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Happy Trans Day of Having a Nice Snack! In this bonus episode, Tuck and Ozzy chat with author Jeanne Thornton (she/her) about ‘90s chatrooms, masking quizzes, community open mics, second-person narration, a possible Plot Conflict Trans Misery Industrial Complex, and hidden crossover events in the Jeanne Thornton literary universe. Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of Topside Press goss, job interview horror stories, trans motherhood advice, Jeanne & Anton's friendship origin story, and whether the ending of A/S/L is “ontologically evil” lol. Grab our Trans Day of Snack graphic here.  Find Jeanne @jeanneticallymodified and at jeannethornton.com and instarbooks.com, and at World Transsexual Forum every fourth Monday at Franklin Park. A/S/L is available from Soho Press. Come see Gender Ordeal on tour in Chicago and Minneapolis in April!  ~ Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman Logo: Ira M. LeighMusic: Breakmaster CylinderAdditional Music: Blue Dot Sessions

In this episode Randel and Owen continue their talk with Master Paul Koh about Hung Gar, Fu Jow Pai, Martial Philosophy, Training and Teaching. "Master Paul Koh is internationally recognized as one of the world's leading Kung Fu teachers. He has dedicated his life to the study of this ancient Chinese art form, immersing himself in Chinese language and culture since his early teens. He is one of the only major advocates for preserving and promoting this cultural art which, despite being frequently overshadowed today by popular fads, is a timeless and ever-evolving art that goes far beyond a punch and kick.                  With over 40 years of experience, Master Koh has extensively trained with world-renowned Kung Fu masters in 少林洪家虎鶴拳術 Hung Gar Tiger Crane and 少林黑虎門虎爪派 Fu Jow Pai Tiger Claw Kung Fu. He has expertise in classical Chinese weaponry and in traditional Southern lion dancing. Master Koh is not only a martial artist who has dedicated countless hours, days, months and years to the study of his discipline, he is also a true educator, mentor and motivator. He has taught thousands of students and currently maintains a martial art training hall in NYC Chinatown. His knowledge of Kung Fu goes far beyond the physical execution or application of a technique, and extends to the historical and cultural background of Chinese martial arts, as well as the deep philosophical bedrock upon which this art form depends. These qualities, combined with an ability to speak and write clearly and eloquently, make Master Koh a unique phenomenon in the martial arts world.                   In addition to studying, researching and teaching the Chinese martial arts for nearly four decades, Master Koh is an accomplished author, having written several previous texts on the art of Kung Fu, as well as having published many articles in various martial art magazines throughout the years. He currently serves as martial arts consultant on a mystery novel series published by Soho Press and written by John Shen Yen Nee (former executive at DC Comics and Marvel Comics) and SJ Rozan (author of 18 novels, Edgar Award winner). The first novel, The Murder of Mr. Ma, was released in early 2024, and Master Koh's work was hailed by reviewers for his “incredibly orchestrated fight scenes” and “absolutely fabulous displays of martial arts.”                  In 2018, Master Koh launched Kung Fu In A Minute, a unique approach to documenting, promoting and preserving the traditional skills, attitudes, traditions and practice of the art of Kung Fu. Through Kung Fu In A Minute, he has published 14 titles with more forthcoming. The Kung Fu in a Minute library of videos, articles and manuals will further promote, preserve and protect this ancient art form. "WebsiteInstagramFacebook#kungfu #GongFu #MartialArts #wushu #China #Hung Gar #Fu Jow Pai #TigerCrane #tigerclaw#PaulKoh

Join Deborah Goodrich Royce and a panel of fantastic thriller fiction novelists for a talk about their books, their writing process, and the thriller genre. About the Authors:  Sara DiVello is a mystery writer and the creator/host of Mystery and Thriller Mavens, a popular author series. Sara loves connecting with fellow mystery-lovers on her social media platforms. She also serves as the director of social media strategy for the International Thriller Writers association. Sara's first book, “Where in the OM Am I?” was the NIEA-winner, selected by SHAPE Magazine as a best book, and named a must-read for anyone considering a career change by Working Mother. Her articles have been published in Marie Claire, Elle, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and Woman's Day, among others. In her spare time, she loves to teach yoga, cook (and eat!), garden, and go for leisurely walks with her husband and their beloved rescue mutt, Pelu. Jean Kwok is the international bestselling author of Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and Searching for Sylvie Lee, which was a Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club pick and an instant New York Times bestseller. Her work has been published in twenty countries and is taught in schools across the world. She has been selected for numerous honors, including the American Library Association Alex Award, the Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award and the Sunday Times Short Story Award international shortlist. She immigrated from Hong Kong to Brooklyn when she was five and worked in a Chinatown clothing factory for much of her childhood. She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard University and earned an MFA from Columbia University. She currently lives in the Netherlands. Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine. Lynne and Valerie are national and international bestselling authors with over one and a half million copies sold worldwide. Their books have been translated into 29 languages, are available in 34 countries, and are in development for both television and film. Their novels have been praised by The Washington Post, USA Today, The Sunday Times, People Magazine, and Good Morning America, among many others. Their debut novel, THE LAST MRS. PARRISH, is a Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection. Luanne Rice is the New York Times bestselling author of 35 novels including Last Day, Dream Country, Beach Girls, Pretend She's Here and others, Rice often writes about love, family, nature, and the sea. She received the 2014 Connecticut Governor's Arts Award for excellence and lifetime achievement in the Literary Arts category. Several of Rice's novels have been adapted for television, including Crazy in Love for TNT, Blue Moon for CBS, Follow the Stars Home and Silver Bells for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Beach Girls for Lifetime. Juliet Grames was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in history from Columbia College. For the last twenty years she has worked in book publishing and is currently Editorial Director at Soho Press in New York. She is the recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Ellery Queen Award and Italy's Premio Cetraro for contributions to Southern Italian literature. She is the author of two novels, THE SEVEN OR EIGHT DEATHS OF STELLA FORTUNA and THE LOST BOY OF SANTA CHIONIA. Elise Hart Kipness is a television sports reporter turned crime fiction writer. The KATE GREEN series is based on Elise's experience in the high-pressure, adrenaline-pumping world of live TV. Like her main character, Elise chased marquee athletes through the tunnels of Madison Square Garden and stood before glaring lights reporting to national audiences. She is currently Co-President of Sisters in Crime Connecticut. For more information about the authors on this panel, visit oceanhouseevents.com/events. For details on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com

In this episode Randel and Owen talk with Master Paul Koh about Hung Gar, Fu Jow Pai, Martial Philosophy, Training and Teaching."Master Paul Koh is internationally recognized as one of the world's leading Kung Fu teachers. He has dedicated his life to the study of this ancient Chinese art form, immersing himself in Chinese language and culture since his early teens. He is one of the only major advocates for preserving and promoting this cultural art which, despite being frequently overshadowed today by popular fads, is a timeless and ever-evolving art that goes far beyond a punch and kick.                  With over 40 years of experience, Master Koh has extensively trained with world-renowned Kung Fu masters in 少林洪家虎鶴拳術 Hung Gar Tiger Crane and 少林黑虎門虎爪派 Fu Jow Pai Tiger Claw Kung Fu. He has expertise in classical Chinese weaponry and in traditional Southern lion dancing. Master Koh is not only a martial artist who has dedicated countless hours, days, months and years to the study of his discipline, he is also a true educator, mentor and motivator. He has taught thousands of students and currently maintains a martial art training hall in NYC Chinatown. His knowledge of Kung Fu goes far beyond the physical execution or application of a technique, and extends to the historical and cultural background of Chinese martial arts, as well as the deep philosophical bedrock upon which this art form depends. These qualities, combined with an ability to speak and write clearly and eloquently, make Master Koh a unique phenomenon in the martial arts world.                   In addition to studying, researching and teaching the Chinese martial arts for nearly four decades, Master Koh is an accomplished author, having written several previous texts on the art of Kung Fu, as well as having published many articles in various martial art magazines throughout the years. He currently serves as martial arts consultant on a mystery novel series published by Soho Press and written by John Shen Yen Nee (former executive at DC Comics and Marvel Comics) and SJ Rozan (author of 18 novels, Edgar Award winner). The first novel, The Murder of Mr. Ma, was released in early 2024, and Master Koh's work was hailed by reviewers for his “incredibly orchestrated fight scenes” and “absolutely fabulous displays of martial arts.”                  In 2018, Master Koh launched Kung Fu In A Minute, a unique approach to documenting, promoting and preserving the traditional skills, attitudes, traditions and practice of the art of Kung Fu. Through Kung Fu In A Minute, he has published 14 titles with more forthcoming. The Kung Fu in a Minute library of videos, articles and manuals will further promote, preserve and protect this ancient art form. "#kungfu #GongFu #MartialArts #wushu #China #Hung Gar #Fu Jow Pai #TigerCrane #tigerclaw#PaulKoh

​Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues    Helen Benedict, author of the novel “The Good Deed,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Helen Benedict is the author of eight novels, including “Wolf Season” and “Sand Queen,” and five books of non-fiction.Her previous book, “Map of Hope and Sorrow,” co-written by Eyad Awwadawnon, is partly an oral history of refugees coming to Greece after escaping from their home countries. Helen Benedict s a Professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism. “The Good Deed” is a novel based on her research, which was later turned into the non-fiction book. In the interview, she discusses the origins of her book, the research on which the novel was based, and other elements of life among the refugees in Samos prior to the pandemic. Recorded May 4, 2024. Complete Interview.   Pride Month Special Interview: Joseph Hansen (1923-2004) was a pioneer of private eye fiction, whose main character, Dave Brandstetter, an insurance investigator, was the first gay protagonist in the detective field published by a mainstream house. The first Brandstetter novel, Fadeout, was published in 1970. At the time of publication, being gay was illegal in 49 of the 50 states. Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff had a chance to interview Joseph Hansen on June 14th, 1990 following the publication of the eleventh novel, The Boy Who Was Buried This Morning. It turned into a career retrospective. There were twelve Brandstetter novels in all, culminating in 1991's A Country of Old Men. Successful at the time, they'd fallen out of print since Hansen's death, and have now been reissued by Syndicate Books and distributed by Soho Press. Priot to  the Brandstetter books, Joseph Hansen published gay-centric novels in various small presses under a pseudonym. Two gothic novels under the pseudonym Rose Brock. There were also autobiographical novels and short story collections among his output. Despite the acclaim his books received, none of Joseph Hansen's work has ever been adapted for film or television. Complete Interview   Book Interview/Events and Theatre Links Note: Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors' positive COVID tests. Check the venue for closures, ticket refunds, and vaccination and mask requirements before arrival. Dates are in-theater performances unless otherwise noted. Some venues operate Tuesday – Sunday; others Wednesday or Thursday through Sunday. All times Pacific Time. Closing dates are sometimes extended. Book Stores Bay Area Book Festival  See website for highlights from the 10th Annual Bay Area Book Festival, June 1-2, 2024. Book Passage.  Monthly Calendar. Mix of on-line and in-store events. Books Inc.  Mix of on-line and in-store events. The Booksmith.  Monthly Event Calendar. BookShop West Portal. Monthly Event Calendar. Center for Literary Arts, San Jose. See website for Book Club guests in upcoming months. Green Apple Books. Events calendar. Kepler's Books  On-line Refresh the Page program listings. Live Theater Companies Actor's Reading Collective (ARC).  Calendar of upcoming readings. African American Art & Culture Complex. See website for calendar. Alter Theatre. See website for upcoming productions. American Conservatory Theatre  The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini . Adapted by Ben Power, directed by Sam Mandes, May 25-June 23, Toni Rembe Theater. Aurora Theatre  The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, June 21-July 21. Streaming:  July 16-21. Awesome Theatre Company. Por La Noche (By Night), October 11 – 26, 2024. See website for information. Berkeley Rep Galileo, World Premiere Musical, book by Danny Strong, with Raul Esparza, extended to June 23, Roda Theatre. Mother Road by Octavio Solis, June 14-July 21, Peets Theatre. Berkeley Shakespeare Company. See website for upcoming shows. Boxcar Theatre. The Speakeasy. Must close June 29, 2024 Brava Theatre Center: See calendar for current and upcoming productions. BroadwaySF: Company, June 5-23, Orpheum. Mrs. Doubtfire, July 2-28. Girl from the North Country, July 30-Aug 18, Golden Gate. See website for events at the Orpheum, Curran and Golden Gate. Broadway San Jose:  Peter Pan, June 25-30. California Shakespeare Theatre (Cal Shakes). As You Like it, September 12 – 29. Center Rep: Cabaret, May 26 – June 23, Lesher Center for the Arts. Central Works  Accused by Patricia Milton, July 13 – August 11. Cinnabar Theatre. La Boheme June 21 – July 5. Club Fugazi. Dear San Francisco ongoing. Check website for Music Mondays listings. Contra Costa Civic Theatre In Repertory: Hamlet and Rosencranz and Gildenstern Are Dead, September 7 – 22. Curran Theater: The Cher Show, June 19-23. Custom Made Theatre. In hibernation. Cutting Ball Theatre. See website for upcoming shows. 42nd Street Moon. Bright Star postponed. Golden Thread  See website for upcoming productions. Hillbarn Theatre: Always…Patsy Cline, August 22 – September 15. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. See website for upcoming productions. Lower Bottom Playaz  Pac and Biggie Are Dead by Biko Eisen-Martin, June 6 – 30, 2024, BAM House, Oakland. Magic Theatre. Garuda's Wing by Naomi Iizuka, June 5-23. Marin Theatre Company Yaga by by Kurt Sondler, October 10 – November 3, 2024. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Upcoming Events Page. New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) Ride the Cyclone by Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell, September 20 – October 20. Oakland Theater Project.  Ghost of King Created by and featuring Michael Wayne Turner III June 6-23, 2024. Odd Salon: Upcoming events in San Francisco & New York, and streaming. Pear Theater. Chaplin and Keaton on the Set of Limelight  by Greg Lam, June 28 – July 21, 2024. Presidio Theatre. See website for complete schedule of events and performances. Ray of Light: Everybody's Talking About Jamie, June 1 – 23, 2024. See website for Spotlight Cabaret Series at Feinstein's at the Nikko. San Francisco Playhouse. Evita, June 27-September 7. 2024. SFBATCO.  See website for upcoming streaming and in- theater shows. San Jose Stage Company: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.  June 5 – 30. Shotgun Players.  Best Available by Jonathan Spector. May 18 – June 22, extended. Website also lists one night only events at the Ashby Stage. South Bay Musical Theatre: No, No Nanette,  Sept 28 – Oct. 19. Saratoga Civic Theater. Stagebridge: See website for events and productions. Storytime every 4th Saturday. The Breath Project. Streaming archive. The Marsh: Calendar listings for Berkeley, San Francisco and Marshstream. Theatre Lunatico  See website for upcoming productions. Theatre Rhino  Four Play by Jake Brunger, June 13 – July 7, 2024. Streaming: Essential Services Project, conceived and performed by John Fisher, all weekly performances now available on demand. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration June 5-20, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.. Word for Word.  See website for upcoming productions. Misc. Listings: BAM/PFA: On View calendar for BAM/PFA. Berkeley Symphony: See website for listings. Chamber Music San Francisco: Calendar, 2023 Season. Dance Mission Theatre. On stage events calendar. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Calendar listings and upcoming shows. San Francisco Opera. Calendar listings. San Francisco Symphony. Calendar listings. Filmed Live Musicals: Searchable database of all filmed live musicals, podcast, blog. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theater venue to this list, please write Richard@kpfa.org The post June 20, 2024: Helen Benedict – Joseph Hansen appeared first on KPFA.

