Podcast appearances and mentions of megan abbot

Megan Abbott and Laura Lippmann, two of our favorite authors, help celebrate our 600th episode with a terrific discussion about their new novels Beware the Woman and Prom Mom, respectively.  To learn more about Megan Abbot, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter, Instagram, and Threads. Also listen to our interview with the author in Episode 492.  To learn more about Lauren Lippmann follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Also subscribe to Lippmann's Substack and listen to her past appearances in Episode 486 and Episode 371.  Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

Hon var världens mest sedda porrskådis som 21-åring. Sedan hängdes hon ut på nätet, mordhotades av IS-sympatisörer och blev en högljudd kritiker av porrindustrins villkor. Mia Khalifa (född 1993) är influencer, webcam-modell och f.d. porrstjärna. Strax efter att hennes familj lämnar det konfliktdrabbade Libanon för USA inträffar 11 september-attackerna. Terrorattentatet blir starten på en period av ökad xenofobi och misstro gentemot personer med rötter i Mellanöstern. För den unga Mia Khalifa, som redan mobbas för sin övervikt och sina glasögon, spär det här på känslan av utanförskap i det nya hemlandet. Vändningen kommer under hennes tid på college. Efter att ha rasat i vikt och förstorat brösten blir Mia plötsligt föremål för mäns åtrå. När en främmande man kommer fram på stan och erbjuder henne jobb som nakenmodell ser hon sin chans. Bara några veckor senare medverkar Mia i sin första vuxenfilm. P3 ID om Mia Khalifa är en historia om porr, politik och religion. Det handlar också om internet som skampåle, om dubbelmoral, maktrelationer och att försöka börja om på nytt. I avsnittet hörs bland annat Nora Adin Fares, reporter på Dagens Nyheter. Programledare: Carl-Johan UlvenäsAvsnittsmakare och reporter: Hateff MousaviyanProducent: Carl-Johan UlvenäsTekniker: Fredrik NilssonAvsnittet producerades 2023 av Studio OlgaLjudklippen i programmet är hämtade från: BBC, BangBros, Sveriges Radio, National Geographic, Girlboss Radio, Evie Magazine, Complex, Ziwe, TMZ, Megan Abbot, samt Mia Khalifas konton på TikTok, Youtube och Instagram.

Just as the sun shines on that temperate den of vice known as Los Angeles, we shine our (private) eye(s) on noir fiction set in L.A., with authors James M. Cain and Walter Mosley. Taking bets on which one of us takes this as their cue to do a 10-minute monologue on Barbara Stanwyck.  Books mentioned: James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce; Walter Mosley, Devil in a Blue Dress; Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep; Michael Connelly, the Bosch series; James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia, L.A. Confidential; Sue Grafton, The Alphabet Series; Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place; Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl; Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men; A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window; Megan Abbot, You Will Know Me; Stieg Larsson, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Jo Nesbø, The Snowman; Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter. Films mentioned: In a Lonely Place, The Big Sleep, Detour, Criss Cross, The Big Heat, Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Devil in a Blue Dress. Resources: 20 Essential LA Noirs (LA Times) Megan Abbot on Hardboiled and Noir (Lithub) Otto Penzler on Noir (Huffpost) Chris Eggersten on LA Noir (Curbed) Richard Brody on Film Noir (New Yorker) James M. Cain Interview (Paris Review) On James M. Cain (The Guardian) Paradise (essay) by James M. Cain (LA Times) James M. Cain obituary (NYT). Roger Ebert on Double Indemnity and Devil in a Blue Dress (Rogerebert.com) Walter Mosley on Fresh Air (NPR), By the Book (NYT), Interview (New York Magazine) Barabara Stanwyck obituary (NYT) Email us at thatbookpod@gmail.com. Friend us on Goodreads and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

The day had gone badly for Raymond Ambler, a bitterly cold, gray, January day not long after New Year's, the wind like a knife, slicing into the cavern cut by 42nd Street between the skyscrapers on either side. The wind stung his face and whipped under his trench coat as he walked the couple of blocks to the library from Grand Central, where he'd gotten off the subway from the courthouse downtown. Banks of piled-up snow, stained and filthy as only snow on a city street can get, hanging on from the storm the day after Christmas, lined the curb, the gutters on at each street corner a half-foot deep in slush and muddy water.  -- Con Lehane, Murder in the Manuscript Room Murder + libraries is always a winner for me, and author Con Lehane gives us a non-cozy suspense series about Raymond Ambler, curator of crime at the 42nd Street Library. Ahem, I mean curator of crime books, of course. ;) Raymond comes across more than his fair share of bodies -- and lucky for us that he does. In his latest, there is a crime from the past reaching its tentacles into the present, as well as family complications and questions of trust and betrayal. This is Con's second series, and it's just as interesting and complex as his first, The Bartender Brian McNulty Mysteries. In fact, McNulty has a cameo in the 42nd Street Library series as well. After all, there's always a good reason to stop in at a bar. I'm all over the cover art for the US edition of the first in that series, Beware the Solitary Drinker, published by Poisoned Pen Press. It was painted by Fritz Scholder; if you're not familiar with the artist, you can check out his official website here.  Con gives a shout-out to Megan Abbott, who has compared him to Ross Macdonald. So many other writers came up in our chat! They include fellow noir(ish) writer Jason Starr; Macdonald's wife, Margaret Millar; and Con's favorite writer, Nelson Algren, who wrote The Man with the Golden Arm. Fellow writers whom Con admires for melding social problems with crackerjack mysteries include George Pelecanos, S.J. Rozan, Laura Lippman, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Walter Mosley. If your TBR list isn't big enough, we also talk about a murder that happened while he was tending bar -- although not in his bar -- and influenced Beware the Solitary Drinker. It was adapted into a novel, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, by Judith Rossner. Finally, one mystery is solved! Con quotes a writer whose name escaped him, but it was, as he thought, the author of The Book of Daniel, E.L. Doctorow. The link takes you to even more of Doctorow's great quotes. Do check out Con's website as well as his Facebook and Twitter feeds if you want to keep tabs on him. Meanwhile, if you'd rather read than listen, as always, a transcript is below. Enjoy! -- Laura ************************************************************************************* Transcript of Interview with Con Lehane Laura Brennan: My guest today is author Con Lehane. Con has been a bartender, labor journalist, union organizer, and college professor. The New York Times has called his Brian McNulty mystery series “cruelly charming” while Megan Abbot dubbed his first Raymond Ambler novel a “masterful tale in the grand tradition of Ross Macdonald.” Con, thank you for joining me. Con Lehane: Well, thank you. LB: Those are some passionate fans, there. CL: Well, I'm very lucky. I've known Megan since her first book. Her first two, three, four were these noir-ish books that were set in the glamorous 40s. Her later books are stand-alones about younger women, girls growing up. I really appreciated her saying that, and I really admire Ross Macdonald. He's sort of my mentor from the past. Maybe I'm too much like him in some ways. LB: I don't think you can be too much like Ross Macdonald, I don't think that's a thing. I think that's good. So, you mentioned noir. There is a very noir feel, especially to your first series.

First Draft interview with Megan Abbot, author of You Will Know Me.

Lee and Eddie are back with a whole new episode to knock your socks off! Where have they been, you may ask? Out finding the best Crime, Thriller, Horror, and Mystery Fiction, that's where! (Also, Eddie got stuck in a public toilet for a week, don't ask).In this exciting new episode, Lee reviews the fantastic, Megan Abbott, Eddie can't stop herself from reading books that came out before she was born, and Lee asks the hard-hitting questions. Like, why is Eddie such a scaredy-cat? And, will Eddie ever finish watching the trailer for Annabelle Creation?The answer is probably no, but find out in this episode of Crime Time!__________________________ If you like what you hear, we'd really appreciate if you sent us some stars on iTunes!  It's one of 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 beta and sensitivity reading 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!

This week, with very special guests Matthew Murray, Anna Ferri, and Meghan Whyte... Mind Grapes: Our guests this week are founders of The Book Club for Masochists, which every month is dealt a random genre for the members to try to read. This month, they have psychological thrillers, which is, apparently, a challenge. Meghan, however, has enjoyed the thriller Dare Me by Megan Abbot. She's also been enjoying the different takes on feminism in Roxanne Gay's Bad Feminist and ... Anna's been trying to get into the thrillers, but has only been able to finish Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, which she thinks might have been cheating. She's also loved The Library at Mount Char lately, but suggests going into the book blind to get the best reading experience. Matthew is slightly dissappointed by our first female Thor in Thor: Goddess of Thunder, but is even more dissappointed by Fearless Defenders: Volume One. Starting to play Mass Effect 3 seems to be making up for it, though. Alli and Sam gush over the McElroy brother's recent visit to the Great White North in their first international live episode of My Brother, My Brother, and Me. Class Z(ed): We're a bit late this time around, but we talk to Matthew, Anna, and Meghan about their experiences at the ALA conference this summer in San Francisco. Since it's difficult to remember details this far along, we instead discuss why we decide to go to these conferences, what we hope to get from them, and how we are using the lessons we learn when we get home. But of course, we also discuss what went on and their favourite parts of the conference. Much time is spend on the awesomeness of the Zine Pavilion, of which Matthew is a primary organizer and contributor.

The visuals coming out of Ferguson, Missouri, evoke memories of a much uglier time in our history. On the Gist, Slate’s Jamelle Bouie shares observations from his recent visit to the protests. Plus, author Megan Abbot explains why high school mass hysteria was the perfect subject for her new novel The Fever. For the Spiel, it’s time to elect a new Lobstar of the antentwig. Get The Gist by email as soon as it’s available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices