Podcasts about Collected Stories

On the latest Whisper in the Wings from Stage Whisper, we welcomed on the actresses Grace Kiley and Christina Toth to talk about their latest work Collected Stories. We had a wonderful time learning all about this show, as well as gaining some wonderful insight from our guests. So be sure that you hit play, and get your tickets for this productions today!Collected StoriesMay 4th-18th @ The East Village BasementTickets and more information are available at eventbrite.comAnd be sure to follow our guests to stay up to date on all their upcoming projects and productions:gracekiley.com@tothchristina

What a privilege to be able to interview one of my favorite authors and introduce her to fans and potential readers. And also to learn about some of her favorite readings. If you enjoy it even half as much as I did, it will have been worth it.Que privilégio poder entrevistar uma das minhas autoras favoritas e dá-la a conhecer aos fãs e potenciais leitores. E conhecer também algumas das suas leituras favoritas. Se gostarem metade do que gostei, já valeu a pena.4 books Elisabeth chose/4 livros que escolheu:The Collected Stories of William Trevor;The Magic Mountain/A Montanha Mágica, Thomas Mann;Anna Karenina, Tolstoy;Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf.Other recommendations/Outras referências:William Trevor:Mrs Silly;Felicia's Journey/A Viagem de Felicia;My house in Umbria.Some of the books Elisabeth wrote/Alguns dos livros que escreveu:Amy and Isabelle;Olive Kitteridge;Olive, Again/A 2ª vida de Olive Kitteridge;My Name Is Lucy Barton/O Meu Nome é Lucy Barton;Anything is possible/Tudo é possível;Oh William!Lucy by the Sea/Lucy à Beira Mar;Tell Me everything/Conta-me tudo.I recommended/Recomendei:The selected Poems: Devotions, Mary Oliver;Marriage Portrait/O Retrato de Casamento, Maggie O'Farrel;The convenant of water/O pacto da água, Abraham Verghese;Shrines of Gaiety/Templos da Alegria, Kate Atkinson;The Secret History/A História Secreta, Donna Tartt;Amor Towles:Lincoln Highway;A Gentleman in Moscow/Um Gentleman em Moscovo.I gave her/Ofereci-lhe:Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver.Os livros aqui:www.wook.pt

Childhood, and specifically adolescence, is a period of life that can be pretty tough and at times traumatic. It's very fertile ground for literature but it's not easy to get right.  In this episode, I'm joined by Michael Amherst, the author of the upcoming novel The Boyhood of Cain which deals with the period of adolescence, and themes of moral & sexual turmoil. The book feels timeless, with an eeriness that mirrors the protagonist's growing confusion about himself and the world around him.  Michael and I sat down for our chat in-person today, in a recording studio in West London. It was a pleasure to speak with him, and The Boyhood of Cain is a great read, which I can't recommend strongly enough. It's not out yet, but it's slated to hit the shelves on February 13th. So, keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming release or pre-order it through any self-respecting bookstore. Lit with Charles loves reviews. If you enjoyed this episode, I'd be so grateful if you could leave a review of your own, and follow me on Instagram at @litwithcharles. Let's get more people listening – and reading! Michael Amherst's four books were: Peter Shaffer, Equus (1973) John Steinbeck, East of Eden (1952) Damon Galgut, In a Strange Room (2010) John Cheever, Collected Stories (but particularly ‘Goodbye, My Brother') (1978)

pWotD Episode 2799: Linda Lavin Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 357,593 views on Monday, 30 December 2024 our article of the day is Linda Lavin.Linda Lavin (October 15, 1937 – December 29, 2024) was an American actress and singer. Known for her roles on stage and screen, she received several awards including three Drama Desk Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Obie Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2010.After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Compass Players in the late 1950s. She made her television debut in Rhoda and had a recurring role in Barney Miller (1975–1976). She gained notoriety for playing the title role of a waitress at a roadside diner in the CBS sitcom Alice (1976–1985), a role for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She later starred in NBC's sitcom Sean Saves the World and the CBS sitcom 9JKL and took recurring roles in the legal drama The Good Wife (2014–2015) and the sitcom B Positive (2020–2022). She was set to star in Hulu sitcom Mid-Century Modern at the time of her death with a pilot and ten of thirteen episodes filmed and to premiere in 2025. The production team issued a statement but plans for re-cast have yet to be determined.On stage, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play playing a strong-willed mother in the Neil Simon play Broadway Bound (1987). She was Tony-nominated for her roles in Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1970), The Diary of Anne Frank (1998), The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (2001), Collected Stories (2010), and The Lyons (2012). She is also known for acting in It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman (1966), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1967), Gypsy (1990), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993), and Follies (2011). She made her film debut in Damn Yankees! (1967) and later had roles in The Morning After (1974), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), I Want to Go Home (1989), and Being the Ricardos (2021).This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:53 UTC on Tuesday, 31 December 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Linda Lavin on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Joanna.

In this episode, I talk to Daniel A. Olivas, a fiction writer, poet, playwright, book critic, and attorney. He is the author of Chicano Frankenstein: A Novel (Forest Avenue Press, 2024), and My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions (University of Nevada Press, 2024), among many other works.

Samantha Mathis - A native New Yorker, Samantha Mathis has had a distinguished career in entertainment. Mathis captivated audiences in popular shows such as "Billions", "The Strain”, "The Good Wife" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm” and proved her versatility in features like The Clovehitch Killer, Being Frank, and upcoming, The Exorcism with Russell Crowe. Mathis made her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck opposite Chris O'Donnell. She also starred in the Broadway production of Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations, alongside Jane Fonda. Recently, she appeared in Collected Stories at the Geffen Playhouse and Fortin Bras at the Signature Theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anne-Marie Duff is one of the UK's most respected actresses. Born and raised in London, she performed at family gatherings from an early age and was soon honing her craft at an amateur theatre company. Her stage career began in 1994 and roles in War and Peace, King Lear and Collected Stories alongside Helen Mirren raised her profile. In 2004, Anne-Marie was cast as Fiona McBride in Shameless and many notable TV and film roles followed. She is best known for appearances in Nowhere Boy, The Magdalene Sisters and Sex Education. In 2023, Anne-Marie won a Bafta TV award for her portrayal of Grace in Bad Sisters. Angela whips up a deliciously light and seasonal courgette and pea tart for Anne-Marie, while Nick pours a delicate and fruity Zacharias Assyrtiko from Greece. This episode of Dish is full of fun and laughter. Anne-Marie takes us behind the curtain, sharing what theatre life is really like. She talks about her passion for vegetables and gives us a taste of what we can expect from her latest part in series 2 of Suspect on Channel 4. Just so you know, our podcast might contain the occasional mild swear word or adult theme. All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish We can't all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help. Send your dilemmas to dish@waitrose.co.uk and she'll try to answer in a future episode. Dish is a S:E Creative Studio production for Waitrose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

River City Community Players will present “Collected Stories” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church, 11421 Gayton Road. Donald Margulies' “Collected Stories” exposes the conflict between an established short-story writer and her adoring fan who becomes a protégé, disciple, colleague and friend – and eventually a threatening rival. Admission to the first two performances (7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 24) are pay-what-you-can. Reservations can be made by emailing rccppresents@gmail.com or phoning (804) 554-0595. The remaining performances are ; tickets can be purchased online. The show continues next...Article LinkSupport the show

Once again Matt has lovingly pieced together a collection of the best anecdotes told on I Was There Too about experiences on the set of the Star Wars trilogy, Back to The Future, Die Hard, and many more. Youll hear from Steven de Souza, Tom Wilson, Lauren Lapkus, Ahmed Best, Jimmy Pardo, and more on topics ranging from beating Michael Jackson for the role of Jar Jar Binks to down to the wire re-shoots for Die Hard. Plus, Matt checks in with Starship 1, the mysterious real person that auditioned for Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi to hear her real time reaction of the trailer and some of the moments from the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando.This episode is brought to you by Generation Tux (www.generationtux.com code: IWTT), Harrys (www.harrys.com/iwtt), and Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/iwastheretoo). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once again Matt has lovingly pieced together a collection of the best anecdotes told on I Was There Too about experiences on the set of the Star Wars trilogy, Back to The Future, Die Hard, and many more. Youll hear from Steven de Souza, Tom Wilson, Lauren Lapkus, Ahmed Best, Jimmy Pardo, and more on topics ranging from beating Michael Jackson for the role of Jar Jar Binks to down to the wire re-shoots for Die Hard. Plus, Matt checks in with Starship 1, the mysterious real person that auditioned for Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi to hear her real time reaction of the trailer and some of the moments from the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando.This episode is brought to you by Generation Tux (www.generationtux.com code: IWTT), Harrys (www.harrys.com/iwtt), and Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/iwastheretoo). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joy Williams reads her story “The Beach House,” from the January 15, 2024, issue of the magazine. Williams, a winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, is the author of five story collections, including “Ninety-Nine Stories of God” and “The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories,” and five novels, such as “Harrow,” which was published in 2021.

This service is based on a presentation by Barbara Park to the Prairie UU Society in Madison, WI May 22, 2011, supplemented with material from UU and Me, Collected Stories; and Singing, Shouting, Celebrating – 200 Years of Universalism by David Johnson and Eugene Navias Order of Service Welcome Announcements Prelude: “Dear God, Behold Thy Servants Here” Chorealis Opening words Chalice lighting “If we agree in love” by Hosea Ballou I The Founders Set the Tune Story for all ages: “The Preacher, The Farmer and the Little Church That Waited” by Charlene Brotman, Ann Fields & Barbara Marshman John Murray “Go Forth, My Friends” All Hosea Ballou “When God Descends to Earth” Chorealis II Love Is Sweeping the Country Alexander G. Laurie “The Golden Clouds” All Sharing our Abundance Thomas Whittemore “Resurrection Hymn” Chorealis Receiving the offering: “From You I Receive” Abner Kneeland “A View of Christendom“ Chorealis John Greenleaf Adams “Love for the Sunday School” All III The Spirit Sings New Songs Candles of Care and Connection Meditation In words: “God is Love” by the Reverend Richard Trudeau In silence In song: “One Sweetly Solemn Thought” by Phoebe Cary Alice Cary"My Soul is Full of Whispered Song" Chorealis Phebe Hanaford "Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters" Chorealis IV They Sounded a New Call for Justice Author unknown "Touch Not the Cup" Chorealis Adin Ballou "Years are Coming" All Frances Dana Gage "A Hundred Years Hence" All Closing Words “Go out into the highways and by-ways” by John Murray Extinguishing the Chalice Postlude Mary J. Colburn “Freedom Advancing” Chorealis Carry the Flame

Tragedy and suffering surround us everywhere we look. It's easy to view the world as gloomy and bleak. But what if you uncovered the true human spirit? It was a pleasure to sit down with Mary Latham, a beacon of hope and positivity in an otherwise dark world. Growing up, Mary's mother taught her to recognize the good in every situation. After the devastating event at Sandy Hook, she embarked on a journey across all 50 states to find the silver lining. What lessons would she learn from the stories of human kindness she learned from complete strangers? Here's how tragedy, her mother's advice, and the tales she heard from strangers helped Mary realize there is more good in the world than evil.Find Mary at More Good Today

Matt gathered some of the best anecdotes told on I Was There Too about experiences on the set of Aliens, The Big Lebowski, Poltergeist, and many more. You'll hear from Paul F. Tompkins, Aimee Mann, Gilbert Gottfried, Lisa Jakub, Phil LaMarr and more on topics ranging from food, flesh, and pancakes to making & breaking comedy. It's a perfect way to jump into the podcast for new listeners and a grand collection of great stories for regular listeners to revisit.This episode is sponsored by Squarespace, Blue Apron, and Now Hear This Podcast Festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt gathered some of the best anecdotes told on I Was There Too about experiences on the set of Aliens, The Big Lebowski, Poltergeist, and many more. You'll hear from Paul F. Tompkins, Aimee Mann, Gilbert Gottfried, Lisa Jakub, Phil LaMarr and more on topics ranging from food, flesh, and pancakes to making & breaking comedy. It's a perfect way to jump into the podcast for new listeners and a grand collection of great stories for regular listeners to revisit.This episode is sponsored by Squarespace, Blue Apron, and Now Hear This Podcast Festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie Fewery, author of OUR LIFE IN A DAY, THE WAY BACK and the just about to be published THE BRINK a rom-com told in reverse about a couple on the brink of divorce.Jamie chats about:Being part of the marketing team who made Fifty Shades of Grey go stratospheric, and what it taught him about being published himselfHow the first novel he went on submission with wasn't the book he first published but was what got him a publisherBeing a man who writes about relationships in a market and how those books are his preference tooHis experience of changing publishers for his third novelGuest Author: Jamie Fewery Twitter: @jamiefewery IG: @jamiefeweryauthor Books: THE BRINK, THE WAY BACK, OUR LIFE IN A DAYHost: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023. Jamie's recommendations:A book for fans of Jamie's work: Republic of Love by Carol ShieldsA book Jamie has always loved: Collected Stories by Lorrie MooreA book that's been published recently or is coming soon: This Family by Kate Sawyer, At The Table by Clare Powell Other books discussed in this episode: Unless by Carol Shields, Larry's Party by Carol Shields, Ralph's Party by Lisa Jewell, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbuck, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend, Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, Normal People by Sally Rooney, The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson, I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca WaitNovel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.

