Podcast appearances and mentions of Casey Cep

Award-winning author and journalist Michael Lewis is out with a new book, “Who is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service.” The New Orleans native is the author of multiple books, many of which have turned into blockbuster movies, like “Moneyball,” “The Blind Side” and “The Big Short.” His latest work is collaboration with multiple writers and performers, like Dave Eggers, Casey Cep and W. Kamau Bell. They each profile federal employees and the fascinating work they're doing for our government. Michael Lewis joins us to discuss his latest work and the importance of public service.___Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Alana Schreiber. Our managing producer is Alana Schrieber. Matt Bloom and Aubry Procell are assistant producers. Our engineer is Garrett Pittman.You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at noon and 7 p.m. It's available on Spotify, Google Play and wherever you get your podcasts. Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to.Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!

Casey Cep is one of seven writers of a new book called “Who Is Government.” She writes about the Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs. As you will here, this is a guy that shows up for work, does an incredible job and does it not for the glory or the money, but because public service is his real mission. Get your copy of "Who Is Government.  GoodGovernmentShow.com Thanks to our sponsors: Polimorphic Ourco Good News For Lefties (and America!) - Daily News for Democracy (Apple Podcasts | Spotify) Executive Producers: David Martin, David Snyder, Jim Ludlow Host/Reporter: David Martin Producers: David Martin, Jason Stershic Editor: Jason Stershic

Bestselling author Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers, including Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks and, Sarah Vowell to join him in finding someone doing an interesting job for the government and writing about them.The vivid profile in "Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service" edited by Michael Lewis" blows up the stereotype of the irrelevant bureaucrat. They show how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters.

Michael Lewis's new book Who is Government, The Untold Story of Public Service, is highlighted in this episode. One essay from Casey Cep called The Sentinel is focused on and read from. The essay highlights the good of public survival and public servants. Ronald E. Walters, the leader of the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is highlighted. Ron Walters is an exemplary public servant. Ron Walters is an exemplary leader.

Rick kicks off this episode with a blistering rant on Trump and his blatant, idiotic buffoonery. He couldn't wait so we put it at the top of the show. Then he speaks with authors Sarah Vowell and Casey Cep about their contributions to the new Michael Lewis anthology Who is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service. They discuss the often-overlooked dedication of public servants, from archivists preserving the nation's history to veterans ensuring the dignity of military burials. Through their compelling profiles, Vowell and Cep highlight the essential yet under appreciated roles these individuals play in upholding democracy. Who is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service, available now. Timestamps: (00:11:50) Who is Government? (00:14:57) The Sentinal (00:27:52) Keepers of the Tradition Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn't deny it, and his lawyer didn't deny it. Burns told a police officer: “I had to do it. And if I had to do it over, I'd do it again.” Casey Cep's book is The Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. This episode was originally released in 2019. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more.  We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The scope of the federal government is vast, and in one corner lies NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, where the search for new planets and new life continues. As part of the Post Opinions “Who is government?” series, author Dave Eggers takes a look at the lab's latest innovations and gets to know the people who are reaching for the stars. In this special episode, Michael Lewis talks to Eggers about what he learned.Read Eggers' entire article here: The Searchers.And be sure to check out the rest of the "Who is government?" series.The Canary, by Michael LewisThe Sentinel, by Casey Cep

Hi Everyone, We're a little late with this episode and it's all my fault! As I mentioned in my May 1st blog post (sign up here for updates), for the first time in four years, I conducted an amazing interview with Sheila Kohler and forgot to hit record on Zoom. Sheila--the most gracious person on Earth--forgave me for wasting 45 minutes of her time and agreed to re-record the episode. Thank you to Sheila for sitting down with me twice! After I recovered from the shame, I realized this might be a great boon for readers. I loved Cracks—the short story, the novel, and the movie! You will find links to all three below. It was fascinating to talk about Sheila's adaptation from short story to novel and to hear about the making of the movie and the decision to set the movie in England rather than South Africa. I hope you have had time to read the short story and the novel. What did you think of the movie? Let me know if you have any follow-up questions or comments. I would love to hear. Here are the links: Content Warning: Sexual Assault Cracks, the short story, by Sheila Kohler Cracks, The Novel by Sheila Kohler, available at Bookshop and Amazon. Cracks, The Movie In other news... I am taking a sabbatical from the podcast this summer to rest, regroup, and figure out what direction to take this show in in the future. I love doing it, but every now and then, I think it's a good idea to reevaluate and hone in on what has been valuable and what parts need to go. My first guest in the fall is Tim Tomlinson. Although I will be talking to him about one of his short stories, he has a new book coming out this month. It looks terrific! Check out kellyfordon.com for a picture of the cover and publication information from Nirala. Cheers! Kelly Sheila Kohler Bio: Sheila Kohler was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the younger of two girls. Upon matriculation at 17 from Saint Andrews, with a distinction in history (1958), she left the country for Europe. She lived for 15 years in Paris, where she married, did her undergraduate degree in literature at the Sorbonne, and a graduate degree in psychology at the Institut Catholique. After raising her three girls, she moved to the USA in 1981, and did an MFA in writing at Columbia. In the summer of 1987, her first published story, “The Mountain,” came out in “The Quarterly” and received an O.Henry prize and was published in the O.Henry Prize Stories of 1988. It also became the first chapter in her first novel, “The Perfect Place,” which was published by Knopf the next year. Knopf also published the first volume of her short stories, “Miracles in America,” in 1990. Kohler has won two O.Henry prizes for “The Mountain” 1988 and “The Transitional Object” 2008. She has been short-listed in the O.Henry Prize Stories for three years running: in 1999 for the story, “Africans”; in 2000 for “Casualty,” which had appeared in the Ontario Review; and 2001 for “Death in Rome,” a story which had appeared in The Antioch Review. “Casualty” was also included in the list of distinguished stories in The Best American Short Stories of 2001. In 1994 she published a second novel, “The House on R Street,” also with Knopf, about which Patrick McGrath said, in “The New York Times Book Review: ” “Sheila Kohler has achieved in this short novel a remarkable atmosphere, a fine delicate fusion of period, society and climate.” In 1998 she published a short story, “Africans,” in Story Magazine, which was chosen for the Best American Short Stories of 1999, was read and recorded at Symphony Space and at The American Repertory Theatre in Boston and was translated into Japanese. It was also included in her second collection of stories,” One Girl,” published by Helicon Nine, which won the Willa Cather Prize in 1998 judged by William Gass. In 1999 she published her third novel, “Cracks,” with Zoland, which received a starred review from Kirkus, was nominated for an Impac award in 2001, and was chosen one of the best books of the year by Newsday and by Library Journal.” Cracks” also came out with Bloomsbury in England, was translated into French and Dutch, and will come out in Hebrew. It has been optioned six times by Killer films and Working Track 2. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September, 2009, and at the London film festival and came out here in the summer of 2010 and is now on Netflix. It is directed by Jordan Scott, with Eva Green in the role of Miss G. In 2000 Kohler received the Smart Family Foundation Prize for “Underworld,” a story published in the October “Yale Review.” In 2001 she published her fourth novel,” The Children of Pithiviers,” with Zoland, a novel about the concentration camps during the Vicky Period in France in Pithiviers and Beaune la Rolande. In 2003 she was awarded a fellowship at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Institute to work on a historical novel based on the life on the Marquise de la Tour du Pin, a French aristocrat who escaped the Terror by bringing her family to Albany, New York. Also that year she published her third volume of short stories, “Stories from Another World” with the Ontario Review Press. She won the Antioch Review Prize in 2004 for work in that magazine. Both “ The Perfect Place” and “Miracles in America” came out in England with Jonathan Cape and in paperback with Vintage International. “The Perfect Place” was translated into French, German, Japanese, and Portuguese. Her fifth novel, “Crossways,” came out in October, 2004, also, with the Ontario Review Press edited by Raymond Smith and Joyce Carol Oates. It received a starred Kirkus Review and is out in paperback with the Other Press as well as “The Perfect Place.” Kohler has published essays in The Boston Globe, Salmagundi (summer 2004, 2009), The Bellevue Literary magazine, and O Magazine,”The Heart Speaks” ( May 2004), “What Happy Ever After Really Looks Like” (2008) and reviews in The New Leader and Bomb as well as essays in The American Scholar in 2014 and 2015. Kohler began teaching at The Writer's Voice in 1990, going on from there to teach at SUNY Purchase, Sarah Lawrence, Colgate, CCNY , Bennington and Columbia. She has taught creative writing at Princeton since 2008 and now teaches freshman seminars there . Sheila's sixth novel, “Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness” was published in 2007, and the paperback was published with Berkely in 2008. “The Transitional Object” in Boulevard won an O.Henry prize and is included in the 2008 volume. Her tenth book, “Becoming Jane Eyre” came out with Viking Penguin in December, 2009, and was a New York Times editor's pick. Casey Cep wrote in the Boston Globe about this novel: “With an appreciation for their craft and sympathy for their difficult profession, Kohler's “Becoming Jane Eyre'' is a tender telling of the Brontë family's saga and the stories they told.” Her eleventh book “Love Child” was published by Penguin in America and by La Table Ronde in France. In June of 2012, her twelfth book “The Bay of Foxes,” was published by Penguin. “Dreaming for Freud” was published by Penguin in 2014. It will be translated into Turkish In 2013 the story, “Magic Man” was published in Best American Short Stories. Sheila Kohler published her memoir “Once we were sisters” in 2017 with Penguin in America and with Canongate in England and Alba in Spain. Sheila's latest novel is “Open Secrets” published by Penguin in July 2020. Kohler currently lives in New York and Amagansett. ***

