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Sheila Darcey is the author of Sketch by Sketch: The Creative Path to Emotional Healing and Transformation

During a difficult time in her life, Sheila found that the act of sketching and freestyle drawing―of giving a physical form to her thoughts, emotions, and ideas―was an impactful way to process what she was feeling. One simple sketch became a daily practice and developed into a meditative and therapeutic tool that Sheila has taught and shared with thousands of people.

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Sketch Poetic

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Dear Listeners,
You are getting a twofer this week—an indie bookshop co-owner and an author—Emma Straub.

Emma is the New York Times-bestselling author of four novels—All Adults Here, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures—and the short story collection Other People We Married. Her books have been published in more than 20 languages, and All Adults Here is currently in development as a television series. She and her husband, Michael Fusco, own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. Emma’s new novel, This Time Tomorrow is coming May 2022.

Emma Straub

Books Are Magic

Emma Straub, books

Peter Straub, books

Peter Straub

Brooklyn Bridge Bodega

What Is Love, Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis

Brown Girls, Daphne Palasi Andreades

Live, Laugh, Kidnap, Gabby Noone

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Welcome to the first special monthly edition of The Bookshop Podcast!

In these editions, I chat with specialists at the Library of Congress, Stephanie Stillo, Curator, Rare Book and Special Collections Division,  and Emily Moore, the Librarian-in-Residence in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division.

We discuss  exhibits, what’s going on behind the scenes, From the Vaults!, and introduce you to the people who work tirelessly to protect and curate the vast collections, and how you can benefit from the work they do.

Library of Congress

From the Vaults!

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Mitchell Kaplan opened the first Books & Books bookshop in 1982 in Coral Gables, Florida. Since then, Books & Books has grown to seven bookshops, two of which include restaurants.

Mitchell served as president of the American Booksellers Association and received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation.

As co-founder of the Miami Book Fair in 1985, Mitchell has served as the chairperson of its Board of Directors and continues to guide the programming team at the Fair which takes place on the campus of Miami Dade College in the heart of downtown Miami. Each year the Fair presents close to 500 authors over one week in November, along with a street festival, where bookstalls line the streets adjacent to the campus. Programs take place in Creole, Spanish and English, reflecting the diversity of Miami. 

Mitchell also hosts The Literary Life podcast, and along with producer Paula Mazur, owns Mazur Kaplan, a film production company bringing books to screen.

Books & Books

Richard Flanagan, books

Flowers For Algernon, Daniel Keyes

Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin

Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac

James Baldwin, books

The Paris Bookseller, Kerri Maher

Light Years, James Salter

Continental Drift, Humphrey Muller

Bewilderment: A Novel, Richard Powers

Matrix: A Novel, Lauren Groff

Klara And The Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro

Neil Gaiman, books

Writers for Democratic Action

Miami Book Fair

Mazur Kaplan Company

The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein

How the South Won the Civil War, Heather Cox Richardson

On Tyranny Graphic Edition, Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug

Lost & Found: A Memoir, Kathryn Schulz

The Year of Dangerous Days, Nicholas Griffin

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Karen Hayes, together with novelist Ann Patchett, co-owns Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee. Karen found her way to the owner’s desk after a career that included 12 years at Ingram Content Group, the nation’s largest book distributor, plus 18 years as a traveling sales rep for Random House. 

During her time at Random House, she came to love and respect the vibrant community of independent bookstores she worked with, eventually opening a store of her own. In addition to being the managing owner of Parnassus Books, she also sits on the board of The Porch Writers’ Collective.   

Karen has lived in Nashville since she was 12 years old and is proud to own a bookstore that serves both the neighbors she grew up with and the rapidly growing population of families, artists, and business people who have discovered all Nashville has to offer.

Parnassus Books

Ann Patchett, books

The Shop Dog Diaries

John Meacham, books

 Ruta Sepetys, Books

 Margaret Wrinkle, author

 Mary Laura Philpott, books

 Joan Didion, books

 Beaumonster: A Memoir, Jesse Dayton

Emma Straub, books

Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus

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Hi, and welcome to episode #104 with Gin Stephens!

