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<p>Jeff talks to Adam Aleksic about his new book, Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language. Not sure if you will better or worse about how algorithms, censorship, and influencer culture are...

<p>Jeff talks about Hot Girls with Balls with author Benedict Nguyen.</p> <p>Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.</p> <p>For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack.</p> <p>The...

<p>Jeff talks to rare-bookseller turned fantasy author Oliver Darkshire about his debut work of fantasy, Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil. Darkshire's breakout memoir of being an accidental rare bookseller is Once...

<p>Peter Mendelsund is a writer, book designer, musician, novelist, and painter. And he has two books coming out within just a couple of weeks of each other: Exhibitionist and Weepers. We talk about both in deep...

<p>Kate McKean joins Jeff to talk about her new book, Write Through It: An Insider's Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life. Kate is a literary agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency and writes the extremely...

<p>I am working on a permanent title for this episode format, where I just run through a bunch of books I am interested in that are coming out in the current month. You get the idea.</p> <p>Subscribe to First Edition...

<p>June new releases are hopping. Jeff talks to Susan Choi about her new novel, Flashlight. Then, Damon Young comes on to talk about his new anthology, That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black Humor.</p>...

<p>Gretchen Rubin returns to the show to talk about wisdom, aphorisms, and her new book, The Secrets of Adulthood. PLUS: a silent reading challenge coming in June that anyone can do.</p> <p>Subscribe to First Edition...

<p>Jeff goes over a couple dozen May new releases that he definitely might consider thinking about reading. Then, Book.io co-founder and CEO Joshua Stone comes on to talk about what the blockchain could offer the world...

<p>Jeff talks to Jane Friedman about the new edition of her book, The Business of Being a Writer. She has been writing about the publishing industry for years (and Jeff has been reading her work for years as well), and...

<p>Jeff is joined by one of his favorite writers, Marie-Helene Bertino, and the talk about all five of her books in order, including her new short story collection, Exit Zero.</p><p><br></p><p>Marie-Helene Bertino's...

<p>Jeff talks to Gabe Henry about his new book, Enough is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell. For centuries, a series of thinkers, writers, politicians, and bankers have been advocating to make...

<p>Jeff talks to Jon Hickey about his debut novel, Big Chief.</p><p><br></p><p>Jon Hickey earned his MFA at Cornell University and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He has received scholarships from the Bread...

<p>Jeff talks to the great Katie Kitamura about her new novel, Audition (it is very, very good).</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.</p><p><br></p><p>For episode extras...

<p>Jeff talks about 21 books coming out this month that caught his eye.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.</p><p><br></p><p>For episode extras, subscribe to the First...