PopaHALLics #118 "It Takes Two to Tango"Relationships can be a tricky dance, whether you're mismatched cops working a murder case ("Deadloch"), a movie star & a "civilian" falling in love ("Starstruck"), or socialites mistakenly trusting a writer who will betray them ("Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans"). Not to mention two assassins living together ("Mr. & Mrs. Smith")!Streaming:"Masters of the Air," Apple +.  Austin Butler ("Elvis") and Callum Turner play pilots and friends more like siblings in this "Band of Brothers"-esque look at the 100th Bomb Group during World War II."Deadloch," Prime. A local straightlaced cop (Kate Box) and a brash outsider (Madeleine Sami) reluctantly team up to solve murders in a small town in this quirky feminist noir comedy."Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Prime. In a relationship dramedy inspired by the 2005 Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt movie, Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play assassins who become a couple."Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans," FX. Writer Truman Capote becomes friends with a group of rich glamorous socialites and then spills all their secrets in a magazine article. Starring Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, Demi Moore, Chloe Sevigny, and Tom Hollander as Capote."Starstruck," Max. A movie star (Nikesh Patel) and a "little rat nobody" (Rose Matafeo) try to have a relationship in this screwball BBC rom-com created by Matafeo."Death & Other Details," Hulu. A young woman (Violett Beane) boards a luxury liner, only to find "the world's greatest detective" (Mandy Patinkin) who abandoned her in her childhood time of need. But she'll need the help of the hard-drinking sleuth to prove her innocence when a murder occurs.Books:"Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud & The Last Trial of Harper Lee," by Casey Cep. In this true story, a rural preacher murdered five family members for insurance money until a relative shot him dead at the funeral for one of the victims. In the audience at the vigilante's trial: "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee, hoping to write a book like her friend Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." "Furious Hours" also follows the attorney who first defended the preacher and then his killer."Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, & a Swan Song for an Era," by Laurence Leamer. The bestseller that inspired the miniseries "Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans" (see above).

I love the Lord and he loves me. I will not forget, and neither will he. That was the poem that a seven-year-old Christian Wiman handed his pastor—during the altar call, no less. The young Wiman didn't wait for a response or say a word, he just ran back to his pew. Soon after, the pastor published Wiman's poem in the Southern Baptist Convention's newsletter. “I gave him a poem,” Wiman says on this episode of The Russell Moore Show. “That was my gesture of salvation.” In the decades since, Wiman has wrestled with his faith, suffered from cancer, and continued to find meaning in writing poetry. On this episode, he and Moore discuss the poetry in Scripture, how Jesus engaged with suffering, and how poetry can help pastors in their preaching. They talk about why poetry can be intimidating, entry points for engaging it, and how poetry can reveal the joy in our lives. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair by Christian Wiman My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer by Christian Wiman Joy: 100 Poems edited by Christian Wiman The Tree of Life Frederick Buechner “The Figure a Poem Makes” by Robert Frost Theology and Joy by Jürgen Moltmann “How the Poet Christian Wiman Keeps His Faith” by Casey Cep for The New Yorker W. A. Criswell Abraham Joshua Heschel The Moviegoer by Walker Percy Sara Grant The Sickness unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification & Awakening by Anti-Climacus by Søren Kierkegaard Miroslav Volf “The Ground of Being” Basil Bunting John Milton William Shakespeare William Wordsworth Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to questions@russellmoore.com. Click here for a trial membership at Christianity Today. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producers: Erik Petrik, Russell Moore, and Mike Cosper Host: Russell Moore Producer: Ashley Hales Associate Producers: Abby Perry and McKenzie Hill Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens Audio engineering by Dan Phelps Video producer: Abby Egan Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Jamey and his guest Kathy Hoekstra discuss Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. The book covers the true crime murder of an Alabama serial killer, and how author Harper Lee couldn't find a way to finish a book about it. Find drink recipes and more information on the book at OneDrinkBookClub.com.

Join Jericho Writers More about TAKE WHAT YOU NEED The books spoken about on the show: Fiction 1a: Penance by Eliza Clark 1b: Pretty as a Picture by Elizabeth Little 2a: In Memoriam by Alice Winn 2b: Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton 3a: Mrs S by K Patrick 3b: Dryland by Sara Jaffe 4a: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto 4b: Murder & Mamon by Mia P Manansala 5a: The List by Yomi Adegoke 5b: More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez Non-fiction 1a: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears 1b: Pageboy by Elliot Page 2a: Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe  2b: Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson 3a: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 3b: Furious Hours by Casey Cep  4a: The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell 4b: Uprooting by Marchelle Farrell 5a: Stay True by Hua Hsu  5b: This Ragged Grace by Octavia Bright Book of the year: Open Throat by Henry Hoke

A suave preacher, all his murdered family members, accusations of voodoo, and literary royalty get thrown into Muriel's brew this week. Toying with Nick's highfalutin tendencies, Muriel read Casey Cep's “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” and tells the tale of six brutal deaths and how the impossible, grumpy genius who authored “To Kill a Mockingbird” went back down south and attempted to write a book about the whole ordeal. Pinkies up! As a companion 2-parter, check out “Capote's Murders” on Patreon or Spotify. Subscribing to one of those is the greatest possible way to support this podcast. Thank you! A note about exclusive episodes: for the full back catalogue of Muriel's Murders exclusive episodes, please sign up on Patreon. For exclusive episodes starting with #33 delivered straight into your Spotify feed, please sign up on Spotify. Both services will get you access to all the new exclusive episodes going forward. Thank you!  Music by Mario Casalini. Follow him on IG. Check out this Spotify Playlist of music he produced. Here are Muriel's Murders Social Media links.  Our DMs are open, we love hearing from you! murielsmurders@gmail.com www.murielsmurders.com

In this special spooky episode, Ellie and Carrie discuss the cultural logic of hauntings in both American history and their own lives. They grapple with childhood notions of their late father's ghost, something Carrie feared and Ellie denied. Understanding hauntings as living loss, they bring in the work of historian Tiya Miles, whose book Tales from the Haunted South offers ghost stories as potentially radical works of historiography that often deal with narratives left out of the official record. But such narratives are also taken less seriously because they are ghost stories. For Miles, the Native American ghost and the enslaved ghost play twin roles interrogating trauma in the American gothic. Ellie offers a brief history and social explanation of the Salem witch trials, undergirded by patriarchal prescriptions and the anxieties of Puritan predestination. Meanwhile, how have misogynistic conceptions of women as vessels prone to hysteria colored female possession narratives from Dido to Bertha Mason to Regan MacNeil (a.k.a. the Exorcist girl, who's chained to a bed while the Devil makes her say "Fuck me! Fuck me!")? During the Victorian era, women spiritualists used such stereotypes to their advantage, finding their own voices while speaking for the undead. Other topics include the role of inherited trauma in the most powerful horror stories (see the Graham family in Ari Aster's Hereditary), queerness and ghosts (see Dani in The Haunting of Bly Manner), and the relationship between 19th-century spiritualism and technology, especially when it came to the new medium of photography. In addition to Miles, books referenced are Judith Richardson's Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley, Renée L. Bergland's The National Uncanny, Sacvan Bercovitch's The American Jeremiad, and, of course, Susan Sontag's On Photography and Regarding the Pain of Others. Articles are “Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting the powerless” by Bridget Marshall for The Conversation (2019), “Why Did So Many Victorians Try to Speak with the Dead” by Casey Cep for the New Yorker (2021), and “What Ghost Stories Taught Me About My Queer Self” by Nell Stevens for the New Yorker (2022).

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 18, 2022 is: bespoke • bih-SPOHK • adjective Bespoke is a synonym of custom-made and is used to describe anything made to an individual's desired specifications. // While factory-made furniture is almost always less expensive, nothing beats the charm of a bespoke, hand-carved chair or table. See the entry > Examples: “Salt boxes are, or have become, a Baltimore specialty. Nine hundred or so of these bespoke wooden bins—about as wide as a refrigerator, as tall as a toddler, as yellow as a rubber ducky—are stationed strategically throughout the city, mostly on streets too narrow or hills too steep for plows.” — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2022 Did you know? In the English language of yore, the verb bespeak had various meanings, including “to speak,” “to accuse,” and “to complain.” In the 16th century, bespeak acquired another meaning: “to order or arrange in advance.” It is from that sense that we get the adjective bespoke, referring to clothes and other things that are ordered before they are made. Bespoke has enjoyed a spike in usage in recent years, perhaps due to consumer trends that champion all things artisanal over those that are prefab.

