Podcast appearances and mentions of Dan Chaon

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Hey kids! You have your moss ready? Good, because you'll need it when the Abyss gang chat with Kyle Winkler and Laurel Hightower about Winkler's Grasshands! Before they dive into libraries and nature, they discuss the last issue of Vastarien, Hailey Piper's Even the Worm Will Turn, From the Belly by Emmett Nahil, Richard Mirabella's Brother & Sister Enter the Forest, Michael Cisco's Pest, and Dan Chaon's Sleepwalk. Now, start eating that moss and listen in!!

Today Dominic talks to Jesse about Ill Will by Dan Chaon.

Episode 174 Notes and Links to Allegra Hyde's Work       On Episode 174 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes  Allegra Hyde, and the two discuss, among other things, her lifelong love of reading and love for librarians (like her mom!) and libraries, her varied reading and writing genres, inspirations for her dazzling and inventive worldbuilding, dark humor, the main throughline of her story collection, ideas of climate change, “global weirding,” action and inaction, encroaching technology, misogyny and patriarch with regard to climate issues, and why she has hope for our world.      Allegra Hyde is the author of ELEUTHERIA, which was named a "Best Book of 2022" by The New Yorker. She is also the author of the story collection, OF THIS NEW WORLD, which won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award. Her second story collection, THE LAST CATASTROPHE, is out in the world as of today, March 28, published by Vintage.    A recipient of three Pushcart Prizes, Hyde's writing has also been anthologized in Best American Travel Writing, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions. Her stories, essays, and humor pieces have appeared in The New Yorker, American Short Fiction, BOMB, and many other venues.    Hyde has received fellowships and grants from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, The Elizabeth George Foundation, the Lucas Artist Residency Program, the Jentel Foundation, the U.S. Fulbright Commission, and elsewhere.    She currently teaches at Oberlin College.     Buy The Last Catastrophe   Allegra Hyde's Webpage   Our Culture Mag Profile of Allegra Hyde and The Last Catastrophe     At about 7:10, Pete compliments The Last Catastrophe, referring to Allegra's work as “prophet[ic],” and Allegra talks about her mindset with her book now entering the world   At about 9:15, Allegra talks about her childhood relationships with the library, reading, and writing; she shouts out her love for The Chronicles of Narnia and audiobooks in general   At about 10:45, Pete wonders about any childhood experiences that may have steered Allegra to particular types of reading    At about 12:10, Pete highlights a particular story from the collection that is indicative of Allegra's skill with worldbuilding; she explains her approach to worldbuilding   At about 14:10, Allegra describes the “privilege” in doing authorial research and she and Pete shout out librarians and decry the recent spate of book banning   At about 15:40, Pete asks Allegra about who/what she is reading these days; she highlights Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon and Thornton Wilder   At about 17:15, Pete references the book's blurb as “dazzling and inventive” (Alexandra Kleeman) and Allegra describes her approach in writing one of those “dazzling” stories   At about 18:55, Allegra defines “retrofuturism,” and she describes how it was guiding her in these stories; she points out her story “Democracy in América” as an example   At about 20:15, Allegra characterizes the throughline of her short story connection, defining and expounding upon the term “Global Weirding”   At about 23:05, Pete cites an important and evocative opening line of the collection and asks Allegra about the line's larger meaning and if it served as a catalyst   At about 24:45, Pete and Allegra discuss the plot and significance of the story “Mobilization”   At about 27:55, Pete references a joke from Marc Maron and inaction on climate change/global weirdness; Allegra highlights the need to approach the crisis from a communal lens   At about 29:20, Pete refers to grass and drought issues and its connection to wealth and    At about 30:05, Pete quotes from the book and he and Allegra discuss ideas of optimism and pessimism regarding the future, particularly with regard to climate change/global weirdness   At about 32:35, Pete references the story “Zoo Suicides” and Allegra speaks to the story's intent and how it was “after” Donald Barthelme and Dana Diehl   At about 35:00, The two discuss the power of the dark humor in the book, and Allegra discusses the story “Afterglow” and its connections to global weirding and a more individual story of grief   At about 38:45, Allegra discusses the gender identity of the narrator of “Democracy in América” and talk about issues particular to America, especially as seen from outside the US   At about 40:55, Allegra describes the process of “Consignment,” which speaks to ideas of consumerism and an American obsession with youth and beauty, from the above story   At about 42:25, Commodification and issues of wealth inequality are discussed with regards to her story collection, especially with regards to how wealth and global weirding are so closely linked   At about 44:40, Pete highlights “The Future is a Click Away” as a standout story and he and Allegra discuss “The Algorithm” in the story as almost “mythical” and “god-like”   At about 47:30, “Cougar” is discussed as another story that deals with encroaching technology, and Allegra talks about “merg[ing] real pieces from her life with research and imagination   At about 49:40, “Endangered” and its statements on the state of art and artists, as well as captivity and endangerment in today's world, is discussed    At about 52:30, Misogyny and what Allegra calls “the mysterious nature of ‘Chevalier' ” are discussed, as well as ideas of invisibilia, both by the world at large and by the narrator of the story, who may be more directed by love than she would let on   At about 56:00, Allegra connects her stories to patriarchy and global weirding   At about 58:00, Pete and Allegra discuss legislative action and other ways in which women and other oppressed groups are being ignored and degraded    At about 58:55, Allegra explains why she “chafe[s]” against her writing being described as “satirical”    At about 59:30, Pete laugh over the absurd and awesome story involving a woman    At about 1:00:25, Allegra explains how she finds cause for optimism despite some often dark topics that populate the world and her work   At about 1:03:15, Allegra shouts out her upcoming tour dates, and shouts out Ben Franklin/Mindfair Books as one of many places to buy her book   At about 1:04:35, Allegra highlights her exciting upcoming project-there are caves involved!    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Dan Chaon, who discusses his latest novel Sleepwalk, which is published by Henry Holt and Co.  Topics of conversation include unreliable narrators, Hunter S. Thompson, aliases, burner phones and the desire to be untraceable, eccentric billionaires who start cultish non-profits, sperm banks, what amnesia would look like if it were a country, QAnon, and much more.  Copies of Sleepwalk can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.    

Dan Chaon is an American educator and author. His latest book is Sleepwalk.

Dan Chaon is an American educator and author. His latest book is Sleepwalk. Episode airs 12.19.22

Fiction writer Dan Chaon joins Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the fate of Twitter and social media in the aftermath of Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of the platform. Chaon says Twitter is not a “public square,” it's a business, and talks about how much we really own our online identities in light of that. He also reads from and discusses his Atlantic article, “The Story of My Imposters,” about a fake website purporting to be his, as well as his latest novel, Sleepwalk, which features characters trying to stay off the grid—and to discern each other's true identities. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/. This podcast is produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Selected Readings: Dan Chaon Sleepwalk Ill Will Stay Awake Await Your Reply Among the Missing “The Story of My Imposters,” The Atlantic Others: Edan Lepucki Charles Baxter The Soul Thief 'A chameleon's skill' | TribLIVE.com George Saunders Writers Wrestle with Twitter: Do I Stay or Go (and Where?) by Jess deCourcy Hinds, Literary Hub Fiction/Non/Fiction, Season 6 Episode 6: “Nancy Pelosi's Majority: Matthew Clark Davison's San Francisco Take on a National Leader” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 152 Notes and Links to Tommy Dean's Work       On Episode 152 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Tommy Dean, and the two discuss, among other topics, his reading trajectory which started with sports biographies and has branched out in many directions, his start writing in undergrad, his views of flash fiction vs. short shorts, the craft of writing flash fiction, Tommy's recurring themes and development as a writer, and inspiring works by Tobias Wolff and other titans of the trade.      Tommy Dean lives in Indiana with his wife and two children. He is the author of a flash fiction chapbook entitled Special Like the People on TV from Redbird Chapbooks. He is the Editor at Fractured Lit. He has been previously published in the BULL Magazine, The MacGuffin, The Lascaux Review, New World Writing, Pithead Chapel, and New Flash Fiction Review. His story “You've Stopped” was chosen by Dan Chaon to be included in Best Microfiction 2019. It will also be included in Best Small Fiction 2019. His interviews have been previously published in New Flash Fiction Review, The Rumpus, CRAFT Literary, and The Town Crier (The Puritan). Find him @TommyDeanWriter on Twitter.   Tommy Dean's Website   Buy Hollows    A.E. Weisberger Reviews Special Like the People on TV   “Past Lives” Story from Atlas and Alice Magazine-2020   “You've Stopped” from Pithead Chapel   2017 Mini-Interview with Megan Giddings   At about 7:30, Tommy discusses her early reading (a lot of sports and biographies and horror and “heavy genre”) and writing, with the writing mostly coming after undergrad    At about 10:00, the two discuss character as seen in these shared sports biographies   At about 11:30, Tommy describes his love for the library and its easy access to Sports Illustrated/SI for Kids   At about 12:30, Tommy and Pete discuss their shared loves for basketball and baseball, the former especially    At about 14:25, Tommy gives background on how he came to become interested in flash fiction/short shorts   At about 17:20, Tommy responds to Pete's questions about how he has honed his craft   At about 19:00, Tommy describes what it is about flash fiction that appeals to him   At about 19:50, Tommy differentiates between “flash fiction” and “short short”   At about 22:50, Tommy gives some of the formative texts, literary journals (like SmokeLong Quarterly and Vestal Review)  and writers that are classics of the flash fiction forms, like Stuart Dybek, Dan Chaon, Robin Black and “Pine,” and Elizabeth Tallent and her story, “No One's a Mystery”   At about 27:00, Pete recounts the connections between the podcast title and Tobias Wolff's “Bullet in the Brain”   At about 28:30, Tommy discusses the power of flash in its granularity   At about 29:30, The two discuss Hemingway and his “interludes” or works that could be classified as “flash”; they also discuss breaking convention   At about 34:20, Pete corrects himself on the pivotal line that inspired the podcast title   At about 35:10, Pete cites a powerful use of understatement from Elie Wiesel's Night   At about 36:30, Tommy talks about how teaching/editing inform his writing, and vice versa   At about 42:35, Pete quotes interviews with Tommy and Megan Giddings and talks about his “lifejackets” as character    At about 44:00, Pete references powerful opening lines from Tommy and asks about the connections between title and subject matter; Tommy talks about work that became awarded and his process   At about 45:35, Tommy talks about his philosophy of dialogue in flash fiction   At about 47:15, Tommy explains conscious choices in using quotation marks or not   At about 48:30, Pete and Tommy discuss the idea that dialogue to begin a story is fraught; Pete provides an example of a short he wrote that     At about 52:15, Pete highlights a stunning open line from “Past Lives”; Tommy gives real-life connections to the story before reading it   At about 55:45, Tommy describes an “in” for writers involving unique characters   At about 56:45, Tommy talks about his two chapbooks   At about 57:15, Pete reads a review from the first collection and talks about themes of childlessness and craft shared by Hemingway's “Hills Like White Elephants” and Tommy's early writing   At about 59:15, Tommy responds to Pete's questions about development as a writer between his first and most recent collections; he traces his development via “cuts” and themes used    At about 1:03:20, Pete shares a reader's review of Tommy's Hollows and Tommy discusses why he appreciates these particular sentiments   At about 1:05:25, Tommy reads “Baby Alone”   At about 1:14:30, Tommy gives out his social media and contact info, including Alternate Currents and ELJ Editions    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. 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This is the last episode about All This Could Be Different! In this episode, we discuss the ending of the book (0:00-12:12) and then we are joined by the author Sarah Thankam Matthews to talk about the themes of this book. It was SUCH a lovely discussion, what a G E M. Sarah also describes the mission and outcomes of Bed-Stuy Strong. You can learn more about Bed-Stuy Strong on their Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/bedstuystrong/ Next week, we will have a special episode about one of our favorite reads of the year, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The next week, we will dive into our next book club read, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Grab your copy from your local library, a bookstore, or Bookshop.org! We start reading on November 13th! Follow us on Instagram: @booktok_podcast Follow us on TikTok: @booktokpodcast Shop our Bookshop.org storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/booktok --- Other books mentioned in this episode: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters The New Me by Halle Butler Jillian by Halle Butler Authors: Jokha Alharthi, Patricia Highsmith Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Ill Will by Dan Chaon

In the novel “Sleepwalk” the main character is a man who exists off the grid with no significant relationships. His life of wandering doing shady jobs for a ruthless organization is interrupted by a call on his burner phone from a young woman claiming to be his daughter. A review of this novel of intrigue by Dan Chaon..

In Episode 118, Caroline Zancan, Senior Editor at Henry Holt, joins me for another episode in the Genre 101 series — this time with a twist.  Caroline answers behind-the-scenes questions about editing literary fiction, as well as a deep dive into the genre itself.   This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Announcements I'd love your feedback on the podcast!  Please take a moment to complete my 2022 Podcast Survey! Highlights How Caroline got into editing: right place, right time, and Craigslist. The varying college degrees, the wide range of colleagues' previous careers, and whether there's a typical career path to becoming an editor. The je ne sais quoi factor and determining if a book is for Henry Holt. The entire process of book acquisition at Henry Holt — from determining what books to pursue and bidding on manuscripts to the approval process. Caroline's preference for dealing with an author's agent. The execution of a compatible vision for the editor-author relationship. The “right” length for a book and editing big-name authors. What the heck is ‘literary fiction' and why there seems to be a lack of consensus about this question. Current trends in the literary fiction world. Caroline's Book Recommendations [39:19] Two OLD Books She Loves Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:33] Trust Exercise by Susan Choi | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:25] Two NEW Books She Loves Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:33] Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:14] The Series of Books She DIDN'T Love Elena Ferrante Titles  [45:46] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews (August 2, 2022) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [47:32] Last 5-Star Book Caroline Read Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:40] Other Books Mentioned We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan [2:00] Happiness by Heather Harpham [2:17] The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat [2:21] Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon [2:29] Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach [2:34] On Writing by Stephen King [29:08] Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett [40:48] I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley [44:58] Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley [45:00] About Caroline Zancan On Twitter Caroline Zancan is a Senior Editor at Holt, acquiring literary and upmarket fiction and memoir, and the author of We Wish You Luck and Local Girls. She is a graduate of Kenyon College and holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars.  Caroline lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their children. 

Dan Chaon’s latest thriller, “Sleepwalk,” is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big-hearted mercenary. The novel examines where we’ve been and where we’re going and the connections that bind us, no matter how far we travel to dodge them or how cleverly we hide.

Dan Chaon's latest thriller, “Sleepwalk,” is a high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big-hearted mercenary. The novel examines where we've been and where we're going and the connections that bind us, no matter how far we travel to dodge them or how cleverly we hide.

On June 24 join Genevieve Randall, Shannon Claire and guests for lively conversations about: the Firefly Festival in Scottsbluff: the current production at The Olde Glory Theatre in Seward; the Lincoln Municipal Band season; musician Oscar Rios Pohirieth all-ages program in Grand Island; author Dan Chaon at Francie and Finch in Lincoln; and the last OmniArts Nebraska production of the season. Also, poetry read by Matt Mason and a look at "Beyond Van Gogh; The Immersive Experience."

On June 24 join Genevieve Randall, Shannon Claire and guests for lively conversations about: the Firefly Festival in Scottsbluff: the current production at The Olde Glory Theatre in Seward; the Lincoln Municipal Band season; musician Oscar Rios Pohirieth all-ages program in Grand Island; author Dan Chaon at Francie and Finch in Lincoln; and the last OmniArts Nebraska production of the season. Also, poetry read by Matt Mason and a look at "Beyond Van Gogh; The Immersive Experience."

Dan Chaon reads an excerpt from his new book "Sleepwalk," backed by an original Storybound remix with sound design and arrangement by Jude Brewer. Dan Chaon is the author of three novels: "You Remind Me of Me," "Await Your Reply," and "Ill Will." He's also published three short story collections and has been featured in several anthologies, including "Best American Short Stories" and "The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses." Caregiver's (Lindsey Bitson) new track Everything was released in 2021 and her new album is set for release in 2022. ​Support Storybound by supporting our sponsors: Norton: "Fencing with the King" and "The Family Chao" are available wherever books are sold. Acorn.tv is the largest commercial free British streaming service with hundreds of exclusive shows from around the world. Try acorn.tv for free for 30 days by going to acorn.tv and using promo code Storybound. Storyworth: Save $10 on your first purchase at Storyworth.com/Storybound Storybound is hosted by Jude Brewer and brought to you by The Podglomerate and Lit Hub Radio. Let us know what you think of the show on Instagram and Twitter @storyboundpod. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy.  Since you're listening to Storybound, you might enjoy reading, writing, and storytelling. We'd like to suggest you also try the History of Literature or Book Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michelle Zauner on her heartbreaking debut memoir, “Crying in H Mart.” And George Carlin's American Dream' director, Michael Bonfiglio takes us through the life and career of a stand-up comedy titan. Also, Dan Chaon on his latest novel, “Sleepwalk,” a rollicking road trip through America in the near future. . Also, Dan Chaon on his latest novel, “Sleepwalk,” a rollicking road trip through America in the near future.

Author Dan Chaon wanted to find a way to write about current times – instability, fear, political division – by creating an alternate version of America. Set in the future, his new book Sleepwalk is a dark and shadowy dystopia "one more pandemic away." Through the story, however, his eccentric main character discovers a longing for kingship and connection that was partly inspired by Chaon's experience as an adoptee meeting his biological father. In an interview on Weekend Edition Saturday, Chaon told Scott Simon that novels are like black holes: Everything you see in the world gets sucked into it.

Dan Chaon is the author of several previous books, including Ill Will, a national bestseller, named one of the ten best books of 2017 by Publishers Weekly. Other works include the short story collection Stay Awake (2012), a finalist for the Story Prize; the national bestseller Await Your Reply; and Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Book Award. His latest novel is called Sleepwalk. Recommended Reading: Habitats of the World by Phil Chaon Midnight Doorways by Usman Malik The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sit down with Tommy Dean author of the flash collection COVENANTS from ELJ Editions!  Tommy Dean lives in Indiana with his wife and two children. He is the author of a flash fiction chapbook entitled Special Like the People on TV from Redbird Chapbooks. He is the Editor at Fractured Lit. He has been previously published in the BULL Magazine, The MacGuffin, The Lascaux Review, New World Writing, Pithead Chapel, and New Flash Fiction Review. His story “You've Stopped” was chosen by Dan Chaon to be included in Best Microfiction 2019. It will also be included in Best Small Fiction 2019. His interviews have been previously published in New Flash Fiction Review, The Rumpus, CRAFT Literary, and The Town Crier (The Puritan). Find him @TommyDeanWriter on Twitter.Tommy Dean websiteTommy Dean twitter Tommy Dean substack COVENANTS Tommy Dean (ELJ Editions)SPECIAL LIKE THE PEOPLE ON TV Tommy Dean (Red Bird Chapbooks)HOLLOWS Tommy Dean (Alternating Current Press)"...class in May about metaphors not just for poets..."  I couldn't find a link for this class, yet, but I'm pretty confident it will be offered through this site where Dean has another offering: https://writingworkshops.com  "Wave" by Tommy Dean (Matter Press: Journal of Compressed Creative Arts) Indy Reads A Novel Idea (Philadelphia)Kathy Fish Fractured Lit journal Thank you for listening to The Chapbook!Noah Stetzer is on Twitter @dcNoahRoss White is on Twitter @rosswhite You can find all our episodes and contact us with your chapbook questions and suggestions here. Follow Bull City Press on Twitter https://twitter.com/bullcitypress Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bullcitypress/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bullcitypress 

Sarai Walker ("Dietland") joins us as our second-ever guest to talk about her upcoming release, "The Cherry Robbers," which comes out May 17, and plays on goth themes inspired by the story of Sarah Winchester and Emily Dickinson's creepy poems. Plus, hear thoughts about "The Unwritten Book," by Samantha Hunt, to be released in April, Dan Chaon's "Sleepwalk," which comes out in May, "Murder on Hollywood Beach," released later this month, and a bunch of stuff about the Maine Bookhouse, where Sam found a book from 1939 about Lucky Strike cigarettes, the Newburyport Literary Festival, and much more. Also, Sam accuses Sarai of having a southern accent, but she grew up in California and claims she doesn't have one. You be the judge.

We're excited to welcome TWO distinguished writers for Episode 6: Rumaan Alam, whose latest novel is the much-heralded LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, and Dan Chaon, author of the national bestseller ILL WILL and other books. Dan and Rumaan talked with host Jane Roper about all sorts of writerly struggles and victories on their journey through the publication process. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet.

This is what we talk about when we talk about voice: Fern, Gwin and Jesenia are the heart of Carolyn Ferrell's acclaimed new novel, Dear Miss Metropolitan, and their voices are unforgettable. Their story is a story of trauma and grief and hope unlike any you've read before, though readers who love The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead won't want to miss this one. Carolyn joins us on the show to talk about her electrifying novel, the inspiration she draws from the work of Edward P. Jones, and more. Featured books: Dear Miss Metropolitan by Carolyn Ferrell, the short stories of Edward P. Jones, Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, and Ill Will by Dan Chaon. Produced/hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

Inspired by news from the KISS camp, Brian and Murdock explore misperceptions and lore around Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter. Did they really serve the Devil? Did they really put their blood into a comic book? And what was with Paul's ear? This episode is brought to you by OMIO. Get 5% off your next [...]

Amanda and Sarah cover a haunting and a hottie (?) in this episode. Sarah goes into every grisly detail of the 200 demons house of Gary, Indiana, and the family and investigators who fell victim to a foul presence there. Amanda takes a lighthearted turn with the tale of Patrick Crowe, a kidnapper and career criminal who became a folk hero at the turn of the 20th century. Other subjects covered include an inflatable pool collection, a paranormal douchebag, and a dream casting for Crowe.  Recommendations: Sarah recommends the book Ill Will by Dan Chaon. Sources: IndyStar (The exorcisms of Latoya Ammons) SyFy (ZAK BAGANS’ DEMON HOUSE IS STILL DANGEROUS, ACCORDING TO ITS EXORCIST) Annals of Crime (Patrick Crowe, the friendly kidnapper) CHNC (Patrick Crowe Speak Out!)   North Omaha History (Kidnapping Edward Cudahy Jr.)   Wikipedia/Pat Crowe   For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

First Draft Episode #254: L.C. Rosen Lev A.C. Rosen, author of Depth and Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts), talks about his latest young adult novel, Camp. This episode is brought to you by Highland 2, the writing software made by writers, for writers. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar Phylicia Rashad, actress Dan Chaon, author of Among the Missing: Stories, and You Remind Me of Me David Walker playwright instructor Oberlin Lev teaches at Gotham Writers workshop in New York City Liz Gorinsky, editor who bought Lev’s debut book while she worked at Tor Alvina Ling is Lev’s editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Virgin Xtravaganzah, the drag queen and voice actor who read Lev’s audiobooks for Jack of Hearts and Camp I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998. Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

Jenny decided to do a bonus episode recommending some cozy holiday reading and finishing up the 2019 TBR Explode project. If you listen prior to December 14, you still have time to contribute your best book of 2019 to be included in the last episode of the year. Read more about it!Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 174: Cozy Holiday Reading and TBR Explode 4.Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherListen through Spotify Cozy Holidays:We Met in December by Rosie Curtis25 Days 'Til Christmas by Poppy AlexanderLet it Snow by Nancy ThayerThe Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen WhiteRoyal Holiday by Jasmine GuilloryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottMeg and Jo by Virginia KantraSnowflakes at Mistletoe Cottage by Katie GingerThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenThe City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise MillerLouise Miller InstagramOne Day in December by Josie Silver2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas by Marie-Helene BertinoWinter by Karl Ove KnausgaardWinter by Ali SmithChristmas Days by Jeanette WintersonHome Made Christmas by Yvette van BovenFeast by Nigella LawsonNigella Christmas by Nigella LawsonA Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin Gier, Romy Fursland84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff TBR Explode 4Removed from TBR: The Girl in the Italian Bakery by Kenneth TingleIntruder in the Dust by William FaulknerSway by Ori BrafmanFiskadoro by Denis JohnsonThe Apocalypse Reader by Justin TaylorIf I Loved You, I Would Tell You This by Robin BlackAlthough of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself by David LipskyThree Ways to Capsize a Boat by Chris StewartEverything I Want to Do is Illegal by Joel SalatinAll You Can Eat by Joel BergTerra Madre by Carlo PetriniThe Taste for Civilization by Janet A. FlammangThe Dying Animal by Philip RothThe Kitchen and the Cook by Nicolas FreelingWent ahead and read:Await Your Reply by Dan ChaonThe Blue Castle by L.M. MontgomeryFirst Light by Charles BaxterMockingbird by Walter TevisMedium Raw by Anthony BourdainLeft on TBR:The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerBrick Lane by Monica AliOblivion by David Foster WallaceBetween Meals by A.J. LieblingLa Bonne Table by Ludwig BemelmansThe Belly of Paris by Emile ZolaWhen Gravity Falls by George Alec EffingerRelated Episodes:Episode 123 - Godlets and Forests with Lauren WeinholdEpisode 141 - Profound and Tedious Work with Yanira Ramirez Episode 149 - TBR Explode!Episode 158 - TBR Explode 2Episode 168 - TBR Explode 3   Episode 172 - The It Book of NYC with Jon Laubinger Episode 173 - Expecting a Lot from a Book with Sarah Tittle Stalk me online:  Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Author Benjamin Percy talks writing, novels vs. comics, super fans, hillbilly braces, phobias and Stephen King. SHOW NOTES - Cocktail: 3 variations of Manhattans! TOPICS: • Switching from writing literary fiction to genre fiction • Discovering literary writers • Writers Ben loves • Narrative vs emotional writing • How he started writing (thanks to his wife) • Writing for comics • Dealing with rejection • Ben’s two superpowers • Music and writing • Family/Life/Work balance • Cell phones – the good and the bad • Facebook vs Instagram vs Twitter • Writer types: architect versus gardener • The difference between hurriedness and urgency • Studying how good writing works • Learning the rules before you can break them • Clown, sharks and dentists • Hillbilly braces • On meeting Stephen King • On having passionate fans • Handling reviews MENTIONED: Manhattans, vermouth, Grand Marnier, Jackson Hole, bourbon, rye whiskey, Frangelico, High West Double Rye, Grenadine, Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Tim Sandlin, Pushcart, Plimpton Prize, Marvel, DC, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, Wisconsin, Conan the Barbarian, Glacier National Park, Green Arrow, Bon Iver, U2, Bono, Trampled by Turtles, John Coltrane, Jonny Cash, Avett Brothers, Wilderado, Aries, Red Barn Concerts, Spike Lee, Dave Eggers, The Circle, The Dark Net, Facebook, Instagram, Pink Rabbits, The National, James Lee Burke, Dan Chaon, Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, Flannery O’Connor, Everything that Rises Must Converge, So Cruel, Achtung Baby, Jaws, Thrill Me, Cujo, Pennywise, Shawshank Redemption, Wolverine, Suicide Woods, Hotel Jackson Find & read Benjamin Percy: Web | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Jackson Hole Writers Conference Intro/outro music: "Desperate Dance" by In the Valley Below Bright Antenna Records: Web Instagram Facebook

[…] Toujours prompte à célébrer la liberté d’entreprendre, la Salle 101 t’offre quelques chefs d’oeuvres jubilatoire et coup-de-poing, qui ne te laisseront pas indifférent-es : 4, essai curieux d’Alexandre Laumonier. L’invention du représentant de la planète 8, roman youpi de Doris Lessing. Une douce lueur de malveillance, roman méchant de Dan Chaon. Ouais, ouais ouais. « J’aurais [...]

[…] Toujours prompte à célébrer la liberté d'entreprendre, la Salle 101 t'offre quelques chefs d'oeuvres jubilatoire et coup-de-poing, qui ne te laisseront pas indifférent-es : 4, essai curieux d'Alexandre Laumonier. L'invention du représentant de la planète 8, roman youpi de Doris Lessing. Une douce lueur de malveillance, roman méchant de Dan Chaon. Ouais, ouais ouais. […]

On this week’s Horror Podclass we talking with writer and director Phil Gelatt about one of his favorite movies of all time, The Ninth Gate.  Phil wrote Europa Report and wrote the screenplay (adapted from a Laird Barron short story) and directed one of our favorite weird fiction films, They Remain.  Phil also gives us a bit of a heads up about a new Netflix project that he worked on entitled Love, Death, and Robots.  Then we get down into the gritty rare book dealing world of The Ninth Gate, how and why it has captivated Phil's attention, and what the creepy, magical, and powerful book trope means to the genre. Connect with us Tyler and Mike at: The Horror Pod Class Facebook Group Signal Horizon on Facebook and Twitter Mike D on Goodreads Connect with Phil Gelatt on: Twitter @pmjeepers or on Letterboxd Make sure you check out They Remain and Europa Report as well, both come highly recommended from The Horror Pod Class. Dark Corners of the Web:  Check out one of our favorite r/Nosleep stories, I found this transcription of an ill-fated podcast on the deep web. Anyone heard anything about the Black Pilgrimage? Useful Links: Phil highly recommends the book Ill Will by Dan Chaon.   Regular listeners of the podcast will know that whenever Tyler isn't sure where an article came from, he attributes it to The Atlantic. This week the article "Is a Serial-Killer Gang Murdering Young Men Across the U.S.?" is actually from the Daily Beast. Love, Death, and Robots sounds freaking awesome.  There isn't much out about it right now, but keep checking its page on Netflix! Link to the Guardian describing the lawsuit against Polanski for 'pocketing' Value Added Tax refunds.  Next Week: Pontypool and language!        

Mission encre noire Tome 24 Chapitre 296. Aux premiers temps de l'Anthropocène d'Esther Laforce paru en 2018 aux éditions Leméac. Anthropocène: l'âge de l'homme, l'époque de l'histoire de la terre où l'impact des activités humaines a un effet durable sur l'écosystème. Émilie ressent la force destructrice de ce phénomène sur sa vie. Sa soeur se meurt d'un cancer et ne devrait pas y survivre. Archéologue, Elle s'effondre soudainement sur les fouilles de ruines en Grèce. La progression fulgurante de la maladie de Mélissa terrasse Émilie qui se réfugie dans l'écriture de lettres à sa soeur. Son passé et son présent deviennent, alors, un carnet d'observation de la fin de ce monde. Au-delà de ses envies d'enfant anéanties, de sa solitude, de ses amours avortés, du bruit du monde, elle garde un peu d'espoir. Il se garde un souffle mélodieux sur ce petit bijou de roman d'à peine cent pages. Dans un monde de chagrin, Esther Laforce, munie d'une plume délicate et d'une grande élégance, nous invite à danser sur le bord du volcan. Elle est notre invitée à Mission encre noire. Extrait: «Il y avait aussi une odeur. Elle n'avait rien d'animal. Enrobé d'effluves de Kérosène et d'essence, l'ammoniac émanait du lisier répandu dans la campagne alentour. La puanteur semblait suinter de partout. Mais tu sais ce qui m'a le plus frappée? Tout le long de la route, il y avait des cadavres de petits animaux morts. Des ratons laveurs, des porcs-épics, des marmottes, des mulots, des oiseaux, un renard même: sur environ trois kilomètres, j'ai vu toute une ménagerie sylvestre, des petits corps frappés, éventrés, était inodore, baignée par les miasmes des porcheries. Même le corps d'une moufette aplatie au centre de la route ne dégageait aucun relent particulier. J'ai quitté l'entrée de la porcherie, là où le sourire du cochon brûlait sous un soleil dont rien n'atténuait ni ne tamisait l'éclat. Aucun arbre n'avait été planté pour ombrager et agrémenter l'allée qui conduisait à des bureaux administratifs.» Une douce lueur de malveillance de Dan Chaon paru en 2018 aux éditions Albin Michel. Dustin Tillman est psychologue dans la banlieue de Cleveland, Ohio. Père de deux enfants, Aaron et Dennis, aux côtés de sa femme Jill, ils coulent une vie paisible. Une angoisse forte et diffuse le prends soudainement. le quadragénaire apprend la libération de son frère adoptif, Dusty, condamné à perpétuité pour le meurtre de leurs parents et de deux proches. Les tests ADN sont formels, il est innocent. Un ancient flic, en arrêt maladie vient le consulter. Il enquête sur le supposé serial killer Jack Daniels, qui a pour habitude de noyer des jeunes étudiants capturés à la sortie des bars. Brusquement, sa vie personnelle se dégrade, Dustin est confronté à l'annonce du cancer de sa femme et de la dépendance aux drogues dures d'un de ses fils. Dan Chaon réussi avec talent à nous attirer vers les grands fonds de la psychologie humaine, à la limite de la folie. L'auteur a été élu parmi les meilleurs romans de l'année un peu partout aux États-Unis. Un roman obsédant ! Extrait: «Tu pénètres dans l'immeuble de Cleveland Heights à huit heures du matin, tu grimpes l'escalier de marbre des années vingt avec sa boule en cuivre, tu parcours les étroits couloirs avec leur rangée de portes fermées et seule celle de ton cabinet est ouverte et la musique s'échappe de la cascade d'intérieur et tu t'arrêtes sur le seuil. «Il y a quelqu'un?» demandes-tu? Et tu sens la franche hostilité de la pièce, qui refuse toute présence. Tu sais, biens ûr, que ce n'est qu'une illusion. L'esprit est trompé par toutes sortes de stimuli et le stress aggrave les choses. Mais la pièce te déteste. Tu le sens.» Le nouveau numéro de Moebius 159 est disponible en kiosque.«Cet animal m'a donné la vie», c'est le citation-thème tirée de Le feu de mon père de Michael Delisle paru chez Boréal en 2014. Sous la direction éclairée de Clara Dupuis-Morency et Gabrielle-Dulude, venez découvrir les formes variées et inédites que peut prendre l'animalité, bien ou mal placée, dans ce splendide laboratoire d'écriture. Vous pourrez y trouver des textes de Anne-Renée Caillé, Jean-Philippe Chabot, Marie-Hélène Constant, Marie-Ève Fleury, Kristina G. Landry, Catherine Lemieux, Catherine Morency, Camille Readman Prud'homme, Martin Tailly, Anne-Marie Alonzo, Marilou Craft et Simon Brousseau. Extrait: «Je suis à fendre/On tournera autour et tu seras patient/Pointu de douceurs/J'ai un homme dans le coeur une femme sur le dessus/C'est une laine qui embrasse et pique lentement.» Du 14 au 19 novembre 2018, c'est le temps du Salon du livre de Montréal qui bat son plein jusqu'à lundi. Il y en a pour tous les goûts. Mission encre noire vous propose une visite guidée de cette édition pour vous donner l'envie de visiter cette ville de papier, de maisons d'éditions et d'écrivain.e.s.

Mission encre noire Tome 24 Chapitre 296. Aux premiers temps de l'Anthropocène d'Esther Laforce paru en 2018 aux éditions Leméac. Anthropocène: l'âge de l'homme, l'époque de l'histoire de la terre où l'impact des activités humaines a un effet durable sur l'écosystème. Émilie ressent la force destructrice de ce phénomène sur sa vie. Sa soeur se meurt d'un cancer et ne devrait pas y survivre. Archéologue, Elle s'effondre soudainement sur les fouilles de ruines en Grèce. La progression fulgurante de la maladie de Mélissa terrasse Émilie qui se réfugie dans l'écriture de lettres à sa soeur. Son passé et son présent deviennent, alors, un carnet d'observation de la fin de ce monde. Au-delà de ses envies d'enfant anéanties, de sa solitude, de ses amours avortés, du bruit du monde, elle garde un peu d'espoir. Il se garde un souffle mélodieux sur ce petit bijou de roman d'à peine cent pages. Dans un monde de chagrin, Esther Laforce, munie d'une plume délicate et d'une grande élégance, nous invite à danser sur le bord du volcan. Elle est notre invitée à Mission encre noire. Extrait: «Il y avait aussi une odeur. Elle n'avait rien d'animal. Enrobé d'effluves de Kérosène et d'essence, l'ammoniac émanait du lisier répandu dans la campagne alentour. La puanteur semblait suinter de partout. Mais tu sais ce qui m'a le plus frappée? Tout le long de la route, il y avait des cadavres de petits animaux morts. Des ratons laveurs, des porcs-épics, des marmottes, des mulots, des oiseaux, un renard même: sur environ trois kilomètres, j'ai vu toute une ménagerie sylvestre, des petits corps frappés, éventrés, était inodore, baignée par les miasmes des porcheries. Même le corps d'une moufette aplatie au centre de la route ne dégageait aucun relent particulier. J'ai quitté l'entrée de la porcherie, là où le sourire du cochon brûlait sous un soleil dont rien n'atténuait ni ne tamisait l'éclat. Aucun arbre n'avait été planté pour ombrager et agrémenter l'allée qui conduisait à des bureaux administratifs.» Une douce lueur de malveillance de Dan Chaon paru en 2018 aux éditions Albin Michel. Dustin Tillman est psychologue dans la banlieue de Cleveland, Ohio. Père de deux enfants, Aaron et Dennis, aux côtés de sa femme Jill, ils coulent une vie paisible. Une angoisse forte et diffuse le prends soudainement. le quadragénaire apprend la libération de son frère adoptif, Dusty, condamné à perpétuité pour le meurtre de leurs parents et de deux proches. Les tests ADN sont formels, il est innocent. Un ancient flic, en arrêt maladie vient le consulter. Il enquête sur le supposé serial killer Jack Daniels, qui a pour habitude de noyer des jeunes étudiants capturés à la sortie des bars. Brusquement, sa vie personnelle se dégrade, Dustin est confronté à l'annonce du cancer de sa femme et de la dépendance aux drogues dures d'un de ses fils. Dan Chaon réussi avec talent à nous attirer vers les grands fonds de la psychologie humaine, à la limite de la folie. L'auteur a été élu parmi les meilleurs romans de l'année un peu partout aux États-Unis. Un roman obsédant ! Extrait: «Tu pénètres dans l'immeuble de Cleveland Heights à huit heures du matin, tu grimpes l'escalier de marbre des années vingt avec sa boule en cuivre, tu parcours les étroits couloirs avec leur rangée de portes fermées et seule celle de ton cabinet est ouverte et la musique s'échappe de la cascade d'intérieur et tu t'arrêtes sur le seuil. «Il y a quelqu'un?» demandes-tu? Et tu sens la franche hostilité de la pièce, qui refuse toute présence. Tu sais, biens ûr, que ce n'est qu'une illusion. L'esprit est trompé par toutes sortes de stimuli et le stress aggrave les choses. Mais la pièce te déteste. Tu le sens.» Le nouveau numéro de Moebius 159 est disponible en kiosque.«Cet animal m'a donné la vie», c'est le citation-thème tirée de Le feu de mon père de Michael Delisle paru chez Boréal en 2014. Sous la direction éclairée de Clara Dupuis-Morency et Gabrielle-Dulude, venez découvrir les formes variées et inédites que peut prendre l'animalité, bien ou mal placée, dans ce splendide laboratoire d'écriture. Vous pourrez y trouver des textes de Anne-Renée Caillé, Jean-Philippe Chabot, Marie-Hélène Constant, Marie-Ève Fleury, Kristina G. Landry, Catherine Lemieux, Catherine Morency, Camille Readman Prud'homme, Martin Tailly, Anne-Marie Alonzo, Marilou Craft et Simon Brousseau. Extrait: «Je suis à fendre/On tournera autour et tu seras patient/Pointu de douceurs/J'ai un homme dans le coeur une femme sur le dessus/C'est une laine qui embrasse et pique lentement.» Du 14 au 19 novembre 2018, c'est le temps du Salon du livre de Montréal qui bat son plein jusqu'à lundi. Il y en a pour tous les goûts. Mission encre noire vous propose une visite guidée de cette édition pour vous donner l'envie de visiter cette ville de papier, de maisons d'éditions et d'écrivain.e.s.

Get into the Halloween spirit with this fright-filled SHELF TALKING from 2017. Recorded live at Literati: –Host Sam Krowchenko speaks with Dan Chaon about his novel Ill Will –Anne Elizabeth Moore shares an essay from her collection Body Horror –David Daley discusses gerrymandering and his book Ratf**ked –Danya Kukafka reads from her debut novel Girl in Snow Plus: Sam chats with former Literati bookseller Claire Tobin about her favorite spooky reads. Shelf Talking Produced by: Mike & Hilary Gustafson, and John Ganiard Theme Music: “Orange and Red” by Pity Sex (2016, Run for Cover Records)

Après une petite pause estivale, nous voici ravies d'être de retour avec une 52e émission dont l'affiche est 100% Festival America : "Le Fils du Héros" de Karla Suarez, aux éditions Métailié, traduit par François Gaudry, 272 pages. "Le Poids de la Neige" de Christian Guay-Poliquin, aux éditions de l'Observatoire, 256 pages "Une Prière pour Owen" de John Irving, en poche chez Points, traduit par Michel Lebrun, 699 pages Et comme toujours nos coups de coeur : Pour Coralie : le Festival America ! Pour Eva : "Une Douce Lueur de Malveillance" de Dan Chaon, chez Albin Michel (un auteur présent au Festival America) et "La Blessure" de Jean-Baptiste Naudet chez L'Iconoclaste Pour Amandine : "La Fille du Fermier" de Jim Harrison, en poche (2€) chez Folio Pour Léo : la série "Au Service de la France" sur Netflix Nous espérons que vous avez passé de bonnes vacances et que vous revenez en forme pour la rentrée! N'hésitez pas à échanger avec nous en commentaires et sur notre groupe Facebook! Bonne écoute !

Join us this Wednesday as we speak with author Dan Chaon

Surge and Anna are back! In this episode, they discuss the 12th book in the Fear Street series, Lights Out. Talk about books that leave a bad taste.Anna also reviews Dan Chaon's Ill Will.

ILL WILL (Ballentine Books) Have you ever thought to yourself, “did that really happen, or did I just imagine that to be true?” In Ill Will Dan Chaon explores two sensational unsolved crimes—one in the past, another in the present—both linked by one man’s memory and self-deception. A psychologist in suburban Cleveland, Dustin is drifting through his forties when he learns that his adopted brother, Rusty who received a life sentence for murdering Dustin’s parents, aunt and uncle, is being released from prison after thirty years. Meanwhile, one of Dustin’s patients gets him deeply engaged in a string of drowning deaths involving drunk college boys. At first Dustin dismisses talk of a serial killer as paranoid thinking, but as he gets wrapped up in their amateur investigation, he becomes obsessed, crossing all professional boundaries—and putting his own family in harm’s way. Chaon is fascinated by urban legends and conspiracy theories. He writes, “The interesting thing for me was not knowing what was going to happen in this book. The characters became more slippery as I got to know them. The blanket of paranoia over the book extended to the whole writing process and these characters began to unnerve me.” Ill Will is a page-turning thriller about the failures of memory, the collapse of family and the perils of self-deception. Praise for Ill Will  “For this exceptional and emotionally wrenching novel, Chaon plants the seeds of new manias into the hard, unforgiving ground that will be familiar to his readers… With impressive skill, across multiple narratives that twine, fracture, and rest, Chaon expertly realizes his singular vision of American Dread.” – Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A dark genre-bending thriller . . . Chaon has mastered multiple psychologically complex and often fearsome characters. A shadowy narrative that's carried well by the author's command and insight.”–Kirkus (starred review) “Lauded literary author Chaon tackles the thriller genre, with this tale of a psychologist whose adopted brother is released from prison. Ideally, this will be the rare read that is all pleasure, no guilt.”—New York Magazine, “The Anticipation Index” “Chaon has created another of those twilight realms of which he is an indisputable master. The book’s characters plumb the depths of deception and surpass all established measures of instability and dysfunction. . . . If the definition of eeriness is indeed ‘strange, suspicious, and unnatural,’ the definers of the genre (Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Shirley Jackson, Peter Straub, etc.) have a worthy heir in Dan Chaon.”–Booklist “Dan Chaon was already a master of the short story well before he wrote his tense and delightfully twisted thriller, Await Your Reply. Ill Will finds Chaon back in thriller territory, with an even more propulsive narrative. It’s one of those books that looks big and heavy, but with pacing so tight it will likely only take a couple of days to read.”–Vulture, “25 of the Most Anticipated Book Releases for 2017” Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of Stay Awake, Await Your Reply, You Remind Me of Me, Fitting Ends, and Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Chaon’s short stories have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chaon teaches creative writing at Oberlin College.

Dan Chaon is the author of three short story collections. His short fiction has received multiple awards including publication in the Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize stories. Chaon’s first novel Await Your Reply was a national bestseller, and his second novel Among the Missing was a finalist for the...

Dan Chaon is the author of three short story collections. His short fiction has received multiple awards including publication in the Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize stories. Chaon’s first novel Await Your Reply was a national bestseller, and his second novel Among the Missing was a finalist for the […]

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Dan Chain SHAWN, author of Ill Will, published in March by Ballantine. Dan’s other works include the short story collection Stay Awake, the best seller Await Your Reply and Among The Missing a finalist for the National Book Award. Dan’s work has appeared in Best American Short Stories and the O. Henry Prize Stories. Dan teaches at Oberlin. Ill Will is a book that if you go by all the reviews will scare the hell out of you. And after having read it, I would agree with a minor caveat. I didn’t feel like locking the doors, or worry that the creak on the tread was an intruder come to abduct and do terrible things to me. No I was more nervous about myself. What was I going to to? The book forces you to question some of your own preconceptions about the construct that you find yourself in. You know, the personality that you created for yourself a long time ago. If you don’t watch out the book can create slight chinks in the armor that you have hammered to make your live more livable, more normal. And these are things that are really scary. Because you can lock your doors, you can fight off an intruder or call the police but you can’t tell your self to change real quick or to ignore warnings that may have at once been on the horizon but are now approaching in a storm, sails billowing and flags flying. In Ill Will, our protagonist is Dustin Tillman. He’s been through a lot but he has handled it with less than aplomb. Maybe he could have done things differently. He’s consumed with grief, uncertain of his place in the universe, estranged from his sons, caught in a web of murder and possible deceit and looking for a way to make things make sense (when that is what he is supposed to be doing for others) all while his universe emits this cosmic afterglow of ill will. Writing this introduction has even made me a little nervous. So with that welcome Dan and thanks so much for joining us today.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Dan Chain SHAWN, author of Ill Will, published in March by Ballantine. Dan’s other works include the short story collection Stay Awake, the best seller Await Your Reply and Among The Missing a finalist for the National Book Award. Dan’s work has appeared in Best American Short Stories and the O. Henry Prize Stories. Dan teaches at Oberlin. Ill Will is a book that if you go by all the reviews will scare the hell out of you. And after having read it, I would agree with a minor caveat. I didn’t feel like locking the doors, or worry that the creak on the tread was an intruder come to abduct and do terrible things to me. No I was more nervous about myself. What was I going to to? The book forces you to question some of your own preconceptions about the construct that you find yourself in. You know, the personality that you created for yourself a long time ago. If you don’t watch out the book can create slight chinks in the armor that you have hammered to make your live more livable, more normal. And these are things that are really scary. Because you can lock your doors, you can fight off an intruder or call the police but you can’t tell your self to change real quick or to ignore warnings that may have at once been on the horizon but are now approaching in a storm, sails billowing and flags flying. In Ill Will, our protagonist is Dustin Tillman. He’s been through a lot but he has handled it with less than aplomb. Maybe he could have done things differently. He’s consumed with grief, uncertain of his place in the universe, estranged from his sons, caught in a web of murder and possible deceit and looking for a way to make things make sense (when that is what he is supposed to be doing for others) all while his universe emits this cosmic afterglow of ill will. Writing this introduction has even made me a little nervous. So with that welcome Dan and thanks so much for joining us today.

Dan Chaon's most recent book is Ill Will,  a novel.   Other works include the short story collection Stay Awake (2012), a finalist for the Story Prize; the national bestseller Await Your Reply and Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Book Award. Chaon's fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize Anthologies, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction, the Shirley Jackson Award, and he was the recipient of an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chaon lives in Ohio and teaches at Oberlin College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First Draft interview with Dan Chaon

It's a new month! That means it's time to talk about all the forthcoming books we are excited to read. Together, Adam and Jill have a mix of young adult and adult fiction, non-fiction, and everything in between!  Let us know your March picks by emailing us at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com or find us on Twitter @ProBookNerds    Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor   Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves   A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi (book 2 of The Star-Touched Queen series)   Hunted by Meagan Spooner   As Old as Time by Liz Braswell   The Widow's House by Carol Goodman   The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti   The Wanderers by Meg Howrey   A Colony In a Nation by Chris Hayes   The Illusionist's Apprentice by Kristy Cambron   Celine by Peter Heller   The Girl From Rawblood by Catriona Ward   Ill Will by Dan Chaon   Exit West by Mohsin Hamid   The Hollywood Daughter by Kate Alcott   The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck   The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel   The Stranger in the woods by Michael Finkel     Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com    Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

Story: “The Bees” by Dan Chaon Gene’s son Frankie wakes up screaming. It has become frequent, two or three times a week, at random times: midnight — 3 AM — five in the morning. Here is a high, empty wail that severs Gene from his unconsciousness like sharp teeth. It is the worst sound that Gene can imagine, the sound of a young child dying violently — falling from a building, or caught in some machinery that is tearing an arm off, or being mauled  by a predatory animal. No matter how many times he hears it he jolts up with such  images playing in his mind, and he always runs, thumping into the child’s bedroom to find Frankie sitting up in  bed, his eyes closed, his mouth open in an oval like a Christmas caroler. Frankie appears to be in a kind of peaceful trance, and if someone took a picture of him he would look like he was waiting to receive a spoonful of ice cream, rather than emitting that horrific sound. “The Bees” is from Dan Chaon’s most recent book, the... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Miracle Girl(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill) The crowds keep coming. More and more every day it seems . . . drawn by rumor and whisper and desperate wish. Somehow they heard about the little girl on Shaker Street. They come to see eight-year-old Anabelle Vincent, who lies in a comalike state--unable to move or speak. They come because a visitor experienced what seemed like a miracle and believed it was because of Anabelle. Word spread. There were more visitors. More miracles. But is there a connection? And does it matter? Set against the backdrop of the approaching millennium--with all its buzz about reckoning and doom--this impressive debut novel is narrated by Anabelle herself; by her devoted mother, who cares for her child while struggling to make sense of the media frenzy surrounding her; by Anabelle's estranged father, who is dealing with the guilt of his actions; and by the people who come seeking the child's help, her guidance, and her healing. Yet it tells a larger cultural story about the human yearning for the miraculous to be true, about how becoming a believer--in something, anything, even if you don't understand it--can sustain you. Praise forThe Miracle Girl: "To believe or not to believe--that is the question facing all who are touched by the comatose 'miracle girl' at the swirling center ofAndrew Roe'sdazzling debut. But more than an exploration of the mysteries of faith, it's also the unforgettable story of one family's struggle against tragedy. The result is an uplifting miracle of a book." --Will Allison, author ofLong Drive Home "InThe Miracle Girl, we're reminded that the desire for miracles always connotes dissatisfaction, even as it articulates a hope. Roe deftly explores this paradox . . . [and] examines the strange responsibility of being believed in. A stunning, confident debut." --Peter Rock, author ofThe Shelter Cycle "An incisive and insightful critique of America, investigating where we put our faith and why . . . It's a novel about what it means to be human, to be lost or broken, a little or a lot, and to seek connection and hope and maybe even transcendence in the world around us." --Doug Dorst, author ofS. andAlive in Necropolis Born and raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier, California,Andrew Roehas had his fiction published inTin House, One Story,theSun, Glimmer Train, The Cincinnati Review, Slice, Pank, Avery Anthology, Gigantic, Freight Stories, Failbetter,theGood Men Project,and other literary magazines, as well as the anthologiesWhere Love Is Foundand24 Bar Blues.His nonfiction has appeared in theNew York Times, San Francisco Chronicle,Salon.com,SF Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian,and elsewhere. An alumnus of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers andTin HouseWriters Workshop, he has received scholarships from the Getty Foundation and the San Francisco Foundation. Three of his short stories were performed by actors as part of the New Short Fiction Series, LAs longest running spoken word series. Dan Chaon selected his story Job History for the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2012, and he has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times, including aOne Storynomination for his story Americas Finest City. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in English/creative writing from San Diego State University, and a master of arts degree in literature from San Francisco State University. For over twenty years, he has worked as a writer and editor in the publishing and software industries. A member of PEN Center USA, he currently lives in Oceanside, California, with his wife and three children.

We are meeting with Dan Chaon, CEO of Native Grill & Wings.. The mission of Native Grill and Wings is to provide their guests with excellent service, exceptional food, and a memorable experience, while continuing to be the "Coolest Place for the Hottest Wings.

Dan Chaon is the guest. He is the acclaimed author of several books, including the story collection Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Book Award, Stay Awake, and You Remind Me of Me. The Boston Globe calls him "The modern day John Cheever." And the New York Times Book Review calls his work "Superbly disquieting." Monologue topics: complaining, Twitter, robots, simplicity, second-guessing.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California (Little Brown and Company) A former Skylight staffer comes home to read from her much anticipated debut novel! You might recognize this book is you're a regular viewer of The Colbert Report -- this is the novel Sherman Alexie and Stephen Colbert recommended on the June 3 show! (You can pre-order it from us, too. Just click the Add to Cart button below.) The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. Mourning a past they can't reclaim, they seek solace in each other. But the tentative existence they've built for themselves is thrown into doubt when Frida finds out she's pregnant.  Terrified of the unknown and unsure of their ability to raise a child alone, Cal and Frida set out for the nearest settlement, a guarded and paranoid community with dark secrets. These people can offer them security, but Cal and Frida soon realize this community poses dangers of its own. In this unfamiliar world, where everything and everyone can be perceived as a threat, the couple must quickly decide whom to trust.  A gripping and provocative debut novel by a stunning new talent, California imagines a frighteningly realistic near future, in which clashes between mankind's dark nature and deep-seated resilience force us to question how far we will go to protect the ones we love. Praise for California “In her arresting debut novel, Edan Lepucki conjures a lush, intricate, deeply disturbing vision of the future, then masterfully exploits its dramatic possibilities.” —Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winner “An expansive, full-bodied and masterful narrative of humans caught in the most extreme situations, with all of our virtues and failings on full display: courage, cowardice, trust, betrayal, honor and expedience. The final eighty pages of this book gripped me as much as any fictional denouement I've encountered in recent years....I firmly believe that Edan Lepucki is on the cusp of a long, strong career in American letters.”—Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk “Edan Lepucki is the very best kind of writer: simultaneously generous and precise. I have long been an admirer of her prose, but this book—this book, this massive, brilliant book—is a four-alarm fire, the ambitious and rich introduction that a writer of her caliber deserves. I can't wait for the world to know what I have known for so many years, that Edan Lepucki is the real thing, and that we will all be bowing at her feet before long.” —Emma Straub, author of Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures “A stunning and brilliant novel, which is a wholly original take on the post-apocalypse genre, an end-of-the-world we've never seen before and yet is uncomfortably believable and recognizable. By turns funny and heartbreaking, scary and tender, beautifully written and compulsively page-turning, this is a book that will haunt me, and that I'll be thankful to return to in the years to come. It left me speechless. Read it, and prepare yourself.” —Dan Chaon, author of Await Your Reply “It's tempting to call this novel post-apocalyptic, but really, it's about an apocalypse in progress, an apocalypse that might already be happening, one that doesn't so much break life into before and after as unravel it bit by bit. Edan Lepucki tells her tale with preternatural clarity and total believability, in large part by focusing on the relationships—between husband and wife, brother and sister, parent and child—that are, it turns out, apocalypse-proof. Post-nothing. California is timeless.”—Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Edan Lepucki is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a staff writer for The Millions. Her short fiction has been published in McSweeney's and Narrative magazine, and she is the founder and director of Writing Workshops Los Angeles. 

Author (and frequent Skylight Books event host!) Noel Alumit presents a panel on getting published, featuring author Dana Johnson, book critic and author David L. Ulin, editor Daniel Smetanka, and agent B.J. Robbins. Dana Johnson is the author of Elsewhere, California and Break Any Woman Down. She is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California where she teaches literature and creative writing. BJ Robbins opened her Los Angeles-based literary agency in 1992 after a multifaceted career in book publishing that took her from publicity at Simon & Schuster to Marketing Director and later Senior Editor at Harcourt. Her agency represents non-genre fiction, both literary and commercial and a wide range of nonfiction, from narrative to history and biography, pop culture, travel-adventure, sports and health. Daniel Smetanka has worked in various aspects of the publishing industry for close to twenty years. As an Executive Editor at Ballantine/Random House, Inc., he acquired and published award-winning debut books including The Ice Harvest by Scott Philips, The Speed of Light by Elizabeth Rosner, Down to a Soundless Sea by Thomas Steinbeck, and Among the Missing by Dan Chaon, a 2001 finalist for the National Book Award. He currently serves as Editor-at-Large for Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press. Los Angeles Times book critic David L. Ulin authored The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason and Faith and The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Are So Important in a Distracted Time.

Dan Chaon - Daniel & Ben talk with bestselling author, Dan Chaon, whose recent book “Stay Awake” is earning rave reviews. He talks about his early interest in writing, and how writers such as Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Ray Bradbury led him to his current path. He also talks about the “alone-ness” of being a writer, and why it’s so hard for young people today to set aside time to be alone and write. http://danchaon.com. The Poem of the Week is by newly-appointed U.S. Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey. Daniel reads “Theories of Time and Space.” www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/trethewey.html. And this week’s Poetic License is by writer Anthony Bonds, whose latest work, “The Moonflower King” was published with Calypso Editions, a cooperative press. Bonds discusses the difference between a cooperative press and a traditional publisher. www.anthonybonds.com.

You Remind Me of Me (Ballantine) However close Dan Chaon's characters come, they can't quite connect. Disconnection rules: in families, in dreams. Even fortunate coincidences subside into spiritless accidents...

Dan Chaon, Among the Missing (Ballantine); Adrienne Sharp, White Swan, Black Swan (Random House) Marisa Silver, Babe in Paradise (Norton) Three young writers, each publishing a first book with a major press, explore the terrain of contemporary short-story writing, from personal backgrounds to their desires to break with tradition...

Phong Nguyen is the author of three novels: Bronze Drum (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), Roundabout (Moon City Press, 2020), and The Adventures of Joe Harper (Outpost19, 2016), winner of the Prairie Heritage Book Award; and two short fiction collections: Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History (C&R Press, 2019) and Memory Sickness (Elixir Press, 2011), winner of the Elixir Press Fiction Award.Along with Robert Olen Butler, he is the co-editor of The Best Peace Fiction: A Social Justice Anthology and with Dan Chaon, he is the co-editor of Nancy Hale: On the Life and Work of a Lost American Master.His stories have been published in more than 50 national literary journals and anthologies, including Agni, Boulevard, North American Review, Massachusetts Review, and Ninth Letter.He teaches fiction-writing at the University of Missouri in Columbia, where he lives with his wife, the artist Sarah Nguyen.========================Welcome to The Vietnamese Podcast! I'm your host, Kenneth Nguyen. Join me on an exploration of Vietnamese experiences from all over the world.I served in the U.S. Marines in the 90's and graduated from the University of Southern California in 2000. Today, I work as an LA based producer and entrepreneur and am currently a founding partner at EAST Films.========================Please SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT to support the podcast!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevietnamesepodcastPage: https://www.facebook.com/thevietnamesepodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thevietnamesepodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nguyenkennethSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Phong Nguyen is the author of three novels: Bronze Drum (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), Roundabout (Moon City Press, 2020), and The Adventures of Joe Harper (Outpost19, 2016), winner of the Prairie Heritage Book Award; and two short fiction collections: Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History (C&R Press, 2019) and Memory Sickness (Elixir Press, 2011), winner of the Elixir Press Fiction Award.Along with Robert Olen Butler, he is the co-editor of The Best Peace Fiction: A Social Justice Anthology and with Dan Chaon, he is the co-editor of Nancy Hale: On the Life and Work of a Lost American Master.His stories have been published in more than 50 national literary journals and anthologies, including Agni, Boulevard, North American Review, Massachusetts Review, and Ninth Letter.He teaches fiction-writing at the University of Missouri in Columbia, where he lives with his wife, the artist Sarah Nguyen.========================Welcome to The Vietnamese Podcast! I'm your host, Kenneth Nguyen. Join me on an exploration of Vietnamese experiences from all over the world.I served in the U.S. Marines in the 90's and graduated from the University of Southern California in 2000. Today, I work as an LA based producer and entrepreneur and am currently a founding partner at EAST Films.========================Please SUBSCRIBE and COMMENT to support the podcast!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevietnamesepodcastPage: https://www.facebook.com/thevietnamesepodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thevietnamesepodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nguyenkennethSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vietnamese-with-kenneth-nguyen/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy