Podcasts about beautiful ruins

Jess Walter is the author of the novel So Far Gone, available from Harper Books. It is the official June pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Walter is the author of seven previous novels, including the bestsellers The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins, the National Book Award Finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince,winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction, collected in The Angel of Romeand We Live in Water, has won the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize and appeared three times in Best American Short Stories. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. *** ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brad Listi's email newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is an ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠affiliate partner of Bookshop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We don't have many guests return to the show six times. Jess Walter is now one of them. Barbara DeMarco-Barrett has interviewed him three times — for his novels Beautiful Ruins and The Financial Lives of the Poets, as well as his story collection We Live in Water. He's been on with Marrie Stone for The Cold Millions and the story collection The Angel of Rome. There are a few reasons we're always eager to talk to him. First, he's always trying something different — short stories, novels, historical fiction, mystery, humor. And no matter what he's up to, his works are universally terrific. But he's also a fantastic teacher. We bill the show as a free MFA program from the masters, and Jess is a thoughtful and articulate master. Like explaining why his hilarious short story, Cheston!, never makes the cut for his collections. Jess is the author of eight novels and two story collections. His latest, So Far Gone, is out June 10th and published by Harper. It is very much born of this time and this country. It takes place in Trump's America, back to the familiar territory of Spokane, Washington. It's laugh out loud funny and poignant and tragic and all the things Jess is known for. He joins Marrie to talk about it. For more information on Writers on Writing and to become a supporter, visit our Patreon page. For a one-time donation, visit Ko-fi. You can find hundreds of past interviews on our website. You can help out the show and indie bookstores by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. It's stocked with titles by our guest authors, as well as our personal favorites. And on Spotify, you'll find an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. It's perfect for writing. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners! (Recorded on May 23, 2025) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button.   This week we have Sam Miller, manager at Carmichael's Bookstore in Louisville, with us to chat about books readers might want to consider for their summer reading. It is always fun to hear what is new and notable from Sam.    This is our last episode of the season.  We will be back in July after our summer hiatus with all new episodes. Happy Reading!   Books Mentioned in this Episode:   1- The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebowitz   2- Northern Spy by Flynn Berry   3- Big Girl Small Town by Michelle Gallen   4- Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen   5- Cat's People by Tanya Guerrero   6- The View from Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani   7- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani   8- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid   9- Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter   10- So Far Gone by Jess Walter   11- A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle   12- A Lesser Light by Peter Geye   13- Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippmann   14- El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott   15- Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann   16- Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann   17- First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson   18- King of Ashes by SA Cosby   19- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab   20- Katabasis by RF Kuang   21- Country Under Heaven by Frederic Durbin   22- A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna   23- Isabella Nag and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire   24- The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar   25- Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs   26- Plato and the Tyrant by James Romm   27- Turning to Birds by Lili Taylor   28- Is A River Alive? by Robert McFarlane   29- Mark Twain by Ron Chernow   30- Charlottesville by Deborah Baker   31- Prairie Fires by Caroline Fraser   32- Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser   33- Fulfillment by Lee Cole   34- If You Love It, Let it Kill You by Hannah Pittard   35- The Fire Concerto by Sarah Landenwich   36- Black Cohosh by Eagle Valiant Brosi   37- Big Swiss by Jen Beagin   38- I Am the Arrow: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath in Six Poems by Sarah Ruden   39- Red Comet by Heather Clark   40- Bad Badger : A Love Story by Maryrose Wood   Media mentioned--   1- Derry Girls (Netflix, 2018-2022)   2- Christoph Waltz on Jimmy Fallon --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0jr-HQeT74   3- Floyd Collins Broadway show--https://floydcollinsbroadway.com  

My new book, "Unstuck" is OUT NOW! GET YOURS TODAY! If you enjoyed this episode, leave a review and make sure you subscribe! You can WATCH the RTK Podcast on YOUTUBE Follow RTK on INSTAGRAM If you are interested in advertising on this podcast or having Kim as a guest on your Podcast, Radio Show, or TV Show, reach out to podcast@yeamediagroup.com ABOUT THE RTK PODCAST: Pastor Kimberly Jones, known as Real Talk Kim, travels the world fulfilling her passion and purpose of loving people back to life. She is a mother, pastor, entrepreneur, best-selling author, entertainer and most importantly a worshiper after God's own heart. Pastor Kim is the Senior Pastor at Limitless Church and has two sons. She is a human rights advocate with a passion for giving back and believes in the compassion of the Holy Spirit, delivering it to those who need it most. Pastor Kim has been featured on The Doctor Oz Show, Oxygen's Network Series Preachers of Atlanta, Your World with Creflo Dollar on BET, ABC's Nightline, The Word Network, CNN, Praise in the Park' Atlanta and numerous magazines and radio shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kentucky based couple Matt and Kristen are the heart and soul of These Beautiful Ruins. Collaborating with Josiah Price of The Ranch and Disciple, they just released a single and video of I Will Rise. Come learn about their life journey and what is next. Spoiler: We surprise them with Josiah's take on the project so far.

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Intern Julia joins Sarah and Katie to discuss Gabrielle Zevin's must-read novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, which follows Sam and Sadie who design hit video games. It's an unforgettable, moving tale about storytelling, friendship and the creative process. Also mentioned: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, Looking for Alaska and The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, Anne Tyler, and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. To play Emily Blaster, go to gabriellezevin.com/emilyblastergame Check out books and movies at countycat.mcfls.org, wplc.overdrive.com and hoopladigital.com. For more about WAPL, visit westallislibrary.org. Music: Tim Moor via Pixabay

What makes a place magical? A lot of factors can go into it, but one of them is certainly, as author Jess Walter puts it, when "history connects with the experience you're having." In this case, he's talking about the Hotel Donna Camilla Savelli, the very hotel where we are hosting our magical Roman Adventure this October. (Email us to find out how you can join us!) Today we talk with Jess to discover just what makes this hotel so magical, and why he chose to feature it in an article he wrote about a recent family trip to Rome. Jess Walter is the author of ten books, most recently the short story collection The Angel of Rome. His other books include the national bestseller The Cold Millions; the #1 New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Ruins; The Zero, a finalist for the National Book Award; and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award. His work has been published in 34 languages and his short fiction has appeared three times in Best American Short Stories. ------------------------------------- ADVERTISE WITH US: Reach expats, future expats, and travelers all over the world. Send us an email to get the conversation started. BECOME A PATRON: Pledge your monthly support of The Bittersweet Life and receive awesome prizes in return for your generosity! Visit our Patreon site to find out more. TIP YOUR PODCASTER: Say thanks with a one-time donation to the podcast hosts you know and love. Click here to send financial support via PayPal. (You can also find a Donate button on the desktop version of our website.) The show needs your support to continue. START PODCASTING: If you are planning to start your own podcast, consider Libsyn for your hosting service! Use this affliliate link to get two months free, or use our promo code SWEET when you sign up. SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss an episode. Click here to find us on a variety of podcast apps. WRITE A REVIEW: Leave us a rating and a written review on iTunes so more listeners can find us. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If you have a question or a topic you want us to address, send us an email here. You can also connect to us through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Tag #thebittersweetlife with your expat story for a chance to be featured! NEW TO THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1: OUTSET BOOK: Want to read Tiffany's book, Midnight in the Piazza? Learn more here or order on Amazon. TOUR ROME: If you're traveling to Rome, don't miss the chance to tour the city with Tiffany as your guide!  