Charlotte speculates on why Prep is still Curtis Sittenfeld's best novel, and Jo (17:46) endorses Jeff Sharlet's sensitive, surprising The Undertow. The scintillating Nicolás Medina Mora (24:05) then joins to revolutionize autofiction discourse with his theory about Ben Lerner's Leaving the Atocha Station.Nicolás Medina Mora is a Mexican writer. He currently works as an editor at Revista Nexos, a monthly magazine of culture and politics published in Mexico City. Before that, he lived in the United States for ten years, where he worked as a financial reporter for Reuters and as a police reporter for BuzzFeed. He holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. His first novel, América del Norte, is forthcoming from Soho Press in May 2024.Send questions, requests, recommendations, and your own thoughts about any of the books discussed today to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Charlotte is on Instagram and Twitter as @Charoshane. She writes semi-regularly in newsletter form, with additional work linked on charoshane.comJo co-edits The Stopgap and their writing lives at jolivingstone.comLearn more about our producer Alex at https://www.alexsugiura.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join hosts Christine Daigle, Jena Brown and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including the Corporate Transparency Act, Spotify paying audio book publishers tens of millions in royalties, and Soho Press's Horror Imprint, Hell's Hundred. Then, stick around as Christine chats with author Joanna Goodman! Joanna Goodman is the author of six novels, including the #1 national bestseller, The Home for Unwanted Girls, which was on The Globe & Mail's Fiction bestseller list for more than six months, as well as The Forgotten Daughter and The Finishing School, both national bestsellers. Her stories have appeared in The Fiddlehead, B & A Fiction, Event, The New Quarterly, and White Wall Review, as well as excerpted in Elisabeth Harvor's fiction anthology A Room at the Heart of Things. Originally from Montreal, Joanna now lives in Toronto with her husband and two kids. Her next novel, The Inheritance, will be out in March '24 with Harper Collins. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersink/support

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This episode originally aired on March 4, 2022 as Episode 305Matt Bell is the author of the craft book Refuse to be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. It's published by Soho.Newsletter: Rage Against the AlgorithmShow notes: brendanomeara.comSocial: @creativenonfiction podcast on IG and ThreadsSupport: Patreon.com/cnfpod

Today I talked to Jule Schumacher about her new novel The English Experience (Doubleday, 2023). Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he's the only professor available to chaperone Payne University's annual "Experience: Abroad" (he has long been on the record objecting to the absurd and gratuitous colon between the words) occurring during the three weeks of winter term. Among his charges are a claustrophobe with a juvenile detention record, a student who erroneously believes he is headed for the Caribbean, a pair of unreconciled lovers, a set of undifferentiated twins, and one young woman who has never been away from her cat before. Through a sea of troubles--personal, institutional, and international--the gimlet-eyed, acid-tongued Fitger strives to navigate safe passage for all concerned, revealing much about the essential need for human connection and the sometimes surprising places in which it is found. Julie's first novel, The Body Is Water, was published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Schumacher's other books include the national best-seller, Dear Committee Members (winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor); The Shakespeare Requirement, Doodling for Academics (a satirical coloring book); and five novels for younger readers. Schumacher lives in St. Paul and is a Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English. Book Recommendations: Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I talked to Jule Schumacher about her new novel The English Experience (Doubleday, 2023). Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he's the only professor available to chaperone Payne University's annual "Experience: Abroad" (he has long been on the record objecting to the absurd and gratuitous colon between the words) occurring during the three weeks of winter term. Among his charges are a claustrophobe with a juvenile detention record, a student who erroneously believes he is headed for the Caribbean, a pair of unreconciled lovers, a set of undifferentiated twins, and one young woman who has never been away from her cat before. Through a sea of troubles--personal, institutional, and international--the gimlet-eyed, acid-tongued Fitger strives to navigate safe passage for all concerned, revealing much about the essential need for human connection and the sometimes surprising places in which it is found. Julie's first novel, The Body Is Water, was published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Schumacher's other books include the national best-seller, Dear Committee Members (winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor); The Shakespeare Requirement, Doodling for Academics (a satirical coloring book); and five novels for younger readers. Schumacher lives in St. Paul and is a Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English. Book Recommendations: Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. 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

Today I talked to Jule Schumacher about her new novel The English Experience (Doubleday, 2023). Jason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he's the only professor available to chaperone Payne University's annual "Experience: Abroad" (he has long been on the record objecting to the absurd and gratuitous colon between the words) occurring during the three weeks of winter term. Among his charges are a claustrophobe with a juvenile detention record, a student who erroneously believes he is headed for the Caribbean, a pair of unreconciled lovers, a set of undifferentiated twins, and one young woman who has never been away from her cat before. Through a sea of troubles--personal, institutional, and international--the gimlet-eyed, acid-tongued Fitger strives to navigate safe passage for all concerned, revealing much about the essential need for human connection and the sometimes surprising places in which it is found. Julie's first novel, The Body Is Water, was published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Schumacher's other books include the national best-seller, Dear Committee Members (winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor); The Shakespeare Requirement, Doodling for Academics (a satirical coloring book); and five novels for younger readers. Schumacher lives in St. Paul and is a Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English. Book Recommendations: Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Matt Bell is an author, English professor, and editor. He currently teaches creative writing at Arizona State University. In this episode live from the conference floor at AWP 2023, we're celebrating the one-year anniversary of his indispensable book on the craft of writing, Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. We also discuss his dystopian novel, Appleseed, and and his admiration for climate writing that restores hope for humanity.Listen to the full episode to find out what Bell means when he advocates for ‘radical revising' and his mission to conceptualize revision as a process that can transform a draft into a novel, rather than an assignment needed to be completed for school. We also discuss his dreamy ten-plus-year relationship working with Soho Press (shout out to the indie stalwarts!), and some of the advice he gives to his students: 1) allow readers space to figure out things for themselves, 2) experiment with non-traditional writing structures, and 3) work through tangly writing problems together. Finally, Bell ends this episode with advice for gaining inspiration for your next work and the unfortunate discovery that you can learn what your agent truly thinks of you through their editorial notes (writer beware!). Honorable Mentions: A Tree or a Person or a Wall, Bell's short story collection His incredibly good Substack (a must-read for any writer), No Failure, Only Practice In the House Upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods, the “truly weird” novel (Matt's words) that was allowed to just be itself by the good editors at Soho PressLastly, while we're still down the rabbit hole, check out his non-fiction book-length essay on the video game, Baldur's Gate II. Photo credit Jessica Bell Audio by Bloomsday Literary in partnership with the official 2023 AWP Conference & Bookfair

Hej! Zapraszamy Was do wysłuchania odcinka, w którym porozmawiamy o dwóch mikropowieściach. Obie pojawiły się w czytaniu nagle i szybko je skończyłyśmy. Mimo to zostawiły nas z mnóstwem pytań i przemyśleń. Ela wysłuchała audiobooka z gatunku science-fiction: to „The Seep" Chany Porter. Porozmawiamy o kosmitach, wegańskiej utopii, przyczynach problemów w związku głównych bohaterek i o dziwności. Z kolei Paya sięgnęła po horror Samanty Schweblin „Bezpieczna odległość". To książka o niepokojącej narracji i strachu o najbliższych, którego źródła można szukać zarówno w tym, co nadprzyrodzone, jak i w rzeczywistym świecie. Zapraszamy do słuchania.   Książki, o których mówimy w podkaście: Chana Porter, „The Seep”, Soho Press; Samanta Schweblin, „Bezpieczna odległość”, tłum. Tomasz Pindel, Wydawnictwo Sonia Draga. Mamy Patronite! Jeżeli chcesz dołączyć do naszego grona Matronek i Patronów, będziemy zaszczycone! Dla tych, którzy zdecydują się nas wspierać, mamy spersonalizowane książkowe rekomendacje, newslettery głosowe, podziękowania na stronie i wiele więcej! Szczegóły tutaj: https://patronite.pl/juztlumacze Zachęcamy do odwiedzin na naszym profilu na Instagramie: https://www.instagram.com/juz_tlumacze i na Facebooku https://www.facebook.com/juz.tlumacze oraz na naszej stronie internetowej https://juztlumacze.pl/ Intro: http://bit.ly/jennush

