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Jun 30, 2026

Upon publication, acclaimed chef and restaurateur Beejhy Barhany’s Gursha: Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond was hailed by The New York Times as “a work of extraordinary scope and ambition.”

In the hands of As Told To podcast guest Elisa Ung, the award-winning book...


Jun 23, 2026

Best-selling ghostwriter Elisa Ung credits her lifelong love of musicals with gifting her the tools she relies on in her collaborative work. “They’ve taught me to listen for rhythms and cadences in authors’ voices,” she writes. “They help me understand how to respect readers by telling the most powerful story...


Jun 16, 2026

“Sometimes my memories feel like a dream,” writes Brandy, the Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, and actress, in collaboration with New York Times best-selling author and As Told To podcast guest Gerrick Kennedy.

In this “Between the Lines” episode, we revisit a passage from Brandy’s...


Jun 9, 2026

“You're a co-pilot, you are a therapist, you are an archivist,” reflects journalist and cultural critic Gerrick Kennedy of his role as a ghostwriter.

Kennedy is the co-author of the just-published memoir Phases, from singer, songwriter and actress Brandy—an immediate #1 New York Times best-seller.

He is the author...


Jun 2, 2026

In this “Between the Lines” episode, we look back at Harvey Araton’s 2011 classic When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks.

In any other NBA post-season, Harvey’s latest book, The Goal of the Game, a soccer novel for young adults about a seventh-grader...