Memoir – Book Club Babble

I had the pleasure of chatting with James Gardiner today on BCB about his personal and professional journey, his unique background, his new book, All In With Love - my journey to the hero within, and much more.... Read More...

An Interview with Sophie Santos author of The One You Want to Marry

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Memoir

Sophie Santos is an exciting and emerging voice in comedy. She has written for shows on Bravo and MTV and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! She can currently be heard in the new Audible Original Hit Job star... Read More...

Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust /Author Interview with Chloe Dulce Louvouezo

Maribel Garcia

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Interviews, Memoir, on Books, on Creativity, on Writing, podcasts, Writing during the Covid-19 Crisis

Today Book Club Babble is pleased to introduce and interview Chloe Dulce Louvouezo , emotive storyteller extraordinaire who explores the nuances of Black women’s diverse experiences in each episode of her podca... Read More...

A Good Ending for Bad Memories: Author Interview with Vailes Shepperd

Maribel Garcia

Book Club Questions, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Interviews, Memoir, on Books, on Creativity

A Good Ending for Bad Memories is a richly sensual novel about a prosperous African American family before, during, and after slavery. It threads truth, folklore, legend, and fact, in a captivating explorat... Read More...

In Janet Luongo’s new memoir, Rebellion 1967, the author “pulls on memory” to relive the core emotions that motivated her to take so many risks in her young life

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Memoir

Today Book Club Babble is excited to be talking to Janet Luongo. Janet, thank you so much for joining us today. Let's get started... What inspired you to write your memoir? What is the story behind it?... Read More...

Leora Krygier talks to Book Club Babble about her latest book: Do Not Disclose: A Memoir of Family Secrets Lost and Found

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Memoir

Hi Leora, welcome to Book Club Babble. If someone were to ask, who is the author behind Do Not Disclose? How would you describe yourself? Like so many other women, I am many things – a daughter, a sister,... Read More...

Die-hard feminist from the Boomer generation, Denise Larson tells us about her latest book, Anarchy in High Heels

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Memoir

Welcome to Book Club Babble Denise. Let’s start with the story behind what inspired this memoir? I was inspired to write the memoir because I didn’t want the story of Les Nickelettes to be swept into the du... Read More...

Book Club Questions: Educated by Tara Westover

Tabitha Lord

Book Club Questions, Literary Lagniappe, Memoir

Are you in charge of picking out the next read for your book club? Have no fear! We're here to help! I recommend Educated by Tara Westover. Westover was born into a family of preppers in rural Idaho. She had no... Read More...

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, Memoir, on Creativity, on Writing

I never expected to make the transition to writing memoir. As a long-time novelist, I was used to fabricating stories – as opposed to recounting them. But then I realized that the most memorable, most “true,”... Read More...

An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier, Author of Excavating Memory: Archaeology and Home (New Rivers Press, 2019).

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Memoir

Drawing from her seven-year experience as a technician at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park Archaeology Laboratory as well as her own personal experience, Elizab... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

The Best Laid Plans – Guest Post by Mark Goldblatt

Love Buzz – An Intelligent and Charming Debut by Neely Tubati-Alexander

Book Club Questions and Q&A with Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer Michael C. Bland

She’s Not Home – Lena George’s Masterful Fiction Debut

I’ll Stop the World – Lauren Thoman’s Charming and Captivating Debut

Hollow Beasts – An Interview With Alisa Lynn Valdés

Disgruntled

Love Buzz – An Intelligent and Charming Debut by Neely Tubati-Alexander

Book Club Questions for Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas

Book Club Questions for Shadows We Carry by Meryl Ain

She’s Not Home – Lena George’s Masterful Fiction Debut

I’ll Stop the World – Lauren Thoman’s Charming and Captivating Debut

Robert Dugoni Kills It Again With Her Deadly Game

Is Everything, Everything Worth Watching?

Should I Watch The People We Hate at the Wedding?

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

The Top Fantasy Book Adaptations to Look Forward To

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Should I Watch Chaos Walking

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

4 Ways Reading Can Improve Mental Health

Roxana Arama Talks Immigration – Facts, Fiction, and Recommended Reading

Rebecca Kelley’s No One Knows Us Here

James Gardiner Tracks Down the Hero Within

An Interview with Sophie Santos author of The One You Want to Marry

Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust /Author Interview with Chloe Dulce Louvouezo

A Good Ending for Bad Memories: Author Interview with Vailes Shepperd

In Janet Luongo’s new memoir, Rebellion 1967, the author “pulls on memory” to relive the core emotions that motivated her to take so many risks in her young life

Leora Krygier talks to Book Club Babble about her latest book: Do Not Disclose: A Memoir of Family Secrets Lost and Found

Die-hard feminist from the Boomer generation, Denise Larson tells us about her latest book, Anarchy in High Heels

Book Club Questions: Educated by Tara Westover

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier, Author of Excavating Memory: Archaeology and Home (New Rivers Press, 2019).