Author Katharine Beutner takes a trip down memory lane with Laura to discuss their shared experience as editors of their high school literary magazine (!) before turning to a discussion of craft and crime. Beutner discusses the inspiration for her new novel, KILLINGLY; the art of historical fiction; writing novels vs. poetry; research; revision; women's colleges in the late 1800s; evolving attitudes surrounding queerness at the turn of the twentieth century; the ethics of fictionalizing an actual missing-person case; cat fanciers of yore; and more.   Killingly, a New England Gothic novel surrounding the aftermath of a student's disappearance from Mt. Holyoke College in 1897, was published by Soho Press in June 2023. Beutner is also the author of Alcestis, a queer retelling of the Greek myth, originally published in 2010 and re-released by Soho Press in September 2023. This interview was conducted in May 2023.   To see images of Whispering Minds, the high school literary magazine discussed in this episode, follow Ohio Center for the Book's new Instagram account! Finally, for the chance to have your writing or publishing inquiry answered by Laura and a guest on a future episode, submit your questions via this online form.   Page Count is produced by Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library. For full show notes and a transcript of this episode, visit the episode page. To get in touch, email ohiocenterforthebook@cpl.org (put “podcast” in the subject line) or follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

Writerly Bites is back and I'm thrilled to post this interview with novelist Rachel Cantor!Rachel Cantor is the author of the novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (Soho Press 2023), Good on Paper(Melville House 2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (Melville House 2014). Two dozen of her stories have been published in the Paris Review, One Story, Ninth Letter, Kenyon Review, New England Review, and elsewhere. She has written about fiction for National Public Radio, the Guardian, Publishers Weekly, and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is writing a series of middle grade and young adult books set in Manhattan's Lower East Side.Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it really helps the podcast grow.

In 1897, a Mount Holyoke College junior named Bertha Mellish disappears from campus overnight, leaving no word for her family. It's a time when female college students are still considered “queer” (in the old sense of peculiar as well as the modern understanding of the word), although the college administrators insist that their primary purpose is to produce excellent wives and mothers. But even this community of oddities considers Bertha strange, by which the other girls mean that she pays too little attention to parties and boys, too much to her schoolwork and social causes. Bertha's only true friend is Agnes Sullivan, a young woman from a poor Boston family who has been forced to conceal her Catholic upbringing to gain admission to the college. Agnes, a would-be doctor (an even greater anomaly in late 19th-century culture than a woman with a college education, although not inconceivable), grieves Bertha's absence but insists she has no idea where Bertha might be. Dragging the rivers and lakes turns up nothing, supposed sightings of the missing girl lead nowhere, and the police would be willing to write the case off as closed if only her relatives and the family doctor would let it go. Almost from the beginning, it's clear that Agnes knows far more than she lets on, but finding out what really happened to Bertha and why is a long, winding trail of suspense. Through the overlapping stories of Agnes, Bertha's sister Florence, Dr. Henry Hammond, and the inspector whom Hammond hires to find the missing girl, Katharine Beutner keeps us on the edge of our seats as she unravels their tangle of secrets and lies. Perhaps the most intriguing element is knowing that however fictional the plot and many of the characters, the story derives from the real-life disappearance of a Mount Holyoke student in 1897, the mystery of which has never been solved. Katharine Beutner, the author of fiction and nonfiction, teaches English at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Killingly (Soho Press, 2023) is her second novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. 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

In 1897, a Mount Holyoke College junior named Bertha Mellish disappears from campus overnight, leaving no word for her family. It's a time when female college students are still considered “queer” (in the old sense of peculiar as well as the modern understanding of the word), although the college administrators insist that their primary purpose is to produce excellent wives and mothers. But even this community of oddities considers Bertha strange, by which the other girls mean that she pays too little attention to parties and boys, too much to her schoolwork and social causes. Bertha's only true friend is Agnes Sullivan, a young woman from a poor Boston family who has been forced to conceal her Catholic upbringing to gain admission to the college. Agnes, a would-be doctor (an even greater anomaly in late 19th-century culture than a woman with a college education, although not inconceivable), grieves Bertha's absence but insists she has no idea where Bertha might be. Dragging the rivers and lakes turns up nothing, supposed sightings of the missing girl lead nowhere, and the police would be willing to write the case off as closed if only her relatives and the family doctor would let it go. Almost from the beginning, it's clear that Agnes knows far more than she lets on, but finding out what really happened to Bertha and why is a long, winding trail of suspense. Through the overlapping stories of Agnes, Bertha's sister Florence, Dr. Henry Hammond, and the inspector whom Hammond hires to find the missing girl, Katharine Beutner keeps us on the edge of our seats as she unravels their tangle of secrets and lies. Perhaps the most intriguing element is knowing that however fictional the plot and many of the characters, the story derives from the real-life disappearance of a Mount Holyoke student in 1897, the mystery of which has never been solved. Katharine Beutner, the author of fiction and nonfiction, teaches English at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Killingly (Soho Press, 2023) is her second novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

In 1897, a Mount Holyoke College junior named Bertha Mellish disappears from campus overnight, leaving no word for her family. It's a time when female college students are still considered “queer” (in the old sense of peculiar as well as the modern understanding of the word), although the college administrators insist that their primary purpose is to produce excellent wives and mothers. But even this community of oddities considers Bertha strange, by which the other girls mean that she pays too little attention to parties and boys, too much to her schoolwork and social causes. Bertha's only true friend is Agnes Sullivan, a young woman from a poor Boston family who has been forced to conceal her Catholic upbringing to gain admission to the college. Agnes, a would-be doctor (an even greater anomaly in late 19th-century culture than a woman with a college education, although not inconceivable), grieves Bertha's absence but insists she has no idea where Bertha might be. Dragging the rivers and lakes turns up nothing, supposed sightings of the missing girl lead nowhere, and the police would be willing to write the case off as closed if only her relatives and the family doctor would let it go. Almost from the beginning, it's clear that Agnes knows far more than she lets on, but finding out what really happened to Bertha and why is a long, winding trail of suspense. Through the overlapping stories of Agnes, Bertha's sister Florence, Dr. Henry Hammond, and the inspector whom Hammond hires to find the missing girl, Katharine Beutner keeps us on the edge of our seats as she unravels their tangle of secrets and lies. Perhaps the most intriguing element is knowing that however fictional the plot and many of the characters, the story derives from the real-life disappearance of a Mount Holyoke student in 1897, the mystery of which has never been solved. Katharine Beutner, the author of fiction and nonfiction, teaches English at the College of Wooster in Ohio. Killingly (Soho Press, 2023) is her second novel. C. P. Lesley is the author of two historical fiction series set during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible and three other novels. Her latest book, Song of the Storyteller, appeared in January 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historical-fiction

