Episode 33: Memoirs, Author Visits, and Books Books Books

Booklist's Shelf Care

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to Stephanie Sendaula, librarian and memoir enthusiast, about what’s so great about memoirs and what makes a great author visit. Then Audio Editor Heather Booth shares some upcoming awards and lists that those who do collection development and listeners’ advisory will want to know about. Finally, Susan and Annie Bostrom, Senior Editor, Adult Books, chat about what they’re reading and loving. Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It, by Greg Marshall Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing, by Jen Soriano Women We Buried, Women We Burned, by Rachel Louise Snyder Electric Lit A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, a Memorial, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, by Jane Wong Illness as Metaphor, by Susan Sontag Rainbow Black, by Maggie Thrash The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America, by Katherine Turk Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Odyssey Award Winners RUSA Adult Listen List Spring Audio Preview (in Corner Shelf) Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkel Listen for the Lie, by Amy Tintera American Daughters, by Piper Huguley