In 2015, I was honored to be asked to help continue John Seigenthaler's literary legacy by co-hosting A WORD ON WORDS, his long-running literary television series on Nashville Public Television.

It has been an incredible ride alongside my fabulous co-host, fellow Nashville author Mary Laura Philpott, talking with authors from all kinds of genres and walks of life. And in 2017, we were over the moon to win an EMMY for our first season!

Take a second, pop up your feet, and hear from some of your favorite authors. You can learn more about the show here, and follow along online at Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. #keepreading

Season 5

Jeremy Finley

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Ann Patchett

Author Ann Patchett discusses her book THE DUTCH HOUSE on NPT's A WORD ON WORDS. "I've had readers say to me, this book has really helped me to think about the grudges and the angers I have from my own childhood and how I have lugged them through my life.

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Oyinkan Braithwaite

Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER on NPT's A WORD ON WORDS. Learn more at: https://awordonwords.org/2020/02/12/my-sister-oyinkan-braithwaite/ "Whatever goes on in a family is usually kept within those walls. Whatever culture you're from I don't think people are quick to talk about certain things with outsiders.

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Richard Russo

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Ruta Sepetys

Ruta Sepetys discusses her book THE FOUNTAINS OF SILENCE on NPT's A WORD ON WORDS. Learn more at: https://awordonwords.org/the-fountains-of-silence-ruta-sepe...

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Gish Jen

Gish Jen discusses her book THE RESISTERS on NPT's A WORD ON WORDS. Learn more at: https://awordonwords.org/the-resisters-gish-jen "So many of our American i...

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Lisa Unger

Lisa Unger discusses her book THE STRANGER INSIDE on NPT's A WORD ON WORDS. Learn more at: https://awordonwords.org "I don't necessarily think that there are...

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Mary Kubica

Mary Kubica talks to J.T. Ellison about THE OTHER MRS. on NPT's A WORD ON WORDS. Watch all episodes at: https://awordonwords.org. "I think many readers would...

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Lori Gottlieb

"A therapist offers wise compassion, which means that they hold up the mirror to you so that you can see yourself in a way that maybe you haven't been willin...

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R. Eric Thomas

"I know that otherness is a construct, that I am in the center of my own story. I'm not other to me. If we're all walking around at the center of our own sto...

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Emily St. John Mandel

Imagine the possibility that your life is haunted by the ghosts of the lives you didn't live. You know...the ways we're all kind of haunted by the things we ...

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Julia Alvarez

"There are many little deaths in our lives. We all die many little deaths. To our old selves. To our certainties. But, there is an afterlife after that, but ...

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Erik Larson

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Jenny Offill

that feel like they create a less precarious life for the future." Author Jenny Offill talks to host Mary Laura Philpott about WEATHER on NPT's A Word on Wor...

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Rep. John Lewis

"I truly believe when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to do something. You have to say something." Rep. John Lewis discusse...

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Brit Bennett

"Binaries are boring. 'Is this character good or are they bad?' or 'Was this choice right or was it wrong?' - those are uninteresting questions, because they...

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