Listeners, you KNOW we got granular with this one because there are just plain so many links! Terena Elizabeth Bell has been writing all her life. Her first short story was published in a literary magazine when she was in college—almost thirty years ago, and she's published many since and won multiple awards. She's also written for more than 100 publications, including The Atlantic, The Guardian, Boston Globe, Smithsonian, Playboy, MysteryTribune, and Santa Monica Review. Platform-o-rama, right?But she could NOT find a publisher for her debut novel or debut short story collection. As she puts it: It wasn't for want of trying. Her novel was turned down by 64 agents.That novel, RECURSION, and Terena's short story collection, Tell Me What You See were both purchased within two weeks once Terena decided to turn to the small presses associated with the lit mags she'd been a part of for so long.We talk about the glories AND problems with small presses, how to be sure you're talking to a small press and not the kind of hybrid publisher we often warn you about (there are legit hybrids, but be careful out there, many take advantage of writers who don't understand what they offer), finding the right small presses and literary magazines and what it's like to be a more literary and experimental writer. It's a great episode with a lot of information we haven't covered before. BONUS: Read Previous guest Joni B. Cole's When Is It Smart to Submit Your Work to a University Press? (You'd Be Surprised!)Big Literary journals Duotrope, The Submission GrinderAssociation of Writers and Writing Programs ConferenceSMOL Fair ReadingsNYT article on how Billie Eilish's platform didn't sell her bookCamCat BooksJustine Bateman's book, Fame: The Hijacking of Reality, which her platform also didn't sell.The 10 National Book Award Finalists for 2022 include 4 books of short stories.Beacon Press: an American left-wing non-profit book publisher.Soho Press: a New York City-based publisher founded by Juris Jurjevics and Laura Hruska in 1986 and currently headed by Bronwen Hruska. It specializes in literary fiction and international crime series.Best Short Stories of 2022Malarkey BooksAuthors Guild Model Contract Brooklyn Book FestivalFSG—Farrar Straus Giroux does/does not take unagented submissionsSubmittableThe controversy surrounding Roxane Gay's PANKThrillerFestFind Terena at www.terenabell.com or on Twitter @TerenaBell#AmReadingTerena: Edith Wharton's A Glimpse of the Moon, A Son at the Front , and The Custom of the CountryNight Rider, All the Kings Men, both by Robert Penn WarrenKJ: The Letters of Shirley Jackson, as well as the four book omnibus that has Sundial in it (and Alexis Hall's Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble and Glitterland) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

An evening of writers talking about writing and celebrating the publication of "Refuse To Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts," by Matt Bell, published by Soho Press. This event was originally broadcast via Zoom and hosted by Peter Maravelis. You can purchase copies of "Refuse To Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts" directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/refuse-to-be-done-ht-write-rewrite-a/ Matt Bell is the author most recently of the novels "Appleseed"(a New York Times Notable Book of 2021), "Scrapper" (a Michigan Notable Book), and "In the House upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods"(a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award). His stories have appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Esquire, Tin House, Conjunctions, Fairy Tale Review, Gulf Coast, and many other publications. A native of Michigan, he now teaches creative writing at Arizona State University. Kirstin Chen is the author of "Soy Sauce for Beginners" and "Bury What We Cannot Take." Her new novel, "Counterfeit," is forthcoming from William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2022. She has received fellowships and awards from the Steinbeck Fellows Program, Sewanee, Hedgebrook, Djerassi, the Napa Valley Writers' Conference, the Toji Cultural Foundation, and the National Arts Council of Singapore. She teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco and in Ashland University's Low-Residency MFA Program. Born and raised in Singapore, she currently lives in San Francisco. Jac Jemc is the author of "False Bingo," "The Grip of It," "My Only Wife," and "A Different Bed Every Time." "My Only Wife" was a finalist for the 2013 PEN / Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award, and her story collection "False Bingo" won the Chicago Review of Books Award for fiction, was a Lambda Award finalist, and was longlisted for The Story Prize. Jemc has been the recipient of two Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grants and currently teaches creative writing at UC San Diego. This event was made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

Some highlights in this episode: Emily and Chris have kicked off their reading for Sue Jackson's Big Book Summer reading challenge! Both Book Cougars are starting off with re-reads: Chris is re-reading THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova and Emily is reading Kent Haruf's Prairie series. She's already re-read the first novel, PLAINSONG, and is now into EVENTIDE. In biblio adventures, we had a great time at Soho Press's dinner celebrating two of their authors: Ramona Emerson (SHUTTER, coming out in August) and Marcie Rendon (SINISTER GRAVES, the third book in the Sue Grafton Award-nominated crime series set in the 1970s in the Red River Valley and featuring 19-year-old Cash Blackbear, an Ojibwe woman (pubbing in October). The event was held at Chef Sherry Pocknett's world-famous Sly Fox Den Too indigenous restaurant in Charlestown, Rhode Island. We had the great privilege of talking with award winning, legendary audiobook narrator SIMON VANCE. As we say in his introduction, if you don't know Simon's name, if you're an audiobook listener, chances are good that you' know his voice. Happy Listening! P.S. If you enjoy our content, please consider leaving a review on iTunes or on whatever app you use to listen to us. Thank you!

From organizing bookstore events across the country to high profile events in New York to event planning at a movie theater, Sheri has seen many sides of this month's topic. Follow along in this episode as she describes the huge undertaking of planning five book tours at once, giving out wristbands to guests, and advice for those interested in event planning! Click here for more info about the publishing company, Soho Press. Podcast Social Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/ponderingpolymath Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Pondering-Polymath-Podcast-106433001962061/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Frances es oriunda de Texas, Estados Unidos, pero hace doce años que vive en Buenos Aires (se enganchó con un argentino, ¡ja!) y se dedica a la traducción de ficción, novelas y algunos ensayos del español al inglés. La “pescamos” por una nota sobre su traducción de “Elena sabe”, una novela de Claudia Piñeiro, que ahora es una de las finalistas para el Booker's Prize. Así que aquí la tenemos para que nos cuente cómo fue su recorrido desde su Texas natal hasta estas tierras, la libretita en la que anotaba lunfardo argentino, las vicisitudes de traducir español al inglés y otras curiosidades de la rama literaria.☺ ¡Dale play! Frances Riddle estudió en la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Maestría en Traducción e Interpretación) y en Louisiana State University (Licenciatura en Literatura y Lengua Española). Ha traducido múltiples libros de ficción y ensayo de autores como Isabel Allende, Claudia Piñeiro, Leila Guerriero, Sara Gallardo, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Carla Maliandi, Andrea Jeftanovic, María Fernanda Ampuero, Néstor Perlongher, María Pía López y Martín Felipe Castagnet. También trabajó como traductora en The Short Story Project, donde tradujo cuentos de autores de diversos países de habla hispana, y se desempeñó como editora en Dalkey Archive Press, Soho Press, y Hispabooks.

Episode 118 Notes and Links to SJ Sindu's Work        On Episode 118 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes SJ Sindu, and the two discuss, among other things, her early days of reading and writing (fan fic!) after immigrating to the States from Sri Lanka, the ways in which the books she read and the writing she did as an adolescent informed her later work, encouraging professors and formative moments and texts read, Tamil and its lyricism, her early writing that came from her thesis, and themes and myth and religious texts connected to her standout novel Blue Skinned Gods.     SJ Sindu, a Tamil diaspora author of two literary novels, two hybrid chapbooks, and a forthcoming graphic novel. Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award and was a Stonewall Honor Book and a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Sindu's second novel, Blue-Skinned Gods, was published to high praise in November 2021 by Soho Press. A 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, Sindu teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough.      SJ Sindu's Website   Buy Blue-Skinned Gods   “Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu review – a moving tale of the allure of superstition” from The Guardian   Article on "The Blue Fugates of Kentucky" At about 2:20, Sindu talks about moving to the US from Sri Lanka, and how cable and the library helped her learn English and explore her reading and writing skills    At about 4:30, Sindu talks about moving on to "adult reading" after finding kids lit a bit lacking   At about 5:40, Sindu talks about her fan fiction writing for LiveJournal and the “addiction” and “tunnel vision”   At about 7:00, Sindu discusses the Disney fare that informed her early years   At about 7:55, Pete recounts bad memories associated with The Lion King-ha!   At about 8:30, Sindu responds to Pete's questions about how her fan fiction writing affected the ways she sees audience and informed her later writing   At about 10:30, Sindu explains the qualities of the Tamil language, especially the beauty that comes in listening to it, its lyricism, etc.   At about 14:05, Pete and Sindu discuss an anticlimactic scene from Blue Skinned Gods that's successful for this fact   At about 14:45, Sindu discusses connections between the Tamil people and Tamil languages of southern India and Sri Lanka   At about 18:20, Sindu explores connections between fantasy, escape and reading in her childhood and adolescence, including her love of the Cam Jensen Mysteries    At about 21:05, Pete recommends Severance from HBO-you, Gentle Reader-watch it!   At about 21:30, Sindu outlines ways in which she did and did not feel represented in the characters and books she read as a kid   At about 23:40, Sindu describes motivation for tailoring her writing to younger readers, as she and Pete discuss “mirrors” and “windows”   At about 24:30, Sindu shouts out transformational works, like Tanuja Desai Hidier's Born Confused and Interpreter of Maladies, that changed the way she saw herself and saw literature    At about 26:45, Sindu details moments in high school and college that put her on the path to becoming a professional writer, including reading The Things They Carried and having the pleasure to have class with Timothy Schaffert   At about 29:30, Sindu gives background on early publications and encouraging professors and high school teachers   At about 31:30, Sindu provides background for Marriage of a Thousand Lies, and talks of encouragement from Jonis Agee   At about 33:20, Sindu ruminates on whether her unique jobs she formerly held may make their way into her writing    At about 34:35, Sindu responds to Pete's questions about the genesis of Blue Skinned Gods,    At about 38:50, the two discuss various meanings of “blue” and Sindu talks about the balance between the title and the subject matter   At about 40:00, Sindu discusses research that went into the book   At about 41:30, Sindu gives background on the evolution of the blue-skinned gods   At about 43:45, Kalki, the main character of the book, is discussed in terms of his early tests as a budding god, as is Ayya, the conniving father   At about 45:30, Kalki's “test” with Roopa is described    At about 47:35, Kalki and Lakshman's relationship, and the connection between Rama and Lakshman in the epics are discussed; Pete makes a comparison between the cousin's relationship   At about 52:30, the two explore the narrative structure, and Sindu explains her process in writing in different perspectives    At about 57:10, Pete and SJ discuss the importance of the character, Sita, and Kalki's later “awakening”   At about 1:01:10, Sindu describes how the conniving father from the book came about as an amalgamation of Trump and modern-day religious cults   At about 1:04:40, Pete and Sindu discuss connections between the book and cognitive dissonance in faith and in politics   At about 1:08:20, themes of guilt and fealty and sexual  from the book discussed   At about 1:10:28, Pete geeks out about the book's last line, and Sindu discusses the process of arriving with that last line   At about 1:13:20, Pete reads a few complimentary lines from The Guardian review of her book   At about 1:14:00, Sindu reads from page 238-239 of the book   At about 1:19:50, Sindu critiques the Blue Skinned Gods band   At about 1:20:55, SJ discusses upcoming projects, including Shakti, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali        You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.      Please tune in for Episode 119 with Deesha Philyaw. Her debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction The Secret Lives of Church Ladies focuses on Black women, sex, and the Black church, and is being adapted for television by HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing. Deesha is also a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and will be the 2022-2023 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi.      The episode will air on April 19.   

Episode 117 Notes and Links to Nadia Owusu's Work          On Episode 117 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Nadia Owusu, and the discuss, among other topics, her early love of language and her experiences living in multiple countries, her relationship with her parents and her parents' families, aftershocks both literal and figurative, colonialism and trauma, tradition, and coming to terms with her past and all of our pasts.       NADIA OWUSU is a Ghanaian and Armenian-American writer and urbanist. Her debut memoir, Aftershocks, was selected as a best book of 2021 by Time, Vogue, Esquire, The Guardian, NPR, and others. It was one of President Barack Obama's favorite books of the year, a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice, and a 2021 Goodreads Choice Award nominee. In 2019, Nadia was the recipient of a Whiting Award. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Times, Orion, Granta, The Paris Review Daily, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Literary Review, Slate, Bon Appétit, Travel + Leisure, and others. Nadia is the Director of Storytelling at Frontline Solutions, a Black-owned consulting firm that helps social-change organizations to define goals, execute plans, and evaluate impact. She is a graduate of Pace University (BA) and Hunter College (MS). She earned her MFA in creative nonfiction at the Mountainview low-residency program where she currently teaches. She lives in Brooklyn.     Nadia Owusu's Website   From The Guardian, Feb 2021: "Nadia Owusu: 'I wrote as a way to process trauma' "   Buy the Award-Winning Aftershocks   Aftershocks Review in The New York Times At about 2:50, Nadia describes her childhood reading interests and relationship with language, including the “important” Their Eyes Were Watching God and Things Fall Apart   At about 4:20, Nadia discusses books as constants in her life as the family moved often in her childhood   At about 5:00, Nadia responds to Pete's question about Achebe's book and its significance in African countries today   At about 6:40, Pete wonders about texts that were thrilling/transformational for Nadia as a high school/college student    At about 7:55, Pete and Nadia discuss the many places in which Nadia grew up, and she explores how reading connected to this upbringing, including ideas of empathy    At about 10:00, Pete asks Nadia about James Baldwin and his connection to Pan-Africanism   At about 12:00, Pete and Nadia discuss the implications of the Anansi and the African diaspora, and Nadia details the meaning of the term “bush” as used by her father and in the Ashanti culture as a whole   At about 14:35, Pete and Nadia discuss narrative and ideas of time in her book, and Nadia gives more insight into the significance of a family trip to Ghana and ideas of “double-consciousness”   At about 16:40, Nadia talks about not having a lot of information about, and connection to, her Armenian heritage, and how being Ghanaian and Armenian-American informed her life and the trip mentioned above   At about 18:30, Nadia describes the familial and political structures of Ghanaian peoples, and how they were and have been affected by colonialism   At about 20:20, Pete remarks on the specifics of “aftershocks” of the book's title, as well as the skillful ways in which Nadia writes about how much of  African life is still affected by European colonialism   At about 21:10, Nadia expands on the ways in which colonialism continues to   At about 22:30, the two talk about colonialism's specific legacy in Tanzania, particularly with regards to oppression coming from organized religion and the horrid debacle with George Bush's   At about 25:50, Pete and Nadia trace the book's beginnings and the earliest “aftershock” that came in 1988 with the disastrous Armenian earthquake    At about 28:50, Pete and Nadia parse the usage of the word “aftershock” and trauma's everlasting effects    At about 30:15, Nadia responds to Pete's questions about her exploration of her Armenian family   At about 32:50, Pete wonders about the circumstances of Nadia's mother leaving the family and its connections to misogyny and internalized misogyny    At about 35:05, Pete makes a request regarding beloved Aunt Harriet   At about 36:45, Nadia responds to Pete's questions about difficulties and challenges in writing a memoir, especially with regards to public and unfiltered exposure for her and those in her life   At about 40:45, Nadia discusses the importance of the book's blue chair motif and the history of the chair   At about 44:50, Nadia talks about her father and the term of endearment “Baba”   At about 45:30, Nadia explains her process in writing about Kwame, her half-brother, and how his case mirrored that of many victimized by racist law enforcement practices   At about 48:00, Nadia talks about her first-hand experience in New York City during 9/11   At about 49:30, Nadia explains how listening to Coltrane and allowing herself “madness” led to breakthroughs during her tough times   At about 51:20, Nadia discusses her ideas of her father as “man-god” and his contradictions and ideas of faith    At about 52:00, Shout out to the great Malala and her father!    At about 53:55, Pete shouts out the creative and meaningful ending chapters of “Libations” and “Home,” and Nadia gives her rationale for these two chapters, including her interest in ceremony   At about 56:10, Pete makes comparisons between Aftershocks and Jean Guerrero's Crux, in that books work    At about 57:20, Nadia shouts out contemporary writers who thrill, including Caleb Azumah Nelson, Hanif Abdurraqib, David Diop   At about 58:15, Pete highlights the interesting variety of work that Nadia does, and Nadia talks about future projects   At about 59:55, Pete asks Nadia about meaningful feedback from readers of her book   At about 1:02:00, Nadia gives out her social media and contact information, and shouts out Café Con Libros, The Word is Change as cool booksellers to buy her book   At about 1:03:10, Nadia reads from “Failures of a Language,” a chapter from her book     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.     Please tune in for Episode 118 with SJ Sindu, a Tamil diaspora author of two literary novels, two hybrid chapbooks, and a forthcoming graphic novel. Her first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award and was a Stonewall Honor Book and a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Sindu's second novel, Blue-Skinned Gods, was published to high praise in November 2021 by Soho Press. A 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, Sindu teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough.      The episode will air on April 13.   

