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Jenn was lucky enough to talk to one of her very favorite film writers about one of her very favorite film actors. Keith Phipps’ AGE OF CAGE: FOUR DECADES OF HOLLYWOOD THROUGH ONE SINGULAR CAREER is a do-not-miss title for all fans of film history and Nicolas Cage.
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Sarah Gailey’s JUST LIKE HOME is one of the scariest and most moving books of the year. They chatted with Jenn about how your family shapes your worldview, childhood versus adult fears, and why the scariest place in the house is under the bed.
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Jenn sat down with the curators behind a fantastic new exhibit at the Getty Museum in LA, who have written and designed an absolutely gorgeous book to accompany it. THE FANTASY OF THE MIDDLE AGES examines our continuing fascination with the Middle Ages, how medieval manuscript culture shaped our medieval fantasy worlds, and what’s great about Renaissance Faires.
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Jenn spoke with Meridel Newton about her new post-apocalyptic trilogy, which launched this May with its first installment. THE FUTURE SECOND BY SECOND is about the city of Osto, a safe haven in a lawless world, and its encounter with some would-be invaders.
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Jenn sat down with Austin Trunick, author of the CANNON FILM GUIDE, part two of which is recently available. They chat about film history, the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, Chuck Norris and Sylvester Stallone, and the Death Wish franchise.
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Jenn sat down with Nicola Griffith to discuss her new book, SPEAR, a queer retelling of the Perceval story from Arthurian legend. They discussed the attraction of the Middle Ages as a setting for fiction, different versions of the Arthurian stories, and writing queer joy.
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We welcomed back Mike Chen to chat about Sci-Fi Space Operas and family trauma in LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME Mike’s book which tackles both. We also got to chat about Anakin and Obi-Wan in BROTHERHOOD, Mike’s newest novel set within the Star Wars Universe.
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Danica Roem made national headlines when–as a transgender former frontwoman for a metal band and a political newcomer–she unseated Virginia’s most notoriously anti-LGBTQ 26-year incumbent Bob Marshall as state delegate. Danica stopped by Turn the Page to talk about her trail blazing career, and a top 10 list of Metal bands from the 2002 era!
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Jenn sat down with Maya Rodale, author of THE MAD GIRLS OF NEW YORK, a lively and entertaining fictionalized account of the career of Nelly Bly. Bly, as an undercover reporter, spent ten days committed to Blackwell’s, a notoriously cruel and oppressive asylum, to expose the truth to the public.
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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.