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In 2017, many Americans watched in horror as violent images from the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville started spreading. A few short years later, My Monticello tells the story of Charlottesville neighbors fleeing racist violence and taking refuge in Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello. The author, Jocelyn Johnson, talks about what it means to be writing about a past and a future that both feel very present and whether there's hope in writing about America's racism. Later in the show: Famous for the fatwa put on him by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, Salman Rushdie is still writing years later--but now from the United States. Pennie Ticen discusses Rushdie's past and the new kind of writing he's publishing as an American immigrant. Plus: On the surface, The Tigger Movie and Anne of Green Gables don't have a lot in common. But if you look a bit closer, they both touch on an incredibly popular theme in stories for kids: adoption. Kim Gainer explores why kids are so obsessed with reading about adoption and how these stories help shape who we are.

In this episode, authors Jocelyn Nicole Johnson and Rebecca Makkai discuss their work and Johnson's acclaimed collection short story collection My Monticello. This conversation originally took place at the American Writers Festival on May 15, 2022 and was recorded live. AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME About My Monticello: A young woman descended from Thomas Jefferson and [...]

In this episode, authors Jocelyn Nicole Johnson and Rebecca Makkai discuss their work and Johnson's acclaimed collection short story collection My Monticello. This conversation originally took place at the American Writers Festival on May 15, 2022 and was recorded live. AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME About My Monticello: A young woman descended from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings driven from her neighborhood by a white militia. A university professor studying racism by conducting a secret social experiment on his own son. A single mother desperate to buy her first home even as the world hurtles toward catastrophe. Each fighting to survive in America. Tough-minded, vulnerable, and brave, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's precisely imagined debut explores burdened inheritances and extraordinary pursuits of belonging. Set in the near future, the eponymous novella, "My Monticello," tells of a diverse group of Charlottesville neighbors fleeing violent white supremacists. Led by Da'Naisha, a young Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, they seek refuge in Jefferson's historic plantation home in a desperate attempt to outlive the long-foretold racial and environmental unravelling within the nation. In "Control Negro," hailed by Roxane Gay as "one hell of story," a university professor devotes himself to the study of racism and the development of ACMs (average American Caucasian males) by clinically observing his own son from birth in order to "painstakingly mark the route of this Black child too, one whom I could prove was so strikingly decent and true that America could not find fault in him unless we as a nation had projected it there." Johnson's characters all seek out home as a place and an internal state, whether in the form of a Nigerian widower who immigrates to a meager existence in the city of Alexandria, finding himself adrift; a young mixed-race woman who adopts a new tongue and name to escape the landscapes of rural Virginia and her family; or a single mother who seeks salvation through "Buying a House Ahead of the Apocalypse." United by these characters' relentless struggles against reality and fate, My Monticello is a formidable book that bears witness to this country's legacies and announces the arrival of a wildly original new voice in American fiction. JOCELYN NICOLE JOHNSON is the author of My Monticello, a fiction debut that was called "a masterly feat" by the New York Times and finalist for the Kirkus Prize. Johnson has been a fellow at TinHouse, Hedgebrook, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her writing appears in Guernica, The Guardian and elsewhere. Her short story "Control Negro" was anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 2018, guest edited by Roxane Gay, who called it, "one hell of a story" and read live by LeVar Burton as part of PRI's Selected Shorts series. A veteran public school art teacher, Johnson lives and writes in Charlottesville, Virginia. REBECCA MAKKAI is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers, The Hundred-Year House, and The Borrower, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. The Great Believers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and received the ALA Carnegie Medal and the LA Times Book Prize, among other honors. Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University, and she is Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago.

Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton sit down with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson—author of Ursa's Season Two, Episode 3 story, "Virginia Is Not Your Home"—to discuss her acclaimed debut collection, My Monticello, and the journey of its making. Johnson talks about her writing as a direct response to historical events as they occur, much of her work centering Virginia as home, and grappling with complicated histories, experiences, and ideas around identity. Johnson addresses the themes that occur throughout her collection, such as that of loneliness, belonging, resistance, violence, and salvation. Deesha and Dawnie dive into questions about perspective, voice, character- and world-building, the writing and revision process, and perseverance as a writer: “Control what you can control, which is the writing. Enjoy the writing. Do your best with the writing. What matters is the writing. I just think you want to be thoughtful, but put that thought and care into that part of it, because that's the part that you have the most control.”Reading List: "Virginia Is Not Your Home" (Ursa Short Fiction) My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson) My Monticello audiobook (Audible) Corregidora (Gayl Jones) Octavia Butler Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Charles Yu Beloved (Toni Morrison) Danielle Evans Jamel Brinkley The World Doesn't Require You (Rion Amilcar Scott) About the AuthorJocelyn Nicole Johnson is the author of My Monticello, a fiction debut that was called "a masterly feat" by the New York Times, and winner of the Library of Virginia Fiction Award, the Weatherford Award, the Balcones Fiction Prize, and the Lillian Smith Award, as well as a finalist for the Kirkus Fiction Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Award, the LA Times Debut Seidenbaum Prize, and long-listed for a Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award and the Story Prize. Johnson has been a fellow at TinHouse, Hedgebrook, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, The Guardian, Kweli Journal, Joyland, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. Her short story “Control Negro” was anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, guest edited by Roxane Gay and read live by LeVar Burton. A veteran public school art teacher, Johnson lives and writes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Read more from Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton:  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw) The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton) *** Episode editor: Kelly Araja Associate producer: Marina Leigh Producer: Mark Armstrong Ursa Short Fiction is supported by our listeners. Share this podcast with a friend—or become a Member to help fund production: https://ursastory.com/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://ursastory.com/join

Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton introduce their first story pick for Season Two, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's “Virginia Is Not Your Home,” from her debut collection, My Monticello, published in 2021 by Henry Holt and Co. “Virginia Is Not Your Home” follows the life of a woman who is attempting to outrun her namesake, and the story conjures questions of origin, of becoming, and of freedom. There is emphasis on movement and escape, on our names as our homes, and on understanding what it is we leave behind when we go. It interrogates the ways we forget and the ways we remember. The story is performed by January LaVoy, and it's excerpted from the My Monticello audiobook, produced by our friends at Macmillan Audio. Our thanks to them for sharing this story with Ursa listeners. Listen, then come back next week for our conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson. Reading List: My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson) My Monticello Audiobook (Audible) Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's website About the Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is the author of My Monticello, a fiction debut that was called "a masterly feat" by the New York Times, and winner of the Library of Virginia Fiction Award, the Weatherford Award, the Balcones Fiction Prize, and the Lillian Smith Award, as well as a finalist for the Kirkus Fiction Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Leonard Award, the LA Times Debut Seidenbaum Prize, and long-listed for a Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award and the Story Prize. Johnson has been a fellow at TinHouse, Hedgebrook, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, The Guardian, Kweli Journal, Joyland, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. Her short story “Control Negro” was anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, guest edited by Roxane Gay and read live by LeVar Burton. A veteran public school art teacher, Johnson lives and writes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Read more from Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton:  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw) The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton) *** Episode editor: Kelly Araja Associate producer: Marina Leigh Episode producer: Mark Armstrong Audio story produced by Macmillan Audio and performed by January LaVoy. Ursa Short Fiction is supported by our listeners. Share this podcast with a friend—or become a Member to help fund production: https://ursastory.com/join/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://ursastory.com/join

This week on From the Front Porch, it's time for another Literary Therapy session! Our literary Frasier Crane, Annie, is back to answer more of your reading questions and dilemmas. If you have a question you would like Annie to answer in a future episode, you can leave us a voicemail here. Our new website will be live on Friday, January 20! You can purchase books mentioned in today's episode in the store or on our website starting January 20: Heating & Cooling by Beth Ann Fennelly (unavailable to order) 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff But You Did Not Come Back by Marceline Loridan-Ivens (unavailable order) Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (unavailable to order) Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Brainwaite Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb (unavailable to order) Glitter & Glue by Kelly Corrigan (unavailable to order) My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout One More Thing by BJ Novak (unavailable to order) Single, Carefree, and Mellow by Katherine Heiny (unavailable to order) Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close (unavailable to order) My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee Maus by Art Spiegalman Displacement by Lucy Knisley (unavailable to order) Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto (unavailable to order) And Now I Spill the Family Secrets by Margaret Kimball (unavailable to order) Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall Audition by Barbara Walters I Miss You When I Blink and Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethaway Beautiful Country by Quian Julie Wang Know My Name by Chanel Miller The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker (unavailable to order) Becoming by Michelle Obama Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry Spare by Prince Harry Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward Finding Me by Viola Davis Chasing History by Charles Bernstein From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Spare by Prince Harry. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you're so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff's weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Kate O'Connell, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, and Laurie Johnson.

My Monticello is an ingenious and vividly written novella from debut author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson. She brings all our fears and anxieties to the reading table and asks that we hold them and look at them from all angles. Such as in her story "Buying A House Ahead of the Apocalypse," where a mother makes a list of things she will need when she considers what will be lost during the end of the world. Jocelyn joins us on the show to discuss how the violent Unite the Right white supremacist rally inspired her titled story. We also chat about how her opening story Control Negro made it into the hands of Roxane Gay and read from the lips of the Lit King himself, Levar Burton.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, writer of “My Monticello”, her first novel published by Henry Holt and Co in 2021. Together, they evoke her early vocation for storytelling and discuss how her experience as an art teacher influenced her writing.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, writer of “My Monticello”, her first novel published by Henry Holt and Co in 2021. Together, they evoke her early vocation for storytelling and discuss how her experience as an art teacher influenced her writing.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.© Kirkus Prize.© National Book Critics Circle, John Leonard Prize.© TIME. All rights reserved. Used under license.© The Pulitzer Prizes.© Colson Whitehead.© Guernica Magazine.© Guardian News & Media Limited.Toni Morrison, Beloved, © Vintage, Penguin, 2004.Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Control Negro, © Guernica Magazine, 2017.Roxane Gay, Best American Short Stories 2018, © Mariner Books, 2018.WNED PBS, Buffalo, NY.Star Trek – Courtesy of CBS Studios.© 2022 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).© The Los Angeles Times.© The People's Court.© The Washington Post. All rights reserved. Used under license.

The multi award winning writer Jocelyn Nicole Johnson joins Robin to talk about her debut novella, My Monticello this week. They chat about the book, how important it was to capture the feeling of a real place, and the long shadow of the events of Charlottesville on her life, and the book. Extended edition for Patreons, of course, at patreon.com/bookshambles

e bond's webpageStitch Please Episode 113 "e bond's GLYPHS: A Fabric Collection of Black Women Writers"Stitch Please Episode 93 "Threads Across Time" with Sarah BondLisa's teaching partner mentioned Tobiah Mundt interviewed in Episode 44: Tuft Love: Felt(ing) Emotions with Tobiah Mundte bond's Glyph fabric collection from Free Spirit fabricsSarah, e and Lisa discuss Lucille Clifton's poem, "Reply" as well as My Monticello by Jocelyn Johnson One of e bond's newest artists books is in a show RIGHT NOW. Details below:Adaptation: Artist Books for a Changing Environment, Bauer Wurster Hallat University of California, BerkeleyCheck out e bond's online Creativebug classes:Words Inform Images: 31 Prompts Using Writing as Inspiration for ArtUnconventional Book StructuresPersonal Map Making - A Daily Mixed Media PracticeUpcoming for Sarah Bond at Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center:Play with Color and Greyscale with Sarah Bond - Schweinfurth Memorial Art CenterAll the Elements: Designing Quilts with Foundation Piecing with Sarah BondAND upcoming for Sarah Bond at the Madeline Island School of the Arts: Piecing Perspectives–Medallion Madness!Y'all, ask your LQS (local quilt shop) to carry GLYPHS or find it at online retailers including Victoria Findlay WolfeHere are the garments Lisa plans to sew with GLYPHS: Zadie jumpsuit, Adrienne Blouse, Valerie DressBlackWomenStitch Instagram, homepage, Patreon

Three Great Tips for Handling Rejection Like a ProBree Luck discusses her strategies for making the most of rejection and shares an offer for the month of March.Important Links:Handling Rejection PDF Cheat SheetLet's Work Together! (VIP Coaching with Bree)In this episode, I refer to the publishing journey of author Jocelyn Johnson and her book, My Monticello.Here are links to her episodes:Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: On Community, Identity, and Writing "My Monticello" (Part 1)Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: On Community, Identity, and Writing "My Monticello" (Part 2)Leave a voice message HERE!Follow us on Instagram!Schedule a chat with Bree @ The Lovely UnbecomingJoin the Pause to Go Discussion GroupThanks to our Sponsor! https://codebasecoworking.com/ Special thanks to WTJU 91.1 FM & The Virginia Audio Collective for the support and the space to record! Did you love this episode? Leave us a review !

This is part two of my interview with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, author of " My Monticello".  "My Monticello" was recently called "a masterly feat" by the New York Times. In Part One of this interview, we discuss how Jocelyn used real-life events to craft a beautiful and compelling collection of stories that examine race, climate change love, and the very nature of humanity itself.In Part 2 of this interview, we discuss Jocelyn's journey as a lifelong writer, her approach to working with agents and publishing houses and what it's like for her to hand over her story as it begins its journey of adaptation from page to screen as a new Netflix film.  Creatives, you're going to love this interview. So get out your notepad because you're going to want to take notes for this one!In this episode, we discuss:1. Embracing the process of adaptation -- handing your work over for interpretation2. Things lead to things: The power of patience when finding your audience3. Honing your creative voice -- how life experiences shape our creative voice.4. The feedback loop: How to use critical feedback effectively5. Finding inspiration after a literary success (Ie. What's up with Book 2?)6. Carving out time to do the workLinks:Tin HouseNew Dominion Book Shop Writer HouseJocelyn can be found atWebsiteInstagramTwitterLeave a voice message HERE!Follow us on Instagram!Schedule a chat with Bree @ The Lovely UnbecomingJoin the Pause to Go Discussion GroupThanks to our Sponsor! https://codebasecoworking.com/ Special thanks to WTJU 91.1 FM & The Virginia Audio Collective for the support and the space to record! Did you love this episode? Leave us a review !

In this first interview of the Creative Changemakers series, Bree Luck chats with Jocelyn Nicole Johnson about her debut book, 'My Monticello'. In this episode, we discuss how cultural events, like the violent Unite The Right events in Charlottesville, VA, and environmental events, like the fires in California, inspired the creation of this novel -- and the impact it has had on readers. Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is the author of My Monticello,  a fiction debut that was called "a masterly feat" by the New York Times and finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize. Johnson has been a fellow at TinHouse, Hedgebrook, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her writing appears in Guernica, The Guardian and elsewhere. Her short story “Control Negro” was anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 2018, guest edited by Roxane Gay and read live by LeVar Burton for Selected Shorts. A veteran public school art teacher, Johnson lives and writes in Charlottesville, Virginia.This episode was sponsored by Codebase Coworking in Charlottesville, VA. Leave a voice message HERE!Follow us on Instagram!Schedule a chat with Bree @ The Lovely UnbecomingJoin the Pause to Go Discussion GroupThanks to our Sponsor! https://codebasecoworking.com/ Special thanks to WTJU 91.1 FM & The Virginia Audio Collective for the support and the space to record! Did you love this episode? Leave us a review !

In the Fall 2021 Book Preview (Ep. 93), Catherine and I shared our most anticipated books that were coming out August – December 2021. Today, we're updating you on the books we shared in the Fall Preview…now that we've had the chance to read — or at least attempt them. Many Fall books lean more literary, which hasn't been working well for me lately, and overall, the Fall 2021 books didn't turn out quite how we'd hoped.   This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Announcement My 2022 Rock Your Reading Tracker is now available for $14.99 or FREE if you're a Superstars Patron. The tracker also got a big upgrade for 2022! Highlights Sarah's and Catherine's Fall 2021 reading stats and success rates. Sarah talks about getting in tune with her shifting reading tastes, rather than attempting to read they way she did 2 years ago. Sarah's and Catherine's highs and the lows. Our Best and Worst picks from the Fall 2021 Book Preview episode. Fall 2021 Books Read Before the Preview Episode [6:05] Sarah's Picks: Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [6:10] Catherine's Picks: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (August 3) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [6:38] Fall 2021 Circle Back [7:43] August Catherine's Picks: The Women of Troy by Pat Barker (August 24) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [13:59]  The Guide by Peter Heller (August 24) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [19:24]  September Sarah's Picks: Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [7:48] L.A. Weather by Maria Amparo Escandon (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [16:12] Catherine's Picks: Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [25:00] Unbound by Tarana Burke (September 14) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [31:19] Em by Kim Thuy (September 28) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [37:35] October Sarah's Picks: We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza and Christine Pride (October 5) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [22:29] My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (October 5) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [27:57] No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield (October 12) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [34:01] Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout (October 19) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [39:14] Catherine's Picks: Fight Night by Miriam Toews (October 5) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [41:50] The Book of Mother by Violane Huisman (October 19) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [47:54] November Sarah's Picks: O Beautiful by Jung Yun (November 9) | Buy from Amazon | Buy from Bookshop.org [44:25] Other Books Mentioned The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker [14:08] The River by Peter Heller [22:08]  Descent by Tim Johnston [22:19]  The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard [35:11] My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout [39:42] Shelter by Jung Yun [45:02] About Catherine Gilmore Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over six years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

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Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her fiction collection My Monticello. To learn more about Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. My Monticello was featured in October 2021's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar." Today's episode is sponsored by Libro.fm (promo code WRITERSBONE), As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and Misfits Markets (promo code: WRITERSBONE).

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson is the author of the debut story collection My Monticello, available from Henry Holt & Co. Johnson's writing has appeared in Guernica, The Guardian, Phoebe, Prime Number Magazine, and elsewhere. Her short story "Control Negro" was anthologized in Best American Short Stories 2018, guest edited by Roxane Gay, and read live by LeVar Burton as part of PRI's Selected Shorts series. Johnson has been a fellow at Hedgebrook, Tin House Summer Workshops, and VCCA. A veteran public school art teacher, she lives and writes in Charlottesville, Virginia. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram  YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#PodcastersForJustice Critically-acclaimed debut author, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, spoke to me about becoming a late-stage "literary debutante," Walmart militias, and the #writinglife as an introvert. Jocelyn is a veteran public school art teacher, whose short story “Control Negro” was anthologized in Best American Short Stories 2018, guest-edited by New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay, and read live by LeVar Burton as part of PRI's Selected Shorts series. Her buzzy debut is 2021 Kirkus Prize Finalist, My Monticello, five stories and a novella all set in Virginia. It has been described as a "...precisely imagined [novel exploring] burdened inheritances and extraordinary pursuits of belonging....Set in the near future..." It was selected by National Book award winner Charles Yu as his most anticipated book of the year, hailed as a "masterly feat” by the NY Times, called "electrifying" by Colson Whitehead, and "absolutely unforgettable" by Roxane Gay. Netflix recently bought the title novella "My Monticello" for adaptation and Jocelyn's writing has appeared in Guernica, The Guardian, Kweli, Joyland, among others, and she has been a fellow at TinHouse, Hedgebrook and VCCA. Stay calm and write on ... Discover The Writer Files Extra You can now have The Writer Files podcast dropped right into your email inbox every time there's a new show. No more shaking your podcast app! As a subscriber, Kelton will send you added insights, the chance to get TWF merch (like "Stay Calm and Write On" t-shirts anyone?), curated collections of shows like The Publishing Series and The Writer's Brain, updates, and occasional special offers. Learn more at the link below and take our AuthorPods podcasting course survey. Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please "Follow" us to automatically see new interviews In this file Jocelyn Nicole Johnson and I discussed: What inspired her quasi-dystopian fiction How she was discovered at a short story reading Why getting tweeted by Roxane Gay was a game-changer How to build a writing community as a wallflower And a lot more! Show Notes: JocelynJohnson.com My Monticello: Fiction By Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (Amazon) 'My Monticello' grapples with the past, present and future of American racism - NPR Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on Facebook Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on Instagram Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter

My Monticello By Jocelyn Nicole Johnson | Book Review Podcast Website: https://gobookmart.com Buy Now: https://amzn.to/2Z9aTID “The narrative is bold, harrowing and unfolds with urgency. Johnson's collection is . . . concerned with issues surrounding racial identity and the legacies of slavery and racism. Together they create an unnerving portrait of a country wrestling with its ugly past and present.” ―Time “My Monticello announces the arrival of an electric new literary voice in Johnson, an emerging master of the short story form.” ―Esquire “This collection of stories harmoniously weds the ugly with the beautiful, the terrifying and the brave, the disappointing and the hopeful, and makes for a brilliant debut.” ―Ms. “It should come as no surprise then that the book has received advance praise from literary superstars like Colson Whitehead, Roxane Gay, and Charles Yu. Johnson's fairly slim volume never feels slight in the least, as the stories contained within overflow with poise, maturity, and originality. The title story, “My Monticello,” may be the star of the show, but every single one of the six stories in Johnson's collection brings something brand-new to the table, showcasing the writer's indelible talent and reminding us that we're going to be reading her work for a long time to come.” ―Shondaland “History is the new dystopia. It's where our best writers are finding the language to talk about the legacy of colonization and immigration. My Monticello (Holt, $26.99, Oct. 5), Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's enthralling debut, only sounds thuddingly obvious: Its title novella tells the story of a group of Charlottesville residents (including ancestors of slaves) who hole up in Thomas Jefferson's home during a white-supremacist siege. What you actually get is a reminder of a time when a fiction writer could make their name on a single story alone.” ―Chicago Tribune --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/support

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My Monticello, written by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, and narrated by Aja Naomi King, January LaVoy, Landon Woodson, LeVar Burton, Ngozi Anyanwu & Tomiwa Edun brings the listener five thought provoking short stories and a novella centered around Monticello, Charlottesville, and greater Virginia. Review & discussion with Scott Ullery, Lisa McCarty and Shachi Bhatt Thank you to the Libro.fm ALC Program and Macmillan Audio for providing advance review copies of My Monticello for today's episode. My Monticello [Libro.fm] Monticello Sundry Book Club: [Instagram] / [Newsletter] Other Referenced Works: Parable of the Sower [Libro.fm] Legendborn [Libro.fm]

In 2017, many Americans watched in horror as violent images from the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville started spreading. A few short years later, My Monticello tells the story of Charlottesville neighbors fleeing racist violence and taking refuge in Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello. The author, Jocelyn Johnson, talks about what it means to be writing about a past and a future that both feel very present and whether there's hope in writing about America's racism. Later in the show: Famous for the fatwa put on him by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, Salman Rushdie is still writing years later--but now from the United States. Pennie Ticen discusses Rushdie's past and the new kind of writing he's publishing as an American immigrant. Plus: On the surface, The Tigger Movie and Anne of Green Gables don't have a lot in common. But if you look a bit closer, they both touch on an incredibly popular theme in stories for kids: adoption. Kim Gainer explores why kids are so obsessed with reading about adoption and how these stories help shape who we are.

Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out August – December 2021. This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Announcement Join our Patreon Community ($5/mo) to get our bonus podcast episode series called Book Preview Extras! In these episodes, Catherine and I share at least 4 bonus books (we're sharing 5 this month) that we're excited about that we did not share in the regular Preview episode. Get more details about all the goodies available to our patrons and sign up here! Highlights Why Sarah isn't currently excited about the types of books that traditionally comes out in the Fall. Why Sarah doesn't mind dislikable characters in dysfunctional family stories. The new mystery / thriller sub genre Catherine is coining. Fall 2021 Book Preview [5:49] August Catherine's Picks: Once There Were Wolvesby Charlotte McConaghy (August 3) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:59] The Women of Troy by Pat Barker Sweeney (August 24) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [18:00]  The Guide by Peter Heller (August 24) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [22:43]  September Sarah's Picks: Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [4:58] Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:38] L.A. Weather by Maria Amparo Escandon (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:12] Catherine's Picks: Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang (September 7) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:44] Unbound by Tarana Burke (September 14) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [33:42] Em by Kim Thuy (September 28) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:13] October Sarah's Picks: We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza and Christine Pride (October 5) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:24] My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (October 5) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:28] No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield (October 12) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:19] Oh William by Elizabeth Strout (October 19) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [40:25] Catherine's Picks: Fight Night by Miriam Toews (October 5) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:56] The Book of Mother by Violane Huisman (October 19) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:13] November Sarah's Picks: O Beautiful by Jung Yun (November 9) | Buy from Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:30] Other Books Mentioned Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead [3:40]  A Good Marriageby Kimberly McCreight [6:03]  All Together Now by Matthew Norman [6:43] Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler [6:57] The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer[6:57] The Ensembleby Aja Gabel [7:05] Normal Peopleby Sally Rooney [13:59]  Conversations With Friendsby Sally Rooney [13:59]  The Silence of the Girlsby Pat Barker [18:36]  The River by Peter Heller [22:43]  Descent by Tim Johnston [24:18]  When the Stars Go Darkby Paula McLain [24:31]  Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza [26:11]  The Knockoff by Jo Piazza and Lucy Sykes [26:15]  An American Marriage by Tayari Jones [27:06]  Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult [27:15]  Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha [27:52]  Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok [30:11]  Waiting for Eden by Eliot Ackerman [37:57]  Ru by Kim Thuy [38:25] My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout [40:51] Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout [41:43] Women Talking by Miriam Toews [43:26] Shelter by Jung Yun [44:50] The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield [47:29] Anywhere But Here by Mona Simpson [50:09] About Catherine Gilmore Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.