On a special episode of I Was There Too, Matt shares a compilation of some of the best stories from the last years guests. From the ups and downs of improvised lines with Paul F. Tompkins in There Will Be Blood, to whether Jenette Goldstein from Aliens thought her role was an immigrant alien or an extra-terrestrial alien, to tales of the infamous Schwabs Pharmacy with Matts grandmother Eleanor. Its worth revisiting if youre a regular listener and a perfect starting place for all the newbies. Plus, movie buffs Jeremy Smith, Devin Faraci, and Amy Nicholson put their film knowledge to the test in a game that incorporates the curious endings to the shows theme song, in the debut of I Quiz There Too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a special episode of I Was There Too, Matt shares a compilation of some of the best stories from the last years guests. From the ups and downs of improvised lines with Paul F. Tompkins in There Will Be Blood, to whether Jenette Goldstein from Aliens thought her role was an immigrant alien or an extra-terrestrial alien, to tales of the infamous Schwabs Pharmacy with Matts grandmother Eleanor. Its worth revisiting if youre a regular listener and a perfect starting place for all the newbies. Plus, movie buffs Jeremy Smith, Devin Faraci, and Amy Nicholson put their film knowledge to the test in a game that incorporates the curious endings to the shows theme song, in the debut of I Quiz There Too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Matson Taylor, author of Richard and Judy Bookclub pick THE MISEDUCATION OF EVIE EPWORTH about a young woman coming of age in the late 60's in rural Yorkshire and the follow-up novel, set ten years later, ALL ABOUT EVIE where Evie is finding out what living in the London she has always dreamed of is really like- both books are published by Simon & Schuster.Matson chats about:his work as a design historian at the V&A and how that fed into the Evie bookswriting through decades and writing funny stories about serious thingsthe fact that his first book is set home county of Yorkshirethe issues with writing dialecthow, though there is another Evie book planned, his next novel will be breaking away from the trilogy and heading to RomeGuest: Matson Taylor Twitter: @matson_taylor_ IG: @matson_taylor_Books:The Miseducation of Evie Epworth by Matson Taylor & All About Evie by Matson TaylorHost: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family (coming May 2023. Available to pre-order now!)Matson's recommendations:A book for fan's of Matson's work: Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe, Behind The Scenes at the Museum by Matson TaylorA book Matson has always loved: Collected Stories by Katherine Mansfield, The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. DelafieldA book that's been published recently or is coming soon: House Arrest by Alan Bennett, Small Joys by Elvin James MensahOther books discussed in this episode: Okay Then That's Great by Susannah Wise, Henry and June by Anais NinNovel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.

Join Shayn, Ghost, & guest Jerry Paulley (Host of Hillbilly Horror Stories) as we talk about how he got his show going. Then we hop in deep with collected stories of the strange, paranormal & extraterrestrial encounters, UFO theories, personal encounters, & afterlife contact. Thanks for tuning in to the 18th episode of "Bizarre Encounters". Don't forget to like, follow, share, & review. We appreciate it! . Send us a message if you have had an encounter and would like to be on the show OR would like to have your encounter read/played on the show!!! . Social Media/Merch/Patreon/Email/Submit Encounters http://linktr.ee/bizarreencounters . Jerry Paulley (Hillbilly Horror Stories) https://www.hillbillyhorrorstories.com/ . . Please Check Out: . Inquiries of our Reality (Shayn) Social Media/Email/Donate/Merch/Patreon http://linktr.ee/inquiriesofourrealitypodcast . My Third Eye Podcast (Ghost) http://linktr.ee/mythirdeyepodcast . Cryptoteeology Specializing in wearable cryptids and monsters and the stories behind them. Discover a relatable monster for any casual occasion. https://www.cryptoteeology.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cryptoteeology/ https://www.facebook.com/Cryptoteeology . Open Minds Media (OMM) https://linktr.ee/open_minds_media . . . Intro & Outro By: Socio-Beat https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sociobeat/conundrum https://socio-beat.bandcamp.com/ . . --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bizarreencounters/supportSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bizarre-encounters/donations

The December Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Bernard MacLaverty about his book, Blank Pages and Other Stories. The Laureate says “MacLaverty offers a masterclass in how to create character, how to build scenes by accretion of detail, how to work with implication and suggestion, how to write indirectly and manages to create more energy and more expression by working in muted colours and plain textures.” Bernard MacLaverty was born in Belfast (14.9.42) and lived there until 1975 when he moved to Scotland with his wife, Madeline, and four children. He has been a Medical Laboratory Technician, a mature student, a teacher of English and occasionally a Writer-in-Residence (Universities of Aberdeen, Augsburg, Liverpool John Moore's and Iowa State). After living for a time in Edinburgh and the Isle of Islay he now lives in Glasgow. He is a member of Aosdána. He has published five novels and six collections of short stories most of which are gathered into Collected Stories (2013). He has written versions of his fiction for other media – radio plays, television plays, screenplays, libretti. Blank Pages, published in August 2021, is his sixth collection of short stories. Read more about the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme here: https://www.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Literature/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction-2022-2024/

We're gettin' down to the last few weeks of 2022. We hope your writing is going well and you're hitting all your goals. If not, hey, a new year is about to dawn, more pots of coffee will be brewed, and your notebooks, laptops, tablets, and post-it notes await your next brilliant thoughts. And, really, what better way to avoid your own writing at the end of the year than by reading other writers' work? Daniel Ford provides all the books you need with the best books of 2022! As an added bonus, several hosts from around the Writer's Bone Podcast Network share of their favorite reads from the past year, so if you get sick of Daniel's voice, don't worry, you've got some literary friends just around the corner. The list:  The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan by Elliot Ackerman Brave Like Mom by Monica Acker At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler Kismet by Amina Akhtar I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Jami Attenberg Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels The Mutual Friend by Carter Bays It Dies with You by Scott Blackburn Herrick's End by T.M. Blanchet The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game by Craig Calcaterra Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor The Family Chao by Lan Samantha Chang The Symmetry of Fish by Su Cho Don't Know Tough by Eli Cranor The Prince of Infinite Space by Giano Cromley Let Me Be Frank: A Book About Women Who Dressed Like Men to Do Shit They Weren't Supposed to Do by Tracy Dawson Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Brian Lies Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont Trust by Hernan Diaz The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald Real Bad Things by Kelly J. Ford Jimmy the King: Murder, Vice, and the Reign of a Dirty Cop by Gus Garcia-Roberts Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez Free Love by Tessa Hadley Unlikely Animals by Annie Harnett Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring The Secrets We Share by Edwin Hill Uphill: A Memoir by Jemele Hill Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho Hell and Back by Craig Johnson The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer by Fred Kaplan Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly What Meets the Eye by Alex Kenna Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. by Lee Kravetz Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain by Charles Leerhsen Little Bat Up All Day by Brian Lies Seasonal Work: Stories by Laura Lippman Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Heat 2 by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews Wahala by Nikki May Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me by Paul O'Neill and Jack Curry How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories by Daniel A. Olivas Balloon Dog by Daniel Paisner Reservations for Six by Lindsey J. Palmer The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry The Maid by Nita Prose The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series by Jessica Radloff Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild A Touch of Moonlight by Yaffa S. Santos How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Secret Identity by Alex Segura The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Disappeared by Bonnar Spring The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir Night of the Living Rez: Stories by Morgan Talty Half Outlaw by Alex Temblador The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela After the Lights Go Out by John Vercher The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin by Paul Vidich The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories by Jess Walter Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin No Land to Light On Yara Zgheib Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Pop Literacy, The Thoughtful Bro, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

Subscribe to Quotomania on Simplecast or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!Lydia Davis is the author of Essays One, a collection of essays on writing, reading, art, memory, and the Bible. She is also the author of The End of the Story: A Novel and many story collections, including Varieties of Disturbance, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction; Can't and Won't (2014); and The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, described by James Wood in The New Yorker as “a grand cumulative achievement.” Davis is also the acclaimed translator of Swann's Way and Madame Bovary, both awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, and of many other works of literature. She has been named both a Chevalier and an Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and in 2020 she received the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.From https://us.macmillan.com/author/lydiadavis. For more information about Lydia Davis:The Cows: https://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/the-cows-lydia-davis“Lydia Davis, The Art of Fiction No. 227”: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6366/art-of-fiction-no-227-lydia-davis“Interview with Lydia Davis”: https://www.thewhitereview.org/feature/interview-with-lydia-davis/

Host Daniel Chacón speaks with Daniel A. Olivas about his forthcoming book, My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Storis of Love and Other Transgressions (University of Nevada Press, fall 2023)Olivas is the author of eleven books and editor of two anthologies. His books include How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories (University of Nevada Press, 2022), The King of Lighting Fixtures: Stories (University of Arizona Press, 2017), Crossing the Border: Collected Poems (Pact Press, 2017), and Things We Do Not Talk About: Exploring Latino/a Literature through Essays and Interviews (San Diego State University Press, 2014). Daniel's forthcoming book is My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions (University of Nevada Press, fall 2023).

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THE "PROFESSOR" BECOMES THE "STUDENT?" This subject is at the center of the play Collected Stories by Donald Margulies, produced by DramaDogs, and starring E. Bonnie Lewis and Felicia Hall. Both Bonnie and Felicia are my guests on this episode of Jim On The Air. Bonnie Lewis plays Ruth Steiner, a professor and lauded writer of short stories. Ruth hires graduate student Lisa Morrison played by Felicia Hall, to be her assistant. Lisa, also a writer, thrives in her new role and becomes Ruth's protégé—then her rival upon the release of her first novel. In Collected Stories, the complicated issue of story ownership is at the fore. This intelligent and engaging play by Donald Margulies asks questions about consent, appropriation, and the ethics of taking artistic license. Give it a listen! We have a fantastic conversation about the play, theater, how actors prepare a role, AND... GUILTY PLEASURES! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jim-sirianni/support

The August Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with Professor Frank Shovlin about The Barracks by John McGahern. “This bleak, unrelenting novel portrays a woman in the Irish midlands who has married a policeman and become a surrogate mother to his children in the time after his first wife's death. Elizabeth, too, is facing her own death. Her character is drawn with great sympathy. The most intimate moments are handled with piercing sensitivity and truthfulness.” Colm Tóibín John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and raised in Leitrim and Roscommon. A graduate of UCD, he worked as a primary school teacher and held various academic posts at universities in Britain, Ireland and America. He is the author of six novels and four collections of short stories. His novels included The Barracks (1963); The Dark (1965); The Leavetaking (1975), The Pornographer (1980), Amongst Women (1990) and That They May Face the Rising Sun (2001). He published his much acclaimed Memoir in 2005. His short story collections were Nightlines (1970); and High Ground (1985) which were published as The Collected Stories (1992). He also wrote plays for radio, television and theatre. He received many awards, including the Æ Award (1962); the Macaulay Fellowship (1964); Chevalier d'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1989); The Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literary Award (1990); the GPA Award (1992); and the Prix Étranger Ecureuil (1994). He was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1990 for Amongst Women. His work has been translated into many languages. On his death in 2006, he was acclaimed as ‘the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett' by The Guardian. Frank Shovlin was born and raised in the West of Ireland, and was educated at University College Galway and at the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Liverpool's Institute of Irish Studies since 2000 and is the author of several books, articles and chapters on various aspects of Irish literature since 1900. His most recent book was an edited volume of John McGahern's letters, released by Faber to critical acclaim in 2021. He is currently writing McGahern's authorized biography under contract at Faber. Read more about the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme here: https://www.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Literature/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction-2022-2024/

"Manto is not just a witness to history in his stories; he is an active agent of history. He is the subject of history. It is very compelling" - Nasreen Rehman, the translator, of The Collected Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto, talks to @utterflea about Manto's deep feelings for Bombay, his iconoclasm that made the Progressive Writers Group wary of him, and why his stories continue to move South Asians.

Theatre Workshop of Nantucket presents “The Play's the Thing”, a series of stage readings at Bennett Hall with “Bakersfield Mist” on April 28th, Collected Stories” on April 29th, and “Slow Food” on April 30th!  More info at theatrenantucket.org.

