On Today's Book Squad

We're back! Hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July holiday.

This week, we're talking to the authors of debut novels.


First up, Savannah J. Frierson joins us to discuss her first born Being Plumville, a story of interracial love and friendship down south. Frierson is a recent graduate of Harvard University who concentrated in African and African-American Studies and English. Frierson won the Dorothy Hicks Lee Prize for her creative thesis on African-American literature. She is originally from Blythewood, South Carolina, and now lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.



Local D.C.-area author Shauna Seliy is also in the house with us. Her novel When We Get There, which received a starred review from Booklist (that's a good thing, people) explores one boy's coming-of-age over the course of a long, eventful, brutally cold winter.



There's also Wendy's World, Around Town, and Karyn chats her experiences with reality TV on The Ultimate Author.



So join us on today at noon on http://www.wmet1160.com/. If it's your first time, we'll be gentle...