Listen "Stories that Spin and Satirize"
Episode Synopsis
Host Jo Reed welcomes AudioFile contributor Alan Minskoff this week to dig into three new audiobooks that delight and satirize, often using humor to shed light on social issues. Three unlikely characters bond in an anger management class in SNAP, a comedic novel by Susin Nielsen and read by Carol Schneider; a failed poet with a snarky alter-ego struggles with an autoimmune disease and a polyamorous wife in the debut novel OLD SCHOOL INDIAN by Aaron John Curtis, read by Jason Grasl; and a teenage flag-twirler switches sides in the satirical Civil War-era novel HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL by Dennard Dayle, read by William DeMeritt.
Read our reviews of the audiobooks at our website:
SNAP: Published by Harper Audio
OLD SCHOOL INDIAN: Published by Hillman Grad Books
HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL: Published by Macmillan Audio
Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile’s website
Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus, and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Bob Goff, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Lysa TerKeurst, and so many more!
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Read our reviews of the audiobooks at our website:
SNAP: Published by Harper Audio
OLD SCHOOL INDIAN: Published by Hillman Grad Books
HOW TO DODGE A CANNONBALL: Published by Macmillan Audio
Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile’s website
Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from HarperCollins Focus, and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, publishers of some of your favorite audiobooks and authors, including Reba McEntire, Bob Goff, Kathie Lee Gifford, Max Lucado, Lysa TerKeurst, and so many more!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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