How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories by Daniel A. Olivas by Poets & Writers

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Song for the Unravelling World by Brian Evenson; drinking Elysian Space Dust IPA.Damien is watching V/H/S/2 (2013); drinking Relativity American Whiskey.Ryan is reading Threshold - Volume 1: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny (compiled by NESFA); drinking Buffalo Trace bourbon in a tipped glass.If you liked this week's story, check out Love and Monsters (2020, dir. Michael Matthews).Up next: ‘The Captivity of the Professor' by A. Lincoln Green.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Subscribe to Quotomania on Simplecast or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!Lydia Davis is the author of Essays One, a collection of essays on writing, reading, art, memory, and the Bible. She is also the author of The End of the Story: A Novel and many story collections, including Varieties of Disturbance, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction; Can't and Won't (2014); and The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, described by James Wood in The New Yorker as “a grand cumulative achievement.” Davis is also the acclaimed translator of Swann's Way and Madame Bovary, both awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, and of many other works of literature. She has been named both a Chevalier and an Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, and in 2020 she received the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.From https://us.macmillan.com/author/lydiadavis. For more information about Lydia Davis:“Lydia Davis, The Art of Fiction No. 227”: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6366/art-of-fiction-no-227-lydia-davis“An Interview with Lydia Davis”: https://believermag.com/an-interview-with-lydia-davis/Varieties of Disturbance: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374281731/varietiesofdisturbance

Success' Author's Corner features returning guest Don Tassone. Debuting Collected Stories, Don has 50 wide ranging stories. Enjoy the personal reading and meaning of this "teaching author." Don gives an invitation to think anew.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support.

Success' Author's Corner features returning guest Don Tassone. Debuting Collected Stories, Don has 50 wide ranging stories. Enjoy the personal reading and meaning of this "teaching author." Don gives an invitation to think anew.

This week, we have a short story from master of science fiction, Philip K Dick.  Published in 1952 in Planet Stories, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' is Dick's first genre story. Commentators have observed that it is indicative of his slightly paranoid style that would become a feature in his later works. So, what exactly is a wub?If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtaleBooks - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you):  Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-well-told-tale Beyond Lies the Wub & Collected Stories - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9781857988796 The Best of Philip K Dick - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/9780615561189   I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Glen Thrasher, Ruairi, Cade Norman, and Silja Tanner.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

The Cumberland River Compact is pleased to collaborate with Tennessee State Parks and the Mack Prichard Legacy Project to present this special episode of River Talks to celebrate the legacy of Mack Prichard. This special episode of River Talks will introduce you to Mack Prichard in honor of Mack Prichard Day on March 31st. For some listeners, the name Mack Prichard is synonymous with Tennessee's environment. For other the name may be new. But if you have stepped foot in a Tennessee State Park, Natural Area, or really any conserved land in our state, you can probably thank Mack for making your experience possible. Mack Prichard was known as The Conservation Conscience” of Tennessee and had a wide and lasting influence on Tennessee's environmental heritage. In this episode, you will hear some details about Mack's life, but most importantly, you will hear stories collected from his family, friends, and colleagues about Mack the conservationist, Mack the environmental advocate, and Mack the friend. The Cumberland River Compact extends our deepest gratitude to the family, friends, and colleagues of Mack Prichard who generously shared their stories with us. https://cumberlandrivercompact.org/2022/03/23/mack-prichard-collected-stories-from-tennessees-conservation-conscience/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecompact/message

Daniel A. Olivas reads an excerpt from "How to Date a Flying Mexican," backed by an original Storybound remix with sound design and arrangement by Jude Brewer. Daniel A. Olivas is the author of ten books and editor of two anthologies. His latest books are "How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories," "The King of Lighting Fixtures: Stories," and "Crossing the Border: Collected Poems." Widely anthologized, Daniel has also written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Guardian, La Bloga, BOMB, High Country News, Huffington Post, Alta Journal, Los Angeles Times, El Paso Times, and the Jewish Journal. Daniel is also a playwright. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild, and his first full-length play, "Waiting for Godínez," was selected for the Playwrights' Arena Summer Reading Series in 2020, and The Road Theatre's 12th Annual Summer Playwrights Festival in 2021. Daniel was selected for Circle X Theatre's inaugural Evolving Playwrights Group where he adapted his novel, "The Book of Want," for the stage. Daniel's play, "Waiting," had its world premiere with Playwrights' Arena on July 24, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the biggest names in science fiction, with stories spanning a tremendous SIX decades, this tome is one not to be taken lightly. But is it any good? The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke is a massive collection of science fiction greatness from one of the legendary writers in the genre of all time, Arthur C Clarke. The Kindle version of this book was released by Rosetta Books and this edition was published July of 2016, though previous editions had been released. The Review is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your host, and producer. Listen anytime on the Official Website, or in the podcast player of your choice by searching for “AIC Stories” in your preferred podcast app. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aicstories/message

After a 33-day hiatus, which felt really long for us if not for our listeners, the BXC brothers return and finally kick off 2022 with a looser, less structured episode filled with a little of this and that. First, in response to a suggestion from a listener, we share what books we gifted each other for Christmas at the end of last year (and why). Second, we kick around the idea of setting "resolutions" for the upcoming year in reading, and share a few of the ones we made for ourselves. And finally (there's a reason we titled this episode "something a little different") we cross over to another medium entirely and offer short reviews of two excellent, recent movies adapted from literary works: 'The Tragedy of MacBeth' and 'The Green Knight.' Hope you enjoy this grab bag of an episode, and we're looking forward to continuing "the great conversation" with you all through 2022 and beyond... MUSIC BY VOIDZ PANDA, YOUNG WOLF BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE What John is currently reading/plans to read next: 'SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome,' Mary Beard - 'Transcendent Kingdom,' Yaa Gyasi - What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next: 'Bleak House,' Charles Dickens - 'The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,' Dan Egan - Books/Writers discussed in this episode: CHRISTMAS XCHANGE PICKS - Jude gave to John: 'Perchance to Dream,' Charles Beaumont; 'The Sea Trilogy,' Rachel Carson - John gave to Jude: 'Paradise,' Abdulrazak Gurnah; 'The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo,' Tom Reiss - THE BXC TWINS' READING RESOLUTIONS FOR 2022 - Jude: Listed first 12 books to read in 2022; read 3 BIG books from his shelf; read 2 "Collected Stories" volumes from major fiction writers; read 3 biographies - John: continue spiritual reading and vacillating between fiction and non-fiction; read more books about the natural world in 2022 - THE BXC TWINS' SURPRISE MOVIE REVIEWS/RECOMMENDATIONS: 'The Green Knight,' directed by David Lowery, based on the anonymously-written medieval epic poem - 'The Tragedy of MacBeth,' directed by Joel Coen, based on the play by William Shakespeare - Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast: Episode 44 is once again... TBD! (Sorry folks, we will get back on track with teasing upcoming episodes very soon)

Welcome to a new year and a new season of Your Favorite Book! Our inaugural guest this season is Jami Attenberg, most well known for her fiction (All This Could Be Yours, The Middlesteins, and others) but she's here to talk about her memoir, I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home. Jami shares her insights on book events, travel in the midst of COVID, setting boundaries with social media, and so much more. We also chat about a collection of short stories for the first time on this show, in this case the collected works of Grace Paley. We discuss her unique voice and eschewing of formal conventions, along with avoiding sentiment and cliche in writing domesticity. It's a great episode and definitely avoids spoilers, hope you all enjoy! Jami's virtual event at Women and Children First: https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/virtual-conversation-jami-attenberg-ada-lim%C3%B3n Buy Jami's Book: https://bookshop.org/books/i-came-all-this-way-to-meet-you-writing-myself-home-9798200851348/9780063039797 Follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @yfbpodcast

Booze as muse or a sure road to ruin? In this month's episode, William Palmer – author of In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers – and Henry Jeffreys – author of Empire of Booze and The Cocktail Dictionary – join the Slightly Foxed team to mull over why alcohol is such an enduring feature in literature.  From the omnipresence of cocktails in John Cheever's short stories and ritual aperitifs in Patricia Highsmith's Ripley novels to Mr Picksniff falling into Mrs Todger's fireplace in Martin Chuzzlewit and P. G. Wodehouse's hangover remedies for booze-soaked Bertie Wooster, drinks are social signifiers in fiction. Charles Dickens was fond of sherry cobblers and Jean Rhys knocked back Pernod in Paris, while Malcolm Lowry was a dipsomaniac and Flann O'Brien dreamed up alcoholic ink for the Irish Times, rendering readers drunk from fumes. We ask why gin denotes despair and port is always jovial, and question whether hitting the bottle helps or hinders the creative process in writers. Following a convivial sherry, we're whisked away on a wet-your-whistle-stop tour of drinking dens with our friends at London Literary Tours, barrelling from bars propped up by Oscar Wilde to the follies of Dylan Thomas at Soho's French House via Ian Fleming's Vesper cocktail at Dukes. And we finish with a final round of reading recommendations, visiting a whisky distillery in Pakistan in Lawrence Osbourne's The Wet and the Dry, enjoying Happy Hour with Marlowe Granados and stopping for a nightcap at Kingsley Amis's ghostly local The Green Man. (Episode duration: 41 minutes; 16 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. Anne Fadiman, The Wine Lover's Daughter, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 57 (1:39) William Palmer, In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers (2:24) Henry Jeffreys, Empire of Booze (2:33) Henry Jeffreys, The Cocktail Dictionary Dylan Thomas, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (3:41) Kingsley Amis, Everyday Drinking (4:45) Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman (6:40) Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (11:16) Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight (11:49) Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr Ripley (12:17) Patricia Highsmith, Diaries and Notebooks Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (14:54) Edward St Aubyn, The Patrick Melrose Novels (17:03) Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain (19:01) Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit (20:42) John Cheever, Collected Stories (23:26) Jeremy Lewis, Kindred Spirits (26:05) Ladybird Books: What to Look For in . . . Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (33:05) Kingsley Amis, The Green Man (35:13) Lawrence Osbourne, The Wet and the Dry (36:45) Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour (38:27) Related Slightly Foxed Articles The Smoking Bishop, William Palmer on drinking and drunkenness in Dickens, Issue 16 (8:52) On the Randy Again, William Palmer on Dylan Thomas, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Issue 30 (3:41) Cheers!, Henry Jeffreys on Bernard DeVoto, The Hour & Kingsley Amis, Everyday Drinking, Issue 68 (4:45) A Quare One, Patrick Welland on the novels of Flann O'Brien, Issue 41 (6:40) Voyage in the Dark, Patricia Cleveland-Peck on the novels of Jean Rhys, Issue 4 (10:22) With a Notebook and a Ukelele, Gordon Bowker on the stories of Malcolm Lowry, Issue 37 (19:46) A Visit from God, William Palmer on Kingsley Amis, The Green Man, Issue 20 (35:09) Other Links London Literary Tours (28.00) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

"The Riddle" was written by Walter de la Mare, and was included in his Collected Stories for Children (1947). The story tells of seven children who go to live with their grandmother. They are free to live without rules, as long as they steer clear of a certain chest in the spare bedroom.

This week on America Outdoors Radio Kendyll Derouchey will tell you about a special youth hunt and deer camp coming up in South Dakota, we'll share a fishing report from Harry Murray at Murray's Fly Show in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, preview the Kenai River Silver Salmon Derby with Brittany Brown, and talk to Jeffrey Miller, the author of a new book, "Klasberg, North Dakota:  Collected Stories from the Middle of Nowhere".   http://www.americaoutdoorsradio.com 

