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Totally Booked with Zibby

Dara Horn, ONE LITTLE GOAT: A Passover Catastrophe & PEOPLE LOVE DEAD JEWS: Reports from a Haunted Present

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Parenting, Books, Literary, Moms, Arts, Connection, Entertainment, Reading, Inspiration

4.5643 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dara Horn, winner of three National Jewish Book Awards and Kirkus Prize finalist, joins Zibby to discuss her irreverent, moving, and hilariously deadpan graphic novel for young readers, ONE LITTLE GOAT. Dara explains how she uses a talking scapegoat and a never-ending Seder to bring ancient stories to life for readers of all ages. She shares her childhood obsession with the passage of time and her deep connection to the Jewish tradition, and then dives into her acclaimed book, PEOPLE LOVE DEAD JEWS, touching on the shared themes between the two books: memory, Jewish identity, and how history lives on in us.


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One Little Goat: https://bit.ly/4lrcajo

People Love Dead Jews: https://bit.ly/42st4Wk


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0:00.0

Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive

0:24.0

look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't

0:29.3

have to.

0:30.3

Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.

0:36.2

For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram

0:40.2

at Zibby Owens. Darrah Horn is the author of One Little Goat, a Passover catastrophe,

0:49.3

and People Love Dead Jews, reports from a haunted president.

0:53.7

Dara is the award-winning author of six books, including People Love Dead Jews, reports from a haunted president. Dara is the award-winning author of six books, including People Love Dead Jews, which was a New York Times notable book in 2001.

1:02.4

One of Granta magazine's Best Young American Novelists, she is the recipient of three National Jewish Book Awards, among other honors.

1:10.1

And she was a finalist for the

1:11.6

Kirkus Prize, the Wingate Prize, the Simpson Family Literary Prize, and the Carnegie Medal

1:16.6

for Excellence in Fiction. Her nonfiction work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall

1:20.8

Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Atlantic Smithsonian Tablet, and the Jewish Review of

1:26.0

Books, among many other publications.

1:28.7

Dara received her doctorate in comparative literature from Harvard University, studying Yiddish

1:33.0

and Hebrew.

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She currently serves as creative advisor for the Whitesman National Museum of American Jewish History.

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She lives in New Jersey with her family.

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Welcome, Dara.

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Thank you so much for coming on Totally Booked with Zibby to talk about your latest book,

1:48.3

One Little Goat, illustrated also by Theo Ellsworth, and then also people love Dead Juice,

1:53.7

because I just read that too.

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