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Uncommon Type Some Stories

Tom Hanks

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends trave...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

It was mentioned that an audio book production company had produced a book of short stories by Tom Hanks, which he had narrated himself.

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I work in audiobook production and a few years ago we produced Tom Hanks' book of short stories.

— Episode: MFM Minisode 204: Live From The Fan Cult

Episode: MFM Minisode 204: Live From The Fan Cult

It was mentioned that an audio book production company had produced a book of short stories by Tom Hanks, which he had narrated himself.

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I work in audiobook production and a few years ago we produced Tom Hanks' book of short stories.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Conan complimented Tom's book of short stories and said he often browses through it. Tom admitted to sometimes strategically repositioning his books in stores to gain more prominence.

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I really like your collection of short stories. I think you're a terrific writer.

— Episode: Tom Hanks

Episode: Tom Hanks

Conan complimented Tom's book of short stories and said he often browses through it. Tom admitted to sometimes strategically repositioning his books in stores to gain more prominence.

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I really like your collection of short stories. I think you're a terrific writer.

I do want to mention your your book of short stories. I pick through that often and I really impressed. I'm very impressed with that book.

I'm just I'm just putting a plug out there for Uncommon Type because it was very well reviewed. It did well and it's out there and get it. And they're just really terrific short story.

I will I will I will confess that there were times I would go into go into bookstores specifically to find that my disc copies of my book severely discounted on the lower shelves.

And I would take however many copies they had and move some bestseller down to the lower shelf and put mine back up.

The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

The host noted that Tom Hanks's earlier shortstory collection Uncommon Type featured a typewriter in every story and called it a real delight.

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he has a new book out, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, which follows up his short story collection Uncommon Type, both of which are a real delight.

— Episode: What Tom Hanks Thinks of America

Episode: What Tom Hanks Thinks of America

The host noted that Tom Hanks's earlier shortstory collection Uncommon Type featured a typewriter in every story and called it a real delight.

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he has a new book out, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, which follows up his short story collection Uncommon Type, both of which are a real delight.

So I wanted to start in your earlier book of short stories, Uncommon Type.

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