Podcasts about novels

It's time to talk about Star Wars! This week Mike is joined by one of five members of the RuPalp's Podrace podcast and one half of The Mystery Spotcast; Klaudia Amenábar! As both Mike & Klaudia are Star Wars podcasters, have have a 2+ hour long conversation on all things Star Wars including Thrawn, Padmé, books, the force, comics, the movies, the stupidity of it all (in the best way) and so much more! This week is part 1 of their conversation (part 2 is on Patreon now for all listeners), where the duo discuss how RuPalp's Podrace got started, how Star Wars is stupid & camp but that's what makes it so enjoyable, they then discuss the live-action TV series, how The Book of Boba Fett, Mandalorian & Kenobi compare. Mike & Klaudia then discuss Maul & Thrawn, the canon comics & novels that relate to them, the audiobooks they listen to, plus a ton of other Star Wars related topics! If you enjoyed this conversation, check out Mike's conversations with other Star-Wars-related individuals including Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray, Paolo Villanelli & Dominic Pace! Next week part 2 will be released on this feed and in that, Mike & Klaudia talk about the Queen's Trilogy by E.K. Johnston which all centers around Padmé & her handmaidens, they then discuss the Thrawn books and his character in the canon, certain characters created by Filoni who seem “untouchable” by other content creators, they also discuss Valance Nation, the importance of John Williams' contribution to Star Wars and more – so be sure to come back next week, or go to Patreon.com/genuinechitchat! Klaudia mentioned the Newcomers podcast with Nicole Byer & Lauren Lapkus, the Star Wars Music Minute podcast, as well as the animated shows Infinity Train and Dead End Park! Rupalp's Site: https://rupalps-podrace-a-queer-star-wars-podcast.simplecast.com -  Social Media: @RuPalpsPodrace & TikTok Klaudia Twitter: @kaludiasays Mystery Spotcast: https://the-mystery-spotcast-a-supernatural-rewatch.simplecast.com To listen to a completely free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan's Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1      In the last episode of GCC, number 165, Mike spoke with Jeremiah about his chronic illness Cystic Fibrosis, how and why he co-created the charitable organisation Heroes For Causes, the inspiration for the characters featuring in H4C's comics, how the superhero comics they create help those who desperately need it, the day to day life of someone afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis, tattoos, comic books and much more. Make sure you check out the weekly Obi-Wan Kenobi discussion show hosted by Mike where he is joined by various guests to talk about each episode of the new series, you can listen on Mike's YouTube channel, or on the feed of Comics In Motion! Check out Mike's Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan's “Afterthoughts” a week, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat    For any Star Wars fars; make sure you tune into the Obi-Wan Kenobi discussion show where Mike & various guests discussed each episode of the new series (Megan & Ria have both appeared), you can listen on Mike's YouTube channel, or on the feed of Comics In Motion! Find Mike's other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion & on GCC's YouTube. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-99 are out now, in eps 98 & 99 Mike delved into two volumes of the first original canon Star Wars manga; The Edge Of Balance (set during the High Republic), in ep 97 Mike started on the Crimson Reign crossover event and in ep 96, Mike tackled the High Republic investigation mini-series Trail Of Shadows! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues), every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more - https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com/ Mike's guest spots: Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott's Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4   Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 - they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw   Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Olive Oatman was an American woman celebrated in her time for her captivity and later release by Native Americans in the Mojave Desert region when she was a teenager. While traveling from Illinois to California, her family was attacked by a small group from a Native American tribe. They clubbed many to death, left her brother Lorenzo for dead, and enslaved Olive and her younger sister Mary Ann, holding them captive for one year before they traded them to the Mohave people, where they were well treated. While Lorenzo exhaustively attempted to recruit governmental help in searching for them, Mary Ann died from starvation and Olive spent four years with the Mohave. Five years after the attack, she was repatriated into American society. The story of the Oatman Massacre began to be retold with dramatic license in the press, as well as in her own memoir and speeches. Novels, plays, movies, and poetry were inspired, which resonated in the media of the time and long afterward. She had become an oddity in 1860s America, partly because of the prominent blue tattooing of her face by the Mohave, making her the first known white woman with Native tattoo on record. Much of what actually occurred during her time with the Native Americans remains unknown.

