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A WOMAN OF ENDURANCE is a powerful, moving novel, full of hope and despair and everything in between. Jenn sat down with its author, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, to talk about this vivid and affecting portrait of the life of an enslaved woman, Pola, on a 19th-century Puerto Rican plantation.
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Hilde Lysiak made the news when, at age 9, she broke a murder story in her hometown of Selinsgrove, PA. Since then, she has written books, had a TV show based on her life, and met luminaries like Malala Yousafzai and Michelle Obama. Check out her book, HILDE ON THE RECORD, at a library or bookstore near you!
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Jenn sat down with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly to talk about their screen- and comics-writing careers, and to get the scoop on their new books, BATMAN BEYOND: NEO-YEAR and CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY. They also recently wrote a mini-series about Kang, who has just been introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
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When Jamie Arty and her family got lost in Oyster Bay they never realized they would stumble upon a piece of Long Island history that would become their home. Arty discusses restoring the mansion as well as uncovering the abolitionist history of its previous owner which makes the homes ownership under Arty’s African American family even more inspirational.
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MIT graduate and Instructor Mark Herschberg stops in to chat about how leadership skills and networking savvy need not be a natural skillset for you to succeed in either. Engaging and passionate about his findings, Mark discusses his book THE CAREER TOOLKIT which is designed to help make accessible what is needed for success.
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In Seoulmates, Jen Frederick channels K-Drama when Hara, a Korean adoptee raised in the American Mid-West navigates being a foreigner South Korea, the country of her birth, while working with her birth mother and finding love Yujin, a charming Korean man who happens to be her step-brother! Frederick discusses how her own experiences as an adoptee from South Korea helped shape Hara’s journey, and some of her favorite Korean foods.
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Nathalie chats with Susan Kusel about THE PASSOVER GUEST, Susan’s beautiful book set in Washington D.C. during the great depression. Nathalie and Susan also chatted their favorite Passover traditions and other Jewish holidays they hold dear.
Sydney Taylor Shmooze:
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Imagine a world in which McCarthyism was so successful, Joseph McCarthy became president. This is the world that Josh Weiss explores in his alternate history, BEAT THE DEVILS. Jenn and Josh discussed Humphrey Bogart, the films of John Huston, and the Jewish experience in midcentury America.
