I'm sitting next to a Lincoln impersonator at the airport bar. He's watching MSNBC reporting on yesterday's assassination attempt. This is easily the most surreal thing I've ever witnessed.

really excited to judge the Prufer Poetry Prize this year. i love Pleiades and can’t wait to read your wondrous poems ☄️

🎬 clip 1 from Episode 939, my conversation with Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the novel TELL ME EVERYTHING, available from Random House. 🎧 listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.

▶️NOW PLAYING... Regina Porter's new novel (Hogarth Books) could be called a pandemic novel, a missing person story, a book about relationships, a book about ordinary New Yorkers living in an extraordinary time. Most of all, it's a page-turner. Hope you enjoy the conversation!

What a pleasure to share Episode 253 with Pete's former student, Akshaj Mehta/fiction writer, journalist/children's book author with five (!) published books at a young age. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… Buy his latest, The Butterfly Effect: amazon.com/Butterfly-Effe…

In this Ep253 clip, Akshaj Mehta talks about "sparks" that ignited his reading. Akshaj is a multitalented fiction writer, children's book author, and journalist. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… Buy his latest, The Butterfly Effect: amazon.com/Butterfly-Effe…

Excited to share episodes with these exceedingly talented writers, including jami attenberg, chris knapp, George M Johnson Garçon, Andrew Maraniss, Mirin Fader, Jessica Whipple, & porochista khakpour she/her پوروچیستا خاکپور. Listen to this week's episode with Pete's former student, Akshaj Mehta: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

Coming 4/15/25, Andrew Porter’s THE IMAGINED LIFE is a probing, nostalgic novel about the impossibility of understanding one’s parents, about first loves and failures, about lost innocence, and about the unbreakable bonds between a father and a son. 📖: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737461/t…

"Colored Television" by Danzy Senna is about "want—regular, relatable want—and how it can lead you to take things you never thought you’d reach for in the first place," writes Jackie DesForges for the book club. altaonline.com/books/a6211716…

So cool to talk with jami attenberg today, with the conversation and her book, A Reason to See You Again, evidence of her being a writer, thinker and craftswoman at the top of her game. The book and conversation drop Sep 24! Buy from Ecco Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

"Rivera’s talent is formidable enough to make the book’s big questions as engrossing as its horrors.” A glowing review of TINY THREADS from the Los Angeles Times latimes.com/opinion/story/…

In this Episode 253 clip, Akshaj Mehta reads part of an article he wrote in which he described the "transforming power" of his name and discusses his name's importance and embracing his name. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… Read article: sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Shohei Ohtani in the 50/50 club

In this Ep253 clip, Akshaj Mehta talks about the transformative power of ⁦Steph Cha⁩ Your House Will Pay. Akshaj is a multitalented children's book author and journalist. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… Buy his latest, The Butterfly Effect: amazon.com/Butterfly-Effe…

okay so to everyone who asked for a galley, i will try to send you one, but you can also pre-order my book btw penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743786/g…

In an Ep253 clip, Akshaj Mehta talks about an exceptional story (Pete's words) he wrote in HS, inspired by ⁦Steph Cha⁩ work. Akshaj is a multitalented children's book author/journalist. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… Buy The Butterfly Effect: amazon.com/Butterfly-Effe…

Great book mail day! Looking forward to reading and chatting with Jon Hickey in the spring! Preorder Big Chief from Simon & Schuster: simonandschuster.com/books/Big-Chie… Listen to all episodes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

The first chapter of the new book is excerpted over on People today! people.com/reason-to-see-…

BROOKLYN!!!! help us kick off this year’s #BKBF with a very special edition of empty trash tomorrow night, starring: Temim Fruchter sarah thankam mathews joseph osmundson (all pronouns) Mateo Askaripour nina st. pierre | she•her Christina Cooke Lisa Ko Edgar Gomez Richard Mirabella🦌 & john manuel arias ❤️‍🔥

🚨TOMORROW🚨 this will be FUN. and it is FREE. so come have FUN for FREE 🤸🏾📚✨ RSVP required here: crowdcast.io/c/0922-ch2-3p #BKBF #Brooklyn