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Spotlight Interview with Minrose Gwin
Spotlight on Minrose Gwin in this interview by Five Directions Press author Joan Schweighardt about Gwin's new novel "Beautiful Dreamers"
Joan Schweighardt
Sep 30, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, Sep. 2024
Books We Loved in September 2024, by Christina Dodd, Emily L. Finch, and Paul Murray

Five Directions Press
Sep 16, 20245 min read
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Books We Loved, Aug. 2024
Books We Loved in August 2024, by Emilia Hart, Kristen Loesch, and the cowriting team of Lynn Morrison and Anne Radcliffe

Five Directions Press
Aug 14, 20245 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Mary Fleming
Spotlight interview with Mary Fleming, whose third novel, Civilisation Francaise, appeared in July 2024
Joan Schweighardt
Jul 31, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, July 2024
Books We Loved in July 2024, by Eve J. Chung, Kate Parker, and Ruth Reichl

Five Directions Press
Jul 17, 20244 min read
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Books We Loved, June 2024
Books We Loved in June, by Audrey Burges, Lauren Kate, and Amor Towles

Five Directions Press
Jun 14, 20244 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Shannon Robinson
Interview that shines a spotlight on Shannon Robinson, author of the short story collection The Ill-Fitted Skin
Joan Schweighardt
May 29, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, May 2024
Books We Loved in May, by Cara Devlin, Rachel Joyce, and Curtis Sittenfeld

Five Directions Press
May 15, 20244 min read
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Books We Loved, Apr. 2024
Books We Loved in April 2024, by Geraldine Brooks, Sandra Byrd, and Abraham Verghese

Five Directions Press
Apr 15, 20245 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Faye Rapoport DesPres
Spotlight Interview with the memoirist, children's novelist, and micro-fiction writer Faye Rapoport DesPres
Joan Schweighardt
Mar 27, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, Mar. 2024
Books We Loved in March 2024, by Ruth Reichl, Daniel Mason, and Deanna Raybourn

Five Directions Press
Mar 15, 20244 min read
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Spotlight Interview with P.K. Adams and C.P. Lesley
Spotlight Interview with cowriters P.K. Adams and C.P. Lesley about their historical novel, The Merchant's Tale
Joan Schweighardt
Feb 28, 20246 min read
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Books We Loved, Feb. 2024
Books We Loved in February 2024 by Teresa H. Janssen, Jodi Picoult, and Sarah Ready

Five Directions Press
Feb 15, 20245 min read
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Books We Loved, Jan. 2024
Books We Loved in January 2024, by Louise Erdrich, Sigrid Nunez, and Andrea Penrose

Five Directions Press
Jan 16, 20245 min read
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Books We Loved, Dec. 2023
Books We Loved in December, by Erica Ruth Neubauer, Bradley Beaulieu, and J. M. Coetzee

Five Directions Press
Dec 15, 20234 min read
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Spotlight Interview with Allegra Goodman
Spotlight interview with the novelist Allegra Goodman, conducted by Joan Schweighardt
Joan Schweighardt
Nov 30, 20235 min read
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Books We Loved, Nov. 2023
Books We Loved in November 2023, by Louise Clark, Melanie Jacobson, and Joan Schweighardt—plus a new release

Five Directions Press
Nov 15, 20234 min read
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Books We Loved, Oct. 2023
Books We Loved in October 2023, by Hiro Arikawa, Liane Moriarty, and Ann Patchett

Five Directions Press
Oct 18, 20235 min read
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Spotlight on Alison Stone
Spotlight interview with the psychotherapist, poet, and artist Alison Stone, conducted by Joan Schweighardt
Joan Schweighardt
Sep 29, 20235 min read
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Books We Loved, Sep. 2023
Books We Loved in September 2023, by T. C. Boyle, Alix Christie, and Beth O'Leary

Five Directions Press
Sep 15, 20234 min read
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