Steven Schrembeck: How to choose a goal, stick with a goal, and the fastest way to get great at anything.The best mindset to supercharge acquiring skillsHow to choose your goals, How to measure your progress towards those goalsWhat's going to keep you on the path and take you over the finish line.Steven is the creator and producer of Collected Stories podcast, (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/collected/id1553515851)and inventor of the "Immersive Stories" movement. When he first started, he did everything. So we talked about his growth plans, how to plot them, and how to stick with them. You will walk away from this podcast with clarity and insights that will take you all the way to your goals. Credits for the clips in this episode:Guitarist: Ryan Jones https://www.fiverr.com/ryjonesIntro sound: Jonny Dyas of Cloud Road MusicCast:Alex Best as Pastor Ethan Cutter FoleyExpress as Jiro Saitama and Archbishop Gabriel Cline Kristi Soutar as Dr. Marie Singer AJ Somerville as Bishop Erica Long and Sister FrancescaMichael Masters as Archbishop Lucious and The StalkerErik Klev (SirTeddy) as Xorkek the Imp, The Spineeater, and various Scary BoysMira Weldon as Imp #1 and various Scary BoysRowan Hermann as FleabagNoelle Palmer as The Intercom Contact Steven at: steven@collectedaudio.com. www.collectedaudio.com Contact Tony Angelini at tony@creativemindset.orgPlease Subscribe for more quality episodes!I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Zoë Yeoman made her professional acting debut at the age of 16 at Kings Hall in Heidelberg, Germany, in a production of Godspell. Since then she's worked in almost every major market across the United States.A working actor and a member of Actor's Equity • SAG|AFTRA and at times Producer and Director, some of Zoë's favorite roles include Lisa Kron in Well with the Arizona Women's Theatre Company, Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' Collected Stories, Dr. Vivian Bearing in Wit, and as Haley Walker in Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates, a role which she recently reprised at The Aux Dog Theatre, directed by Victoria Liberatori in Albuquerque, New Mexico.She originated the role of Margaret in James Riordon's award winning play, Apollo Redux, and played dual roles in the Washington, D.C. premiere of Emma's Child, for Horizons' Theater.On film, Zoë most has appeared in many short and feature films, The Five Cent Curve, by Brendan Hayward and in All About You, directed by auteur Christine Swanson. Starring roles include Vanessa in Carrots and Onions and K.K.Kettering in the short film, Creole Lady Angelle. She recently played a police captain in festival favorite, Raising Buchanan, written and directed by Bruce Dellis. Additionally, she waits for the release of M.E.C.C.A.-The Film.On Television, you've seen Zoë in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims' Unit, David E. Kelley's The Practice; Strong Medicine, The Drew Carey Show and the ABC Sitcom, Rodney. She earned her Equity card with “the best understudy performance in 20 years” at the Kennedy Center/Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, D.C., during a run of The Magic Fire, produced in conjunction with and by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, (directed by Libby Appel). Zoë's producing and directing credits include multiple One-Act plays, short films and theatrical productions for the Arizona Women's Theatre Company's, “Pandora Festival” and for Aux Dog Theatre's “Laughing Dog” 10-minute play festival.Zoë is the athletic type, enjoying every major sport; especially Baseball. She is an avid Golfer and has played courses from the Bay Area to Scottsdale, Arizona to Williamsburg, Virginia. Having learned to Ski in the Austrian Alps, she has skied the Alps of Europe and the Eastern and Western slopes of the United States. She also rides horses and recently gave up her beautiful APHA 16.2h gelding, “Zoë's Situation Comedy” (AKA “Rolling!”), so that he could have the life he deserves by trailering, mountain and streams rides through Flagstaff, AZ. An avid collector of antique furniture and 20th Century Modern Art, Zoë has visited most of the major museums and cathedrals of Europe, adding a few more during a past trip to Greece, Italy and Turkey.Her two Standard Poodles, Pale Ale, and Porter are the lights of her life. Her Shih Tzu, Barley Wine rounds out her beer-named Pups. She drives a 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V among other things and looks forward to getting her '67 Honda CB-450 back on the road very shortly. A new bike was in the cards for her recent Birthday, but that plan was interrupted by the purchase of a home in Albuquerque, NM where she currently resides with her husband of almost 30 years, Daniel.Ms. Yeoman was on the Board of Directors and was very proudly, the first female Membership Chair of the Friars' Club of California and is a past president of the Arizona Women's Theatre Company. She's a member of the Santa Fe chapter of The Hamptons Table, belongs to the New Mexico Chapter of Women in Film and her on-going search for a theatre company to call home, continues. To reach out, please do so through the Contact page herein, or call her Agents, Katrina or Mina at South West Artist Group in New Mexico/Arizona or Linda Ryan at Cross Beam Talent, Atlanta, GA.

Kishore Nepal is a unique blend of professional and non-professional writing styles. He has the innate ability to mix social, cultural, economic, political, and psychological aspects in his work that makes him an outlier in the journalistic arena.The mat-Abhimat tv program he hosted was a revelation and public speaking platform for millions of listeners. He is a member of the Bangladesh Sahityakar Sahayog Samiti. His published works include; Collected Stories “Arkai Prastar” (2034 B.S), Collected Essays “Chintaka Chhyanharu” (1982 A.D), and Short Novel “Ranga Mandal”.He has worked as a journalist for over fifteen years in Europe and South Asia. He started his career as a daily newspaper reporter and then moved to broadcast journalism. For four years, he served as a press advisor to the Prime Minister of Nepal.  live on:https://www.facebook.com/thedeepeshshowhttps://www.youtube.com/thedeepeshshowhttp://www.twitter.com/thedeepeshshow Podcastswww.thedeepeshshow.com #KishoreNepal #TheDeepeshShow #NepaliPodcast #aeglobal #giftmandu #liveinterview

Diane Williams is the author of nine books of fiction, including her latest book, The Collected Stories of Diane Williams. Her tenth volume of short fiction How High? - That High will be published in October 2021. She is also the founder and editor of the distinguished literary annual NOON. She lives in New York City.

"Nanny" (La Niñera) es un cuento de ciencia ficción del escritor estadounidense Philip K. Dick , publicado por primera vez en 1955 en Startling Stories y más tarde en The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick . Desde entonces, se ha vuelto a publicar varias veces, incluso en Beyond Lies the Wub en 1988. Música: Formless "Truth And Light" Blog del Podcast: https://lanebulosaeclectica.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @jomategu

"It is certainly true that the larger and older the living thing is, the harder it is to know how to care for it." - Lydia Davis "A sure sign that someone's about to have a full mental breakdown is when they start obsessively juicing." - Me LINKS: Buy "The Collected Stories" by Lydia Davis here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312655396 Shop my stuff here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop Listen to Damien Jurado's new single here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq_fZ2r4cj0 Check out Damien's shop here: https://damienjurado.bigcartel.com The Dash Rapid Egg Cooker!: https://bydash.com/products/rapid-egg-cooker Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/ Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Have you ever thought about getting stranded on a remote planet? So, I just read the novels: Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, written by John Jackson Miller. Please note that I'm not an expert on any technicalities. I'm just here to share my spoiler-free review. Enjoy!! Don't forget to like us on our Facebook Page: @tagapasigpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pasig-podcast/message

Meet Alfred Brown IV, educator and vocalist of the LA hardcore punk band Dangers. He’s into Amy Hempel. Like, really into Amy Hempel. Listen in for a deep conversation covering everything from the unintended emptiness of slogan-heavy lyrics to Hempel’s short story rhythm to questioning the need to categorize any type of writing — fiction, non-fiction, memoir, et al. — as anything other than just prose. Make sure you check out Alfred Brown IV as well as his work in Dangers and Cultural Materials. Oh, and grab a copy of that Hempel collection and signal to the world that you are most definitely on the correct wavelength.

In Episode 8 of the EWBR podcast, Anisha and Dhruv talk about their favourite comedies – from the classic American sitcom format mastered by Seinfeld, Friends and The Office, to the cynicism of Veep and Schitt's Creek and Phoebe Waller Bridge's dark masterpiece Fleabag. Also, do subtitles detract from the tv/movie experience or is dubbing massively overrated (hint: it is!). Moving on to reading resolutions – John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Iris Murdoch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, William Faulkner, William Thackeray and many, many more. Finally, are meal kits worth the fuss? Tune in now!  WATCH  Friends (specifically the pivot episode) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends ; Modern Family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Family ; Parks and Recreation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation ; Seinfeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld ; Fleabag https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p070npjv/fleabag ;Malcolm In the Middle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_in_the_Middle ;Titus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_%28TV_series%29 ;The Office (USA version) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series) ;Schitts Creek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schitt%27s_Creek ;Brooklyn Nine Nine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Nine-Nine ;Watch this clip and you will love Brooklyn Nine Nine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlBYdiXdUa8 ;Coupling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_(British_TV_series) ;Good Girls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Girls_%28TV_series%29 ; The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel ; Sex Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Education_%28TV_series%29 ; Veep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veep ;That 70's Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_%2770s_Show ; One Day At A Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_at_a_Time_%282017_TV_series%29 ; Kim's Convenience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%27s_Convenience  Dhruv's recommendations for subtitled shows/movies  Open Your Eyes https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125659/ House of Flowers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Flowers_%28TV_series%29 Call My Agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_My_Agent! ;Deutschland 83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_83 ;Gran Hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Hotel_%28TV_series%29  BINGE READ Dhruv's reading resolutions Read Iris Murdoch Sea the Sea https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780099284093 2. Read John Steinbeck East of Eden https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241980354 Of Mice and Men https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781781125939 Grapes of Wrath https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241980347 Winter of our Discontent https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141186313 The Moon is Down https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141395371 Sweet Thursday https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141185521 3. William Faulkner Sound and the Fury https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780099475019 Light in August https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780099283157 4. Gabriel Garcia Marquez 100 Years of Solitude https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241968581 Love in the Time of Cholera https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241978924 Collected Stories https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241968758 Speical mention: I Only Came to Use the Phone Anisha's reading resolutions 1. Read Stephen King On Writing https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781444723250 Dead Zone https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781444708097 2. Middlemarch by Mary Anne Evans (George Eliot) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9788027305056 3. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141439839  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eatwatchbingeread/message

Ryan Ruff Smith is the Tickner Writing Fellow at Gilman School. He has published both fiction and literary nonfiction in journals such as Ploughshares, Subtropics, Green Mountains Review, and New Ohio Review. One of his short stories, "The Disturbance," was listed in the Best American Short Stories 2017. Ryan's a native of Minneapolis, MN. He holds an MFA from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Cincinnati. // In Episode #29 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Ryan discuss the process of creative writing, Ryan's short story "The Disturbance," ideas drawn from experience, reasons humans enjoy storytelling, the continual process of revision, the challenges of beginning a story versus ending one, "showing versus telling," the short fiction of Flannery O'Connor, Anton Chekhov, and John Cheever, the Writers at Work Series, Paragon (Gilman's award-winning literary magazine), and Ryan's book recommendation: The Collected Stories by Grace Paley. // Enjoy the episode? Please subscribe, share, and follow the Path to Follow Podcast on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/Pathtofollowpod​​. // Many thanks to the all-powerful Cesare Ciccanti for his work on production.

JUDY ROSENBLATT, Actress (TV Film Stage) TM (45 yrs)(Transcendental Meditation & “Collected Stories” Dec 15 2020 A TRAILER FOR PLAY 'COLLECTED STORIES" will play at end of interview. Judy Rosenblatt studied Acting at Cornell University, Royal Central School of Dramatic Art in London, and with Joseph Balfior, William Esper, Sanford Meisner,Uta Hagen and Austin Pendleton. In and out of theatre all my adult life, I committed seriously at age 64 and have acted more since then than ever before. Directed by Austin Pendleton in Arthur Miller's American Clock and Harold Pinter's A Slight Ache (HB Studio Theatre); Lanie Robertson's one woman play about Peggy Guggenheim, Woman Before A Glass (Abingdon Theatre, Jermyn St.Theatre, London, Rochester Fringe Festival and The Bridge St. Theatre); and Donald Margulies Collected Stories (Rochester Fringe Festival); Understudied Roberta Maxwell and Marcia Rodd in Brian Richard Mori's Hellman v. McCarthy (with Dick Cavett) Appeared on The Sopranos; opposite Adam Sandler in The Cobbler; and opposite Logan Lerman in Hunters. Proud member of Sag/Afta, AEA, Alliance of Jewish Theatre, the Actor's Temple, and the League of Professional Theatre Women. mysteryandmayhem.com womanbeforeaglass.com

Kieron discusses all things Ron Berry with Dr Georgia Burdett and Dr Sarah Morse. Georgia and Sarah's collection, Fight and Flight: Essays on Ron Berry, available now. Books by Berry: Hunters and Hunted (1960) Travelling Loaded (1963) The Full-time Amateur (1966) Flame and Slag (1968) So Long Hector Bebb (1970) Peregrine Watching (1986) This Bygone (1996) History is What you Live (1998) Collected Stories (2000) More info on Berry: http://www.ronberry.co.uk/ Image: Berry's grandmother Mary Jane Berry, the Mayoress of Blaencwm.

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss White Ivy, The Book Collectors, The Best of Me, and more great books. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer with Fierce Reads; and ThirdLove. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: White Ivy: A Novel by Susie Yang Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper Homecoming Tales: 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary The Best of Me by David Sedaris The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui, Lara Vergnaud (translator) Too Much Lip: A Novel by Melissa Lucashenko The Liar’s Guide to the Night Sky by Brianna R. Shrum WHAT WE’RE READING: Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools by Maggie Kline Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Exquisite Cadavers by Meena Kandasamy The Creak on the Stairs by Eva Bjorg AEgisdóttir This Magnificent Dappled Sea: A Novel by David Biro  What You Could Have Won by Rachel Genn   To Be a Man: Stories by Nicole Krauss  Music for the Dead and Resurrected: Poems by Valzhyna Mort  The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Penny Joelson The Ravens by Kass Morgan, Danielle Paige The Man in the Microwave Oven: A Mystery (Theo Bogart Mysteries Book 2) by Susan Cox  Particulate Matter by Felicia Luna Lemus Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity by Priya Basil  The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 by Alan Allport The Harpy: A Novel by Megan Hunter Miss Benson’s Beetle: A Novel by Rachel Joyce  Aphasia: A Novel by Mauro Javier Cárdenas Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino: Stories by Julián Herbert The Babur Nama (Everyman’s Library Classics Series) by Babur, Annette Susannah Beveridge, et al. The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard by Shirley Hazzard  Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer The Museum of Forgotten Memories: A Novel by Anstey Harris The Preserve: A Novel by Ariel S. Winter Flight Lines: Across the Globe on a Journey with the Astonishing Ultramarathon Birds by Andrew Darby  Insomnia: Poems by John Kinsella My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems by Yi Lei, Tracy K. Smith (Translator), Changtai Bi (Translator) Serena Says by Tanita S. Davis  The Dirty South: A Thriller (Charlie Parker) by John Connolly  The Russian Pink: A Novel by Matthew Hart See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kathie Giorgio Director, AllWriters' Workplace & Workshop LLC Coming in 2020: "No Matter Which Way You Look, There Is More To See", a full-length poetry collection Author, novels, "The Home For Wayward Clocks," "Learning To Tell (A Life)Time", "Rise From The River", "In Grace's Time", and "If You Tame Me", story collections, "Enlarged Hearts" and "Oddities & Endings; The Collected Stories of Kathie Giorgio", essay collection, "Today's Moment Of Happiness Despite The News", and the poetry chapbooks, "True Light Falls In Many Forms" and "When You Finally Said No" 234 Brook St., Unit 2 Waukesha WI 53188 Phone: 262-446-0284 Author site: www.kathiegiorgio.org Studio site: www.allwritersworkshop.com Please "like" Author Kathie Giorgio on Facebook! Twitter: @KathieGiorgio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/journeytoentrepreneurship/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/journeytoentrepreneurship/support

Lara Seidel began her career in the entertainment business 26 years ago when she became a PA for Joe Camp, creator, writer, and director of the 70’s canine film superstar, Benji. She has been cast in over 40 commercials, one of which, Visa Checkout (narrated by Morgan Freeman), is currently airing nationally and internationally. Seidel also played the lead in the Donald Marguiles play, Collected Stories. She has played a variety of roles from a vampire in the upcoming Night Shift 2, to a mom in an extraterrestrial invasion film, The Changers. Her current movie, Wildflowers, is available on Amazon. She has a degree in film communications from the University of Alabama and has trained with many of the finest acting coaches in LA and Florida. In 2010 at the age of 40, Lara endured a divorce. Many people consider 40 middle-aged and halfway through your life, so adding a divorce in the mix was challenging. But you realize that every life experience yields many different results, some good, some bad. But all are learning opportunities. You grow as a person and rediscover your individuality. And for Lara, it helped add new dimensions to her acting skills, independence, martial arts training, and her happiness level. Six months ago, Lara decided to sell her fundraising business of 20 years and begin a new chapter of her life. Moving south of Atlanta three months ago, Lara still continues to pursue her acting career and martial arts. She is a 3rd-degree black belt in Kung Fu. http://247cast.com/laraseidel --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thriving-in-chaos/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-in-chaos/support

Introducing "Dealer's Choice," an occasional series in which your Book XChange podcast hosts decide to feature a particular writer whose work we feel deserves in-depth discussion and recommendation. In the inaugural installment, we dive into the work of one of America's finest writers, Jim Shepard. "Who is Jim Shepard, and why should I be reading him?" is exactly what we aim to address, and we hope our listeners will trust us enough to listen in and find out. The brothers couldn't possibly recommend the novels, essays and especially the short stories of Mr. Shepard any higher. Tune in to this jam-packed episode as we unpack his work, discuss what makes it thrilling and unique, and examine why reading Shepard "makes you feel as if you're becoming a better human being." BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE: What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next: 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes,' Stephen King (Future read withheld by request of the co-host!) What John is currently reading/plans to read next: 'The Sisters Brothers,' Patrick deWitt Works by Jim Shepard discussed in this episode: 'Like You'd Understand, Anyway' (stories) 'You Think That's Bad' (stories) 'Love and Hydrogen: New and Collected Stories' 'The World to Come' (stories) 'Paper Doll' (novel) 'Project X' (novel) 'You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe' (edited by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard) Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast: Book-to-Film Adaptations

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events   Bookwaves Tony Horwitz (1958 – May 27, 2019) discusses his most recent book, “Spying on the South,” now out in trade paperback, with host Richard Wolinsky. Recorded May 17, 2019. The author of several books that combine scholarship, history and travel, Tony Horwitz was a one of a kind author. In “Confederates in the Attic,” he looked at Civil War re-enactors in the Deep South. In “Blue Latitudes,” he followed the path of explorer James Cook, visiting islands in the Pacific Ocean. And in “Spying on the South,” now his final book, he follows the path of the young Frederick Law Olmstead, later to design Central Park, as he went down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers all the way to the Mexican border, seeing how a century and a half has changed the landscape and the people. Ten days after this interview was conducted, Tony Horwitz died of a heart attack in Washington D.C., in the middle of his book tour. An extended 49-minute version of this interview can be found as a Radio Wolinsky podcast. Photos: Richard Wolinsky. Artwaves Mavis Gallant, who died in 2014 at the age of 91, was a Canadian short story writer who spent most of her life in France. During her lifetime, she had 118 stories in the New Yorker, which made her one of that magazine's most published writers. Along the way she did write two novels, but it was because of her shorter fiction that she was very much a writers' writer. A very private person, she only rarely gave interviews – but she did go on a book tour for her short story collection, Across the Bridge, and it's then, on October 6, 1993, that Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky had a chance to speak with her. Wikipedia notes that her subject was frequently fascism, in particular about what she called “the small possibilities in people” which leaned them toward fascism. In a roundabout way, she discusses that in this interview. New York Review Books Classics has published several volumes of her stories, most notably The Collected Stories, which features fifty two examples of her best work, and Paris Stories, curated by Michael Ondaatje. Across the Bridge is available in an e-book edition from Amazon. Digitized, remastered and re-edited in August, 2020 by Richard Wolinsky Extended 51-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast.Transcript of a 1999 Paris Review interview with Mavis Gallant.     Announcement Links Book Passage. Conversations with Authors features Susan Minot on Saturday August 22, David Sibley on Sunday August 23, and Akwaeki Emezi on Wednesday August 26, all at 4 pm Pacific. The Booksmith features Eric Hatton at 11 am and Richard Kadrey and Christopher Moore at 6 pm Pacific on Monday August 24, and poets Michael Warr and Chun Yu on Wednesday August 26 at 7 pm Pacific. Bay Area Book Festival features Michael Pollan and Merlin Sheldrake on Entangled Life and the world of Fungi, on Wednesday August 26 at 7 pm. Kepler's Books presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required.   Theatre Rhino Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday August 20 is Dickens. San Francisco Playhouse fireside chat Thursday August 20 at 7 pm is Louis Parnell with Susi Damilano, and Monday August 24's Zoomlet play is The Bacchae by Euripedes at 7 pm. American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) begins a series of live then streamed ticketed productions, titled InterAct, starting on September 4 with In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar. 42nd Street Moon. 8 pm Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Fridays at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia. Shotgun Players.  A live stream performance of Quack by Eliza Clark, through August 26 Registration required. Berkeley Rep is having a script discussion starting on Monday August 24, with Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield, and you can purchase and read the script in advance. Another live performance by Hershey Felder, George Gershwin Alone, airs on Sunday September 13 at 5 pm. Theatreworks Silicon Valley is presenting on Women's Equality Day at 5:30 pm live streamed excerpts from the musical Perfect 36 with book and lyrics by Laura Harrington and music by Mel Marvin. California Shakepeare Theatre (Cal Shakes) has various offerings on its You Tube channel. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more.. Aurora Theatre's A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, will stream this fall, date to be announced. Marin Theatre Company Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website. Central Works The Script Club, where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The August script is Bamboozled by Patricia Milton. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on August 25. Lincoln Center Live Through September 8, 2020: Carousel, with Kelli O'Hara & Nathan Gunn. Public Theatre: The Line streams through the website. A radio recording of Richard II is also available through the website. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write bookwaves@hotmail.com.   . The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – August 20, 2020: Tony Horwitz – Mavis Gallant appeared first on KPFA.

Mavis Gallant in the 1950s Mavis Gallant, who died in 2014 at the age of 91, was a Canadian short story writer who spent most of her life in France. During her lifetime, she had 118 stories in the New Yorker, which made her one of that magazine's most published writers. Along the way she did write two novels, but it was because of her shorter fiction that she was very much a writers' writer. A very private person, she only rarely gave interviews – but she did go on a book tour for her short story collection, Across the Bridge, and it's then, on October 6, 1993, that Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky had a chance to speak with her. Wikipedia notes that her subject was frequently fascism, in particular about what she called “the small possibilities in people” which leaned them toward fascism. In a roundabout way, she discusses that in this interview. New York Review Books Classics has published several volumes of her stories, most notably The Collected Stories, which features fifty two examples of her best work, and Paris Stories, curated by Michael Ondaatje. Across the Bridge is available in an e-book edition from Amazon. Interview digitized, remastered and edited in August 2020 by Richard Wolinsky. Transcript of a 1999 Paris Review interview with Mavis Gallant   The post Mavis Gallant (1922-2014) appeared first on KPFA.

Hi guys! Thanks so much for tuning into episode three. This week, we sip delightful cold press espresso martinis from The Cocktail Porter and discuss Camilla's difficult life of being a *model*, forgetting to cancel spenny subscriptions and Elle tries to guess the plot of the lockdown book of the year, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh. We also discuss identity politics in Brit Bennet's The Vanishing Half, Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other, Collected Stories of Lydia Davis and Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie's Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions.  The link to the very funny content creator video Camilla mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyEjCKPtASI

Sara, Lis, and Erin examine the voices and perspectives in four of Eudora Welty's short stories. Each story brought a chance to learn, laugh, or air some personal grievances.

Containing an Introduction to the Series, in which the Listener is acquainted with the Character of the Hosts, with numerous Discussions on matters concerning Genre, History, Fiction, Literature, the Natural Sciences, and with the Conclusion of which containing a Preview of the subsequent Episode. Books referenced, on Goodreads: "Foundation", by Isaac Asimov (USA, 1951) : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court", by Mark Twain: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37810588-mark-twain---a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthur-s-court "The Martian Chronicles", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76778.The_Martian_Chronicles "Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1953): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42609095-fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury-essay-for-studying-by-lukas "Kaleidoscope", by Ray Bradbury (USA, 1951): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12525512-ray-bradbury-s-kaleidoscope "The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith: A Vintage from Atlantis" (USA, 1926-61): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41812484-the-collected-fantasies-of-clark-ashton-smith "The Once and Future King", by T.H. White (UK. 1958): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43545.The_Once_and_Future_King "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick", by Philip K. Dick (USA, 2011): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10887550-the-exegesis-of-philip-k-dick "Ubik", by Philip K. Dick (USA, 1969): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22590.Ubik "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus", by Mary Shelley (UK, 1818): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein "Dune", by Frank Herbert (USA, 1965): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/234225.Dune "Rendezvous with Rama", by Arthur C. Clarke (UK, 1973): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31548627-rendezvous-with-rama "Childhood's End", by Arthur C. Clarke (UK, 1953): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50783631-childhood-s-end "As I Lay Dying", by William Faulkner (USA, 1930): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77013.As_I_Lay_Dying "The Collected Stories of William Faulkner" (USA, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1184102.Collected_Stories_of_William_Faulkner "Gormenghast" novels, by Mervyn Peake (UK, 1946-59): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39058.The_Gormenghast_Novels "Ender's Game", by Orson Scott Card (USA, 1985): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/375802.Ender_s_Game "New Worlds: An Anthology", edited by Michael Moorcock (vars., 1965-95) (content from the infamous "new-wave" oriented zine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1532128.New_Worlds "Voyage of the Space Beagle", by A.E. Van Vogt (CAN, 1950): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546454.The_Voyage_of_the_Space_Beagle "The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (USA, 1974): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100365.The_Mote_in_God_s_Eye "Hyperion", by Dan Simmons (USA, 1989): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion "The Canterbury Tales", by Geoffrey Chaucer (Kingdom of England, 1387-1400): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2696.The_Canterbury_Tales Facebook Groups: Offbeat: B-movies, Cult, Grindhouse, Old-school Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/613178365804624?refid=46 Science Fiction Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/9990182714?refid=18 Films: "Cat Women of the Moon" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045609/ "The Black Hole", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078869/ Misc: Arthur C. Clarke's essay "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", from which "Clarke's Law" is derived: http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/Sci-Tech-Society/stored/futurists_hazards_of_prophecy.pdf Morbid Angel: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Morbid_Angel/68

Wearing a stylish pair of dungaree shorts on a sunny Spring-like Saturday afternoon, Charles Adrian reflects, digressively and at length, on some of his reasons for starting the podcast in the first place and indulges in some Vladimir Nabokov.   NB: The two stories discussed from Vladimir Nabokov’s Collected Stories are An Affair Of Honour (translated from Russian by Vladimir Nabokov) and The Aurelian (translated from Russian by Vladimir Nabokov and Peter Pertzov).   Pedants corner: Oxford, being in possession of a cathedral, is, of course, a city rather than a town. You can read more about the city of Oxford on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford   Correction: Much of what Charles Adrian says about Vladimir Nabokov and his family in this episode is not quite right. You can read more (and more accurately, one assumes) about Vladimir Nabokov’s life and ancestry on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov   Books discussed here are featured in Page One 23 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/23-jessie-greengrass/), Page One 25 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/25-michael-caines/), Page One 26 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/26-gary-merry/) and Page One 43 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/43-war/).   Other books by Vladimir Nabokov discussed on the podcast are Lolita (discussed in Page One 71 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-2#/71-francesca-beard/) and Pale Fire (discussed in Page One 119 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/119-katherine-leedale/ and in Page One 151 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/#/151-tim-spooner/ – and particularly in the unedited version of the latter episode).   Episode image is a detail of a photograph taken by Charles Adrian.   Episode recorded: 4th April, 2020.   More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/   Book listing: Books As History by David Pearson (Page One 25) Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers (Page One 23) Collected Stories by Vladimir Nabokov (Page One 25) Cosmos by Carl Sagan (Page One 26 and Page One 43)

Nicole Krauss on her selection: I recently finished a collection of short stories, and while writing it I sometimes turned to Leonard Michaels to remember what's possible in the form, and to rest in his fluency. “Isaac” is from Michaels’s first collection, Going Places, published in 1969. I chose it because… why did I choose it? Because it’s New York City. A hospital. Incomprehension in the face of the things that befall us. And because its language—bright, sharp, funny—is live-wire alive in the face of it all.  The Collected Stories at Indiebound This story contains language which may not be suitable for children.

Jay McInerney lives in Manhattan and Bridgehampton, New York. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian and Corriere della Sera, and his fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Playboy, Granta, and The Paris Review. In 2006, Time cited Bright Lights, Big City as one of nine generation-defining novels of the twentieth century, and The Good Life received the Prix Littéraire at the Deauville Film Festival in 2007. How It Ended: New and Collected Stories (2009) “reminds us,” Sam Tanenhaus wrote in The New York Times Book Review, “how impressively broad McInerney's scope has been and how confidently he has ranged across wide swaths of our national experience. His third novel charting the lives of Corrine and Russell Calloway is Bright, Precious Days.

Today, on American TV Icons, Alikona Bradford interviews, we feature longtime veteran Linda Lavin. Born in Portland, Maine to a musically-inclined family (her mother was once an opera singer) and on stage from the age of 5, singer/actress Linda Lavin graduated from The College of William and Mary with a theatre degree. She pounded the New York pavements in the early 1960s searching for work following some stock roles in New Jersey, and gradually made a dent within the New York musical comedy scene with roles in "Oh, Kay!" (1960), "A Family Affair," (1962), "It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman" (1966) (her standout number was "You've Got Possibilities") and "On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever" (1966). She also won kudos for her straight acting roles in "Little Murders" (1969 Drama Desk award) and "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1969 Tony nomination). A one-time member of Paul Sills' Compass Players comedy troupe back in the late 1950s, she served as a replacement in Sills' "Story Theatre" Broadway production in 1971. Television beckoned in the 1970s and utilized her singing talents in a small-screen version of Damn Yankees! (1967) starring Phil Silvers and Lee Remick. After a one-season false start as Detective Janice Wentworth on the sitcom Barney Miller (1975), it did not take long for the talented lady to become a household name in another. As the titular waitress/mother in the sitcom Alice (1976), based on the award-winning film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) starring Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, Lavin won deserved stardom. During the nine seasons (1976-1985) the show was on the air, she nabbed two Golden Globe awards and an Emmy nomination. Ever the singer, she even warbled "There's a New Girl in Town" over the opening credits of the show to the delight of her fans. Following this success, Linda lavished her attentions once again on the stage. She earned renewed respect, in addition to several critic's awards, for her diversified Broadway work in "Broadway Bound" (1987 Tony award), "Death Defying Acts" (1995 Obie award), "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1998 Tony nomination: as the high-strung Mrs. Van Daan) and "Tales of the Allergist Wife" (2000 Tony nomination). More recently, she appeared in Carol Burnett's autobiographical play "Hollywood Arms" (2002) portraying Burnett's grandmother. The piece was co-written by Burnett's late daughter, Carrie Hamilton. Linda received excellent reviews the first time around for her stage work in "Collected Stories" (2000). She later appeared in a PBS-TV version of Collected Stories (2002) and in 2010 revived it on Broadway, earning a Tony nomination for her efforts. She has also occasionally directed for the stage. Linda was married and divorced twice to actors -- Ron Leibman and Kip Niven -- and in 2005 married her third husband, actor Steve Bakunas, who is also an artist and musician. Since her "Alice" heyday, the actress has again found series work, albeit the short-lived Room for Two (1992) and Conrad Bloom (1998). She has also been seen in penetrating guest parts on such established series as "The Sopranos", "Law & Order" and "The O.C." (recurring). Make sure to subscribe to AfterBuzz! - http://youtube.com/afterbuzztv HELPFUL LINKS: Website - http://afterbuzztv.com Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/afterbuzz-tv/id407139777?mt=2 Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/afterbuzztv Like us on Facebook - http://facebook.com/afterbuzztv See on us Instagram - http://instagram.com/afterbuzztv Merch - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/AfterbuzzTV/ ABOUT AFTERBUZZ TV: Created by Emmy winner Maria Menounos & producer Keven Undergaro, AfterBuzz TV is the digital broadcast network dedicated to producing live and on-demand after-shows, news and coverage for nearly every TV show featuring expert recaps & interviews with cast & crew. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Diane Williams’s short (most of them very short) stories have been captivating literary audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for the last three decades. Ben Marcus, in his introduction to The Collected Stories, has described them as ‘fictions of perfect strangeness’, adding that they ‘prize enigma and the uncanny above all else.’ Williams read from her work, and was in conversation with Lara Pawson, formerly the BBC’s correspondent in Angola and author of This is the Place to Be (CB Editions). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joy Williams reads her story from the September 30, 2019, issue of the magazine. Williams is the author of four novels and five story collections, including "Honored Guest" and "99 Stories of God." Her most recent book, "The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories," was published in 2015.

Jay McInerney lives in Manhattan and Bridgehampton, New York. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian and Corriere della Sera, and his fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Playboy, Granta, and The Paris Review. In 2006, Time cited Bright Lights, Big City as one of nine generation-defining novels of the twentieth century, and The Good Life received the Prix Littéraire at the Deauville Film Festival in 2007. How It Ended: New and Collected Stories (2009) “reminds us,” Sam Tanenhaus wrote in The New York Times Book Review, “how impressively broad McInerney's scope has been and how confidently he has ranged across wide swaths of our national experience. His third novel charting the lives of Corrine and Russell Calloway is Bright, Precious Days.

ROGUES THEATRE RETURNS WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF “THE WEST END” Rogues Theatre is excited to be back onstage after last season’s highly acclaimed anniversary production of A Beautiful New City by George F. Walker. This season, Rogues return with the world premiere of Christiane Hirt’s hilarious and poignant first play, The West End. The West End By: Christiane Hirt Directed by: Joe-Norman Shaw Design by: Brad Leavitt May 1-May 11, 2019, 7:30 pm NIGHTLY Tickets: $25 Adults/$20 Students & Seniors All performances in the Joyce Doolittle Theatre @ The Pumphouse Starring: Sophia Lauchlin Hirt, Jerod Blake and Roel Suasin With Kirsten Garcia and Michelle Roth Emma Wood is a 13 year old latch-key kid growing up in Vancouver’s West End during the late 70’s. Famous as Western Canada’s largest gay (LGBTQ) community, Emma’s lonely adolescence transforms when she meets two gay men who change her life forever. From the sexual revolution of the 70’s through to the AID’s crisis of the 80’s these three unlikely souls become inextricably intertwined in a heartfelt coming of age story that encompasses the growing pains of life, love, sexual identification, self acceptance and a community who continues to thrive in good times and bad. Throughout a professional career spanning over thirty years, Christiane is best known as a leading actor in such roles as ‘Lil’ in For the Moment starring opposite Russell Crowe, ‘Hannah Peale’ in Lonesome Dove: The Series, ‘Jennie’ in the feature-film, Heart of the Sun (AMPIA award winner for Best Actress), ‘Lori LaRoche,’ in CBC’s Skate! – Gemini nomination for Best Actress,and numerous Guest Star appearances including DaVinci’s Inquest and Intelligence. She is Co-Founder of Company of Rogues Actors Studio and for Rogues Theatre has directed Collected Stories and co-starred in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Christiane is also an award winning screenwriter for If You Really Knew Me –recipient of the AMPIA Award for best screenwriter, 2013. The West End is her first produced play! Joe is a veteran actor and director; he has worked extensively on both stage and film sets across Canada and internationally. As Artistic Director of Rogues Theatre, his directing credits include: A Beautiful New City, First and Last, Den of Thieves, Some Girls, Storm Warning, Italian American Reconciliation, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Red Light Winter, Cow Town, Pushup, Criminal Genius, Savage In Limbo, Selling Mr. Rushdie, The Melville Boys, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, St. Scarlet and Tape. Cast; Sophia Lauchlin Hirt: Recurring roles on the TV series Cardinal, The Romeo Section and Olympus. Starred in the highly acclaimed, locally shot feature film Ice Blue and recently appeared with Jeff Bridges in Bad Times at the El Royal. Rogues Theatre Debut Jerod Blake: Award winning stage actor, appeared on tv series Damnation and for Rogues Theatre- A Beautiful New City and First and Last. Upcoming- Shakespeare by the Bow Roel Suasin: Film/Tv- Be Cool, Music and Lyrics and Joan of Arcadia. Dance Credits-with: Christina Auguilera, Fergie & The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. Kirsten Garcia: Appeared in independent feature film Valerie (post-production), and Rogues Theatre’s First and Last. Michelle Roth: Appeared in Rogues Theatre’s First and Last. Rogues Theatre presents The West End by Christiane Hirt, Directed by Joe-Norman Shaw. The play runs May 1-May 11, at The Pumphouse Theatre Ticket information at www.corogues.com Joe Norman Shaw and Eugune Strickland form last issue's shoot by Kevin Stenhouse

Joy Williams joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Itch," by Don DeLillo, from a 2017 issue of the magazine. Williams is the author of four novels and five story collections, including "The Quick and the Dead," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and "Ninety-Nine Stories of God." Her most recent book is "The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected Stories."

The original and indescribable writing of Diane Williams is showcased in over three hundred dazzling new and previously published shorts fictions from six releases, The Collected Stories of Diane Williams.

Collected: Stories from the Australian War Memorial explores artefacts in the museum of the Australian War Memorial. Join journalist Louise Maher over twelve episodes and take a closer look at the obscure, popular, strange and wonderful items in the collection. Louise peels back the past, highlights the history and uncovers the stories that the public don’t always get to hear. In this episode Louise looks at Australia's official copy of the Treaty of Versailles currently on display as part of the After The War exhibition. In conversation with Memorial curators Kerry Neale and Anthea Gun Louise explores the history of the treaty and the important role Australia played in its signing. Drawing on related artefacts from the collection, first hand accounts and historic material to bring the story to life.     

We are ecstatic to welcome Greta Eskridge (@maandpamodern) to the show!  She is the ultimate nature enthusiast, and you will not want to stay inside another minute when you hear her wonder at all things outdoors.  Greta gets real, simple, AND fun which is exactly why we knew she was a must-have guest on Homeschool Unrefined. Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/homeschoolunrefined. Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Our Audible listens: Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs, You're On an Airplane by Parker Posey, The Roald Dahl Audio Collection, The Collected Stories of Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne. How To Raise a Wild Child by Scott Sampson Greta on the Read Aloud Revival Podcast Episode 62 Find Greta at her website, instagram, and her podcast.    Loving This Week Maren: Her mug from Caribou and this mug from Jo's Coffee. Angela: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger   Visit our website Support us on Patreon here. Join our closed Facebook group: Unrefined Homeschoolers Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube Angela on Instagram: @unrefinedangela Maren on Instagram: @unrefinedmaren Email us any questions or feedback at homeschoolunrefined@gmail.com Visit our Amazon Shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/homeschoolunrefined We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

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“Williams’s short precise, & emphatic sentences build a strange society whose denizens are not quite familiar to us & not quite comfortable with their own quietly disturbing evolutions. Not a single moment of the prose here is what you expect, & even the ordinary is, in the context created by Diane Williams, no longer ordinary. […] The post Diane Williams: The Collected Stories of Diane Williams appeared first on Tin House.

We are ecstatic to welcome Greta Eskridge (@maandpamodern) to the show!  She is the ultimate nature enthusiast, and you will not want to stay inside another minute when you hear her wonder at all things outdoors.  Greta gets real, simple, AND fun which is exactly why we knew she was a must-have guest on Homeschool Unrefined.   Today's podcast is brought to you by audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/homeschoolunrefined. Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Our Audible listens: Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs, You're On an Airplane by Parker Posey, The Roald Dahl Audio Collection, The Collected Stories of Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne. How To Raise a Wild Child by Scott Sampson Greta on the Read Aloud Revival Podcast Episode 62 Find Greta at her website, instagram, and her podcast.    Loving This Week Maren: Her mug from Caribou and this mug from Jo's Coffee. Angela: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger   Visit our website Support us on Patreon here. Join our closed Facebook group: Unrefined Homeschoolers Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube Angela on Instagram: @unrefinedangela Maren on Instagram: @unrefinedmaren Email us any questions or feedback at homeschoolunrefined@gmail.com Visit our Amazon Shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/homeschoolunrefined We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Episode Notes Faeries have their eye set on a young victim of domestic abuse, but they haven't considered a kid could be so smart or determined to survive. "Circle” is based on an event of domestic abuse and involves mythical beings who hitched a ride from Europe to the Americas with their human counterparts. This story currently appears in the collection Walking after Midnight ~ Collected Stories, available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other bookstores. Contact info for C.S. FuquaWebsiteBandcampAmazon (Affiliate)---- Personal Notes ----Sign up for my mailing list to get weekly updates and never miss a story again!---- About Tall Tale TV ----My name is Chris Herron, and I narrate audiobooks.In 2015, poor control of my diabetes left me legally blind for the better part of a year. The doctors predicted an 80% chance I would never see again, but I changed the way I was living and through sheer willpower beat the odds.During this time I couldn't read or write. Two things that I had been turning to for comfort since I was a small child. With the sheer amount of stress I was under, this was devastating. My wife took me by the arm, lead me into the local library, and read out titles of audiobooks to me. I chose the audiobook versions of books I had loved such as the Disc World series, Name of the Wind, Harry Potter and more. They brought my favorite stories to life in ways I never thought possible, and helped me through the darkest time of my life.Once my vision recovered, I maintained a love for audiobooks. I decided I would turn my focus from being a writer to becoming a narrator. I devised Tall Tale TV as a way to help out all the amazing authors in the writing communities I had come to love before my ordeal.I created Tall Tale TV to help aspiring authors by providing them with a promotional audiobook video. A way to showcase their skills with the written word. They say the strongest form of advertisement is word of mouth, so I provide a video to a platform of readers to help get people talking. Help them spread the word.Click the share button and let the world know about this author.---- Story Submission ----Got a short story you'd like to submit? Submission guidelines can be found at TallTaleTV.com---- legal ----All images used in this video are either original or Royalty and Attribution free. Most stock images used are provided by http://www.pixabay.com . Image attribution will be declared only when required by the copyright owner. All stories on Tall Tale TV have been submitted in accordance with the terms of service provided on http://www.talltaletv.com or obtained with permission by the author. Common Affiliates are: Amazon, Smashwords

Tim Powers on Expiration Date, his contemporary supernatural adventure novel featuring a young boy haunted by the ghost of Thomas Edison. The boy and Edison are fleeing dealers and junkies who use ghosts as a drug, and for whom Edison's ghost would be the ultimate high. Power is a multiple winner of the World Fantasy Award, and the author of On Stranger Tides and the The Annubis Gates. His complete short story collection, Down and Out in Purgatory, the Collected Stories of Tim Powers, is also out from Baen; and part fifty-eight of the complete audiobook serialization of Liaden Universe® novel Alliance of Equals by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller.

Philip Roth died last month at age 85. To help us make sense of his place in American writing, we invited our friend Ben Felton, who last joined us to talk Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, to come back on to discuss The Ghost Writer, as well as Roth's work more generally. 00:00-00:35 The Ghost Writer 00:35-00:57 Roth and the question of misogyny 00:57-01:07 Roth as a Jewish writer 01:07-01:20 Roth's legacy as a writer We'll be back in a few weeks to talk about The Collected Stories of Richard Yates, another 20th Century titan, as well as the start of NBA free agency.

Today our podcast connects with Jonathan Eller, Director of The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, Professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Senior Textual Editor of the Institute for American Thought, editor of The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury, author of Becoming Ray Bradbury and Ray Bradbury Unbound (University of Illinois Press), and co-author with William Touponce of Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction (Kent State University Press). Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Jonathan Eller

Author Jean Anderson reads from her collection, Human Being Songs: Northern Stories published by University of Alaska Press, 2017. In addition, she discusses her writing process and explores the notion of introspection as shadow play for fiction writers, to include worlds of "what if," introspection-as-characterization, and the power of internal imagery in Alaska's relatively young and emerging body of fiction. Works cited include Going Too Far, a novella by Mei Mei Evans, pH, a novel by Nancy Lord, Upon This Rock by David Marusek, A Manuel For Cleaning Women-Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin, and Collected Stories of Ivan Bunin translated from the Russian by Graham Hettlinher. Jean Anderson moved to Fairbanks in 1966 and holds BA and MFA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she taught for nearly ten years. . She is author of In Extremis & Other Alaska Stories and her writings have appeared in Chariton Review, Prairie Schooner, Kalliope, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Cirque. Her literary awards include a PEN Syndicated Fiction Selection, an Individual Artist Award from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and a visiting writer’s residency from The Island Institute in Sitka.

Collected Storiesby Donald MarguliesTwo women take the stage for this dramatic play about a teacher and her student protégé, kicking off Women's History Month this March. Jennie Ward will make her MJTC directorial debut.Ruth Steiner is a respected author in the autumn of her career when she hires Lisa, a graduate student, to be her assistant. Under Ruth's mentorship, Lisa's talent is unleashed, but when Lisa writes a novel based upon her teacher's past, their friendship explodes with questions about intellectual property and the ownership of experiences. This gem of a play, by one of today's most admired playwrights, displays "tangled connections between creativity and ideology...thick with ideas like a stockpot of good stew." (Village Voice)February 24 - March 18, 2018Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. - $23Thursdays at 7:30 p. m. - $25Saturdays at 8:00 p. m. - $38Sundays at 1:00 p. m. - $30Sunday, February 25th at 7:00 p. m. - $2520’s-30’s Thursdays Rate – For anyone 20 - 39; use the promotional code 2030 when ordering.Student Rush Rate – $12 tickets for students at the door; must show a valid student ID.Special Group Rate – For groups of 10 and over. Contact the box office for more details.Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company | PO Box 16155 | St. Paul, MN 55116651.647.4315 | info@mnjewishtheatre.org

Why do so many readers seem to be afraid of short stories? Annie and Chris chat with author and professor CJ Hauser about how short stories are different from novels, how to approach a collection, and why book clubs should embrace shorts. Stop worrying and love the short story!  Mentioned this episode: + The Collected Stories of Grace Paley + Selected Stories: Andre Dubus + Flannery O'Connor: The Complete Stories + We're in Trouble by Christopher Coake + Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson + Emporium by Adam Johnson + Later, at the Bar by Rebecca Barry + Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout + Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower + CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders + One More Thing by B. J. Novak + Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai + Difficult Women by Roxane Gay + Awayland by Ramona Ausubel + Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado CJ's favorite collections: + Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger + Bear Down, Bear North by Melinda Moustakis + St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell Annie's favorite collections: + St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell + Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson + A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor Chris's favorite collections: + No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July + Sorry Please Thank You by Charles Yu + CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders Learn more about CJ and find links to her writing on her website.  Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for our intro music. You can check them out at their website.  This episode is sponsored in part by Fontaine Maury, a branding and design firm with offices in Thomasville and Tallahassee. Check them out at their website.  You can find full episodes of our show on our website. You can support us on Patreon here. 

This is an audio trailer for Rain Check Collected Stories by Levi Andrew Noe. There is a special offer for a FREE audiobook, just tune in at the end of the episode.  Please enjoy three complete stories from Rain Check free. And if you like what you hear and want to purchase the entire book you can find it on Audible or iTunes. You can also visit raincheckbook.com for more about the book and to purchase a print or e-book version. The 58 stories of Rain Check explore the vast universes that exist within the 1,000 word confines of flash literature. The material leaps gracefully from the humorous, the heartbreaking, reverent, profane, carnal and the ethereal. Noe makes us feel bound in deeply personal moments and experiences that, in turn, tap into the unifying humanity that binds us all. Rain Check zooms in and out of the macro and microscopic while always keeping a keen eye on the multi-faceted mystery of being that seems to only make sense through contradiction. Published by Truth Serum Press, Copyright 2016, the Audiobook was produced by Levi Andrew Noe copyright 2016.

Jay McInerney lives in Manhattan and Bridgehampton, New York. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian and Corriere della Sera, and his fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Playboy, Granta, and The Paris Review. In 2006, Time cited Bright Lights, Big City as one of nine generation-defining novels of the twentieth century, and The Good Life received the Prix Littéraire at the Deauville Film Festival in 2007. How It Ended: New and Collected Stories (2009) “reminds us,” Sam Tanenhaus wrote in The New York Times Book Review, “how impressively broad McInerney's scope has been and how confidently he has ranged across wide swaths of our national experience. His third novel charting the lives of Corrine and Russell Calloway is Bright, Precious Days.

JOAN BENEDICT STEIGER Decades of work on stage, screen, and television and the love of three devoted men sounds like a full life; but in many ways, the story is just beginning for veteran performer Joan Benedict Steiger. With credits dating back to the original “Candid Camera” on television to her acclaimed solo performance as Leona Helmsley, she has lived the artistic life she first dreamed of as a child in Brooklyn, New York – and the dream shows no signs of ending. “I always thought when I was little I would be a dancer,” Steiger recalls today. “I was never really built for ballet, but I was tap dancing in public at age seven when I performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. I remember the first film I ever saw was with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and as I was leaving the theatre, I wanted to run back in, I knew I had to be a part of that world.” As the only grandchild in a large family – she had seven uncles – Steiger grew up in her grandfather’s house off Prospect Park, where she describes herself as “Eloise at the Plaza – every one of those rooms was my magic room.” Encouraged by her mother, young Steiger studied at the Rome Opera Ballet School, and spent time in Paris, soaking up her craft and European culture and learning French and Italian. Back in America, Steiger continued her theatrical education by studying with legendary acting coaches Robert Lewis and Stella Adler, founders of the Actor’s Studio in New York. That pursuit of her craft continues today, as she continues to get a charge out of the challenge that each new acting job brings. “The theatre for me is ike being in church,” she says with sincerity. “When you feel the audience, and feel that communication with other souls, it’s like music. As a performer, I’m always pursuing that wonderful experience where you are completely alert and clear, and yet transported through your imagination.” “The theatre for me is like being in church,” she says with sincerity. “When you feel the audience, and feel that communication with other souls, it’s like music. As a performer, I’m always pursuing that wonderful experience where you are completely alert and clear, and yet transported through your imagination.” Her list of stage credits include acclaimed productions of contemporary offerings such as “Promises, Promises,” “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” “Collected Stories” by Donald Margulies, P.J. Barry’s “The Octette Bridge Club,” Horton Foote’s “The Traveling Lady,” and Morris West’s “The World is Made of Glass;” opposite Don Knotts in the comedy “The Mind with the Dirty Man;” classics like “Richard III,” “The Dyubbuk,” and “Dr. Faustus;” and her two solo shows, “Leona” (about notorious “Queen of Mean” Leona Helmsley) and the recent “The Loves of My Life,” based on her own life. On screen, she also co-starred with Knotts and Tim Conway in the comedy “The Prizefighter.” Indeed, perhaps Joan Benedict Steiger’s career is all the more remarkable for having endured through three long-term relationships, to what she describes as “three of the greatest guys in the world.” While marriages between professional actors are often fraught with jealousy and competition, Joan has found lightning in a bottle all three times. “Both of my husbands, and my lifetime partner Jeremy, were wonderful men who respected me as an actress,” she recalls. “They all died from different forms of cancer, so my memories are sometimes bittersweet, but with no regrets.” “Strangely, I met all three of these men when I was in New York, just beginning my career while I was still a teenager,” she says. She was only 19 when she met actor Rod Steiger, who took an instant liking to her when they appeared on the same television show together. “I was in complete awe of him at the time,” she admits. “I remember walking out after seeing him in the play ‘Rashomon’ on Broadway, and seeing his face on the marquee across the street for the movie ‘Al Capone.’ I thought, what a life – starring on Broadway and starring in a movie! Knowing him at that age was like living in a fantasy.” Though the initial romance with Rod was short-lived, given their respective dedication to pursuing their careers, Joan soon found herself in love with leading stage actor John Myhers. “He toured in ‘The Sound of Music’ for three years as Captain von Trapp, and I would take time off to travel with him,” she says. Settling in a home near Sunset Plaza in the Hollywood Hills, their marriage lasted thirty years before Myhers’ passing. Then, in the late 1990s, Rod and Joan found each other again. Rod had heard rave reviews of some of Joan’s stage work. “I got a call from him out of the blue…he’d been at a party where someone had mentioned me, and we got together again after all those years.” Joan and Rod were nearly inseparable for the final years of his life, becoming creative partners as well as spouses. “Rod was very impressed with my acting. Whenever a script would arrive at the house, he’d ask me to read it for my feedback, then he’d say ‘Did you pick out your part yet?’” They appeared in two films together, “A Month of Sundays” and the telefilm “The Flying Dutchman.” After a long life marked by tremendous highs and crushing lows – Steiger acknowledged suffering from chronic depression for much of his professional career – the Academy Award winning actor seemed to find new confidence and peace with his newly rediscovered love. “On one of the films we made, on the last day of shooting, Rod presented me with an Oscar-like statue he had made with my name on it, in front of the entire crew,” Joan remembers. “With me he said he was another person, and the only time in his life he had such happiness. He told me I was the only woman who could bring love out of a stone.” Steiger’s passing in 2002 was a devastating loss, but another friend from long ago was able to fill some of the void. Actor Jeremy Slate, a veteran of over 80 films and television shows dating back to 1959, was Joan’s partner until his passing in 2006. “They were all actors, writers, directors, brilliant, funny men,” Joan says of the men who captured her heart. Throughout her life, Joan Benedict Steiger has worked simultaneously on stage, in film, and on television. She’s still remembered for a classic bit from the original version of “Candid Camera,” where she played a lost tourist looking for directions from passersby, making sure that her fancy hat – beplumed with a particularly large feather – would distract them at every opportunity. She was also part of the ensemble of the original “Steve Allen Show,” where she did double duty as the spokesperson for Hazel Bishop cosmetics. On daytime drama, she had regular and recurring roles on “General Hospital,” “Days of our Lives,” and “Capitol.” Her dozens of series guest appearances include classic series like “Fantasy Island,” “T.J. Hooker,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Kojak” and “Hotel,” with the latter being directed by series star James Brolin. Most recently Joan guested on Fox’s “Dollhouse.” Perhaps one of Joan’s most unusual jobs is one where she was asked to “fill in” – in a manner of speaking – for a Hollywood legend. “I had been bothering the casting director at MGM for a while when he finally told me, ‘I have something for you.’” MGM was preparing to make the film “Butterfield 8” starring Elizabeth Taylor; the star had been reluctant to cooperate because she was eager to begin work on the epic “Cleopatra.” MGM wanted to shoot the film in studios in New York and Taylor wanted to remain in Los Angeles. Joan was asked if she could go to New York to rehearse the film – playing Taylor’s part – with director Daniel Mann and therest of the cast. Joan worked for weeks reading Taylor’s lines, and her dedication paid off when she was awarded a small part (a single line) in the film – for which she still earns residuals. The role won Taylor her only Academy Award, but curiously, their paths would cross again years later through their mutual acquaintance with Rod Steiger. “When Rod and I were first dating, he went to see Elizabeth about working on a new project,” she says. “This was a period when she wasn’t feeling well, and Rod was one of the people who really encouraged her to get well and return to public life. That lead to speculation that Rod and Liz were dating and he was going to be her next husband. Rod and I were on an airplane to Spain, and he liked to read the tabloids: when I saw the headline saying Liz and Rod were going to wed, I said, ‘What’s this all about?’ And he smiled at me and said, “Joan, I’m sitting next to YOU!” For now, Joan keeps busy preserving the legacy of her late husband, as well as continuing her stage, film, and television work whenever the right opportunity presents itself. ‘There’s still so much I can do, I’m still learning after all these years,” she explains. “I have a regular table at my favorite restaurant in Malibu and it faces the door, because I want to watch everyone walk in, I want to observe the way they use their body, because that’s so much a part of my process as an actress.” Although she has written her memoirs, Joan still knows that there are more chapters of her life left to live, and many more roles left to play. www.joanbenedictsteiger.com

Epigraph Episode nine has finally dropped! We speak with the lovely and talented Benjamin Rybeck, Marketing Director and Events Coordinator at Brazos Bookstore and author of The Sadness.   Introduction   [0:30] In Which Emma and Kim Have a Sponsor and Make Terrible Puns, Plus Ben Invents the Phrase “Page Turner” Currently drinking: screwdirvers with Stolichnaya, inspired by Sabbath’s Theater by Philip Roth This episode is actually brought to you by a sponsor! Books & Whatnot is an excellent and informative newsletter for booksellers; it’s quick to read and filled with tips! Brought to you by Beth Golay. Check out the newsletter archive here. Follow on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot. Ben is reading: Nick Flynn’s memoirs, Maggie Nelson, The Other Side by Lacy Johnson, and Madeline E. by Gabriel Blackwell Shout-out to cool indie publisher: Outpost 19! Emma is reading: … spreadsheets? No, but seriously, she finally started Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel—but also the apocalypse causes her some anxiety, so she might have put it down. Kim is reading: Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Shrill by Lindy West When Kim started reading Uprooted, Emma was like Kim recalls possibly the best customer interaction ever, in which a male teacher from an all-girls school requests recs for a primer on feminism; Shrill by Lindy West, We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche, and Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl (illus.) are among her recs. New & Forthcoming Books We’re Excited About Underground Airlines by Ben Winters (pubs July 5 2016) The Well-Stocked and Gilded Cage by Lawrence Lenhart (pubs Aug 2 2016) Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn (pubs July 19 2016) The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan (pubs July 19 2016) Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty by Ramona Ausubel The Crimson Skew by S.E. Grove (pubs July 12 2016) Collections: Birds Bones and Butterflies by Leah Sobsey (pubs July 12 2016) What do you do when a customer asks for a happy read?  Emma tries to make them into a romance reader and, if that fails, recommends Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. Kim recommends graphica (though Emma’s first three thoughts when she says graphica are Watchmen, Persepolis, and Fun Home—not the happiest of reads…) Chapter I   [21:21] In Which Ben Walks Into a Bookstore and Receives a Job, Coins the term “litizen,” and Says the Word Smartypants a Lot. Plus Emma Freaks Out About Events Coordinators/Drunk Booksellers’ Guests Not Reading Harry Potter Longfellow Books of Portland, Maine was Ben’s childhood bookstore. We discuss the joy of bookstores, record stores, and video stores—half-retail and half-cultural places where you go to meet friends and discover gems. Ben’s advice for getting a job at a bookstore? Walk into said bookstore with no intention of getting a job (it worked for him!) Learn more about Brazos Bookstore here. They do “down and dirty highbrow” bookselling. In Houston this summer? Here are a couple fun things going on: Houston Shakespeare Festival Summer of Kubrick Have you heard about this new Harry Potter book coming out? Kim imagines that it will be mostly about ennui of adulthood, and compares it to Ben’s book The Sadness.  Chapter II   [37:46] In Which Ben Pitches His Book Succinctly—It’s a Book About Film and Failure— and We Discuss Adulting “Booksellers as adults is a strange thing; you’re asking people to become adults and go out into the world where their primary relationship to anything in their lives has been sitting alone in a room…that’s not going to end well.” Chapter III   [44:34] In Which We Speculate Alice Munroe’s Drinking Habits, Declare Adult Connect-the-Dots as The Next Big Thing, And Bring Up the Fact That Ben Hasn’t Read Harry Potter Again Ben wants to drink with John Updike to see if he’s as insufferable a person as Ben finds him as a writer. Kim mocks his reasoning. His second choice is Alice Munroe (who may or may not listen to this podcast? We’re pretty sure she doesn’t. But we can dream.) Ben’s bookseller confession is he doesn’t keep up with trends—but it’s ok, Emma and Kim haven’t read Knausgaard or Ferrante either. Ben’s Station Eleven/Wild/Desert Island Books 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Collected Stories of Joy Williams How to Read a Film by James Monaco Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace ALL the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling Go-to Handsells Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson Faces in the Crowd, The Story of My Teeth, and Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli Impossible Handsells Thrown by Kerry Howley (shout-out to the awesome small press,Sarabande Books) Don’t Suck, Don’t Die by Kristin Hersh  Chapter IV   [1:01:12] In Which We Talk About Where We Can Be Found On the Internets & Remind You of Our Awesome Sponsor (Books & Whatnot) Shout out to Kramer Books in Washington, DC Hey, remember Books & Whatnot? Ben subscribes, we subscribe, and you should subscribe too! Check out Ben on twitter at @BenjaminRybeck or give him a shout atben@brazosbookstore.com. Don’t forget to read his book, The Sadness, which has been compared to the new Harry Potter book (by Kim, on this episode). Did you know you can enjoy our wit and charm on Twitter? Follow us at @drunkbookseller. Kim also occasionally tweets from @finaleofseem. Emma can be found at @thebibliot and also on Book Riot, where she writes articles which are both nerdy and informative! If you know a bookseller who would love to spend a few hours drinking and chatting with us, have them shoot us an email at drunkbooksellers@gmail.com. Finally, if you like the show, you can rate/review us on iTunes & subscribe using your favorite podcatcher.

War is not just about bombs and bullets and blood. It’s also about politics and position and power. Playwright Donald Margulies is not particularly interested in either the politics of war or the gory details of modern warfare. From his Pulitzer nominated play ‘Collected Stories’ to his Pulitzer-winning play ‘The Dinner Party,’ Margulies has always been interested in relationships, and the way extraordinary circumstance force people to peel away the beliefs and desires and secrets and lies around which their lives become wrapped. That is exactly what happens, brilliantly, in Margulies’ flawlessly observed comedy-drama Time Stands Still, running now at Cinnabar Theater. The achingly authentic adrenaline-junkies at the center of the play are very much interested in the politics and power of war, though to Sarah and Jamie, it’s much more than just a profession. It’s their reason for living—until a series of horrific events in a war-ravaged country returns them both to the states, one scarred mentally, one only physically. Photographer Sarah has only narrowly survived a car bombing in Iraq, an event that left her in a coma for several weeks. Her longtime journalist boyfriend Jamie (John Browning, also excellent) would have been with her, had he not suffered a war-stress breakdown and returned home alone several weeks before the explosion. As Sarah, Laura Lowry is excellent, balancing brittle fragility against steely resolve. Browning, for his part, portrays Jamie’s post-traumatic trauma with a nicely subdued sensitivity, instantly telling us that in witnessing one-too-many horrors, Jamie’s war addiction may have just been given exactly the right intervention it needed. But as he forcefully works to leave the battlefield behind—all but ignoring the book he’s agreed to write to accompany Sarah’s wartime photographs–Sarah, quite clearly, cannot wait to get back into harm’s way. Feeling caged by her own wounds, smothering under Jamie’s loving but stifling care, she struggles hard to regain a sense of normalcy in a world of polite conversation, dinner parties, theater performances—and the absence of constant physical danger. Adding further complications to the relationship with Jamie is her guilt over the death of Tariq, the America-loving Iraqi interpreter who died in the roadside bombing that almost killed her. Siding with Jamie is the couple’s friend-and-editor Richard—a spot-on John Shillington—and his much-younger new girlfriend Mandy, played by Ivy Rose Miller, who is brilliantly layered and full of surprises. Initially, Jamie and Sarah cannot understand what Richard sees in the chipper young event planner. Sheltered, but hardly lacking in grit, Mandy brings an outside perspective to that subtly but powerful alters the way these hardened professionals look at war, and their own participation in it. Director Sheri Lee Miller skillfully and gracefully guides the story forward with an emphasis on emotional authenticity, gradually building tension, and believable connections between her characters. Packed with gradual revelations and delightfully acerbic observations, supported by first-rate lighting, sound and set design, Time Stands Still is a remarkable, breathlessly beautiful achievement, as hopeful and healing as it is heartbreaking, intelligent and wise. ‘Time Stands Still ’ runs through April 17 at Cinnabar Theater, www.cinnabartheater.org I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB

In this week's episode, I interview Cory Doctorow and Amy Hempel, plus Shawn McKee reads his personal essay, "A Confession." TEXTS DISCUSSED In Real Life" target="_blank"> Down & Out In The Magic Kingdom" target="_blank"> Information Doesnt Want to Be Free" target="_blank"> The Hand That Feeds You" target="_blank"> Collected Stories of Amy Hempel" target="_blank"> NOTES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9zW3ou0tM

Internationally acclaimed author David Malouf joins Gerard Vaughan AM in conversation for a discussion featuring art, literature and music. After exploring the idea of home, where and what it is in A First Place, what does it mean to be a writer and where writing begins in The Writing Life, David Malouf moves on to words, music, art and performance in Being There. With pieces on the Sydney Opera House - then and now - responses to art, artists and architects, and including Malouf’s previously unpublished libretti for Voss and a translation of Hippolytus, this is an unmissable and stimulating collection of one man’s connection to the world of art, ideas and culture. David Malouf’s Collected Stories won the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award and his most recent books are A First Place and The Writing Life. Dr Gerard Vaughan AM is the Director of the National Gallery of Australia, a position he has held since November 2014.

Colum McCann reads Benedict Kiely's "Bluebell Meadow," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Bluebell Meadow" was published in the April 14, 1975, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely." Colum McCann's most recent book is "Let the Great World Spin."

Lydia Davis, who published a widely acclaimed new translation of Madame Bovary in fall 2010, gave a reading at the Newhouse Center for the Humanities in September 2011 for the Distinguished Writers Series. Davis received a MacArthur “genius” grant for her writing in 2003, and has published one novel and seven story collections, the most recent of which was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. She read a series of works from her Collected Stories, published in 2009, as well as a series of short stories inspired by Flaubert's letters. Following the reading, Dan Chiasson, associate professor of English at Wellesley College, led a discussion about the techniques and motivations behind Davis' "painstaking and precise" work.

Lydia Davis is the author of six books of fiction, including the story collections Almost No Memory, Varieties of Disturbance, and Collected Stories, and a novel, The End of the Story; she has also published a number of chapbooks and a large body of French translations, most notably Proust’s Swann’s Way and, just this year, Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. She is a Macarthur Fellow, has won a Whiting Award, and was nominated for the National Book Award and Pen/Hemingway Award. She teaches writing at SUNY Albany, where she is also Writer-In-Residence.Davis read from her work on September 30, 2010, in Cornell’s Goldwin Smith Hall. This interview took place earlier the same day.