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In Conversation with Elissa R. Sloan

"I comped Cassidy Holmes to Spice Girls crossed with Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng when I pitched it."

May 29, 20205 min read

Alligator & Other Stories by Dima Alzayat

If I were to skim through the pages of Alligator with no prior knowledge that every story was written by the same person, I would think...

May 6, 202015 min read

In Conversation with Amy Jo Burns

Discussing use of language, how trauma informs how we view the world & what writing about faith changed in how she views her own beliefs.

Apr 21, 202017 min read

In Conversation with Kate Milliken

We discuss her inspirations, whether or not this novel fits into the ‘girl and her horse’ genre, and what’s coming next.

Apr 10, 20205 min read

Friday Book Debrief Vol 19

Samantha Irby, Ann Petry, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Jennifer Weiner, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Ottessa Moshfegh, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio & more.

Mar 28, 202031 min read

TBS Roundtable: MY DARK VANESSA

Welcome to the first roundtable between The Book Slut writers. Think of this as a book club meeting, recorded. Except in these times we...

Mar 27, 202015 min read

Excavation, My Dark Vanessa, and the Power of Who Tells Our Stories

A few weeks ago I was eating dinner with a large group of friends and acquaintances, and the woman next to me asked what I was currently...

Dec 30, 20193 min read

Jessica's Best Books of 2019

I had a Top 8 friends on MySpace and now I have a top 8 books of the year. If the generational shoe fits, as they say… The Book That Made...

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