The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

Mitchell Kaplan has been a bookseller and has owned the independent bookstores Books & Books for over 35 years. He is also co-founder of the acclaimed Miami Book Fair. If you love books, writers or are a passionate reader, this podcast is for you. Enter The Literary Life where every Friday you’ll hear candid conversations with Mitchell and his guests.

Arts
1
Chef Eric Ripert
in conversation with Carlos Frías
47 min
2
John Grisham on Good Fiction and Big Issues
in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan live at Books & Books
43 min
3
Lauren Groff on Writing Her Own Robinson Crusoe
live at Books and Books in Coral Gables, FL
42 min
4
Nathan Hill on Music, Marriage, and His New Nov...
in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
45 min
5
Kai Bird: Telling the Story of Robert Oppenheimer
in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
35 min
6
Dean Koontz on His Life and His Work
in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
45 min
7
Campbell McGrath: Reading Poetry Aloud
live at Books & Books
40 min
8
Marc Schulz: The Secret to Living a Happy Life
in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
47 min
9
Chasten Buttigieg: Imagining a Brighter Future
in conversation with Mayra Hidalgo Salazar at the Coral Gables Congregational Church
52 min
10
Anne Berest: Exploring History in The Postcard
in conversation with Cristina Nosti live at Books & Books
42 min
11
Ana Veciana-Suarez: You Can't Wait for Inspirat...
in conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
46 min
12
Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writi...
live at Books and Books in Coral Gables, Florida
49 min
13
David Grann: diving into history, the trials of...
46 min
14
Pattie Boyd: Art, Fashion, and Beatlemania
29 min
15
Shelley Read: Writing With a Deep Sense of Place
31 min
16
The Literary Life: In Conversation with the 202...
48 min
17
Alisha Fernandez Miranda: What If You Could Exp...
In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
36 min
18
Patricia Engel: How Does It Feel Different to D...
In conversation with Dwyer Murphy
39 min
19
Tracy Kidder on How One Doctor Brought Healing ...
In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
35 min
20
Emma Straub on Being Present, No Matter Where Y...
In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
41 min
21
Quentin Tarantino on How He Never Intended to W...
In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
37 min
22
Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of Sig...
In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
40 min
23
David Maraniss on the Afterlife of Jim Thorpe
In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
38 min
24
Cory Doctorow: Why Our Current Tech Monopolies ...
In conversation with Mitchell Kaplan
62 min
25
Ibram X. Kendi on Why Our Children Need to Be T...
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58 min