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June 05 2025 The Witch Daily Show (https://www.witchdailyshow.com) is talking World Enveiornment Day Our sponsor today Is Moths and Blooms: A coloring book for adults and teens (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWF5BNLN) and ( Want to buy me a cup of coffee? Venmo: TonyaWitch - Last 4: 9226 Our quote of the day Is: ― “The phoenix must burn to emerge.” ― Janet Fitch, White Oleander Headlines: https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/news/2025/05/13/ufos-ghosts-and-psychics-parapsycon-coming-to-mansfield/83457301007/ () Deck: The Slavic Oracle (https://covenoftophania.com/products/the-slavic-oracle) Other Sources: () Thank you so much for joining me this morning, if you have any witch tips, questions, witch fails, or you know of news I missed, visit https://www.witchdailyshow.com or email me at thewitchdailypodcast@gmail.com If you want to support The Witch Daily Show please visit our patreon page https://www.patreon.com/witchdailyshow Mailing Address (must be addressed as shown below) Tonya Brown 3436 Magazine St #460 New Orleans, LA 70115
Are you curious about the emotional rollercoaster of fostering and adopting as an out gay family? Merry Elkins and Cathy Worthington sit down with Lane Igoudin, author of "A Family, Maybe." Lane shares his poignant journey of fostering and adopting multicultural children, diving deep into the complexities faced by LGBTQ families. Hear Lane read the first chapter of his memoir, capturing the heart-stopping moment he and his partner Jonathan welcomed a newborn with a complex background into their lives. Discover why they chose fostering over other options and how it impacted their relationship. Lane candidly discusses the cultural dynamics within their family and the broader social and political challenges surrounding adoption rights. This episode is a heartfelt exploration of love, resilience, and advocacy. Tune in for insights and inspiration!Lane's BioLane Igoudin, Ph.D., is the author of A Family, Maybe, a life-changing journey through foster adoptions to fatherhood (Ooligan Press, Portland State University, 2024). He has written extensively on adoption, parenting, and other issues for Adoption.com, Forward, Jewish Journal, and Parabola and spoken about his book on NBC's “Daytime” show, syndicated radio shows, literary and parenting podcasts, as well as live audiences on his 12-stop book tour. A Family, Maybe received endorsements from US Congressman Alan Lowenthal, California Senator Sheila Kuehl, bestselling writers like Janet Fitch and Greta Boris, parenting experts and social work professionals. Lane is professor of English and linguistics at Los Angeles City College.Connect with LaneWebsite: www.laneigoudin.comEmail: laneigoudin@gmail.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/lane.igoudin/Instagram: @laneigoudin
May 20 2024 The Witch Daily Show (https://www.witchdailyshow.com) is talking Honoring Past Moms Our sponsor today Is Weed Witch's Journal (https://www.amazon.com/Weed-Witchs-Journal-Kerri-Connor/dp/1088118976/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RGV7OX2314L2&keywords=weed+witch+journal&qid=1703166852&sprefix=weed+witch+journal%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1) and ( Want to buy me a cup of coffee? Venmo: TonyaWitch - Last 4: 9226 Our quote of the day Is: ― “The phoenix must burn to emerge.” ― Janet Fitch, White Oleander Headlines: https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/world-news/body-of-auriane-nathalie-laisne-found-drained-of-blood-in-abandoned-italian-church-after-possible-tiktok-stunt-reports/ () Deck: Jane Austen Tarot (https://www.amazon.com/Jane-Austen-Tarot-Deck-Divination/dp/1524761605) Other Sources: (https://www.swtimes.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2019/04/18/lily-valley-x2014-tiny-flower/5407819007/) Thank you so much for joining me this morning, if you have any witch tips, questions, witch fails, or you know of news I missed, visit https://www.witchdailyshow.com or email me at thewitchdailypodcast@gmail.com If you want to support The Witch Daily Show please visit our patreon page https://www.patreon.com/witchdailyshow Mailing Address (must be addressed as shown below) Tonya Brown 3436 Magazine St #460 New Orleans, LA 70115
Director/screenwriter Jace Anderson most recently directed her first feature film, The Long Game, which premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February 2024. Based on a short story by New York Times-bestselling author Janet Fitch, the film stars Kathleen Turner, Jackie Earle Haley and newcomer Sekai Abeni. It is a “femme fatale origin story,” a contemporary neo-noir that tells the tale of young actress Holly Sloan and her entanglements with failed con man Richard Metzger and faded superstar Mariah McKay.Together with her husband/co-writer Adam Gierasch, she has written numerous projects in both the studio and indie realms and for companies such as Fox, The Disney Channel, Lakeshore Entertainment and CBS Films. Mentored early in their career by legendary horror director Tobe Hooper, the duo has also worked with Clive Barker and Dario Argento. Sixteen of their scripts have been made into feature films. Recent projects include the Saturn Award-winning “Tales of Halloween,” for which Gierasch directed and Anderson produced a segment. Gierasch has directed many of the duo's scripts, and recently directed the film “Spaghetti.”Anderson graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where her senior thesis, “Re- Writing Race: Subverting Language in Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi and Alice Walker's Meridian” was published in the academic journal a/b: autobiography studies. Before becoming a screenwriter she worked as an HIV test counselor/educator with homeless/runaway and incarcerated youth in Los Angeles and studied social work at the University of Southern California. She lives in the mountains outside of Los Angeles with her husband and two neurotic rescue mutts.
In this gorgeous, sensualistic, tactile, provocative episode of Write-minded, we explore the senses with Janet Fitch of White Oleander fame. In this interview, Janet takes us on a tour through the senses, making the point that our language is impoverished and we can—and must—do more to become more sophisticated observers on the page. This is an episode you'll carry with you into your next writing or reading session, keeping an eye out (and tastebuds at the ready and an ear attuned and the nose trained) for the next sensual experience or opportunity. Revel in the possibilities and ideas Janet offers to employ the superpowers each of our senses hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I interview Tina Baker about her latest book “Make Me Clean” and also interview Drew Jerrison about the publisher Profile/Viper books and the books they have coming up later this year to look out for. I also review “The Innocent Wife” by Amy Lloyd, “White Oleander” by Janet Fitch and “The Bees” by Laline Paull. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In lieu of a regular episode this week, I'm coming at you from the Rock is Lit Vault. I'm excited about interviewing Rex Weiner, author of ‘The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane', tomorrow night (3/24/2023) for an upcoming episode of Rock is Lit. Make sure you subscribe to Rock is Lit so you won't miss that episode. Since half of Rex's Ford Fairlane stories take place during the early ‘80s punk rock scene in LA, I thought it would be fun to revisit my chat with Pleasant Gehman about that period. This outtake from my interview with Pleasant is from Episode 4 of Rock is Lit, which features Janet Fitch's novel ‘Paint It Black', set during that time and place. Listen to EP4 of Rock is Lit here. Pleasant Gehman is a writer, musician, and host of The Devil's Music podcast, also on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Stay tuned for the next full episode of Rock is Lit, which will drop next week. MUSIC AND MEDIA IN THIS VAULT EP: Copyright-free punk instrumental music Excerpt from the movie ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane' “Los Angeles” by X LINKS Info about Jessamyn Violet's Reading Rocking Rainbow Tour: https://jessamynviolet.com/events-wav Christy Alexander Hallberg's website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/ Christy Alexander Hallberg on Instagram and Twitter: @ChristyHallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg on YouTube: @ChristyAlexanderHallberg Pleasant Gehman's website: https://pleasantgehman.com/tarotreadings/ Pleasant Gehman Twitter, @PleasantGehman1 Pleasant Gehman Instagram, @princessofhollywood The Devil's Music with Pleasant Gehman podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-devils-music-with-pleasant-gehman/id1513014547 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In lieu of a regular episode this week, I'm coming at you from the Rock is Lit Vault. I'm excited about interviewing Rex Weiner, author of ‘The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane', tomorrow night (3/24/2023) for an upcoming episode of Rock is Lit. Since half of Rex's Ford Fairlane stories take place during the early ‘80s punk rock scene in LA, I thought it would be fun to revisit my chat with Pleasant Gehman about that period. This outtake from my interview with Pleasant is from Episode 4 of Rock is Lit, which features Janet Fitch's novel ‘Paint It Black', set during that time and place. Listen to EP4 of Rock is Lit here. Pleasant Gehman is a writer, musician, and host of The Devil's Music podcast, also on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Stay tuned for the next full episode of Rock is Lit, which will drop next week. MUSIC AND MEDIA IN THIS VAULT EP: Copyright-free punk instrumental music Excerpt from the movie ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane' “Los Angeles” by X LINKS Info about Jessamyn Violet's Reading Rocking Rainbow Tour: https://jessamynviolet.com/events-wav Christy Alexander Hallberg's website: https://www.christyalexanderhallberg.com/ Christy Alexander Hallberg on Instagram and Twitter: @ChristyHallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg on YouTube: @ChristyAlexanderHallberg Pleasant Gehman's website: https://pleasantgehman.com/tarotreadings/ Pleasant Gehman Twitter, @PleasantGehman1 Pleasant Gehman Instagram, @princessofhollywood The Devil's Music with Pleasant Gehman podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-devils-music-with-pleasant-gehman/id1513014547 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Looking to cozy down with a book this winter? In this episode, we discuss the definition of a "winter read" (and if there is one), and share our picks for books to read this season. Books Mentioned The Secret History by Donna Tartt Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin Babel by R.F. Kuang St. Sebastian's Abyss by Mark Haber The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins The Method by Isaac Butler The Women in the Library by Sullari Gentill The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Books of Anthony Horowitz (The Word is Murder and The Magpie Murders) The Revolution of Marina M by Janet Fitch
This week, we dive into the world of #BookTok and chat with nosophiesallowed about the books that are trending on TikTok - this is TikTok Made Me Buy It! Booktokker Recommendations: https://bit.ly/3Di3Pct EXPLORE BOOKS MENTIONED Sunset by Jessie Cave | https://bit.ly/3gY1QT2 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara | https://bit.ly/3fgiuNv Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan | https://bit.ly/3DkGirp White Oleander by Janet Fitch | https://bit.ly/3FrtXnU Normal People by Sally Rooney | https://bit.ly/3sGWMFn Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid | https://bit.ly/3dRT2wD I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy | https://bit.ly/3Dm2ilE Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo | https://bit.ly/3euK9Vl big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills | https://bit.ly/3TQ0BnD WANT TO KNOW MORE? Follow nosophiesallowed | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nosophiesallowed/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nosophiesallowed ENJOY THIS EPISODE? Subscribe to YouTube | https://bit.ly/3GLDvJl Check out our Editorial | https://bit.ly/3myzL1U Twitter | https://twitter.com/booktopia Facebook Group | https://www.facebook.com/groups/booktopiatellmewhattoread CREDITS Guests: nosophiesallowed Host: Kassidy Fisher Producer: Nick Wasiliev Published on: 10 November 2022 Season: 2 Episode: 80 © 2022 BooktopiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
HIGHLIGHTS:Pleasant Gehman is a Hollywood rock ‘n' roll icon. During the 1970s, she was one of the first punks in Los Angeles, documenting the scene she helped create in her fanzine ‘Lobotomy',which led to writing for many of the top mainstream rock publications. In this outtake from my interview with Pleasant for the Rock is Lit episode that features Janet Fitch's rock novel ‘Paint it Black', Pleasant talks about some of the hottest punk bands in L.A. in the early ‘80s, when ‘Paint it Black' is set, including The Cramps, The Weirdos, The Germs, Blondie, The Nerves, The Zeros, The Damned, and Black Flag; seeing X's very first show; working for a booking agency called Hollywood International Talent owned by Marshall Berle (nephew of Milton Berle) with Belinda Carlisle. We also talk about the decline of the L.A. punk scene in the very early ‘80s and how Janet Fitch's rock novel ‘Paint it Black' accurately depicts this shift. SONGS PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:"A Life of Crime" by The Weirdos"Los Angeles" by X CONTACTS: Pleasant Gehman's websitePleasant Gehman Twitter, @PleasantGehman1Pleasant Gehman Instagram, @princessofhollywoodThe Devil's Music With Pleasant Gehman podcast Christy Alexander Hallberg's websiteChristy Alexander Hallberg Instagram, @christyhallbergChristy Alexander Hallberg Twitter, @ChristyHallbergChristy Alexander Hallberg YouTubeRock is Lit Vault
HIGHLIGHTS FROM EPISODE 4:Janet Fitch talks about seeing a three-hour concert with Leonard Cohen; Joni Mitchell; what she'd ask Patti Smith, Björk, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen if she could; creating an “I will survive” music playlist; Amy Winehouse; Janis Joplin; X; Nico; Jackson Brown.Janet and I talk about some of the major themes of her novel ‘Paint it Black'; grief and the aftermath of suicide; the significance of the title of her novel; the freedom that punk rock gives fans and musicians alike; why ‘Paint it Black' is a punk rock novel as opposed to a more generalized rock novel; how each of the three main characters in ‘Paint it Black' has their own distinct soundtrack; classical music and early 20th century Americana music; L.A. punk, especially The Germs and The Cramps; the deaths of John Lennon and Darby Crash; the changing punk scene in L.A. in the early ‘80s; how the Ingmar Bergman film ‘Persona' influenced the creation of Janet's novel; Janet's experience as a student filmmaker in the ‘80s; the 1913 poem “Trans-Siberian Prose and Little Jeanne from France”; the movie adaptation of ‘Paint it Black'.Pleasant Gehman talks about the beginning of the L.A. punk scene and her involvement in it. She mentions various bands and iconic L.A. punk rock venues, becoming friends with Darby Crash and Pat Smear of The Germs before they were in The Germs and dating Pat Smear, smoking pot with Tony Curtis, rooming with Belinda Carlisle and smoking pot with Screamin' Jay Hawkins at Disgraceland, hanging out with Joan Jett.To hear more from Pleasant about her involvement with some of the hottest punk bands in L.A. in the early ‘80s, including The Cramps, The Weirdos, Blondie, The Damned, X, and Black Flag, and how the scene began to deteriorate, listen to the outtake from this episode in the Rock is Lit Vault.Nicole Panter shares her memories of being friends with and managing The Germs; Darby Crash's childhood; why Germs shows were a trainwreck; Darby's abuse of alcohol and drugs; the making of The Germs' album, including Joan Jett's involvement; ‘The Decline of Western Civilization' documentary, in which Nicole and The Germs are featured; why Nicole stopped managing the band; Darby's fascination with Adam Ant; how Nicole heard about Darby's death; Nicole's dislike of the biopic about Darby and The Germs, ‘What We Do Is Secret', and The Germs reunion tour with the actor who played Darby in the film, Shane West; the legacy of The Germs. CLIPS OF MUSIC PLAYED IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:"Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones"Land" by Patti SmithBrahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 82, played by Yuja Wang with the Munich Philharmonic, conducted by Valery Gergiev, Dec 1, 2018“West End Blues” by Louis Armstrong“What We Do Is Secret” by The Germs“Human Fly” by The CrampsErich Wolfgang Korngold: ‘Kings Row', Main Title, music for the 1941 film“Our Way” by The Germs“Media Blitz” by The Germs“American Leather” by The GermsTwo short clips from the 1981 documentary 'The Decline of Western Civilization', directed by Penelope Spheeris, featuring Darby Crash and The Germs appear in the episode. CONTACTS: Janet Fitch's websiteJanet Fitch Twitter, @JanetFitch323Janet Fitch Instagram, @janetfitch323Pleasant Gehman's websitePleasant Gehman Twitter, @PleasantGehman1Pleasant Gehman Instagram, @princessofhollywoodThe Devil's Music With Pleasant Gehman podcastBelle, Book, and Candle, Instagram, @belle_book_and_candleNicole Panter Instagram, @poseypChristy Alexander Hallberg's websiteChristy Alexander Hallberg Instagram, @christyhallbergChristy Alexander Hallberg Twitter, @ChristyHallbergChristy Alexander Hallberg YouTubeRock is Lit Vault
HIGHLIGHTS: Pleasant Gehman is a Hollywood rock ‘n' roll icon. During the 1970s, she was one of the first punks in Los Angeles, documenting the scene she helped create in her fanzine ‘Lobotomy',which led to writing for many of the top mainstream rock publications. In this outtake from my interview with Pleasant for the Rock is Lit episode that features Janet Fitch's rock novel ‘Paint it Black', Pleasant talks about some of the hottest punk bands in L.A. in the early ‘80s, when ‘Paint it Black' is set, including The Cramps, The Weirdos, The Germs, Blondie, The Nerves, The Zeros, The Damned, and Black Flag; seeing X's very first show; working for a booking agency called Hollywood International Talent owned by Marshall Berle (nephew of Milton Berle) with Belinda Carlisle. We also talk about the decline of the L.A. punk scene in the very early ‘80s and how Janet Fitch's rock novel ‘Paint it Black' accurately depicts this shift. SONGS PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: "A Life of Crime" by The Weirdos "Los Angeles" by X CONTACTS: Pleasant Gehman's website Pleasant Gehman Twitter, @PleasantGehman1 Pleasant Gehman Instagram, @princessofhollywood The Devil's Music With Pleasant Gehman podcast Christy Alexander Hallberg's website Christy Alexander Hallberg Instagram, @christyhallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg Twitter, @ChristyHallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg YouTube Rock is Lit Vault Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
HIGHLIGHTS FROM EPISODE 4: Janet Fitch talks about seeing a three-hour concert with Leonard Cohen; Joni Mitchell; what she'd ask Patti Smith, Björk, Neil Young, and Leonard Cohen if she could; creating an “I will survive” music playlist; Amy Winehouse; Janis Joplin; X; Nico; Jackson Brown. Janet and I talk about some of the major themes of her novel ‘Paint it Black'; grief and the aftermath of suicide; the significance of the title of her novel; the freedom that punk rock gives fans and musicians alike; why ‘Paint it Black' is a punk rock novel as opposed to a more generalized rock novel; how each of the three main characters in ‘Paint it Black' has their own distinct soundtrack; classical music and early 20th century Americana music; L.A. punk, especially The Germs and The Cramps; the deaths of John Lennon and Darby Crash; the changing punk scene in L.A. in the early ‘80s; how the Ingmar Bergman film ‘Persona' influenced the creation of Janet's novel; Janet's experience as a student filmmaker in the ‘80s; the 1913 poem “Trans-Siberian Prose and Little Jeanne from France”; the movie adaptation of ‘Paint it Black'. Pleasant Gehman talks about the beginning of the L.A. punk scene and her involvement in it. She mentions various bands and iconic L.A. punk rock venues, becoming friends with Darby Crash and Pat Smear of The Germs before they were in The Germs and dating Pat Smear, smoking pot with Tony Curtis, rooming with Belinda Carlisle and smoking pot with Screamin' Jay Hawkins at Disgraceland, hanging out with Joan Jett. To hear more from Pleasant about her involvement with some of the hottest punk bands in L.A. in the early ‘80s, including The Cramps, The Weirdos, Blondie, The Damned, X, and Black Flag, and how the scene began to deteriorate, listen to the outtake from this episode in the Rock is Lit Vault. Nicole Panter shares her memories of being friends with and managing The Germs; Darby Crash's childhood; why Germs shows were a trainwreck; Darby's abuse of alcohol and drugs; the making of The Germs' album, including Joan Jett's involvement; ‘The Decline of Western Civilization' documentary, in which Nicole and The Germs are featured; why Nicole stopped managing the band; Darby's fascination with Adam Ant; how Nicole heard about Darby's death; Nicole's dislike of the biopic about Darby and The Germs, ‘What We Do Is Secret', and The Germs reunion tour with the actor who played Darby in the film, Shane West; the legacy of The Germs. CLIPS OF MUSIC PLAYED IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones "Land" by Patti Smith Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 82, played by Yuja Wang with the Munich Philharmonic, conducted by Valery Gergiev, Dec 1, 2018 “West End Blues” by Louis Armstrong “What We Do Is Secret” by The Germs “Human Fly” by The Cramps Erich Wolfgang Korngold: ‘Kings Row', Main Title, music for the 1941 film “Our Way” by The Germs “Media Blitz” by The Germs “American Leather” by The Germs Two short clips from the 1981 documentary 'The Decline of Western Civilization', directed by Penelope Spheeris, featuring Darby Crash and The Germs appear in the episode. CONTACTS: Janet Fitch's website Janet Fitch Twitter, @JanetFitch323 Janet Fitch Instagram, @janetfitch323 Pleasant Gehman's website Pleasant Gehman Twitter, @PleasantGehman1 Pleasant Gehman Instagram, @princessofhollywood The Devil's Music With Pleasant Gehman podcast Belle, Book, and Candle, Instagram, @belle_book_and_candle Nicole Panter Instagram, @poseyp Christy Alexander Hallberg's website Christy Alexander Hallberg Instagram, @christyhallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg Twitter, @ChristyHallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg YouTube Rock is Lit Vault Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of Rock is Lit, I'm thrilled to welcome novelist, playwright, visual artist, and songwriter Jeff Jackson, author of the novel 'Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel', which centers around the killing of bands as they perform on stage by members of their own audience. Later, Nathan D. Duvall, host of the Lucid show on 103.3 Asheville FM, joins the podcast to talk about real-world examples when this kind of violence has erupted at live shows. Highlights:Jeff and I talk about some amazing musicians/bands, including Wire, The Raincoats, Throbbing Gristle, Dog Faced Hermans, Destroyer, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Suede, The Smiths, Johnny Ace, Fugazi, The Beatles, Pavement, and Robert Johnson.Jeff and I discuss what makes a good rock novel and list some examples, including 'Paint It Black' by Janet Fitch, 'Black Card' by Chris L. Terry, 'The Ruins' by Mat Osman, and my own rock novel 'Searching for Jimmy Page'. Additional topics Jeff and I cover include the style and narrative of Jeff's book 'Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel'; the link between violence and music; fandom and obsession; the primal nature of music; mythology surrounding certain musicians; the diminishing power of music in the culture; Jeff's band Julian Calendar.For more examples of Jeff's favorite rock novels and for a bonus interview with Jeff about Julian Calendar's political songs, bop on over to the Rock is Lit Vault.Nathan and I talk about real-world historical precedent for the fictional premise of Jeff's novel, fans attacking musicians as they perform on stage, and give some examples, including the murder of Dimebag Darrell of Pantera and Damagebag.Songs played during the episode in order of appearance:"Keep Your Laws Off My Body" by Dog Faced Hermans"Pledging My Love" by Johnny Ace"Blue Boys" by Julian Calendar"In Your Love" by Julian CalendarContacts:Jeff Jackson's website, http://deathofliterature.com/Jeff Jackson Instagram, @deathofliteratureJeff Jackson Twitter, @DeathofLitJulian Calendar at Bandcamp, https://juliancalendar.bandcamp.com/My review of 'Destroy All Monsters' in 'North Carolina Literary Review'Nathan D. Duvall's Lucid show, https://www.ashevillefm.org/show/lucid/Nathan D. Duvall Facebook, @nathan.duvall1Christy Alexander Hallberg website, christyalexanderhallberg.comChristy Alexander Hallberg Instagram, @christyhallbergChristy Alexander Hallberg Twitter, @ChristyHallbergChristy Alexander Hallberg YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/user/christyhallbergRock is Lit Vault
In this episode of Rock is Lit, I'm thrilled to welcome novelist, playwright, visual artist, and songwriter Jeff Jackson, author of the novel 'Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel', which centers around the killing of bands as they perform on stage by members of their own audience. Later, Nathan D. Duvall, host of the Lucid show on 103.3 Asheville FM, joins the podcast to talk about real-world examples when this kind of violence has erupted at live shows. Highlights: Jeff and I talk about some amazing musicians/bands, including Wire, The Raincoats, Throbbing Gristle, Dog Faced Hermans, Destroyer, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Suede, The Smiths, Johnny Ace, Fugazi, The Beatles, Pavement, and Robert Johnson. Jeff and I discuss what makes a good rock novel and list some examples, including 'Paint It Black' by Janet Fitch, 'Black Card' by Chris L. Terry, 'The Ruins' by Mat Osman, and my own rock novel 'Searching for Jimmy Page'. Additional topics Jeff and I cover include the style and narrative of Jeff's book 'Destroy All Monsters: The Last Rock Novel'; the link between violence and music; fandom and obsession; the primal nature of music; mythology surrounding certain musicians; the diminishing power of music in the culture; Jeff's band Julian Calendar. For more examples of Jeff's favorite rock novels and for a bonus interview with Jeff about Julian Calendar's political songs, bop on over to the Rock is Lit Vault. Nathan and I talk about real-world historical precedent for the fictional premise of Jeff's novel, fans attacking musicians as they perform on stage, and give some examples, including the murder of Dimebag Darrell of Pantera and Damagebag. Songs played during the episode in order of appearance: "Keep Your Laws Off My Body" by Dog Faced Hermans "Pledging My Love" by Johnny Ace "Blue Boys" by Julian Calendar "In Your Love" by Julian Calendar Contacts: Jeff Jackson's website, http://deathofliterature.com/ Jeff Jackson Instagram, @deathofliterature Jeff Jackson Twitter, @DeathofLit Julian Calendar at Bandcamp, https://juliancalendar.bandcamp.com/ My review of 'Destroy All Monsters' in 'North Carolina Literary Review' Nathan D. Duvall's Lucid show, https://www.ashevillefm.org/show/lucid/ Nathan D. Duvall Facebook, @nathan.duvall1 Christy Alexander Hallberg website, christyalexanderhallberg.com Christy Alexander Hallberg Instagram, @christyhallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg Twitter, @ChristyHallberg Christy Alexander Hallberg YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/user/christyhallberg Rock is Lit Vault Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“There's a side of rock and roll—defiant, anarchic, Dionysian, subversive, doomed, Romantic—that has always appealed to literary novelists,” writes journalist Jonathan Dee. Rock is Lit podcast takes listeners on a quest to find the very best rock novels and explore the propulsive energy and raw power of these stories about music, the people who make it, and the characters who love it. In each episode host Christy Alexander Hallberg interviews authors about craft and the musical inspiration behind their work, then brings in music gurus to add real-world context to the bands or musical periods featured in the novels. The podcast runs the gamut from bestselling and critically acclaimed novels like Janet Fitch's 'Paint It Black' and Dana Spiotta's 'Eat the Document' to indie press releases to graphic novels to young adult classics to celebrity rock novels like the legendary Suzi Quatro's 'The Hurricane'. Bibliofiles and fans of grunge, blues, classic rock, ska, punk, pop, and pretty much every other rock music subgenre will find something enthralling in each show. Rock is Lit is a proud member of Pantheon Podcasts. Tune in and make the pilgrimage to literary rock and roll Mecca.Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the award-winning rock novel 'Searching for Jimmy Page' (Livingston Press, 2021). She teaches literature and writing online at East Carolina University, where she also serves as Senior Associate Editor of 'North Carolina Literary Review'. She lives near Asheville, NC. Find her at christyalexanderhallberg.com and @ChristyHallberg on Twitter and Instagram.
Lively discussion of White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Loved to hear everyone's point of view on this disturbing topic and book. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occasion or just because. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a positive review on Apple Podcasts. I thank you for it. My website is a work in progress. On Instagram I'm @livingalifethroughbooks. On TikTok, Twitter, and Clubhouse I'm @drshahnazahmed. I would like to introduce each of our members in attendance briefly with their instagram tags. Please follow them all. Thank you. Myself Shahnaz - @livingalifethroughbooks. Erin - @erin_eatsbooks. Riffat - @booksection. Dr. Jen and Nina are not on instagram yet. Please note that Riffat also has a blog: www.teacrockery.blog/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingalifethroughbooks/message
“The phoenix must burn to emerge.” - Janet Fitch. Here's this weekend's writing prompt - for ALL authors, not just memoir ones. Join the author conversation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/inkauthors/ Learn more about YDWH and catch up on old episodes: www.yourdailywritinghabit.com
Season 1, Episode 22 The author Nicola Maye Goldberg came on the show, and we talked about White Oleander, mommy issues, the nature of YA fiction, Berlin, alienation, teenage desires, and why we shouldn't expect the truth from novelists. We discussed both the 1999 novel by Janet Fitch and the 2002 film adaptation. Follow Nicola Maye Goldberg on Instagram @nicolamayeg (https://www.instagram.com/nicolamayeg/) And check out her writing (https://www.nicolamaye.com/). Support Hate Fiction on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/posts/oleander-time-w-56810373?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare)
https://thetalkingbook.org/mira-corpora JEFF JACKSON is a novelist, playwright, visual artist, and songwriter. His second novel Destroy All Monsters was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in Fall 2018. It received advanced praise from Don DeLillo, Janet Fitch, Dana Spiotta, Ben Marcus, and Dennis Cooper. His novella Novi Sad was published as a limited edition art book and selected for “Best of 2016” lists in Vice, Lit Reactor, and Entropy. His first novel Mira Corpora, published in 2013, was a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and featured on numerous "Best of the Year" lists, including Slate, Salon, The New Statesman, and Flavorwire. His short fiction has appeared in Guernica, Vice, New York Tyrant, and The Collagist and been performed in New York and Los Angeles by New River Dramatists.
Matthew Specktor is the author of the novels American Dream Machine and That Summertime Sound; a nonfiction book, The Sting; and the forthcoming memoir The Golden Hour (Ecco/HarperCollins). He is a founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books. In the intro David and I discuss Michelangelo Antonioni's haunting film The Passenger starring Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. In the interview with Matthew we get into the essence of noir, the dream beyond impact, and the vampiric Lost Highway-esque energy of Los Angeles. We also delve into the psychic undercurrents of LA, the nature of portals, Michael Mann's Heat, Chinatown, and the complex, conflicting drives that compel us to create art. "A novelist and critic with a sharp eye for Hollywood blends memoir and cultural critique in this study of classic American failure narratives." ― The New York Times Book Review “The sweeping American Dream Machine by Matthew Specktor is . . . one of the best novels about Los Angeles I have ever read." — Bret Easton Ellis "A haunting memoir-in-criticism exploring a very certain kind of failure―the Hollywood story. Specktor intricately knits his own losses and nostalgias into a larger cultural narrative of writers and filmmakers whose failures left behind a ghostly glamour. I can't get it out of my mind." ― Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wake-island/support
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is the editor Palm Springs Noir out now on Akashic Press. It features some great writers who have been on the show before like Janet Fitch, Tod Goldberg, […]
James and Ashley interview Amy and Laura, multitalented writers, social entrepreneurs, and radio hosts/podcasters from Newcastle, NSW. In it, they discuss the story behind Secret Book Stuff, transformative writing, and, of course, why reading makes you better in bed. You can learn more about Secret Book Stuff on their website, follow them on Instagram and Facebook, or explore their various radio shows/podcast appearances. Books and authors discussed in this episode - Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest; - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; - High Fidelity by Nick Hornby; - White Oleander by Janet Fitch; - Insomniac City by Bill Hayes; - Animal People by Charlotte Wood; - Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ulman; - Tonight I'm Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson; - Felicity by Mary Oliver; - I'll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell; - Women by Chloe Caldwell; - Joan Didion; - Samantha Irby; - The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien; - The Neverending Story by Michael Ende; - Fun Home by Alison Bechdel; - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid; - Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid; - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel; - The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay; - Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez; - A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet; - Ghost Species by James Bradley (read James's review here) Get in touch! Ashley's Website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' Website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson
Accomplished authors turned co-writers Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver talk their new collaboration, Choose Me. Willa C Richards on her debut novel The Comfort of Monsters. Also Palm Springs noir contributing authors Tod Goldberg, Janet Fitch and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett. Plus reviews of Razorblade Tears and Arsenic & Adobo. All music used by permission under the creative commons license. Music in this episode includes: Blueprint by Jahzzar Hip Bone by Quincas Moreira Come and Get It! by Dan Lebowitz Magic In The Other by Brooklyn Cool Ella Vater by The Mini Vandals Finland by TrackTribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pfor this week’s episode, we’ve invited The Film Experience creator and Michelle Pfeiffer superpfan Nathaniel Rogers back to discuss one of our listeners most requested films, 2002′s White Oleander. Based on the beloved novel by Janet Fitch, the film stars Allison Lohman as the teenage Astrid, who is plunged into the foster care system after … Continue reading "136 – White Oleander (with Nathaniel Rogers)"
Joining us this week is Dantiel Moniz, author of the debut short story collection MILK BLOOD HEAT. This collection touches on the intimacies and darker impulses in all of us, traversing topics such as womanhood, infidelity, loss, survival, and how the undercurrents of identity impact every decision we make. Moniz cites WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch as an all-time favorite book, a cornerstone of her formative years and forever influencing her approach to her own writing. This novel, originally published in 1999, follows Astrid Magnussen, the teen daughter of famed poet Ingrid Magnussen. When Ingrid is convicted of murder, Astrid moves from foster home to foster home across the city of Los Angeles, and must overcome horrific tragedy to discover who she really is. We discuss the prose, characters, themes, and impact of WHITE OLEANDER, all while avoiding spoilers along the way. Moniz also shares insight on numerous other topics, such as what popular culture gets wrong about Florida, her takeaways from her MFA, and so much more. This is a fun, laid-back conversation that we hope you enjoy. Dantiel's Website: https://www.dantielwmoniz.com/ Follow the Your Favorite Book podcast on instagram and twitter @yfbpodcast
Recorded: 8/30/2020- In this episode of The Krypt, Mayfair and I are going to talk about Depression within the BDSM Community.- Call in at 865-268-4005 to leave your question or visit the Krypt at https://kuldrinskrypt.com.- Rules to Love By1: Safe, sane, consensual, and informed2: KNKI: Knowledge, No Intolerance, Kindness, Integrity3: “Submission is not about authority and it’s not about obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.” -Wm. Paul Young- Depression within the BDSM CommunityDepression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and lack of interest, to the extent that it interferes with your daily life. It is a common mental health problem that normally affects around 7% of the American population in a given year. However, that number has skyrocketed this year, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a cornucopia of other travesties this year has seemingly gift-wrapped for us all. There are lots of reasons why a person might be diagnosed with depression, from simple biological causes to psychological and social issues. Whatever causes depression, it’s important to remember that there is help out there for everyone.If you’ve found this because you’re feeling down or after listening to this you realize you might be struggling with depression, please reach out to someone – whether it’s a friend, family member, counselor, doctor, or online service.National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255- Quotes:“Depression is living in a body that fights to survive, with a mind that tries to die.” – Danny Baker, author of “Depression is a Liar”“The only thing more exhausting than being depressed is pretending that you’re not.” – Unknown“It’s so difficult to describe depression to someone who’s never been there because it’s not sadness. I know sadness. Sadness is to cry and to feel. But it’s that cold absence of feeling—that really hollowed-out feeling.” – J.K. Rowling, author of “Harry Potter”“Depression, suffering, and anger are all part of being human.” - Janet Fitch, author of “White Oleander”“I’ll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.” – Henry Rollins, musician, actor, author, poet, activist“It’s a bit like walking down a long corridor, never knowing when the light will go on.” - Neil Lennon, Irish Football Coach“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: It is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.” – C.S. Lewis author of at least 24 books including “The Chronicles of Narnia”- What is depression?Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and lack of interest, to the extent that it interferes with your daily life.- Who gets depressed?- What causes depression?- Is depression curable, treatable, or none of the above?- How BDSM helps with Depression/Pro’s“Kink 101: Depression and BDSM” by David Shorb (Feb. 8, 2019)https://www.manystories.com/story/5c5d82ba5fe1e6300036fe09 - “Psychological Functioning and Violence Victimization and Perpetration in BDSM Practitioners from the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom” https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0cd8/abb591fda8685091c1f208bc757d616f0903.pdf Prepared by: Tess M. Gemberling, M.A., Co-Principal Investigator, University of AlabamaRobert J. Cramer, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator, University of AlabamaSusan Wright, M.A., Co-Principal Investigator, National Coalition for Sexual FreedomMatt R. 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Succession plans are a key strategy for employers to ensure that their talent pipeline continues to develop in-house. It's one of many leadership development tactics that employees should be aware of within their company. Join us as we chat with Succession Planning expert, Janet Fitch, as she shares her experience in the field and the current direction of her healthcare organization's take on Succession Planning specifically and Leadership Development as a whole.
Janet Fitch is the author of the #1 national bestseller White Oleander, a novel translated into 24 languages, an Oprah Book Club book and the basis of a feature film, Paint It Black, also widely translated and made into a 2017 film, and her epic novels of the Russian Revolution, The Revolution of Marina M. and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. Please give us a follow on Instagram/Twitter - - @writingfriction - - and make sure to subscribe to the podcast and share!!!
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JEFF JACKSON is a novelist, playwright, visual artist, and songwriter. His second novel Destroy All Monsters was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in Fall 2018. It received advanced praise from Don DeLillo, Janet Fitch, Dana Spiotta, Ben Marcus, and Dennis Cooper. His novella Novi Sad was published as a limited edition art book and selected for “Best of 2016” lists in Vice, Lit Reactor, and Entropy. His first novel Mira Corpora, published in 2013, was a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and featured on numerous "Best of the Year" lists, including Slate, Salon, The New Statesman, and Flavorwire. His short fiction has appeared in Guernica, Vice, New York Tyrant, and The Collagist and been performed in New York and Los Angeles by New River Dramatists.As a playwright, six of his plays have been produced by the Obie Award-winning Collapsable Giraffe company in New York City. Vine of the Dead: 11 Ritual Gestures debuted in 2016 at the Westbeth Arts Center. Dream of the Red Chamber: Performance for a Sleeping Audience, an adaptation of the epic Chinese novel, debuted in Times Square in 2014 to rave reviews. Botanica was selected by the New York Times as "one of 2012's most galvanizing theater moments."He holds an M.F.A. from NYU and is the recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Hambidge Center.Film Professor, UNC Charlotte Taught American Independent Films: Cinema Outside the Mainstream , a survey class that includes Maya Deren, Sam Fuller, Stan Brakhage, John Cassavetes, Jack Smith, David Lynch, Charles Burnett, Todd Haynes, and Harmony Korine. Film and Music Curator- Co-curator of New Frequencies, cutting-edge film, music, and literature series for the McColl Center for Art + Innovation. Featured artists included Ben Marcus, Sandra Beasley, Guy Maddin, Janie Geiser, Jem Cohen, Rob Mazurek, Stephanie Barber, Battle Trance, and Lewis Klahr. The series was awarded “Best Arts Programming” by Charlotte Magazine in 2015 and Best Arts Event of 2016.- Founded, programmed, and organized NODA Film Festival whose eight festivals attracted over 12,000 attendees. Each festival focused on different theme, including Great Black Cinema, Asian Cinema, Animation, French New Wave. The series awarded Creative Loafing's “Best Film Festival.”- Programmed bi-monthly Loft/Lab concert jazz concert series in Manhattan that was positively reviewed in the New York Times and Time Out New York. Songwriter and singer in the band Julian Calendar, which has released the full length album Parallel Collage and performs live shows.Jeff's band, Julian Calendar's music can be found on our Bandcamp page: https://juliancalendar.bandcamp.comIf you liked this podcast, shoot me an e-mail at filmmakingconversations@mail.comAlso, you can check out my documentary The People of Brixton, on Kwelitv here: www.kweli.tv/programs/the-peopl…xton?autoplay=trueDamien Swaby Social Media Links:Instagram www.instagram.com/damien_swaby_video_producer/Twittertwitter.com/DamienSwaby?ref_src…erp%7Ctwgr%5EauthornewyorkbrooklynindiefilmfilmmakerscreenplayFilmmoviedanabrookedanabrookecinema dialoguemakemoviesLifePodcast
Are you craving human connection? How about a bit of distraction from the news? Books have always been a simple and effective way for me to get lost inside an author's world and lose time in an alternate universe. In today’s episode, I’m taking you inside the world of virtual book clubs. Today's guest, Mallorie Valentine, will walk you through what a book club is, how you can start leading your own book club, what makes a great facilitator how to select your first book a list of book recommendations to get you through isolation, quarantine and more an invitation for you to join her book club, Booked Again. Episode Resources: Join Booked Again, Mallorie's virtual book club Connect with Mallorie on Instagram Book Recommendations -- Severance by Ling Ma My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh New Waves by Kevin Nguyen Open Book by Jessica Simpson One Day in December by Josie Silver The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky White Oleander by Janet Fitch **Join the YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! Facebook Community (www.facebook.com/groups/youwannadowhat) Join a FREE personal development community for extra support as you learn how to change your mindset and how to improve productivity on the path of self-development. -------- **Love the show? Leave a review! Visit the YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! online: www.youwannadowhat.com Let's Connect! Have a question? Want to recommend a topic or guest? Email me: monica@youwannadowhat.com Follow me on Instagram and Facebook NEW: www.twitter.com/youwannadowhat1 Subscribe to the YOU WANNA DO WHAT??! personal development podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.
Janet Fitch, author of the classic White Oleander, joins Kate and Medaya to discuss the life and work of Kate Braverman, a Los Angeles literary legend who passed in late 2019. Braverman was Janet's teacher, mentor, and later friend; and Janet reflects on the person she knew, tells tales of her in the classroom, and, of course, on the power of her work on the written page. Then, LARB's own Founder and Editor-in-Chief Tom Lutz joins Kate and Medaya for an extended conversation about his just released debut novel, Born Slippy. This is the seventh episode in our series on LA and Southern California writers, artists and filmmakers. This episode of the LARB Radio Hour is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council.
Janet Fitch, author of the classic White Oleander, joins Kate and Medaya to discuss the life and work of Kate Braverman, a Los Angeles literary legend who passed in late 2019. Braverman was Janet's teacher, mentor, and later friend; and Janet reflects on the person she knew, tells tales of her in the classroom, and, of course, on the power of her work on the written page. Then, LARB's own Founder and Editor-in-Chief Tom Lutz joins Kate and Medaya for an extended conversation about his just released debut novel, Born Slippy. This is the seventh episode in our series on LA and Southern California writers, artists and filmmakers. This episode of the LARB Radio Hour is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council.
This episode is just for us to hang!!! Please enjoy an in-depth look of the heart of Ash’iz through spoken word poetry. Ash’iz goes all in to share how her healing journey began and the role words played in that journey. Listeners will find out how the written word from books to journaling can jump start a love for the spoken word and how each can help or damage the healing process. Don’t 4get to stick around until the end for a segment we like to call N2 the Ash’iz where you the listener get to participate. Books mentioned: White Oleander by Janet Fitch, She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Say Goodnight Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver & Even The Stars Look Lonesome by Maya Angelou. For your copy of Ash’iz poetic autobiography send inquiries to: beauty4rmashiz@gmail.com --- 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/ashizlove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ashizlove/support
Janet Fitch is the author of the #1 national bestseller White Oleander, a novel translated into 24 languages, an Oprah Book Club book and the basis of a feature film; Paint It Black, also widely translated and made into a 2017 film; and two epic novels of the Russian Revolution, "The Revolution of Marina M" and "Chimes of a Lost Cathedral." Many of the characters in those last two books are poets, with a body of poems written by Janet, which she'll share as poems as we discuss the book. For more information, visit: https://www.janetfitchwrites.com You can also watch her weekly writing lessons on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMcQA2Ax_K29FwWZX5xoP0g _____ On the pre-show: Devon Balwit Jesse Bertron Jane Byers Peter Harris On the open mic: Alisha Hammond Liz Gallo Carrie Magnes Radna Michelle Parks Joshua Corwin Erin Bealmear Dean Barker
Episode 7 of the Rattlecast features frequent Rattle contributor Kim Dower and her new book "Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave." Who was Tyrone Power and what was the Poet Laureate of West Hollywood doing on his grave? We'll find out! As always, we'll also include live open mic after talking to our guest. For details on how to participate, either pre-recorded or via Skype, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ ____ Kim Dower, originally from New York City, received a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, where she also taught creative writing. Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave is her fourth collection of poetry. Her other collections, Air Kissing on Mars, (2010) described by the Los Angeles Times as “sensual and evocative . . . seamlessly combining humor and heartache,” was on the Poetry Foundation’s Contemporary Best Sellers list, Slice of Moon, (2013) was nominated for a Pushcart, and called, “unexpected and sublime,” by “O” magazine, and Last Train to the Missing Planet, (2016), was described by Janet Fitch as being “full of worldly, humorous insights into life as it is,” were all published by Red Hen Press. Kim’s work has been featured in Garrison Keillor's "The Writer's Almanac," and Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry,” as well as in Ploughshares, Barrow Street, Rattle and Eclipse. Her poems are included in several anthologies, including, Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, (Beyond Baroque Books/Pacific Coast Poetry Series, 2015) and Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes & Shifts of Los Angeles, (Tia Chucha Press). She teaches two workshops, Poetry and Dreaming and Poetry and Memory in the B.A. Program of Antioch University. Owner of Kim-from-L.A. a literary publicity company helping authors promote and market their books, Kim was the City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood, from October, 2016 through October, 2018. She lives in West Hollywood with her family. For more information, visit: http://kimdowerpoetry.com _________ On the open mic: Jonathan Humble Soren James Melinda Jane / The Poet MJ Nicole Jenkins Anthony Murphy Michelle Parks Emilio Puerta Sarah Simon
American author Janet Fitch talks to The Gypsy Poet about her writing! Her novels such as Kicks, (1996) White Oleander (1999),Paint It Bllack (2006) and The Revolution of Marina M. (2017) and her latest novel, Chimes Of A Lost Cathedral (2019). Her latest novel is currently on a book tour and she will talk about her latest adventures on tour and throughout the writing of the novel! A show to not miss!
The story of The Revolution of Marina M. continues in bestselling author Janet Fitch's sweeping epic about a young woman's coming into her own against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. After the events of The Revolution of Marina M., the young Marina Makarova finds herself on her own amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War---pregnant and adrift in the Russian countryside, forced onto her own resourcefulness to find a place to wait out the birth of her child. She finds new strength and self-reliance to fortify her in her sojourn, and to prepare her for the hardships and dilemmas still to come. When she finally returns to Petrograd, the city almost unrecognizable after two years of revolution, the haunted, half-emptied, starving Capital of Once Had Been, she finds the streets teeming with homeless children, victims of war. Now fully a woman, she takes on the challenge of caring for these civil war orphans, until they become the tool of tragedy from an unexpected direction. But despite the ordeal of war and revolution, betrayal and privation and unimaginable loss, Marina at last emerges as the poet she was always meant to be. Chimes of a Lost Cathedral finishes the epic story of Marina's journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century---as a woman and an artist, entering her full power, passion, and creativity just as her revolution reveals its true direction for the future.
Janet Fitch is the author of White Oleander, Paint It Black, The Revolution of Marina M., and her new novel Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. White Oleander was an Oprah […]
Ambler Tamblyn's Any Man follows six men: an English teacher, an unsuccessful standup comedian, a bi-racial web designer; a high school student, an alt-right media personality, and a transgender man. While one man’s experience launches him into the spotlight as an unlikely activist and voice for justice, another’s trauma is told through every voice but his own, a damning commentary on how we abuse and erase the stories and experiences of survivors. In Any Man, the serial rapes act as a mirror, reflecting prejudices from the media and society back towards each victim as they grapple with guilt, shame, fear, PTSD, anger, and confusion about their attack. Journalists and people on social media hound and harass the victims, some going so far as to question whether it is even physically possible for a woman to rape a man. Soon the culture feels equally as complicit and violent as the actual predator herself. The power of this novel comes from the victims’ resistance of the narrative thrust upon them, refusing to be plot devices, but actual agents of action, central, and ever-present as they summon the strength and courage to speak out. Tamblyn is joined in conversation by Janet Fitch, author of the novels White Oleander, an Oprah Book Club selection, Paint It Black, and most recently The Revolution of Marina M.
Brad Listi talks with author, actress, and director Amber Tamblyn, author of the novel ANY MAN (Harper Perennial) and three books of poetry, including the critically acclaimed best seller, "Dark Sparkler." A book of essays is forthcoming from Crown in 2019. Most recently Tamblyn wrote and directed the feature film, “Paint it Black”, based on the novel by Janet Fitch, currently on Netflix. She's a contributing writer for The New York Times and is a founding member of Time’s Up. She lives in New Yor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, we discuss National Book Award winner Far From the Tree by Robin Benway. Kim suggests They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. Amy suggests The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. Molly suggests Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. Cash Money suggests White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Lindsey suggests the television show The Fosters (and definitely NOT The Secret Life of the American Teenager). Nate suggests We Are Okay by Nina LaCour and Freaky Friday (w/ Jodie Foster: he specified this, but it did not make the final cut). Also because no one will understand what is meant by Molly's statement, Kim has—on occasion—cosplayed as as Rita Skeeter.
Ben Loory returns with a second collection of timeless tales, inviting us to enter his worlds of whimsical fantasy, deep empathy, and playful humor, in the signature voice that drew readers to his highly praised first collection. In stories that eschew literary realism, Loory's characters demonstrate richly imagined and surprising perspectives, whether they be dragons or swordsmen, star-crossed lovers or long-lost twins, restaurateurs dreaming of Paris or cephalopods fixated on space travel. In propulsive language that brilliantly showcases Loory's vast imagination, Tales of Falling and Flying expands our understanding of how fiction can work. Appealing to the fans of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi writers like Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, and Philip Pullman, as well as contemporary literary powerhouses like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and Helen Oyeyemi, Tales of Falling and Flying expands our understanding of how fiction can work and is sure to cement Loory’s reputation as one of the most innovative short-story writers working today. Praise for Tales of Falling and Flying “Ben Loory’s stories are little gifts, strange and moving and wonderfully human. I devoured this book in one sitting.” —Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children “Russell Edson’s new protégé, or Steven Millhauser, distilled into tea. Meet, or re-meet Ben Loory, whose preposterous, friendly stories can’t help but charm. They are so bizarrely readable they don’t even feel like they’re made of words.”—Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake “Parables, dark fables, quirky flash fictions—call them what you will, Ben Loory has perfected the form and in Tales of Falling and Flying proves once again he can disturb a little and entertain a lot. Easily read, not easily forgotten.”—Jeff VanderMeer, author of Borne and The Southern Reach Trilogy “To read a Ben Loory story is to slip through a portal into an adjacent dimension. To learn—with brevity and clarity—the laws of this universe next door, new rules of logic and contradiction and truth. And, in the end, to be left with the disturbing and wondrous feeling of having never left home at all.” —Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe “Ben Loory is a wonder. I'd like to curl up inside his marvelous head and canoodle with a besotted squid, swallow a tiny dragon, levitate with Death and fall in love with the Eiffel Tower, and after reading these sublime stories-- slyly funny, melancholy and deeply weird-- I suppose I have, and it was fantastic.”—Elissa Schappell “Equal parts Beckett and Twilight Zone . . . Perfect for reading on strange beaches and by oddly shaped swimming pools. Fits right in your pocket or purse for emergency doses of the charming and weird.” —Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander Ben Loory is the author of the collection Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, and a picture book for children, The Baseball Player and the Walrus. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, READ Magazine, and Fairy Tale Review, been heard on This American Life and Selected Shorts, and performed live at WordTheatre in Los Angeles and London. A graduate of Harvard University and the American Film Institute MFA program in screenwriting, Loory lives in Los Angeles, where he is an Instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Event date: Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 7:30pm
This week, Maggie & Tod welcome novelist Janet Fitch, the New York Times bestselling author of White Oleander, Paint It Black, and, now, The Revolution of Marina M.
Memoirist, composition theorist, and educator Jonathan Alexander joins hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to talk about his new critical memoir "Creep: a Life, a Theory, an Apology." With wit and sharpness, Alexander walks us through the definitional morass that informs our cultural accounts of the "creep" in a wide ranging discussion that shuttles from the Deep South to Hollywood to the White House. Also, author Janet Fitch return to recommend Sergei Dovlatov's The Suitcase: A Novel.
Janet Fitch, author of the legendary novel White Oleander, joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to talk about her new work, The Revolutions of Marina M, which tells the story of a young woman poet coming of age in the heady, early days of the October Revolution. Fitch talks about her approach to writing such a sweeping novel, her visits to Russia before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, how she's able to represent sex so well on the page, and the importance of balancing the utopian dream with mundane reality when writing about, and living through, revolutions. Also, Author Dan Lopez drops by to recommend Richard Lloyd Parry's Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone, which reflects on humanity's relationship to death and life while telling the story of a small town in Japan that suffered a tremendous loss of life during the March 2011 Tsunami.
L.A.’s own Janet Fitch, the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, returns to ALOUD with her newest work, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution. Beginning on New Year’s Eve in 1916 St. Petersburg, The Revolution of Marina M. follows the mesmerizing coming-of-age story of a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Joining Fitch to discuss this epic journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century is Boris Dralyuk, Russian literature scholar and executive editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books, who helped Fitch with the Russian translations for her book.
Us Kids Know (Razorbill) We all knew about Cullen Hickson. Siblings Bri and Ray O'Dell are lost. Anxious. Restless. Ray—bullied at his Catholic school for being small and timid—wants to be someone people respect or, even better, someone people fear. Meanwhile, Bri knows that something is off about her friendship with the shiny, happy, sophisticated blond girls on her field hockey team. They don't really understand Bri, and if Bri is being totally honest, she doesn't really understand them either. When storied delinquent Cullen Hickson enters the orbit of the O'Dell siblings, though, everything changes. Bri and Ray find an alluring, addictive outlet in Cullen, who opens their eyes to a world they didn't know existed. For Ray, that means experiencing the singular thrill of crime—from breaking and entering to grand theft auto—while Bri quickly dives into an all-consuming romance with the enigmatic upperclassman. As Bri and Ray become more and more entwined with Cullen's antics, and their once-thrilling experiences grow increasingly dangerous, a series of life-changing eventsthreatens to lead the teens down a dark path—one that could forever alter the course of their lives. Praise for Us Kids Know "A gripping, tragic debut novel that will fascinate and trouble sophisticated teen readers."—Kirkus Reviews "Strong's debut novel is one that will resonate with those searching for meaning or a higher power in life....the alternating narratives of these three [characters] will givereaders much to ponder about romance, friendship, life and death, and all the ineffable spaces in between." —Booklist “The twists and turns in this novel left me sweating with suspense. The story of a brother and sister and the older boy who comes into their lives very astutely shows how its teen characters catalyze each other’s lives, creating unpredictable chemical reactions in which each propels the others into a dangerous direction not one of them could have imagined. Unsentimental and gripping, this is a memorable debut.” —Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint it Black “An unflinching exploration of teenagers hurtling toward a point of no return. A compelling, impressive debut that doesn’t shy away from the allure of danger.” —LatifahSalom, author of The Cake House "Us Kids Know is at once a page-turning adventure and a poignant exploration of the human heart. Strong renders these complex teenagers with deep empathy and insight as they quest for truth and meaning in an uncertain world. I fell in love with this funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming book.” —Lindsey Lee Johnson, author of The Most Dangerous Place on Earth JJ Strong received a creative writing degree from the University of Southern California, and a B.A. in English from Georgetown University. His writing has appeared in Fifth Wednesday, the Santa Monica Review, and LA Weekly. He taught for many years in the undergraduate writing program at USC, before relocating to the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and son. Lindsey Lee Johnson holds a master of professional writing degree from the University of Southern California and a BA in English from the University of California at Davis. She's taught writing at USC, Clark College, and Portland State University. She is a native of Marin County, California, where she has served as a tutor and mentor at a private learning center, focusing on teaching writing to teenagers. She now lives with her husband in Los Angeles. The Most Dangerous Place on Earth (Random House 2017) is Lindsey's debut novel. The book was named a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, an American Booksellers Association Indie Next Pick, a LibraryReads Pick, a Book of the Month Club Pick, and People Magazine's Book of the Week. Translations have been published or are forthcoming in Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Israel, Turkey, and The Netherlands.
This week, on our day-after-Halloween special, we dive back into the world of Stephen King off the top of the episode as we look at The Dark Tower and circle-back on Gerald's Game. Then, we discuss a number of horror movies that you can watch - even in the hangover of Halloween - and other movies and television shows we have been watching and enjoying this week. Does Casey like Stranger Things Season 2? You will find out!In Film Roulette, Dan watched the feature-debut for director Amber Tamblyn, starring Alia Shawkat and Janet McTeer - an adaptation of the Janet Fitch novel of the same name. Also, speaking of circling-back, Casey got to check out IT - which Greg and Dan previously reviewed - and he weighs in. Finally, Greg saw the low-budget American horror film HACK-O-LANTERN - directed by Indian-born Jag Mundhra - of Open House and Night Eyes. How many strippers appear in this movie randomly? Will there be multiple music-video diversions? And will somebody please get their head cut off by a pitchfork??!! Greg will let you know.All of this, plus a punishment album review, and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode we discuss the Female of the species and read a note from an actual listener. Kim suggests My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier and Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson. Cash Money seconds Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson and suggests White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Katie seconds My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier. Molly suggests Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and the Gillian Anderson show The Fall. Nathan suggests Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, and iZombie as watch-a-likes. He also suggests Stephen King books. Nate suggests books by Carrie Mesrobian (Perfectly Good White Boy and Sex & Violence). Lindsey suggests The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
In which the Idiots discuss Janet Fitch's bonkers bildungsroman "White Oleander" - try to help a young boy locate his father - examine modern notions of what constitutes a family - come to blows. With Special guest li'l Barnaby Rudolph.
Wedding Bush Road (Counterpoint) When he learns of his mother’s ailing health, Daniel Rawson must leave Los Angeles and travel half a world away to the family’s horse farm on Wedding Bush Road, one hundred miles outside of Melbourne. Estranged from his parents, Daniel is hesitant to revisit their history: long divorced, his mother still maintains the farm having put out her cheating, rakish husband, and even in these later years her anger burns brightly. Daniel arrives at the farm in the heat of his parents’ conflict with Sharen, an alluring tenant and ex-lover of his father now perched on family land. Sharen and her unstable son Reggie complicate an already difficult family dynamic while Daniel has to tend to his mother’s condition, his father’s contentious behavior, and the swell of memory that strikes whenever he visits the farm. As Daniel is increasingly drawn to Sharen, the various tensions across the farm will spark events that cannot help but change them all. With a keen eye for the rugged and beautiful Australian landscape, infused with aboriginal history, and set against the workings of a rural horse farm, Wedding Bush Road is a stunning novel about the choices we make, the regrets that linger, and the unquestionable, inevitable pull of home. "David Francis is a human rights lawyer in Los Angeles, and he somehow finds time to write terrific books every few years." – KPCC’s “Take Two” “Francis proves that this reckless landscape also has a darkly seductive pull . . . Domestic drama with an offbeat, rural flavor.” —Kirkus “Compelling and honest, Wedding Bush Road is a masterful feat.” —Mary Rakow, author of This Is Why I Came “David Francis writes with precision and sensitivity about that most complicated of subjects: Home. Amid unforgettable landscapes and characters that are both beautiful and violent, Wedding Bush Road grapples with discontent and restlessness. Francis turns a sharp but generous eye on those who won't leave and those who can't stay, reminding us that family can be the most dangerous place of all.” —Mark Sarvas, author of Harry, Revised “Here’s an Australia so tactile that the page itself begins to feel textured. Francis ably tells a story of a man’s internal struggle as expressed through conflicts as rooted and primal as the soil. A dynamic and inviting read.” —Aimee Bender, author of The Color Master “I have known David Francis and his work for a long time, and I think Wedding Bush Road is his best book yet!” —Jane Smiley “With an eye for the transcendent detail, and a pitch perfect ear, David Francis gorgeously summons a farm in rural Australia. The wonderfully complex relationships among its inhabitants reflect nothing less than the tensions wrought by the country’s fractious history of colonialism. Who belongs to the land and to whom does the land belong? These are the uneasy questions raised by this searching, lovely novel.” —Marisa Silver, author of Mary Coin “A psychologically acute tale of the decline of a patrician Australian family and the forces arrayed against them. Class, sex and land knit together in this compellingly modern take on a timeless struggle. Gorgeous, dangerous and utterly captivating.”—Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black “Who hasn't packed a bag and headed home? Wedding Bush Road is a beautiful, intelligent book about love, loss, and the unforgettable landscapes that made us who we are.” —David Ebershoff, author of The Danish Girl and The 19th Wife David Francis, based in Los Angeles where he works for the Norton Rose Fulbright law firm, spends part of each year back on his family’s farm in Australia. He is the author of The Great Inland Sea, published to acclaim in seven countries, and Stray Dog Winter, Book of the Year in The Advocate, winner of the American Library Association Barbara Gittings Prize for Literature, and a LAMBDA Literary Award Finalist. He has taught creative writing at UCLA, Occidental College, and in the Masters of Professional Writing program at USC. His short fiction and articles have appeared in publications including Harvard Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Southern California Review, Best Australian Stories, Australian Love Stories, and The Rattling Wall. He is Vice President of PEN Center USA. Dan Smetanka is a Vice President and Executive Editor at Counterpoint Press.
In the Not Quite Dark (Counterpoint Press) Following her prize-winning collection Break Any Woman Down, Dana Johnsonreturns with a collection of bold stories set mostly in downtown Los Angeles that examine large issues like love, class, race and how they influence and define our most intimate moments. In "The Liberace Museum," a mixed-race couple leave the South toward the destination of Vegas, crossing miles of road and history to the promised land of consumption; in "Rogues," a young man on break from college lands in his brother's Inland Empire neighborhood during a rash of unexplained robberies; in "She Deserves Everything She Gets", a woman listens to the strict advice given to her spoiled niece about going away to college, reflecting on her own experience and the night she lost her best friend; and in the collection's title story, a man setting down roots in downtown L.A. is haunted by the specter of both gentrification and a young female tourist, whose body was found in the water tower of a neighboring building. With deep insight into character, intimate relationships, and the modern search for personal freedom, In the Not Quite Dark is powerful new work that feels both urgent and timeless. Praise for In the Not Quite Dark “In her brilliant collection, Dana Johnson presents a vision of America that is singular, utterly original, and necessary. These are superb stories grappling with the complexities of love and the way it winds through gender and race and class in our nation right now. Johnson is expert at exploring how the world tries to separate us —and how her characters find urgent ways to connect. These are stories radiant with beauty and compassion and clear-sighted, uncompromising wisdom." —Karen E. Bender, author of National Book Award finalist Refund “Newer than tomorrow, the stories in In the Not Quite Dark illuminate the travails of contemporary life faced with aspects of gentrification—social, economic, racial, even sexual. Johnson is the poet of the uneasy place between rising and falling, the pressures of status and humiliation, the precarious moral footing we are all navigating now. A sharp edged portrait of Los Angeles, and ourselves.” —Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander andPaint it Black “Johnson’s (Elsewhere, California) superb short story collection features well-drawn characters, vivid descriptions of Los Angeles, and nuanced reflections on money, race, and family. The stories stand alone, but they share preoccupations, and sometimes settings… This is essential reading for Angelenos, Californians, and anyone interested in masterly, morally engaged storytelling.”—Starred Publishers Weekly “An insightful collection of stories that paint diverse portraits of present-day Los Angeles… the themes of race, perspective, and history carry through. Eleven poignant stories that look to the past to portray the present.” —Kirkus "Set against backdrops of gritty neighborhoods, Johnson’s arresting story collection explores the boundaries of identity, relationships, and race…Emotions sneak up in many of Johnson’s 11 stories, and her characters have no choice but to deal with what hits them." —Booklist “There is an exquisite tension in each of the stories in Dana Johnson’s remarkable collection — couples who look past each other instead of into each other, women who try to negotiate upward mobility, wanting what you can’t have and having what you don’t want. Johnson has, truly, written an unforgettable collection. She is both a storyteller and an exacting observer of the beautiful ugly truths of Los Angeles, class, race, being alive.” —Roxane Gay, bestselling author of An Untamed State and Bad Feminist “With deep insight into character, intimate relationships, and the modern search for personal freedom, In the Not Quite Dark is powerful new work that feels both urgent and timeless.” —Chicago Review of Books “In her new collection, In the Not Quite Dark, [Johnson] offers 11 electrifying stories filled with tension and truth about present-day Los Angeles. “My mother died telling me what to do,” her narrator begins in “No Blaming the Harvard Boys,” a story about a young black student at a midwestern writers’ workshop navigating the caste system at a tumultuous party at her professor’s house. “She Deserves Everything She Gets” builds around the tension between the lessons parents teach young women about protecting themselves against rape and the dangers they don’t foresee. Johnson’s vision is razor sharp, her voice unmistakable.” –Lit Hub “In her brilliant collection, Dana Johnson presents a vision of America that is singular, utterly original, and necessary. These are superb stories grappling with the complexities of love and the way it winds through gender and race and class in our nation right now. Johnson is expert at exploring how the world tries to separate us —and how her characters find urgent ways to connect. These are stories radiant with beauty and compassion and clear-sighted, uncompromising wisdom." —Karen E. Bender, author of National Book Award finalist Refund “Newer than tomorrow, the stories in In the Not Quite Dark illuminate the travails of contemporary life faced with aspects of gentrification—social, economic, racial, even sexual. Johnson is the poet of the uneasy place between rising and falling, the pressures of status and humiliation, the precarious moral footing we are all navigating now. A sharp edged portrait of Los Angeles, and ourselves.” —Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander andPaint it Black “What a gift to have a new collection of hard-to-shake stories from the inimitable Dana Johnson. She writes about the contradictions of our contemporary moment with an honesty that is gimlet-eyed, rueful, and often wickedly funny. But along with implacable honesty there are also deep reserves of generosity in these stories, each one taking our hearts to places we don’t see coming and can’t readily forget.” —Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, author of PEN/Faulkner Award finalist Ms. Hempel Chronicles “In these haunting and beautiful stories, Dana Johnson conjures a definitive portrait of contemporary Los Angeles. Her native eye is infallible, and her voice reigns over the city with grace, wit, and total authority.” —Jim Gavin, author of Middle Men Dana Johnson is the author of Break Any Woman Down, winner of the Flannery O'Conor Award for Short Fiction, and the novel Elsewhere, California. Both books were nominees for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Born and raised in and around Los Angeles, she is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. Learn more atwww.danajohnsonauthor.com.
This week Tom and Laurie talk with Lesley MM Blume about her new book 'Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises.' Laura Albert is back on the show after last week's brilliant interview to recommend Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins.' Plus, Janet Fitch's reading from her novel 'Paint it Black.'
In Part Two of their conversation, critically acclaimed author Diana Wagman talks about her friend Janet Fitch (author of _White Oleander_), her latest novel (_Life #6_), and the awesome clown novel she's working on (which Martin cannot wait to read!).
Broken Sleep (Other Press)Spanning 1940s to 2020s America and told with contagious vivacity, Broken Sleep knits the stories of four distinctly memorable characters into an indelible portrait of American culture that is at once sweeping, irreverent, and heartbreaking. When everyman Moses Teumer discovers that he has an aggressive form of leukemia, his search for a donor who can save him sets off a wild chain of events as he discovers that the woman who raised him is not his birth mother. Encompassing a Pynchon-esque saga of rock music, sex, drugs, art, and politics, this novel is an unforgettable examination of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in the name of commandeering our own destinies. After his diagnosis, Moses is led to his real mother, Salome Savant, a rebellious avant-garde artist who has spent her life in and out of a mental health facility. Salome’s son and Moses’s half-brother is Alchemy Savant, the mercurial front man of the world-renowned rock band The Insatiables. As Moses’s fate intertwines with Salome and Alchemy’s, the shocking secrets of his lineage and his Jewish identity are revealed. As Moses begins to lose his grip on the life he once thought he had, Alchemy abandons music to launch a political campaign to revolutionize 2020s America. Joining these characters is Ambitious Mindswallow, aka Ricky McFinn, who journeys from juvenile delinquency in Queens to being The Insatiables’ bassist and Alchemy’s Sancho Panza, along with an unforgettable constellation of artists, musicians, movie stars, and creatives who populate the twisted terrain of the Teumer and Savant family’s pasts and futures.As each of Bauman’s characters comes closer to understanding their identity and the truth about their origins, the reader is gripped by this portrait of life lived to the fullest. A colorful and provocative tale that takes the reader from Los Angeles to NYC to London to Brazil, Broken Sleep stuns with its propulsive energy and its hilarious and poignant observations about myth-making, the secrets we keep from one another, and how we come to terms with our pasts.Praise for Broken Sleep“Such a pleasure to plunge into this joyous kaleidoscope of a novel, a multi-voiced tumbling chorus of outrageous characters, hidden parenthood, secrets and discoveries, the gritty outré art world of the 1970s, rockers and mad visionaries and a man named Moses who just wants to live his life when illness forces him to open up the closed door of his family’s mysterious past. I haven’t seen a book with such energy and joy and sweeping delights since The World According to Garp. Bauman’s novel is a tour de force.” —Janet Fitch, author of Paint It Black and White Oleander“Consuming multitudes of novels before it and after, Bruce Bauman’s flipbook-epic spectacularly shuffles voice and memory—a careening travelogue on psychic terrains of fate, art, sex, madness, history, philosophy, rock ’n’ roll, the personal political, and laws of identity for which no statute of limitations can exist. This is raging, inspiration-jacked literary insomnia at the deepest hour of our brilliant dreaming.” —Steve Erickson, author of These Dreams of You and Zeroville“Broken Sleep is a stunning, original, unpredictable novel, with a mix of wild voices and riveting, driving stories. I love all the characters… The world that Bauman imagines is chilling and vivid, and there is an abundance of wisdom throughout the book, with startling insights on every page. The novel is a brilliant success—brave, wonderfully eccentric, utterly confident and engrossing.” —Joanna Scott, author of De Potter’s Grand Tour“Broken Sleep is an unabashedly Big Think book that refuses to be categorized. On the surface it’s a roller coaster, jetting forward with ideas/observations on everything from avant-garde art to rock ’n’ roll renown to history and philosophy. Yet beneath the surface it is also a warm-hearted exploration of the deep messiness of families. Of parents, present and absent, and their children. Of siblings and spouses and volitional families of friends and bandmates. It’s a simultaneously poignant and exhilarating ride.” —Melvin Jules Bukiet, author of After“Broken Sleep could be considered the author’s great American retort to Stephen Dedalus’s declaration in Joyce’s Ulyssesthat ‘History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.’...Bauman’s philosophical, humorous, and compelling storytelling ponders many different riddles of exile—personal, political, artistic with an always acute eye and an unfailingly intense empathy.” —Anthony Miller, critic and author"Bruce Bauman is one of the most engaging and engaged writers and thinkers that I know." —Rebecca Goldstein, author ofPlato at the GoogleplexBruce Bauman is the author of the novel And the Word Was. Among his awards are a COLA (City of Los Angeles) Fellowship in Literature, a Durfee Foundation grant, and a UNESCO/Aschberg Fellowship. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Salon, BOMB, Bookforum, and numerous anthologies and literary magazines. Bauman is an instructor in the CalArts MFA Writing Program and Critical Studies Department and has been Senior Editor of Black Clock literary magazine since its inception in 2003. Born and raised in New York City, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the painter Suzan Woodruff.
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles (University of California Press)In Sidewalking, David L. Ulin offers a compelling inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. Part personal narrative, part investigation of the city as both idea and environment, Sidewalking is many things: a discussion of Los Angeles as urban space, a history of the city’s built environment, a meditation on the author’s relationship to the city, and a rumination on the art of urban walking. Exploring Los Angeles through the soles of his feet, Ulin gets at the experience of its street life, drawing from urban theory, pop culture, and literature. For readers interested in the culture of Los Angeles, this book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms."Sidewalking is a profound and poetic book. It is a meditation not only on the strange and marvelous nature of Los Angeles but also on the nature of history, memory, and community itself. This is nonfiction writing at its very best."—Susan Orlean, staff writer for the New Yorker and author of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller The Orchid Thief“Sidewalking will cement David Ulin’s already well-deserved reputation. Like a good, long walk, his book is an exercise in patience, observation, and reflection. At the end of the journey, you feel you’ve been someplace—and you feel illuminated and enlightened."—Héctor Tobar, author of the New York Times bestseller Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free"An inspiring challenge to engage with urban life, Sidewalking raises unprejudiced questions about city and 'city'—the built environment and the individual’s own experience of it. L.A.'s famous sprawl and very human neighborhoods, its uneasy meld of public and private spaces, its legendary gridlock, its organic and artificial environments, all feature in what is no less than the teasing out of a new and nuanced interpretation of the nature of 'urbanity’ itself."—Janet Fitch, author of Paint It Black and White Oleander"I see this book as a benign remake of [the movie] Falling Down. In this version, Michael Douglas, after abandoning his car, has the good fortune to bump into David Ulin, who not only offers to accompany him on his journey home but also suggests a few extensive detours. In the course of their walking-talk tour, Douglas learns that he has the good fortune to reside in a fascinating city and goes on to live a fulfilled—and inquiring—life." —Geoff Dyer, author of numerous books, including But Beautiful, winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize"There are so many lines in this book I’d like to have at my fingertips, so many rational, logical, wholly original arguments for why Los Angeles is deeper and more soulful than it can seem, that I almost wish I could keep it in my pocket for whenever an outsider coughs up the usual hoary insults. As it is, Sidewalking has taken up welcome and necessary residence in my mind. And, to be precise, David Ulin doesn’t argue on behalf of his adopted city. He observes, he challenges, he shows his abiding and complicated love for the place. Which is only right, since when it comes to L.A.’s status as the most surprising and mysterious city in America, there is no argument." —Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion"In this brief but engaging book, the author chronicles his wanderings through the streets and his conversations with friends, entrepreneurs, and officials, and he makes it clear that he has read every book and seen every movie on his subject. Those who know the city will have the advantage, but Ulin casts his net widely, so most readers will enjoy his observations of Los Angeles in literary and popular art as well as his thoughtful personal views."—KirkusDavid L. Ulin is the author or editor of eight previous books, including The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time and the Library of America’s Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology, which won a California Book Award. A 2015 Guggenheim Fellow, he is book critic of the Los Angeles Times.
Lost Canyon (Akashic Books)Four people on a backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada find more adventure than they ever imagined. Each of them is drawn to the mountains for reasons as diverse as their own lives. Gwen Foster, a counselor for at-risk youth, is struggling with burnout from the demands of her job and with the loss of one of her teens. Real estate agent Oscar Barajas is adjusting to the fall of the housing market and being a single parent. Todd Harris, an attorney, is stuck in a lucrative but unfulfilling career--and in a failing marriage. They are all brought together by their trainer, Tracy Cole, a former athlete with a taste for risky pursuits. When the hikers start up a pristine mountain trail that hasn't been traveled in years, all they have to guide them is a hand-drawn map of a remote, mysterious place called Lost Canyon. At first, the route past high alpine lakes and under towering, snowcapped peaks offers all the freedom and exhilaration they'd hoped for. But when they stumble onto someone who doesn't want to be found, the group finds itself faced with a series of dangerous conflicts, moral dilemmas, confrontations with nature, and an all-out struggle for survival. Moving effortlessly between city and wilderness, Lost Canyon explores the ways that race, class, and culture shape experience and perception. It examines the choices good people must face in desperate situations. Set in the grand, wild landscape of the California mountains, Lost Canyon is a story of brewing social tensions and breathtaking adventure that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.Praise for Lost Canyon"Four unlikely Angelenos on a backpacking trip in the High Sierra discover that the perils of contemporary life don't stop at the trailhead. Rarely have the glories and hardship of backcountry travel, and the grandeur of this landscape, been so effectively portrayed. Revoyr strikes gold with this unexpected, fast-moving tale of high-altitude danger."--Janet Fitch, author of Paint It Black "Four urbanites from Los Angeles embark on an uncharted trail, invoking shadows of Deliverance in this fast-paced story which celebrates the mountain world of rock, sky, and woods. Nina Revoyr's wilderness thriller leaves readers as breathless as the hikers."--Ron Carlson, author of The Signal "Nobody knows Los Angeles like Nina Revoyr! Sharp-witted and big-hearted, Lost Canyon shows us what happens when the melting pot boils over. If you're brave enough to handle the truth about American race relations, this is the book for you."--Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow Nina Revoyr is the author of five novels, including The Age of Dreaming, which was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize;Southland, a Los Angeles Times best seller and “Best Book” of 2003; Wingshooters, which won an Indie Booksellers’ Choice Award and was selected by O, The Oprah Magazine as one of “10 Titles to Pick Up Now”; and most recently, Lost Canyon. Revoyr lives and works in Los Angeles.
Kitchens of the Great Midwest (Pamela Dorman Books) From one of our favorite local authors comes a hotly anticipated debut--about a young woman with a once-in-a-generation palate who becomes the iconic chef behind the country's most coveted dinner reservation. When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He's determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter--starting with pureed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva's journey as she becomes the star chef behind a legendary and secretive pop-up supper club, culminating in an opulent and emotional feast that's a testament to her spirit and resilience. Each chapter in J. Ryan Stradal's startlingly original debut tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture, and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity. By turns quirky, hilarious, and vividly sensory, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an unexpected mother-daughter story about the bittersweet nature of life--its missed opportunities and its joyful surprises. It marks the entry of a brilliant new talent. Praise for Kitchens of the Great Midwest: "Kitchens of the Great Midwest is a big-hearted, funny, and class-transcending pleasure. It's also both a structural and empathetic tour de force, stepping across worlds in the American midwest, and demonstrating with an enviable tenderness and ingenuity the tug of war between our freedom to pursue our passions and our obligations to those we love." --Jim Shepard, author of Project X and National Book Award finalist for Like You'd Understand, Anyway "Tender, funny, and moving, J. Ryan Stradal's debut novel made me crave my mother's magic cookie bars...and every good tomato I've ever had the privilege of eating. Kitchens of the Great Midwest manages to be at once sincere yet sharply observed, thoughtful yet swiftly paced, and the lives of its fallible, realistic, and complicated characters mattered to me deeply. It's a fantastic book."-- Edan Lepucki, bestselling author of California "In Kitchens of the Great Midwest, a charming, fast-moving round robin tale of food, sensuality and Midwestern culture, Mr. Stradal has delivered one extremely tasty, well-seasoned debut in what is sure to be a long and savory career."--Janet Fitch, author White Oleander "From the quite literally burning passions of a lonely eleven-year-old girl with an exceptional palate, to the ethical dilemmas behind a batch of Blue Ribbon Peanut Butter Bars, J. Ryan Stradal writes with a special kind of meticulous tenderness--missing nothing and accepting everything. A superbly gratifying debut."--Meg Howrey, author of The Crane's Dance "An impossible-to-put-down, one-of-a-kind novel. The prose is beautiful, the characters memorable, and the plot is surprising at every turn. I have never read a book quite like this--and neither, I'll bet, have you. This stunning debut announces J. Ryan Stradal as a first-rate voice in American fiction. This is a wildly creative, stunningly original, and very moving novel. I can't wait to see what Stradal does next."-- Rob Roberge, author of The Cost of Living "A Great American Novel in the fullest sense of the term. Everything you want a book to be."--Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day J. Ryan Stradal is the author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest. Born and raised in Minnesota, he now lives in Los Angeles, where he is Acquisitions Editor at Unnamed Press and the Fiction Editor at The Nervous Breakdown. Julia Ingalls is primarily an essayist. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Guernica, and KCRW, among others. From David Mitchell to Alan Ball to Amelia Gray, she's had the pleasure of conversing with the world's finest imaginative writers, a tradition she continues tonight with J. Ryan Stradal.
Good Girl (Gallery Books) Told with raw, rugged honesty, this heartrending memoir from journalist Sarah Tomlinson recounts her unconventional upbringing and coming-of-age as colored by her complicated relationship with her father. Sarah Tomlinson was born on January 29, 1976, in a farmhouse in Freedom, Maine. After two years of attempted family life in Boston, her father's gambling addiction and broken promises led her mother to pool her resources with five other families to buy 100 acres of land in Maine and reunite with her college boyfriend. Sarah would spend the majority of her childhood on "The Land" with infrequent, but coveted, visits from her father, who--as a hitchhiking, acid-dropping, wannabe mystic turned taxi driver--was nothing short of a rock star in her eyes. Propelled out of her bohemian upbringing to seek the big life she equated with her father, Sarah entered college at fifteen, where a school shooting further complicated her quest for a sense of safety. While establishing herself as a journalist and rock critic on both coasts, Sarah's father continued to swerve in and out of her life, building and re-breaking their relationship, and fracturing Sarah's confidence and sense of self. In this unforgettable memoir, Sarah conveys the dark comedy in her quest to repair the heart her father broke. Bittersweet, honest, and ultimately redemptive, Good Girl takes an insightful look into what happens when the people we love unconditionally are the people who disappoint us the most, and how time, introspection, and acceptance can help us heal."" Praise for Good Girl: “A compelling, insight-laden memoir documenting the devastating impact of a father's undependable love on a daughter. Tomlinson's lucid depiction of her DIY backwoods girlhood and punk teen years, precocious entry to college, tempestuous love life and literary ambitions, her excesses and failures and successes—portrays a young woman whose emotional life is a shimmering, shifting sea whose currents are shaped by a geologic formation a the bottom, the charming bohemian fantastist that was her father.”–Janet Fitch, New York Times bestselling author of White Oleander “Tomlinson is a clear-eyed, compassionate writer, and she brings an emotional rigor to this book that is rare and beautiful.” –Edan Lepucki, bestselling author of California “Good Girl is a father-daughter story unlike any other I've read before. Tomlinson's prose is vivid and compelling, bringing you right along with her as she travels from her rural hometown to the big city in search of fulfillment, clarity, and—hopefully—a sense of peace in her relationship with the man who made her who she is.”–Jill Soloway, creator of the 2015 Golden Globe-winning television show “Transparent” and author of Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants “Shot from the heart, Tomlinson's memoir of her dance around her enigmatic and elusive father resonated deeply with me, as it will with anyone who has yearned for a parent's love and their own place in the world.”–Wendy Lawless, New York Times bestselling author of Chanel Bonfire “Sarah Tomlinson's Good Girl courageously explores the central journey of every woman's life: from wanting the love of Daddy -- and the men who stand in for him -- to learning how to love herself.”–Tracy McMillan, television writer and author of the soon to be released Multiple Listings; I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway, and Why You're Not Married...Yet “With great poignance and vulnerability, Tomlinson turns a frank, funny, and honest gaze on one girl's struggle to redefine ‘good' on her own terms.”–Jillian Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of Some Girls: My Life in a Harem Sarah Tomlinson has more than a decade of experience as a journalist, music critic, writer, and editor. She has ghostwritten ten books (with two more in the works), including two uncredited New York Times-bestsellers. She has turned her passion for music, literature, and pop culture trends into cutting-edge coverage and cultural criticism. Her personal essays have appeared, or are forthcoming, in publications including Marie Claire, MORE, Salon.com, The Huffington Post and The Los Angeles Review of Books. Her fiction has appeared on Vol. 1 Brooklyn. Her articles and music reviews have appeared in publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Boston magazine, Spin.com,Billboard.com, Alternative Press, Swindle, Preen, Rockpile, The OC Weekly, and The Willamette Week, and she wrote a weekly local music column, “Notes,” for The Boston Phoenix. She has written bios for bands on Virgin, Red Ink/Columbia, and MySpace Records and contributed to the electronic press kits for artists on Warner Bros. Records. Sarah currently splits her time between Los Angeles and Brooklyn. She writes journalism, novels, memoirs, screenplays, TV pilots, personal essays, short stories and online dating profiles for her friends. She has read at Los Angeles literary happenings including Sit ‘n Spin, Vermin on the Mount, Tongue and Groove and Little Birds. Her favorite band is T. Rex.
Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class (Yale University Press) Rapid change is part of life in the twenty-first century, and we must all adjust to an evolving world. But for many thousands of creative artists, a torrent of recent changes has made it nearly impossible to earn a living. A persistent economic recession, social shifts, and technological change have combined to put our artists and those whose work supports them—from graphic designers to indie-rock musicians, from architects to booksellers—out of work. As a group, artists, writers, and musicians have never been rich, but for most of American history, Scott Timberg argues, they have been able to build modest middle class lives through diligent work. Today, even artists who are quite successful—musicians with loyal fans and respected albums, award-winning novelists, visual artists with work in museum collections, architects with national reputations—cannot hold onto the benefits of the middle class: stable housing, access to healthcare, and educational opportunities for their kids. Along with artists themselves, the institutions and structures that have traditionally supported them have been decimated. Publishers, booksellers, galleries, record and video stores, radio stations, and newspapers have hemorrhaged jobs in a world of instantly available digital content and music piracy. In addition to a brutal recession and a tidal wave of technology, Timberg examines other drivers of the crisis. Trends in academia have devalued literature, focusing instead on impenetrable theory. An avant garde that disdains “middlebrow” artistic production has led to a shrinking audience for art. Radio monopolies have homogenized the airwaves. The music industry has invested almost all resources in a tiny number of hitmakers. Perhaps most important, entrenched stereotypes of artists as idle dreamers or entitled bohemians, rather than hardworking, highly trained professionals, have made it hard for the broader society to see their vital economic and cultural contribution. Americans respond with more sympathy for job losses in the agrarian economy or in manufacturing than to similarly devastating losses in the creative economy. Timberg considers both the human costs and the unintended consequences for America if the people who create and support culture cannot stay in the middle class. When only the independently wealthy can afford to engage in creative pursuits, he warns, culture becomes more narrow, robbed of important and critical perspectives. When artists and artisans can't make a living, we all pay the price. Full of original reporting and thoughtful analysis, Culture Crash provides a sweeping overview of a very real crisis affecting real workers and their families as well as the broader culture. It is alarming and essential reading for anyone who works in a creative field, knows someone who does, or cares about the work artists produce. Praise for Culture Crash: “Scott Timberg has written an original and important study. He explores some of the most pressing cultural issues affecting the arts and intellectual life with remarkable clarity. This is the first analysis of our current culture from the bottom up—the precarious situation of the individual artists, writers, and musicians who are now struggling to survive.”—Dana Gioia, poet and former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts “I read Scott Timberg's pieces every week without fail. It's great to see his book Culture Crash debunk the mumbo jumbo about the long tail, file-sharing, free information, and positive thinking —and take a hard look at what it all means for artists, musicians, critics and teachers.”—Dean Wareham, lead singer of Luna and author of Black Postcards: A Memoir “We've all had the feeling of these enormous changes—long in the making, not ‘at the last minute'—but Scott Timberg has the synthesis that makes them make sense. Culture Crash throws a clear, defining light on the squeeze that digitally-based economies have put on our artists, the analog makers who have always defined us to ourselves. A hugely important book.”—Sven Birkerts, author of The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age “With coolness and equanimity, Scott Timberg tells what in less-skilled hands could have been an overwrought horror story: the end of culture as we have known it. He mourns the loss of independent book- and record-store clerks who evangelized for quality. He grieves for artists' ‘day jobs', which allowed creative workers a toehold in the middle-class. Culture Crash is an urgent, necessary book (or eBook) for anyone who has ever been moved by a song, a film, a paragraph or a painting. Without the humanities, Timberg cautions, we may lose our humanity.”—M.G. Lord, author of Forever Barbie and The Accidental Feminist Scott Timberg is a Los Angeles-based culture writer, contributing writer for Salon, and onetime LA Times arts reporter who has contributed to The New York Times, GQ, and The Hollywood Reporter. He is the co-editor, along with Dana Gioia, of the anthology The Misread City: New Literary Los Angeles. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he runs ArtsJournal's CultureCrash blog and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. Janet Fitch is the author of the novels Paint It Black and White Oleander. Her short stories and essays have appeared in anthologies and journals such as Black Clock, Room of One's Own, and Los Angeles Noir, and she is a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. A film version of Paint It Black has been recently shot in Silverlake and downtown. She is currently finishing a novel set during the Russian Revolution. Her publisher, Little Brown, owned by Hachette Book Group, went 14 rounds with marketing giant Amazon last year.
The Cake House (Vintage) Part mystery, part compelling coming-of-age tale, The Cake House is a riveting debut novel that re-imagines the classic story of Hamlet amidst the hills of suburban Los Angeles. Rosaura Douglas's father shot himself when her mother left him . . . or at least that's the story everyone is telling. Now her mother has remarried and Rosie is trapped in a new home she calls "The Cake House," a garish pink edifice that's a far cry from the cramped apartment where she grew up. It's also the house where her father died--a fact that everyone else who lives there, including her mother, Dahlia, and her mysteriously wealthy stepfather, Claude, want to forget. Soon, however, her father's ghost begins to appear; first as a momentary reflection in a window, then in the dark of night, and finally, in the lush garden behind the house where Rosie spends most of her days. After he warns her that Claude is not to be trusted, Rosie begins to notice cracks in her new family's carefully constructed facade. Dahlia is clearly uncomfortable in her marriage; her stepbrother, Alex, is friendly one second, distant the next, and haunted by troubles of his own; and Claude's business is drawing questions from the police. And as the ghost becomes increasingly violent--and the secrets of The Cake House and her family's past come to light--Rosie must finally face the truth behind the losses and lies that have torn her life apart. Praise for The Cake House "Intense and savagely beautiful, Latifah Salom's The Cake House grabs you, then grabs you harder. The magic of this suburban-gothic literary thriller is the scale on which it's done—small and absolutely terrifying. An accomplished, mesmerizing debut." —Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander “Reading The Cake House, I vividly saw the whole edifice rising up before me, latticework covering a multitude of sins. A wonderful, chewy, complicated book that doesn't flinch from danger or pain but rejects despair.” —Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted and the bestselling Temeraire series “The Cake House is a gem of a novel: a mystery wrapped in a cloak of family dysfunction with subtle Shakespearean trim expertly woven in by an incredibly gifted debut novelist. Rosaura is a heroine with spunk and a vulnerability so endearing I missed her the second I closed the book for the final time. Salom has written a dazzling coming-of-age tale that will resonate long after you reach the end.” —Elizabeth Flock, New York Times bestselling author of Me & Emma and What Happened To My Sister “Tense, shocking, and seductively dark, The Cake House is a brand-new twist on a classic story—an urban reinvention of a Shakespearean tale.” —Rebecca Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of The Kingdom of Childhood Latifah Salom was born in Hollywood, California to parents of Peruvian and Mexican descent. As a teenager she attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, and she holds degrees from Emerson College, Hunter College, and from the University of Southern California's Masters of Professional Writing program. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Jane FINALLY finishes reading her first Danielle Steel novel and discusses the points of the book with Virginia Sheppard and what’s next in the world of romance novels. Books Mentioned: Seven Deadlies by Gigi Levange, Paint It Black by Janet Fitch, Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith. For more information go to dibtbpodcast.blogspot.com
Rainey Royal (Soho Press) Greenwich Village, 1970s. Fourteen-year-old Rainey Royal lives with her father, a jazz musician with a cultish personality, in a once-elegant, now decaying brownstone. Her mother has abandoned the family, and Rainey fends off advances from her father's best friend while trying desperately to nurture her own creative drives and build a substitute family. She's a rebel, even a criminal, but she's also deeply vulnerable, fighting to figure out how to put back in place the boundaries her life has knocked down, and more than that, struggling to learn how to be an artist and a person in a broken world. Praise for Rainey Royal: "Rainey Royal" gets under your skin, pushes you out of your comfort zone, and takes you to a truer, more frightening place. Dylan Landis captures the innocence and cruelty of teenage girls in flamey, jewel-like sentences that hover on the edge of rapture: read these stories with your heart in your throat."--Ellis Avery, author of The Last Nude "There is a line in Dylan Landis's lush, fierce, and stunning novel Rainey Royal, that perfectly captures this book's intense beauty. 'Rainey feels half like a butterfly has landed on her wrist and half like a knife is angled to her neck.' Rainey Royal is a chronicle of girlhood as a dangerous, delicate thing. There is edge and tenderness and longing to be found here. Always, though, Landis's words are a butterfly and a knife both cutting you open in necessary ways." --Roxane Gay, author of An Untamed State "Every woman has known a Rainey Royal. The coolest girl in school, the most daring, the most beautiful, yet the one who could turn on you--and then, bewilderingly, turn back. What makes a Rainey Royal, and her effect on everyone she encounters--that chaos of yearning, cruelty, woundedness, seeking, and human poetry--we needed a great writer to show us, and here she is. Dylan Landis has written a spare, elegant novel that's pure nerves, pure adrenaline. Should carry a warning, "do not read at bedtime.""--Janet Fitch, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black Dylan Landis is the author of Normal People Don't Live Like This (Persea Books), a linked story collection that made Newsday's Ten Best Books of 2009 and More magazine's list of 100 Books Every Woman Must Read. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Tin House, BOMB, Best American Nonrequired Reading, The New York Times Book Review and House Beautiful, among other publications. She's received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Rainey Royal is her first novel.
in which Laila and Lorrie wrap up their reading month September and chat about Janet Fitch, Haruki Murakami and Alice Sebold and the strange experience of reading disappointing books by authors you love. [audio http://www.lailablake.com/Podcast/Lilt-Podcast_EP14.mp3] (If the application doesn’t work for you, please click here for the audio-file!) What about you? Have you read any of these, what […]
We know them when we feel them, or when we hear them blowing through the trees--and we can quote L.A. writers Raymond Chandler and Joan Didion on their power to inspire murderous thoughts and unease. But what exactly are the Santa Ana winds? How do they wreak destruction on Southern California? And why have their legends persisted? UCLA meteorologist Robert Fovell, L.A. County Fire Captain Drew Smith, and novelist Janet Fitch talked with Libros Schmibros founder David Kipen about the myths, history, and science of the Santa Ana Winds
The Dinner Party Show's (first ever) Festival Of Books features interviews with one of the world's foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes, Leslie S. Klinger, and acclaimed, best-selling novelist Janet Fitch, whose novel WHITE OLEANDER was an Oprah's Book Club Pick and adapted into a successful film starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand takes Eric on an ill-advised trip to a local bookstore to prove that dumb people read, and a pretentious author panel on the future of publishing rapidly degenerates into a chair-smashing brawl.
Black Clock 13 An amazing lineup of writers -- Aimee Bender, Janet Fitch, Jonathan Lethem, Susan Straight, and Lisa Teasley -- will read from their pieces in Black Clock 13, the latest issue of this great literary journal. Author Steve Erickson, Black Clock's editor, will moderate. Aimee Bender is the author of four books; the most recent is The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, winner of the SCIBA award. Her short fiction has been published in Granta, Harper's, The Paris Review, Tin House, Black Clock and more, as well as heard on "This American Life" and "Selected Shorts." Janet Fitch is the author of Paint it Black and White Oleander, an Oprah's Book Club selection from which a 2002 motion picture was made starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Her fourth novel will be published next year. Fitch teaches writing at the University of Southern California. Jonathan Lethem has written eight novels, including Girl in Landscape and Chronic City, and four collections of stories and essays, including the forthcoming The Ecstacy of Influence. His monograph on John Carpenter's They Live was published in November last year. He's lived in New York, Vermont, Oakland, Toronto, and now Los Angeles. Susan Straight's new novel is Take One Candle Light a Room, named one of the best novels of 2010 by The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and Kirkus. Highwire Moon was a Finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, and A Million Nightingales was a 2006 Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her short story "The Golden Gopher," a chapter in the novel, won the 2008 Edgar Award for best Mystery Story. She has published stories and essays in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harpers, Salon, Zoetrope, McSweeneys, The Believer, Black Clock, and elsewhere. She was born in Riverside, California, where she lives with her family, whose history is featured on susanstraight.com. Lisa Teasley is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Heat Signature and Dive, and the award-winning story collection, Glow in the Dark, all published by Bloomsbury. Lisa Teasley is writer and presenter of the BBC television documentary "High School Prom," and currently teaches poetry and fiction at UC Riverside. Steve Erickson is the Editor of Black Clock. He is the author of eight novels, receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. In 2010 he was nominated for the National Magazine Award for his film criticism and was the recipient of one of seven awards in literature given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel novel These Dreams of You will be published in early 2012 by Europa. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS FEBRUARY 13, 2011.
Strange Cargo Nine alumni of the PEN Center USA's Emerging Voices fellowship who have been published in the Emerging Voices anthology Strange Cargo will read from their selected pieces. Janet Fitch (White Oleander), who wrote the anthology's introduction, will introduce the event! PEN Center USA's Emerging Voices is a literary fellowship program that aims to provide new writers, who lack access, with the tools they will need to launch a professional writing career. Over the course of the year, each Emerging Voices fellow participates in a professional mentorship hosted Q&A evenings with prominent local authors, a series of Master classes focused on genre, and two public readings. Janet Fitch is the author of the novels White Oleander and Paint It Black. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies and journals such as Los Angeles Noir, Black Clock, Room of One's Own, and Black Warrior Review. She teaches creative writing in the MPW program at USC, and is writing a novel set during the Russian Revolution. Natashia Deón is a 2010 Bread Loaf Scholarship recipient, PEN Emerging Voice Fellow, Highlights Foundation Scholarship recipient, and award-winning screenwriter. She is penning her debut novel, The Spinning Wheel, a dark journey of three outcast women who, on the eve of the Civil War, are fighting the battle of their lives. Deón is a California native, practicing attorney and the first generation of her family to be born outside of East Tallassee, Alabama, since American slavery. Cara Chow was a 2001 Emerging Voices Fellow. "Fall Dance" will appear in the novel Bitter Melon in Spring 2011, published by Egmont USA. A native of Hong Kong, Cara grew up in the Richmond District of San Francisco, where this story is set. She currently resides in the Los Angeles area with her husband and son. Davin Malasarn is a writer and microbiologist from Sherman Oaks, California. In 2008, he was an Emerging Voices Fellow, a finalist in Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Contest, and first runner-up in Opium Magazine's 500-Word Memoir Contest. Two of his stories have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. His fiction has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Rosebud, Night Train and other literary journals, and he is a staff editor at SmokeLong Quarterly. Pireeni Sundaralingam was born in Sri Lanka and is co-editor of Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry (U. Arkansas Press, 2010). Her own poetry has appeared in journals such as Ploughshares, World Literature Today and The Progressive, as well as anthologies such as W.W. Norton's Language for a New Century: Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond (2008). It has been translated into 5 languages and been published in Sweden, Ireland, England, and the U.S. A cognitive scientist, Pireeni has given papers on the connections between the human brain and poetry at MOMA (New York), the Exploratorium (San Francisco) and Studio Olafur Eliasson (Berlin). She was a PEN Emerging Voice Fellow in 2003. Monica Carter lives in Los Angeles, California, and is a 2010 Emerging Voices Fellow. Her work will appear in the forthcoming issue of Pale House II. She is the owner and curator of her own website dedicated to international literature, Salonica World Lit. Ms. Carter is working on Eating the Apple, a psychological novel set in Manhattan in the 1930s. Marytza Rubio is a writer from Santa Ana, California. She was a 2008 Emerging Voices Fellow and received a Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation Scholarship in 2010. She writes about Latinas, voodoo and animals. http://www.marytzakrubio.com/ Sylvia Sukop writes about art, faith, community and other good causes. Her memoir, Difficult Light, is framed by the death of her youngest brother, Alex, within an intentional community of organic farmers in eastern Washington. The memoir grew out of an extensive series of photographs documenting Alex's life and is in part a meditation on the role of photography in intimacy, loss and memory. A first-generation American raised in rural Pennsylvania, Sylvia is a graduate of Bucknell University and of NYU/International Center of Photography, and a grateful recipient of the 2009 Emerging Voices Fellowship. She co-founded MMIX Los Angeles Writers with her EV cohort in 2009, and is a contributing writer to Flaunt and Exposure magazines and the political blog The Huffington Post. Denise Uyehara is an award-winning performance artist, writer and playwright whose work has been presented in London, Tokyo, Helsinki, Vancouver and across the United States. She is the recipient of numerous recognitions of excellence which include a mid-career COLA Fellowship from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and funding from the Asian Cultural Council. She was also a Poets & Writers "Writer on Site" at Beyond Baroque and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her book Maps of City and Body: Shedding Light on the Performances of Denise Uyehara (Kaya Press) documents her recent works. Uyehara is a frequent lecturer at the University of California, Irvine and a founding member of the Sacred Naked Nature Girls. She was a PEN Emerging Voice Fellow in 1999. http://www.deniseuyehara.com/. Mehnaz Turner was born in Pakistan and raised in southern California. She was a 2009 Emerging Voices Fellow. Her poems have appeared in: The Journal of Pakistan Studies, Cahoots Magazine, The Pedestal Magazine, Asia Writes and An Anthology of California Poets. She is currently at work on her first poetry collection, Tongue-tied: A Memoir in Poems. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS SEPTEMBER 12, 2010.
Judith Freeman’s The Long Embrace (2007)— about novelist Raymond Chandler and his wife—was described as “part biography, part detective story, part love story, and part séance” by novelist Janet Fitch. Freeman’s novel Red Water was named one of the Los Angeles Times’ 100 Best Books of 2002. She divides her time between rural Idaho and Los Angeles, where she teaches in the writing program at the University of Southern California.
Judith Freeman’s The Long Embrace (2007)— about novelist Raymond Chandler and his wife—was described as “part biography, part detective story, part love story, and part séance” by novelist Janet Fitch. Freeman’s novel Red Water was named one of the Los Angeles Times’ 100 Best Books of 2002. She divides her time between rural Idaho and Los Angeles, where she teaches in the writing program at the University of Southern California.
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