Turn The Page – Episode 180B – Sara Flannery Murphy

Sara Flannery Murphy gets critical about genre fiction — in that we should be less critical of genre as a whole. Sara and Jessikah discuss what (they think) defines genre and why they think this topic has been maligned for so long.

Turn The Page – Episode 179C – Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar, a poet and professor discusses incarceration and the need to refocus on rehabilitation versus punishment as told in CORRECTIONAL, his memoir documenting his early life and focusing on his 90 day sentence in Hartford Correctional Center.

Turn The Page – Episode 179B – Thrity Umrigar

Thrity Umrigar zooms in to discuss HONOR, a heart wrenching tale of violence and love in India when Meena, a young Hindu woman whose own brothers burned her and murdered her husband because he was Muslim.

Turn The Page – Episode 179A – Alexandria Bellefleur

Alexandria Bellefluer’s COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS comes full circle when Margot, runs into ex high school flame Olivia while planning the wedding of Annie and Brendan from the previous installment. This sapphic second chance love story will warm your like a mug of hot cocoa!

Turn The Page – Episode 178A – Jillian Cantor


West Egg is revisited in this murder mystery told by the women of The Great Gatsby. Jessikah and Evelyn welcome author Jillian Cantor to the North Shore of Long Island (virtually) to talk about her inspiration behind this book, and the legacy of Gatsby.

Turn The Page – Episode 177B – Elizabeth Weiss


Elizabeth Weiss dazzles with THE SISTERS SWEET, a story set during the Vaudeville era, set around a set of twins forced to preform as a conjoined pair by their father, until one runs off to become a movie star — leaving her sister to pick up the pieces.

Turn The Page – Episode 176B – Sue Lynn Tan

Author Sue Lynn Tan zoomed into the pod to discuss DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS the beautiful story of Xingying, the child of Chang-e, the Chinese Moon Goddess and her beloved Houyi the archer.

Turn The Page – Episode 175B – Radhika Sanghani

Radhika Sanghani chats internet trolls, those pesky life milestones society puts on us all, and why self love is so important! Stacey and Jessikah sat down with Radhika about all of these things and more in the context of her book 30 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MYSELF which finds it’s heroine, Nina, a young British Indian navigating her life after a painful but necessary breakup.

Turn The Page – Episode 175C – Ellie Kagan

Syosset High School student Ellie Kagan chats with us about DYSLEXIA AND SELF ESTEEM, a book she researched and wrote while witnessing her sister’s struggle with dyslexia.