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Mitchell Kaplan has been a bookseller and has owned the independent bookstores Books & Books for over 35 years. Enter the Literary Life where every week you’ll hear candid conversations with Mitchell and his guests, including Dave Cullen, Min Jin Lee, Lisa Lucas, Tayari Jones, Tina Brown, and Pete Souza.


Chef Eric Ripert on Keeping Seafood Simple

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
February 23, 2024  By The Literary Life
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John Grisham on Writing Page-Turning Fiction About Big Issues

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
November 3, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Lauren Groff on Writing Her Own Robinson Crusoe

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
October 20, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Nathan Hill on the Biggest Surprise of His Literary Career

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
September 29, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Kai Bird on Joining Martin Sherwin to Write Oppenheimer’s Biography

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
September 8, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Dean Koontz on Staying Engaged and Staying Off The Internet

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
August 18, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Campbell McGrath on Reading Poetry Aloud

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
August 4, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Marc Schulz on The Comparison Trap of Our Modern Age

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
July 14, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Chasten Buttigieg on Writing the Book He Wished He’d Had Growing Up

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
June 23, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Anne Berest on Diving Into Her History for The Postcard

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
June 9, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Ana Veciana-Suarez on Writing Through Difficult Things and Re-imagining Cervantes

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
May 26, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
May 12, 2023  By The Literary Life
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David Grann: Diving Into History, the Trials of a Sea Voyage, and Sailing the Gulf of Pain

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life
April 28, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Pattie Boyd Talks Art, Fashion, and Beatlemania

The Author of My Life in Pictures Talks to Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life
April 14, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Shelley Read on Place, Home, and Being a Fifth-Generation Coloradan

The Author of Go As a River in Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life
March 24, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Readings and Conversation with the NBF 2022 5 Under 35 Honorees

With Mitchell Kaplan and Ruth Dickey on The Literary Life
March 17, 2023  By The Literary Life
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What If You Could Explore the What If Jobs of Your Dreams?

Alisha Fernandez Miranda on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
February 17, 2023  By The Literary Life
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How Does It Feel Different to Develop a Voice For a Story Versus a Novel?

Patricia Engel on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
February 10, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Tracy Kidder on How One Doctor Brought Healing to the Homeless

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
February 3, 2023  By The Literary Life
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Emma Straub on Being Present, No Matter Where You Are

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan
January 27, 2023  By The Literary Life
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