Podcasts about The Overlook Press

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 39:30

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Katya Apekina for a discussion of her new novel Mother Doll, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press. Topics of conversation include Two Dollar Radio, the Overlook Press, baby bedtime routines, visitations, September 11th, video stores, physical media vs. digital media, organization, ghost stories, self-deception, knowledge and education, and much more. Copies of Mother Doll can be ordered here. Thank you to the North Carolina Book Festival and libro.fm audiobooks for presenting this episode.

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James Frankie Thomas on his homoerotic, post-9/11 campus novel, IDLEWILD

Teen People

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 73:20

As a teen, James Frankie Thomas modelled a prom dress and smooch-proof makeup in a 2004 issue of TEEN PEOPLE magazine. Now, he's the author of a compelling novel, IDLEWILD, published by The Overlook Press. James spoke with me about crafting this novel at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and how he navigated the highs and lows of getting a book into the world. Plus: find out why James jokes that he and Elliot Page are like "two ships in the night", and why it's hard to read (and write) about big events like 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic. Podcast notes: James' book list: The Family Chao, by Lan Samantha Chang Eighty-sixed, by David B. Feinberg (not to be confused with 86'd, by Dan Fante) A Dream of a Woman, by Casey Plett Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters Darryl, by Jackie Ess Nevada, by Imogen Binnie I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir, by Nadja Spiegelman All This Could Be Different, by Sarah Thankam Mathews This Other Eden, by Paul Harding Pageboy: A Memoir, by Elliot Page Music: Franz Joseph Haydn, 'The Heavens Are Telling' (The Creation), St. Matthew's Choir, 2010. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Frédéric Chopin, ‘Berceuse Op. 57', Christine Hartley-Troskie. CC BY 2.5 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5), via Wikimedia Commons. Thanks to Stephanie Palumbo, Christian Westermann, and Andrew Gibeley at Abrams Books for sending me a review copy of IDLEWILD and securing permissions to excerpt IDLEWILD in this episode! Buy IDLEWILD here: www.abramsbooks.com/product/idlewil…_9781419769146/. Like this episode? Please leave a rating or review! Find James on Twitter at james_f_thomas and online at www.jamesfrankiethomas.com. Find me on Twitter and Instagram at TeenPeoplePod and online at www.annasoper.ca. Advocacy resources related to banned and challenged books from the American Library Association and Ontario Library Association: www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks www.freedomtoread.ca Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.

870. James Frankie Thomas

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 87:19

James Frankie Thomas is the author of the debut novel Idlewild, available from The Overlook Press. It was the official September pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Thomas is a lifelong New Yorker. He attended the City College of New York and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has worked as a video store clerk, a Shakespeare tutor, and the "YA of Yore" columnist for the Paris Review; he was most recently a theater critic at Vulture. Idlewild is his first novel. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube TikTok 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

248--Bookin' w/ Ben Purkert

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 36:09

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ben Purkert, author of The Men Can't Be Saved, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press. Topics of conversation include Hanif Abdurraqib, jobs and what they do to our souls, 15 minutes of fame, adult men's diapers, David Foster Wallace, Nabokov, non-profits, workplace romances, video games, and more! Copies of The Men Can't Be Saved can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

Episode 1: Ye Olde Backgrounde Stuffe

Imperfect Men

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 33:16

Welcome to our new show, Imperfect Men! Join Cody and Stephen as they deep-dive and rate into the signers of the United States' founding documents. This episode explores the preceding events leading to the American Revolution, and discusses the criteria for which the signers will be rated.Sources:Amar, Akhir Reed. The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840. Basic Books, New York, 2021.Berlin, Ira. Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America. Belknap Press, Cambridge, 1998.Calloway, Colin. The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2006.Cogliano, Frank. Revolutionary America, 1763-1814: A Political History. Routledge, New York, 2000.Harvey, Robert. A Few Bloody Noses: The American Revolutionary War. Overlook Press, Woodstock, 2001.Horn, James. A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America. Basic Books, New York, 2005.Meinig, Donald William. The Shaping of America: Atlantic America, 1492-1800. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 1986. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Overlook Press, 2022)

New Books in Historical Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:01

In 1934, tens of thousands of Communist guerillas fled Jiangxi, in an extended retreat through hazardous terrain to Shaanxi in the north, while under fire from their Nationalist enemies. The Long March, as it became to be known, helped build the legend of the Chinese Communist Party, and of its leader Mao. While on the Long March, Mao had a daughter, who was left behind to live with a local family due to the trek's dangers That event inspired Michael X. Wang's debut novel Lost in the Long March (Overlook Press, 2022), about one couple who faced a similar decision–whether to leave their child behind–and that decision's repercussions decades later. In this interview, Michael and I talk about the Long March, what makes it a great setting for a novel, and how its story aligns with many other family stories from modern China. Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, a small coal-mining city in China's mountainous Shanxi province. His short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press: 2020), won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and was a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Michael's work has appeared in the New England Review, Greensboro Review, Day One, and Juked, among others. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Arkansas Tech University and lives in Russellville, Arkansas. He can be followed on Twitter at @MichaelXWang3. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Lost in the Long March. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Overlook Press, 2022)

New Books in Chinese Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:01

In 1934, tens of thousands of Communist guerillas fled Jiangxi, in an extended retreat through hazardous terrain to Shaanxi in the north, while under fire from their Nationalist enemies. The Long March, as it became to be known, helped build the legend of the Chinese Communist Party, and of its leader Mao. While on the Long March, Mao had a daughter, who was left behind to live with a local family due to the trek's dangers That event inspired Michael X. Wang's debut novel Lost in the Long March (Overlook Press, 2022), about one couple who faced a similar decision–whether to leave their child behind–and that decision's repercussions decades later. In this interview, Michael and I talk about the Long March, what makes it a great setting for a novel, and how its story aligns with many other family stories from modern China. Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, a small coal-mining city in China's mountainous Shanxi province. His short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press: 2020), won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and was a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Michael's work has appeared in the New England Review, Greensboro Review, Day One, and Juked, among others. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Arkansas Tech University and lives in Russellville, Arkansas. He can be followed on Twitter at @MichaelXWang3. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Lost in the Long March. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Overlook Press, 2022)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:01

In 1934, tens of thousands of Communist guerillas fled Jiangxi, in an extended retreat through hazardous terrain to Shaanxi in the north, while under fire from their Nationalist enemies. The Long March, as it became to be known, helped build the legend of the Chinese Communist Party, and of its leader Mao. While on the Long March, Mao had a daughter, who was left behind to live with a local family due to the trek's dangers That event inspired Michael X. Wang's debut novel Lost in the Long March (Overlook Press, 2022), about one couple who faced a similar decision–whether to leave their child behind–and that decision's repercussions decades later. In this interview, Michael and I talk about the Long March, what makes it a great setting for a novel, and how its story aligns with many other family stories from modern China. Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, a small coal-mining city in China's mountainous Shanxi province. His short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press: 2020), won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and was a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Michael's work has appeared in the New England Review, Greensboro Review, Day One, and Juked, among others. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Arkansas Tech University and lives in Russellville, Arkansas. He can be followed on Twitter at @MichaelXWang3. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Lost in the Long March. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Overlook Press, 2022)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:01

In 1934, tens of thousands of Communist guerillas fled Jiangxi, in an extended retreat through hazardous terrain to Shaanxi in the north, while under fire from their Nationalist enemies. The Long March, as it became to be known, helped build the legend of the Chinese Communist Party, and of its leader Mao. While on the Long March, Mao had a daughter, who was left behind to live with a local family due to the trek's dangers That event inspired Michael X. Wang's debut novel Lost in the Long March (Overlook Press, 2022), about one couple who faced a similar decision–whether to leave their child behind–and that decision's repercussions decades later. In this interview, Michael and I talk about the Long March, what makes it a great setting for a novel, and how its story aligns with many other family stories from modern China. Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, a small coal-mining city in China's mountainous Shanxi province. His short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press: 2020), won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and was a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Michael's work has appeared in the New England Review, Greensboro Review, Day One, and Juked, among others. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Arkansas Tech University and lives in Russellville, Arkansas. He can be followed on Twitter at @MichaelXWang3. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Lost in the Long March. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Overlook Press, 2022)

New Books in East Asian Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:01

In 1934, tens of thousands of Communist guerillas fled Jiangxi, in an extended retreat through hazardous terrain to Shaanxi in the north, while under fire from their Nationalist enemies. The Long March, as it became to be known, helped build the legend of the Chinese Communist Party, and of its leader Mao. While on the Long March, Mao had a daughter, who was left behind to live with a local family due to the trek's dangers That event inspired Michael X. Wang's debut novel Lost in the Long March (Overlook Press, 2022), about one couple who faced a similar decision–whether to leave their child behind–and that decision's repercussions decades later. In this interview, Michael and I talk about the Long March, what makes it a great setting for a novel, and how its story aligns with many other family stories from modern China. Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, a small coal-mining city in China's mountainous Shanxi province. His short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press: 2020), won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and was a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Michael's work has appeared in the New England Review, Greensboro Review, Day One, and Juked, among others. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Arkansas Tech University and lives in Russellville, Arkansas. He can be followed on Twitter at @MichaelXWang3. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Lost in the Long March. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Overlook Press, 2022)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:01

In 1934, tens of thousands of Communist guerillas fled Jiangxi, in an extended retreat through hazardous terrain to Shaanxi in the north, while under fire from their Nationalist enemies. The Long March, as it became to be known, helped build the legend of the Chinese Communist Party, and of its leader Mao. While on the Long March, Mao had a daughter, who was left behind to live with a local family due to the trek's dangers That event inspired Michael X. Wang's debut novel Lost in the Long March (Overlook Press, 2022), about one couple who faced a similar decision–whether to leave their child behind–and that decision's repercussions decades later. In this interview, Michael and I talk about the Long March, what makes it a great setting for a novel, and how its story aligns with many other family stories from modern China. Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, a small coal-mining city in China's mountainous Shanxi province. His short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press: 2020), won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and was a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Michael's work has appeared in the New England Review, Greensboro Review, Day One, and Juked, among others. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Arkansas Tech University and lives in Russellville, Arkansas. He can be followed on Twitter at @MichaelXWang3. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Lost in the Long March. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Michael X. Wang, "Lost in the Long March" (Overlook Press, 2022)

Asian Review of Books

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 43:01

In 1934, tens of thousands of Communist guerillas fled Jiangxi, in an extended retreat through hazardous terrain to Shaanxi in the north, while under fire from their Nationalist enemies. The Long March, as it became to be known, helped build the legend of the Chinese Communist Party, and of its leader Mao. While on the Long March, Mao had a daughter, who was left behind to live with a local family due to the trek's dangers That event inspired Michael X. Wang's debut novel Lost in the Long March (Overlook Press, 2022), about one couple who faced a similar decision–whether to leave their child behind–and that decision's repercussions decades later. In this interview, Michael and I talk about the Long March, what makes it a great setting for a novel, and how its story aligns with many other family stories from modern China. Michael X. Wang was born in Fenyang, a small coal-mining city in China's mountainous Shanxi province. His short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press: 2020), won the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection and was a finalist for the 2021 CLMP Firecracker Award for Fiction. Michael's work has appeared in the New England Review, Greensboro Review, Day One, and Juked, among others. He is currently an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Arkansas Tech University and lives in Russellville, Arkansas. He can be followed on Twitter at @MichaelXWang3. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of Lost in the Long March. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an associate editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at@nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-review

Beatrice Hitchman: All of You Every Single One

WritersCast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 37:58

All of You Every Single One: A Novel – Beatrice Hitchman – Overlook Press – 978-1-4197-5693-1 – Hardcover – 320 pages – $26 – January 4, 2022 – ebook editions available at lower prices This novel is an absolutely riveting book I truly enjoyed. And happily, it introduced me to the work of Beatrice Hitchman, […] The post Beatrice Hitchman: All of You Every Single One first appeared on WritersCast.

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Narcissism, Mirrors and Fractals: A. Natasha Joukovsky, EP 255

Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 68:45

A,. Natasha Joukovsky highlights the narcissism in current culture through the the mere-mirror coincidences that reflect our images back to us,. Central is interpersonal recursion--how will your respond if I say this to you and then how will I respond to what I think you will say. Being in love means you desire the other person's desire for you. You can pre-order Dr. Beitman's new book Meaningful Coincidences due out in September here! https://www.innertraditions.com/books... A. Natasha Joukovsky is the author of The Portrait of a Mirror, her debut novel published by The Overlook Press in 2021. Her work has appeared in The Common, Electric Literature, and Necessary Fiction, and her "quite useless" newsletter (after Wilde--"all art is quite useless") has been featured by LitHub. Natasha holds a BA in English from the University of Virginia and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business. She spent five years working in the art world before pivoting into management consulting. She lives in Washington, D.C You can learn more about Natasha's work at her website: https://natashajoukovsky.com Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE [https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr-bern...] Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Episode 9: Five Book Reviews and a Bookstore in Barcelona

You've Got to Read This!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 24:03

Join us as we discuss Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, by Emily R. Austin; A Pair of Wings: A Novel Inspired by Pioneer Aviatrix Bessie Coleman, by Carole Hopson; The Apocalypse Seven, by Gene Doucette; Bullet Train, by Kotaro Isaka; and Whereabouts, by Jhumpa Lahiri. We also discuss our visit to the Barcelona bookstore La Central del Raval, The Fiction Center in Brooklyn, NY and Gibson's Bookstore in Concord, NH.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924We receive a portion of the sale for each book sold from our Bookshop page.

