Revisions, How Our Favorite Books Change Us

By Jen Nails

Las Vegas-Clark County Librarian/author Jen Nails chats with authors, actors, comedians and librarians

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

Revisions, How Our Favorite Books Change Us episodes:

November 27, 2025 "The Relaxation That You Look For," Braunohler reclines into the world of Vonnegut with Sirens of Titan (1959).
Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon writer Kurt Braunohler discovers all of Kurt Vonnegut Jr's novels in junior high and begins developing his bizarro, brilliant brand of bombedy.
Book recommendations based on my conversation with Kurt!
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47min
November 27, 2025 "Eventually We Will Open Them," under the gaze of her educator mom, Daria Peoples discovers Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston, 1937).
Beloved picture book author/illustrator & Golden Kite Award winner Daria Peoples begins to understand what it means to live for herself when she discovers Hurston's classic as a young adult.
Book recommendations based on my conversation with Daria!
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1h 3min
November 27, 2025 "I've Always Been an Advocate," Desmond London raises his voice after re-reading Makes Me Wanna Holler (Nathan McCall, 1994).
Nathan McCall's memoir reminds Jen and fellow librarian Desmond of the healing power of difficult conversations and then inspires one. Explicit content.
Book recommendations inspired by my conversation with Desmond!
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1h
November 27, 2025 "The Fool's Card," Yamile Saied Méndez's Heidi tattoo! (Johanna Spyri, 1881)
Pura Belpré winner & Reese's Book Club author Yamile shares what happened when her neighbor in Las Pampas began lending her classic literature beginning with Heidi, which was the first book she read all the way through.
Book recommendations based on my conversation with Yamile!
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58min
November 27, 2025 "What Else Don't I Know?" Jane Borden humbles herself after college with Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser, 2001).
Carnegie Medal longlister and esteemed culture writer Jane shares her discovery of Fast Food Nation and the calls t0 action that have inspired her since.
Book recommendations based on my conversation with Jane!
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50min
November 27, 2025 "A Safe Place to Hide Out," Willy Vlautin takes cover inside the pages of Cannery Row (John Steinbeck, 1945).
Award-winning author/musician & and Hall-0f-Famer Willy Vlautin describes how, since he was a teen, escaping into Cannery Row and spending time with Mack and the Boys has always brought him solace and comfort.
Book recommendations based on my conversation with Willy!
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42min
November 27, 2025 "Something Sings in that Silence," Ken Lamug colors in the framework for creating graphic novels with The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943).
Author/illustrator extraordinaire & National Book Festival selection Ken Lamug shares stories about moving to the U.S. as a teen after a childhood in the Philippines, his father's recipe for success, and gifting his high school crush (and future wife!) a book that would shape his artistic style: The Little Prince.
Book recommendations based on my conversation with Ken!
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45min
November 27, 2025 "Two-headed Snakes and Legless Lizards," Lyra and Dara school Jen in reptilian anomalies (and other stuff!).
Within their discussion of all-time faves Eva and the Lost Pony (Elliot, 2018) and Girls I've Been (Sharpe, 2021), Jen and two of her reading buddies ruminate on all the undiscovered gems awaiting them in books!
Book recommendations based on my conversation with Lyra and Dara!
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30min
May 14, 2025 "Pulling Down the Journals," Micaela Blei reaches for the past to decode the present with Arcadia (Tom Stoppard, 1993).
Multi MOTH-grand-slam champ, author and storyteller, Dr. Micaela Blei (You Will Not Recognize Your Life, Audible, 2024, Secret Life of Your Third Grade Teacher, HarperOne, 2027), assembles bits and pieces of wisdom on writing, love, and life.
Book recs based on our conversation!
Micaela's site
You Will Not Recognize Your Life on Audible
My favorite Micaela MOTH story
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56min
May 14, 2025 "I Wanted to Be a Cartoon Character," Billy Allen animates his journey from nursing major to library school, starting with Lean Mean Urkell Machine (Bonnie Worth, 1992).
Branch Manager, Mr. Billy (Queer Eye, James Partridge Award winner) jumps into Steve Urkell's time machine as a 9-year-old and emerges 30 years later along with his team at the Whitney Library, as a rising library star.
Book recs based on our conversation!
Whitney Library
Daily Beast covers Billy's Queer Eye episode
Billy's IG
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58min

FAQs about Revisions, How Our Favorite Books Change Us:

How many episodes does Revisions, How Our Favorite Books Change Us have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.