Jess Walter is the author of ten books, including New York Times #1 bestseller Beautiful Ruins, which takes place on the Italian Riviera. The latest is a collection of short stories titled The Angel of Rome. He's spent the last five weeks seeing more of Italy than the average Italian. What are the lessons from the road, and how does exploring Italy from top to bottom alter your perception of time? He joins us this week to talk all about it. Find out more about Jess Walter at his website. ------------------------------------- ADVERTISE WITH US: Reach expats, future expats, and travelers all over the world. Send us an email to get the conversation started. BECOME A PATRON: Pledge your monthly support of The Bittersweet Life and receive awesome prizes in return for your generosity! Visit our Patreon site to find out more. TIP YOUR PODCASTER: Say thanks with a one-time donation to the podcast hosts you know and love. Click here to send financial support via PayPal. (You can also find a Donate button on the desktop version of our website.) The show needs your support to continue. START PODCASTING: If you are planning to start your own podcast, consider Libsyn for your hosting service! Use this affliliate link to get two months free, or use our promo code SWEET when you sign up. SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss an episode. Click here to find us on a variety of podcast apps. WRITE A REVIEW: Leave us a rating and a written review on iTunes so more listeners can find us. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If you have a question or a topic you want us to address, send us an email here. You can also connect to us through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Tag #thebittersweetlife with your expat story for a chance to be featured! NEW TO THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1: OUTSET BOOK: Want to read Tiffany's book, Midnight in the Piazza? Learn more here or order on Amazon. TOUR ROME: If you're traveling to Rome, don't miss the chance to tour the city with Tiffany as your guide!  

Vibe Check Gwen and Danielle have both had sort of rough weeks, but we're getting through it! Gwen has been going to bed early and Danielle successfully revealed the cover of ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE. * Truth in Fiction Gwen likes when real figures pop up in fiction works, to see how people reimagine them. Danielle struggles with real historical figures in fiction, unless under very specific circumstances. Gwen's Recs: Inspired by real-life figures: The Menu, RRR, A Star is Born; Biopics: The Crown, Rocketman, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story; Recent/Upcoming: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Oppenheimer, Maestro Danielle's Recs: Egregiously Inaccurate/Different: The Great, Dickinson, Reign, My Lady Janies YA series; Side Characters who are real life figures: Ever After, Downton Abbey, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson, Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter People we'd like to see portrayed on screen: Danielle—Josephine Baker, Gwen—Mary Pickford * Interview with Krystal Marquis THE DAVENPORTS, now available! https://krystalmarquis.com/ https://www.instagram.com/krystabelle_reads https://twitter.com/krystalmarquis https://www.tiktok.com/@krystalmarquis Follow Krystal for updates about Book 2! She's enjoying the excitement and support in the days leading up to her book release, as well as making time for self-care and taking some time away from work. * Goals/Comfort & Joy Danielle did NOT get anywhere close to writing 20,000 words of her WIP, so she's continuing this goal for this week. The graphic novel series Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva, and Irene Flores is bringing her immense joy. Gwen has spent about 30 minutes everyday making plans for everything she needs to do. This week, she would like to fill out the Conscious Spending Plan, specifically with her subscription services. Gwen is enjoying the new reality show THE TRAITORS! * EMAIL US! Thoughts or questions? Email us at podcast@freshfiction.com. * Find us on the Socials! Gwen Reyes Twitter Facebook Instagram Danielle Jackson Twitter Instagram Fresh Fiction Twitter Facebook Instagram EventBrite

OLIGARCHY by Scarlett Thomas / BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter  On this episode, Andrew examines OLIGARCHY by Scarlett Thomas, a story of wealth, privilege, and fierce ponies, while Bailey tangles with book-club favorite BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter to see if she can fall in love at first sight with it. Join the hosts as they ring in the new year with a hefty stack of Christmas Shame (from some people, at least), hear about Andrew's possibly controversial list-amending, and get an INFINITE JEST update from the least lucky member of the pod!

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! Today, Kaylee and Lian are discussing their 2022 reading life. ✨ As you may know, Kaylee and Lian love to read and are thrilled to share some books that they read this past year with their listeners. Some books are hits, some are misses, and some are still on their TBR. Zillennials Podcast would love to hear from you about your favorite book from 2022. Feel free to email us or DM us on Instagram!

On this episode of S&A Lindsay is joined by Podcaster Preston Mitchell. And it's a British vs British with a Double of David Lean's Summertime (1955) & Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949). This is a Double of two directors at their height, but also taking advantage of locations of Post War Europe, from it's seemingly endless history to the destruction caused by the Second World War. Find Schlock and Awe on your favourite Podcast Apps Original Music Compose and Performed by Anthony King

Jess Walter: The Robert Burns cocktail (1 ounce Dewar's scotch, 1 ounce sweet vermouth, 1/2 ounce Benedictine, served up and with a lemon twist)It's possible I poured this one a little heavy, but it's my favorite drink so far. Jess talks about the surprise success of his novel Beautiful Ruins, how his agent had nearly negotiated a bonus if it made the bestseller list, though everyone believed making the list was a long shot (it stayed on the bestseller list for a year and a half!). Learn the alternate titles considered for Beautiful Ruins, his writing process, how he evaluates news ideas for novels and short stories, as well as his early work in journalism including working with Christopher Darden to write a book about the OJ Simpson case.

Jess Walter's new short story collection, "The Angel of Rome," explores the little moments in life that spark big change, for better or worse. The bestselling author of "Beautiful Ruins," "The Cold Millions," and seven other books joins Nancy Pearl to discuss his early career as a journalist (in his hometown of Spokane), how he knows when a story should be a short story and not a novel, and what he's working on next.

