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About G. P. Gottlieb

G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com).

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Literature May 23, 2023

After the Barricades

Jessica Stilling

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Today I talked to Jessica Stilling about her new novel After the Barricades (DX Varos, 2023). After her mother dies in a tragic accident, Anna cleans out her closet and finds …
Literature May 16, 2023

Hotel Cuba

A Novel

Aaron Hamburger

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Today I talked to Aaron Hamburger about his new novel Hotel Cuba (Harper Perennial, 2023). Two sisters fleeing the horror of the Soviet Revolution and aftermath of WW1 are disappointed when …
Literature April 25, 2023

The Great Reclamation

A Novel

Rachel Heng

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In the 1940s, Singapore was controlled by the British occupied by the Japanese and comprised of rubber plantations and decrepit fishing villages. A timid little boy is the only one …
Literature April 18, 2023

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

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Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi’s novel Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories (Amistad 2022), is a moving and unforgettable collection of stories that span a lifetime. Four young …
Literature April 11, 2023

Because I Loved You

A Novel

Donnaldson Brown

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Today I talked to Donnaldson Brown about her new novel Because I Loved You (She Writes Press 2023). Sixteen-year-old Leni O’Hare loves her horse, so when her mother tries to sell …
Literature April 4, 2023

The Wandering Womb

Essays in Search of Home

S. L. Wisenberg

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Today I talked to S. L. Wisenberg about her book The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home (U Massachusetts Press, 2023). As a child, S. L. Wisenberg worried about being …
Literature March 28, 2023

The Woman Beyond the Sea

Sarit Yishai-Levi

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Today I talked to Sarit Yishai-Levi about The Woman Beyond the Sea (Amazon Crossing, 2023). The book was translated by Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann. Eliyah is 25 when she travels from Tel Aviv to Paris …
Literature March 21, 2023

The Field

Victoria Garza

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Victoria Garza begins her poetic memoir with her ten-year-old self learning that her little sister and cousin have died in a car accident. She painstakingly recalls lovely moments with her …
Literature March 14, 2023

Take What You Need

A Novel

Idra Novey

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Today I talked to Idra Novey about her new novel Take What You Need (Viking, 2023). Leah, her husband, and their little son are driving back to where she grew up …
Literature February 21, 2023

In the Fall They Leave

A Novel of the First World War

Joanna Higgins

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Today I talked to Joanna Higgins about her new book In the Fall They Leave: a Novel of the First World War (Regal House Publishing, 2023). Nineteen-year-old pianist Marie-Thérèse has dropped …
Literature February 14, 2023

Side Effects of Wanting

Mary Salisbury

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In Side Effects of Wanting (Main Street Rag, 2022), author Mary Salisbury spent nearly twenty years gathering together the pieces of humanity she saw reflected in the lives around her and distilled …
Literature February 7, 2023

Tell Me One Thing

Kerri Schlottman

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Today I talked to Kerri Schlottman about her new novel Tell Me One Thing (Regal House Publishing, 2023). Quinn and a friend are driving from New York City to Pennsylvania when she …
Literature January 31, 2023

Song of the Storyteller

Book 5 of 5: Songs of Steppe & Forest

C. P. Lesley

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Today I talked to C. P. Lesley about Song of the Storyteller (Five Directions Press, 2023).  It’s 1546, and Ivan the Terrible is about to be coronated and married off. Government …
Literature January 24, 2023

The Kudzu Queen

Mimi Herman

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Kudzu salesman James T. Cullowee arrives in Cooper County, North Carolina in the spring of 1941 to spread the gospel of kudzu. It can apparently feed cattle, improve soil, grow …
Literature January 17, 2023

I Meant to Tell You

Fran Hawthorne

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I Meant to Tell You, by Fran Hawthorne (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2022) opens during a conversation between Miranda Isaacs and her fiancé, Russ, who is going through …
Literature December 20, 2022

Starling

Sarah Jane Butler

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Today I talked to Sarah Jane Butler about her novel Starling (Fairlight Books, 2022). Starling is 19 and was raised in a camper van by a strong-willed mother who cut them …
Literature December 13, 2022

Compass

Murray Lee

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We can't all be heroes. Some try and succeed. Others posture and pretend. And a few--just a few--set off on their hero's quest only to discover that failure was within …
Literature December 6, 2022

The Dead Won't Tell

S. K. Waters

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In The Dead Won't Tell (Camcat Books, 2022), Abbie Adams is hired to write an article about an unsolved murder that took place in a small southern college town on …
Literature November 29, 2022

We Are All Together

Richard Fulco

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Today I talked to Richard Fulco about his novel We Are All Together (Wampus Multimedia, 2022). Stephen Cane is a guitarist – he’s already walked out on one band to …
Literature November 22, 2022

Hysterical

A Memoir

Elissa Bassist

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Today I talked to Elissa Bassist about her memoir Hysterical: A Memoir (Hachette, 2022) For two years author Elissa Bassist saw over twenty medical specialists for pain that none of them …
Literature November 15, 2022

The Lindbergh Nanny

A Novel

Mariah Fredericks

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Today I talked to Mariah Fredericks about her new novel The Lindbergh Nanny (Minotaur Books, 2022). The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh, Jr in 1932 shocked the country and made international headlines …
Literature November 8, 2022

Under a Veiled Moon

Karen Odden

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Today I talked to Karen Odden about her new book Under a Veiled Moon (Crooked Lane Books, 2022). When the Princess Alice pleasure boat collides with a huge iron-hulled cargo ship …
Literature November 1, 2022

Maybe It's Me

On Being the Wrong Kind of Woman

Eileen Pollack

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In her new essay collection, Maybe It’s Me: On Being the Wrong Kind of Woman (Delphinium Books 2022), Eileen Pollack covers her life in snippets or by delving into history …
Literature October 27, 2022

Cora's Kitchen

Kimberly Garrett Brown

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Cora’s Kitchen by Kimberly Garrett Brown (Inanna Publications 2022) is a striking novel told in letters, journal entries, and a series of stories written by an educated young Black mother …