In this episode, we get excited about two new books: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune and My Friends: A Novel by Fredrik Backman. Then Dave talks about the stellar winners of the 2025 Pen America Awards.

Links

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
Read an excerpt from One Golden Summer
Love is Like Peanuts by Betty Bates on Internet Archive
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
My Friends: A Novel by Fredrik Backman
Beartown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman
A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
Anxious People by Frederik Backman
American Writers Museum
Level Up: Writers & Gamers exhibit
Online Exhibits at the American Writers Museum
Get Lit Happy Hours and the Grown Up Book Fair on 13 May.

Transcript of this episode.

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LoLT: The American Writers Museum and Two New Books

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