# Kathleen Rooney

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Episode 389: Man Overboard Novel Explores Young Manhood

Diverse Voices Book Review contributor Amran Gowani interviewed Kathleen Rooney, bestselling author of the contemporary novel MAN OVERBOARD!. They discussed what's ailing modern men, the “death cult” of capitalism, her unfashionable fascination with clowns, the nourishing power of literature, an ...

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn - Third Quarter 2026 Recommended Reads

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the third quarter of 2026.  Mary’s Titles: July Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves Dad, Love, Me by Matthew Quick People Watching in the Desert by Cali Adeline Man Overboard by K ...

Popular Literature : Man Overboard!

Reader's Choice Man Overboard! By Kathleen Rooney ⭐ 4.8 Every great story begins with a memorable first chapter. Read Story ; https://laalibro.blogspot.com/?ilaa=242977677 Novel Overview From the nationally bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, comes a funny and moving novel ...

Episode 265 - In the grip of JAWS

Welcome to Episode 265! Content warning: We talk a lot about JAWS in this episode, both the novel and the movie. We jest about the content warning (maybe), but there’ll be more JAWS talk in the next episode, too, because after we recorded this one, we jumped in our biblio-adventure-mobile and h ...

On the Spot (and Spot On!): Great Impromptu Performances on Vintage Typewriters

They are like street musicians, busking with words instead of instruments. Typewriter poets Kathleen Rooney and Allison Fragakis share with Constant Wonder's Tennery Taylor how they write poems-on-demand for complete strangers. Whether at a farmer's market, tucked between the stacks at a libra ...

In 'Man Overboard!,' Kathleen Rooney approaches a life-or-death story with humor

While on a cruise, a former college swimmer finds himself in the water, adrift alone, swimming for his life. But he isn’t sure how he got there. In Man Overboard!, 33-year-old Patrick “Kick” Kilpatrick navigates an existential reckoning while trying to stay afloat. Along the way, he reflects on ...

ASK A CHICAGOAN 2026

Maybe we're shooting our shot a bit with this title. This was both a fun and a strange episode to put together. Over the course of the year, we've asked all of our guests who either live in Chicago or lived here at one point a series of questions. These were supposed to be rapid-fire, but if you ...

Stephen G. Eoannou And the Practice of Turning Headlines into Fiction

Plot Lab, Stephen G. Eoannou steps into the lab with Kristi and Beth for a brainstorming session. First, we play a warm-up game called The Book Imposter, challenging Steve to guess the real novel between two book descriptions. Then, Steve picks a headline from three choices. What starts as one s ...

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn - Third Quarter 2026 Recommended Reads

Mary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the third quarter of 2026.  Mary’s Titles: July Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves Dad, Love, Me by Matthew Quick People Watching in the Desert by Cali Adeline Man Overboard by K ...