Mike is BACK after a somewhat unintended break, which he explains before getting into a great conversation with best-selling author Boo Walker. Boo is from South Carolina, and now lives in Maine. Somewhere in between he lived on Red Mountain in Washington State and embeded himself into the wine community. This inspired his book series "The Red Mountain Chronicles". Hear how an aspiring banjo player ended up writing stories about wine people, and what else Boo Walker has been writing.For pictures of the podcast in progress, and updates on all of Mike's comings and goings follow him on Instagram. Drinking a great bottle of wine? Show it off and use the hashtag #sexybottleshot and Mike will follow you! Would you like to adorn your home with Official TallMikeWine Podcast Coasters? Write to Mike via Gmail and he'll send you a stack!Wines discussed this episode:2020 Espiral Vinho Verde, Minho, Portugal2016 DuMOL Syrah "Wild Mountainside" Russian River ValleyBooks discussed this episode:Beautiful Ruins by Jess WalterWar of Art by Steven PressfieldAsk Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

On this episode we are excited to bring you former National Book Award finalist and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Jess Walter, author of the number one NY times bestseller The Beautiful Ruins, which spent more than a year on the bestseller list, as well as the national bestselling novel Cold Millions, and his latest short story collection The Angel of Rome and Other Stories. Jess is joined by Amor Towles, the NY Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility, A Gentleman From Moscow, and his latest novel, The Lincoln Highway that debuted at number one on the NY Times best seller list and was on the annual book recommendation lists of Bill Gates and Barack Obama. These two friends compare their early story-telling inspirations from Hollywood and music, parse the merits of timely vs timeless writing and examine their yearning to have lived in other eras. 

Jess Walter, author of The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins, returns to the show to chat with Daniel Ford about his new short story collection The Angel of Rome.  To learn more about Jess Walter, visit his official website, like his Facebook page, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Also listen to our last conversation with the author in Episode 452. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

Novelist and short story writer Jess Walter joins Marrie Stone to talk about his latest collection, The Angel of Rome. Jess is the author of seven novels (including The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins), two collections of short stories, and a non-fiction book. He is the recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Award (Citizen Vance), and was a finalist for the National Book Award (The Zero).Walter talks about assembling the collection, choosing these 12 thematic stories out of 40 or 50 choices. He discusses effective humor, the difference between sentiment and sentimentality, and how to avoid cliches and stereotypes. He also talks about his ability to access elderly characters, writing a Gen X collection while not identifying completely with Gen X, and so much more.For more information about Jess Walter, upcoming events, and more visit his website here. We also invite you to check out our new Patreon page, where we offer weekly writing tips and prompts, as well as other goodies for our loyal listeners. This week's tip was inspired by this conversation. Thanks for listening!Download audio.  (Recorded on June 2, 2022) Music and sound design by Travis Barrett Barbara DeMarco-Barrett: www.penonfire.com Marrie Stone: www.marriestone.com Travis Barrett: https://travisbarrett.mykajabi.com

Paul and Sean were so glad to invite Henry back for another whistle-stop, rollicking ride through the rest of his career.   We kick off with The Christians, his best-known venture, with our analysis of their trademark harmonies, Motown influences and ‘gritty' messages. We have some tasty baked goodies to share with you too, notably a live performance from one of the band's very first gigs. We coo over two particular hits - both extremely beautiful and poignant. We listen heart in mouth as he describes the moment last December when he and the band completed a moving tribute to Iranian hostage Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The reworked Christians song 'Naz Don't Cry' created a stir on social media just before Christmas 2021.   Despite Henry's solo career not kicking off in earnest until the start the last decade - at the tender age of 53 - he has no end of fantastic stories about his prolific activity as composer, collaborator and producer in the 90s and 00s, including Take That's Mark Owen, no less.    Signing once again to Island Records for his acclaimed album “The Chronicles of Modern Life”, followed some years later by  “The Last Mad Surge of Youth” and "Six of One & Half a Dozen of the Other” (with Les Glover), all three records show an emerging wryness, warmth and self-deprecation, and Henry is hilariously honest about his outlook on life, his music and getting older!   As an absolute treat for fans of 10cc and Graham Gouldman, we're thrilled to be able to share with you some of a pile of demo tapes Henry's shared with us. All feature him and Graham in the throes of collaboration, and *no one* has heard these!  Many of these terrific songs were largely intended for inclusion in the hit West End show Dreamboats and Petticoats. Other tapes are one-off recordings with such collaborators as John Campbell from It's Immaterial. They're terrific, and we're really looking forward to hearing new versions of some of them featured on Henry's forthcoming album ‘Beautiful Ruins'.      

Walter is the author of seven novels, one book of short stories and one nonfiction book. His work has been selected three times for Best American Short Stories as well as the Pushcart Prize and Best American Nonrequired Reading. He's been published in, Harper's, Esquire, McSweeney's, Tin House, Ploughshares, the New York Times, the Washington Post and many others.He began his writing career in 1987 as a reporter for his hometown newspaper, The Spokesman-Review where he was a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize as part of a team covering the shootout and standoff at Ruby Ridge, in Northern Idaho. Eventually he wrote about this in his first book, Every Knee Shall Bow, in 1995. He has also worked as a screenwriter and has taught graduate creative writing at the University of Iowa, Pacific University, Eastern Washington and Pacific Lutheran.Walter has twice won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award (for The Zero and We Live in Water), the Washington State Book Award (The Cold Millions) and was a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize (The Zero) and the PEN/USA Award in both fiction (The Zero) and nonfiction (Every Knee Shall Bow). His novel Beautiful Ruins was a #1 New York Times bestseller and spent more than a year on the bestseller list. It was also Esquire's Book of the Year and NPR Fresh Air's Novel of the Year. The Financial Lives of the Poets was Time Magazine's#2 novel of the year and Walter's story collection, We Live in Water, was longlisted for the Story Prize and the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award. Walter's latest novel is the national bestseller, The Cold Millions, A BOOK OF HISTROICAL FICTION “Featuring an unforgettable cast of cops and tramps, suffragists and socialists, madams and murderers, The Cold Millions is a tour de force from a “writer who has planted himself firmly in the first rank of American authors” (Boston Globe). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A short “thought for the day” offered to the Cambridge Unitarian Church as part of the Sunday Service of Mindful Meditation The full text of this podcast can be found in the transcript of this edition or at the following link:https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2021/11/beautiful-ruins-stronger-by-weakness.htmlPlease feel to post any comments you have about this episode there.Music, "New Heaven", written by Andrew J. Brown and played by Chris Ingham (piano), Paul Higgs (trumpet), Russ Morgan (drums) and Andrew J. Brown (double bass)

Summer is the time we often think about traveling. Maybe these five books will give you some ideas as you envision what your future vacation may look like. Books mentioned in this episode: Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle, Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell, Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter, No Exit by Taylor Adams, and Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

Episode 081: Even if you're don't end up being a coach or going pro, you can still enjoy basketball for a lifetime.  In today's interview, Jess Walter shares how his love of hoops has helped him as a writer.Jess Walter is the author of nine books, most recently the national bestseller The Cold Millions and #1 New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Ruins.  His book, The Zero, was a finalist for the National Book Award; and Citizen Vince, was the winner of the Edgar Award. His work has been published in 32 languages and his short fiction has appeared three times in Best American Short Stories.And I think you’ll love this interview because Jess shares how the same principles that helped him create a successful writing career, things like preparation, routine and hard work, are the same valuable traits he still uses to this day on the basketball court.In addition to exploring what it looks like to play basketball for a lifetime, I asked Jess these questions:How did playing basketball help your writing career?How has writing helped you on the court?What is your writing process like?Do you believe in early specialization?Why are you still playing hoops after all these years?If you want to learn more ways to play basketball for a lifetime, check out my interview with John Stockton, where he shares his Sunday basketball routine.Instagram  @HoopCommitmentTwitter  @HoopCommitmentFacebook  HoopCommitmentWebsite  HoopCommitment.com

Join us for an enlightening conversation with Jess Walter, the award-winning author of nine books, including his runaway bestsellers BEAUTIFUL RUINS and THE COLD MILLIONS. Jess talks to A Mighty Blaze host Mark Cecil about his inspirations for his latest book and his fascination with the issues of labor, class, and wage inequality in America. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet

Show Notes and Links to Edoardo Ballerini's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode   On Episode 42, Pete talks with Edoardo Ballerini about a myriad of topics, all revolving around art and creativity in some way. They discuss Edoardo's artistic upbringing, language and translation, his writing for film and other forms, his acting, his award-winning narration of audiobooks and newspaper articles, his literary inspiration, and much more. Edoardo Ballerini, described on multiple occasions as “The Golden-Voiced Edoardo Ballerini,” is a two time winner of the Audiobook Publishers Association's Best Male Narrator Audie Award (2013, Beautiful Ruins, by Edoardo Ballerini; 2019, Watchers by Dean Koontz). He has recorded nearly 300 titles, including classic works by Tolstoy, Dante, Stendhal, Kafka, Calvino, Poe, Emerson, Whitman and Camus, best-sellers by James Patterson and David Baldacci, modern masterpieces by Tom Wolfe, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and André Aciman, and spiritual titles by The Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hahn. On screen, Ballerini is best known for his role as junkie "Corky Caporale" on The Sopranos (HBO) and as the star chef in the indie classic Dinner Rush. He has appeared in over 50 films and tv shows, including a series regular role in the critically acclaimed Quarry, (Cinemax)  and recurring roles in Boardwalk Empire (HBO), 24 (Fox) and Elementary (CBS). Ballerini's work as a narrator has garnered international attention. Articles on his work and career have appeared in The New York Times (US), The Guardian (UK), Aftenposten (Norway) and MediaPost (US), among others. In 2019 he recorded Robert Alter's translation of The Hebrew Bible in its entirety. In 2020 he added Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace to his growing list of titles. He is also a two time winner of the Society of Voice Arts Award, and was recently named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile Magazine, an honorific bestowed to only 35 narrators in the magazine's 20 year history. Other authors Edoardo has voiced include Chuck Palahniuk, Eve Ensler, Carson McCullers, Jay McInerney, Stephen Greenblatt, Jeffrey Deaver, Danielle Steel, Chuck Palahniuk, Louis L'Amour, Adriana Trigiani, Isabel Allende, Stieg Larsson, James Salter, Paul Theroux and Jodi Picoult. Besides narrating audiobooks, Edoardo  is also a regular contributor to Audm, where he narrates the best in long-form journalism for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Atlantic Monthly, The London Review of Books, and many other publications. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and lives in New York. Edoardo Ballerini reads an excerpt from Martin Eden by Jack London Edoardo Ballerini's Personal Website Edoardo Ballerini on Italics-”The Voice of God” Video Edoardo Ballerini Profile in The New York Times: "The Voice of God. (And Knausgaard, Whitman, Machiavelli..." May 13, 2020 Edoardo Ballerini reads Beautiful Ruins, Chapter One-YouTube excerpt -at about 4:35, Edoardo describes his life growing up among family in New York and Milan, as well as growing up with artsy and creative parents and their parents' artistic friends   -at about 6:45, Edoardo talks about his dual identities as Italian-American (or “Italian AND American”), as well as his love of language being fueled by growing up bilingual/multilingual   -at about 9:35, Edoardo talks about his reading interests as a kid, including myths, followed by a “dip away” into math and science, and then a return to poetry in high school and then his interest in being a writer in late adolescence   -at about 11:25, Edoardo talks about the importance of “place” in his writing, acting, and other art   -at about 14:05, Edoardo talks about the literature that has given him “chills at will,” especially the “book that changed [his] life”-Joyce's Ulysses   -at about 17:10, Edoardo talks about being a man of many talents and interests, and he hones in on audiobook narration and the importance and tough balance of being an interprete as an audiobook narrator   -at about 21:05, Edoardo talks about what it means on a daily basis to be a “creative”   -at about 24:25, Edoardo talks about his mom's influence on him as she was a photo historian, especially with regard to him becoming an actor, a visual and literary medium   -at about 25:55, Edoardo talks about his beginnings as an actor   -at about 27:45, Edoardo talks about his beautiful interaction with Aaliyah during the filming of Romeo Must Die   -at about 29:40, Edoardo talks about his run of four episodes on The Sopranos, including the incredible circumstances involved in filming a crucial scene with Michael Imperioli as a relapsing Christopher Moltisanti   -at about 34:45, Edoardo talks about his role as Ignatius D'Alessio in Boardwalk Empire, including how the run ended   -at about 36:25, Edoardo talks about the movie in which he starred and that he directed, Good Night, Valentino   -at about 44:05, Edoardo talks about how he got started as an audiobook narrator about 10 years ago, which coincided with the growth of the iPod, iPhone, Audible.com, etc.   -at about 47:35, Edoardo talks about continuity and recording long books   -at about 49:50, Edoardo talks about “one of the luckiest breaks of [his] life” in getting to narrate (and doing a stellar and award-winning job) Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins   -at about 54:00, Edoardo talks about his love for Martin Eden by Jack London, the wonderful recent Italian movie adaption, and Edoardo's recording of Martin Eden on audiobook   -at about 1:01:50, Edoardo thrills with a reading from Martin Eden   -at about 1:03:25, Edoardo talks future projects and laughs in response to The New York Times dubbing his voice “The Voice of God…”   You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.

