Author Alison Espach ( Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance , The Adults ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her best-selling novel The Wedding People , which was also Read With Jenna pick. To learn more about Alison Espach, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing ....
Sep 24, 2024•48 min
In the latest Friday Morning Coffee episode, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses online violence and abuse experienced by female journalists and the growing number of deepfake attacks against them. Author Amy Reading joins Daniel Ford on the show and chats about her book The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker . To learn more about Amy Reading, visit her official website . Order the book through local indie cooperative Buffalo Street Books , where Reading serves on the Executive Bo...
Sep 20, 2024•53 min
We recorded in-person interviews recently from The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center in downtown Reading, Mass., during the annual Reading Fall Street Faire . We chatted with course leads Nancy Parsons, Evea Raye, and Asa Sutton. To learn more about The Writers’ Collaborative Learning Center, visit the official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing ....
Sep 17, 2024•45 min
Erica Wright returns! She chats with Daniel Ford about her latest novel Hollow Bones . To learn more about Erica Wright, visit her official website . Also listen to our previous interview with the author . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast , and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing ....
Sep 10, 2024•30 min
On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses an uptick in Hawaii's tourism industry following last year's devastating wildfires is displacing native Hawaiians because of rising costs and limited opportunities. Learn more from Our Hawaii , a nonprofit social welfare organization founded in 2021, that aims to hold politicians accountable. Author Kimi Cunningham Grant then joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her latest novel The Nature of Disappearing . To learn more about...
Sep 06, 2024•31 min
Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack join Daniel Ford on the show to discuss their book What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service . Melissa Fitzgerald is an actor, producer and social justice advocate. As an actor, Melissa is best known for her seven-year role as Carol on the award-winning television series, "The West Wing." In 2013, Melissa left Hollywood to champion justice system reform at All Rise where she is at the forefront of e...
Sep 03, 2024•48 min
Author and artist Heather McCalden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her memoir The Observable Universe . To learn more about Heather McCalden, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Aug 27, 2024•38 min
On today's Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses " The Great Postal Heist ," a 2022 documentary about the toxic work environment (thanks to USPS management) faced by postal workers. Author and journalist Jesselyn Cook then joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her book The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family . To learn more about Jesselyn Cook, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I S...
Aug 23, 2024•38 min
Author Lena Valencia chats with Daniel Ford about her short story collection Mystery Lights . To learn more about Lena Valencia, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Aug 20, 2024•35 min
Author Kristopher Jansma ( Why We Came to the City ) returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his new novel Our Narrow Hiding Places , out today from Ecco. To learn more about Kristopher Jansma, visit his official website . Also listen to our first interview with the author in Episode 186 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Aug 13, 2024•48 min
On the latest episode of Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit discusses the approaching global warming threshold in 2026 , AI's environmental impact , and the term " greenwashing ." Then author Kate Risse chats with Daniel Ford about her book Inland . To learn more about Kate Risse, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Aug 09, 2024•37 min
Author Alexander Boldizar ( The Ugly ) wrinkles our brain again during our discussion about his new book The Man Who Saw Seconds . To learn more about Alexander Boldizar, visit his official website . Also read our print interview with the author from 2016 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Aug 06, 2024•39 min
Historian and author Jacqueline Jones joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jul 30, 2024•47 min
Audio storyteller and author Lissa Soep joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss her memoir Other People's Words . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jul 26, 2024•46 min
Author Asha Thanki chats with Daniel Ford about her debut novel A Thousand Times Before . To learn more about Asha Thanki, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jul 23, 2024•36 min
Author Catherine Joy White chats with Daniel Ford about her book This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood . To learn more about Catherine Joy White, follow her on Instagram . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jul 16, 2024•33 min
On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, Caitlin Malcuit talks about the current state of cinema (sigh). She mentions an article from More Perfect Union titled Why Hollywood Can't Stop Making Sequels, Prequels and Reboots (published in June 2023) that is well worth your time. Author Scott Ryan then talks to Daniel Ford about his book The Last Decade of Cinema , in which he makes the argument that feature films peaked in the 1990s. To learn more about Scott Ryan, visit his official website . Writer's...
