Megan Rubiner Zinn
@mrzinn.bsky.social
Copyeditor: fiction (especially romance & historical), memoir, communications. Writer: humor, essays. Host of Writers' Block on WHMP Radio. Per elementary school report cards: loquacious. www.cherryandparsons.com
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Amanda Jones, author of "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America."
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Sacha Lamb, whose novel The Forbidden Book won the 2025 New England Book Award for YA fiction.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
#booksky
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Gish Jen about her novel, "Bad Bad Girl."
Gish Jen reads at Odyssey Bookshop on Thurs. 11/13 at 7 p.m.
Listen on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Photo credit: Basso Cannarsa
Gish Jen reads at Odyssey Bookshop on Thurs. 11/13 at 7 p.m.
Listen on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
#booksky
Photo credit: Basso Cannarsa
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to novelist Debra Jo Immergut about teaching writing.
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com (anywhere in the world!) every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com (anywhere in the world!) every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Catherine Newman about her novel, "Wreck."
Catherine has a reading with Odyssey Books (at the First Congregational Church in South Hadley) on Tuesday, 10/28 at 7 p.m.
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Catherine has a reading with Odyssey Books (at the First Congregational Church in South Hadley) on Tuesday, 10/28 at 7 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
During Writers' Block this week, NEF co-president Marty Wohl and I will talk to Buz and Bill about the Northampton Education Foundation Adult Spelling Bee.
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am & 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am & 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
During Writers' Block this week, NEF co-president Marty Wohl and I will talk to Buz and Bill about the Northampton Education Foundation Adult Spelling Bee.
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am & 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am & 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is novelist Paula Saunders, author of "Starting from Here."
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Author photo by Stewart Shining
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Author photo by Stewart Shining
October 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is novelist Lily King, author of "Heart the Lover."
Lily King has a reading and signing with Odyssey Books (at the First Cong. Church in South Hadley) on Tue., Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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Lily King has a reading and signing with Odyssey Books (at the First Cong. Church in South Hadley) on Tue., Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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October 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
From the Gazette
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is Rachel Kanter, owner of Lovestruck Books, a romance bookstore in Cambridge, MA.
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tomorrow's Writers' Block guest is author, Elizabeth Bear. Her 2 new books are The Folded Sky and Angel Maker. She's reading at Odyssey Books on 9/11 at 7.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 am and 5:30 pm. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Jill Bialosky, author of "The End is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother."
Listen to Writers’ Block on every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
Author photo by Beowulf Sheehan
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Listen to Writers’ Block on every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
Author photo by Beowulf Sheehan
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August 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Jill Bialosky, author of "The End is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother."
Listen to Writers’ Block on every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
Author photo by Beowulf Sheehan
#booksky
Listen to Writers’ Block on every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
Author photo by Beowulf Sheehan
#booksky
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Libby Buck, author of "Port Anna." (Description in the comments.)
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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August 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Jenny Adams, chair of the UMass Amherst English dept. We'll talk about majoring in English and her work in medieval life and literature.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays @ 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when posted. #booksky
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays @ 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when posted. #booksky
July 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Kate Russo, author of "Until Alison."
Kate Russo has a reading and signing on Thursday. 7/17 at 7 pm at Odyssey Bookshop.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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Kate Russo has a reading and signing on Thursday. 7/17 at 7 pm at Odyssey Bookshop.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be one of my faves—Sarah MacLean, author of "These Summer Storms."
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
#booksky #romancelandia
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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July 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be one of my faves—Sarah MacLean, author of "These Summer Storms."
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
#booksky #romancelandia
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and again when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
#booksky #romancelandia
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Heather Clark, author of "The Scrapbook."
Heather Clark will read at Odyssey Bookshop on 6/24 @ 7 pm.
Listen to Writers’ Block on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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Heather Clark will read at Odyssey Bookshop on 6/24 @ 7 pm.
Listen to Writers’ Block on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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June 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Carolyn Zaikowski, poet laureate of Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block live on the radio or via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and when it re-airs at 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Richard Russo will be my guest on Writers' Block on 6/2. His new collection of essays is "Life and Art."
He'll be reading on 6/4 @ 7 pm, at 1st Cong. Church in S. Hadley. Event sponsored by Odyssey Books.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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He'll be reading on 6/4 @ 7 pm, at 1st Cong. Church in S. Hadley. Event sponsored by Odyssey Books.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
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June 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be illustrator, cartoonist, and New Yorker cover artist, Harry Bliss, talking about his graphic memoir, "You Can Never Die."
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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May 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow is Jon Wynn, author of "The Set Up."
"The Set Up" launch party is Thur. 5/15, @5 at Sticks and Bricks (90 King Street, Northampton).
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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"The Set Up" launch party is Thur. 5/15, @5 at Sticks and Bricks (90 King Street, Northampton).
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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May 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Helen Sheehy, author of "Just Willa."
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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helensheehy.org
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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helensheehy.org
May 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My guest on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Helen Sheehy, author of "Just Willa."
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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helensheehy.org
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. or 5:30 p.m. Or check out the podcast when it’s posted.
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helensheehy.org