This week on News Nerds we'll be speaking with Pulitzer Prize winning writer Kathryn Schulz. Her new book, Lost & Found grapples with the loss and then later discovery in Kathryn's recent life. The book is split into three sections, lost, where she recounts the event of her father's death and her grief afterwards, found, when we learn of her relationship with fellow New Yorker writer Casey Cep who is simply known as ‘C' in the book, and the final section titled ‘and' in which Schulz and Cep get married Ezra --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newsnerds/message

Kathryn Schulz lost her father in 2016, only a year after falling in love with fellow New Yorker staff writer Casey Cep, whom she would marry in 2018. The confluence of tragedy and discovery moved her to write the memoir, Lost and Found, a book full of personal accounts of loss, discovery and the mystery of what conjoins them. It leads the reader not only through Schulz's experiences, but the more universal experience of loss and revelation by using philosophy, science, poetry and other disciplines. The result is a beautiful meditation on the ordinary experiences of everyday life, as well as the profound mysteries of love and loss.Schulz joins Marrie Stone to talk about the memoir, how she settled on its structure, how she's built the deep well of scientific, philosophical, spiritual and literary knowledge she drew from, and more.Schultz is a staff writer for the New Yorker Magazine. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her 2015 article, "The Really Big One." She's also the author of the 2010 book, Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error.Download audio. (Broadcast date: January 17, 2022)

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Mindy and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: traveling through the mail and anew book light Current Reads: some backlist books and some new releases, some of which really surprised us! Deep Dive: factors that make us add and remove stars Book Presses: redemptive drama and a true-to-life-novel As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . :28 - Currently Reading Patreon :59 - All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells  2:00 - Bookish Moment of the Week 4:04 - Mindy's Instagram @gratefulforgrace 5:35 - The Lamborghini of Book Lights 5:47 - Current Reads 6:22 - Dear Bob and Sue by Matt and Karen Smith (Mindy) 8:28 - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 9:32 - CeCeRios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera (Kaytee) 9:40 - Currently Reading on Mighty Networks 10:59 - Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston 11:51 - The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody 12:46 - Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (Mindy) 16:12 - We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez  16:51 - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins 18:01 - Lost and Found by Kathryn Schulz (Kaytee) 18:05 - Fabled Bookshop 18:30 - Furious Hours by Casey Cep 21:26 - In The Wild Night by Jeff Zentner 21:37 - The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (Mindy) 24:48 - Hell of a Book by Jason Mott (Kaytee) 29:31 - Deep Dive: The Things that Affect our Star Ratings 29:37 - @Katie.lovesbooks on Instagram 30:02 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 33:43 - Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe 34:26 - Frankie and Bug by Gayle Foreman  34:51 - These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant 36:06 - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 38:33 - Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam 40:35 - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 40:49 - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 42:07 - All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle 45:37 - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 45:42 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Mindy) 46:22 - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke 47:35 - We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter (Kaytee) 47:42 - Sarah's Bookshelves Live Episode 1 w/Georgia Hunter 49:18 - Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan 49:21 - The Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly 49:46 - Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Charmingly eccentric tale with a sharply feminist point of view or a 'hot mess' – what did Laura's book club make of Lolly Willowes by Silvia Townsend Warner? Meanwhile The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers explores loneliness, the human need for understanding and the search for love. What did Kate's book club think. Should you pick it up? Listen in to find out. We also discuss Furious Hours by Casey Cep and A Start in Life by Anita Brookner. Robert McCrumb's 100 Best Novels Written in English  1 in 5 does not represent over 300 years of women in literature: Rachel Cooke's response. Join the conversation between episodes: follow us on Instagram or Facebook @BookClubReview podcast, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod or email thebookclubreview@gmail.com. If you like what we do, please pass it on, share the episode link on social media, and help us spread the word.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 20, 2021 is: huckster • HUCK-ster • noun A huckster is a person who is aggressive or dishonest in selling. // The jewelry that the huckster was peddling was obviously imitation.   See the entry > Examples: "… somewhere between four million and eleven million people identified as Spiritualists in the United States alone. Some of the leaders back then were hucksters, and some of the believers were easy marks…." — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021 Did you know? Huckster comes from the Dutch noun hokester and verb hoeken, which means "to peddle."

Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello talk "do-overs" this week and hear from listeners about their finicky unfinished projects; New Yorker staff writer Casey Cep discusses her debut book Furious Hours, which follows a mysterious Alabama murder case that captivated beloved author Harper Lee; comedian Matteo Lane questions the job description of pharmacists; and singer-songwriter Samantha Crain details how her days as a child powerlifter prepared her for a life of touring, before performing "High Horse" from her album A Small Death.

Le fait divers est un des thèmes qui a le plus inspiré les auteurs. Crimes, disparitions, enlèvement : la réalité est une source inépuisable pour le romancier et on y trouve tous les ingrédients du romanesque : un point de départ, un point d'arrivée, et au milieu, des personnages qui évoluent et se transforment, sous l'action d'événements extérieurs. Le tout, source de réflexion pour le lecteur. Du coup, qui dit source inépuisable, dit multitude de livres. Le choix a été encore plus difficile que d'habitude, mais on s'est aussi régalé en le préparant ! Voici nos choix, comme d'habitude mêlant nouveautés et classiques, et un livre jeunesse. - De sang froid, Truman Capote, Gallimard 1966, Folio 1972 - Les heures furieuses, Casey Cep, Sonatine, 2021 - L'inconnu de la poste, Florence Aubenas, L'Olivier, 2021 - La petite femelle, Philippe Jaenada, Juilliard 2015, Points 2016 - Thérèse Raquin, Emile Zola, illustration Mayalen Goust, Ecole des loisirs, coll. Illustrés classiques --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/librairie-paroles/message

Wilson's guest on Delmarva Today is The New Yorker staff writer Casey Cep. They are discussing spiritualism in Cep's article “Kindred Spirits” in the May 31st issue of The New Yorker. “Almost a third of Americans say they have communicated with someone who has died,” Casey Cep tells us, “and they collectively spend more than two-billion dollars a year for psychic services on platforms old and new. Instagram, Facebook, Tik-Tok, television, whatever the medium, there's a medium.” Why this increased interest in spiritualism, and what need does it meet among the public today?

Casey and Dave are joined by New York Times bestselling author Casey Cep, an acclaimed staff writer at The New Yorker, to discuss her fascinating true crime thriller "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee." 

Take a listen as Chelsea & Amanda highlight what they're reading, library news, and related books for Women's History Month.  Quotes to remember: "I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else." - Dolly PartonBooks mentioned include:"Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee" by Casey Cep"Home for Erring and Outcast Girls" by Julie Kibler"Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society" by Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate"Before We Were Yours" by Lisa Wingate"Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics" by Dolly Parton and Robert K. OermannStop by the library today to check out or reserve these titles, or download them to your Libby App!  

One by one, two wives, a brother, a nephew, a neighbor, and finally a stepdaughter of the Reverend Willie Maxwell had all died under suspicious circumstances. The criminal justice system had proved powerless to stop him, so Robert Burns took matters into his own hands. Charged with murder, Burns needed the best lawyer he could find. He turned to Tom Radney – the man who had gotten Willie acquitted of the murder of his first wife. Buy The Furious Hours by Casey Cep

My all-time favorite book is To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee; so imagine how excited I was when author Casey Cep finished a project that Lee had started, and mysteriously abandoned. After helping her good friend Truman Capote do research for his masterpiece, In Cold Blood, Lee thought that she too would write a true crime book. And there was a doozy of a case unfolding in her home state of Alabama. It was the trial of Robert Burns, who was accused of killing the Reverend Willie Maxwell. Many locals called Maxwell a voodoo preacher. Robert had killed Willie in front of hundreds of witnesses while they attended the funeral of Robert's niece, 16-year-old Shirley Ann Ellington. Shirley was also Willie's step daughter. Few seemed to mind what Robert had done, since Maxwell himself was suspected of the murders of a half a dozen people. People who just happened to name him as beneficiary of their life insurance policies. Policies that the Reverend Willie bought and paid for. Purchase The Furious Hours on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1101947861/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MCTSYKA4YNBF53JZRCEX

It’s the question that launched Book Dreams: What did Harper Lee do all day in the fifty-plus years between the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird and her death? Finally, after years of speculation, we have an answer! Casey Cep--staff writer at The New Yorker, graduate of Harvard University and the University of Oxford, and author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee--joins Eve and Julie to talk about Harper Lee’s surprising life in a conversation that ranges from New York’s Upper East Side to the courthouses and salt licks of Alabama. We explore her abiding need for privacy, her lifelong friendship with Truman Capote, and her half-century struggle to write the next book. Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast), or email us at contact@bookdreamspodcast.com.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 4, 2020 is: erudite • AIR-uh-dyte • adjective : having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying Examples: "And so the arguments about animal minds went on, often technical, sometimes absurd, at times brilliant, in many guises and versions. They were catalogued and analyzed at length by Pierre Bayle…. (Bayle was a Protestant also living in exile in Holland, an erudite scholar and original thinker, and one of the great skeptics of the seventeenth century.)" — Noga Arikha, Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours, 2007 "[Marilynne Robinson] narrates the ecology of the area and some of its human history, pointing out the generations of headstones hidden among a tiny sea of hills. She is formidably erudite but punctuates her speech with the surprisingly sweet refrain 'you know?'" — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 Sept. 2020 Did you know? Erudite derives from Latin eruditus, the past participle of the verb erudire, meaning "to instruct." A closer look at that verb shows that it is formed by combining the prefix e-, meaning "missing" or "absent," with the adjective rudis, which means "rude" or "ignorant." (Rudis is also the source of the English word rude.) We typically use rude to mean "discourteous" or "uncouth" but it can also mean "lacking refinement" or "uncivilized." Taking these meanings into account, erudite stays true to its etymology: someone who is erudite has been transformed from a roughened or uninformed state to a polished and knowledgeable one through a devotion to learning.

Alan welcomed special guest host Ben Meiselas, Colin Kaepernick's attorney, and now SiriusXM talk show personality to share the mic with him (distanced of course). Alan and Ben talked to law professor, filmmaker and author Joel Bakan, about his book turned film, "The New Corporation." It's an unflinching look at the way corporations have rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle society's problems, while CEO compensation soars, income inequality is at all-time highs, and democratic institutions sit in a precarious situation. In the second half-hour, the dynamic duo chats with Casey Cep, whose new book "Furious Hours" details the last trial of Harper Lee, the writer behind "To Kill a Mockingbird." While the nation gears up for the election, Gurvey's Law will distract you with some interesting book talk… Don't miss Gurveys Law on Sundays, at 5 p.m. Pacific time on KABC-AM 790 TalkRadio and streaming live on kabc.com!

In this episode, we talk with Professor Jack Downey (@xjackdowneyx) of the University of Rochester about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement. We get into Day's life and influence, liberation theology, the politics of the modern Catholic Church, the tactic of self-immolation as a form of resistance and more. Jack Downey is the John Henry Newman Chair in Roman Catholic Studies at the University of Rochester. He teaches courses on contemporary justice movements, liberation theologies, North American religious history, Christianity, Buddhism, and contemplative traditions. His current research projects examine self-immolation, forms of protest, violence, Roman Catholicism in Alaska and Québec, and asceticism. Read more: Casey Cep, "Dorothy Day's Radical Faith" (https://bit.ly/3ktfoD5) Interview with Kate Hennessy (Day's granddaughter) (https://n.pr/2TndOXn) Archive of Day's writings for The Catholic Worker (https://bit.ly/3dPes9G) On L.A.'s Skid Row, Catholic Worker's ‘Hippie Kitchen' adjusts to coronavirus (https://bit.ly/35sx8Iv) Also, follow us on any of these social media channels: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpodcast Donate to Green and Red Podcast Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Scott (@sparki1969) and Bob (@bobbuzzanco). "Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

After 25 episodes together, Eve and Julie are wondering: What’s it like to collaborate on writing a book? What makes a writing team successful? And when is it better to work alone? In this week’s episode, they get a between-the-lines look at two very different writing teams--Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao, the mother-daughter collaborators behind the collective memoir Family in Six Tones; and Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott, the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind Five Feet Apart and the newly released All This Time. Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast), or email us at contact@bookdreamspodcast.com.

Y’all might have to down some redbull (+ vodka) to keep up with vanilla suit connoisseur Tom Wolfe and his eighties brick, The Bonfire of the Vanities. It is, let’s say, equal parts energetic and problematic. We get into why, then do a juicy dive on the misguided movie adaptation starring, bewilderingly, Tom Hanks. Books mentioned: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, A Man in Full & I Am Charlotte Simmons, Tom Wolfe; Furious Hours, Casey Cep; Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand; I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara; The Devil’s Candy, Julie Salamon. A bonfire of sources: Tom Wolfe Obit (NYT) Retrospective on BoV (NYT) Wolfe on Fresh Air (NPR) Joseph Epstein on BoV (New Criterion) Louis Menand, Adam Gopnik and Paul Elie on Wolfe (New Yorker) BoV Movie Trailer Piece on The Devil’s Candy (LA Times) As always, Patricia Lockwood on Updike (LRB) Chuckle-slinger

Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante’s trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more years working on her own version of the case.Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country’s most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity. FURIOUS HOURS: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee-Casey Cep.

Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted - thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the reverend.  Sitting in the audience during the vigilante's trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research 17 years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting and many more years working on her own version of the case.  Now, Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country's most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity.

Seira Wilson, Vannessa Cronin, and Chris Schluep talk about their favorite true crime books (and some shows, podcasts, and Audible Originals). Books include: “The Stanger Beside Me” by Ann Rule, “Shot in the Heart” by Mikal Gilmore, “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” by Michelle McNamara, “The Bloody Alphabet Coloring Book,” “American Kingpin” by Nick Bilton, “The People Who Eat Darkness” by Richard Lloyd Parry, “Helter Skelter” by Vincent Bugliosi, “Zodiac” by Robert Graysmith, “Party Monster” by James St. James, “Say Nothing” by Patrick Radden Keefe, “Bad Blood” by John Carreyrou, “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann, “The Death of Sybil Bolton” by Dennis McAuliffe Jr., “MS-13” by Steven Dudley, “The Organ Thieves” by Chip Jones, “Dancing with the Octopus” by Debora Harding, “We Keep the Dead Close” by Becky Cooper, “Furious Hours” by Casey Cep, “The Feather Thief” by Kirk Wallace Johnson, “Nut Jobs” by Marc Fennell, “The Book of Atlantis Black” by Betsy Bonner, and “Dopeworld” by Niko Vorobyov.

Across the South and well beyond, cities and states have been removing their Confederate monuments, recognizing their power as symbols of America’s foundational racism. In the town of Easton, Maryland, in front of the picturesque courthouse, there’s a statue known as the Talbot Boys. It depicts a young soldier holding a Confederate battle flag, and it honors the men who crossed over to fight for secession. It’s the last such monument in Maryland, outside of a battlefield or a graveyard. Casey Cep grew up nearby, and she’s watched as the town has awakened to the significance of the statue. Five years ago, when a resolution to remove it came before the county council, the vote was 5–0 opposing removal. But, during a summer of reckoning with police violence and structural racism, the statue came up for a vote again. Is time finally catching up with the Talbot Boys?

Across the South and well beyond, cities and states have been removing their Confederate monuments, recognizing their power as symbols of America’s foundational racism. In the town of Easton, Maryland, in front of the picturesque courthouse, there’s a statue known as the Talbot Boys. It depicts a young soldier holding a Confederate battle flag, and it honors the men who crossed over to fight for secession. It’s the last such monument in Maryland, outside of a battlefield or a graveyard. Casey Cep grew up nearby, and she’s watched as the town has awakened to the significance of the statue. Five years ago, when a resolution to remove it came before the county council, the vote was 5–0 opposing removal. But, during a summer of reckoning with police violence and structural racism, the statue came up for a vote again. Is time finally catching up with the Talbot Boys?

Proponents for medical marijuana are hitting the road to advocate for ballot initiative 65, but some health officials say a constitutional amendment protecting the drug is a step in the wrong direction.Then, the capital city is fighting food insecurity with a pilot program featuring Jackson chef Nick Wallace.Plus, in our Book Club, "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee."Segment 1:Supporters of medical marijuana are working to educate voters about an initiative on theNovember ballot that would make its use legal in Mississippi. With events this week in the capital city and on the coast, members of Medical Marijuana 2020, the organizing group behind Initiative 65, are working to gain momentum ahead of the November election. Initiative 65 would allow Mississippians with one of 22 debilitating conditions such as cancer, seizures and multiple sclerosis obtain a prescription from a doctor to use medical marijuana. Jamie Grantham is Communication Director for Medical Marijuana 2020.For Jim Perry, a member of the state Board of Health, Initiative 65 is the wrong way to pursue the issue of medical marijuana. He tells our Desare Frazier, it the measure passes, it would become a part of the state constitution, giving it protections no other drug has.Segment 2:Access to healthy food is a global challenge and one that impacts thousands of U.S. cities and over 40 million people nationwide. This crisis has been further exacerbated by the growing problem of income disparity and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. But community leaders in Jackson are teaming up with local chefs to combat the issue through Sunshine for All - a pilot program sponsored by Dole Packaged Foods. Chef Nick Wallace, an Edwards native, says he wants to use his platform to address local food insecurity. He tells our Michael Guidry one way to do this is by embracing the "slow food" movement. Segment 3:In a true crime story from the 1970s, a rural preacher was accused of murdering five family members. He escaped justice until he was shot dead by a relative at the funeral of his last victim. The relative's lawyer was the same attorney who represented the dead preacher. Enter one of America's most beloved authors, Harper Lee, who attended the trial daily and spent many years working on her own version of the case. Casey Cep is the author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode One Hundred Seven Show Notes – Currently Reading –Night – Elie Wiesel (CW)(audio)Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Most Dangerous Man – Mary Trump, Ph.D. (CW)Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen Rooney (EF) release date 8/11/20– Just Read –With or Without You – Caroline Leavitt (EF)Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder – Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey (CW)Transcendent Kingdom – Yaa Gyasi (EF)The Deep – Alma Katsu (CW)The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World – Melinda Gates (EF)(audio)Amityville Horror – Jay Anson (CW)– Biblio Adventures – Chris and Emily went on an adventure to the Durham Public Library. Emily picked up a copy of Cooperstown by Eugena Pilek. Chris picked up The Marrow Thieves by Cheri Dimaline.Emily tuned into A Mighty Blaze to hear an interview with Anna Quindlen author of Nanaville. and bookclub read The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose and she attended their Zoom conversation.– Upcoming Jaunts –Tuesday, July 21, a virtual event at The Strand with Amy Poeppel author of Musical Chairs in conversation with Marcy Dermansky. You can register for the event here.Tuesday, July 28, a virtual event at Books are Magic with Sarah Weinman author of Unspeakable Acts in conversation with Casey Cep. You can register for the event here.Monday, August 3, a virtual event at The Strand with Laura Lippman author of My Life as a Villainess: Essays in conversation Tafy Brodesser-Akner. You can register for the event here.Wednesday, August 5 the Schomburg Center will be hosting Isabel Wilkerson author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and The Warmth of Other Suns. You can register for the event here.The Book Cougars are hosting a biblio adventure! We will be having a virtual readalong discussion of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, July 26th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join us please send an email to save a spot.– Upcoming Reads –Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (CW)Saving Ruby King – Catherine Adel West (EF) Beyond Ally: The Pursuit of Racial Justice – Dr. Maysa Akbar (CW)(EF)– Author Spotlight with Dr. Maysa Akbar – You can learn more about Dr. Akbar and her books on her website.Beyond Ally: The Pursuit of Racial Justice and Urban Trauma: A Legacy of Racism – Also Mentioned – Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk – Kathleen Rooney Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – JK RowlingAlso by Alma Katsu: The Hunger, and The Taker TrilogyHome Before Dark – Riley SagerEmpire of Wild – Cherie DimalineAlice HoffmanThe Only Good Indians – Stephen Graham JonesRussell at Ink and Paper BlogThe Thorn Birds – Colleen McCulloughLady in the Lake – Laura Lippman14th Librarian of Congress Carla HaydenPoet Tracy K. Smith

We talk about Casey Cep's nonfiction book, Furious Hours, which is the story of Harper Lee's last unfinished project. We also try our hand at making good ol' southern banana pudding. Join us at the table! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laura-archambault/message

We talk (some more) about Catherine Marshall's lovely book, Christy. Our next book pick is Furious Hours by Casey Cep. Please see our website groundsfordiscussionpodcast.com for more information and a link to the book. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laura-archambault/message

Bay Area poet Vernon Keeve III lost his father during this pandemic. That loss--and that relationship--was a complicated one. His father was a Southern Baptist preacher and lawyer who for most of his life did not extend to his son the grace he was preaching. He suffered from dementia for two years before his death, and was only just beginning to make amends in their relationship before he lost the ability to do so.In this final conversation of season one, Vernon shares how he's come to terms with his personal history, and used both the past and the present to inspire his writing.You can find Vernon's book, Southern Migrant Mixtape, here.You can find The Bay Area Writing Project here.I mentioned C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters in this episode, which I highly recommend. Casey Cep wrote a great story about it for the New Yorker back in 2013, which you can find here.As always, you can find show notes and support our work at www.shelterinplacepodcast.info. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello tell us about their simple delights; poet Ross Gay ponders his fascination with the themes of joy and gratitude; Casey Cep, staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses her debut book about a mysterious Alabama murder case that captivated beloved author Harper Lee; and Colin Hay, formerly of Men at Work, performs "Come Tumblin' Down" off his album "Fierce Mercy."

This week our guest is New York Times bestselling author and staff writer at the New Yorker, Casey Cep. Her recent book is Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, which was listed by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2019. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:Writing nonfiction and being curious about peopleBeing flexible in order to writeAnd moreIf you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this WriterVisit Casey Cep’s Website, Twitter, and InstagramOrder her book, Furious HoursFollow the PodcastVisit the podcast’s WebsiteFollow the HostSlide into Sara Gallagher’s DM’s on InstagramFollow our PartnersLearn more about We Need Diverse Books, whose mission is to put more diverse books into the hands of all childrenBecome an AdvertiserUse my Contact Page or hit me up on InstaThis Week’s Writing PromptEach week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.This week’s writing prompt is: Draft a tableau. Place all of your characters in the same place at the same time.Explore Womxn AuthorsIn this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:Elaine Weiss, author of The Woman’s HourJamaica Kinkaid, author of At the Bottom of the RiverEnsure the Podcast ContinuesLove what you’re hearing? Show your appreciation and become a Supporter with a monthly contribution.Check Out Black Womxn AuthorsEpisode 30: Trina Greene Brown - Author of Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black ChildrenEpisode 28: Liara Tamani - Author of All The Things We Never KnewEpisode 27: Aja Black - Songwriter of musical duo The RemindersEpisode 26: Minna Salami - Author of Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for EveryoneSupport the show (https://fiercewomxnwriting.com/support)

Casey Cep is a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her first book, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and is available in hardcover, as an e-book, and as an audiobook.A proud graduate of the Talbot County Public Schools, she has an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. She was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where she still lives with her family.Furious Hours: The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird.Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted–thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend.Sitting in the audience during the vigilante’s trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more working on her own version of the case.Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South

Debut authors, Casey Cep & Lara Prescott, discuss their classic lit-inspired books with moderator Pamela Paul at the 2019 Portland Book Festival.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens is a publishing phenomenon: a debut novel that has sold more print copies in 2019 than any other adult title, fiction or non-fiction.  Appropriately, given our current Corona lockdown situation, it's a book about a girl who lives isolated in the wilderness, wrestling with loneliness. The plot draws together romance, crime and a courtroom drama building to a suspenseful conclusion. A page-turner, then, but what did Kate's book club make of it? Listen in to find out.  • Books mentioned on this episode: Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller, The Five by Hallie Rubenhold, Furious Hours by Casey Cep, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald and The Outrun by Amy Liptrot. • For more book reviews and recommendations between episodes follow us on Instagram or Facebook @BookClubReview podcast, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod or email thebookclubreview@gmail.com. Do subscribe to us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and if you like what we do please help other listeners to find us by taking a moment to rate and review us on iTunes, we always appreciate it.

Krystle and Aleta discuss Casey Cep's novel "The Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee."

The U.S. Postal Service is a rare thing: a beloved federal agency. Mail carriers visit every household in the country, and they are the only federal employees most of us see on a regular basis. But the service has been in serious financial trouble for years, a problem exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis. The survival of the system depends on intervention from Congress, but President Trump has called the postal service “a joke,” and without congressional intervention it could be forced to cease operating by the end of the year. Casey Cep, a New Yorker staff writer and the daughter of a postal worker, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the past and future of the U.S.P.S.

A rural Alabama preacher was accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money. His attorney helped him escape justice until the reverend was murdered at a funeral. In the audience of the vigilante’s trial was Harper Lee who had in mind a book about all this. “Furious Hours: Murder...

We review Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep and The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black. We also discuss our ongoing battle with eating in the library.   Email us at shelflifepod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @ShelfLife_Pod Music credit: Caroline Daniels

New Yorker writer and Baille Gifford Prize shortlistee, Casey Cep, goes head to head with short story writer, author and Guardian columnist Chris Power.They talk to host Joe Haddow about the great Harper Lee, the importance of short stories and if it's ever possible to win the caption competition in The New Yorker magazine.And in the Book Off, Alvaro Enrigue's "Sudden Death" is put up against Marilynne Robinson's debut novel, "Housekeeping" See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Author Casey Cep's first book, "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee," is a New York Times Best Seller. Listen to Alan Campbell's conversation with Cep to find out what makes this work so compelling. From Penguin Random House: Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted--thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend.Sitting in the audience during the vigilante's trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more years working on her own version of the case. Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country's most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity. The Watching America staff was so intrigued by this author and book, we wanted to share it again. It was first broadcast on June 20, 2019.

Kaytee and Meredith are excited for a new year and some new bookish recommendations! As always, we start out with a “bookish moment of the week” from each host. Some fame-treatment and bonus reading time. Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’ve got five-star books and strong opinions and all the things you love in this segment this week, so it’s a fun one! We are skipping our Slow But Steady check-in this week, but be sure to chime in with your picks on Instagram or Facebook for this challenge! For our deep dive, we are throwing some serious side-eye at the Goodreads Best Books of 2019 lists and the ways these collections are put together. We have STRONG opinions about the winners for a number of these categories, but it’s not all negative. We’ll also share our picks for “best lists that actually reflect good 2019 reading” with you. Finally, this week, we are Pressing Books into Your Hands: we’re trying something a little different with a “guest press” this week, and including a category of book that has never shown up on the press list before. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . . Current Reads: 6:52 - Bookshelf Thomasville Shelf Subscriptions 7:01 - The Last by Hannah Jameson 9:37 - Stephen King’s books 9:38 - Agatha Christie’s books 9:56 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 11:10 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 11:20 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 11:21 - Run by Ann Patchett 11:22 - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 11:23 - This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett 11:27 - The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett 11:32 - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett 18:18 - The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Carlson 18:30 - Read Aloud Revival 20:05 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 21:19 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness 21:22 - Naturally Tan by Tan France 24:57 - @girlaboutlibrary on Instagram 25:04 - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 26:46 - Furious Hours by Casey Cep 30:05 - Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat 30:13 - Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines Deep Dive: 34:35 - Goodreads Best of 2019 List: 35:18 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 36:10 - Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 36:18 - Audible’s Best of 2019 List 37:08 - Recursion by Blake Crouch 37:31 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 37:49 - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 38:40 - The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan 39:43 - Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis 40:07 - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 40:20 - Book of the Month (DJ&TS is their Book of the Year) 40:38 - The Five by Hallie Rubenhold 40:45 - The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 41:11 - Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis 41:13 - American Royals by Katherine McGee 41:25 - Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness 43:14 - New York Times Best of 2019 List 43:16 - NPR’s Best of 2019 List 43:24 - Libraryreads.org Best of 2019 List 44:03 - Lithub.com best of best of lists 44:33 - Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 44:34 - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 44:36 - Normal People by Sally Rooney 45:00 - Amy Allen Clark at Momadvice.com best of 2019 List Presses: 47:37 - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 50:14 - El Deafo by CeCe Bell

Our annual roundup of all the books we read in 2019! We share number of books read (Hannah smokes us all, of course), give out awards, and look ahead to 2020. Links:  NYT 100 Notable books for 2019 Patricia Lockwood on John Updike Taffy Brodesser-Akner on Gwenyth Paltrow/Goop  Books mentioned: Furious Hours, Casey Cep; The Topeka School, Ben Lerner; Fleishman is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner; Normal People & Converations with Friends, Sally Rooney; Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday; Trust Exercise, Susan Choi; Transcription, Kate Atkinson; The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson; Priestdaddy, Patricia Lockwood; Educated, Tara Westover; Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo; Ladies Who Punch, Ramin Setoodeh; Here I am, Jonathan Safran Foer; The Overstory, Richard Powers; Find Me, Andre Aciman; The Patrick Melrose novels, Edward St Aubyn; Circe, Madeline Miller; Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevksy; The Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante; Howard’s End, E.M. Forster.

When Nefertiti Austin looked for books reflecting the experience of a single, black, adoptive mother, she didn’t find any. Anywhere. So she wrote one. This week Nefertiti shares a reading from her recent memoir, Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America.In this episode, we discuss her writing process, andHow long it took her to get publishedWhether or not procrastination is good for a writerHow emotional peace is involved in writingAnd more!If you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this WriterReach Nefertiti Austin on Instagram, Facebook, and TwitterFollow the PodcastVisit the Website for more info on the podcastFollow the HostSlide into Sara Gallagher’s DM’s on InstagramFollow our PartnersLearn more about We Need Diverse Books, whose mission is to put more diverse books into the hands of all childrenVisit Terra Preta Review (unearthing phenomenal writing) to read the latest issue and submit workThis Week’s Writing PromptEach week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.This week’s writing prompt is: What does motherhood look like to you?Explore these Womxn AuthorsIn this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:Casey Cep, author of Furious HoursToni Morrison’s collection The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and MeditationsDoris Payne’s book Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel ThiefEnsure the Podcast ContinuesLove what you’re hearing? Show your appreciation and become a Supporter with a monthly contribution.Check Out More Fierce Womxn Writing ProgrammingEpisode 2: Elissa Bassist - essayist, humor writer, and editor at The RumpusEpisode 1: Grace Talusan - Author of The Body PapersFierce Womxn Writing: TrailerSupport the show (https://fiercewomxnwriting.com/support)

In our final episode of 2019 (and the decade as a whole!), Annie and Bookshelf staffers Olivia and Lucy sit down to talk through their favorite titles of the year. These are the books that meant the most over the last 12 months: Annie's List: 1. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 2. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 3. The Dearly Beloved by Carla Wall 4. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 5. Family of Origin by CJ Hauser 6. Normal People by Sally Rooney 7. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 8. Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey 9. The Current by Tim Johnston 10. Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Olivia's List 1. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 2. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 3. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 4. All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker 5. The Line Tender by Kate Allen 6. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson 7. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia 8. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson 9. This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews 10. The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas Lucy's List: 1. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 2. Furious Hours by Casey Cep 3. The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey 4. Stars of Alabama by Sean Dietrich 5. This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger 6. The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan 7. The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman 8. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 9. The Innocents by Michael Crummey 10. The Organs of Sense by Adam Ehrlich Sachs -- As we close out 2019, we're so grateful to our listeners for playing such a large role The Bookshelf's success. Every purchase, every like, every comment, every email means the world. Special thanks to Chris Jensen for his work on From the Front Porch over the years. We're so grateful for his contribution to The Bookshelf and the podcast, and we wish him nothing but the best in his next endeavor. This episode of From the Front Porch was produced by Dylan Garven at Studio D Productions. Our new theme music -- a hint of what's to come in 2020 -- is by Simeon Church. Annie's got some fun things in the work for Patreon; support us there for more bonus Bookshelf content coming in 2020. From the Front Porch is going on a brief hiatus; new episodes will launch Thursday, January 30.

Debut authors, Casey Cep & Lara Prescott, discuss their classic lit-inspired books with moderator Pamela Paul at the 2019 Portland Book Festival.

Gayle and Nicole are here with the first half of our 2019 Holiday Gift Guide. We offer suggestions for a wide variety of readers on your list – mostly books but some “book-adjacent” items as well. This discussion took longer than we thought, so we split it in half! Tune in next week for the second half of the list. WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING https://amzn.to/2KWZX6l (I'll Give You The Sun) by Jandy Nelson https://amzn.to/34nWo0O (The Dutch House) by Ann Patchett https://amzn.to/2Ol2v0c (Ask Again, Yes) by Mary Beth Keane https://amzn.to/2KSlQ6Q (The Only Plane In The Sky) by Garrett M. Graff https://amzn.to/2XMA1Q2 (One Day) by Gene Weingarten https://amzn.to/34lUHAR (Patsy) by Nicole Dennis-Benn https://amzn.to/35vLZAe (Long Bright River) by Liz Moore GAYLE'S READING CHALLENGE WOES Gayle updates us on the http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/01/the-2019-ediwtb-reading-challenge/ (2019 Everyday I Write The Book Reading Challenge). https://amzn.to/2DkMml4 (Charlotte Sometimes) by Penelope Farmer is turning out to be problematic. FOR THE AUDIOBOOK JUNKIES https://amzn.to/35vLZAe (Apple AirPods) Comfortable, have a seamless connection to Bluetooth, and good are good for running. They won't fall out of your ears. https://amzn.to/2OmiqLT (Tranya True Wireless Earbuds) Affordable, comfortable, pair easily with any device. She has several pairs and has bought them for most of her family who love them as well, so she knows they make a great gift. https://www.mybotm.com/o24hfc367de?show_box=true (Scribd) Unlimited access to audiobooks, ebooks and digital downloads (within reason). Probably not the best for heavy listeners, but if you listen/read 6-8 books a month, it's worth it to have access to the latest books. https://amzn.to/2L2A84V (Audible) Several plans and an easy return policy make it easy to find the perfect groove for your audiobook needs. FOR THE HISTORY BUFFS https://amzn.to/34peAXR (Furious Hours; Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee) by Casey Cep (https://amzn.to/33rZcJ9 (Audiobook)) https://amzn.to/2OoJpq5 (Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland)) by Patrick Radden Keefe (https://amzn.to/35BVs96 (Audiobook)) FOR THE MAGICALLY & WHIMSICALLY INCLINED https://amzn.to/34isISJ (The Ocean At The End Of The Lane) by Neil Gaiman (https://amzn.to/2DogcFC (Illustrated Edition)) https://amzn.to/37DYg7F (Ninth House) by Leigh Bardugo FOR THE FRIEND WHO LISTENS TO ALL YOUR DRAMA https://amzn.to/34nWo0O (The Dutch House) by Ann Patchett https://amzn.to/2Ol2v0c (Ask Again, Yes) by Mary Beth Keane https://amzn.to/37JOGAn (The Last Romantics) by Tara Conklin https://amzn.to/2OlMSpb (Golden Child) by Claire Adam https://amzn.to/37F8BjA (The Travelers) by Regina Porter FOR THOSE INTRIGUED BY THE MYSTERIES OF TIME TRAVEL https://amzn.to/2QQYwKr (Time Was) by Ian McDonald https://amzn.to/34lZGl3 (Here And Now And Then) by Mike Chen https://amzn.to/2QSjSr1 (Exhalation) by Ted Chiang (from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/books/review/best-books.html?fbclid=IwAR1nWPSaJK0uPlyTAnQ3urP0-R1qZSYYiWsiiQ4WRgKeDfrSJAq7yrYAQtQ (New York Times 10 Best Books of 2019)) (see the full post http://thereaderlyreport.com/2019/11/27/2019-holiday-gift-guide-part-i/ (here)) Support this podcast

In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his lawyer didn’t deny it. Burns told a police officer: “I had to do it. And if I had to do it over, I’d do it again.” Casey Cep's book is The Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners discover the show: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for The Accomplice. If you'd like to introduce friends or family members to podcasts, we created a How to Listen guide based on frequently asked questions. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Sponsors: Article Get $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more at article.com/criminal. Away For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/criminal and use promo code CRIMINAL during checkout. Betabrand Go to betabrand.com/criminal for 20% off a pair of dress pants. Betterhelp Get 10% off your first month with discount code CRIMINAL when you fill out a questionnaire at betterhelp.com/criminal Casper Get $100 toward select mattresses by visiting Casper.com/criminal and using criminal at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. Everlane Get free shipping on your first order at everlane.com/criminal The Real Real Shop in-store, online, or download the app, and get 20% off select items with the promo code REAL. Simplisafe Protect your home today and get free shipping at SimpliSafe.com/CRIMINAL Squarespace Try Squarespace.com/criminal for a free trial and when you’re ready to launch, use the offer code CRIMINAL to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. ZipRecruiter Try ZipRecruiter for free at ZipRecruiter.com/criminal.

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Beverley Roos-Muller waded into Booker controversy territory and read both The Testaments by Margaret Atwood and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, joint winners for 2019. Melvyn Minnaar devoured Furious Hours, Casey Cep's literary true crime thriller about Harper Lee's non-fiction novel that never saw the light of day. John Hanks strongly recommends Gary Goldman & Marieka Gryzenhout's superbly illustrated Field Guide to Mushrooms & other Fungi of South Africa. Debut reviewer Chegofatso Modika explored what it means to be queer in South Africa in They Called Me Queer compiled by Kim Windvogel and Kelly-Eve Koopman. Lesley Beake could not resist master of language Philip Pullman's latest, The Book of Dust volume 2. Beryl Eichenberger discovered a sensitive approach to grief in Melina Lewis's After you Died. The novel, in which four young women go for an early run, and only three return is set in Fish Hoek. Vanessa Levenstein found much that was familiar in Finoula Dowling's Okay, Okay, Okay. Penny Lorimer brings us her views on The Second Sleep by Robert Harris and A Walk at Midnight by Alex van Tonder. Fred Khumalo's The Longest March, took Philip Todres back 120 years, when 7000 Zulu mine workers marched from the gold mines of Johannesburg to Natal covering a distance of five hundred kilometres over ten days, and Vanessa Levenstein spoke to Andrew Newman about his conscious bedtime stories for children.

Fine Music Radio — Beverley Roos-Muller waded into Booker controversy territory and read both The Testaments by Margaret Atwood and Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, joint winners for 2019. Melvyn Minnaar devoured Furious Hours, Casey Cep’s literary true crime thriller about Harper Lee’s non-fiction novel that never saw the light of day. John Hanks strongly recommends Gary Goldman & Marieka Gryzenhout’s superbly illustrated Field Guide to Mushrooms & other Fungi of South Africa. Debut reviewer Chegofatso Modika explored what it means to be queer in South Africa in They Called Me Queer compiled by Kim Windvogel and Kelly-Eve Koopman. Lesley Beake could not resist master of language Philip Pullman’s latest, The Book of Dust volume 2. Beryl Eichenberger discovered a sensitive approach to grief in Melina Lewis’s After you Died. The novel, in which four young women go for an early run, and only three return is set in Fish Hoek. Vanessa Levenstein found much that was familiar in Finoula Dowling’s Okay, Okay, Okay. Penny Lorimer brings us her views on The Second Sleep by Robert Harris and A Walk at Midnight by Alex van Tonder. Fred Khumalo’s The Longest March, took Philip Todres back 120 years, when 7000 Zulu mine workers marched from the gold mines of Johannesburg to Natal covering a distance of five hundred kilometres over ten days, and Vanessa Levenstein spoke to Andrew Newman about his conscious bedtime stories for children.

Casey Cep is a writer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in English, she earned an M.Phil in theology at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker, and her work has appeared in The New York Times and The New Republic, among other publications. She is the author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Season 2 Episode 1: Crime and Capote In this episode, of So Dramatic, my guest is Business Manager Peggy Hines. Peggy and I talk about the intriguing but sad story of author Truman Capote, our own obsession with true crime, and why you should never divulge your friends’ darkest secrets. Here are links for those who still want more drama: A Visit with Truman Capote, brief documentary by the Maysles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbaAYR0oox8 In Cold Blood by Truman Capote https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Truman-Capote-published-Random/dp/B00E32OX72/ref=sr_1_6?crid=WTE7BIATODS7&keywords=in+cold+blood+by+truman+capote&qid=1567533211&s=gateway&sprefix=in+cold+blo%2Caps%2C232&sr=8-6 The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin https://www.amazon.com/Swans-Fifth-Avenue-Novel/dp/0345528700/ref=sr_1_1?crid=388AKUS1G78EI&keywords=the+swans+of+fifth+avenue+melanie+benjamin&qid=1567533488&s=gateway&sprefix=the+swans+of+fifth+%2Caps%2C176&sr=8-1 Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trail by Harper Lee by Casey Cep https://www.amazon.com/Furious-Hours-Murder-Fraud-Harper/dp/178515074X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Z6JNQEJCKDBS&keywords=furious+hours+casey+cep&qid=1567533369&s=gateway&sprefix=furious+hours%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-2  Infamous (Movie based on Capote’s experience writing In Cold Blood) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003G1LU0Y Capote (Movie based on Capote’s experience writing In Cold Blood) https://www.amazon.com/Capote-Bob-Balaban/dp/B001MKQS4O/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IRZAY28FYWUM&keywords=capote+movie&qid=1567533788&s=gateway&sprefix=capote%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1 Murder by Death (Detective spoof starring Truman Capote) https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Death-Peter-Falk/dp/B001IWV030/ref=sr_1_2?crid=LEJHTZ0F3Q4R&keywords=murder+by+death+movie&qid=1567533859&s=gateway&sprefix=murder+by+death%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2  

Author Casey Cep speakes with Steph and Tony about her book, "The Furious Hours."

We were joined by Casey Cep whose Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee brings the incredible story of a Reverend serial killer and his murder trial to light, interwoven with a vivid, elegiac account of Harper Lee’s quest to write another book.

Harper Lee wrote one of the classic novels in American history, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” A second novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” was published under a cloud of controversy a few months before her death. But there was another book that Harper Lee worked on – a nonfiction story from her home state of Alabama that involved a preacher, a series of mysterious deaths, and possibly voodoo.

Casey Cep, the bestselling author of "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee," joins the Reckon Interview to shed light on unknown parts of Lee's life. We discuss true crime stories from the South, why the world still loves Mockingbird, Truman Capote and the violent efforts to bring electricity to the South. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Casey Cep author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, published by Knopf in May, her first book. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a man who loved life insurance. He loved it so much that in the 70s he took out, I guess, scores of policies inuring him to the benefits of the payouts, and then meticulously murdered and I guess allegedly, murdered five of his family members in order to collect on those policies. Miraculously with the help of an amazing lawyer he escaped conviction for all and his life of largesse only ended when he was shot dead at the funeral of his last victim. I don’t know who collected on HIS policy. Weirdly and incredibly, the same lawyer who defended Willie successfully obtained an acquital for the murderer of Willie. Strange justice system we have. But the crux of this book is really not about Willie. It is about Harper Lee, the author of one of the most beloved books in modern American literature. She was going to write a book about Willie, even sat in the audience at Willie’s trial, but then, and we learn why, that never happened. So in addition to being a fascinating look at a fascinating story, we also obtain a wealth of information and understanding of this elusive woman, Harper Lee.

New York Times bestselling author Casey Cep joins us for this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES to discuss her first book, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. You can hear more from Casey Cep and pick up a copy of Furious Hours at the Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday, November 16th at the Kentucky Horse Park's Alltech Arena.

Casey joins Charlie to discuss her new book, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Casey talks about this fascinating excursion first into a bizarre and forgotten multiple murder case in Alabama and second into the story of how Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, almost made this case her own version of In Cold Blood. Southern history, racial justice, writer's block, and literary legacies combine for a great discussion and a great read.

In this all new episode of Read Astray, host Laura Young will give her review of the book “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” by Casey Cep.

News Talk 94.1 — In this all new episode of Read Astray, host Laura Young will give her review of the book “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” by Casey Cep.

