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Copyeditor: fiction (especially romance & historical), memoir, communications. Writer: humor, essays. Host of Writers' Block on WHMP Radio. Per elementary school report cards: loquacious. www.cherryandparsons.com
Ah, makes sense. I cannot fathom refusing to read a book because it’s first or third person, or present or past tense. You’d miss out on so many good books. (Now second person, that’s a dealbreaker.)
Why the obsession people have with first person?
But wait, there's more! Tomorrow during the first half hour of Talk the Talk (8-8:30 a.m.) I'll interview Lindy West about her new memoir Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane.
Listen live on the radio, or via WHMP.com. The show will air again at 5:00 p.m. and I'll post the recording here.
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My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Ellen Meeropol, whose new novel is Sometimes an Island.
Ellen Meeropol has a reading at Odyssey Books on Wednesday, March 25 at 7 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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Let's Go Downtown has composed a letter of support for the Picture Main Street project, to be delivered to our state and local elected officials, and decision-makers at MADOT. Leaern more and sign at the link!
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Lauren Groff, whose new story collection is Brawler.
Odyssey Books hosts Lauren Groff at the 1st Cong. Church in S. Hadley on 2/8 at 3 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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We call the Market/Parsons St. turkey "Lonely Boy." And we don't feed him.
I love that approach. One we should all adopt.
During Part 2 of tomorrow's Writers' Block, at 8:30 a.m. I'll interview John Sayles, whose new book is Crucible, and who is reading at Odyssey Books on Tue. 2/17 at 7 PM.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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It's a Writers' Block doubleheader tomorrow! At 8:00 a.m. I'll talk to Roz Kreshak-Hayden of Northampton's Broadside Bookshop. (See next post for guest #2.)
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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My guests on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Bremond Berry MacDougall and Lisa Endo Cooper, founders of Quite Literally Books, which reprints forgotten books by American women authors. Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com Mondays @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Tomorrow on Talk the Talk on whmp.com at 8 a.m. we'll interview Jill Margaret Shulman about her book "College Essay Confidence: Conquer Blocks, Free Your Voice, and Write a Knockout Application Essay. Jill celebrates the release of College Essay Confidence @ Odyssey Books on Tue, 1/20 @ 7 p.m.
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to local writer Jedediah Berry about his novel, "The Naming Song,” winner of the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award for fiction.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Margot Douaihy about her new novel, "Divine Ruin."
Margot Douaihy has a reading @ Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, 1/13 at 7 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Writers' Block tomorrow will be Whatcha Reading—New Year's edition, with my friends Lee Thomson and Alice Hough.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Elinor Lipman about "Miss Bates Bobs Her Hair," the story she contributed to "Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters."
Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com every Monday @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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She refused to stand? Could anyone be pettier?
Suing the city as well. Which means any funds that go to defending the city are funds that won't go to the schools. 🤔
