On our Best May Books episode, Kirkus’ editors share their top titles for the month. Then novelist Brendan Slocumb joins us to discuss The Dark Maestro (Bloomsbury, May 13), a musical thriller in which a cello prodigy must battle a cadre of criminals to reclaim his promising future. Kirkus: “This novel should catapult Slocumb into the upper echelon of thriller authors" (starred review).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Lili Taylor
Award-winning actor and avid birder Lili Taylor joins us to discuss Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing (Crown, April 29). Kirkus calls her affecting debut essay collection “a delightful celebration of the joys of birding—and how it leads one to look at the world in a new light.” Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Kiese Laymon
Celebrated memoirist and novelist Kiese Laymon joins us to discuss City Summer, Country Summer(Kokila, April 1). Kirkus calls Laymon’s picture-book debut, illustrated by Alexis Franklin, “a heartfelt, elegantly wrought, and triumphant tribute to Black boy kinship” (starred review). Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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John Kenney
New York Times-bestselling humorist John Kenney joins us to discuss his latest novel, I See You’ve Called in Dead (Zibby Books, April 1). Kirkus: “ A touching ode to the people who make life worth living.” Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Edna Bonhomme
Edna Bonhomme joins us to discuss A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, From Cholera to COVID-19 (One Signal/Atria, March 11). Kirkus: “ A searing attack on historical injustices.” Then our editors share their top picks in books for the week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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