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This month’s SHELF TALKING blends the fantastic, the speculative, and the literary with a trio of genre-defying writers!

Recorded live at Literati:
–Julia Fine shares an excerpt from her debut novel What Should Be Wild.
–Franny Choi performs poems from her latest collection Soft Science.
– Wayétu Moore discusses magical realism and her novel She Would Be King. 

Plus Literati’s Inventory Manager Kelsey O’Rourke discusses some of her favorite genre-bending reads!

*Headphones Recommended!*

This month’s SHELF TALKING celebrates National Short Story Month with a tremendous pair of readings!

Recorded live at Literati:
–Maryse Meijer reads“The Shut-In” from her collection Rag.
–Polly Rosenwaike reads “Grow Your Eyelashes” from her collection Look How Happy I’m Making You.

Recently, we found out we were named the 2019 Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year!

We are so grateful to all of those who helped Literati become the bookstore it is today. 

Still smarting from all those April Fool’s Day tricks? Let this Shelf Talking re-release ease your pain with some prank-free laughs!

Recorded live at Literati:

-Richard Russo discusses his essay collection The Destiny Thief with Sam Krowchenko.
-Eileen Pollack reads from her novel The Bible of Dirty Jokes. 
-Lindy West shares from her celebrated book Shrill.

Shelf Talking is produced by Mike and Hilary Gustafson with John Ganiard, Matthew Flores, and Sam Krowchenko.
Theme Music: “Orange and Red” by Pity Sex (2016, Run for Cover Records)

Psst. Do you know the password for today’s gangster-, spy-, and code-filled SHELF TALKING? Blink once for no, twice for yes….

Been a long time since you rock and rolled? Today's SHELF TALKING is here to help!

Recorded live at Literati:
–Michael Zadoorian shares passages from his latest novel Beautiful Music.
–Jas Obrecht chronicles Jimi Hendrix's rise to fame in Stone Free.  
–Kat Gardiner reads selections from her collection Little Wonder.

Shelf Talking is produced by Mike and Hilary Gustafson with John Ganiard, Matthew Flores, and Sam Krowchenko
Our theme songs are “Orange and Red” and "Bonhomie" by Pity Sex (2016, Run for Cover Records)

With the Oscars just around the corner, we present an episode about adapting books into movies, movies into books, and everything in between!

For our first episode of 2019, SHELF TALKING presents a pair of conversations with two rising stars of American fiction.

Recorded live at Literati:
–Kristen Roupenian discusses her debut collection You Know You Want This: “Cat Person” And Other Stories with writer/editor Callie Collins.
–Chloe Benjamin chats about her novel The Immortalists with Number One Chinese Restaurant author (and Literati bookseller!) Lillian Li. 

Need a break from the hectic holiday season? Look no further than this poetry-packed episode of SHELF TALKING!

Recorded live at Literati:
–Phillip Crymble reads from his debut volume Not Even Laughter.
–Susanna Lang shares work from her latest book Travel Notes from the River Styx.
–Will Walton reads selections from his YA novel I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain.
–Tarfia Faizullah reads poems from her sophomore collection Registers of Illuminated Villages.

In the spirit of post-Thanksgiving eats, SHELF TALKING digs into its own leftovers with some of the show’s best left-on-the-cutting-room-floor moments!