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

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at Zibby Owens. John Kenny is the author of Iseve Called in Dead, a novel. This is our Zippy

publishing title. We are so excited to publish this. It is an indie next pick, which means all the

indie bookstores have voted at one of their top picks for the month. It is so amazing, and I am just

beyond excited. John Kenny is the author now of three novels and four books of poetry. His first

novel, Truth in Advertising, won the Thurber Prize for

American Humor. He is also the author of Talk to Me, which received a starred Kirkus Review.

And now I see you've called in Dead. He is the New York Times best-selling author of love poems

for married people, which if you haven't read, you have to, it is hilarious and inspired

a whole series of love poems. He is a longtime contributor to The New Yorker. You guys have to listen to

this. You have to read this book. It is so good. Welcome, John. Thank you so much for coming back on

now called Totally Book to Simby to talk about your latest novel. I see you've called

and dead. Congratulations. Thank you so much and thank you for having me. Of course. Of course,

I'm also publishing this book with our company and could not be more proud of this and excited.

And I will never forget reading your very first draft and just sitting there laughing and crying

and wow. So to come full circle and have it about to come out and talking to you on the podcast,

it's just amazing. And sitting in the same place and reading and laughing, crying because it was so

funny, your collected poems. So what a wonderful journey with you and your writing. Well, it's great to be here.

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