475. We talk to Joyce Corrington about the career of her and her John Corrington. Husband-and-wife team John William Corrington & Joyce Hooper Corrington were the authors of the screenplay for Battle for the Planet of the Apes. John had a background in writing poetry and novels before he and his wife Joyce - both professors in New Orleans, John in English and Joyce in Chemistry - moved on to movie screen-writing in the late 1960s. Among their screenplays were The Omega Man (1971), starring Charlton Heston - the second of his three classic sci-fi films, after Planet of the Apes (1968) and before Soylent Green (1973).   This week in Louisiana history. June 24, 1968. Gov. John McKeithen announces that he has had four death threats on his life. This week in New Orleans history. Ordinance #6022, Administrative Series, passed on June 25, 1879, was the first to demand that permits be obtained (from the Board of Health) after the certificate of grade had been issued by the Surveyor. Section 12 of the ordinance states: "No lot shall be used for building purposes in the city of New Orleans until the same shall have been inspected by the City Surveyor, who shall give a certificate that such lot is filled above the level of the banquette and graded as to be effectually drained into the street gutters, and upon such certificate all owners, agents, contractors and builders are required to obtain permits from the board of health before commencing the erection of any building." This week in Louisiana. 4th of July Rickey Warrren Memorial Fireworks Show July 04, 2022 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm 192 Elm St. Logansport LA 71049 July 4, 2022 from 5pm til 11 pm, there will be live entertainment and a fireworks show at dusk. Held on the banks of the Sabine River in Logansport, LA in DeSoto Parish. Free admission. Amenities: Free Admission, Free Parking Website Phone: 318-697-5150 Email: desototourism@gmail.comPostcards from Louisiana. Ghaliavolt.

Obi-Wan Kenobi has wrapped its first - only? - season, and Matt, Liz, and Brian discuss the good, the bad, and the Vader of it all. Plus, they debate the merits of a second season, discuss the Rebels connections, and ponder what Hayden Christensen will be doing in Ahsoka.

Welcome to BookShook! This podcast is all about the second half of June's book, Howards End by E.M. Forster published in 1910 (from chapter 21 if you're reading alongside).  The idea of the podcast is that we'll read the first half of a book together — one that I and perhaps you have never read) and then I'll share my thoughts in part 1 of the podcast published on the second Friday of the month. And then in part 2 (published on the last Friday of the month), I'll discuss the second half of the book. We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for July is Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (902 pages) — we'll be reading up to page 455 (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside me). The first podcast will be on 8th July. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: I've removed any swear words and I only raise themes already present in the novel.This episode will be available until September but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the  BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:July: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (902 pages) August: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones) (266 pages).September: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (644 pages)

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Welcome to Pixel x Pixel episode 91, where you can get internet cool points for guessing the game box that the above art is from! In a thrilling turn of events, Marcus and Anne have both been working on something, and that something is the same thing – namely, content about the Birushana: Rising Flower… Read More The post Pixel x Pixel Episode 91 appeared first on Chic Pixel.

Toronto Comics Arts Festival has become the latest comics organization to step on the NFT landmine! When will they learn?! Also, how do you rebuild after a social-media hijacking?ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...TCAF and NFTsRebuilding after a social-media hijackingAre long stories or short stories better for improving your writing?Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previous livestreams!You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon$2 — Early access to episodes$5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast. Plus $2-tier rewards.$10 — Gain access to the ComicLab livestreamed recording sessions (including an archive of past livestreams), plus $5-tier rewardsBrad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.Listen to ComicLab on...Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyPandoraStitcher

Support the showS2_E43. EPISODE DESCRIPTION - Last week we discussed the importance of empathy. Not only for ourselves as writers, but for developing dynamic and engaging characters. This week, we take that same principle and dive deeper as we apply it to our lives and our writing to think about the way we engage culture. Now as a storyteller, writing coach, and artist myself, I tend to see a very common thread that leads to, well, not so good stories.  That common thread is fear. I want to challenge us in this episode to really look at our role in society both as artists, and as Christians, and see where we are letting fear affect our writing. We need not be afraid to address the hard aspects of life. If we are going to change the world through story then we can't take a sanitized view of the world. In fact, we need to address the world as it really is and reveal that there really is a way out of sin, pain, suffering and anxiety that exists within every person.So we need not be afraid! Follow me on this journey of confronting our fears and facing the world with a bold faith, knowing that Christ called us to be in the world, but not of the world.  DOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast page of our websiteUP NEXT - Next week, we take this premise and apply it to our writing as we dive into the difference between ‘Kind' and ‘Nice' and how it will change the live's of your characters.HELPFUL LINKS AND RESOURCES -The Storyteller's Mission online platform offers one-on-one COACHING, SCRIPT and MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES, and ADVANCED CLASSES ON WRITING. Send us an email at info@thestorytellersmission.com, or if you have a question or a specific writing related topic that you would like Zena to consider addressing on a future episode, LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL!Support the show

E.S. Curry is an insatiable renaissance man that loves writing outside the data stream on a Royal typewriter while listening to classical music on vinyl, plays piano and guitar, races his sailing yacht Escapade, fencing, and imagines bedtime stories with his son Åsmund.//Draft2Digital is where you start your Indie Author Career//  Looking for your path to self-publishing success? Draft2Digital is the leading ebook publisher and distributor worldwide. We'll convert your manuscript, distribute it online, and support you the whole way—and we won't charge you a dime.  We take a small percentage of the royalties for each sale you make through us, so we only make money when you make money. That's the best kind of business plan.  • Get started now: https://draft2digital.com/• Learn the ins, the outs, and the all-arounds of indie publishing from the industry experts on the D2D Blog: https://Draft2Digital.com/blog  • Promote your books with our Universal Book Links from Books2Read: https://books2read.com  Make sure you bookmark https://D2DLive.com for links to live events, and to catch back episodes of the Self Publishing Insiders Podcast.

Between all the anime this season and killing time with games, Spring is at a close! Here's AniTAY's final discussion of the Spring anime! This episode's members: Hybridmink, Doctorkev, Thatsmapizza and Requiem with Thatsmapizza handling the editing duties. The AniTAY Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast brought to you every other Wednesday. It is available on all your favorite podcast services! If you like us, be sure to subscribe on your favorite service and give us 5 stars! Your support is much appreciated and will help us grow and continue to provide this style of content. Itinerary Intro: 0:00 - 1:05 Housekeeping: 1:06 - 3:31 Seasonal Shows: Vampire in the Garden: 3:32 - 6:13 Birdie Wing: 6:14 - 12:36 Shenmue: 12:37 - 15:44 Dance Dance Danseur: 15:45 - 19:00 The World of Otomoe Game is Tough for Mobs: 19:01 - 22:44 The Heart of Ninja Tsubaki: 22:45 - 23:33 Dawn of the Witch: 23:34 - 25:25 I'm Quitting Heroing: 25:26 - 28:31 Aharen-San: 28:32 - 30:31 Love Live: 30:32 - 31:50 Ghost in the Shell 2045: 31:51 - 37:23 Yah Boy Kongming: 37:24 - 41:17 News: 41:18 - 58:56 Topic of the Week, The best shows of Spring 2022: 58:57 - End Missed the previous episode of the AniTAY Podcast? Check it out here: https://medium.com/anitay-official/anitay-podcast-s7-e9-a-wild-protonstorm-appears-4261bca96ad1 

PART II The Crew continues their ventures into the Tom Clancy Universe with the two talented authors charged with maintaining and building upon the legacy of the master himself. Don Bentley and Marc Cameron join us for a second hour, continuing our fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of all things Ryan, meeting and upending fan expectations, and balancing the popular series with their own original novels. Get your copy of CHAIN OF COMMAND by Marc Cameron: https://amzn.to/3N7BaK2 Get your copy of ZERO HOUR by Don Bentley: https://amzn.to/3n0rhU8 ------- If you want to learn more about the guys from The Crew Reviews or to see additional author interviews, visit us at www.thecrewreviews.com Follow us on social media: Twitter | https://twitter.com/CREWbookreviews Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thecrewreviews Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thecrewreviews/ And don't forget to subscribe to The Crew Reviews, hit the "LIKE" button, and leave a comment.

This week our picks are following the glorious Janet Jackson's lead: taking control, and letting others' opinions go. Plus, the Broads talk the joy of planners, self-appointed titles, mind bullets, and so much more. Check out all current and past picks at our Bookshop.org store. Listen to "Control," the song from Janet Jackson that inspired this week's theme. Get a Broad's book: Order Dig Me Out by our own Amy Lee Lillard now! _____Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 116: ControlNovels:Amy: The Change, Kirsten Miller Erin: Counterfeit, Kirstin Chen  Other Books:Amy: A Ghost in the Throat, Doireann Ni Ghriofa (Memoir)Erin: Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean, Karen Berman and Joe Knight (Nonfiction)Pop Culture: Amy: Heartstopper (Netflix)Erin: The Deep End (Hulu)_____Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life! Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more.  Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook! 

We're taking a focus on fiction and looking at our favorite Jane Austen novels. I'm joined by our own Creative Director, Lindsey Lindstrom.Show Notes:Carol Ann Lloydwww.carolannlloyd.com@shakeuphistorypatreon.com/carolannlloydCreative Director: Lindsey LindstromMusic: Inspiring Dramatic Pack by Smart Sounds via Audio Jungle; Music Broadcast License

Summary: Today's Tit Talk topic is "Rated R: Beyond the 5-Star Rating System". Why have we become so accustomed to rating books on a scale of 1-5 stars? Today's panelists have two things in common: their love for the romance genre and the fact that they rate their romances in unique and different ways. Tit Talk is a monthly panel discussion between the folks who write romance and the readers who love them. Join Kelly every month as she moderates a discussion - with a new topic each time - amongst readers, bloggers, podcasters, authors and more! Tit Talk takes place the second Saturday of every month at 10 am PST/1 pm EST. These panels will be recorded LIVE on YouTube and released later in the month as podcast episodes. Watch: Watch the full episode with video HERE on YouTube.Panelists: Emily Rath (Author): Instagram, TiktokBridget & Shani (Co-Hosts of Romance at a Glance Podcast): Instagram, TiktokKara (Bookstagrammer): TwitterLinks:Follow Boobies & Noobies on Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook @boobiespodcast, on TikTok @b00biespodcast, and check out our blog, merch, and more on our brand new Boobies & Noobies website.

Ada Calhoun joins us to discuss Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me (Grove, June 14). Kirkus: “Art critic Peter Schjeldahl's daughter takes a shot at finishing her father's derailed biography of Frank O'Hara and ends up writing a fascinating memoir….A wonderfully convoluted, catty, candid, and clever piece of work” (starred review). Then our editors join with their reading recommendations for the week.

PART I The Crew ventures into the Tom Clancy Universe with the two talented authors charged with maintaining and building upon the legacy of the master himself. Don Bentley and Marc Cameron join us for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of all things Ryan, meeting and upending fan expectations, and balancing the popular series with their own original novels. Get your copy of CHAIN OF COMMAND by Marc Cameron: https://amzn.to/3N7BaK2 Get your copy of ZERO HOUR by Don Bentley: https://amzn.to/3n0rhU8 ------- If you want to learn more about the guys from The Crew Reviews or to see additional author interviews, visit us at www.thecrewreviews.com Follow us on social media: Twitter | https://twitter.com/CREWbookreviews Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thecrewreviews Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thecrewreviews/ And don't forget to subscribe to The Crew Reviews, hit the "LIKE" button, and leave a comment.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning author;  Becky Bohan!   FINALIST: 2021 GCLS Award for General Fiction;A Light on Altered Land by Becky Bohan! NYC -MARCH 2022 "Bohan treats issues of aging, illness, spirituality, and family with maturity and integrity. Readers will be moved by this story of romance and second chances."--Publishers Weekly Ellie Belmont, a retired college teacher, wants to leave the house she shared with her wife, who died three years ago. Kathryn Kepler, a retired psychotherapist, finds life as a country club divorcée lonely. They meet by chance at a coffee shop and bond over downsizing. Sparks of attraction ignite on a road trip from Minnesota to California. After a romantic few days in Yosemite, they must deal with the real world—Kathryn's homophobic daughter, medical cannabis, and a run-in with the law. A love story about mature passion and personal integrity, A Light on Altered Land has readers cheering for this winsome couple.   Author Becky Bohan, of North Fort Myers, Florida, earned her M.A. in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the retired Vice-President of a training consulting company. She has published three lesbian novels and, along with her wife, Nancy Manahan, the non-fiction award-winning Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully: A Journey with Cancer and Beyond.

