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Book Riot - The Podcast

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Book Riot - The Podcast

Riot New Media Group, Inc

News, News Commentary, Arts, Tv & Film, Books

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Rebecca talk about Jesmyn Ward winning the Library of Congress Fiction Prize, a major publisher getting hijacked (?), labor at publishing houses, The New York Times understanding BookTok just about as well as they do, and much more. Discussed in this episode: The Book Riot Patreon We’re hiring! Jesmyn Ward wins ​​ of Congress Prize for Fiction Macmillan security breach HarperCollins’s union authorizes strike if publisher does agree to fair contract Penguin Classics adds Marvel to the Canon NYT on BookTok Public service story: if you work in any kind of library setting and have student loans, see if you eligible for student loan forgiveness The Fox & I by Catherine Raven Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Bird's Eye Chicken Dippers.

0:05.0

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and that's fine.

0:11.0

So whatever you dip your chicken dippers in,

0:13.2

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0:16.6

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0:20.0

then pick up some bird's eye chicken dippers

0:22.3

at a major supermarket today.

0:24.4

For chicken worth dipping, it better be bird's eye. This is the Book Right Podcast, this is the Book Right Podcast, this weekly news and talk show about what's new cool and worth talking about the book, world of books and reading.

0:41.0

Today is Thursday, July 7, 2022. I'm Jeff O'Neill, here

0:46.4

with Rebecca Shinsky coming to you from bookright.com. One of these little nice nooks and crannies of the year

0:52.3

of the July 4th week, especially if it's in the middle of a week.

0:56.3

You get, I think it doesn't, it's not the same as July 4th is on a Friday because like the whole week is like a lead

1:00.8

up to this, but if it's on a Monday or Tuesday you get one of these

1:04.2

like remnant weeks which some people take off and then if you don't take it off it's very quiet

1:09.6

it almost feels like a long Sunday in a weird way it's an interesting week of the year it is it's

1:14.9

interesting it has felt quieter around our office which is interesting because I

1:19.4

think we've only had one or two people on PTO but but it's just that time of summer, I think also.

1:25.5

We're all just kind of, at least here, it's very hot.

1:28.8

I'm doing the, you know, like a spiritual version of just like sitting on the porch fanning myself and

1:33.4

drinking lemonade yes existential ice tea drinking is happening yes all over the place right now

1:40.2

and we've kind of come through the summer book season.

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