Show Notes and Links to Jess Walter's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode   On Episode 35, Pete talks with Jess Walter about his incredible fiction, his nonfiction roots, basketball, writing genres, chill-inducing lines, Jess' masterpieces Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions, and much more.    Jess Walter is the author of nine books, most recently the national bestseller The Cold Millions and #1 New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Ruins; The Zero, finalist for the National Book Award; and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award. His short story collection, We Live in Water, was selected by Barack Obama as one of his favorite reads of 2019. His work has been published in 32 languages and his short fiction has appeared three times in Best American Short Stories. Article on Background of Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter's Personal Website Jess Writes about His “Esquire Magazine” Credentials and Interviewing Kurt Vonnegut  Article about POTUS Barack Obama listing We Live in Water as one of his favorite reads of 2019 Buy Beautiful Ruins Here Buy The Cold Millions Here      Jess Walter describes the thrill of his short-story collection We Live in Water being listed by former POTUS Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2019-at around 3:10   Jess describes his place among the greatest basketball players of all-time (and among writers-”for a writer, [he's] decent-at around 5:15   So cool! Jess describes playing on a basketball team with great writers Sherman Alexie, Shann Ray, Natalie Diaz, called “The Spokane Dirty Realists”-at around 6:15   Jess talks Gonzaga hoops (Go Zags!)-at around 7:10   Jess describes the cool 1-on-1 game that he has played throughout much of the pandemic with his brother-at around 7:55   Jess and Pete talk about the pandemic's impact on aging basketball players-at around 9:40   Jess talks about wanting to play basketball into his 60s and 70s, maybe playing against Slick Watts or some great Seattle legends; Pete references upcoming guest Jon Finkel's excellent book, Hoops Heist, about the insular and special basketball community that is Seattle-at around 10:45   Jess describes the importance of growing up in Spokane in a blue-collar family and literary influences-at around 12:05   Jess discusses the childhood injury that led to his “falling in love with books” and later getting into science-fiction and loving the inventiveness and play of Kurt Vonnegut-at around 12:45   Jess discusses some formative writers in his own journey to becoming a writer-”1970s cinematic realism” like Dog Day Afternoon, Raymond Carver, Hemingway, and in discovering that he loved nonfiction and journalism, Joan Didion-at around 14:00   Jess talks about “stalking” writers as a fan, writing letters and bugging them, and -at around 14:50    Jess talks about getting press credentials to set up a one-on-one meeting with Kurt Vonnegut at Gonzaga University in the mid-80s, memorialized in this article-at around 15:30   Pete and Jess discuss the similarity between Jess' fandom of Kurt Vonnegut, and scenes from Tobias Wolff's Old School in which poet Robert Frost is a visitor to a prep school; this leads to a broader discussion about writers and celebrity-at around 17:40   Pete and Jess discuss “Bullet in the Brain,” Tobias Wolff's epic short story that has inspired the podcast and its title-at around 21:45   Jess, off the top of his head (!), reads the opening line of One Hundred Years of Solitude and talks about its significance as a “chill-inducing line” for him-at around 23:45   Jess talks about trusting himself as a reader to give himself the inspiration for writing, pointing to truisms from his short story “Wheelbarrow Kings”-at around 25:50   Jess talks about his early writing: journalism and his first book, based on Ruby Ridge-The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family-at around 28:00   Pete and Jess talk about the common link of many great writers, such as Jeff Pearlman, guest on Episode 33, and their formative years in crime reporting-at around 29:15   Jess talks about Beautiful Ruins and his distaste for classifying literature, particularly “historical fiction”-at around 31:20   Jess reads and discusses the importance of his epigraph for Beautiful Ruins-at around 33:00   Jess talks about the importance of the title of Beautiful Ruins, discovered in a thrilling fashion many years after he'd started the book, and how it informs a throughline of the novel-at around 34:25   Jess talks about and reads from The Cold Millions and reflects on its title's importance-at around 35:40   Jess and Pete talk about the masterful ways in which Jess uses flashback/flashforward/juxtaposition in his last two novels to craft incredible storylines; this leads to a shared appreciation of the last scene of The Godfather Part II, discussed on Episode 25-at around 37:40   Jess discusses the non-linear construction of The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins-at around 40:00   Jess talks about the line between fiction and history in his writing of The Cold Millions-at around 42:00   Pete talks about the power of the ending-due to its structure-of The Cold Millions-at around 43:45   Jess talks about the parallelism of War and Peace and The Cold Millions and its ending-at around 45:00   Jess reads from the ending of Beautiful Ruins-CHILLS!-at around 44:40 (POSSIBLE PLOT SPOILER-if you don't want to know the last part of the book, skip this part: 48:10 to 49:15