Giles Richards is a sports journalist, and the Formula One correspondent for the Guardian newspaper. He joins me over a slightly crackly Zoom link to discuss a new collection of classic Judge Death stories which features some peak Brian Bolland artwork.Buy your copy of the Essentials trade paperback from your local book shop, or from 2000AD.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here Or Download hereRight click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

CELEBRATING OUR 100TH EPISODE!! Thank you so much for your continued support! EP. 100 - She's been called one of the most influential literary voices of a generation. My 1-on-1 discussion with Angie Thomas, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels, "The Hate U Give," and "Concrete Rose" being published for the first time in paperback, and her second novel-based film currently in production. #thehateugive #concreterose #onthecomeup #interview #books #angiethomas #podcast

474. Part 2 of our conversation with Michael Martin, co-editor of Firsthand Louisiana: Primary Sources in the History of the State. This book brings to its readers a companion to the study of Louisiana's history. Compiled for the first time in a single book, the dozens of important, interesting, devastating, and entertaining firsthand accounts cover Louisiana's history from 1682, when Sieur de La Salle claimed the land for the French, up through recent controversies over the removal of Confederate memorial statues in the state. Read letters, speeches, reports, and diaries to learn how the Bayou State affected and was affected by such events as the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, World War II, the civil rights movement, and more. Edited by experts in the field of Louisiana history, this collection also provides a fascinating read for non-academics who simply want to gain the perspective of the people—women, men, Native Americans, whites, African Americans, and many others—who created the state's complicated past.   This week in Louisiana history. June 19, 1953. Blacks protesting discriminatory treatment began a bus boycott in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This week in New Orleans history. Jazz drummer Ray Bauduc, born on June 18, 1906 in New Orleans. was a  best known for his work with the Bob Crosby Orchestra and their band-within-a-band, the Bobcats, between 1935 and 1942. This week in Louisiana. Get Outdoors at Lake Martin Whether you prefer soft adventure or full-on nature immersions, the swampy ecosystem at the Cypress Island Nature Preserve will pique your interest. See native birds among the Spanish moss-draped Cypress trees on a hike around the lake's edge or explore by water on a kayak tour. Book swamp tours the entire family will enjoy with outfitters like Champagne's Cajun Swamp Tours. Postcards from Louisiana. Alizah Star / Lauren Sturm.Listen on Google Play.Listen on Google Podcasts.Listen on Spotify.Listen on Stitcher.Listen on TuneIn.The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.Like us on Facebook. 

Dark Story of America's Shining Women.

A Tourist and Local Guidebook.

Novel about journeymen musicians.

The sinking of the Lusitania.

Barbara Peters in conversation with Sarah James and Julia Thomas

Join Heidi and her guest discussing Roswell and so much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode of The Literary Life, Mitchell Kaplan is joined by Hernan Diaz to discuss his latest book, Trust, out now from Riverhead Books. Hernan Diaz is the author of two novels translated into more than twenty languages. His first novel, In the Distance, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He has also written a book of essays, and his work has appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Playboy, The Yale Review, McSweeney's, and elsewhere. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and a fellowship from the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In conversation with Herman Beavers Gene Andrew Jarrett is the author of Representing the Race: A New Political History of African American Literature and Deans and Truants: Race and Realism in African American Literature. He is the editor of an additional eight books of African American literary studies, including two about 19th century U.S. poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dean of the faculty and William S. Tod Professor of English at Princeton University, last year he was appointed to the Association of American Universities' Advisory Board for Racial Equity in Higher Education. On the 150th anniversary of Dunbar's birth, Jarrett's latest book is a nuanced biography of Dunbar as the Gilded Age celebrity, acclaimed as the ''poet laureate of his race,'' whose improbable success hid profound private struggles. A professor of English and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Herman Beavers teaches 20th Century and Contemporary African American literature and poetry writing. He is the author of the scholarly monograph Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of Toni Morrison, the poetry chapbook Obsidian Blues, and his poems have appeared in Cleaver Magazine, Versadelphia, and The American Arts Quarterly, among other publications.  (recorded 6/16/2022)

Episode 27 of READING MCCARTHY is a thorough consideration of Race in the Works of Cormac McCarthy.  The guest for this thoughtful and engaging discussion is Lydia Cooper; Dr. Cooper is a professor of American literature at Creighton University. Her specializations include Native American literature, Western and Southwestern literature, gender studies, and Cormac McCarthy. Her most recent book is Cormac McCarthy: A Complexity Theory of Literature, published by Manchester University Press.  Other books includes Masculinities in Literature of the American West; No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in the Novels (those novels being the ones by McCarthy); her work on McCarthy and on other modern and contemporary American and Native American writers has appeared in numerous academic journals such as Studies in the Novel, Studies in American Indian Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment.Thanks to Thomas Frye, who composed, performed, and produced the theme music and interludes for READING MCCARTHY.  Included in this episode are “The World to Come,” “Toadvine,” “Running with Wolves,” and “Blues for Blevins.”  The views of the host and his guests do not necessarily reflect the views of their home institutions or the Cormac McCarthy Society. To contact me, please reach out to readingmccarthy(@)gmail.com. Find us on Twitter and Facebook; the website is at readingmccarthy.buzzsprout.com, and if you'd like to support the show you can click on the little heart symbol at the top of the page to buy the show a cappuccino, or you can support us at www.patreon.com/readingmccarthy.Support the show

Dave accidentally held his website hostage for 7 days... and gained 30 new Patreon backers! Also, we'll discuss landing-page strategies and much moreON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...Dave accidentally held his site hostage for 7 days... and gained thirty new Patreon backers!Landing page strategiesUPDATE: Comic Con InternationalUPDATE: Comic shops aren't dead... yetFrequent/Consistent/Significant Patreon postsDad is living vicariously through a creative kidToday is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previous livestreams!You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon$2 — Early access to episodes$5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast. Plus $2-tier rewards.$10 — Gain access to the ComicLab livestreamed recording sessions (including an archive of past livestreams), plus $5-tier rewardsBrad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.Listen to ComicLab on...Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyPandoraStitcher

S2_E42. EMPATHY! The Number One Tool Writers Need to Develop Dynamic Characters EPISODE DESCRIPTION - Last week, I gave you the 5 dialogue tricks every writer needs to create a clear and dynamic storyline. This week I discuss how to create dynamic characters through empathy. The basis of story is understanding the human condition from an empathetic point of view. In order to do this it is absolutely necessary for a writer to understand and confront their own sin nature. If you don't understand people, you cannot be a good writer. So this, in turn, means that you must be aware of the world around you. The actual world, not the false created world you pretend it is. There is a desire to deny evil, because if evil doesn't exist, then we're not guilty. And what do human beings want to do more than anything? We want to justify ourselves! By knowing that evil exists inside of ourselves, we can then translate more believable characters and more believable scenarios to our stories. DOWNLOAD FULL TRANSCRIPTS FOR FREE on the podcast page of our website.HELPFUL LINKS AND RESOURCES - The Storyteller's Mission online platform offers one-on-one COACHING, SCRIPT and MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES, and ADVANCED CLASSES ON WRITING. Send us an email at info@thestorytellersmission.com, or if you have a question or a specific writing related topic that you would like Zena to consider addressing on a future episode, LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL!UP NEXT - Next week we get out of our comfort zone and change the way we think about engaging culture. Support the show

Jeffe Kennedy is a multi-award-winning and best-selling author of romantic fantasy. She is the current President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and is a member of Novelists, Inc. (NINC). She is best known for her RITA® Award-winning novel, The Pages of the Mind, the recent trilogy, The Forgotten Empires, and the wildly popular, Dark Wizard. Jeffe lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is represented by Sarah Younger of Nancy Yost Literary Agency.//Draft2Digital is where you start your Indie Author Career//  Looking for your path to self-publishing success? Draft2Digital is the leading ebook publisher and distributor worldwide. We'll convert your manuscript, distribute it online, and support you the whole way—and we won't charge you a dime.  We take a small percentage of the royalties for each sale you make through us, so we only make money when you make money. That's the best kind of business plan.  • Get started now: https://draft2digital.com/• Learn the ins, the outs, and the all-arounds of indie publishing from the industry experts on the D2D Blog: https://Draft2Digital.com/blog  • Promote your books with our Universal Book Links from Books2Read: https://books2read.com  Make sure you bookmark https://D2DLive.com for links to live events, and to catch back episodes of the Self Publishing Insiders Podcast.

Geek Girl Riot is serving up the binge-worthy goods this week, talking: Young Justice: Phantoms, Lightyear, and Jurassic World Dominion. Our Rioters also down the new Black Adam and Gotham Knights trailers.

Joseph Han joins us to discuss the novel Nuclear Family (Counterpoint, June 7), “a raucous and adroit debut” in which “an immigrant family is haunted by the past” (Kirkus). Then our editors join with their reading recommendations for the week.

Olive Oatman was an American woman celebrated in her time for her captivity and later release by Native Americans in the Mojave Desert region when she was a teenager.While traveling from Illinois to California, her family was attacked by a small group from a Native American tribe. They clubbed many to death, left her brother Lorenzo for dead, and enslaved Olive and her younger sister Mary Ann, holding them captive for one year before they traded them to the Mohave people, where they were well treated. While Lorenzo exhaustively attempted to recruit governmental help in searching for them, Mary Ann died from starvation and Olive spent four years with the Mohave. Five years after the attack, she was repatriated into American society. The story of the Oatman Massacre began to be retold with dramatic license in the press, as well as in her own memoir and speeches. Novels, plays, movies, and poetry were inspired, which resonated in the media of the time and long afterward. She had become an oddity in 1860s America, partly because of the prominent blue tattooing of her face by the Mohave, making her the first known white woman with Native tattoo on record. Much of what actually occurred during her time with the Native Americans remains unknown.

Steve Almond, author of All the Secrets of the World (Zando, 2022) joins Barbara DeMarco-Barrett to discuss his new novel and why he wanted to write a social novel, how it took him five tries to get it right, and much more on the process of writing. Steve is the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His recent books include William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life, which is about reading and writing and the struggle to pay attention to our lives, and Bad Stories, a literary investigation of the 2016 election. For four years, Steve hosted the New York Times Dear Sugars podcast with Cheryl Strayed. His short stories have been anthologized widely, in the Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, Best American Erotica, and Best American Mysteries series. His new book is a novel called All the Secrets of the World. Download audio. (Recorded on May 27, 2022, via Zoom audio) Music and sound design by Travis Barrett Check out his typewriter compositions at Just My Type on SpotifyBarbara DeMarco-Barrett: www.penonfire.com Marrie Stone: www.marriestone.com Travis Barrett: https://travisbarrett.mykajabi.comFind us on Patreon.com/writersonwriting

Mans best friend or  evil murderous rabid killer dog, kinda both in this film. Join Alec, Erik, and long time guest and Stephen King expert Dominic Berger as they discuss the novel and film adaptation of Cujo. Today the guys discuss How much eye boogers are acceptable on a dog on a film set, potential Cujo sequel ideas, the major differences between the novel and film, and much more. No dogs were hurt during the making of this podcast, I think.

Join Alyssa and Kaitlyn as they explore juvenile literature that adults will love! Titles include: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Neil Gaiman novels, Brown Girls Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, Rick Riordan Presents Imprint, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Gmorning, Gnight! By Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels by Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan, When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamison and Omar Mohamed, New Kid by Jerry Craft, Dog Man by Dav Pilkey, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, The Giver series by Lois Lowry, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan.