Amanda Fields and Brianna Avenia-Tapper talk with long-time LM friend Amy Shearn about how kids change over the years, dating during motherhood, life after divorce, the pandemic, and her forthcoming books, Dear Edna Sloane and Animal Instinct.

Jane Friedman chats with Holly Rizzuto Palker and Amanda Fields about her publishing guru status, The Business of Being a Writer, and her choice not to have children. She also talks about her relationship with her mother and more.

Jessica Strawser chats with Holly Rizzuto Palker and Brianna Avenia-Tapper about her newest book, The Last Caretaker. She talks about how her children inspire her writing, how her characters always try to do the right thing, domestic violence and more.

Amanda Fields and Brianna Avenia-Tapper talk with Erika Hayasaki: journalist, professor, and author of SOMEWHERE SISTERS: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family. SOMEWHERE SISTERS was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, and received a Nautilus Book Award in Journalism and Investigative Reporting, honoring books about social and environmental justice.