Kaytee and Meredith join their powers for good in Season 2, Episode 2! Can’t wait for you to tune in! You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each host: an episode of a favorite podcast that gives a great glimpse into the book industry, and a book-related party that was completely amazing! Next, we’ll remind you about our Bookshelf Thomasville coupon code for you: CURRENTLYLOVING will get you 10% off from our friends over there through the month of August! Enjoy, and be looking for a fantastic giveaway from them for our listeners this month as well. Moving forward, we discuss our current reads for the week. Some strong opinions in this week’s current reads, friends. Hold onto your hankies. We’ve got an update for you on our Slow But Steady reads as well. Be sure to look for a post on Instagram in which we ask you to chime in with your own Slow But Steady reads! If you’ve been looking at a book on your shelves for a long time, but you don’t want to commit to it as your “main” read, this is going to be JUST the segment for you. Let us know what you think! For our deep dive, we are discussing the 8th category in the Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge, and we dive deep into Books that are becoming movies this year, as well as some of our favorites from the past. Finally, this week, we finish with The Book that we’d like to press into your hands, readers. A non-fiction pick that will give you a whole new view on storms, and a YA series that will keep certain TV fans happy when their show has ended. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  . . . . . 3:01 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live Episode 25 3:11 - Book of the Month 5:04 - Mindy Brouse on Episode 32 of Currently Reading Podcast 5:10 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 6:28 - Harry Potter sorting test (our favorite - breaks down your houses by percentages) 7:55 - Bookshelf Thomasville - use code CURRENTLYLOVING for 10% through the month of August! 11:31 - Miracle Creek by Angie Kim 11:46 - Sarah’s Bookshelves Live interview with Angie Kim 11:52 - Book of the Month 14:57 - Episode 43 of Currently Reading 15:01 - The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 18:12 - Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and The Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep 21:05 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 21:24 - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 24:12 - Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia 25:31 - Morgan Tallman on Episode 22 28:35 - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth 29:27 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 32:11 - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain 32:22 - Book of the Month 34:51 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 35:34 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 36:05 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 36:48 - Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 37:48 - Pet Sematary by Stephen King 38:04 - It by Stephen King 38:09 - Doctor Sleep by Stephen King 38:28 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 39:04 - Full List of 2019 Book to Movie Titles from our Spreadsheet! 39:13 - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 39:18 - Where’d You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple 40:22- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 41:02 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 41:29 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Demas 41:55 - Harry Potter by JK Rowling 42:07 - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 42:30 - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 43:15 - The Princess Bride by William Golding 43:23 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 43:40 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 44:19 - Ready Player One by Earnest Cline 44:51 - 11/22/63 by Stephen King 45:56 - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 46:08 - The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon 46:20 - Again, the whole list: 2019 Book to Movie Titles from our Spreadsheet! 46:51 - Five Days At Memorial by Sheri Fink 49:13 - The Selection (and books 2 and 3) by Kiera Cass *Please note that all book titles linked above are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*  

Harper Lee, author of "To Kill A Mockingbird", famously accompanied Truman Capote as he investigated the murder of the Clutter family; ultimately writing about the terrible events in his true crime classic,  "In Cold Blood". Years later, Lee tackled her own multi-murder investigation, with the goal of writing her own true crime book. My guest is Casey Cep, author of "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee". She not only discusses Harper Lee's involvement, but goes into detail about the Reverend Willie Maxwell, who after murdering five people in Talapoosa County, Alabama, was himself shot dead during the funeral for one of his victims.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Casey Cep author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, published by Knopf in May, her first book. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a man who loved life insurance. He loved it so much that in the 70s he took out, I guess, scores of policies inuring him to the benefits of the payouts, and then meticulously murdered and I guess allegedly, murdered five of his family members in order to collect on those policies. Miraculously with the help of an amazing lawyer he escaped conviction for all and his life of largesse only ended when he was shot dead at the funeral of his last victim. I don’t know who collected on HIS policy. Weirdly and incredibly, the same lawyer who defended Willie successfully obtained an acquital for the murderer of Willie. Strange justice system we have. But the crux of this book is really not about Willie. It is about Harper Lee, the author of one of the most beloved books in modern American literature. She was going to write a book about Willie, even sat in the audience at Willie’s trial, but then, and we learn why, that never happened. So in addition to being a fascinating look at a fascinating story, we also obtain a wealth of information and understanding of this elusive woman, Harper Lee.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Casey Cep author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, published by Knopf in May, her first book. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a man who loved life insurance. He loved it so much that in the 70s he took out, I guess, scores of policies inuring him to the benefits of the payouts, and then meticulously murdered and I guess allegedly, murdered five of his family members in order to collect on those policies. Miraculously with the help of an amazing lawyer he escaped conviction for all and his life of largesse only ended when he was shot dead at the funeral of his last victim. I don’t know who collected on HIS policy. Weirdly and incredibly, the same lawyer who defended Willie successfully obtained an acquital for the murderer of Willie. Strange justice system we have. But the crux of this book is really not about Willie. It is about Harper Lee, the author of one of the most beloved books in modern American literature. She was going to write a book about Willie, even sat in the audience at Willie’s trial, but then, and we learn why, that never happened. So in addition to being a fascinating look at a fascinating story, we also obtain a wealth of information and understanding of this elusive woman, Harper Lee.

On this episode of Dewey Like Murder, Denice and Dawn talk about the books Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep and Too Late To Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal by Ann Rule. Opening and Ending theme is El Horror Sucesivo del Vacio by Guerra de Cerdos

Casey Cep's “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” looks at the dual mysteries of a notorious crime and a famous novelist's attempt to write about it. Cep brings the story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the […]

Casey Cep's “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” looks at the dual mysteries of a notorious crime and a famous novelist's attempt to write about it. Cep brings the story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the […]

Journalist Casey Cep—author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee—is on the show discussing the mysteries of Harper Lee, knowing what you need as a writer, and the lines that can be drawn and erased between invention and reality.

Casey Cep is a writer of non-fiction whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The New Republic, among others. We'll be discussing her first book today, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, which is published Knopf.

Author Casey Cep’s first book, “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” is a New York Times Best Seller. Listen to Alan Campbell’s conversation with Cep to find out what makes this work so compelling. From Penguin Random House: Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante’s trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more years working on her own version of the case. Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country’s most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity.

Casey Cep has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The New Republic. She is the author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee.

After writing To Kill a Mockingbird and helping her lifelong friend Truman Capote research In Cold Blood, the late Harper Lee set to work on a true-crime book of her own. Never completed, the work was based on the case of Willie Maxwell, a rural Alabama preacher accused of killing five members of his family in the 1970s. Lee spent a year in Maxwell’s town reporting on the story, which took a further turn when Maxwell was shot at the funeral of his last victim, and his killer, despite many witnesses, was acquitted. Drawing on Lee’s research papers and some fifty of her unpublished letters, Cep offers a detailed portrait of the reclusive writer’s working methods, including her struggles with drinking; recounts a fascinating real-life Southern Gothic; and gives us a tantalizing glimpse of the book that might have been.https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/casey-cep-furious-hours-murder-fraud-and-last-trial-of-harper-leeLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tens of millions of readers got their first glimpse inside of a courtroom from To Kill a Mockingbird . Now Harper Lee's 1960 novel remains a staple on middle school reading lists, and the film adaptation has captivated countless social justice warriors, law students, parents and pet owners. Lee spent years writing about another case in an Alabama courtroom some 17 years later although she never published the intended book. That case and that mysterious book are at the center of Casey Cep's new book Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee .

Casey Cep is a writer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The New Republic, among many other publications. Her first book, Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, will be published by Knopf in May of 2019. A proud graduate of the Talbot County Public Schools, she has an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A series of suspicious deaths; a murder at a victim's funeral; a minister whom locals suspected was dabbling in voodoo; a gregarious Alabama lawyer and politician called Big Tom; and one of the nation's most celebrated–and misunderstood–novelists, Harper Lee. These are the backdrop and the main subjects in the newly released, stranger-than-fiction book Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. The author of To Kill a Mockingbird spent years researching and writing about this true-crime tale, with the intention of producing her own book in the style of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. But did she ever finish it? In this episode of the Modern Law Library, Cep speaks with the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles about how her time reporting on the controversial release of Go Set a Watchman led her to start seeking another book that could be hidden in Harper Lee's sealed papers: The Reverend. Special thanks to our sponsor, Headnote.

Let’s get serious about leisure reading, y’all. Beach reads: What are they. What are patrons looking for. Is a blue cover required. These are the questions addressed in this episode. Host Susan Maguire talks to Andie Paloutzian from the New Orleans Public Library (LA) about great summer books for a wide variety of readers, and how to promote them. Then she talks to Booklist’s Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman about how she relaxes with a good book (she doesn’t), and something she’s recently read and enjoyed. Here’s what we talked about: The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup (Sept. 2019) The Lost Man by Jane Harper The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett If Cats Disappeared from The World by Genki Kawamura The Lido by Libby Page The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswal The Accidental Further Adventures of the 100-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson How to Fall In Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush by Emmy Abrahamson -and- Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

A series of suspicious deaths; a murder at a victim's funeral; a minister whom locals suspected was dabbling in voodoo; a gregarious Alabama lawyer and politician called Big Tom; and one of the nation's most celebrated–and misunderstood–novelists, Harper Lee. These are the backdrop and the main subjects in the newly released, stranger-than-fiction book Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. The author of To Kill a Mockingbird spent years researching and writing about this true-crime tale, with the intention of producing her own book in the style of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. But did she ever finish it? In this episode of the Modern Law Library, Cep speaks with the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles about how her time reporting on the controversial release of Go Set a Watchman led her to start seeking another book that could be hidden in Harper Lee's sealed papers: The Reverend. Special thanks to our sponsor, Headnote.