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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be author Shelly Jay Shore, author of "Love Me Like A Rock Song." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky #romancelandia

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Do you know anyone who’s been in a fake dating situation in real life? #romancelandia

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stop patronizing me, Connections.

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I giggle whenever PerfectIt questions the word "sh*t" and suggests "shift" instead. So sweetly innocent. #amediting

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My Writers’ Block guest tomorrow is Duston Spear, author of "Bird Girl." Duston Spear has a reading at Forbes Library on Thurs. 9/24 at 6 p.m., hosted by Broadside Bookshop. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com, Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But wait, there's more! Tomorrow (9/14) at 9:30 a.m. I'll talk to Avital Norman Nathman about her new book, "The Perfect Birth Myth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry." Listen live via WHMP.com. The show will air again at 4:30 p.m. and I'll post the recording here. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My Writers’ Block guest tomorrow is Meghana Mysore, author of "Let All Our Ghosts Depart." Meghana Mysore has a reading at Odyssey Bookshop on Tue. Sept. 15 at 7 PM. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com, Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Tomorrow I'll interview Suzanne Strempek Shea, author of "Compositions: A memoir in 42 essays by 1 kid on her 8 years in Catholic School, handed in 60 Years late." She has readings on Wed. 9/9 at Odyssey & Wed. 9/16 at Broadside. Listen on WHMP.com. Mondays at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

3 weeks ago, I tried to interview Juliet Faithfull, author of "Liar's Dice" on Writers' Block, but we had tech problems. Tomorrow we're trying again. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I forgot to post about my guest before the show! My guest on Writers' Block *was* Joshua Hotaka Roth, author of the graphic memoir "Life Lines: Art, Memory, Relationship." Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Writers' Block tomorrow will be a session of Whatcha Reading—Sister Edition, with my sister Joanna Ryan. Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

But wait, there's more! Tomorrow from 8-8:30 a.m. I'll talk to Josh Weil about his novel, "What Came West." Josh Weil has an appearance at Odyssey Books on Thursday, July 30 at 7 PM. Listen live via WHMP.com. The show will air again at 5:00 p.m. and I'll post the recording here. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Juliet Faithfull, author of "Liar's Dice." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Morgan Thomas, author of "Mad Eden." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky Photo credit: Candace Hope

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My Writers’ Block guest tomorrow is Daniel Mason, author of "Country People." Daniel Mason has a reading with Odyssey Books at the First Congregational Church at the Center on Mon. July 13 at 7 PM. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com, Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Cara Benson, author of An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment. Cara Benson has a reading at Broadside Books, Wednesday, 7/9 @ 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Debra Curtis, author of "Laws of Love and Logic." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Laura Zigman, author of "The Author Weekend." Laura Zigman has a reading at Odyssey Books on Wednesday, June 24 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My Writers’ Block guest tomorrow is Heather Abel, author of "The Emilys." Heather Abel has a reading with Odyssey Books at the First Congregational Church at the Center on Tue., June 16 at 7 PM. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com, Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

But wait, there's more! Tomorrow during the first half hour of Talk the Talk (8-8:30 a.m.) I'll interview Danielle Crittenden about her memoir "Dispatches from Grief: A Mother's Journey Through the Unthinkable." Listen on the radio or via WHMP.com. The show will air again at 5:00 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My Writers’ Block guest on 6/8 is Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, author of Something We Said: "Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me." Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has a reading at Odyssey Books on Wed., 6/10 at 7 PM. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com, Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My guest on Writers’ Block tomorrow will be Ruth Ozeki, author of "The Typing Lady and Other Fictions." Ruth Ozeki has a reading at Odyssey Books on Wed., 6/3 at 7 PM. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com, Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Katie DeBonville, author of "Grace Notes." The launch of "Grace Notes" is Thu., May 28 at 7pm at Porter Sq. Bks in Cambridge. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com, Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Joanna Margaret, author of "The Daughters." Joanna Margaret has a reading at Odyssey Bookshop on Tue., April 14 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I can copyedit nearly anywhere, but apparently not on a very bumpy flight. #amediting #edibuddies

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be writer Emma Copley Eisenberg, talking about her new collection of stories, "Fat Swim." Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be writer and editor Kate Senecal, co-host of the Kill Your Darlings reading series at Darlings Bar & Cafe in Easthampton. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Copyediting an excellent thriller. I really want to jump to the end to find out what happens, but the suspense is what's keeping my butt in the chair to edit longer. Sigh. #amediting #edibuddies

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Jennifer Acker, author of "Surrender." Jennifer Acker has a reading at Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Cammie McGovern, author of "The Last Letters of Sally and Walter." Cammie McGovern has a reading at Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, April 7 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I held off on watching Heated Rivalry mostly because of the concern that, as with almost all romance novel adaptations, they just wouldn’t get it right, wouldn’t manage to understand and capture what I love about the genre. Boy howdy, they got it right. #romancelandia #heatedrivalry

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Jessica Brilliant Keener, author of "Evening Begins the Day." Listen to Writers’ Block live via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. Author Photo: Sharona Jacobs #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Mark Oppenheimer, author of "Judy Blume: A Life." Mark Oppenheimer has a reading at Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, March 24 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky Author Photo: Lu Arie

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Anne Fadiman, whose new release is "Frog and Other Essays." Anne Fadiman has a reading at Broadside Books in Northampton on Wed., March 18 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

But wait, there's more! Tomorrow during the first half hour of Talk the Talk (8-8:30 a.m.) I'll interview Lindy West about her new memoir Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane. Listen live on the radio, or via WHMP.com. The show will air again at 5:00 p.m. and I'll post the recording here. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Ellen Meeropol, whose new novel is Sometimes an Island. Ellen Meeropol has a reading at Odyssey Books on Wednesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Lauren Groff, whose new story collection is Brawler. Odyssey Books hosts Lauren Groff at the 1st Cong. Church in S. Hadley on 2/8 at 3 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

During Part 2 of tomorrow's Writers' Block, at 8:30 a.m. I'll interview John Sayles, whose new book is Crucible, and who is reading at Odyssey Books on Tue. 2/17 at 7 PM. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

It's a Writers' Block doubleheader tomorrow! At 8:00 a.m. I'll talk to Roz Kreshak-Hayden of Northampton's Broadside Bookshop. (See next post for guest #2.) Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

My guests on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Bremond Berry MacDougall and Lisa Endo Cooper, founders of Quite Literally Books, which reprints forgotten books by American women authors. Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com Mondays @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Tomorrow on Talk the Talk on whmp.com at 8 a.m. we'll interview Jill Margaret Shulman about her book "College Essay Confidence: Conquer Blocks, Free Your Voice, and Write a Knockout Application Essay. Jill celebrates the release of College Essay Confidence @ Odyssey Books on Tue, 1/20 @ 7 p.m.

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to local writer Jedediah Berry about his novel, "The Naming Song,” winner of the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award for fiction. Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Margot Douaihy about her new novel, "Divine Ruin." Margot Douaihy has a reading @ Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, 1/13 at 7 p.m. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Writers' Block tomorrow will be Whatcha Reading—New Year's edition, with my friends Lee Thomson and Alice Hough. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. Photo by Blaz Photo unsplash.com/@blazphoto #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Elinor Lipman about "Miss Bates Bobs Her Hair," the story she contributed to "Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters." Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com every Monday @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Karolina Zapal, the program manager at the Massachusetts Center for the Book, about their annual Reading Challenge. Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP radio every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #Booksky

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Megan Rubiner Zinn @mrzinn.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Joanna Sokol about her memoir, "A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance." Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted. #booksky

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