Featured, Video WATCH: Audiobooks Read by the Author Panel from The Penguin Random House Book & Author Festival Submitted by Sydney Czech on April 28, 2021

Watch spoken word poet Jasmine Mans, author of Black Girl, Call Home and Pulitzer-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, author of My Broken Language, discuss their writing, the power of the spoken word and their experiences narrating their own audiobooks. Happy viewing—and happy listening! Read more

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Featured, In The Studio, Video In the Studio: Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri records IN OTHER WORDS Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on February 11, 2016

IN OTHER WORDS by Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is unlike any audiobook you’ve heard before. In her first work of non-fiction, Lahiri explains why learning a language is a life-changing process, poetically exploring both what it means to be a writer, and why she was overcome with a relentless passion for speaking Italian. Read more

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Featured Titles Jacqueline Woodson’s Touching Memoir Submitted by Jodie Cohen on September 4, 2014

Jacqueline Woodson’s latest novel, BROWN GIRL DREAMING, released this week and it has already received 6 starred reviews and lots of high acclaim from reviewers Read more

Tagged: BROWN GIRL DREAMING, Civil Rights, Coming-of-Age, Free Chapter, Jacqueline Woodson, Memoir, Poetry