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Erik Hoel, "The Revelations" (Overlook Press, 2021)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 43:39

An edgy and ambitious debut by a powerful new voice in contemporary literary ﬁction Monday, Kierk wakes up. Once a rising star in neuroscience, Kierk Suren is now homeless, broken by his all-consuming quest to ﬁnd a scientiﬁc theory of consciousness. But when he's offered a spot in a prestigious postdoctoral program, he decides to rejoin society and vows not to self-destruct again. Instead of focusing on his work, however, Kierk becomes obsessed with another project--investigating the sudden and suspicious death of a colleague. As his search for truth brings him closer to Carmen Green, another postdoc, their list of suspects grows, along with the sense that something sinister may be happening all around them. The Revelations (Overlook Press, 2021), not unlike its main character, is ambitious and abrasive, challenging and disarming. Bursting with ideas, ranging from Greek mythology to the dark realities of animal testing, to some of the biggest unanswered questions facing scientists today, The Revelations is written in muscular, hypnotic prose, and its cyclically dreamlike structure pushes the boundaries of literary ﬁction. Erik Hoel has crafted a stunning debut of rare power--an intense look at cutting-edge science, consciousness, and human connection. You can find Erik Hoel on Substack at https://erikhoel.substack.com/ and on Twitter @erikphoel. Joseph Fridman is a researcher, science communicator, media producer, and educational organizer. He lives in Boston with two ragdoll kittens and a climate scientist.You can follow him on Twitter @joseph_fridman, or reach him at his website, https://www.josephfridman.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

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Erik Hoel, "The Revelations" (Overlook Press, 2021)

New Books in Neuroscience

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 43:39

An edgy and ambitious debut by a powerful new voice in contemporary literary ﬁction Monday, Kierk wakes up. Once a rising star in neuroscience, Kierk Suren is now homeless, broken by his all-consuming quest to ﬁnd a scientiﬁc theory of consciousness. But when he's offered a spot in a prestigious postdoctoral program, he decides to rejoin society and vows not to self-destruct again. Instead of focusing on his work, however, Kierk becomes obsessed with another project--investigating the sudden and suspicious death of a colleague. As his search for truth brings him closer to Carmen Green, another postdoc, their list of suspects grows, along with the sense that something sinister may be happening all around them. The Revelations (Overlook Press, 2021), not unlike its main character, is ambitious and abrasive, challenging and disarming. Bursting with ideas, ranging from Greek mythology to the dark realities of animal testing, to some of the biggest unanswered questions facing scientists today, The Revelations is written in muscular, hypnotic prose, and its cyclically dreamlike structure pushes the boundaries of literary ﬁction. Erik Hoel has crafted a stunning debut of rare power--an intense look at cutting-edge science, consciousness, and human connection. You can find Erik Hoel on Substack at https://erikhoel.substack.com/ and on Twitter @erikphoel. Joseph Fridman is a researcher, science communicator, media producer, and educational organizer. He lives in Boston with two ragdoll kittens and a climate scientist.You can follow him on Twitter @joseph_fridman, or reach him at his website, https://www.josephfridman.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

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Erik Hoel, "The Revelations" (Overlook Press, 2021)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 43:39

An edgy and ambitious debut by a powerful new voice in contemporary literary ﬁction Monday, Kierk wakes up. Once a rising star in neuroscience, Kierk Suren is now homeless, broken by his all-consuming quest to ﬁnd a scientiﬁc theory of consciousness. But when he's offered a spot in a prestigious postdoctoral program, he decides to rejoin society and vows not to self-destruct again. Instead of focusing on his work, however, Kierk becomes obsessed with another project--investigating the sudden and suspicious death of a colleague. As his search for truth brings him closer to Carmen Green, another postdoc, their list of suspects grows, along with the sense that something sinister may be happening all around them. The Revelations (Overlook Press, 2021), not unlike its main character, is ambitious and abrasive, challenging and disarming. Bursting with ideas, ranging from Greek mythology to the dark realities of animal testing, to some of the biggest unanswered questions facing scientists today, The Revelations is written in muscular, hypnotic prose, and its cyclically dreamlike structure pushes the boundaries of literary ﬁction. Erik Hoel has crafted a stunning debut of rare power--an intense look at cutting-edge science, consciousness, and human connection. You can find Erik Hoel on Substack at https://erikhoel.substack.com/ and on Twitter @erikphoel. Joseph Fridman is a researcher, science communicator, media producer, and educational organizer. He lives in Boston with two ragdoll kittens and a climate scientist.You can follow him on Twitter @joseph_fridman, or reach him at his website, https://www.josephfridman.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/neuroscience

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Talk of the Hound - Halley Feiffer

Talk of the Hound

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 40:45

Halley Feiffer is a playwright, TV writer and actress. Plays include I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard (World Premiere Atlantic Theater Company, OCC Nom.), Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow (World Premiere Williamstown Theater Festival and MCC Theater, Drama Desk and Drama League Noms), The Pain of My Belligerence (World Premiere Playwrights Horizons), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City (World Premiere MCC Theater) and How To Make Friends and Then Kill Them (World Premiere Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). Her plays have been produced around the country and in the UK, and are published by Dramatists Play Service and Overlook Press.

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N+1: "Like Partisan Review, but Not Dead"

Cover Story

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 63:36

In this episode, we are talking to Mark Krotov, the publisher and co-editor of n + 1, a magazine of politics, essays and fiction described once: “like Partisan Review, but not dead” (Keith Gessen, co-founder). Mark was born in Moscow and left Russia for Atlanta at the age of six. He graduated from Columbia in 2008. Before joining n + 1, he was an assistant editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, an editor at Overlook Press and a senior editor at Melville House. Agata Popeda is a Polish-American journalist. Interested in everything, with a particular weakness for literature and foreign relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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N+1: "Like Partisan Review, but Not Dead"

New Books in Journalism

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 63:36

In this episode, we are talking to Mark Krotov, the publisher and co-editor of n + 1, a magazine of politics, essays and fiction described once: “like The Partisan Review, but not dead” (Keith Gessen, co-founder). Mark was born in Moscow and left Russia for Atlanta at the age of six. He graduated from Columbia in 2008. Before joining n + 1, he was an assistant editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, an editor at Overlook Press and a senior editor at Melville House. Agata Popeda is a Polish-American journalist. Interested in everything, with a particular weakness for literature and foreign relations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

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130--Bookin' w/ Avni Doshi

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 28:57

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Booker Prize nominee Avni Doshi, who discusses her novel Burnt Sugar, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press. Topics of discussion include great first lines, memory loss, thriftiness, what makes a person who they are, when televisions conspire against us, and much more. Copies of Burnt Sugar can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Readers Club+.

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Meenakshi Gigi Durham, "MeToo: How Rape Culture in the Media Impacts Us All" (Polity, 2021)

New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 55:24

We are joined today by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in the writers’ heaven that is Iowa City, Iowa. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Gender, Women’s Studies, and Sexuality Studies at Iowa. She is here today to talk to us about her upcoming book: Me Too: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media (Polity Press, 2021). Professor Durham is the author of the quite famous The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It (Overlook Press, 2008) and Technosex: Precarious Corporealities, Mediated Sexualities, and the Ethics of Embodied Technics (Palgrave 2016) – both of which address modern, mass media explorations of the sexuality and gender. In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of recurrent and widespread misconduct - in workplaces from doctors' offices to factory floors - are precipitating firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are enacted and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbolic markers of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture sparks controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, "MeToo: How Rape Culture in the Media Impacts Us All" (Polity, 2021)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 55:24

We are joined today by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in the writers' heaven that is Iowa City, Iowa. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Gender, Women's Studies, and Sexuality Studies at Iowa. She is here today to talk to us about her upcoming book: Me Too: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media (Polity Press, 2021). Professor Durham is the author of the quite famous The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It (Overlook Press, 2008) and Technosex: Precarious Corporealities, Mediated Sexualities, and the Ethics of Embodied Technics (Palgrave 2016) – both of which address modern, mass media explorations of the sexuality and gender. In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of recurrent and widespread misconduct - in workplaces from doctors' offices to factory floors - are precipitating firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are enacted and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbolic markers of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture sparks controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender.

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, "MeToo: How Rape Culture in the Media Impacts Us All" (Polity, 2021)

New Books in Sociology

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 55:24

We are joined today by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in the writers’ heaven that is Iowa City, Iowa. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Gender, Women’s Studies, and Sexuality Studies at Iowa. She is here today to talk to us about her upcoming book: Me Too: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media (Polity Press, 2021). Professor Durham is the author of the quite famous The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It (Overlook Press, 2008) and Technosex: Precarious Corporealities, Mediated Sexualities, and the Ethics of Embodied Technics (Palgrave 2016) – both of which address modern, mass media explorations of the sexuality and gender. In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of recurrent and widespread misconduct - in workplaces from doctors' offices to factory floors - are precipitating firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are enacted and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbolic markers of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture sparks controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, "MeToo: How Rape Culture in the Media Impacts Us All" (Polity, 2021)

New Books in Journalism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 55:24

We are joined today by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in the writers’ heaven that is Iowa City, Iowa. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Gender, Women’s Studies, and Sexuality Studies at Iowa. She is here today to talk to us about her upcoming book: Me Too: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media (Polity Press, 2021). Professor Durham is the author of the quite famous The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It (Overlook Press, 2008) and Technosex: Precarious Corporealities, Mediated Sexualities, and the Ethics of Embodied Technics (Palgrave 2016) – both of which address modern, mass media explorations of the sexuality and gender. In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of recurrent and widespread misconduct - in workplaces from doctors' offices to factory floors - are precipitating firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are enacted and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbolic markers of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture sparks controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, "MeToo: How Rape Culture in the Media Impacts Us All" (Polity, 2021)

New Books in Gender Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 55:24

We are joined today by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in the writers’ heaven that is Iowa City, Iowa. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Gender, Women’s Studies, and Sexuality Studies at Iowa. She is here today to talk to us about her upcoming book: Me Too: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media (Polity Press, 2021). Professor Durham is the author of the quite famous The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It (Overlook Press, 2008) and Technosex: Precarious Corporealities, Mediated Sexualities, and the Ethics of Embodied Technics (Palgrave 2016) – both of which address modern, mass media explorations of the sexuality and gender. In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of recurrent and widespread misconduct - in workplaces from doctors' offices to factory floors - are precipitating firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are enacted and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbolic markers of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture sparks controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

Meenakshi Gigi Durham, "MeToo: How Rape Culture in the Media Impacts Us All" (Polity, 2021)

New Books in Communications

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 55:24

We are joined today by Meenakshi Gigi Durham, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in the writers’ heaven that is Iowa City, Iowa. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Gender, Women’s Studies, and Sexuality Studies at Iowa. She is here today to talk to us about her upcoming book: Me Too: The Impact of Rape Culture in the Media (Polity Press, 2021). Professor Durham is the author of the quite famous The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It (Overlook Press, 2008) and Technosex: Precarious Corporealities, Mediated Sexualities, and the Ethics of Embodied Technics (Palgrave 2016) – both of which address modern, mass media explorations of the sexuality and gender. In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of recurrent and widespread misconduct - in workplaces from doctors' offices to factory floors - are precipitating firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry. Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these broader social struggles are enacted and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbolic markers of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture sparks controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; investigative journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place and traces the media's powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

115--Bookin' w/ Rian Hughes

Mobile Suit Breakdown: the Gundam Anime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 42:10

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Rian Hughes, author of the sensational new novel XX, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press. Topics of discussion include comparisons to Moby Dick and Ulysses, design, pulpy sci-fi novels (and the novel within this novel, Ascension), how binary code is like an alien, DJ Food and Ninja Tunes records, memetic pandemics, and much more. Copies of XX can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

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3.16: Ple's Brother

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 65:19

Show Notes This week, we review and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (機動戦士ガンダムΖΖ) episode 18 - “Haman's Black Shadow” (ハマーンの黒い影) - discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on the origin of Elpeo Ple's name (pronounced ElPee Puru). This episode comes with a content warnings - the research on the origin of Elpeo Ple's name deals with the history of simulated (ie drawn) child pornography in Japan. The topic is also discussed extensively in the talkback. - Books and articles: Patrick W. Galbraith, Lolicon: The Reality of 'Virtual Child Pornography' in Japan, Image & Narrative, Vol 12, No 1 (2011). Patrick W. Galbraith, Seeking an Alternative: "Male" Shojo Fans Since the 1970s, from Shojo Across Media: Exploring "Girl" Practices in Contemporary Japan (2019). Patrick W. Galbraith, "The lolicon guy": Some observations on researching unpopular topics in Japan, from The End of Cool Japan: Ethical, Legal, and Cultural Challenges to Japanese Popular Culture, Edited By Mark McLelland (2017). M. Gigi Durham, The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It, Overlook Press (2008). Masafumi Monden, Being Alice in Japan: performing a cute, 'girlish' revolt, Japan Forum, Vol 26, No 2 (2014). Cory Lyn Takeuchi, Regulating Lolicon: Toward Japanese Compliance with its International Legal Obligations to Ban Virtual Child Pornography, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol 44 (2015). Mahaseth, Harsh. (2017). The Cultural Impact of Manga on Society. SSRN Electronic Journal. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332904100_The_Cultural_Impact_of_Manga_on_Society Terasa Younker, Lolita: Dreaming, Despairing, Defying, Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs, Vol 11, No 1 (2012). Rafael Antonio Pineda for Anime News Network, Rurouni Kenshin Creator Nobuhiro Watsuki Charged With Child Pornography Possession, November 21, 2017. Available at https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-21/rurouni-kenshin-creator-nobuhiro-watsuki-charged-with-child-pornography-possession/.124308 - Wikipedia articles for Lemon People magazine, it's competitor Manga Burikko, and The Otaku Murderer. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut. Lenapehoking is still the homeland of the Lenape diaspora, which includes communities living in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. You can learn more about Lenapehoking, the Lenape people, and ongoing efforts to honor the relationship between the land and indigenous peoples by visiting the websites of the Delaware Tribe and the Manhattan-based Lenape Center. Listeners in the Americas and Oceania can learn more about the indigenous people of your area at https://native-land.ca/. We would like to thank The Lenape Center for guiding us in creating this living land acknowledgment. You can subscribe to Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, visit our website GundamPodcast.com, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, or email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com. Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photos and video, MSB gear, and much more! The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. The recap music for Season 3 is New York City (instrumental) by spinningmerkaba, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.. All music used in the podcast has been edited to fit the text. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, Sotsu Agency, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu, or any of their subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.com Find out more at http://gundampodcast.com

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Interview with Ellen Klages - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 40

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 19:04

Interview with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 40 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The long incubation for the ideas that became Passing Strange Lesbian culture in mid-century San Francisco and the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island The hidden interconnectedness of Ellen's novels The love of historic objects and texts Historical fiction as “time travel” for the reader Books mentionedPassing Strange by Ellen Klages “Caligo Lane” by Ellen Klages (originally published in Subterranean Online, Winter 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publications, 2017) “Hey Presto” by Ellen Klages (originally published in the anthology Fearsome Magics ed. by Jonathan Strahan, 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publicaitons, 2017) The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages “Time Gypsy” by Ellen Klages (originally published in Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (Overlook Press, 1999), also available in the collection Portable Childhoods (Tachyon Publications, 2007)) A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Ellen Klages Online Website: Ellen Klages Twitter: @eklages Facebook: Ellen Klages

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Strange Country Ep.156: Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

Strange Country

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 68:06

It's hard to imagine a more beloved figure than Charles Lindbergh (pre-1939) so when his baby was kidnapped, it was like everybody's baby had been abducted. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about this "crime of the century" and also reminiscence about their three years on the air as the most beloved podcast (pre-1939). Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: “The American Experience | Lindbergh | Fallen Hero.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/fallen.html. Batcha, Becky. “This Case Never Closes.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 29 June 2003, www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/jerseyana-this-case-never-closes.html. Brody, Richard, et al. “The Frightening Lessons of Philip Roth's ‘The Plot Against America.’” The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017, www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-frightening-lessons-of-philip-roths-the-plot-against-america. Carlson, Pete. “(The Last) Trial of the Century!” The Washington Post, WP Company, 4 Jan. 1999, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/trial010499.htm. Green, Penelope. “But Enough About Them.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/garden/17lindbergh.html. “Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 24 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lindbergh-baby-kidnapped. “Lindbergh's Double Life.” Minnesota Historical Society, www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/family/double-life. Mccord, Shanna. “Man, 79, Says He's Lindbergh's 'Baby'.” East Bay Times, East Bay Times, 15 Aug. 2016, www.eastbaytimes.com/2010/02/11/man-79-says-hes-lindberghs-baby/. Manas, Steve. “Was the Lindbergh Kidnapping an Inside Job?” Rutgers University, 28 Aug. 2012, www.rutgers.edu/news/was-lindbergh-kidnapping-inside-job. Myre, Greg. “'America First': From Charles Lindbergh To President Trump.” NPR, NPR, 6 Feb. 2017, www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/06/513240634/america-first-from-charles-lindbergh-to-president-trump. Price, Mark J. “The Lindbergh Maybe.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 30 July 2000, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/07/30/the-lindbergh-maybe/af2d4ba0-e0a9-444c-9b8d-d95fd48a411b/. Zito, Tom. “The Sorrows Of Anna Hauptmann.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 15 Oct. 1981, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/10/15/the-sorrows-of-anna-hauptmann/7b44dcca-2219-4242-8f9b-65d556753759/. Zorn, Robert E. Cemetery John: the Undiscovered Mastermind of the Lindbergh Kidnapping. Overlook Press, 2013.

Should Presidential Election Debates Be Abolished?

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 22:34

Coronavirus has made this a pretty strange election cycle. But with some campaign norms on the chopping block, why not take look at whether debates or conventions are good for democracy? On Today's Show: Elizabeth Drew, long-time journalist and author of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall (The Overlook Press, 2014), and Molly Ball, Time Magazine's national political correspondent and the author of Pelosi (Henry Holt and Co., 2020), talk about how campaigns are different this year — and Elizabeth Drew's call to end the presidential debates.

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Changing Political Campaigns

The Brian Lehrer Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 23:42

With the national party conventions about to start, Elizabeth Drew, long-time journalist and author of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall (The Overlook Press, 2014), and Molly Ball, Time Magazine's national political correspondent and the author of Pelosi (Henry Holt and Co., 2020), talk about how campaigns are different this year — and Elizabeth Drew's call to end the presidential debates.

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Episode 641 — Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 86:51

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is the guest. Her new novel, Starling Days, is available from The Overlook Press. It is the official April pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Buchanan is also the author of Harmless Like You, winner of The Authors’ Club First Novel Award and a Betty Trask Award. It was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and an NPR 2017 Great Read. Her short work has appeared in several places including Granta, Guernica, The Guardian, The Harvard Review, and NPR’s Selected Shorts. She lives in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, "Starling Days" (The Overlook Press, 2020)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 27:17

Mina completed a doctorate in Classics but can’t find a tenure track position. She earns money by teaching adjunct classes and tutoring in Latin. Mina’s husband, Oscar, who works for his distant father importing Japanese beer, hopes that leaving New York City for a few months will help with Mina’s depression. While they’re in London, she plans to work on a paper studying mythological women, only a few of whom survived. Mina wonders if she is one of the ones who is going to win the battle. Today I talked to Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Staring Days (The Overlook Press, 2020). She received her BA from Columbia University and her MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her first novel, Harmless Like You, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and NPR Great Read. She is the editor of the GO HOME! Anthology, and her work has appeared in Granta, Guernica, the Guardian, and the Paris Review. When not writing or teaching, she spends her time painting, snacking on nut-butter or dried seaweed, and walking her dog. If you enjoyed today’s podcast and would like to discuss it further with me and other New Books network listeners, please join us on Shuffle. Shuffle is an ad-free, invite-only network focused on the creativity community. As NBN listeners, you can get special access to conversations with a dynamic community of writers and literary enthusiasts. Sign up by going to www.shuffle.do/NBN/join G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com) if you wish to recommend an author (of a beautifully-written new novel) to interview, to listen to her previous podcast interviews, to read her mystery book reviews, or to check out some of her awesome recipes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, "Starling Days" (The Overlook Press, 2020)

TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 27:17

Mina completed a doctorate in Classics but can’t find a tenure track position. She earns money by teaching adjunct classes and tutoring in Latin. Mina’s husband, Oscar, who works for his distant father importing Japanese beer, hopes that leaving New York City for a few months will help with Mina’s depression. While they’re in London, she plans to work on a paper studying mythological women, only a few of whom survived. Mina wonders if she is one of the ones who is going to win the battle. Today I talked to Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Staring Days (The Overlook Press, 2020). She received her BA from Columbia University and her MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her first novel, Harmless Like You, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and NPR Great Read. She is the editor of the GO HOME! Anthology, and her work has appeared in Granta, Guernica, the Guardian, and the Paris Review. When not writing or teaching, she spends her time painting, snacking on nut-butter or dried seaweed, and walking her dog. If you enjoyed today’s podcast and would like to discuss it further with me and other New Books network listeners, please join us on Shuffle. Shuffle is an ad-free, invite-only network focused on the creativity community. As NBN listeners, you can get special access to conversations with a dynamic community of writers and literary enthusiasts. Sign up by going to www.shuffle.do/NBN/join G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com) if you wish to recommend an author (of a beautifully-written new novel) to interview, to listen to her previous podcast interviews, to read her mystery book reviews, or to check out some of her awesome recipes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep. 77: Ryan Chapman & Ira Silverberg

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 96:42

Satire can be the last, best way to critique difficult topics, and Ryan Chapman's blistering novel, RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN, takes on, among other things, incarceration, literature's standing in the culture, and intellectual pretension. He and James talk novellas, using contemporary cultural references, writing to a melody, and publishing a book after working in the field. Plus, literary advocate, legend, and Ryan's editor, Ira Silverberg. - Ryan Chapman: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ryan-Chapman/140796679 Buy RIOTS I HAVE KNOWN: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501197307 Ryan and James discuss: Joseph Heller Mark Leyner Martin Amis Don DeLillo Thomas Pynchon AO Scott Wesley Morris BREAKING BAD Philip Roth Roberto Bolano Horacio Castellanos Moya New Directions Books Poopy Atherton University of Iowa WG Sebald THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon Kanye West A$AP Rocky DRAM JURASSIC PARK Steve Martin Michel Foucault "Pardon Edward Snowden" by Joseph O'Neill Tin House Summer Workshop Joy Williams Guy Debord Andy Dufresne THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Frank Darabont THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by Jeffrey Eugenides THE LOSER by Thomas Bernhard TRAINSPOTTING by Irvine Welsh THE BEACH by Alex Garland THE GODFATHER THE GODFATHER by Mario Puzo Eric Andre TOO MANY COOKS Toni Morrison Ira Silverberg THE NEW YORK TIMES Marya Spence Daniel Torday DEAR CYBORGS by Eugene Lim - Ira Silverberg: https://twitter.com/silverbergira?lang=en Ira and James discuss: Sam Lipsyte FSG Macmillan Publishers BOMB Magazine Marya Spence Simon & Schuster Mark Twain OZ SCRUBS NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BOOKFORUM LITHUB THE MILLIONS Parul Sehgal HIGH RISK: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FORBIDDEN WRITINGS PUSH by Sapphire Knopf Kathy Acker Grove Press Dennis Cooper Ben Lerner Coffee House Press Three Lives & Co. Melville House SOHO Emily St. John Mandel Katherine Faucett THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson Leslie Jamison Graywolf Press Little, Brown and Company Random House Andrew Wiley Overlook Press Allen Ginsberg Marguerite Duras Alain Robbe-Grillet Samuel Beckett Eugene Ionesco Barney Rosset JT LeRoy NEA Cave Canem: The Retreat Whiting Awards LAMBDA Literary NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS PARIS REVIEW Ann Kjellberg BOOK POST AWP Poetry Society of American Academy of American poets AIR TRAFFIC by Gregory Pardlow ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong Cathy Park Hong Poem-A-Day Alex Dimitrov Four Way Books Copper Canyon Press - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

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Laura Catherine Brown, "Made by Mary" (C and R Press, 2018)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2018 29:30

It’s 1999, and Ann is a guitar-playing thirty-year-old preschool teacher who dreams of having children even though she was born without a uterus. As Laura Catherine Brown's novel Made by Mary (C and R Press, 2018) opens, Ann and her husband Joel have been rejected as adoptive parents, and their plan to host and pay medical expenses for a pregnant teen goes terribly wrong. Then Ann’s 49-year-old mother Mary, a jewelry-designing, goddess-worshipping, lesbian hippie, offers to carry her daughter’s baby. Brown’s debut novel, Quickening, was published by Random House and featured in Barnes & Noble’s "Discover Great New Writers" series. Her short stories have appeared in several literary journals, including The Bellingham Review, Monkeybicycle, Paragraphiti and Tin House; and in anthologies with Seal Press and Overlook Press. She received her BA from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and supports her writing habit by working as a graphic designer. Her writing education came through many writing workshops including the Bread Loaf Conference and the Sewanee Writers' Workshop where she was a fiction fellow. She has also taught yoga since 2003 and has been a yoga practitioner for almost 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Laura Catherine Brown, "Made by Mary" (C and R Press, 2018)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2018 29:30

It’s 1999, and Ann is a guitar-playing thirty-year-old preschool teacher who dreams of having children even though she was born without a uterus. As Laura Catherine Brown's novel Made by Mary (C and R Press, 2018) opens, Ann and her husband Joel have been rejected as adoptive parents, and their plan to host and pay medical expenses for a pregnant teen goes terribly wrong. Then Ann’s 49-year-old mother Mary, a jewelry-designing, goddess-worshipping, lesbian hippie, offers to carry her daughter’s baby. Brown’s debut novel, Quickening, was published by Random House and featured in Barnes & Noble’s "Discover Great New Writers" series. Her short stories have appeared in several literary journals, including The Bellingham Review, Monkeybicycle, Paragraphiti and Tin House; and in anthologies with Seal Press and Overlook Press. She received her BA from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and supports her writing habit by working as a graphic designer. Her writing education came through many writing workshops including the Bread Loaf Conference and the Sewanee Writers' Workshop where she was a fiction fellow. She has also taught yoga since 2003 and has been a yoga practitioner for almost 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Richard A. Billows, “Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great” (The Overlook Press, 2018)

New Books in Ancient History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 56:51

The achievements of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great are often presented as primarily the work of a singular genius. As Richard A. Billows demonstrates in his book Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great (The Overlook Press, 2018), such an interpretation ignores the considerable advantages that he inherited. Foremost among them was Macedonia itself, which was a kingdom rich in resources, especially when compared to the more economically marginal Greek city-states to the south. Recognizing the advantages that Macedonia possessed and utilizing them to defeat Balkan invaders, Alexander’s father Philip II began the process of turning Macedonia’s potential into reality. By reorganizing the Macedonian military and employing it effectively in a series of wars, Philip forged it into a fearsome fighting force that Alexander inherited upon his father’s assassination in 336 BCE. It was by employing the generals of Philip’s armies and the tactics they developed that Alexander won most of his battles that defined his reputation. Yet Alexander’s death meant that it was left to his successors to take his conquests and turn them into the governable kingdoms which cemented Alexander’s achievement and extended Greek civilization throughout the Near East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Richard A. Billows, “Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great” (The Overlook Press, 2018)

New Books in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 56:51

The achievements of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great are often presented as primarily the work of a singular genius. As Richard A. Billows demonstrates in his book Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great (The Overlook Press, 2018), such an interpretation ignores the considerable advantages that he inherited. Foremost among them was Macedonia itself, which was a kingdom rich in resources, especially when compared to the more economically marginal Greek city-states to the south. Recognizing the advantages that Macedonia possessed and utilizing them to defeat Balkan invaders, Alexander’s father Philip II began the process of turning Macedonia’s potential into reality. By reorganizing the Macedonian military and employing it effectively in a series of wars, Philip forged it into a fearsome fighting force that Alexander inherited upon his father’s assassination in 336 BCE. It was by employing the generals of Philip’s armies and the tactics they developed that Alexander won most of his battles that defined his reputation. Yet Alexander’s death meant that it was left to his successors to take his conquests and turn them into the governable kingdoms which cemented Alexander’s achievement and extended Greek civilization throughout the Near East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Richard A. Billows, “Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great” (The Overlook Press, 2018)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 56:38

The achievements of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great are often presented as primarily the work of a singular genius. As Richard A. Billows demonstrates in his book Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great (The Overlook Press, 2018), such an interpretation ignores the considerable advantages that he inherited. Foremost among them was Macedonia itself, which was a kingdom rich in resources, especially when compared to the more economically marginal Greek city-states to the south. Recognizing the advantages that Macedonia possessed and utilizing them to defeat Balkan invaders, Alexander’s father Philip II began the process of turning Macedonia’s potential into reality. By reorganizing the Macedonian military and employing it effectively in a series of wars, Philip forged it into a fearsome fighting force that Alexander inherited upon his father’s assassination in 336 BCE. It was by employing the generals of Philip’s armies and the tactics they developed that Alexander won most of his battles that defined his reputation. Yet Alexander’s death meant that it was left to his successors to take his conquests and turn them into the governable kingdoms which cemented Alexander’s achievement and extended Greek civilization throughout the Near East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Richard A. Billows, “Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great” (The Overlook Press, 2018)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 56:51

The achievements of the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great are often presented as primarily the work of a singular genius. As Richard A. Billows demonstrates in his book Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great (The Overlook Press, 2018), such an interpretation ignores the considerable advantages that he inherited. Foremost among them was Macedonia itself, which was a kingdom rich in resources, especially when compared to the more economically marginal Greek city-states to the south. Recognizing the advantages that Macedonia possessed and utilizing them to defeat Balkan invaders, Alexander's father Philip II began the process of turning Macedonia's potential into reality. By reorganizing the Macedonian military and employing it effectively in a series of wars, Philip forged it into a fearsome fighting force that Alexander inherited upon his father's assassination in 336 BCE. It was by employing the generals of Philip's armies and the tactics they developed that Alexander won most of his battles that defined his reputation. Yet Alexander's death meant that it was left to his successors to take his conquests and turn them into the governable kingdoms which cemented Alexander's achievement and extended Greek civilization throughout the Near East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mark I. Lurie, “Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man” (Overlook Press, 2018)

New Books in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 67:18

Though he never enjoyed the publishing success and fame of such friends as Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway, Lewis Galantière made a considerable contribution to literature over the course of the twentieth century. In Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man (Overlook Press, 2018), Mark I. Lurie describes the life and career of a dedicated man of letters. The precocious son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, Galantière’s education was constrained by his family’s impoverished economic circumstances. Yet Galantière benefited from being at the right place at the right time, first in Chicago during the heyday of the “Chicago Renaissance,” then in Paris in the 1920s, where his work as a columnist and translator earned him a place among the expatriate American writers in the city. Returning to America just before the Great Depression, he began a literary partnership with John Houseman that helped start Houseman’s decades-long career in theater. The two reunited during the Second World War at the Office of War Information, for which Galantière organized radio broadcasts into occupied France. Galantière’s work in radio continued during the Cold War as a producer for Radio Free Europe, after which he returned to the literary to become president of American PEN and organize the first PEN International Congress ever held in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark I. Lurie, “Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man” (Overlook Press, 2018)

New Books in American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 67:18

Though he never enjoyed the publishing success and fame of such friends as Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway, Lewis Galantière made a considerable contribution to literature over the course of the twentieth century. In Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man (Overlook Press, 2018), Mark I. Lurie describes the life and career of a dedicated man of letters. The precocious son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, Galantière’s education was constrained by his family’s impoverished economic circumstances. Yet Galantière benefited from being at the right place at the right time, first in Chicago during the heyday of the “Chicago Renaissance,” then in Paris in the 1920s, where his work as a columnist and translator earned him a place among the expatriate American writers in the city. Returning to America just before the Great Depression, he began a literary partnership with John Houseman that helped start Houseman’s decades-long career in theater. The two reunited during the Second World War at the Office of War Information, for which Galantière organized radio broadcasts into occupied France. Galantière’s work in radio continued during the Cold War as a producer for Radio Free Europe, after which he returned to the literary to become president of American PEN and organize the first PEN International Congress ever held in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark I. Lurie, “Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man” (Overlook Press, 2018)

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 67:18

Though he never enjoyed the publishing success and fame of such friends as Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway, Lewis Galantière made a considerable contribution to literature over the course of the twentieth century. In Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man (Overlook Press, 2018), Mark I. Lurie describes the life and career of a dedicated man of letters. The precocious son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, Galantière’s education was constrained by his family’s impoverished economic circumstances. Yet Galantière benefited from being at the right place at the right time, first in Chicago during the heyday of the “Chicago Renaissance,” then in Paris in the 1920s, where his work as a columnist and translator earned him a place among the expatriate American writers in the city. Returning to America just before the Great Depression, he began a literary partnership with John Houseman that helped start Houseman’s decades-long career in theater. The two reunited during the Second World War at the Office of War Information, for which Galantière organized radio broadcasts into occupied France. Galantière’s work in radio continued during the Cold War as a producer for Radio Free Europe, after which he returned to the literary to become president of American PEN and organize the first PEN International Congress ever held in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark I. Lurie, “Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man” (Overlook Press, 2018)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 67:18

Though he never enjoyed the publishing success and fame of such friends as Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway, Lewis Galantière made a considerable contribution to literature over the course of the twentieth century. In Galantière: The Lost Generation’s Forgotten Man (Overlook Press, 2018), Mark I. Lurie describes the life and career of a dedicated man of letters. The precocious son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, Galantière’s education was constrained by his family’s impoverished economic circumstances. Yet Galantière benefited from being at the right place at the right time, first in Chicago during the heyday of the “Chicago Renaissance,” then in Paris in the 1920s, where his work as a columnist and translator earned him a place among the expatriate American writers in the city. Returning to America just before the Great Depression, he began a literary partnership with John Houseman that helped start Houseman’s decades-long career in theater. The two reunited during the Second World War at the Office of War Information, for which Galantière organized radio broadcasts into occupied France. Galantière’s work in radio continued during the Cold War as a producer for Radio Free Europe, after which he returned to the literary to become president of American PEN and organize the first PEN International Congress ever held in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christina Nichol: Waiting for the Electricity

Tidings podcast – Hazel Kahan

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2018 29:31

What a wonderful first novel Christina Nichol has written! Waiting for the Electricity, first published in 2014 by Overlook Press and now available in paperback, is set in post-Soviet Georgia. It’s a most unusual story about a strange, fascinating country. If, … View full post →

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Episode 19b: Interview with Ellen Klages

TLT (The Lesbian Talkshow)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2018 19:03

Interview with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 19b A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about The long incubation for the ideas that became Passing Strange Lesbian culture in mid-century San Francisco and the San Francisco World’s Fair on Treasure Island The hidden interconnectedness of Ellen’s novels The love of historic objects and texts Historical fiction as “time travel” for the reader Publications mentioned: Passing Strange (tor.com, for signed copies: Borderlands Books, Amazon) “Caligo Lane” (originally published in Subterranean Online, Winter 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publications, 2017, Amazon) “Hey Presto” (originally published in the anthology Fearsome Magics by Jonathan Strahan, 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publications, 2017, Amazon) The Green Glass Sea (Viking Children’s Books, 2006, Amazon) “Time Gypsy” (originally published in Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (Overlook Press, 1999), also available in the collection Portable Childhoods Tachyon Publications, 2007, Amazon) More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Website: http://ellenklages.com Twitter: @eklages Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ellen.klages If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com No transcript is available for this episode.

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Episode 512 - "Coming Home Is Pretty Great..."

Dennis Has A Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2017 30:27

Author Jonathan Levi joins the podcast today to talk about his novel "Septimania" out in paperback edition will be available May 16, 2017 through Overlook Press. We talk to Jonathan about how Septimania inspired his novel, the story of Malory and Louiza, and how his own experiences inspired the novel. To learn more about Jonathan, head over to JonathanLevi.com, and pick up "Septimania" on Amazon and elsewhere books are sold! Follow the show on Twitter at @DHAPshow, listen to and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and TuneIn Radio (leave a comment and 5 stars!)! Check out DHAPshow.com! #phenomenal

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Future Theater With Frances Hill

Future Theater (2010-2016)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2016 120:11

Tonight we welcome Frances Hill to the show, and we will be talking about her research into the Salem Witch Trials, which she has covered in both fiction and nonfiction. Frances Hill was born in London in 1943 and went to Keele University, Staffordshire, where she obtained a BA Honours degree in English Literature and Philosophy. After travelling in Europe and the U.S. she worked as assistant to the blind journalist T.E.Utley, a leader writer and later deputy editor on The Daily Telegraph, in London’s Fleet Street. She then worked for the London Times Educational Supplement, writing about education and social work issues and in 1973 moved to New York to work for the TES as American correspondent. On returning to the UK, she became a free lance journalist while working on her first novel, Out of Bounds. For many years she was the radio critic for the TES as well as a fiction reviewer and obituary writer for The Times and feature writer for many other publications including The Times Higher Education Supplement, The Guardian and The Spectator. Out of Bounds was published by John Murray in 1985 and followed by a second novel, A Fatal Delusion (John Murray), in 1989. In 1992 she began work on her acclaimed account of the Salem witch trials, A Delusion of Satan, which was published by Doubleday in New York in 1995 and Hamish Hamilton in London in 1996. The paperback was published in England by Penguin in 1996 and in the US by da Capo in 1997. A new edition with a new preface appeared in 2002. Her second book on the Salem witch trials, The Salem Witch Trials Reader, was published by da Capo in 2000 and her third book on the same subject, Hunting for Witches, A Visitor’s Guide to the Salem Witch Trials, was published by Commonwealth Editions in 2002. Such Men Are Dangerous, The Fanatics of 1692 and 2004 was published by Upper Access in March 2004. Her most recent book, Deliverance from Evil, a novel about the Salem Witch Trials, is published by Overlook Press in the US and Duckworth in the UK. Frances Hill lives in London but visits the U.S. regularly, spending every summer in Connecticut.

Your Microbiome Could Be the Key to Healthy Living

Modern Notion

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2015

On today’s episode of Modern Notion Daily, we’re talking with Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at Kings’ College London and author of The Diet Myth: Why the Secret to Health and Weight Loss Is Already in Your Gut (The Overlook Press, September 2015). Using twin studies, and testing out various diets for himself, Spector has…

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Subjected to Justin Curfman - Episode 003: Daniil Kharms

Subjected to Justin Curfman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2013 139:41

Subjected to Justin Curfman Episode 003: Daniil Kharms (1905 - 1942) August 30, 2013 - In this, the third episode of "Subjected", host Justin Curfman discusses the life and work of early, Soviet-era writer, poet, dramatist and children's author, Daniil Kharms. Featuring lengthy interviews with: (31:25) Anthony Anemone, Ph.D. (Univ. of CA, Berkeley) & Peter Scotto, Ph.D. (Univ. of CA, Berkeley), translators & editors of the book: "I Am a Phenomenon Quite out of the Ordinary: The Notebooks, Diaries & Letters of Daniil Kharms" (Academic Studies Press) (1:22:20) Svetlana Dubovitskaya-Payne, translator & editor of the book, "The Charms of Harms: Selected Poems of Daniil Kharms" (Matteo Publishing) (1:52:42) Matvei Yankelevich, translator of the book, "Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms" (Overlook Press) Other publications cited and recommended: "Mein Leben mit Daniil Charms: Aus Gesprächen zusammengestellt von Vladimir Glozer" von Marina Durnowo (Galiani Verlag Berlin) "Incidences" - Translated by Neil Cornwell (Five Star Publishing / Serpent's Tail Press) "It Happened Like This" - Translated by Ian Frazier (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) "Oberiu: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism" by Eugene Ostashevsky "The Man with the Black Coat: Russia's Literature of the Absurd" - Translated by George Gibian "Subjected" is a not-for-profit program, whose production relies exclusively upon contributions from listeners like you. Please keep this program freely available and regularly produced by making a PayPal donation in any amount to the following email address: bitchintat@msn.com Direct any questions or concerns that you may have to: tephramedia@gmail.com

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Eric Simons, “The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession” (The Overlook Press, 2013)

New Books in Sports

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2013 53:55

In October 2007, journalist Eric Simons sat in the stands of Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., to watch his beloved University of California Bears take on Oregon State University in football. If Cal won, it almost certainly would be ranked No. 1 in the country. Instead, Simons agonized as Cal’s quarterback struggled... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Eric Simons, “The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession” (The Overlook Press, 2013)

New Books in Psychology

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2013 53:55

In October 2007, journalist Eric Simons sat in the stands of Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., to watch his beloved University of California Bears take on Oregon State University in football. If Cal won, it almost certainly would be ranked No. 1 in the country. Instead, Simons agonized as Cal's quarterback struggled through the final play. Cal lost. Simons suffered a miserable train ride home to San Francisco. But from crushing defeat sprang an idea for his latest book, The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession (The Overlook Press, 2013). A science and nature writer by trade, Simons sought scientific explanations for the physical and emotional reactions experienced by sports fans., “We are not subject to any kind of fan nature; we are more complex than that,” Simons writes. “We sports fan are glorious expressions of all the wondrous quirks and oddities in human nature.” Through the lens of sport and sports fans, Simons has built a unique window into what it means to be human. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

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Eric Simons, “The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession” (The Overlook Press, 2013)