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EPISODE · Sep 1, 2026 · 23 MIN

Ben Reeves on Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt | Speaking of Writers

from Speaking of Writers · host Steve Richards

Ben Reeves joins Speaking of Writers to discuss his extraordinary debut novel, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt.What happens when Death begins to understand life?Ben Reeves' novel introduces Travis, Death in the modern world—a quiet, gentle figure whose job is to accompany people through their final hours. Travis never interferes with fate. But everything changes when he meets Dalia, a midwife, and her eight-year-old daughter Layla.Through this unexpected relationship, Travis begins to discover what it means to be truly alive—and what can be lost when life ends.In this conversation, Steve Richards talks with Ben Reeves about creating Death as a narrator, the relationship between birth and mortality, grief, love, time, the beauty of ordinary moments, and the challenges of writing a story about death that ultimately becomes a celebration of life.#BenReeves #EverythingWasBeautifulAndNothingHurt #SpeakingOfWriters #AuthorInterview #BookPodcast #Books #BookLovers #NewBooks #DebutNovel #LiteraryFiction #Fiction #BookRecommendations #DeathAndLife #Reading #Readers #BookClub

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