Oyinkan Braithwaite and The Swallows
Abbe Wright sits down with Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite to discuss her award-winning novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer, about older siblings, and not judging the actions of her characters....
View ArticleNeil Patrick Harris and Normal People
Abbe chats with actor and author Neil Patrick Harris about magic, Gone Girl, being a bookseller, and the stories he reads with his twins. Oh, and his latest middle-grade series, The Magic Misfits, and...
View ArticleMeg Wolitzer and The Other’s Gold
Abbe and author Meg Wolitzer discuss her latest book, The Female Persuasion, her prescience in writing it pre-2016 election and the #MeToo movement, and varying kinds of feminism. Abbe also sits down...
View ArticleTiffany Jenkins and The Nickel Boys
In “What Abbe’s Reading,” Abbe reviews The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, which was Read it Forward’s October Book Club pick. Later, Abbe sits down with comedian and Juggling the Jenkins blogger,...
View ArticleElissa Altman and The Editor
In this episode, author Elissa Altman talks about her memoir Motherland, and her fraught—yet loving—relationship with her own mother. Next, Abbe welcomes fellow podcast host, Alli Hoff Kosik, into the...
View ArticleJeff Gordinier and The Glass Hotel
In this episode, Abbe talks tacos and rock star chefs with food critic Jeff Gordinier, who has just published his travelogue-cum-memoir, Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the...
View ArticleAbbe and Penguin Random House’s CEO, Madeline McIntosh, Share Their Favorite...
Recently, Abbe Wright, Read it Forward’s Senior Editor, was invited to be in conversation with Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House to talk about a topic they both love. Books! Specifically,...
View ArticleIsabel Allende and Saints for All Occasions
In this episode, Abbe reviews one book she recently re-read: Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan. She finds that the book definitely holds up to the first time and rediscovers this family...
View ArticleHolly Whitaker and Green
Abbe talks sobriety with Quit Like a Woman author, Tempest founder, and sober influencer, Holly Whitaker. Holly talks about how alcohol is a poison and why it’s radical not to drink in a culture...
View ArticleMarlon James and The Giver of Stars
Abbe chats with author Marlon James about his novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, and his new podcast, Marlon and Jake Read Dead People. He tells listeners about his new American citizenship, having a...
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