Book Lust with Nancy Pearl: Jasper Fforde
The protagonists in Jasper Fforde's "Red Side Story" live in Chromatacia, a place where "The hierarchy is based not on something mundane like voting for people, but on the colors that you can see." A...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Bill Morris
Bill Morris' nonfiction book "The Lions Finally Roar" was nearly titled "Natural-Born Losers," that is, of course, until the Detroit NFL team's record took a turn for the better. Morris told host (and...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Jamie Harrison
Jamie Harrison's "The River View" follows archaeologist and private investigator Jules Clement as the people of his small Montana town pull him in mysterious and murderous directions. The returning...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Daniel Handler
Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket of "A Series of Unfortunate Events") discusses his new book, "And Then? And Then? What Else?" He tells host Nancy Pearl that it began as a book about the poems...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Kel McDonald
The history books may lead us to believe it's the grand successes that shape our world, but what about the failures? The epic disasters, the inventions ahead of their time, and the plain bad ideas –...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Marie-Helene Bertino
Marie-Helene Bertino's "Beautyland" is based on the author's short story about "an unnamed alien faxing notes on human beings to who she believes are her superiors." Bertino based the story's structure...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Leah Hager Cohen
Leah Hager Cohen joins Book Lust host Nancy Pearl to discuss her latest novel, "To & Fro." The story follows two girls—one in a parable-like world, the other in Manhattan—whose lives both mirror...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Nick Harkaway
Nancy Pearl speaks with author Nick Harkaway, son of the great British espionage novelist John le Carré. Harkaway just released “Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel,” a new installment in the saga...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Donna Seaman
Nancy Pearl speaks with author and Booklist editor Donna Seaman about her latest publication, "A River of Books: A Life in Reading." In it, Seaman tells the story of her life as defined by books. They...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Erika Swyler
Nancy Pearl speaks with author Erika Swyler about her new genre-bending novel, "We Lived on the Horizon." It's a little bit speculative fiction, but it's also mystery, sci-fi, romance, political...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Michelle Adams
Nancy Pearl talks with legal scholar and author Michelle Adams about her new book "The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North." Adams' book dives into...
View ArticleBook Lust with Nancy Pearl: Thomas Kohnstamm
Local author Thomas Kohnstamm said his latest novel, "Supersonic," is a book of place, specifically, Seattle. He told Book Lust host Nancy Pearl "Seattle isn't the Space Needle or the Fremont Troll,"...
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