This week we get to talk with Kathleen West, author of MINOR DRAMAS AND OTHER CATASTROPHES and the upcoming novel, ARE WE THERE YET? Find out more at https://www.kathleenwestbooks.com and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kwestbooks, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/kathleenwestauthor, and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/kathleenwestwrites/.

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Mentioned in this episode:

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Ellis Island: The Dream of America (Play) by Peter Boyer

The Loft Literary Center

YOUR BOOK STARTS HERE by Mary Carroll Moore

WHERE'S WALLY by Martin Handford

People Magazine

Real Simple

Newsweek

THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS by Ursula K. Le Guin