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Author of Black Coffee & Sid Sanford Lives!, Writer’s Bone host, journalist. "Thank you, Producer in the Sky." Stevie Van Zandt #WBPN #106 Loyal Littles Pod
A view from the mothership.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ICYMI: Gina Chung!
Episode 734: Gina Chung — Writer's Bone
Author Gina Chung (Sea Change) joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her short collection Green Frog.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Episode 734: Gina Chung
Episode 734: Gina Chung
Podcast Episode · Writer's Bone · 11/25/2025 · 36m
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November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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More is more. We’ve got 380 (or so) of our favorite new books, right here:
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New episode!

Author Gina Chung (Sea Change) discusses her short story collection Green Frog.

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November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Author Gina Chung joins me on tomorrow's show to chat about her short story collection Green Frog.

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November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you’re in a “Wicked” mood this weekend…
Episode 502: Gregory Maguire, Author of The Brides of Maracoor — Writer's Bone
Wicked author Gregory Maguire chats with Daniel Ford about his new book The Brides of Maracoor.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
ICYMI: Robert M. Dowling!
Friday Morning Coffee: Following Sam Shepard's Lead With Robert M. Dowling
Podcast Episode · Writer's Bone · 11/21/2025 · 35m
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November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New Friday Morning Coffee!

@badlycooked discusses Seth Gordon's new book Crossroads in the American Theatre.

Author Robert M. Dowling chats with me about Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard.

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November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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In honour of #WickedForGood, I wrote about how the conical hat became synonymous with witches www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Bronze Age to Elphaba: The centuries-old origins of the witch's hat
As Wicked: For Good is released, what are the historic meanings of conical headwear, and how has it evolved – from its ancient origins to the empowered Elphaba?
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November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"The amount of time you spend with a novel is very, very long, so make sure that you love it." Yael van der Wouden
Episode 733: Yael van der Wouden
Podcast Episode · Writer's Bone · 11/18/2025 · 51m
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Author Robert M. Dowling joins me on tomorrow's Friday Morning Coffee to discuss his book Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard.

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@badlycooked.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2025 National Book Award for non-fiction for his book “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” about the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza, speaking tonight at the awards gala in New York City where he accepted the award.

#NationalBookAwards
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Occasional reminder that, if you've got a goodreads account, I'd appreciate a review or simply marking it "want to read". This stuff matters! www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael …
The first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, the…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ICYMI: Yael van der Wouden!
Episode 733: Yael van der Wouden — Writer's Bone
Author Yael van der Wouden joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her Booker Award-nominated novel The Safekeep.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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"I definitely did think of it as a #NelsonDeMille novel, because there was no such thing as an #AlexDeMille novel." - @alexdemille.bsky.social on starting in on his first #collaboration with his father...
#writing #writinglife #BookSky #TheTinMen @writersbone.com
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November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Find your peers. Find your contemporaries. Find other people who are in the same stage of writing as you are. Join a writing group." — Yael van der Wouden
Episode 733: Yael van der Wouden
Podcast Episode · Writer's Bone · 11/18/2025 · 51m
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November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
New episode!

Author Yael van der Wouden joins me on the show to discuss her Booker Award-nominated novel The Safekeep.

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November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Author Yael van der Wouden joins me on tomorrow's show to chat about her debut novel (!!!!!) The Safekeep.

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November 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How many of you became readers because of R.L. Stine?
"Goosebumps" author R.L. Stine is still writing more than 70 years after he started
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November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"A string of failures attempting to tell a story about special needs parenthood in TV and film led to this novel. It rose from the ashes of a bunch of failed attempts to write about this huge part of my life." @himymcraig.bsky.social
Episode 732: Craig Thomas — Writer's Bone
Craig Thomas, co-creator of "How I Met Your Mother" and co-host of the podcast "How We Made Your Mother," joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his debut novel That's Not How It Happened.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Haaaaave you met @himymcraig.bsky.social?

(Sorry, we had to, it’s in the Bro Code.)
Episode 732: Craig Thomas
Podcast Episode · Writer's Bone · 11/11/2025 · 57m
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November 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Veteran’s Day lineup.
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM