Podcasts about lookout books

Clare Beams (The Garden) discusses the fascinating medical history behind her new novel, writing a “ghost story,” crafting a sympathetic villain and an unlikable main character, finding inspiration and darkness by re-reading The Secret Garden as an adult, and more! Clare Beams's new novel, The Garden, will be published by Doubleday in April of 2024. It has been longlisted for the 2024 Joyce Carol Oates/New Literary Project Prize and featured on anticipated lists at LitHub and Bookshop.org. Her novel The Illness Lesson, published in February of 2020 by Doubleday, was a New York Times Editors' Choice and was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. It was named a best book of 2020 by Esquire and Bustle and a best book of February by Time, O Magazine, and Entertainment Weekly. Her story collection, We Show What We Have Learned, was published by Lookout Books in 2016; it won the Bard Fiction Prize, was longlisted for the Story Prize, and was a Kirkus Best Debut of 2016, as well as a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Her short fiction appears in One Story, n+1, Ecotone, Conjunctions, The Common, Kenyon Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and has received special mention in The Pushcart Prize and twice in The Best American Short Stories. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, MacDowell, and the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and was a finalist for the 2023 Joyce Carol Oates/New Literary Project Prize. Clare lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and two daughters and currently teaches in the Randolph MFA program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Lookout Books editor and writing professor KaToya Ellis Fleming (MFA '18) reflects on the work of editing the award-winning anthology Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic. Bigger Than Bravery was edited by the late Valerie Boyd who founded the MFA in narrative nonfiction program at UGA. Publishers's Weekly listed Bigger than Bravery among their Big Indie books of fall, Library Journal named it one of the best books of 2022 and Foreword Indies named it the silver winner for Anthologies. It also won the Georgia Author of the Year Award in the Specialty Book category. KaToya talks about the wonder of editing writers she had long admired and the labor of love in completing the project after Boyd passed away before its publication date. Also in this episode, Lolis Eric Elie, a former mentor in our writing program reads from his essay "A Survivor Looks Back" and program mentor and alumna Rosalind Bentley (MFA '17) reads from her essay "Iron and Brass."

In the second episode of Read Appalachia, host Kendra Winchester poses the question, where does Appalachian Literature come from? The learn the answer, Kendra talks to Derek Krissoff, the Director of West Virginia University Press, and Meg Reid, the Directer of Hub City Press.View the complete show notes over on our website!Things MentionedWest Virginia University PressTwitter | InstagramHub City PressTwitter | InstagramBelt PublishingUniversity of Kentucky PressBlairBooks MentionedGuest InfoDerek Krissoff is director at West Virginia University Press and has previously worked at the university presses at Georgia and Nebraska.TwitterMeg Reid is the Director of Hub City Press in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where she finds and champions new and overlooked voices from the American South, including Carter Sickels, Drew Lanham, Ashley M. Jones, and Anjali Enjeti. An editor and book designer, her essays have appeared online in outlets like DIAGRAM, Oxford American, and The Rumpus. She holds an MFA in Nonfiction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she served as Assistant Editor of the literary magazine, Ecotone, and worked for the literary imprint Lookout Books.TwitterShow Your Love for Read Appalachia! You can support Read Appalachia by heading over to our merch store, tipping us over on Ko-fi, or by sharing the podcast with a friend! For more ways to support the show, head over to our Support page. Follow Read Appalachia Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok ContactFor feedback or to just say “hi,” you can reach us at readappalachia[at]gmail.comMusic by Olexy from Pixabay

Anna Lena Phillips Bell 0:58Anna Lena is the editor and art director for Ecotone* and an editor for Lookout Books at the University of North Carolina—Wilmington. She talks about Ecotone’s mission and aesthetic, how to balance the two for publication, and dishes about her absolute stunner of a craft book, A Pocket Book of Forms.*While recording the episode, I refer to Anna Lena as an editor at Ecotone. She is the editor and art director there. My sincerist apologies for the goof on the tape.Paulette Perhach 17:15On the mini segment of “Daniel’s Blazer,” Paulette Perhach talks with Daniel Peña about who she’s wearing, her book Welcome to the Writer’s Life, and how “Broke Back Mountain” was the best thing she’s read.Courtney Maum 22:57Courtney Maum—author of Costalegre—discusses her new book Before and After the Book Deal, a “what to expect when you’re expecting” for writers published by Catapult. She’s also, interestingly, a product namer for several cosmetic companies in Connecticut and host to a writers’ retreat called The Cabins. Norma Elia Cantú 44:52Norma Elia Cantú is the Norene R. and T. Frank Murchison Endowed Professor in Humanities at Trinity University as well as professor emerita at the University of Texas in San Antonio. She trekked the El Camino de Santiago in Spain in 2011 after an inspiring panel with Sandra Cisneros and then wrote a blog El Camino A Year Later about her experience. Her other works reflect her passion for the border, boundaries, and the culture of the regions. She is also a contributor to Dancing Across Borders: Danzas y Bailes Mexicanos.Michaeljulius Y. Idani 1:06:50Working with Rita Woods, Michaeljulius Idani is a mentee through the Writer-to-Writer Program hosted by AWP. He thanked his wife for her immense support and giving him the opportunity of honing his craft outside of academia. He’s also worked on the aesthetics of bookstagram on his Instagram account that pays homage to his early interest in photography of HBCs. (He’s also the velvety voice you hear in the opening credits for the AWP reels. Thanks Michaeljulius!) Christopher Miguel Flakus 1:20:18An MFA student at the University of Houston, Christopher Miguel Flakus talks with us about his experience as a founder and co-editor of the new Defunkt Magazine. Defunkt showcases “compelling, accessible, and culturally relevant work--anything the mainstream is ignoring or marginalizing.” It’s a glorious and artful nod to zine and punk culture. Jeneé Darden 1:36:04A reporter for outlets including NPR and KALW, Jenee Darden reminds us of the importance of broadcast and audio media. She also shares a mental health awareness anthology she’s contributed to, We’ve Been Too Patient, and her own collection of essays and poems, When the Purple Rose Blooms.

Founded at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place, and our authors interpret this charge expansively. An ecotone is a transition zone between two adjacent ecological communities, containing the characteristic species of each. It is, therefore, a place of danger or opportunity, a testing ground. The magazine explores the ecotones between landscapes, literary genres, scientific and artistic disciplines, modes of thought. They are particularly interested in hearing from writers historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: people of color, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, gender-nonconforming people, LGBTQIA+, women, and others. And they welcome the work of emerging writers. Rachel Taube is an MFA candidate in Fiction at UNC-Wilmington, and Managing Editor at Ecotone. Anna Lena Phillips Bell is the author of Ornament (University of North Texas Press, 2017), winner of the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize. The recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in literature, she teaches at University of North Carolina—Wilmington, where she is the editor of Ecotone and Lookout Books. She lives near the Cape Fear River. Hear how these editors work to publish voices missing from lit mags and confront the liminal space we are all in as our environment changes.

Founded at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place, and our authors interpret this charge expansively. An ecotone is a transition zone between two adjacent ecological communities, containing the characteristic species of each. It is, therefore, a place of danger or opportunity, a testing ground. The magazine explores the ecotones between landscapes, literary genres, scientific and artistic disciplines, modes of thought. They are particularly interested in hearing from writers historically underrepresented in literary publishing and in place-based contexts: people of color, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, gender-nonconforming people, LGBTQIA+, women, and others. And they welcome the work of emerging writers. Rachel Taube is an MFA candidate in Fiction at UNC-Wilmington, and Managing Editor at Ecotone. Anna Lena Phillips Bell is the author of Ornament (University of North Texas Press, 2017), winner of the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize. The recipient of a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in literature, she teaches at University of North Carolina—Wilmington, where she is the editor of Ecotone and Lookout Books. She lives near the Cape Fear River. Hear how these editors work to publish voices missing from lit mags and confront the liminal space we are all in as our environment changes.

In this episode, Clifford Brooks and Michael Amidei interview Cameron Dezen Hammon. Cameron Dezen Hammon’s writing has appeared in Ecotone, The Rumpus, The Literary Review, The Butter, NYLON, Them, The Houston Chronicle, and elsewhere. Her essay “Infirmary Music” was named a notable in The Best American Essays 2017, and she is a contributor to The Kiss: Intimacies from Writers (W.W. Norton), My Caesarean: Twenty Mothers on the Experience of Birth by C-Section and After (The Experiment) and Common Prayer: Reflections on Episcopal Worship (Wipf & Stock). She is co-founder of The Slant reading series, host of The Ish podcast, and her debut book This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession is forthcoming from Lookout Books on October 22, 2019. www.CameronDezenHammon.com Music provided by Justin Johnson (www.JustinJohnsonLive.com)

Book publicist and author Cameron Dezen Hammon discusses the work of a book publicist, which social media avenues to explore and which ones not to waste money on. She also shares the value of Bookstagrammers and what it's like working with a book publicist to market your book. Cameron believes good publicity is about finding what’s newsworthy about you and your book and amplifying that message. It’s about getting your book into the hands of reviewers, interviewers, and influencers who will share it with their networks. She also offers services in building your online presence, media coaching, and book launch event planning. Cameron Dezen Hammon’s writing has appeared in Ecotone, The Rumpus, The Literary Review, The Butter, Nylon, Them, The Houston Chronicle, and more. Her essay “Infirmary Music” was named a notable in The Best American Essays 2017. She’s contributed to several anthologies and is the co-founder of The Slant reading series, host of The Ish Podcast, and her debut book This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession is forthcoming from Lookout Books in October 2019.

On today’s show, Cameron Dezen Hammon tells us how to trick yourself into writing a good book. (Spoiler alert: it helps if you’re already really talented. Tin House workshops don’t hurt.) We get down to the reals about spiritual writing in the age of Trump, why we can still afford to be hopeful, and why Cameron advocates for writing book proposals for books you haven’t yet written.Also, Jessica and Cameron bond over Russian Jewishness and ugly crying at The Seagull.Dezen Hammon’s work can be found here:CameronDezenHammon.com “Fruit” in The Kiss: An Intimacies for WritersWords Don’t Bleed, her covers album Dezen Hammon’s The Ish podcast episode with her brother, singer songwriter Alex Dezen, “Famous-Ish,” but read her essay “Brothers and Sisters” firstRecommendations and Also Mentioneds:Steve Almond’s collection of essays, (Not that You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions“How to Write Sex Scenes: The 12 Step Program” by Steve AlmondBluets by Maggie NelsonReading Like a Writer by Francine ProseSituation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative by Vivian GornickLit by Mary KarrKristin Dombek’s “Letter from Williamsburg” Photo credit: Anna Sneed Follow Cameron on twitter @camerondhammon and instagram @cameron_dezen_hammon. Check out her website for updates on her forthcoming memoir This is My Body from Lookout Books, 2019.

When her mother suffers a stroke, Tessa Fontaine joins the traveling circus sideshow. She recounts this unique time in her life in her incredible new memoir, THE ELECTRIC WOMAN. She and James talk about being okay with not knowing what you're writing about, how first books are like teenagers, and finding the untold story. And, she is the first guest (to James's knowledge) to flashback to Eagle-Eye Cherry's "Save Tonight." Plus, Meg Reid of Hub City Writers Project.   Tessa Fontaine: http://www.tessafontaine.com/home.html Tessa and James discuss: Annie Hartnett Harper  University of Alabama  University of Utah  Freytag's Pyramid  LET'S NO ONE GET HURT by Jon Pineda  "The First Cut is the Deepest" by Sheryl Crow  "Save Tonight" by Eagle-Eye Cherry  Cormac McCarthy Ernest Hemingway  Jenna Johnson  HELL'S ANGELS by Hunter S. Thompson  - Meg Reid: (Hub City) https://hubcity.org/  (Book Design) http://www.megireid.com/ Meg and James discuss:  WPA  Newtonville Books  Turnrow Book Co.  Square Books  Tessa Fontaine  Betsy Teter  Publisher's Group West  Dzanc Books Milkweed Editions  OVER THE PLAIN HOUSES by Julia Franks  FLIGHT PATH by Hannah Palmer  John Jeremiah Sullivan  Sewanee  WHISKEY & RIBBONS by Leesa Cross-Smith Emily L. Smith  Lookout Books  ECOTONE  UNC-Wilmington  NEA  Sarabande Books  Carolina Wren Press  THE HANDS OF STRANGERS by Michael Farris Smith  Lemuria Books  Parnassus Books  Eric Svenson  Kelly Estep  Carmichael's Books  Bookmarks in Winston-Salem   - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Hemmed in by what she 'should' be writing, Clare Beams turned a corner by freeing herself to write what would become the title story in her phenomenal collection WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED. James was fortunate enough to edit one of Clare's stories for ONE STORY, and they discuss that experience as well as putting her collection together, how she ignored advice to maintain a consistent level of weird, and exploring the limitlessness of short fiction. Plus Emily Smith, publisher at Lookout Books, describes the unique program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.  -  Clare Beams: http://www.clarebeams.com/ Clare and James discuss:  Columbia University  "The School" by Donald Barthelme  Kelly Link  Aimee Bender  Alice Munro  Hannah Tinti  Annie Hartnett  HAYDEN'S FERRY REVIEW ECOTONE  LOOKOUT BOOKS THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY THE NEW YORKER ONE STORY Beth Staples  Emily Smith  Erin Kottke  BINOCULAR VISION by Edith Pearlman  PEN: Robert Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction  Young Lions Fiction Award  - Lookout Books: http://www.lookout.org/index.html Emily and James discuss: The Sewanee Writers' Conference  Michelle Brower  ECOTONE  National Endowment for the Arts Association of Writing Programs  David Gessner  Jeff Sharlet  The Publishing Laboratory  Stanley Colbert  THE BOTTLE CHAPEL AT AIRLIE GARDENS: A TRIBUTE TO MINNIE EVANS  BACKYARD CAROLINA by Andy Wood  THE HATTARASMAN by Ben Dixon MacNeill BINOCULAR VISION by Edith Pearlman GOD BLESS AMERICA by Steve Almond Beth Staples  Anna Lena Phillips Bell  Melissa Crowe BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL   HONEY FROM THE LION by Matthew Neill Null  South Arts  "Granna" by Clare Beams  "We Show What We Have Learned" by Clare Beams  Ben George  WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS OLD: POEMS by John Rybicki  RIVER BEND CHRONICLE by Ben Miller  MADRAS PRESS  Sumanth Prabhaker  Corinne Manning  THE JAMES FRANCO REVIEW PLOUGHSHARES  REDIVIDER  ONE STORY  INSURRECTIONS by Rion Amilcar Scott  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Such a great pleasure to have Steve Almond on the show.  His new story collection, God Bless America, is due out from Lookout Books on October 25th.  Lorrie Moore calls it "funny and beguiling and completely original." Wanna buy it ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices