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
During Part 2 of tomorrow's Writers' Block, at 8:30 a.m. I'll interview John Sayles, whose new book is Crucible, and who is reading at Odyssey Books on Tue. 2/17 at 7 PM.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's a Writers' Block doubleheader tomorrow! At 8:00 a.m. I'll talk to Roz Kreshak-Hayden of Northampton's Broadside Bookshop. (See next post for guest #2.)
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com at 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
My guests on Writers' Block tomorrow will be Bremond Berry MacDougall and Lisa Endo Cooper, founders of Quite Literally Books, which reprints forgotten books by American women authors. Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com Mondays @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Tomorrow on Talk the Talk on whmp.com at 8 a.m. we'll interview Jill Margaret Shulman about her book "College Essay Confidence: Conquer Blocks, Free Your Voice, and Write a Knockout Application Essay. Jill celebrates the release of College Essay Confidence @ Odyssey Books on Tue, 1/20 @ 7 p.m.
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Tomorrow on Talk the Talk on whmp.com at 8 a.m. we'll interview Jill Margaret Shulman about her book "College Essay Confidence: Conquer Blocks, Free Your Voice, and Write a Knockout Application Essay. Jill celebrates the release of College Essay Confidence @ Odyssey Books on Tue, 1/20 @ 7 p.m.
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to local writer Jedediah Berry about his novel, "The Naming Song,” winner of the 2025 Massachusetts Book Award for fiction.
Listen to Writers’ Block via WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 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. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Margot Douaihy about her new novel, "Divine Ruin."
Margot Douaihy has a reading @ Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, 1/13 at 7 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Margot Douaihy has a reading @ Odyssey Bookshop on Tuesday, 1/13 at 7 p.m.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Writers' Block tomorrow will be Whatcha Reading—New Year's edition, with my friends Lee Thomson and Alice Hough.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
Photo by Blaz Photo
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Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
Photo by Blaz Photo
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December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Writers' Block tomorrow will be Whatcha Reading—New Year's edition, with my friends Lee Thomson and Alice Hough.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
Photo by Blaz Photo
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#booksky
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
Photo by Blaz Photo
unsplash.com/@blazphoto
#booksky
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Elinor Lipman about "Miss Bates Bobs Her Hair," the story she contributed to "Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters."
Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com every Monday @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
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Writers’ Block is on WHMP.com every Monday @ 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
#booksky
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Karolina Zapal, the program manager at the Massachusetts Center for the Book, about their annual Reading Challenge.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP radio 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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Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP radio 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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December 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Karolina Zapal, the program manager at the Massachusetts Center for the Book, about their annual Reading Challenge.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP radio every Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Or check out the recording when it’s posted.
#Booksky
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP radio 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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Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to Joanna Sokol about her memoir, "A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance."
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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December 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fun with punctuation and caroling
A few years back, I couldn't figure out where the comma in "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" was supposed to go, so I hit myself in the face (and also did some singing).
#Christmas #Writing #English #Grammar #Facepalm
#Christmas #Writing #English #Grammar #Facepalm
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Fun with punctuation and caroling
Tomorrow on Writers' Block, I'll talk to local author Linda Summersea about her memoir, "The Girl with the Black and Blue Doll."
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 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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.
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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 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.
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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.
Listen to Writers’ Block on WHMP.com Mondays at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 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
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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September 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reposted by Megan Rubiner Zinn
Northampton Mayor Sciarra was one of 10 Commonwealth mayors to join Senator Elizabeth Warren in a roundtable discussion on housing. [Cont]
August 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Northampton Mayor Sciarra was one of 10 Commonwealth mayors to join Senator Elizabeth Warren in a roundtable discussion on housing. [Cont]