Tom's guest today is the New York Times best-selling author, Jess Walter.  He is the author of seven novels, a short story collection, and a nonfiction book.  His 2012 novel, Beautiful Ruins, was on the Times best-seller list for more than a year. Jess Walter's latest novel is called The Cold Millions.  It's an expansive and beautifully crafted chronicle of the nascent days of the labor movement in the west in the early 20th century.  It takes place in Walter’s hometown of Spokane, Washington, and it incorporates figures both historical and imagined... The central events in the novel are the “free speech” riots that took place in Spokane, as the Industrial Workers of the World, whose members were known as “the Wobblies,” attempted to end a corrupt system perpetrated by the rich, and advanced by the police and employment agencies.  The book is suspenseful, gripping, poignant, and funny, and its historical themes resonate with the turbulence of our present day.  Author Jess Walter joins us from Spokane, on Zoom… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jess Walter is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers Beautiful Ruins and The Financial Lives of the Poets, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, the winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction has appeared in Harper's, McSweeney's, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. This episode was presented with the 2020 Miami Book Fair. This episode is presented by Green Chef. Go to GreenChef.com/marisreview80 and use code marisreview80 to get $80 off including free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Show Notes and Links to Pete Croatto's Work On Episode 31, Pete is honored to talk with Pete Croatto about freelance writing, chill-inducing texts and lines, the importance of the David Stern and Larry O'Brien years in the growth of the modern NBA, athletes and activism, and much more. The bulk of the discussion is centered around Pete Croatto's recently-published From Hang Time to Prime Time, Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA, an impeccably-researched and engrossing read. Pete Croatto is a freelance writer in Ithaca, New York. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Grantland, SI.com, VICE Sports, and Publishers Weekly. His first book, From Hang Time to Prime Time, Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA, about the revolutionary change in the NBA between the years 1975-1989, is published by Atria Books and is out now.    Buy From Hang Time to Prime Time, Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA! Pete Croatto's Twitter Account Marvin Gaye's 1983 National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game-video Pete Croatto's 2013 Grantland Article about the Marvin Gaye National Performance Authors/Books Mentioned and Allusions Referenced During the Episode: *unless otherwise noted, "Pete" refers to Pete Croatto   *Pete shouts out Linkedin and talks about the incredible writing connections he has taken of advantage through the website-at around 3:30   Pete talks about the evolving and open definition of “journalist” and how there is so much room at the writing table for committed and persistent writers-at around 7:30   Pete talks about his word-rich household and his childhood surrounded by books and voracious readers-at around 12:00   Pete talks about his early days of writing, prompted by the groundbreaking work of Roger Ebert, Phillip Roth, James Thurber, sports biographies, and the great annual Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball written by Zander Holland and Fred Kerber, and talks about how he loved the basketball handbook so much that the book became two halves-at around 13:30   Pete talks about being nominated as a “Noble Selection” for Best American Sportswriting 2020, featured with heroes of his like Howard Bryant-at around 20:40   Pete talks about the love of writing and the subjectivity of accolades and the need to be persistent in the writing business, and shouts our fabulous writer from Slam Magazine, Russ Bengston-at around 23:00   Pete talks about being let down as a kid by Pete Rose, yet the “Never meet your heroes” cliche, he says, doesn't apply to the writing world; he talks about writing heroes like Susan Orlean and Jancee Dunn and how they were overwhelmingly nice and accommodating-at around 27:30   Pete talks about chill-inducing writers and texts in his life, particularly lines from Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude and Curtis Sittenfield's Prep -at around 28:30   Pete and Pete Riehl talk about great writing trumping the supposed genre (i.e. the best sports books can always “stand on their own”) and Pete reads from writing hero's Roger Ebert's writing advice-its chill-inducing nature stands out for him-at around 31:25   Pete Riehl talks about a memorable anecdote from The Jordan Rules-at around 36:40   Pete notes which interesting and unique stories he remembers from the impeccably-researched Showtime by favorite Jeff Pearlman-at around 37:00   Pete talks about wanting to write a substantive story that will be of interest to sports fan and non-sports fans alike-at around 38:00   Pete talks about his book, which is available in autographed form from Odyssey Books in Syracuse-at around 40:40   Pete “pitches” his book-at about 42:50   Pete talks about the choices in starting the book off as he does, with a scene from 2017's Dancing with the Stars juxtaposed with Marvin Gaye's famous (infamous?) singing of the national anthem at 1983's national anthem-at about 46:15   Shout out to rap legend Kurtis Blow and his reaction to the 2017 Derek Fisher routine-at about 49:30   Pete talks about the chronological beginning of his book, with the “heroic” Larry O'Brien, transitioning into a discussion of David Stern as “the best commissioner in the history of professional sports”-at about 51:00   Pete and Pete talk about David Stern's fastidiousness as part of his greatness, leading to a comparison to the famous “blueberry” scene from DeNiro's Casino -at about 57:00   Pete talks about his persistence in trying to talk with David Stern for the book, and shouts out helpful writer friend, Shawn Fury-at about 1:01:45   Pete talks about the connections between Marvin Gaye's 1983 performance and the recent activism in the sports world around Black Lives Matter, “I Can't Breathe,” etc., as shown through the -at about 1:11:00   LeBron James, activist, as seen through the eyes of the brilliant sociologist Harry Edwards-at about 1:13:40   Pete and Pete talk about the connections between being open to listening and being a voracious reader-at about 1:23:40   Pete and Pete gush about Beautiful Ruins by author/baller Jess Walter-at about 1:27:30   Pete reads the Introduction from Hang Time to Prime Time-at about 1:29:40   Pete talks about his book as literary fiction and subtly irreverent and humorous, showing influences from James Thurber to Mad Magazine to his father-1:35:40   Pete talks about how tenuous writing for humor can be-at about 1:37:00   Pete talks about future projects and the recent article he wrote (Pete Riehl truly enjoyed it!) about Tom Chambers and Jeff Wells' YouTube channel devoted to Chambers and crusade to get him into the Basketball Hall of Fame-at about 1:44:00 If you have enjoyed The Chills at Will Podcast, pause your podcast player right now, and go to Apple Podcasts to leave me a nice review.  You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify and on Amazon Music. 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Several years ago, when I read the 2012 novel Beautiful Ruins , I recall setting the book down and promising myself that I would read anything and everything Jess Walter ever wrote. The man can spin a tale better than almost any novelist alive today—and his newest work, The Cold Millions , does not disappoint.

Several years ago, when I read the 2012 novel Beautiful Ruins , I recall setting the book down and promising myself that I would read anything and everything Jess Walter ever wrote. The man can spin a tale better than almost any novelist alive today—and his newest work, The Cold Millions , does not disappoint.

Jess Walter's six acclaimed novels include the #1 New York Times bestseller The Beautiful Ruins, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award. A former print journalist, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of the infamous Ruby Ridge standoff. His short stories have been chosen three times for the Best American Short Stories anthology, and his other short fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, McSweeney's, and Esquire, among numerous other publications. In his latest novel, Walter follows the fortunes of two brothers caught in the class upheavals of early-and eerily familiar-20th-century America. (recorded 11/17/2020)

In THE COLD MILLIONS (Harper)—his eagerly-awaited first novel since the #1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Ruins—master storyteller Jess Walter turns his brilliant, chameleon-like talents to a work of historical fiction whose themes echo many of the social and political concerns we once again face in this country. A “writer who has planted himself firmly in the first rank of American authors” (Boston Globe), the National Book Award finalist here crafts a kaleidoscopic narrative of the Northwest that centers on two brothers and the struggles they face in a nation on the brink of change. The birth of the American labor movement, the last hurrah of the Robber Barons, first wave feminism, freedom of speech and the right to protest, corporate corruption, class, race—these hot button issues converge and combust in this powerful, highly entertaining tour de force. About the Author Jess Walter is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Ruins, the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, the Edgar Award-winning Citizen Vince, Land of the Blind, the New York Times Notable Book Over Tumbled Graves, and the story collection We Live in Water. He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his family. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support

“Lawn darts!” Jamie McIntyre returns to Chatter to talk foreign hacking -- it’s more than elections.  On the lighter side, who knew Pat Conroy wrote a cookbook?   Matthew McConaughey’s memoir Greenlights gets a red light from the gang.   Jess Walter, author of NYT best seller Beautiful Ruins, joins Chatter to talk about his new book The Cold Millions.  Set in Spokane in the early 1900s, the intimate look at family, class, loss and hope eerily echos modern times.

Edoardo Ballerini is a highly acclaimed narrator who was honored as an AudioFile’s Golden Voice last year. He won the Best Male Narrator Audie Award in the same year for his narration of WATCHERS by Dean Koontz, and in 2013 he won his first Best Male Narrator Audie Award for BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter. Audiobook listeners love his smooth voice and easy delivery and his skill with a range of accents. He is known for excellence in his narrations across genres, including thrillers. In today’s episode, host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss Edoardo’s narration of THE EIGHTH SISTER, Robert Dugoni’s espionage thriller. It is the first in Dugoni’s new Charlie Jenkins series about a retired CIA caseworker called back for a mission tracking down an assassin in Russia. Nothing goes according to plan, and it’s a race for his life to get back home to his family. Edoardo’s skilled narration guides listeners through the many twists and turns and ratchets up the intensity of the story. Published by Brilliance Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for Behind the Mic comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of the complete Edgar Rice Burroughs Authorized Library and the all-new Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Of all the podcasts I have done, for some reason, this feels the most personal. Come settle in with me on the porch. We need to talk about the truth when it comes to aging, not some idealistic hogwash. Some of it is horrific. Some of it is heartbreaking. But some of it is just downright fucking beautiful. Welcome to the porch of an aging Southern witch.

There's nothing like curling up in your favorite armchair and traveling the world via an amazing book. But what about when the shoe is on the other foot? What about the writers who must craft stories that bring these exotic cities and countries to life? How do they go about it? On this week's mini-episode, Katy interviews Jess Walter, best-selling author of Beautiful Ruins and We Live in Water: Stories, about how travel influences his writing, whether its Italy's famed Cinque Terre or his own hometown of Spokane, Washington. He also explains why the memoir of Gabriel Garcia Marquez has him dreaming of a trip to Bogota, Colombia, and shares a sneak peek of his forthcoming book, The Cold Millions. Find Jess at on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or at his website. ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISE WITH US: Reach expats, future expats, and travelers all over the world. Send us an email to get the conversation started. BECOME A PATRON: Pledge your monthly support of The Bittersweet Life and receive awesome prizes in return for your generosity! Visit our Patreon site to find out more. DONATE: Prefer a one-time donation? Click here to send financial support via PayPal. (You can also find a Donate button on the desktop version of our website.) The show needs your support to continue.  JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If you have a question or a topic you want us to address, send us an email here. You can also connect to us through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Tag #thebittersweetlife with your expat story for a chance to be featured! NEW TO THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1: OUTSET SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss an episode. Click here to find us on a variety of podcast apps. WRITE A REVIEW: Leave us a rating and a written review on iTunes so more listeners can find us. BOOK: Want to read Tiffany's book, Midnight in the Piazza? Learn more here or order on Amazon. TOUR ROME: If you're traveling to Rome, don't miss the chance to tour the city with Tiffany as your guide! 

The charm of the Italian coast, movie star glamour, hope, and heartbreak are wrapped in a magical narration by Edoardo Ballerini. Editor Robin Whitten and host Jo Reed talk about why this audiobook performance makes the novel one of AudioFile’s Favorites. Listeners start with an Italian innkeeper in the 1960s and and move all the way through present-day Hollywood with dozens of unforgettable characters: husbands and wives, lovers and dreamers, superstars and losers, all warmly and vividly portrayed by Ballerini. An Earphones and Audie Award winner. Published by HarperAudio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com. For more free audiobook recommendations, sign up for AudioFile Magazine’s newsletter. Support for Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine comes from Paperback Classics, a new imprint from Oasis Family Media, bringing the best vintage pulp paperbacks to audio, including the 1960s cult-classic series Dark Shadows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the thirteenth (twelfth?) annual iFanboy All-Media Year End Round-Up! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in 2018. Movies, television, podcasts, books, music, games, and comics--it's all here! Running Time: 03:10:10 Movies: 00:02:28 - A Star is Born 00:07:07 - A Quiet Place 00:09:17 - Bohemian Rhapsody 00:17:52 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout 00:21:43 - Rampage 00:24:57 - Christopher Robin 00:28:56 - Won't You Be My Neighbor? 00:33:16 - Teen Titans Go! To The Movies 00:35:33 - Eighth Grade 00:39:17 - The Old Man & The Gun 00:41:40 - The Death of Stalin 00:44:22 - Mid90s 00:49:05 - Crazy Rich Asians 00:51:43 - Tag 00:54:08 - Juliet, Naked Television: 01:00:53 - Game of Thrones* 01:02:49 - A Very English Scandal 01:05:45 - The Deuce 01:09:34 - The Americans 01:10:58 - The Romanoffs 01:15:42 - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 01:18:47 - The Good Fight 01:21:10 - Godless 01:23:36 - Cobra Kai 01:29:11 - Roseanne / The Conners 01:32:59 - Queer Eye 01:36:38 - Barry 01:39:17 - Riverdale 01:41:33 - Atypical 01:44:17 - The Toys That Made Us Games: 01:46:28 - Red Dead Redemption 2 01:49:21 - Dreadnought 01:50:54 - Assassin's Creed: Origins 01:52:56 - Deadpool Pinball Music: 01:53:35 - She and Him 01:56:03 - Superchunk 01:58:33 - Somerset Thrower 02:00:14 - Willie Nelson 02:01:26 - The Decemberists 02:03:34 - Jeff Rosenstock 02:06:12 - Death Cab For Cutie 02:08:39 - Hot Snakes 02:11:29 - The Messthetics 02:13:52 - Nothing My Bloody Valentine 02:14:31 - Nothing 02:15:39 - Radiohead 02:18:22 - Guided by Voices Books: 02:19:48 - "Persepolis Rising" by James S.A. Corey 02:22:24 - "In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin" by Erik Larsen 02:24:48 - "I'm Keith Hernandez" by Keith Hernandez 02:26:36 - "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neill's America" by Joe Posnanski 02:29:05 - "Johnny Carson" by Henry Bushkin 02:31:07 - "Dream It! Do it! My Half-Century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms" by Marty Sklar 02:33:49 - "Hope Never Dies" by Andrew Shaffer 02:35:52 - "Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker (33 1/3)" by Joe Gross 02:37:41 - "Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History" by Tony Rettman 02:39:33  - "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter 02:40:39 - "In the Distance" by Hernan Diaz Podcasts: 02:44:15 - "Serial" with Sarah Koenig 02:46:03 - "Bear Brook" with Jason Moore and New Hampshire Public Radio 02:48:06 - "You Must Remember This" with Karina Longworth 02:49:11 - "Broken Record" with Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin 02:51:27 - "The Trap Set" with Joe Wong Comics: 02:52:24 - Batman 02:53:19 - Mister Miracle 02:54:12 - Superman / Action Comics 02:54:56 - Old Man Hawkeye 02:55:55 - The Amazing Spider-Man 02:56:44 - Strangers in Paradise XXV 02:57:23 - Ms. Marvel 02:58:08 - Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles 02:59:21 - Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden 03:00:36 - Moon Knight Brought To You By:• Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs! Music: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" The Platters *Whoops! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Deshais talks with best-selling novelist Jess Walter about writing Spokane, his next book and the upcoming movie production of “Beautiful Ruins.”

Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Deshais talks with best-selling novelist Jess Walter about writing Spokane, his next book and the upcoming movie production of “Beautiful Ruins.”

Each month, librarians Carrie Green and Eden Grey bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them. On our 8th episode, we discuss our favorite summer reads. We discuss: "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter "Today Will Be Different" by Maria Semple "The Animators" by Kayla Rae Whitaker "The Wangs vs. the World" by Jade Chang "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon "The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue" by Mackenzi Lee "Mosquitoland" by David Arnold

We discuss the lavish 1960 epic Mughal-e-Azam Show notes: Mughal-e-Azam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal-e-Azam) Erin is nervous to discuss this film Comparisons to Gone With The Wind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film)) and Cleopatra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film)) K. Asif (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Asif) and production setbacks Every individual production element cost more than the entire budget of most other films Intolerance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerance_(film)), Foolish Wives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foolish_Wives), and Greed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed_(film)) Beautiful Ruins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Ruins) Filmed thrice The set was too glittery (https://media.giphy.com/media/Kd9IQloZWxEEU/giphy.gif) Huge cast Technicolor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor), “Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (https://youtu.be/6Au_J6jHKE0),” and colourisation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_colorization) Unknown Armies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Armies) “Ae Mohabbat Zindabad (https://youtu.be/u0CIZv9Y5n4)” Dilip Kumar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Kumar) and Madhubala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala) Bollywood Parks Dubai’s Mughal-e-Azam (https://www.bollywoodparksdubai.com/en/attractions/mughal-e-azam) Historical accuracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarkali) (INTERVAL (“Teri Mehfil Mein” (https://youtu.be/TC7LyI1GVYw)” from Mughal-e-Azam) We still can’t speak Hindi Lean narrative, no excess characters There actually was a stage play before the film, and a film adapted from it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarkali_(1953_film)) Poetic dialogue “Impossible Dreams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_Dreams)” Spectacle and narrative Father/son tension The film as metaphor for India Execution methods NEXT TIME: Variant Edition (https://twitter.com/VariantEdmonton) owner and prolific podcaster Brandon Schatz (https://twitter.com/soupytoasterson) joins us to discuss the Krrish franchise Find us on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers/id1036988030?mt=2)! and Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bollywood-is-for-lovers)! Follow us on Twitter! (https://twitter.com/bollywoodpod) Like us on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/BollywoodIsForLovers/) #Mughal-e-Azam #K.Asif #DilipKumar #Madhubala #PrithvirajKapoor #DurgaKhote #NigarSultana #Bollywood #BollywoodPodcast #BollywoodIsForLovers

Author Jess Walter (National Book Award finalist & winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award) joins us to talk about his novel Beautiful Ruins. We also talk about writing in a language you don't speak, what it is like to have your writing translated, and how a book forms slowly over 15 years.    NEVER HEARD THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1:OUTSET SPONSOR: Reach thousands of expats and travelers all over the world by sponsoring The Bittersweet Life. Write the at bittersweetlife@mail.com to get the conversation going. JOIN THE CONVERSATION Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook or write us @ bittersweetlife@mail.com. ©Web and show content can only be used with written permission.

Jess Walter is the author of The Beautiful Ruins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three authors shed light on the writing life and the stories behind their works. New York Times bestseller Jess Walter ("Beautiful Ruins"), former US Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey ("Thrall"), and LA Times Book Prize winner Ruth Ozeki ("A Tale for the Time Being"). They spoke at Winter Words, a series hosted by Aspen Words, a literary organization and program of the Aspen Institute.

On the last night of his adventure abroad, Dennis spends a night in Rome with writer and editor Christian Poccia, who he met on a press trip to Montreal in 2005.  They discuss the beauty of Rome, Christian's new magazine Gino, the novel Beautiful Ruins and the universality of the "not enough chairs" phenomenon.

Kevin Sampsell is the guest. His debut novel, This is Between Us, is now available from Tin House Books. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins, says "In This Is Between Us Kevin Sampsell writes with grace and intimacy about the toughest subject of all—love—and manages to capture a relationship in its natural state: wry and wistful, strange and sexy, humming with desire, quaking with vulnerability." And Patrick deWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers, says "This Is Between Us is an imperturbable, strange, melancholy (but never maudlin) piece of work. Kevin Sampsell straddles the line between candor and oversharing with an artful grace I found infectious." Monologue topics: mail, art vs. media, Tom Waits, LSD, the devil, doing the podcast live in front of people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did Jess Walter make the leap between his romantic novel, "Beautiful Ruins," and the end-of-the-world sadness of his stories in "We Live in Water?"

Host David Naimon talks with Jess Walter about his sixth novel, Beautiful Ruins, a deeply human rollercoaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and nearly as many lives. Walter is also the author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, the Edgar Award-winning Citizen Vince, Land of the Blind, and the New York […] The post Jess Walter : Beautiful Ruins appeared first on Tin House.

Walter on his much acclaimed new work, a completely pleasurable summer read -- and not your typical Hollywood novel.

The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets returns with his funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel yet: the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 … and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later. “A literary miracle.”—NPR’s Fresh Air “A high-wire feat of bravura storytelling.”—NYT Book Review “A masterpiece … damn near perfect.”—Salon

Jess Walter is the guest.  He's a National Book Award nominee and the author of several novels, the most recent of which is called Beautiful Ruins, now available from Harper. Helen Schulman, writing for the New York Times Book Review, ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices