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Duration: 63:49

Present: Harry C. Marks, Sarah L. Blair

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Synopsis: Ben Leroy, founder of Bleak House Publishing and Tyrus Books, discusses the trials and tribulations of starting a small publisher in the midst of a recession, the difficulty of publishing 12 books a year out of hundreds of submissions, the print vs. digital divide, and the ever increasing incidents of mob outrage on social media.

Links to all books discussed in this episode (where possible) will go to Short Stories Community Book Hub in Madison, NJ. Support your local independent bookseller today!

This episode of COVERED is sponsored by:

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Duration: 65:04

Present: Harry C. Marks, Ben LeRoy

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• “Bleak House Publishers Leave to Launch New Venture” | SarahWeinman.com

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Synopsis: Carys Bray, author of the new novel The Museum of You, discusses writing a coming-of-age tale for adults, how we deal with death, how her Mormon upbringing influenced her writing, and the role (and responsibility) of literary fiction in our lives.

Links to all books discussed in this episode (where possible) will go to Short Stories Community Book Hub in Madison, NJ. Support your local independent bookseller today!

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Duration: 44:29

Present: Harry C. Marks, Carys Bray

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• Jane Austen
• The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
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• Margaret Atwood
• Helen Simpson
• Alice Munro
• Karen Russell
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
• “The Museum of You by Carys Bray review – funny, truthful and bold” by Helen Dunmore | The Guardian
• “Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy” by Julianne Chiaet | Scientific American
• “Why I rejected life as a Mormon mother” by Sarah Franklin | The Guardian

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Synopsis: Matt Gemmell drops by the show to discuss his debut novel, CHANGER, about a man bent on holding the world hostage with his unique abilities and the one person in Europe capable of stopping him. Matt also talks about his decision to leave his job and write full-time, the perils of working from home, the influence of science on his childhood, and the necessary steps one must take in order to self-publish a book successfully.

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Duration: 57:32

Present: Harry C. Marks, Matt Gemmell

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Synopsis: Matt Gemmell drops by the show to discuss his debut novel, CHANGER, about a man bent on holding the world hostage with his unique abilities and the one person in Europe capable of stopping him. Matt also talks about his decision to leave his job and write full-time, the perils of working from home, the influence of science on his childhood, and the necessary steps one must take in order to self-publish a book successfully.

Links to all books discussed in this episode (where possible) will go to Short Stories Community Book Hub in Madison, NJ. Support your local independent bookseller today!

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Duration: 57:32

Present: Harry C. Marks, Matt Gemmell

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Synopsis: Welcome to season 3 of COVERED! We kick things off with an interview with someone changing the landscape of book reviews and word-of-mouth sales, Uli Beutter Cohen of Subway Book Review. Uli braves the New York City subway system and talks with its riders to talk about the books they’re reading, what they think so far, and how those books have influenced their lives. On this episode, Uli discusses how Subway Book Review got its start, why New York is the most literary city on Earth, and what it means to interact with everyday people in a society increasingly moving inward.

Links to all books discussed in this episode (where possible) will go to Short Stories Community Book Hub in Madison, NJ. Support your local independent bookseller today!

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Duration: 44:45:00

Present: Harry C. Marks, Uli Beutter Cohen

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• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• The Yoga of Max’s Discontent by Karan Bajaj
• Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
• Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
• Shrill by Lindy West
• We Have Never Been Modern by Bruno Latour
• Strategy: A History by Lawrence Freedman
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
• *Washington: A Biography by Ron Chernow
• The Girls by Emma Cline
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
• Everybody Behaves Badly by Lesley M.M. Bloom
• The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner
• Confessions of an Art Addict by Peggy Guggenheim
• The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
• The Midnight Watch by David Dyer
• The Novel Cure by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin
• A Burglar’s Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh

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Synopsis: It’s our season 2 finale and to celebrate, we’ve got TWO – count ’em, TWO! – special guests. From the Erasable podcast, we welcome Andy Welfle and Johnny Gamber to the show to discuss Mark Kurlansky’s book, Paper: Paging Through History. We discuss whether technology changes society, digital vs. analog, the role of handwriting in today’s society, how paper has been used to spread information and incite dissent, and the future of paper in an increasingly digital world.

Links to all books discussed in this episode (where possible) will go to Watchung Booksellers, a wonderful local independent bookstore in my home state of New Jersey.

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Duration: 53:55:00

Present: Harry C. Marks, Andy Welfle, Johnny Gamber

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• Erasable Episode 41: Hitting the Marks (Not Literally)
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• Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
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• Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke
• The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
• Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon
• Washington by Ron Chernow
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain
• Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
• Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis
• So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• COVERED Book Club #1 with special guest Ann Kingman

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