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Meryl chats with Esther Amini about her 2020 memoir, Concealed, which chronicles her childhood and coming of age in a Persian-Jewish household in Queens, New York during the 1960s. As the American-born daughter of parents who had fled Mashdad, Iran, she shares how she was caught between these two cultures as she sought to carve her own path.

Esther Amini is a writer, painter, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice. Her debut memoir, Concealed, was named by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Books of 2020. In addition, both Katie Couric and Zibby Owens selected Concealed as one of their favorite books and showcased it last year at The Streicker Center in Manhattan. Esther’s short stories have appeared in Elle, Lilith, Tablet, The Jewish Week, Barnard Magazine, and numerous other publications. Her essays can also be found in Zibby Owens’ Anthology: “Moms Don’t Have Time To,” as well as in Zibby’s most recently published anthology: “Moms Don’t Have Time To Have Kids.”

She was named one of Aspen Words’ best emerging memoirists and awarded its Emerging Writer Fellowship in 2016 based on her memoir. Her pieces have been performed by Jewish Women’s Theatre and was chosen by as their Artist-in-Residence in 2019. ChaiFlicks, (Jewish Netflix), is presently streaming an excerpt from “CONCEALED” called AM-REE-KAH. Esther lives in New York City with her husband.

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Combining the propulsive narrative drive of The Firm with the psychological complexity of The Silent Patient, a gripping and original thriller about two professional women—colleagues at an international fashion conglomerate—who enter an elevator together . . . but only one is alive when they reach the ground floor.

PRAISE FOR THE CAGE

“[An] exciting psychological thriller . . . . The suspenseful plot careens among various surprising twists toward a satisfying finale . . . . Kistler is a writer to watch.” – Publishers Weekly

“Absolutely spellbinding . . . a gutsy novel … but not a single misstep . . . utterly engrossing and thoroughly entertaining.” – Booklist (starred review)

“The Cage starts with one of the most unique thriller setups I’ve ever read, and it keeps moving at warp speed. A must read.” – Phillip Margolin, New York Times bestselling author of A Matter of Life and Death

“The Cage is a firecracker of a novel: it starts out with a bang and keeps on dazzling until its final, thrilling page.” – Jessica Barry, bestselling author of Freefall and Don’t Turn Around

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Valerie Nieman about her latest novel IN THE LONELY BACKWATER. Valerie has been a farmer, a sailor, a journalist, a teacher. To the Bones, a genre-bending novel about Appalachia, was published by West Virginia University Press in 2019, joining three earlier novels, a short fiction collection, and three poetry books. Her award-winning poetry and short prose have been published here and abroad. A graduate of WVU and Queens University of Charlotte, she has held state and NEA creative writing fellowships.

“This mom has time to…” with Zibby Owens

Zibby Owens is an author, podcaster, publisher, CEO, and mother of four. Zibby founded Zibby Owens Media, a privately-held media company designed to help busy people live their best lives by connecting to books and each other. One division is Moms Don’t Have Time To, the home for Zibby’s podcasts, publications (including two anthologies), and communities. The other is Zibby Books, a publishing home for fiction and memoir which she co-founded with Leigh Newman. Her award-winning podcast, Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, has been downloaded millions of times. She is a regular columnist for Good Morning America, Katie Couric Media, and Moms Don’t Have Time to Write on Medium. Her upcoming memoir, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, comes out July 1, 2022 (Little A). Her first children’s book Princess Charming (Flamingo/Penguin Random House) debuts April 19, 2022, and will be followed by a second. She lives in New York with her husband and four children. For more information, visit zibbyowens.com and follow her on Instagram @zibbyowens.

The Storytellers hosted by Grace Sammon, focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling. Applying her years of experience as an educator, entrepreneur, author, and storyteller herself, Grace brings to listeners an intimate one-on-one experience with her guests.

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Dan White host of OutWithDan chats with Nicholas Garnett author of In The Pink. Nick details his journeys as a Straight man through the Gay Circuit Party world. A must read tale of live on the edge and surviving it.

Dan White host of OutWithDan talks to Beatrice Hitchman about her novel "All Of You Every Single One." This work spans 36 years from 1910 to 1946 and captures the lives and loves and losses of a group of LGBTQ+ friends and family.

Kimberly Belle is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of seven novels, including her latest, My Darling Husband. Her books have been published in more than in a dozen languages and have been optioned for film and television.

Layne Fargo is the author of the novels They Never Learn and Temper, and cocreator of the Unlikeable Female Characters podcast on Lit Hub Radio. She lives in Chicago with her partner and their pets.

Cate Holahan is the USA Today Bestselling Author of five domestic suspense novels including The Widower's Wife and the upcoming Darkness of Others, which comes out in August by Hachette's Grand Central Publishing. A biracial, female author of Jamaican and Irish-American descent, she is a member of Crime Writers of Color and Sisters in Crime.

VANESSA LILLIE is the bestselling author of the thrillers Little Voices and For the Best. She has fifteen years of marketing and communications experience and enjoys organizing book events in and around Providence. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma living on Narragansett land in Rhode Island.

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Writing While Handicapped author and host, Derek McFadden welcomes Blair Fell to the studio.

About Blair Fell: Blair's television work includes Queer as Folk, and the Emmy Award–winning California Connected. He's written dozens of plays including the award-winning plays Naked Will, The Tragic and Horrible Life of the Singing Nun, and the downtown cult miniseries Burning Habits. Works written: The Sign for Home: A Novel More at https://blairfell.com/

About Derek McFadden: Derek McFadden is the indie award-winning author of the novel What Death Taught Terrence, available in February of 2020 wherever fine books are shelved. Other works of note include the well-regarded Prose From A Grandson To A Senior Fellow. Born with a mild case of cerebral palsy, his is "a voice for those whose voices have yet to be heard," according to the online publication Audacity Magazine.

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On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Ohio author Michael Wayne Hampton about his new novel DREAM KIDS. Michael Wayne Hampton is the author of five books of fiction. His criticism, essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous publications such as Atticus Review, The Southeast Review, 3AM Magazine, and Fiction Southeast.In 2013 he won The Deerbird Novella Prize, and in 2012 his work was nominated for Best American Short Stories. In the past he has been a semi-finalist for the Iowa Short Fiction Prize, and a two-time finalist for the World's Best Short Short Story Contest. In 2014, he was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.

Jenn Bouchard's debut novel FIRST COURSE was published in 2021 by TouchPoint Press. It has been the recipient of nine awards and distinctions, most notably as a finalist in the Women's Fiction category of the American Fiction Awards and the Independent Author Network Awards. Her short stories have appeared in the Bookends Review, Litbreak Magazine, the Penmen Review, and the Little Patuxent Review, with an additional story forthcoming in MARY. She is currently seeking representation for her next novel, PALMS ON THE CAPE. Jenn lives in the Boston suburbs with her husband and two teenage children, and she has been a high school social studies teacher for twenty-two years. She is an avid cook and devoted Red Sox fan. Find out more about Jenn at www.jennbouchard.com

The Storytellers hosted by Grace Sammon, focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling. Applying her years of experience as an educator, entrepreneur, author, and storyteller herself, Grace brings to listeners an intimate one-on-one experience with her guests.

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