Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read

On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by Rainn Wilson, the three-time Emmy nominated actor best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on The Office. Rainn has made audiences laugh over and over again, and now he’s making those same audiences think. On his new podcast, Soul Boom (based on his bestselling book), Rainn seeks out practical and transformative answers to life’s biggest questions. In conversation with some of the greatest minds of our time, Rainn invites us to explore the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution.

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Global #1 bestselling author David Baldacci joins us this week on You Are What You Read with his latest novel, A Calamity of Souls. David’s books are published in 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with 150 million copies sold worldwide. For decades, his stories have thrilled and delighted us, and A Calamity of Souls is no different. Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama. 

David is cofounder, along with his wife Michelle, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. He invites you to visit the foundation at WishYouWellFoundation.org.

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On this week's episode of You Are What You Read, we visit our friends at Book of the Month for a LIVE conversation with two-time Book of the Year finalist, Amor Towles. We discuss Amor's latest short-story collection, Table for Two, as well as his other bestsellers, The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility (all available at bookofthemonth.com)! You will learn about Amor's journey from Wall Street to the bestseller list and enjoy pieces of his writing wisdom along the way. 

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Lisa Scottoline joins us on this week's episode of You Are What You Read with her latest novel, The Truth About the Devlins. Lisa is #1 The New York Times bestselling author of 35 books published in 35 countries. Her books have been printed over thirty million times—from thrillers, to historical fiction, to mysteries—Lisa has done it all! She has also co-authored a series of humorous memoirs with her daughter, the novelist Francesca Serritella. In this episode, we cover Lisa’s latest novel, as well as friendships, motherhood, books, family, work, romance, religion, and so much more.

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Susie Essman (aka Susie Greene) from Curb Your Enthusiasm joins us this week on You Are What You Read for a conversation about her favorite books, her prized friendships, and her extraordinary career making people laugh. 

A stand-up comedian, actress, writer, television producer and voice artist, Susie electrifies any project with her trademark humor and unique sense of character. She emerged as one of the most successful performers in comedy, working alongside Joy Behar, Rodney Dangerfield, and, of course, Jeff Garlin and Larry David, to name a few. 

In this conversation, you will learn Susie Essman is nothing like Susie Greene---Susie Essman is thoughtful, sensible and demure. But the great ones can play anything---and no one can play Susie Greene like Susie Essman. She is in a category by herself! 

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On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by Academy Award and Emmy-Award winning director, producer, and writer Ed Zwick with his instant New York Times bestselling autobiography, Hits, Flops and Other Illusions. 

Ed directed some of the greatest movies of our time: Glory, Legends of the Fall, Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Courage Under Fire, Love & Other Drugs, and Defiance; and produced Steven Soderbergh's Traffic and Shakespeare in Love. With his longtime creative partner, Marshall Herskovitz, Ed co-created Emmy-award winning television shows, thirtysomething and Once Again. He's directed Hollywood's biggest stars from Denzel Washington to Julia Roberts, and in this conversation, Ed unpacks his intimate memoir about his career behind the movie camera. 

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On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by fashion designer B Michael and television writer/producer and bestselling author Susan Fales Hill to talk about B Michael’s glorious photographic memoir, 

MUSE: Cicely Tyson and Me: A Relationship Forged in Fashion. 

B Michael’s collections have garnered appreciation from legends—Cicely Tyson, Valerie Simpson, Beyonce, Nancy Wilson, Brandy, and Susan Fales-Hill among many others. MUSE pays homage to the lifelong friendship between the iconic, resplendent Cicely Tyson and B Michael, who worked with her to make her gorgeous through her last bow.

The memoir includes written contributions from Lenny Kravitz, Bridget Foley, Valerie Simpson and a foreword from Susan Fales Hill—you will love hearing from Susan in this episode. Infused with stunning photographs, many never before seen, B Michael recalls the bond he shared with Cicely Tyson and what it was like to dress the Queen of Hollywood for all the extraordinary events of her life.

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There are certain weeks of the year when there is just a little more stardust in the air, and that is certainly true of Oscar week. In anticipation of the coveted awards show, we are joined by film historians and bestselling authors, Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson, for a conversation through Hollywood history (which is chronicled in Jeanine and Sam's exceptional biography, Hollywood: The Oral History). We are what we read, and we are also what we watch. Jeanine and Sam spotlight the greatest in show business in this informative, vibrant episode about the movies that built our souls. 

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On this bonus edition of You Are What You Read, we welcome back Barbara Kingsolver with her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Demon Copperhead. Set in the mountains of Southern Appalachia, Barbara created a world set to the music of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens to speak to a new generation of lost boys. You’ve written to us about this book, you’ve read it with your book clubs, and now Barbara shares with us her research, her process, and her inspiration for this great novel.

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Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter, Lily Kingsolver, join us this week on You Are What You Read with their first-ever children's book, Coyote's Wild Home- a luscious, informative story about a young girl and a young coyote pup on their first woodland adventure. Barbara, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and recipient of the National Humanities Medal, and Lily, an environmental educator and writer, put their brilliant minds together to offer us insights about the fascinating animals of Southwest Virginia and around the world. The Kingsolver team, along with illustrator Paul Mirocha, expertly take their passion for the natural world and spin an incredible tale about our animal kingdom. 

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