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Valarie Kaur & Chris Jackson: A World-Changer and Her Superhero Publisher on the Beautiful Writers Podcast
What do writers Trevor Noah, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jay Z, and Mira Jacob have in common? Chris Jackson, legendary publisher and Editor-in-Chief of One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House. He’s on today’s episode of the Beautiful Writers Podcast with Valarie Kaur,...
Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Patchett on the Beautiful Writers Podcast: Longings—In Writing & Life
The world feels like it’s exploding. With Covid-19 and anti-racism protests raging through our streets, I had a sensitive, maybe even a bold question to ask Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Patchett, two longtime literary idols of mine. How are a couple of white women so...
How my father released my writing shame on his deathbed
My beautiful writers, I want to talk about the things we don’t talk about—that which shall not be named. The unmentionable here is SHAME. The shame so many want-to-be authors have around not having the "right" credentials. It was my father—on his deathbed—who let me...
Dr. Jane Goodall & Keely Shaye Brosnan on the Power of the Pen for Healing Mother Earth
Hello! In a VERY special eco-edition of the Beautiful Writers Podcast, Jane Goodall—Ph.D., DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace—is with us from the UK. I’m excited to celebrate the release of the Nat Geo film The Hope, showcasing...
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States, on the Beautiful Writers Podcast
Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States—the nation's "official" poet—is here! She's the first Native American to hold this position, and I've been a weepy mess since she agreed to chat with us. As someone who lived on raw land in Northern New Mexico and studied...
Terry McMillan and Laura Munson: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Novelists
Today on the #BeautifulWritersPodcast, two of my bestie New York Times bestselling author friends meet for the 1st time. (You know I love literary matchmaking.) Laura Munson is promoting her first novel, Willa’s Grove, while Terry McMillan is about to share with the...
What do I put in my book proposal? And how do I build a “platform”?!
@oprahsbookclub @Oprah @Isabelwilkerson @AppleBooks @randomhouse LOVING this book!
❤️ I’m still floating from this one. t.co/UmcimSvckJ
Not even Trump is better off then he was four years ago.