An Evening with Radio Boston: A Discussion of the Year in Books

Jennifer De Leon

Jennifer De Leon is the editor of Wise Latinas: Writers on Higher Education. Selected as a tuition scholar in fiction at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in 2015, De Leon was also named the 2015–2016 writer-in-residence by the Associates of the Boston Public Library. She is using her office space in the Boston Public Library and stipend to work on her young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From. Jennifer’s short story “Home Movie,” originally published in the Briar Cliff Review, was also chosen as the 2015 One City One Story pick as part of the Boston Book Festival. DeLeon is now a freelance writer, editor, and consultant, as well as a creative writing instructor at Emerson College, GrubStreet creative writing center, and elsewhere. She also has an active career as a public speaker on issues of diversity, college access, and the power of story.

Meghna Chakrabarti

Meghna Chakrabarti is the award-winning host and editor of On Point. Based in Boston, she is on the air Monday through Friday. Chakrabarti is the former host of Radio Boston, WBUR’s acclaimed weekday local show. She's the former host of Modern Love: The Podcast, a collaboration of WBUR and the New York Times (2016-2020) and was the primary fill-in host for Here & Now, NPR and WBUR's midday show. She reported on New England transportation and energy issues for WBUR’s news department.

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