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Readers Club | Julia Alvarez

Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of the novel, doesn’t want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, her homeland, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories—literally.
Season 2024 Episode 33 Length 51:48 Premiere: 09/25/24

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Readers Club | Our Favorite Books of the Year
S2024 E40 Length 51:53 Premiere Date 12/09/24

2025 Carnegie Medal Finalist Preview
S2024 E39 Length 25:57 Premiere Date 12/09/24

Author Talk | David Brooks
S2024 E38 Length 32:27 Premiere Date 12/11/24

Readers Club | Horse and All Creatures Great & Small
S2024 E37 Length 40:34 Premiere Date 01/30/24

Readers Club | Leonardo Da Vinci
S2024 E35 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 11/20/24

Readers Club | Robert Thorogood
S2024 E34 Length 58:33 Premiere Date 10/28/24

Readers Club | Julia Alvarez
S2024 E33 Length 51:48 Premiere Date 09/25/24

Readers Club | Tana French
S2024 E32 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 08/28/24

Readers Club | Percival Everett
S2024 E31 Length 45:36 Premiere Date 07/31/24

Readers Club | Olivia Ford
S2024 E30 Length 46:50 Premiere Date 06/26/24

Readers Club | Rachel Khong
S2024 E29 Length 43:38 Premiere Date 05/29/24

Readers Club | Scott Alexander Howard
S2024 E28 Length 44:15 Premiere Date 04/24/24

Readers Club | Allison Pataki
S2024 E27 Length 42:01 Premiere Date 03/27/24

Readers Club | Henry Louis Gates Jr.
S2024 E26 Length 42:49 Premiere Date 02/28/24

Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations with Western Governors' Leadership Institute Part 6
S2024 E23 Length 27:20 Premiere Date 10/04/24

Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations with Western Governors | Part 5 Former Nevada Governors Sandoval & Miller
S2024 E22 Length 23:40 Premiere Date 10/07/24

Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations w/ Western Governors | Part 4 Former WY Gov. Mead & Former MT Gov. Bullock
S2024 E21 Length 23:16 Premiere Date 10/07/24

Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations with Western Governors | Part 3 Former Utah Gov. Gary Herbert
S2024 E20 Length 06:52 Premiere Date 10/07/24

Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations w/ Western Governors | Part 2 Former Idaho Gov. Otter & Former Hawaii Gov. Ige
S2024 E19 Length 21:23 Premiere Date 10/07/24

Exploring Bipartisanship: Conversations with Western Governors | Part 1 Gov. Grisham & Gov. Gordon
S2024 E18 Length 31:13 Premiere Date 10/07/24

Western Governors' Leadership Institute Delegate Forum
S2024 E17 Length 2:06:43 Premiere Date 10/07/24

"Music and Mind" by Renée Fleming
S2024 E16 Length 28:28 Premiere Date 08/21/24

"Night Flyer" by Tiya Miles
S2024 E15 Length 26:50 Premiere Date 08/14/24

"Just for the Summer" by Abby Jimenez
S2024 E14 Length 26:48 Premiere Date 08/07/24

"The Heavens & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride
S2024 E13 Length 30:45 Premiere Date 08/01/24

"the year of the buttered cat" by Susan & Lexi Haas
S2024 E12 Length 36:19 Premiere Date 07/24/24

"Goodnight Thoughts" by Max Greenfield
S2024 E11 Length 28:32 Premiere Date 07/19/24

"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
S2024 E10 Length 29:23 Premiere Date 07/10/24

“Memory Piece” Author Talk with Lisa Ko
S2024 E9 Length 36:55 Premiere Date 05/01/24

“You Are Here” Author Talk with Ada Limón
S2024 E8 Length 40:34 Premiere Date 04/18/24

The Wright Conversations with Poet Nikki Giovanni
S2024 E7 Length 1:15:28 Premiere Date 04/02/24

Author Talk with ReShonda Tate
S2024 E6 Length 32:28 Premiere Date 03/13/24

Author Talk with Tracy Subisak
S2024 E5 Length 13:39 Premiere Date 03/08/24

Author Talk with Lisa Selin Davis
S2024 E4 Length 48:26 Premiere Date 03/06/24

Author Talk with Cheryl Wills
S2024 E3 Length 42:18 Premiere Date 02/14/24

Author Talk with Yolanda Renee King
S2024 E2 Length 29:59 Premiere Date 01/30/24

What to Read in 2024 with Booklist Reader
S2024 E1 Length 1:00:31 Premiere Date 01/30/24

Extended Readers Club | Julia Alvarez
Clip Length 1:51:35 Premiere Date 09/25/24

Extended Interview with Geraldine Brooks and Jamie Crichton
Clip Length 1:16:32 Premiere Date 01/31/24

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