstad ( I Am Not Who You Think I Am ,  The Names of Dead Girls ) returns to chat with Daniel Ford about his explosive new novel Lilith .  To learn more about Eric Rickstad, visit his official website . Also listen to...

Author Clare Pooley ( Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting , The Authenticity Project ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her new book How to Age Disgracefully, out today from Pamela Dorman Books. To learn more about Clare Pooley, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyw...