Podcast appearances and mentions of kathleen kent

“James Wade's newest novel, Hollow Out the Dark, is a masterpiece of atmospheric crime fiction; a worthy successor to the likes of William Gay and Cormac McCarthy. Set in East Texas, it is an epic, and age-old, story of greed and generational betrayal—where vengeance is swift and forgiveness a long time coming.” Kathleen Kent, NYT bestselling … Continue reading Episode 164: Interview with James Wade, author of Hollow Out the Dark →

Lauren Zito, the 2024 Artist in Residence at Kent Cottage in Brigus, is developing a project about Kathleen Kent, the wife of artist Rockwell Kent 

It's hard to believe this is the 200th episode of The Profitable Photographer Podcast. But you know what they say… time flies when you're having fun!And believe me, when I say, this episode was so much fun to record! To celebrate our 200th episode, the interview tables were turned and I was interviewed by a good friend, coaching client, and fellow podcast colleague, Kathleen Kent of Kathleen Kent Photography and The Household Six Podcast. Honestly, it was a little nerve-wracking turning the interviewer's microphone over to Kathleen. After all, what do you ask a podcast host that's hosted 200 photography business episodes? Well, as I'm sure you can guess, I shouldn't have worried at all. Kathleen was an amazing host and brought some very insightful questions to our time together. Not only did we take a trip down memory lane to chat about how I got started as a photographer, but she also asked me about the choices I made in my early days of business, and if any of those still stand the test of time. (Spoiler alert, they most definitely did!)Listen in as we talk about:How being involved in the photography community has impacted my businessThe moment I knew that I wanted to be a photography coachThe pieces of advice I give to my photography coaching clients over and over againMy strategy for building a personal brandWhy you should just go for it when it comes to hiring a photography business coachAnd finally, why I started The Profitable Photography podcast. I might be biased, but this episode is jam-packed with so much goodness, and Kathleen and I had such a fun time chatting together! Also, don't forget, you can watch my interview with Kathleen on The Profitable Photographer Podcast Youtube channel. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode!Interested in connecting with Kathleen? You can find her here: https://kathleenkentphoto.com@kathleenkentphotography on Instagram and Facebook@householdsixpodcast on Instagramhttps://householdsixpodcast.wpcomstaging.com/Photography Business Coach Luci Dumas' Programs and Contact Info:lucidumascoaching.comluci@lucidumas.comhttps://www.instagram.com/theprofitablephotographer_pod/https://www.facebook.com/LuciDumasCoachinghttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCut3Qk6t6Z2DUJYEYGSCfKA

Barbara Peters in conversation with Kathleen Kent and Dan Fesperman

In this episode, Angie discusses Samhain. She talks about the energy behind this time of year and some traditions/practices that fit well with this energy. She also discuss witches. She talks about what the word means to her, what it traditionally has meant, and the history of the witch trials.

Patrick Millikin in conversation with Kathleen Kent

Perspektiven, weltweit: Unsere Taschenbuch-Highlights aus dem Herbstprogramm erzählen gesellschaftlich relevante Geschichten, die unter die Haut gehen. Für alle, die in diesem Jahr nicht zur Frankfurter Buchmesse fahren, präsentieren wir ausgewählte Bücher unseres aktuellen Herbstprogramms in einem zwölfteiligen »Suhrkamp espresso«-Spezial. Die Bücher der Folge: »Ehrensache« von Burak Yilmaz: http://shrk.vg/Ehrensache-P »Kamala Harris. Ein Porträt« von Marie-Astrid Langer: http://shrk.vg/KamalaHarris-P »Kinder von Hoy« von Grit Lemke: http://shrk.vg/KinderVonHoy-P »Hoch oben. Eine Reise durch den Himalaya« von Erika Fatland: http://shrk.vg/HochOben-P »Die Tote mit der roten Strähne« von Kathleen Kent: http://shrk.vg/RoteStraehne-P »Und auf einmal diese Stille« von Garrett M. Graff: http://shrk.vg/AufEinmalDieseStille-P

Meg Gardiner (www.megagrdiner.com)discussed her latest thriller from her UNSUB series, THE DARK CORNERS OF THE NIGHT with the KAZI Book Review crime fiction pick of the month (last Sunday of each month) crew Scott Montgomery (mysterypeople.wordpress.com), crime fiction coordinator for BookPeople and Molly Odintz. (www.crimereads.com). We also discussed the other crime fictions picks of the month for February which included THE BURN by Kathleen Kent, TROUBLE IS WHAT I DO by Walter Mosely, THINGS IN JARS by Jess Kidd, and DJINN PATROL AND THE PURPLE LINE, by Deepa Anappura.

Meg Gardiner (www.megagrdiner.com)discussed her latest thriller from her UNSUB series, THE DARK CORNERS OF THE NIGHT with the KAZI Book Review crime fiction pick of the month (last Sunday of each month) crew Scott Montgomery (mysterypeople.wordpress.com), crime fiction coordinator for BookPeople and Molly Odintz. (www.crimereads.com). We also discussed the other crime fictions picks of the month for February which included THE BURN by Kathleen Kent, TROUBLE IS WHAT I DO by Walter Mosely, THINGS IN JARS by Jess Kidd, and DJINN PATROL AND THE PURPLE LINE, by Deepa Anappura.

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes highly acclaimed author Kathleen Kent to the studio to discuss THE BURN and her other novels. She says: "When I was a child I loved epic, historical novels, and I read a lot of Dickens, Poe and James Michener. Later, some of my favorite authors included Annie Dillard, Philip Meyer, Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy—authors who wrote about the American Heartland. A few of my recent favorite novels include A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin, and Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke." ABOUT THE BURN: There's not much that can make Detective Betty Rhyzyk flinch. But her wounds are still fresh from an encounter with an apocalyptic cult known as The Family, and she's having trouble readjusting to life as it once was. She's back at work as a narcotics detective, but something isn't right -- at work, where someone has been assassinating confidential informants, or at home, where she struggles to connect with her loving wife, Jackie. To make matters worse, Betty's partner seems to be increasingly dependent on the prescription painkillers he was prescribed for the injuries he sustained rescuing her. Forced into therapy, a desk assignment, and domestic bliss, Betty's at the point of breaking when she decides to go rogue, investigating her own department and chasing down phantom sightings of the cult leader who took her hostage. The chase will lead her to the dark heart of a drug cartel terrorizing Dallas, and straight to the crooked cops who plan to profit from it all. There's never a dull moment in Dallas, especially now that Detective Betty's back. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes highly acclaimed author Kathleen Kent to the studio to discuss THE BURN and her other novels. She says: "When I was a child I loved epic, historical novels, and I read a lot of Dickens, Poe and James Michener. Later, some of my favorite authors included Annie Dillard, Philip Meyer, Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy—authors who wrote about the American Heartland. A few of my recent favorite novels include A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin, and Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke." ABOUT THE BURN: There's not much that can make Detective Betty Rhyzyk flinch. But her wounds are still fresh from an encounter with an apocalyptic cult known as The Family, and she's having trouble readjusting to life as it once was. She's back at work as a narcotics detective, but something isn't right -- at work, where someone has been assassinating confidential informants, or at home, where she struggles to connect with her loving wife, Jackie. To make matters worse, Betty's partner seems to be increasingly dependent on the prescription painkillers he was prescribed for the injuries he sustained rescuing her. Forced into therapy, a desk assignment, and domestic bliss, Betty's at the point of breaking when she decides to go rogue, investigating her own department and chasing down phantom sightings of the cult leader who took her hostage. The chase will lead her to the dark heart of a drug cartel terrorizing Dallas, and straight to the crooked cops who plan to profit from it all. There's never a dull moment in Dallas, especially now that Detective Betty's back. Listen on your favorite podcast app!

Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes highly acclaimed author Kathleen Kent to the studio to discuss THE BURN and her other novels.  She says: "When I was a child I loved epic, historical novels, and I read a lot of Dickens, Poe and James Michener.  Later, some of my favorite authors included Annie Dillard, Philip Meyer, Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy—authors who wrote about the American Heartland.    A few of my recent favorite novels include A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles,  Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, Black Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin, and Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke."  ABOUT THE BURN:   There's not much that can make Detective Betty Rhyzyk flinch. But her wounds are still fresh from an encounter with an apocalyptic cult known as The Family, and she's having trouble readjusting to life as it once was. She's back at work as a narcotics detective, but something isn't right -- at work, where someone has been assassinating confidential informants, or at home, where she struggles to connect with her loving wife, Jackie. To make matters worse, Betty's partner seems to be increasingly dependent on the prescription painkillers he was prescribed for the injuries he sustained rescuing her.        Forced into therapy, a desk assignment, and domestic bliss, Betty's at the point of breaking when she decides to go rogue, investigating her own department and chasing down phantom sightings of the cult leader who took her hostage. The chase will lead her to the dark heart of a drug cartel terrorizing Dallas, and straight to the crooked cops who plan to profit from it all. There's never a dull moment in Dallas, especially now that Detective Betty's back.   Listen on your favorite podcast app!

Telling stories and writing them down for a living. Wouldn’t we all love to do that?And then having them become New York Times best-selling books at that! How does one go from a business career to writing historical fiction to writing crime fiction? My guest today has done all of that and is here to share her journey and experiences with the Salem Witch Trials, pioneer Texas and a woman detective.Join me for my conversation with Kathleen Kent!

On this #InVinoFab podcast episode, Patrice & Laura share a bit about a wine, crime, and books that might encourage some women to commit a crime (#jokes). Take a listen to this mini episode.19 Crimes www.19crimes.com/ The Dime by Kathleen Kent www.goodreads.com/book/show/30026709-the-dimeOther Books on our Reading/To Read #InVinoFab: The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker J. Palmer Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Academia by Kelly J. Baker  Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness by Jill Filipovic Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford ---In Vino Fabulum! In Wine, Story!Find the #InVinoFab podcast on Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, & Apple PodcastsTo stay in touch and listen to the next episode of @InVinoFab on: soundcloud.com/invinofab/ twitter.com/invinofab with hashtag: #InVinoFabwww.instagram.com/invinofab/Email us to be a guest or share a topic suggestion? invinofabulum@gmail.com Connect with your co-hosts on Twitter:twitter.com/laurapasquini (she/her)twitter.com/profpatrice (she/her)

Telling stories and writing them down for a living. Wouldn’t we all love to do that?And then having them become New York Times best-selling books at that! How does one go from abusiness career to writing historical fiction to writing crime fiction? My guest today has done allof that and is here to share her journey and experiences with the Salem Witch Trials, pioneerTexas and a woman detective.Join me for my conversation with Kathleen Kent!

This week on StoryWeb: Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. Last week, I featured Kathleen Kent’s fascinating novel The Heretic’s Daughter, which tells the story of Martha Carrier, Kent’s ninth great-grandmother, who was hanged as a witch in 1692 as part of the Salem Witch Trials. Fourteen women and six men were executed as suspected witches, one by being “pressed” to death with large stones, the rest by hanging. Many theories have been offered over the centuries for this heinous treatment of Salemites by their neighbors. What originally began as hysterical accusations by young girls quickly swept Salem and surrounding villages. Neighbors pointed fingers at neighbors, often those whom against they had long held grudges. No one was safe. American playwright Arthur Miller – who was born 101 years ago today – saw parallels between the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy communism hearings of the 1950s, which came to be known as “witch hunts.” Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, the hearings targeted numerous people McCarthy claimed were Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the U.S. federal government and in other circles. Miller – himself convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to name others who had been at meetings he had attended – knew all too well how accusers could band together, circle the wagons, and exclude and point fingers at those whom they feared. As Americans from all walks of life were called in to testify before the House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, they were grilled not only about their own suspected Communist activities but – even more frighteningly – asked to name names. Who among their relatives, friends, and acquaintances did they suspect of being disloyal to the United States? The McCarthy witch hunts particularly targeted Hollywood and other areas of the arts. Producers, directors, screenwriters, composers, writers, and far too many actors to name were accused of being Communist sympathizers. And in 1950s America, branding someone as a Communist sympathizer was indeed equivalent to the Puritans targeting a neighbor as a witch. Well-known performers and artists who were “blacklisted” include Charlie Chaplin, Burl Ives, Langston Hughes, Aaron Copland, Paul Robeson, Will Geer (of “The Waltons”), and even Arthur Miller himself. In many cases, their careers were destroyed forever. You can see a full list of the many creatives who were blacklisted on Wikipedia. It was impossible not to see the striking similarities between the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy hearings. So when Arthur Miller sat down to write The Crucible in the early 1950s, he set himself the task of uncovering the reasons why human beings would turn on each other in such a brutal way. Why point the finger at a neighbor or friend, knowing full well that doing so could cost the neighbor her life or land the friend in prison? To his credit, Miller never says in his play that he has the McCarthy hearings in mind or that he is drawing parallels between his time and the Puritan era. Instead, The Crucible is presented entirely as a historical piece. But given the time and world in which Miller wrote, it is impossible not to see the stark connection. You can learn more about the background to the writing of the play in Arthur Miller’s outstanding New Yorker article, “Why I Wrote The Crucible: An Artist’s Answers to Politics.” Writing The Crucible was, Miller says, “an act of desperation.” He says: By 1950, when I began to think of writing about the hunt for Reds in America, I was motivated in some great part by the paralysis that had set in among many liberals who, despite their discomfort with the inquisitors' violations of civil rights, were fearful, and with good reason, of being identified as covert Communists if they should protest too strongly. To create the play, Miller read Charles W. Upham's 1867 two-volume study of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. In 1952, Miller went to Salem and read transcripts of the trials. He discovered in John Proctor an outspoken critic of the Salem court, which had decided to admit "spectral evidence" as proof of guilt. Miller saw parallels: as in his own time, he said, “the question was not the acts of an accused but his thoughts and intentions.” Despite his extensive historical research, Miller’s dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials is just that – a dramatization. Much of the play is based on historical research, but some of the key dramatic elements are fictionalized. The protagonist of the play is John Proctor, one of the men who was executed in 1692, and his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, was also accused of practicing witchcraft. It is unlikely, however, that John Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams. In 1692, she was eleven or twelve years old, while Proctor was sixty when he was hung. What rings true, however, is John Proctor’s vocal opposition to the witch trials: the historical John Proctor was strongly opposed to the trials and was especially dismissive of the “spectral evidence” used in the trials. To learn more about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, you can visit the Salem Witch Museum or explore an interactive online exhibit at National Geographic. An extensive collection of historical resources can be found at the 17th Century Colonial New England website. For a critical view of The Crucible and its questionable presentation of historical fact, see Margo Burns’s essay “Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Fact and Fiction (or Picky, Picky, Picky).” You can learn more about Arthur Miller’s personal experience with the McCarthy hearings at the BBC’s “On This Day” website. Ready to experience the play for yourself? If there’s not currently a production near you, you might consider reading the stage play. Better yet, check out the 1996 film adaptation of The Crucible, which was written by Arthur Miller himself. It is an excellent way to experience the play. Daniel Day-Lewis’s portrayal of John Proctor is compelling indeed, bringing to vivid life Miller’s hero who must decide, in the end, what his name and reputation mean. Visit thestoryweb.com/miller for links to all these resources and to watch a clip from the film adaptation of The Crucible. The featured scene shows the hysteria of the court, the pressure to point fingers at others, and John Proctor’s refusal to confess himself to be in league with the Devil.

This week on StoryWeb: Kathleen Kent’s novel The Heretic’s Daughter. Those who know me or know my work understand that I am compelled by family histories. I especially love it when contemporary writers delve into their family pasts to unearth secret stories and bring those hidden stories to life for modern readers. Think Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior – one of my key inspirations when I wrote Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative. I am always on the lookout for similar projects. Imagine my delight, then, when I met author Kathleen Kent. We’d both just flown into Lexington, Kentucky, and had been picked up by the executive director of the Kentucky Book Fair, being held in nearby Frankfort, the state capital. Kathleen and I struck up what became a very animated conversation as we discovered that we were both promoting books relating to our families’ histories. My book is about a decidedly obscure family – a poor, rural, hardscrabble family of Cherokee descent. My goal in writing Power in the Blood was to shine a light on the invisible past, to give voice to the voiceless. But Kathleen’s family was famous – or perhaps, in some circles, infamous. For Kathleen is a tenth-generation direct descendant of Martha Carrier, arguably the most well-known of the people hung in 1692 in the village of Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Carrier – like 19 other women and men – was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed as a result. She was hanged on August 19, 1692, the same day John Proctor was hung. Proctor became the inspiration for Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, The Crucible. (Stay tuned: next week I’ll discuss John Proctor and The Crucible.) Long intrigued by this family legacy, Kathleen set out to write Martha’s tale and to show the impact of this heinous period in American history on the Carrier family. So far, so good. I had met a writer whose work was simpatico with my own. But would the resulting novel – The Heretic’s Daughter – be any good? I am happy to answer with a resounding and unequivocal “YES!” In The Heretic’s Daughter, her debut novel, Kathleen Kent reveals herself as a first-rate storyteller. She breathes life into the historical figure of Martha Carrier and the entire Carrier family, including her daughter Sarah from whose vantage point the story is told. Kathleen makes us care deeply about this Puritan family and the woman who was so wronged by the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s “justice” system. Kathleen explains that she was raised hearing the story of her courageous ancestor: I was told about the 19 men and women hanged, who went to their deaths rather than confess and live. And about how my great-grandmother, back nine generations, not only professed her innocence, but harshly admonished her judges not to listen to “these girls who are out of their wits.” It was my mother who first told me that Cotton Mather, one of the greatest theologians of his days, named Martha Carrier “The Queen of Hell,” not for her evil character, but because of her bold and assertive manner. . . . As my grandmother was fond of saying, with not a little pride, “Martha was not a witch. Merely a ferocious woman!” To learn more about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, visit the University of Virginia’s comprehensive Documentary Archive and Transcription Project. The website tells us that at least twenty-five people died as a result of the trials: nineteen were executed by hanging, one was tortured to death by being “pressed” with large stones, and at least five died in jail due to harsh conditions. In all, “over 160 people were accused of witchcraft, most were jailed, and many deprived of property and legal rights.” Those accused lived in the town of Salem, in Salem Village (now Danvers), and in Andover, where Martha Carrier and her family lived. Kathleen’s website also provides a good (and brief) overview of the Salem Witch Trials. You can learn more about Kathleen Kent and her first novel, The Heretic’s Daughter, at the book’s official website. You can explore the Carrier family tree and learn about the Carrier family reunion Kathleen helped to organize in 2010. You can also listen to an audio interview with Kathleen, in which she explains the research she conducted as she wrote the novel, including spending time in Salem and surrounding areas. A New York Times book review of The Heretic’s Daughter provides a good introduction to the novel, as does the review in The Guardian, which calls the book “an exceptionally accomplished debut novel.” Best of all, you can read the first chapter online for free and listen to an audio excerpt from the novel. And if you fall in love with The Heretic’s Daughter (as I know you will!), you can read more of Kathleen’s work. Of special note is another historical novel, The Traitor’s Wife, a prequel to The Heretic’s Daughter. It tells the story of Thomas and Martha Carrier in the years before the Salem Witch Trials. Kathleen has written two additional novels: The Outcasts and The Dime. Visit thestoryweb.com/kent for links to all these resources and to watch as Kathleen Kent reads a short excerpt from The Heretic’s Daughter and talks about the family legacy of her ninth great-grandmother, Martha Carrier. Join me next week when I’ll continue my exploration of the Salem Witch Trials with a look at Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.  

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Kathleen Kent author of The Heretic’s Daughter discusses with us what it was like as a child, knowing that her grandmother, nine generation back, was hung as a witch in the Salem Witch Trials. She shares intimate details about her family’s historical past and what it took to write a novel her whole family could be proud of!