Caroline Bock — The Other Beautiful People - with Laura Scalzo
June 15, 2026
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June 15, 2026
Caroline Bock — The Other Beautiful People - with Laura Scalzo
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<p>In the entertainment world, the spotlight shines on the beautiful— but behind the scenes are those who make the magic happen. Amy Greene is one of them. As head of marketing and public relations at the Cinema Channel, a beloved yet struggling cable network devoted to classic and independent films based in midtown Manhattan, Amy is at the height of her career— but her life is anything but steadfast. Torn between her charismatic boss, Owen Orski, and her husband Jack, Amy’s world schisms with 9/11, the death of her father, and the secrets she’ s kept locked away. <a href="https://politics-prose.com/book/9781646037292"><strong>The Other Beautiful People</strong></a> is a dazzling cinematic novel about love, loss, and the search for meaning— in work, family, and the spaces in between. It’ s a story that will captivate your heart and stay with you long after the final scene. <strong>The Other Beautiful People</strong> is a workplace love story unlike any other.</p><p><strong>Caroline Bock</strong> is the author of <em>THE OTHER BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE</em>, a workplace love story, inspired by her two-decade career at AMC, Bravo, IFC, and IFC Films. She is also the author of the young adult novels<em> LIE </em>and <em>Before My Eyes</em> as well as the award-winning short story collection <em>Carry Her Home</em>. A graduate of Syracuse University, where she studied creative writing with Raymond Carver, she also holds an MFA in Fiction from the City College of New York. She is the co-president/prose editor at the Washington Writers’ Publishing House.</p><p>Bock is in conversation with <strong>Laura Scalzo</strong>, author of two novels, <em>The Speed of Light in Air, Water, and Glass</em> (2018), praised as “lyrical and insightful,” and <em>American Arcadia</em> (2023),“a gorgeous riff of a New York City novel.” Her shorter work has appeared in various literary magazines including <em>Had,</em> <em>Ellipsis Zine, Reflex Fiction, </em>and<em> </em>the <em>Grace & Gravity </em>Series<em>. </em>She was a 2023 Chautauqua Writer-in-Residence and is a 2024, 2025 recipient of a DC Arts Grant. She is a graduate of Syracuse University. Find out more about her at <a href="https://laurascalzo.com/">laurascalzo.com</a>.</p><p>PURCHASE:</p><p>https://politics-prose.com/book/9781646037292?ic_referral=_Xajhhj0XuBmDrLr7OQtWWFwYGGXc2zc1TCoKadwg2cwM-3bUIAD_b6KiB1AJXSEV30f3Nhm12YelJwQ3YDo7olChC33W6v2dEuO25dZIFao9L-yCeEBcL7WV69-uQ4SSm5waXQ</p>
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