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Edan Lepucki, New York Times bestselling author of California, joins Beaks and Geeks to talk performance art, class in California, and which books she reads over and over again. Lepucki’s new novel, Woman No. 17, is a dark, sexy noir about the intensity of female relationships that lies behind the hedgerows of beautifully manicured Los Angeles. Click to Listen […]

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For this Tune in Tuesday, Jennifer Close, author of the LibraryReads pick The Hopefuls chats with Beaks and Geeks about Washington, D.C, relationships with family and friends, Hilary Clinton, and more. A brilliantly funny novel about ambition and marriage from the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses, The Hopefuls tells the story of a young wife who follows her […]

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This Tune in Tuesday, we’re featuring Amor Towles, bestselling author of the Rules of Civility and his new novel–and Library Marketing Staff Pick–A Gentleman in Moscow. Towles recently appeared on an episode of Beaks and Geeks and discussed Russian literature, gratifying research and why Andre Agassi is like a good novelist. And below you can also watch […]

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On this week’s Tune in Tuesday, we’re featuring an interview with Ottessa Moshfegh, author of EILEEN, a shortlist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and chosen by David Sedaris as his recommended book for his Fall 2016 tour.  The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman trapped between her role as […]

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Using her trademark wit alongside pop-culture references galore, comedian and WNYC’s 2 Dope Queens and Sooo Many White Guys podcast host Phoebe Robinson explores everything from why Lisa Bonet is “Queen. Bae. Jesus,” to breaking down the terrible nature of casting calls, to giving her less-than-traditional advice to the future female president, and demanding that the […]