Writer's Bone

Author Ghassan Zeineddine chats with Daniel Ford about his debut short story collection Dearborn (published by Tin House and available wherever books are sold).  Learn more about Ghassan Zeineddine .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny .

Holly Cassidy (aka our good literary friend Hannah Mary McKinnon) stops by on Black Friday 2023 to chat with us about her book The Christmas Wager . To learn more about Holly Cassidy/Hannah Mary McKinnon, visit their official website .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny .

If you're like us, food means family. It means love. It means comfort.  It's in that spirit that we welcome legendary chef, television star, and author Jacques Pépin to the show the week of Thanksgiving. Pépin not only discusses his latest cookbook, Cooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking , but also the origins of his love of cooking and how anxious home chefs (read: Daniel F...

A Ben double feature!  First, author Ben Fountain ( Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his latest novel Devil Makes Three . Then, Ben Purkert talks with Daniel about his debut novel The Men Can't Be Saved .  To learn more about Ben Fountain, visit his official website . Learn more about Ben Purkert by visiting his official website . Writer's Bone is proud...

Heidi Pitlor (series editor of The Best American Short Stories ) and Nicole Angeloro, (longtime editor of the series) chat with Daniel Ford about this year's edition, which was guest-edited by Min Jin Lee.  To learn more about Heidi Pitlor, visit her official website . You can learn more about Nicole Angerloro by visiting Mariner Books' staff page . Also check out  The Best American Short Stories...

In this musical bonus episode, up-and-coming singer-songwriter Meredith Lane chats with Daniel Ford about her album " Greyhound ," which has become a staple of our writing playlist.   Daniel is then joined by Ford family friend Peter Catucci. The longtime musician discusses his new song " Center Line ," which he submitted for Grammy Award consideration, and his mentorship of younger musicians.   ...

Author Virginia Pye chats with Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee about her latest novel The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann .  Caitlin Malcuit also discusses Esquire 's feature about the future of book publishing and a new study that found women now publish more than 50 percent of books . More resources: "Women now dominate the book business. Why there and not other creative industries?" | N...

Author Nathan Hill joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his latest novel Wellness .  To learn more about Nathan Hill, visit his official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny .

Author Nigar Alam chats with Daniel Ford about her debut novel Under the Tamarind Tree . To learn more about Nigar Alam, visit her official website .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny .

Author and historian Ronald C. White ( American Ulysse s, A. Lincoln ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new book On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain . To learn more about Ronald C. White, visit his official website .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny .

Author Julia Fine ( The Upstairs House , What Should Be Wild ) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Maddalena and the Dark . Caitlin Malcuit and Daniel also gab in studio about Halloween traditions, autumn New England events, and a Spirit halloween meet cute.  To learn more about Julia Fine, visit her official website . Also listen to our previous conversation with...

Author and pop culture obsessive Micol Ostow talks with Daniel Ford about her picture books Gilmore Girls: At Home in Stars Hollow , Life is Better With Friends , and Seinfeld: The Day of Nothing .  To learn more about Micol Ostow, visit her official website .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny .

Author David Kruh joins Daniel Ford in studio to chat about his book Inseparable: An Alcatraz Escape Adventure . To learn more about David Kruh, visit his official website and Inseparable 's website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and Mark Cecil's upcoming novel Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny .

We welcome back author and journalist Saul Austerlitz, who we first had on the show in 2019 when he was promoting his book Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era . He talked to Daniel Ford recently about his latest Kind of a Big Deal: How Anchorman Stayed Classy and Became the Most Iconic Comedy of the Twenty-First Century , which is available wherever books a...

Nancy Jooyoun Kim, author of The Last Story of Mina Lee , joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her latest novel What We Kept to Ourselves . To learn more about Nancy Jooyoun Kim, visit her official website . Also listen to our first conversation with the author in Episode 446 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and A Mighty Blaze podcast...

Edgar Award-winning novelist Erin Flanagan ( Deer Season , Blackout ) joins Daniel Ford to chat about her latest book Come With Me .  Caitlin Malcuit discusses the  end of WGA's strike and what  Hollywood writers won in negotiations . She also talks about the search tool from The Atlantic that archives " which authors have been used to train the machines ," and what authors can do when their work...

Erin Carlson, author of I'll Have What She's Having and Queen Meryl , returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her new book No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood . To learn more about Erin Carlson, visit her official website . Also listen to our first chat with the author in Episode 393 . Writer's Bone is...

Author Lou Berney ( November Road, The Long and Faraway Gone ) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his new book  Dark Ride .  To learn more about Lou Berney, visit his official website . Also listen to our first conversation with the author on Friday Morning Coffee .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and A Mighty Blaze podcast...

Author and historian Blair LM Kelley joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to talk about her book Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class .  Caitlin Malcuit also discusses meal debt and lunch shaming following a New Jersey district superintendent's attempted policy change that would have punished students whose parents or guardians owe lunch fees. She shares which states have passed...

Rachel Harrison returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Black Sheep .  To learn more about Rachel Harrison, visit her official website . Also listen to our interviews with Harrison in Episode 503 and Episode 412 , as well as her guest interviews with  Elisabeth Thomas , Clay McLeod Chapman , Adam Cesare , and Shaun Hamill . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro....

Author and Porter Square Books  co-owner and bookseller Josh Cook stops by to chat with Daniel Ford about his book The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-First Century . You can find Josh Cook at Porter Square Books . Also listen to his first appearance on the show and our NovelClass discussion about  Ducks, Newburyport . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro...

Craig Johnson returns to the show once more and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest Walt Longmire novel The Longmire Defense .  To learn more about Craig Johnson, visit his official website. Also listen to our past interviews with the author in Episode 455 , Episode 383 , and Episode 6 .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and A Mighty Blaze...

Author Katherine A. Sherbrooke talks with Daniel Ford about her novel The Hidden Life of Aster Kelly . Caitlin Malcuit also returns to her hosting duties and discusses Lowell, Mass., bulldozing a homeless encampment , which displaced "dozens" of unhoused people. She directs listeners to the National League of Cities' brief " An Overview of Homeless Encampments " for a comprehensive understanding o...

National Book Award-winning author Tess Gunty joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her debut novel The Rabbit Hutch , which is now out in paperback.  To learn more about Tess Gunty, visit her official website .  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and A Mighty Blaze podcast .

We close out August with a stellar double feature!  Kathryn Bromwich joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut novel At the Edge of the Woods and then Hannah Mary McKinnon return to discuss her latest novel The Revenge List .  Learn more about Kathryn Bromwich by following her on Twitter and checking out her Linktree . To learn more about Hannah Mary McKinnon, visit her official websit...