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Welcome to Book Talk for Book Talk, a literary podcast where we deep dive into the writing of your favorite novels.

Except today, we're interviewing a very special guest, Al Woodworth, senior editor on the Amazon Books editorial team.

Al specializes in literary fiction, biography, Emma McM. M., Emma Moore. She has been in the book industry

for more than 13 years and got her start as a book publicist at Henry Holt. Al also manages

Amazon Literary Partnership, which provides grant funding to nonprofits that support writers. She lives in

Brooklyn and some of her favorite

books include Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Deacon King Kong, Crying in H Mart, Empire of Pain,

Pinchinco, The Heart's Invisible Furies, among many others. For more information, as well as

insightful reviews of new books, author interviews, and editor-curated roundups in popular categories, visit the Amazon Book Review at Amazon.com slash Amazon Book Review.

You can also follow the Amazon Book Editor's recommendations and conversations at Amazon Books on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Welcome to the podcast, Al.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Thanks so much for having me.

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