Alanna McAuliffe

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Editorial Associate Manager at Audible Blog

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A century later, “The Great Gatsby” is as relevant and resonant as ever

2 weeks ago | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe |F. Scott Fitzgerald |Nghi Vo |Jillian Cantor

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”Well over a decade has passed since the first time I read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and yet its last line remains indelible, an elegiac refrain so innately human, so attuned to our greatest pains and most fervent desires, that it was impossible to forget.
20 years after his debut, John Green's call to empathy still resonates

2 weeks ago | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe

This essential listening guide houses all of John Green’s published works in audio, from his acclaimed young adult novels to his fan-favorite podcasts. Though I can distinctly recall checking The Fault in Our Starsout of my high school library at the height of its massive popularity to see what all the buzz was about, I admittedly was unfamiliar with the wider John Green canon until I hit college.
On repeat: 45 of our favorite music memoirs

1 month ago | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe

Turn up the volume and press play on this selection of pitch-perfect memoirs from music legends in a variety of genres and styles. Of course, we love audiobooks, but we also find joy and solace in our other favorite thing to listen to—music. And for music fans, nothing hits a high note quite like listening to recollections on art, music, and fame from the legendary musicians who lived through it all.
These 21 listens are the perfect playbook for celebrating Sunday’s big game

1 month ago | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe

It's that time again—football's biggest night is almost here. The 2024-2025 season concludes this Sunday, February 9, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Whether you're a die-hard football obsessive or you're just looking for an excuse to eat pigs-in-a-blanket (hey, we don't judge), there's nothing quite like gathering around with family and friends to celebrate on game day.
“Saving Five” is a breathtaking portrait of resilience and a dream realized

1 month ago | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe

Activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen shares her deeply personal memoir about surviving sexual assault, fighting for change, and learning to honor her whole self. Note: Text has been lightly edited for clarity and does not match audio exactly. Alanna McAuliffe: Hi there, listeners. I'm Audible's memoir editor Alanna McAuliffe, and today it is my distinct privilege and pleasure to be speaking with Nobel Peace Prize-nominated activist Amanda Nguyen on her stunning, necessary debut, Saving Five.
Holly Brickley strikes a chord with her fresh, music-infused debut

1 month ago | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe |Sigrid Nunez

The cover of Holly Brickley's debut, Deep Cuts, is adorned with a playlist of songs ranging from Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" to Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill," tracks that are not so much musical interludes as they are pillars of the novel's narrative in their own right.
In "The Fourth Consort," Edward Ashton finds the humor in first contact

2 months ago | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe

The sci-fi author discusses his new novel, how his professional background informs his work, and his feelings on the upcoming blockbuster adaptation of "Mickey7."Edward Ashton is having quite the year. Just over a week after dropping his buzzy new novel, The Fourth Consort, Ashton’s Mickey7launches into another stratosphere with a major blockbuster adaptation helmed by celebrated director Bong Joon-ho.
When horror tackles beauty and wellness, glamour meets the grotesque

Oct 30, 2024 | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe |Mona Awad |Mira Grant |Allie Rowbottom

“Beauty is pain.” It’s an old adage meant to assuage the blisters born from pointed-toe heels, the pinch and pull of shapewear, the sting of bleach searing your scalp raw. It also hints at the horror beneath the endless pursuit of perfection, the impossible societal standards that fuel a twisted desire to be poreless, ageless, ever-shrinking—standards that disproportionately impact women but increasingly target men and kids, too.
Rumaan Alam has no interest in likable protagonists

Oct 16, 2024 | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe

In his latest fictional take on class and culture, the bestselling writer gets real about "Entitlement."Author Rumaan Alam’s star has been on the rise since 2020’s Leave the World Behind, a grim, thoughtful work of literary suspense that follows two disparate families forced to co-exist and rely on one another in the face of catastrophe.
Dan Slepian’s “The Sing Sing Files” is a must-listen on the horrors of the criminal justice system

Sep 19, 2024 | audible.com | Alanna McAuliffe

Note: Text has been edited and does not match audio exactly. Alanna McAuliffe: Hi, listeners. I'm Audible Editor Alanna McAuliffe, and today I am so grateful to be speaking with award-winning veteran reporter Dan Slepian. Slepian is a longtime producer for NBC's groundbreaking investigative news program Dateline, where he honed a fine lens on the criminal justice system. His extensive work profiling and working towards the exoneration of those wrongfully convicted is chronicled in his new account, .