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The Women Who Changed Romance: Kennedy Ryan, Tia Williams and Beverly Jenkins

This week is a big one. For the first time ever, three romance royals sit down together: Beverly Jenkins, Tia Williams, and Kennedy Ryan. They talk about pioneering Black love stories when the industry didn’t make space for them, reshaping modern romance with depth and desire, and why a happily ever after is anything but predictable — it’s powerful. From writing Black female desire without apology to protecting your creative vision, this conversation is funny, honest, and deeply moving. BOOKS MENTIONED: Night Song by Beverly Jenkins Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frances Harper: Poems, Prose, and Sketches – This collection features “Bury Me in a Free Land”. by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger The Perfect Find by Tia Williams Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Through the Storm by Beverly Jenkins Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid Hazard and Somerset by Gregory Ashe Ghalen by Walter Mosely Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She's Alive! How Maggie Gyllenhaal Gave the Bride of Frankenstein a New Life

This week, we’re talking to director and screenplay writer Maggie Gyllenhaal about her upcoming film, The Bride! Maggie reveals how she gave a character from the 1930s with only a few minutes of screentime a big dose of main character energy. Danielle and Maggie also discuss the unthinkable thoughts of Mary Shelley, IMAX screenings, and what it was like to narrate a 48-hour audio book. Plus, get a sneak peek of the March Reese’s Book Club Pick, Lady Tremaine. BOOKS MENTIONED: Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Mating by Norman RushSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mysteries Behind the February Reese's Book Club Pick with Author Philippa Malicka

This week, we’re back with the author of the February’s Reese’s Book Club pick, Philippa Malicka, and we’re diving deep into her debut novel, In Her Defense. A whirlpool of love, lies and deceit, In Her Defense raises the chilling question: If you can’t trust your own memories, what else, or who else, can you rely on? Danielle and Philippa get into process, character development, reclaiming your own agency – and how, sometimes, writing a new story can feel like falling in love. BOOKS MENTIONED In Her Defense by Philippa Malicka Hamlet by Wiliam Shakespeare The Glass Essay by Anne Carson Stranger, Baby by Emily Berry Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbra Trapido Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Dogger by Shirley Hughes The Secret History by Donna Tartt Birthday Letters by Ted HughesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dave, and The Cast of The Last Thing He Told Me Spill Season 2 Secrets

On this special live episode of Bookmarked in collaboration with Apple Books and Apple TV, we’re celebrating Laura Dave’s newest novel, The First Time I Saw Him—January’s pick from Reese’s Book Club—and the highly anticipated second season of The Last Thing He Told Me on Apple TV. Danielle Robay is joined on stage by Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Laura Dave, Angourie Rice, Judy Greer, and Rita Wilson for a candid, funny, and deeply thoughtful conversation about bringing the story into its next chapter. BOOKS MENTIONED The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad Trust by Hernan Diaz Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Heartburn by Nora Ephron JAmes by Percival Everett Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice & Kate RiceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Navigating the Loneliness Epidemic with Mattering Author Jennifer Wallace

If you’ve ever struggled to feel like you matter, you’re not alone. Feeling like you matter is as fundamental a need as food or water, yet it’s a need going unmet by many. Danielle sits down with journalist and author Jennifer Wallace, who spent over six years researching and interviewing everyday people about losing and regaining that sense of mattering. They discuss what it really means to matter, the role social media plays in the mattering crisis, and how to show up for your loved ones and make them valued. Books Mentioned Mattering by Jennifer Wallace Never Enough by Jennifer Wallace 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten Choosing Civility by P. M. Forni Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Doorman by Chris Pavone The Good Life by Robert Waldinger, M.D. and Marc Schulz, Ph.DSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.