About this episode
Jeff and Rebecca tease their special 2020 Nobel Prize episode, look at the National Book Award longlist, consider an interesting new position at Simon & Schuster, and respond to listener feedback on their half-baked ideas, and more. This episode is sponsored by: This episode is sponsored by She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh , The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America edited by Nora Shalaway Carpenter, and Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead. Discussed in this episode: Sad nerd news: Dune is delayed to 2021 Tressie McMillan Cottom, NK Jemisin, and Jacqueline Woodson among MacArthur scholars Sienna Farris named director of multicultural marketing at S & S NBA finalists Women’s Prize excluding trans & nonbinary writers on basis of “sex as defined by law” Lumberjanes in development at HBO Max! Fox News starting book line at HarperCollins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices