Podcasts about Kinsey Millhone

Sue Grafton died on December 28, 2017 at the age of seventy-seven. Best known as the author of a series of mysteries featuring the detective Kinsey Millhone, Sue Grafton was at the forefront of the Sisters in Crime movement — women authors who wrote crime fiction – starting with her first mystery, A is for Alibi in 1982, and continuing the alphabet through Y is for Yesterday. The final book in the series, Z is for Zero, was never written. On April 17, 1989, on a book tour for F is for Fugitive, and again on April 13, 1992, for I Is for Innocent, Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff  spoke with Sue Grafton about the history of her career and her writing process. This program is taken from those two interviews. Originally posted on January 9, 2018. Complete 1989 interview Complete 1992 interview   The post Sue Grafton (1940-2017), G is for the Grafton Mysteries appeared first on KPFA.

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In ‘F van fataal’ komt een oude opgeloste moordzaak weer boven water en is het aan privédetective Kinsey Millhone om gerechtigheid te brengen in een wirwar van tegenstrijdige herinneringen en...Uitgegeven door SAGA EgmontSpreker(s): Inge Ipenburg

Santa Barbara resident and SBWC regular Sue Grafton was an American author best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California , which was based on Santa Barbara . Before her success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies.Stewart O'Nan's first book, and only collection of short stories, In the Walled City, was awarded the 1993 Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Many of the stories in that collection also originally appeared in publications such as Ascent (the short story "Econoline"), Columbia (the short story "The Third of July"), Jam To-Day (the short story "Mr Wu Thinks"), The Nebraska Review (the short story "Winter Haven), Northwest Review (the short story "The Finger"), The South Dakota Review (the short story "The Calling") and The Threepenny Review (the short story "Steak").In this combined talk Grafton and O'Nan spoke together and titled it "Aria For Two Authors".

Voor de meeste mensen is Kerstmis de mooiste tijd van het jaar, maar privédetective Kinsey Millhone hoeft dit keer geen rustige kerst te verwachten...Uitgegeven door SAGA EgmontSpreker(s): Inge Ipenburg

Here is the next book in the Kinsey Millhone series hope you guys enjoy plus some updates with me will update you guys later on my situation with my head aches and things of that nature

Geen enkele speuropdracht die op het bureau van privédetective Kinsey Millhone belandt is een routineklus...Uitgegeven door SAGA EgmontSpreker(s): Inge Ipenburg

TV Adaptation coming of beloved Alphabet Series.

On a special milestone episode of Ludology, Gil Hova and Scott Rogers say goodbye to our beloved Emma Larkins, as she departs as a co-host after 50 amazing episodes. Geoff Engelstein drops by to check in on us. And we're also joined by new co-hosts Erica Bouyouris and Sen-Foong Lim! SHOW NOTES 05m02s: Emma has earned quite a few awards for her game Abandon All Artichokes: the Golden Geek Light Game of the Year, the American Tabletop Award for Early Gamers, and yes, the Parent's Choice Silver Award. 07m25s: Here are Emma's favorite episodes: Ludology 247 - Orc-kay Computer with James Mendez Hodes Ludology 244 - Games Brought to Life with Jeeyon Shim (her Kickstarter for her new game The Shape of Shadows that Emma mentioned will be running for another week) Ludology 240 - Are You Receiving Me? with Adrienne Smith (a slight correction: Adrienne has won IFAF gold medals in international competitions, but has yet to win the Super Bowl) Ludology 233 - A Sporting Chance with Omari Akil Ludology 231 - STEAM Engine with Chidi Paige Ludology 228 - The Roles We Play with Banana Chan Ludology 214 - Escape From Reality with Hayley E.R. Cooper and Cameron Cooper of Strange Bird Immersive Ludology 212 - Inventing Play with Kim Vandenbrouke Ludology 203 - Winging It with Elizabeth Hargrave Ludology 209 - The 6 Zones of Play, a roundtable episode with Emma, Gil, and Scott. 15m06s: The two books Geoff mentions are Achievement Relocked: Loss Aversion and Game Design, and Game Production: Prototyping and Producing Your Board Game. 16m30s: More information about the Zenobia Award. 19m56s: Here's the most recent episode we did with Sen, Ludology 236 - Role With It. 20m38s: More information about the Meeple Syrup Show. 21m59s: "Jay" is Sen's longtime co-designer Jay Cormier. Jay joined Mike and Geoff in Ludology 134 - There's No "I" In Team. "Jessey" is game designer, developer, and Meeple Syrup co-host Jessey Wright. "Helaina" is Helaina Cappel, who runs publishing companies Burnt Island Games and Kids' Table Board Gaming.  26m13s: "Daryl" is prolific game designer and former Meeple Syrup host Daryl Andrews. (The shout you hear in the background is one of Sen's sons playing Magic.) 31m41s: Here's Emma's streaming co-host Javion Smith. 32m10s: Here's Emma's list of games: Board Games 7 Summits One Deck Dungeon War Chest The Duke Dune: Imperium Video Games Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Roundguard Pawnbarian Return of the Obra Dinn Outside In What the Golf? 41m06s: Renys is very much a Maine thing. 43m20s: Sue Grafton wrote the "alphabet mystery series" of detective novels featuring investigator Kinsey Millhone, starting with A is for Alibi and ending with Y is for Yesterday. She sadly never got to the last letter, passing away in 2017. Her daughter said since Grafton never finished what was to be the final book in the series, Z is for Zero, and they did not wish to hire a ghostwriter, "as far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y." 44m59s: Emma’s pen of choice, the Pilot Precise V5 Rollerball Extra Fine. 46m18s: Sen recommends jetpens.com for all your writing needs. 47m13s: Here's what we're all working on! Sen My Singing Monsters: The Board Game Erica Rat Queens: To the Slaughter Scott Alien: Fate of the Nostromo Gil The Rival Networks Weird Stories (which now has a cover!) High Rise: Ultraplastic Geoff Triumvir Super-Skill Pinball: Ramp it Up Nova League  Emma Abandon All Artichokes on Tabletopia Tea & Me 50m03s: Emma's Twitter, Twitch, and web site.

Judy Kaye first came to prominence playing Lily Garland in the original Broadway production of On The 20th Century opposite John Cullum and Imogene Coca. In a career spanning five decades, she has played theaters and concert halls across the globe, in roles as diverse as Lucy Van Pelt, Rizzo, Maria Von Trapp, Mrs. Lovett, and Grandma Kurnitz in Lost in Yonkers. Recent Broadway appearances include Cinderella, Wicked, Anastasia and Diana. She played Eurydice in Orpheus In The Underworld, Musetta in La Boheme, and Lucy Lockett in The Beggar’s Opera at The Santa Fe Opera. She has twice received the Tony Award; first in 1988 for the role of the tempestuous opera diva Carlotta Giudicelli in The Phantom of the Opera, then again in 2012 for her performance as the high-flying Duchess Estonia Dulworth in Nice Work If You Can Get It. She has also twice received the Theater LA Ovation Award; for her work as Emma Goldman in Ragtime, and as the melodically challenged Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir, two roles she originated on Broadway. She has sung with symphony orchestras throughout the US and Europe, and twice at the White House. She is also the voice of Kinsey Millhone in the Sue Grafton Alphabet Mystery Series for Random House Audio. (Bio courtesy of Broadway.com)Cocktails at Table 7- Inside New York’s Joe Allen is produced and hosted by Jason Woodruff, Dana Mierlak and Sean Kent, with music by James Rubio and logo and artwork design by Christina D’Angelo. The Producers would like to extend a special thank you to the owners of Joe Allen, Orso and Bar Centrale Restaurants.

First Draft Episode #287: Elise Bryant Elise Bryant is the debut author of Happily Ever Afters. This episode is brought to you by Plotting With Revelations, the three-unit online character arc workshop created by critically-acclaimed, Edgar Award-nominated author Erin Bowman. Register at embowman.com/workshops by February 7th. and use special coupon code FIRSTDRAFT to save $100. Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Bailey School Kids series by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries series, Size 12 is Not Fat, All American Girl and many more Sarah Dessen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All, Just Listen, The Truth About Forever and many more. Hear her First Draft interview about The Rest of the Story. Megan McCafferty, author of Sloppy Firsts: A Jessica Darling Novel, Bumped, The Mall, and more The Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate Faye Kellerman, author of the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels, beginning with The Ritual Bath Sue Grafton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Kinsey Millhone series, beginning with A is For Alibi Even Stevens (TV show) Lizzie Maguire (TV show and movie) J. D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road and Big Sur Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, author of Howl Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of Nobel Prize-winning One Hundred Days of Solitude Teach For America Monster by Walter Dean Myers March, the graphic novel by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of critically acclaimed books, including National Book Award finalist Ghost, Newberry and Printz-honored Long Way Down, Coretta Scott King Honoree As Brave as You, and his latest, middle grade Look Both Ways, which was just named to the National Book Award Longlist for Young People’s Literature. Hear his First Draft interviews here and here. Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give and On the Come Up talks about her latest book, Concrete Rose, as well as the upcoming Blackout. Hear her First Draft interview here. Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, Dear Justyce, Odd One Out, Jackpot, and Clean Getaway. Hear her First Draft interview here. Lamar Giles, author of Fake ID, SPIN, Not So Pure and Simple, and The Last Last-Day-Of-Summer and more Madcap Retreats Katherine Locke, author of The Girl With the Red Balloon, who offers editorial services Taylor Haggerty at Root Literary is Elise’s literary agent Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me In a Crown, and the forthcoming Rise to the Sun. Hear her First Draft episode here.

This is the first hour of the audiobook of "Permanent Position," Book 2 in the Doctor Rowena Halley series. The complete audiobook is available at most major online retailers and subscription services, and can be requested through your local library. “Stark remains a brilliant observer of the academia scene”—The Prairies Book Review Love Stephanie Plum’s wit, Kinsey Millhone’s grit, or Spenser’s wry take on academia? Try the Doctor Rowena Halley series! Loves hurts. Sometimes it kills. After the tumultuous events of the previous semester, Russian professor Rowena Halley has found a new job. This time it’s a one-semester adjunct position in Charlotte, North Carolina. Not ideal, but better than no job at all. At least that’s what she’s telling herself. Rowena loves what she does, but love isn’t always kind. Her job is keeping her broke AND three states away from her best candidate for serious boyfriend material, her ex is sending her cryptic messages from the war zone in Ukraine, and her brother has come back from Afghanistan even more messed up than before. And if that isn’t enough, students are trying to draw her into their family dramas—with dangerous consequences. Everyone knows that “publish or perish” is the rule in academia, but if Rowena isn’t careful, she may perish before she gets the chance to publish. Combining humor, romance, and suspense, "Permanent Position" gives an insider’s view of the gritty backstage of higher education, where words do more than cut and all the testing is high-stakes. *Content warning: We've got angsty adjunct professors, mouthy undergrads, a cynical Navy vet, and a career Marine all mixing it up in here. The level of adult language is significant.*

Amanda and Jenn discuss action heroines, bonkers plotlines, police procedurals, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller giveaway, Slay by Brittney Morris, and the audiobook of Frankly in Love by David Yoon. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. FEEDBACK Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (rec’d by Stephanie) Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan (rec’d by Elizabeth) Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi (rec’d by Khadija) The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron (rec’d by Aleks) QUESTIONS 1. Greetings, and thanks in advance for expanding my already out of control TBR list! A friend and I just booked a two-week trip to South Korea for early November (leaving 11/3), and I want to do as much research as possible before I go, because I am SUCH a Hermione. I’m looking for books, fiction or non-fiction, that will provide me with context about the culture, history, food, traditions, and/or landscape of South Korea. I already have Wicked Fox and Pachinko on my list. What else can you recommend that will help me learn as much as I can? I’ve never been anywhere in Asia, and I’m so excited to go. My wheelhouse is pretty broad–I’m a fan of contemporary fiction, sweeping generational sagas, YA, and sci-fi/fantasy (though I’m not so much into high fantasy). For non-fiction I especially love reading memoirs, especially by women and comedians (Bossypants and “Are you Hanging out without Me?” being two of my favorites) and collections of essays. Thanks so much–I love the podcast and I can’t wait to hear your recommendations. -Julia 2. Hi Amanda and Jenn! Over the summer I’ve gotten into a reading kick of books with a certain madcap flair – like everything is bonkers but we’re going with it plotlines. I think Amanda’s recommendation of The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall is what set me off so I wanted to ask for more please! Other books I’ve read in this vein would be: The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger, Good Omens by Gaiman/Pratchett, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, The Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams – and I’m noticing a British theme here, which is fine to continue or buck! Thanks in advance. -Kelly 3. Every year for Hanukkah, I send my friend 8 e-books from Thanksgiving until the last day of the holiday. When Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins came out, we both absolutely loved it and read the rest of the books in the series. At the time, we also liked some of the books by Rainbow Rowell. I’ve had trouble finding another whimsical, fun, romantic, but well written series that has the same energy as the Perkins’ books. Any suggestions? Thank you! -Malory 4. I am looking for a book for my mom. She really likes fiction about all kinds of sports in which characters overcome hardships and stereotypes. Which is why she loved the Dairy Queen Trilogy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. She has now read all three books several times and can’t seem to find anything else quite like it. Can you think of anything along these lines? Thank you! All the best! -Leah 5. I’m a long time listener to the podcast and have got many many recommendations from you both over the years, but I’ve only now come up with my very own personalised request… I’ve recently realised that I read police (and private detective) procedurals as a kind of comfort read/palate cleanser/go to for when I can’t think of anything else to read, or just can’t get into any other books. I’ve read loads of Sarah Paretsky, am obsessed with Tana French and recently really enjoyed the first 2 books in Susie Steiner’s DI Manon Bradshaw series, but I’d really love some recs for this kind of thing that isn’t written by a white woman. I already have IQ by Joe Ides on my radar, have read and loved everything by Attica Locke, and have put the Widows of Malabar Hill on my TBR – do you have any other suggestions for me? Bonus points if it’s a long ass series I can really sink my teeth into and keep going back to when all is lost. I read (and write!) a lot of psychological thrillers so really don’t need any recommendations in that department..it’s police and private eyes I’m after here, I think. -Annie 6. I’m a relatively new Insider, and have been loving your podcast through the past 5 months. Thank you SO much for making my TBR list super-long, and introducing me to so many books I might never have thought to pick up. As a side effect of the Read Harder Challenge, I realized that I love books of essays (who knew?!) in addition to my known-favorites of historical fiction, fantasy, murder mystery, and literary fiction. I just finished reading “Selfish, Shallow and Self-absorbed: 16 Writers on the Decision NOT to have kids”. I had high hopes for this book as a 37 year old veterinarian who has made this decision myself, which tends not to be a popular one with family or peer-group. I was hoping to find my brethren in these essays, but sadly only felt some mild kindred spirits calling from two or three essays. I was wondering if you might be able to help me find a character who speaks to me through a novel? I will say that the “single and driven” female lead intrigues me, but isn’t me. I’m happily married to a man who also doesn’t want children. Also, I do love kids (and truly enjoy my time with my nephews and god-daughter), so kid-haters are also a strong no. Some of my favorite characters thus far have been Kinsey Millhone from Sue Grafton’s alphabet series; Lindsay Boxer from the early part of the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson, Claire from the Outlander series, and Jo from Little Women. Thank you in advance! -Jennie 7. I always wondered why I felt no connection to action heroines. Then I read Sabriel and realized that I prefer down-to-earth, sensible protagonists who have a strong sense of duty. Tiffany Aching is the platonic ideal of this. I also recently loved The Bear and the Nightingale. My preferred genres are science fiction and fantasy. I’ve been especially loving “domestic fantasy” lately that takes place around the home, though a good adventure across dangerous lands is always fun too. Thank you! -Julia BOOKS DISCUSSED The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun, translated by Sora Kim-Russell The Birth of Korean Cool by Euny Hong The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield (rec’d by Kathleen) Check, Please!: Book 1: Hockey, by Ngozi Ukazu Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak (The Unquiet Dead #1) by Ausma Zehanat Khan The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert The Magnificent Spinster by May Sarton Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

Enjoy the next book review guys have a merry Christmas and a happy new year

Enjoy the next book review in the Kinsey Millhone series E is for evidence and enjoy the double sword and scale recap peace

The next book in the Kinsey Millhone series book 4D is for deadbeat

In this latest book review of the Kinsey Millhone addition series I reviewed sea is 4 quarts the third book in the Kinsey Millhone series stay tuned for more book reviews thanks to all who listen to the podcast glad you guys enjoyed it

Hope you enjoy the second book review of bee is for burglar the second book in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series

In this book review our review a is for alibi a Kinsey Millhone mystery by Sue Grafton

Sunday morning, the quiet kind that I don’t get enough of. Until a minute ago I’d been on my second cup of coffee, reading Dreamland and starting to think about breakfast. Hopalong, dozing at my feet, stirred briefly as my phone went off. I saw from caller ID it was Burke Cunningham. I almost didn’t answer, and not just because I liked listening to my new ringtone. A call from Cunningham on a Sunday morning was like the cluck of a dentist as she works on your teeth. The news can’t be good. On the other hand, because he’s one of the most sought-after defense attorneys in Columbus, Ohio, the news would probably involve a job, which I could use right at the moment. But it also meant an end to a quiet Sunday morning of the kind I don’t get enough of. I answered anyway. Unlike my conscience, my bank balance always gets the better of me.      “What’d the cops say?”      “They said it was a good thing I didn’t get my ass shot.”      “They did not.”      “Perhaps I’m paraphrasing.”      “Any leads?”      “Not at the moment. They took the info. Put out a news release.”      “I saw the coverage. You’re a hero, again.”      “Slow news day. A zoo baby would have bumped me off the lineup in a heartbeat.” -- Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Third Brother Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a crime reporter and author of the Andy Hayes private eye mystery series. You can sign up for his newsletter on his website and keep up with him on Twitter and Facebook. And you can follow his recommendations for some of his own favorite PI reads, including Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series (and whenever the wonderful Sue Grafton is mentioned, I like to give a plug for the work of her father, C.W. Grafton, The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope and The Rope Began to Hang the Butcher, two of my all-time favorite mysteries). Andrew also gives a shout out to Robert B. Parker's Spenser and Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series, and authors Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald, and John D. MacDonald as masters of the PI genre. Here are Andrew's own Andy Hayes books, in order: 1 - Fourth Down and Out 2 - Slow Burn 3 - Capitol Punishment 4 - The Hunt 5 - The Third Brother We talk about his nonfiction book on the death penalty, but neglect to mention the title. Let me correct that oversight: it is No Winners Here Tonight, and you can learn more through this link to the write up on Andrew's website. As always, if you'd rather read than listen, the transcript is below.  Enjoy! -- Laura ************************************************** Transcript of interview with Andrew Welsh-Huggins Laura Brennan: Andrew Welsh-Huggins is a reporter for the Associated Press whose beat includes crime, the death penalty, and politics -- an explosive combination. He has translated that experience into two non-fiction books and five crime novels featuring Andy Hayes, an ex-Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback and current private eye. Andy has a wisecracking attitude and an affinity for trouble. Andrew, thank you for joining me. Andrew Welsh-Huggins: Thank you for having me. Great to be with you. LB: So you are a career reporter. What was the draw of journalism? AWH: Well, I'd always wanted to be a writer. Early in my career after college, I think it was a natural transition to get into writing professionally. I'd worked for both my high school newspaper and my college paper, and grew up reading -- there was actually a time and we got two newspapers a day in my house growing up and the New York Times every Sunday. It just sort of made sense for me to follow journalism. And I also saw that as a path into fiction writing as well. It just took me a while to get there. LB: Were you always writing fiction on the side? AWH: Yes. I'm one of those kids who was writing stories at a very young age, usually mystery short stories as a young man. But just was always trying my hand at fiction, and particularly I was always attracted to the private eye ge...

Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mystery series stars Kinsey Millhone, a no-nonsense private eye operating in California. "A" is for Alibi is the first book for feature Kinsey, so we spend much of the episode talking about how it sets up the series and how Kinsey fits into the pantheon of crime fiction protagonists. Also, Andrew comes up with his OWN alphabetic mysteries.This podcast cannot be used for evidence in a court of law.PLUS: We updated our Patreon project! Check it out: patreon.com/overduepod

Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mystery series stars Kinsey Millhone, a no-nonsense private eye operating in California. "A" is for Alibi is the first book for feature Kinsey, so we spend much of the episode talking about how it sets up the series and how Kinsey fits into the pantheon of crime fiction protagonists. Also, Andrew comes up with his OWN alphabetic mysteries.This podcast cannot be used for evidence in a court of law.PLUS: We updated our Patreon project! Check it out: patreon.com/overduepod

Your road map to this week's entertainment-themed episode:00:53 Black Panther: Catherine saw the highly anticipated film at the beginning of its run, and loved its production design, bad-ass women, and layered storyline.06:58 One Day at a Time: This week, the episodes we watched covered immigration ("Strays") and PTSD ("The Death of Mrs. Resnick") in typical issue-of-the-week style, which still prompted tears from at least one of us.15:07 Challenge Round: A Is for Alibi: Terri challenged Catherine to read the first title in Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mysteries series. The case she solves might be forgettable, but detective Kinsey Millhone isn't.For next week, we'll forgo the Challenge Round in favor of watching the Oscars (Sunday, March 4). We'll discuss the awards show, plus the next episode of The West Wing ("The California 47th") and two from One Day at a Time ("Hold, Please" and "One Lie at a Time," both from season 1).For quotes, archives, and more, visit us at http://parentingroundabout.com.

Gillian and Matt overeat Thai and discuss A is for Alibi, the first novel in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series, written by the late Sue Grafton. Gillian loves the winter theme of the Winter Olympics, Matt bullies nerds, and both adore Hoda Kotb.

Sue Grafton died on December 28, 2017 at the age of seventy-seven. Best known as the author of a series of mysteries featuring the detective Kinsey Millhone, Sue Grafton was at the forefront of the Sisters in Crime movement — women authors who wrote crime fiction – starting with her first mystery, A is for Alibi in 1982, and continuing the alphabet through Y is for Yesterday. The final book in the series, Z is for Zero, was never written. On April 17, 1989, on a book tour for F is for Fugitive, and again on April 13, 1992, for I Is for Innocent, Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff  spoke with Sue Grafton about the history of her career and her writing process. This program is taken from those two interviews. Complete 1989 interview Complete 1992 interview   The post Sue Grafton 1940-2017 appeared first on KPFA.

Episode Thirty Six Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. Willa Cather Bookclub: Join Chris on January 18th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT where she is kicking off a quarterly Willa Cather book club starting with My Antonia. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode – Reading Goals for 2018 – Emily 1. 52 book reading challenge on Goodreads 2. Read “book of shame” on bookshelf : Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts 3. Clean up Currently Reading shelf on Goodreads 4. Establish a volunteer relationship with a literary organization – read to kids! 5. Read excerpts from the many short story collections on the bookshelf 6. Send cards/letters once/week 7. Work on joint podcasts with authors, other literary podcasts, etc. 8. Go on an epic book related adventure Chris 1. 52 book reading challenge on Goodreads 2. TBR 2018 reading challenge – hosted by Adam at Roof Beam Reader Chris blogged about her 12 books here 3. Australian Women Writers Reading Challenge 2018 Chris blogged about her anticipated reading here 4. Willa Cather quarterly book club at Bookclub Bookstore & More 5. One book challenge – Anna in April – reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Sponsored by Amanda of Fig and Thistle Books. 6. Write and submit work – Currently Reading/Listening – My Ántonia (Great Plains Trilogy #3) – Willa Cather (CW) (100 year anniversary!) Sweet – Yotem Ottolenghi and Helen Goh (EF) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne (EF) – Just Read – The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin (CW) Someone – Alice McDermott (EF) Sweetgirl – Travis Mulhauser Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook – Alice Waters (EF) The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays & Stories – Marina Keegan edited by Anne Fadiman(EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily had at home adventures watching the movie Mudbound based on the novel, Mudbound, by Hilary Jordan and starting the series Good Behavior based on the Letty Dobesh Chronicles by Blake Crouch. We discuss the passing of Sue Grafton author of the Kinsey Millhone series. Chris adventured to NYC to hunt for Maurice. She walked and came upon a sign: Melville Square, she wrote about the adventure on her blog. Read about it here. Chris ventured to the North Haven Memorial Library to pick up movies and books. Tragedy struck and her dog ate two of the books: The Woman on the Stairs – Bernard Schlink Laureates of Connecticut – edited by Ginny Lowe Connors December 30, 2017 - Chris met “Our Mystery Man” John Valeri at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore for a final shop of 2017. – Upcoming Jaunts – January 11, 2018 – Chris and Emily are finally taking a jaunt to the Noah Webster House in West Hartford, CT. January 25, 2018 - Min Jin Lee will be at RJ Julia’s Booksellers in conversation with the Book Cougars! – Upcoming Reads – Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg (CW) Free Food for Millionaires – Min Jin Lee (CW) Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too) – Gretchen Rubin (EF) – Also Mentioned – The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir – Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures – Anne Fadiman Inside the Wave – Helen Dunmore Dark Matter – Blake Crouch Harry Dresden Series – Jim Butcher The Reader – Bernard Schlink Pachinko – Min Jin Lee

In this edition of Saving Stories Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History shares audio of an interview with the late Sue Grafton. It's part of the center's online series featuring Kentucky authors. In this 1993 conversation the Louisville native talks about her difficult childhood, how she came up with her signature Alphabet series of mystery novels and the creation of her lead character, private investigator Kinsey Millhone.

Sue Grafton, the author of the Kinsey Millhone alphabet series, died last week after a two year battle with cancer.  On Friday, December 29th, Brian replayed his most recent interview with her from Labor Day. Enjoy!

点击每期节目可以看到具体文稿内容B Is for BurglarBy Sue GraftonPrologueAfter it's over, of course, you want to kick yourself for all the things you didn't see at the time. The Had-I-But-Known school of private investigation perhaps. My name is Kinsey Millhone and most of my reports begin the same way. I start by asserting who I am and what I do, as though by stating the same few basic facts I can make sense out of everything that comes afterward. This is what's true of me in brief. I'm female, age thirty-two, single, self-employed. I went through the police academy when I was twenty, joining Santa Teresa Police Department on graduation. I don't even remember now how I pictured the job before I took it on. I must have had vague, idealistic notions of law and order, the good guys versus the bad, with occasional court appearances in which I'd be asked to testify as to which was which. In my view, the bad guys would all go to jail, thus making it safe for the rest of us to carry on. After a while, I realized how naïve I was. I was frustrated at the restrictions and frustrated because back then, policewomen were viewed with a mixture of curiosity and scorn. I didn't want to spend my days defending myself against “goodnatured” insults, or having to prove how tough I was again and again. I wasn't getting paid enough to deal with all that grief, so I got out. For two years, I tried an assortment of occupations, but none had the same pull. Whatever else is true of police work, it does entail the intermittent sick thrill of life on the edge. I was hooked on the adrenal rush, and I couldn't go back to the commonplace. Eventually, I joined a small firm of private investigators and spent another two years learning the business, after which I opened an office of my own, duly licensed and bonded. I've been at it for five years, supporting myself in a modest way. I'm wiser now than I used to be and I'm more experienced, but the fact remains that when a client sits down in the chair across the desk from me, I never know what's going to happen next.968重庆之声每周一至周五8点56分每天三分钟养成良好英语听说习惯

Eddie spent the past week trying (and failing) to figure out PD James' Death of an Expert Witness, Lee takes a trip down non-linear memory lane with Megan Miranda's All the Missing Girls, and they try to figure out whether Patricia Corwell's Kay Scarpetta and Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone just have really bad luck, or are a bit gung ho for their own good!______________________________________________If you like what you hear, we'd really appreciate if you sent us some stars on iTunes! It's one the best ways to support the show!We've had many requests for beta reading from Crime Time listeners over the years, and we're thrilled to finally be able to offer this service to our book community! Check out Frankcoreaders.com for all your manuscript assessment needs!Tell us what books are your faves in the comments below, or via Twitter!Join the Crime Time Team at Patreon!Make sure to check out the books of the week via the affiliate link below! Crime Time has partnered with Book Depository to bring you books at a great price – with free shipping worldwide thrown in!

Best-selling mystery author Sue Grafton is back with "W is for Wasted," the twenty-third letter in her hugely popular "alphabet series." The year is 1988, but female private eye Kinsey Millhone isn't worried about perms or shoulder pads; she's trying to figure out what two dead men - a shady, former colleague and a homeless man - have in common. In this entertaining interview, the former-screenwriter also talks about Hollywood, hair cuts and how she survived a difficult childhood.