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Weekday Night Live at P&T
Hosted by P&T Knitwear · EN
(Almost) every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, independent bookstore and podcast studio, P&T Knitwear, invites authors to celebrate their new books with a live discussion and audience Q+A — take a listen!
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Scott McClanahan and Chelsea Hodson
2w ago00:37:21Tap to summarizeTuesday, July 14: P&T was pleased to welcome Scott McClanahan to celebrate and discuss his first novel in eight years, Fights!;set in the mountains of West Virginia and the indie literary scene in New York, Fights! unites the two great love stories of McClanahan’s life: his wife, the writer Juliet Escoria, and Tyrant Books publisher, the late Giancarlo DiTrapano. Scott was in conversation with Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I'm Someone Else, the publisher of Rose Books, and the founder of the Morning Writing Club.
Transcribe →Julia Angwin, Ami Fields-Meyer, and Barton Gellman
3w ago00:36:50Tap to summarizeWednesday, July 8: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, Julia Angwin, & former White House Senior Advisor, Ami Fields-Meyer, to celebrate and discuss their book On Courage; How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear, a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian. Julia and Ami were joined in conversation by Barton Gellman, a Senior Advisor at the Brennan Center for Justice and the author of Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State and the bestselling Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency.
Transcribe →Serena Chopra and Alicia Mountain
3w ago00:54:19Tap to summarize Thursday, July 2: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Serena Chopra to celebrate and discuss her poetry collection A Catalog of Future Mercies; a lyrical exploration of mercy as resistance to cyclical violence told in ghost stories and family histories. Serena was joined in conversation by Alicia Mountain, author of Four in Hand and High Ground Coward.
Transcribe →Lu Chekowsky and Elissa Bassist
Jun 2400:58:54Tap to summarize Tuesday, June 23: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Lu Chekowsky to celebrate and discuss her new book Don't Buy What I'm Selling; one part memoir, one part manifesto, Don’t Buy What I’m Selling is a fascinating, smart, and hilarious look at a woman determined to go deep inside advertising so she could save the world—and herself. Lu was joined in conversation with Elissa Bassist, author of the memoir Hysterical.
Transcribe →Madhushree Ghosh, Sayu Bhojwani, and Hawa Hassan
Jun 1800:58:59Tap to summarize Wednesday, June 17: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Madhushree Ghosh to celebrate and discuss her new book Safar: Finding Home, History, and Culture through Punjabi Food in the American West. Madhushree was joined in conversation by Sayu Bhojwani, author of People Like Us, and Hawa Hassan, author of Bibi's Kitchen.
Transcribe →Trans Athletes Speak Up: Eli Erlick, Chris Mosier, and Michael Waters
Jun 1801:09:54Tap to summarize Thursday, June 11: Between the Olympics abruptly banning trans women to the erasure of trans sportsmen, trans athletes are being targeted like never before. But trans communities are fighting back, and a few key members, Eli Erlick, Chris Mosier, and Michael Waters, joined us at P&T for the panel Trans Athletes Speak Up.
Transcribe →Scott Simon and Jeannie Gaffigan
Jun 301:00:04Tap to summarizeTuesday May 26: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Emmy winner, NPR’s Scott Simon to celebrate and discuss his new book Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known; a profusion of exuberant memories and musings on a life spent in animal company. Scott was joined in conversation by Jeannie Gaffigan, author of When Life Gives you Pears.
Transcribe →Amy Lorowitz and Jennifer Belle
Jun 300:49:03Tap to summarize Tuesday, May 19: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Amy Lorowitz to celebrate and discuss her new book Summer Husband; a compelling blend of sexy and nostalgic, this summer camp romance follows thirty-nine-year-old mom Lori Kramer as she finds out you’re never too old to learn the life lessons—or experience the romances—that sleepaway camp has to offer. Amy was joined in conversation by Jennifer Belle, author of Swanna In Love.
Transcribe →Jonathan Ezra Goldman and Esther Crain
Jun 300:59:52Tap to summarizeThursday, May 14: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Jonathan Ezra Goldman to celebrate and discuss his new book Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York; a panoramic view of New York City in the 1920s, uncovering hidden histories from within entertainment, politics, arts, technology, and the law. Jonathan was joined in conversation by Esther Crain, author of The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
Transcribe →Patricia Park and Soo Ra
May 500:54:32Tap to summarizeThursday, Apr 30: P&T Knitwear was pleased to welcome Patricia Park to celebrate and discuss her new book Ambrosia Lee Drops the Mic, a novel about how a Korean American former child actress decides to branch out and pursue her newfound love — stand-up comedy. Patricia was joined in conversation by stand up comedian, Soo Ra. Audio engineering for this episode was provided by Dustin Kellerman.
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