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Beth Novey
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Mon-Fri: Web producer/editor at the NPR Culture Desk | Sat-Sun: Kids skating and hockey coach | 24/7: Parenting 2 kiddos
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🍁 The maple in my backyard is bright red which means it’s time for Books We Love! 380+ new recommendations coming your way Monday morning. 👀 Here’s your annual sneak peek at the @npr staffers and book critics you’ll hear from this year.
A computer monitor displaying a list of 130+ names of NPR staffers and book critics who have contributed recommendations to the 2025 installment of Books We Love, coming out on Monday 11/24. The bright red leaves of a Japanese Maple visible through the window. List includes: Ari Shapiro, Bob Mondello, Eric Deggans, Glen Weldon, Leila Fadel, Maureen Corrigan, Michel Martin, Neda Ulaby, and more.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Man with a Glove: Guys did you hear she might be PREGNANT?!?
January 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Pastoral Concert: omg Venetian Woman what IS it with you and “being dressed”
January 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Portrait of a Venetian Woman: Tbh she always looked underdressed to me.
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Wedding at Cana: I never understood why everyone was hanging out with her anyway. The party is here. I am 22 feet tall and LITERALLY turning water into wine.
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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👀 Here’s your annual sneak peek at the @npr.org staffers and book critics who’ve written about their favorite reads of 2024. We’ll have 350+ recommendations ready for you Monday morning in the new edition of Books We Love. (+ a bonus cameo from this amazing tree outside my window) 🍁
Computer screen with a list of names of ~120 Books We Love contributors on the left with a view of a red maple tree through a window on the right.
November 22, 2024 at 3:32 PM