Gin Stephens, the New York Times bestselling author of Fast. Feast. Repeat. and Delay, Don't Deny, has been living the intermittent fasting (IF) lifestyle since 2014. Since then, she's lost over eighty pounds and launched her IF website, four online support groups, four self-published books, and two top-ranked podcasts—Intermittent Fasting Stories and The Intermittent Fasting Podcast.

A graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition's Health Coach Training Program (2019), she also earned a Doctor of Education degree in Gifted and Talented Education (2009), a Master's degree in Natural Sciences (1997), and a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education (1990). She taught elementary school for twenty-eight years and has worked with adult learners in a number of settings.

She splits her time between Augusta, Georgia, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she lives with her husband and their four cats. Gin is also a mother to two adult sons.

Gin Stephens

FAST. FEAST. REPEAT. Gin Stephens

CLEAN(ish), Gin Stephens

Delay, Don't Deny, Gin Stephens

Why We Get Sick, Benjamin Bikman Ph. D.

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In this episode I chat with Liza Gozashti, co-owner and manager of Brookline Booksmith, a family-owned and locally run independent bookshop in New England. 

 Since opening in 1961, they have played a vital role in shaping the world of independent bookselling and nurturing connection with their community’s curious minds through books and social discourse.

 Their mission is to foster community through the written word, represent a diverse range of voices and histories, and inspire conversations that enrich our lives.

Dear Friend, from My Life I Write To You In Your Life, Yiyun Li 

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Sarah High is a former bookseller and manager at Book Culture in NYC, an intern at Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Press, before becoming Senior Partnerships Manager at Bookshop.org.

Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores, and was founded by Andy Hunter, CEO at Bookshop.org.

The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency; Tove Ditlevsen

Breath, James Nestor

CLEAN(ish), Gin Stephens

Lean Fall Stand, Jon McGregor

A Ghost in the Throat, Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Other People's Children, R.J. Hoffman

Sketch by Sketch, Sheila Darcey

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In this episode, I chat with Jenna Todd, manager and bookseller at Time Out Bookstore.

Jenna Todd (Kāi Tahu) is the manager of Time Out Bookstore in Auckland, which won New Zealand’s best bookshop for 2016 and 2017 and was named in the top three bookstores in the world in 2017. She is the chair of Booksellers NZ and is their representative on the Trust. Jenna was the first recipient of the Kobo Booksellers NZ Scholarship in 2014 and was named Young Bookseller of the Year in 2015. She was a fiction judge for the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and reviews books monthly on RNZ’s Nine to Noon, fortnightly on 95bFM’s breakfast show, and was a host on The Spinoff’s Papercuts podcast. 

Established in 1988, in the heart of Auckland’s historic Mt Eden Village, Time Out Bookstore is renowned for its excellent curation and eclectic books, occasionally weird window displays, haven-like children’s book room, and in-store cat.

Time Out Bookstore

The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton

Books published in te reo Māori

Ka Whawhai tonu Matou: Struggle without End, Ranginui Walker

 Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen

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Beth Kirschner grew up in upstate New York and thought she knew everything there was to know about winter snows until she moved to Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula for college. There she discovered an average snowfall between 200 and 300 inches and a record winter snowfall of 390 inches. In addition to the harsh winters, she found a place rich with history, personality, and the world’s only known source of pure, native copper. The Keweenaw Peninsula is the setting for her debut novel, Copper Divide.

Her writing has moved from poetry to travel journals, short stories, and novels, aided by a supportive writer’s group, writer’s conferences, and classes. When not writing, she works as a software engineer, flies single-engine airplanes, and enjoys exploring Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. She has two grown children, two large cats, and a room of her own for imagining her next story.

BETH KIRSCHNER

COPPER DIVIDE, BETH KIRSCHNER

ANNA CLEMENC, AMERICAN LABOR ACTIVIST

EXIT WEST, MOHSIN HAMID

DAMASCUS GATE, ROBERT STONE

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