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In Episode 45, Liz Moore (author of Long Bright River) talks about the inspiration and research for her novel, mystery / thriller twists, and that comparison to The Girl on the Train. This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights How Liz comes up with inspiration for her books. Her time working with a photographer in the Kensington neighborhood (which ended up being research for Long Bright River). Liz’s take on the twists in mysteries and thrillers. The origins of Long Bright River‘s title. Long Bright River as a movie…and Liz’s experience writing the screenplay for it (and for another of her books). Some real life author friendships. An upcoming release that isn’t even on the Internet yet. Writing as a mother. Liz’s take on Long Bright River being compared to The Girl on the Train. Liz’s Book Recommendations Two OLD Books She Loves  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro | Buy from Amazon [22:09] Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh | Buy from Amazon [24:56] Two NEW Books She Loves All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [26:42] The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg | Buy from Amazon [29:54] One Book She DIDN’T Love Romantic Poetry [33:02] One NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About “TBD Title New Novel” by Asali Solomon (Author of Disgruntled) [36:37] Other Books Mentioned Long Bright River by Liz Moore (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [2:09] The Unseen World by Liz Moore | Buy from Amazon [4:16] The Rust Belt Rising Almanac by Linda Gallant | Buy from Amazon [9:38] Heft by Liz Moore | Buy from Amazon [13:54] Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro | Buy from Amazon [23:56] Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [24:29] Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney | Buy from Amazon [24:29] All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg (My Review)| Buy from Amazon [27:47] Get Down by Asali Solomon | Buy from Amazon [37:10] Disgruntled by Asali Solomon | Buy from Amazon [37:10] Loving Frank by Nancy Horan | Buy from Amazon[38:08] The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (My Spoiler Discussion) | Buy from Amazon[42:24] Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (My Review) | Buy from Amazon[46:56] Other Links Jeffrey Stockbridge Kensington Blues photo series The Lotus Eaters by Tennyson About Liz Website | Instagram | Twitter Her first novel, The Words of Every Song (Broadway Books, 2007), centers on a fictional record company in New York City just after the turn of the millennium. It draws partly on Liz’s own experiences as a musician. It was selected for Borders’ Original Voices program and was given a starred review by Kirkus. Roddy Doyle wrote of it, “This is a remarkable novel, elegant, wise, and beautifully constructed. I loved the book.” After the publication of her debut novel, Liz obtained her MFA in Fiction from Hunter College. In 2009, she was awarded the University of Pennsylvania’s ArtsEdge residency and moved to Philadelphia. Her second novel, Heft, was published by W.W. Norton in January 2012 to popular and critical acclaim. Of Heft, The New Yorker wrote, “Moore’s characters are lovingly drawn…a truly original voice”; The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “Few novelists of recent memory have put our bleak isolation into words as clearly as Liz Moore does in her new novel”; and editor Sara Nelson wrote in O, The Oprah Magazine, “Beautiful…Stunningly sad and heroically hopeful.” The novel was published in five countries, was long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and was included on several “Best of 2012” lists, including those of NPR and the Apple iBookstore. Moore’s short fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in venues such as Tin House, The New York Times, and Narrative Magazine. She is the winner of the Medici Book Club Prize and Philadelphia’s Athenaeum Literary Award. After winning a 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, she spent 2014-15 at the American Academy in Rome, completing her third novel. That novel, The Unseen World, was published by W.W. Norton in July of 2016. Louisa Hall called it “fiercely intelligent” in her review in The New York Times; Susan Coll called it “enthralling . . . ethereal and elegant . . . a rich and convincing period piece” in her review in the Washington Post. The Unseen World was included in “Best of 2016” lists by The New Yorker, the BBC, Publishers Weekly, Vox, Google Play, and Audible.com, among others. Moore’s fourth novel, Long Bright River, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books in January 2020. She lives with her family in Philadelphia and is a faculty member of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Temple University. Next Episode Mini Episode featuring Aubree Cheadle (@mnreadingmama)…airing February 12. Support the Podcast Support on Patreon – When you support the podcast on Patreon for $5/month, get bonus podcast episodes and other goodies! ShareIf you like the podcast, I’d love for you to share it with your reader friends…in real life and on social media (there’s easy share buttons at the bottom of this post!). 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In conversation with Mike Newall, metro columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer ''Incisive, insightful, and compassionate'' (Boston Globe), Liz Moore is the author of the acclaimed novels Heft and The Unseen World. She is the recipient of the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, the University of Pennsylvania's ArtsEdge residency, and Philadelphia's Athenaeum Literary Award. A creative writing professor in the MFA program at Temple University, her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Tin House and the New York Times, among other places. Moore's new novel follows two sisters on opposite sides of the law in a Philadelphia neighborhood devastated by the opioid crisis and a string of related murders. (recorded 1/14/2020)

Over the years, they’ve been some of the most popular songs in the country. They are TV Theme songs, something as old as TV.

People write songs about a lot of things, mostly things that mean a lot to us. We write songs about desire, songs about loneliness, about heartbreak, love, and for some reason, we also write lots and lots of songs about cars.

Today if you want to talk about a tragedy, there are plenty of ways to do it. But in the past, one way people would pass along news was through songs.

Over the years, they’ve been some of the most popular songs in the country. They are TV Theme songs, something as old as TV.

People write songs about a lot of things, mostly things that mean a lot to us. We write songs about desire, songs about loneliness, about heartbreak, love, and for some reason, we also write lots and lots of songs about cars.

Today if you want to talk about a tragedy, there are plenty of ways to do it. But in the past, one way people would pass along news was through songs.

The Baylor University’s Black Gospel Music Restoration Project has a massive collection of phonograph records made by African Americans in the '40s, '50s and '60s. The curator, Dr. Robert Darden, found that on the flip side of many of these 45 RPM records, there are Civil Rights songs that no one has ever heard.

The lynching of black men in the American South was an all-too-familiar occurrence in the 1930s, even though it rarely made news. So when Billie Holiday had a hit record with the song Strange Fruit, it brought attention to this important issue in unusual ways.

On Sunday, April 9th, 1939, a huge, mixed race crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to witness an extraordinary event. At a time when African-Americans were not allowed vote, go to school or use the same toilet as white people, black contralto Marian Anderson stood in front of 75,000 people and sang classical music – a sign of Civil Rights victories to come.

A step-by-step guide for turning you and your friends into the living dead. All you need is some cheap black and white makeup from your local drugstore. (Brains are optional.)

A step-by-step guide for turning you and your friends into the living dead. All you need is some cheap black and white makeup from your local drugstore. (Brains are optional.)

A step-by-step guide for turning you and your friends into the living dead. All you need is some cheap black and white makeup from your local drugstore. (Brains are optional.)

Make scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).

Make scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).

Make scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).

Make scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).

Make scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).

Make scary-real innards through the magic of kitchen chemistry. This tutorial shows you how to make ballistics gel (for organs).

This special effect is easy to create with makeup and scar wax. And the gashes look so real, your friends will want to drag you to the emergency room.

This special effect is easy to create with makeup and scar wax. And the gashes look so real, your friends will want to drag you to the emergency room.

This special effect is easy to create with makeup and scar wax. And the gashes look so real, your friends will want to drag you to the emergency room.

Here are ways to create the special effect of bursting blood. You'll be amazed at the mess you can make with a simple sandwich bag!

Here are ways to create the special effect of bursting blood. You'll be amazed at the mess you can make with a simple sandwich bag!

Here are ways to create the special effect of bursting blood. You'll be amazed at the mess you can make with a simple sandwich bag!

Create the look of a mixed martial arts fighter without stepping into the octagon. No punches, pain, or swelling required.

Create the look of a mixed martial arts fighter without stepping into the octagon. No punches, pain, or swelling required.

Create the look of a mixed martial arts fighter without stepping into the octagon. No punches, pain, or swelling required.

When you don’t have time to mix it yourself! Many styles and colors of fake blood are available online and in some theatrical supply stores.

When you don’t have time to mix it yourself! Many styles and colors of fake blood are available online and in some theatrical supply stores.

When you don’t have time to mix it yourself! Many styles and colors of fake blood are available online and in some theatrical supply stores.

More chemistry fun with the non-Newtonian fluid called Oobleck (gooey guts). This gross, gooey substance makes pulling guts easy and fun.

More chemistry fun with the non-Newtonian fluid called Oobleck (gooey guts). This gross, gooey substance makes pulling guts easy and fun.

More chemistry fun with the non-Newtonian fluid called Oobleck (gooey guts). This gross, gooey substance makes pulling guts easy and fun.

Dish soap and food-coloring—that’s all it takes. And this stage blood is a snap to clean up—the soap is built right in.

Dish soap and food-coloring—that’s all it takes. And this stage blood is a snap to clean up—the soap is built right in.

Dish soap and food-coloring—that’s all it takes. And this stage blood is a snap to clean up—the soap is built right in.

Students are introduced to the concept of musical extremes and opposites, and how a composer uses these special tools to make their music sound dramatic and powerful. Specifically, students will learn about tempo, pitch, size, and musical dynamics.

Students are introduced to two pairs of musical extremes that a composer chooses from his toolbox to create music—tempo and pitch—through the music of Aram Khachaturian’s wild "Sabre Dance."

Students will learn about the third extreme composers consider—size—referring to both an instrument’s size and that of an orchestra. Students will also be introduced to the four families or sections of an orchestra. Students focus on Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony.

Students learn that composers use musical dynamics or extremes in volume to create music. By listening to Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies No. 2 and No. 5, students also experience the role extreme dynamics plays in expressing big emotions and ideas.

Students review all four of the musical extremes featured on this CD through John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever March.

This easy recipe for making realistic blood is a delicious blend of sweet syrups and food coloring. Maybe that's why Dracula drinks the stuff.

This easy recipe for making realistic blood is a delicious blend of sweet syrups and food coloring. Maybe that's why Dracula drinks the stuff.

This easy recipe for making realistic blood is a delicious blend of sweet syrups and food coloring. Maybe that's why Dracula drinks the stuff.

Dive deep into the history of Blue Note records.

Dive deep into the history of Blue Note records.

In this episode, narrator Susan Stamberg connects Jazz and Hip Hop through the lens of Blue Note Records.

In this episode, narrator Susan Stamberg connects Jazz and Hip Hop through the lens of Blue Note Records.