Gays Reading

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors joins Jason to talk about the books she’s reading and revisiting, what she prioritizes when the world feels like too much, and her new book, We Make the World: Guided Aesthetics Practices for Art, Power, and Healing.

Patrisse Cullors is the co-author of The New York Times bestseller When They Call You a Terrorist, and an educator, artist, and abolitionist from Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart and has been on the frontlines of the abolitionist movement with Black Lives Matter, Justice LA, Dignity and Power Now, and Reform LA jails. Also the founder of The Center For Art and Abolition, Cullors has popularized the term “Abolitionist Aesthetics” to challenge artists to aestheticize abolition.
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Jason is joined by Emma Straub (American Fantasy) for a conversation about You’ve Got Mail vs. Sleepless in Seattle, the origin story of her bookstore Books Are Magic, and a peek at the novel she’s working on now.

Emma Straub is the New York Times-bestselling author of six books for adults: the novels This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, and the short story collection Other People We Married. She is also the author of a picture book, Very Good Hats. Her books have been published in more than twenty languages. She and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.
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Jason talks to author Louise Kennedy about her new novel Stations, this month's selection for The Nod™️ by Gays Reading with Aardvark Book Club.

Louise Kennedy is the internationally bestselling author of Trespasses, which was a finalist for the Women’s Prize, and the story collection The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac. Before starting her writing career, she worked as a chef for almost thirty years. She lives in Sligo, Ireland.
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Prolific author Jodi Picoult joins Jason to discuss her 30th book, Hollow Bones. Along the way, they dig into musicals, PostSecret, and even recite the preamble to the Constitution.

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, including By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.
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Frasier star Jane Leeves joins Jason to talk about the books she's loved throughout her life, the first editions she and her husband collect, and her new memoir, Daphne & Me, a look back at her years on the beloved sitcom.

Jane Leeves was born in Ilford, Essex, England. She had her start on The Benny Hill Show, then appeared in many popular sitcoms such as Seinfeld and Murder She Wrote and landed a recurring role on Murphy Brown as Audrey Cohen. In addition to Frasier, she starred in the Emmy Award–winning TV Land series Hot in Cleveland and graced the world of theater as Sally Bowles in Cabaret on Broadway. Leeves has starred on the big screen, as well, in movies like Music of the Heart. In 2018, she joined the Fox medical drama The Resident. Leeves lives in Malibu, California, with her husband, Marshall Coben, with whom she has two children.
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