Jul 12, 2024•47 min
Author Nash Jenkins joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his debut novel Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos , which is now out in paperback. To learn more about Nash Jenkins, visit his official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jul 09, 2024•54 min
Author Liz Moore ( Long Bright River , The Unseen World ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her novel The God of the Woods , out today from Riverhead Books. To learn more about Liz Moore, visit her official website and read our first interview with the author in 2016. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jul 02, 2024•40 min
On the latest Friday Morning Coffee, host Caitlin Malcuit and her guest co-anchor Scott Cassell discuss the passing of Major League Baseball legend Willie Mays , the Rickwood Field game held in Birmingham, Ala., the game's troubled history of racism , and the recent integration of Negro League statistics into baseball's official record book. Author and historian Kevin Baker ( The Fall of a Great American City: New York and the Urban Crisis of Affluence , Paradise Alley ) then joins Daniel Ford t...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Emmy-nominated writer, comedian, and filmmaker Chelsea Devantez joins Daniel Ford to chat about her memoir I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway ) and her podcast Glamorous Trash . To learn more about Chelsea Devantez, visit her official website . Also listen to her appearance on As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast with Daniel Paisner. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jun 25, 2024•45 min
Author John Vercher ( After the Lights Go Out , Three-Fifths ) returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his latest novel Devil Is Fine , out today from Celadon Books. To learn more about John Vercher, visit his official website and listen to our previous interview with the author in Episode 535 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jun 18, 2024•33 min
Caitlin Malcuit discusses the 16 mass killings in the United States in 2024 , including the 11 that involved a firearm, and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act . Then author Eric Rickstad ( I Am Not Who You Think I Am , The Names of Dead Girls ) returns to chat with Daniel Ford about his explosive new novel Lilith . To learn more about Eric Rickstad, visit his official website . Also listen to our previous interview with the author in Episode 518 . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea ...
Jun 14, 2024•45 min
Author Clare Pooley ( Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting , The Authenticity Project ) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her new book How to Age Disgracefully, out today from Pamela Dorman Books. To learn more about Clare Pooley, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jun 11, 2024•39 min
Best-selling author and Emmy-nominated scribe George Pelecanos joins Daniel Ford to chat about his latest book Buster: A Dog . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
Jun 07, 2024•37 min
Award-winning author Morgan Talty ( Night of the Living Rez ) returns to the show and talks with Daniel Ford about his debut novel Fire Exit , out now from Tin House. To learn more about Morgan Talty, visit his official website and listen to our first interview with the author . Also read his essay about blood quantum in Esquire . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shake...
Jun 04, 2024•58 min
Author Elizabeth O’Connor joins Daniel Ford on Friday Morning Coffee to discuss about her debut Whale Fall . Guest host Daniel Paisner, prolific ghostwriter and host of As Told To , also chats about his upcoming conversation with author and podcaster Chelsea Devantez , as well as his book with Olympian Lindsey Jacobellis, Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Chelsea Devantez and her upcoming book I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: (But I'm Going to Anyway) , L...
May 31, 2024•33 min
Kate Feiffer—writer, illustrator, television and event producer, ice cream scooper—joins Daniel Ford to write about her fiction debut Morning Pages . To learn about Kate Feiffer, visit her official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
May 28, 2024•36 min
Author Fiona Warnick joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her debut novel The Skunks . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
May 23, 2024•37 min
Journalist and critic Noah Gittell joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about his book Baseball: The Movie . To learn more about Noah Gittell, visit his official website . Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by The Bookshop: Lou's Literary Line , Libro.fm , and Everyday Shakespeare ....
May 21, 2024•40 min