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Bonnie Garmus - Peck & Peck

By Joe Donahue
Published October 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM EDT

Bonnie Garmus has followed up the blockbuster success of her 'Lessons in Chemistry ' with 'Peck & Peck,' a funny, big-hearted novel set inside an eccentric 1980s New York poetry journal. It’s a story about ambition, art, difficult colleagues and discovering where you belong.

Bonnie Garmus on this week’s Book Show.

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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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