Episode 104 Notes and Links to Matt Bell's Work         On Episode 104 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Matt Bell, and the two discuss, among many other topics, his upbringing in semi-rural Michigan, his love of video games and fantasy, his skill in writing in different modes, and his blockbuster success Appleseed, with its myriad pertinent themes and its intricately-crafted narratives and allegorical greatness.          Matt Bell is the author most recently of the novel Appleseed (a New York Times Notable Book) published by Custom House in July 2021. His craft book Refuse to Be Done, a guide to novel writing, rewriting, and revision, will follow in early 2022 from Soho Press. He is also the author of the novels Scrapper and In the House upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods, as well as the short story collection A Tree or a Person or a Wall, a non-fiction book about the classic video game Baldur's Gate II, and several other titles. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Tin House, Fairy Tale Review, American Short Fiction, Orion, and many other publications. A native of Michigan, he teaches creative writing at Arizona State University.    Buy Matt Bell's Appleseed   Appleseed Review in The New York Times- “A Novel Charts Earth's Path From Lush Eden to Barren Hellscape”   Matt Bell's Website   Book Recommendations from Matt Bell   Buy Matt Bell's Books   New York Times Review of In the House upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods   Alta Journal Review of Appleseed   The Brooklyn Rail Review of Appleseed At about 2:00, Matt talks about the different ways of writing, editing, and publicizing books in the Covid era, noting that his newest book, Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts   At about 4:10, Matt details his childhood in rural Michigan and his relationship with reading and language    At about 6:15, Matt and Pete    At about 7:10, Matt describes the rural/urban combo in his writing   At about 9:10, Matt ponders whether his rural upbringing and reading fantasy, as well as ideas of what is “fantastical”   At about 10:35, Matt mentions formative books for him as an adolescent and college student, and how Fight Club led to other favorite writers as prescribed by Chuck Palahniuk, including Denis Johnson and Raymond Carver   At about 12:40, Matt sings the praises of The Intuitionist and John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead and inspiration for Appleseed   At about 14:30, Pete asks Matt about any “ ‘Eureka' moments” in his path to becoming a professional writer; Matt cites a “poverty of examples”   At about 16:10, Matt describes the “different” feeling that came with an early short story and things started “clicking”   At about 17:30, Matt describes just a few contemporary writers who bring “thrills at will,” including Bryan Evenson, DeLillo, Anne Carson, Christine Schutt, Jeff Vandermeer, Laird Hunt, and Dana Spiotta   At about 18:30, Matt discusses reading a huge quantity of Ursula LeGuin while writing Appleseed   At about 20:00, Pete delivers some good news to Matt regarding his short story output, and Matt responds to Pete's inquiries about Matt's previous short story collection and early publications    At about 21:20, Matt talks about the connection between rural and vast landscapes and the themes of man's relationship with nature from In the House… and other work of his   At about 22:10, Matt discusses differing views across the country of his book Scrapper as dystopian/realistic in various American locales   At about 24:25, Pete asks Matt about connections between Matt's history of gaming and his writing, including his book Baldur's Gate   At about 26:40, Matt talks about “writing with your whole self” and writing authentically for him   At about 27:40, Matt describes the copyediting process after Pete's shouts out an atypical   At about 28:40, Pete asks about the finished feeling seeds for the book Appleseed, and the process of editing with great help from Kate Nintzel and Kirby Kim   At about 32:20-Matt describes inspiration and the impetus for writing his book came from faun myths, myths in general, Dionysus, etc.    At about 33:20-Pete makes Garcia Marquez comparisons with magical realism and the nonchalant and skillful ways in which fantasy is presented in Appleseed, and Matt discusses how myth and research came into play   At about 35:20- Matt talks about the ways in which the storylines developed and about the book as self-propelling   At about 36:30, Matt responds to Pete's wondering about the balance between allegory and moralizing    At about 39:10, Matt and Pete discuss the three major storylines, and Matt responds to Pete's questions about how he made the storylines congeal so nicely    At about 41:50, Matt discusses the essential Chapman storyline from Appleseed   At about 44:40, Matt analyzes Nathaniel, a main character from Appleseed, and his motivations   At about 46:45, Pete shouts out a wonderfully crafted scene and intricately-meaningful from the book   At about 47:20, Pete shouts out a beautiful fraternal relationship and asks Matt about his mindset in crafting the relationship and Matt cites how the faun allowed him freedom    At about 49:20, Matt discusses the John character from his book and themes of the balances between nature and technology, including a real life connection to a detail from the book   At about 52:00, Pete wonders if Yuri is representative of someone in particular   At about 53:00, Pete highlights themes of “collective memory” and learning from history, as seen through the futuristic storyline, and Matt and Pete discuss ideas of “fates” and “furies”   At about 54:30, Matt responds to questions around greater good, and if democracy is up for combating climate change   At about 55:35, Matt cites a quote and books from Derrick Jensen and his memorable A Language Older than Words amid constant questions and urges to act   At about 57:10, Pete mentions a real-time connection to the themes of the conversation   At about 58:10, Pete asks Matt about the ways and places in which the book is being taught, and Matt talks about “think[ing] on top of it/past it”   At about 59:00, Matt describes his latest project, coming out in March 2022, Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts, and how he goes about writing about writing; Pete and Matt also shout Matthew Salesses' wonderful Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping   At about 1:02:30, Matt gives contact info and shouts out Changing Hands and Literati and Bookbug, and Snowbound as good independent places to buy his books   At about 1:03:45, Matt reads from Appleseed You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.  This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. Please tune in for the next episode, Episode 104 with Nikesha Elise Williams. Nikesha is a two-time Emmy award winning producer, an award-winning author, and producer and host of the Black & Published podcast. Nikesha writes full time with bylines in The Washington Post, ESSENCE, and VOX. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her family.  The episode will air on February 22. 

Episode 103 Notes and Links            On Episode 103 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Tracey Thompson, a super reader, especially of short stories. The two discuss, among other things, indelible stories and her memories of their initial impact, the wondrous beauty of libraries, her writing music and theater criticism, her unabashed fandom of Shirley Jackson, and her quest to read a short story a day for her ‘California Reading” Project.          California Reading is written by Tracey Thompson. Tracey is a British expat living in Southern California with her daughter, husband, and books. Her daughter is named after her favorite Shirley Jackson character; can you guess which one it is? In her twenty-year writing career, Tracey has written for various music magazines and theatre websites, but now prefers more sedate pleasures. And looser deadlines.  Since April 2018, Tracey has read a short story (almost) every day. You can follow her ever-growing list at https://california-reading.com/.       Tracey Thompson's Website- “California Reading”   Tracey Thompson's Short Story Tracker Tracey Thompson's Goodreads Page     At about 2:05, Tracey discusses her reading interests and relationship to language as a kid, as well as an early formative reading experience with Roald Dahl's “The Hitchhiker”    At about 7:00, Tracey talks about coming to books later in life after being recommended them earlier in life   At about 9:15, Tracey gives background on her writing about music and theater for Big Cheese Magazine   At about 12:15, Pete asks Tracey about criticism and the possibilities for the medium   At about 14:15, Pete wonders about Tracey's reading and reviewing for pleasure versus for “work”   At about 17:10, Pete asks about Tracey's reading tendencies before she started her short story reading quest   At about 18:05, Tracey responds to Pete's asking about the genesis of her short story quest, and she shouts out her liberal usage of the fabulous library system    At about 20:40, Pete shouts out the Cerritos Library    At about 21:50, Tracey talks about electronic books versus physical books   At about 23:05, Tracey talks about her daily short story reading habits and shouts out Alison Rumfitt's Tell Me I'm Worthless   At about 25:30, Pete and Tracey talk about short stories versus novels and their various charms   At about 27:05, Pete and Tracey geek out about the greatness of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, as Pete tells his story of discovering the story later in life, and Tracey talks about being “hypnotized” by the story, as well as subsequent Jackson work   At about 30:40, Tracey details the underrated humor and lack of confidence that Shirley Jackson had in her life   At about 32:40, Tracey cites “The Old Man” by Daphne DuMaurier and Samantha Schweblin's “Unstep” as unforgettable stories where she remembers where she was when she read them    At about 34:20, Tracey explains her reading journal's “Saddest Short Story” citation, Malachi Whitaker's “The Music Box,” brought back by Persephone Books   At about 36:10, Pete wonders if Tracey has a favorite genre   At about 39:00, Reading = self-care!   At about 39:45, Pete asks about George Saunders, and Tracey gives some feedback on his story collection    At about 41:25, Pete wonders if Tracey has any recs on quirky, unique, underrated writers; Tracey includes Camille Grudova, whose “Waxy” was the first story read for Tracey's quest, Julie Armfield, and more   At about 43:15, Pete gives two recs-Louise Erdrich, particularly “The Red Convertible,” and Antonya Nelson's In the Land of Men   At about 44:30, Tracey talks about Netgalley, Goodreads, and the “review culture”   At about 47:00, Tracey talks about literary journals and the myriad ways in which to support short story writers and get short stories   At about 48:25, Pete wonders about the future for the California Reading project   At about 50:00, Pete and Tracey talk about the particular challenges of shorter writing projects   At about 52:15, Tracey gives out her contact info/social media info   At about 53:10, Tracey describes her reading for the night:  O, Caledonia by Elsbeth Barker   At about 54:10, Pete talks about The Great Gatsby's more current iteration and his other reading      You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode.       This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.      Please tune in for the next episode, Episode 104 with Matt Bell. Matt Bell is the author most recently of the novel Appleseed (a New York Times Notable Book) published by Custom House in July 2021. His craft book Refuse to Be Done, a guide to novel writing, rewriting, and revision, will follow in early 2022 from Soho Press. He is also the author of the novels Scrapper and In the House upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods, as well as the short story collection A Tree or a Person or a Wall, a non-fiction book about the classic video game Baldur's Gate II, and several other titles. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Tin House, Fairy Tale Review, American Short Fiction, Orion, and many other publications. A native of Michigan, he teaches creative writing at Arizona State University. The episode with Matt will air on February 15.   

Joseph Hansen (1923-2004) was a pioneer of private eye fiction, whose main character, Dave Brandstetter, an insurance investigator, was the first gay protagonist in the detective field published by a mainstream house. The first Brandstetter novel, Fadeout, was published in 1970. At the time of publication, being gay was illegal in 49 of the 50 states. Richard Wolinsky and Richard A. Lupoff had a chance to interview Joseph Hansen on June 14th, 1990 following the publication of the eleventh novel, The Boy Who Was Buried This Morning. It turned into a career retrospective. There were twelve Brandstetter novels in all, culminating in 1991's A Country of Old Men. Successful at the time, they'd fallen out of print since Hansen's death, and are now being reissued by Syndicate Books and distributed by Soho Press. The first three books in the series, Fadeout, Death Claims and Troublemaker, were published on January 8th, 2022, with each succeeding book published on the eighth day of each succeeding month. Priot to  the Brandstetter books, Joseph Hansen published gay-centric novels in various small presses under a pseudonym. Two gothic novels under the pseudonym Rose Brock. There were also autobiographical novels and short story collections among his output. Despite the acclaim his books received, none of Joseph Hansen's work has ever been adapted for film or television. This interview has not been heard since its initial airing thirty years ago, and has never seen the light of day in its entirety. It was digitized, remastered, and re-edited in February 2022 by Richard Wolinsky. The post Joseph Hansen (1923-2004), 1990 appeared first on KPFA.

Eli Cranor is a local Russellville author who is about to release his debut novel, Don't Know Tough, on March 8th, 2022. Published by SoHo Press. Dog Ear Books has always been a supporter of Eli and is so excited this opportunity has finally arrived for him. Here more from him on this episode! Pre-order Don't Know Tough here: https://www.ilovedogear.com/pre-order --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ilovedogear/support

Dennis Cooper is the author of the novel I Wished, available from Soho Press. Cooper is the author of the George Miles Cycle, an interconnected sequence of five novels: Closer, Frisk, Try, Guide, and Period. His other works include My Loose Thread; The Sluts, winner of France's Prix Sade and the Lambda Literary Award; God Jr.; Wrong; The Dream Police; Ugly Man; and The Marbled Swarm. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Paris. He is the director (with Zac Farley) of Permanent Green Light and Like Cattle Towards Glow. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram  YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Mack Jones is an award-winning playwright, and recipient of the prestigious Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Detroit-based thriller novel August Snow, published by Soho Press. We're chatting about Detroit as a setting, the allure of the mystery genre, and crafting a compelling protagonist! https://www.stephenmackjones.com/august-snow-books    Music by Zunsette

I talk with John Vercher—the Dagger, Edgar, Strand Critics, Anthony and Lefty-nominated author of THREE-FIFTHS and the upcoming AFTER THE LIGHTS GO OUT, coming summer 2022 from Soho Press—about his journey to publication, the value of MFA programs, and A LOT about the Marvel and DC Universes.Find him at johnvercherauthor.com and on Twitter @jverchwritesFind me at chantelleaimee.com and on Twitter @SuspenseSirenFollow the podcast @PreyWords on Twitter and wordsofpreypodcast.comCheck out the Pipeline Artists network @PipelineArtists and pipelineartists.comTheme music is "Lost in the Cinema" by Dan-O 

This is a segment of episode 294 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Goodbye, 'Normal': The Existential Questions Of Climate Catastrophe w/ Roy Scranton.” Listen to the full episode: http://bit.ly/LBWscranton Read Roy’s New York Times op-ed ‘I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too.’: https://nyti.ms/39AFgJE Roy Scranton, bestselling author of ‘We're Doomed. Now What?’ and ‘Learning to Die in the Anthropocene,’ joins me to discuss his recent op-ed in the New York Times, ‘I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too.’ In this segment of our discussion, I ask him to respond to scientist and author Michael Mann's characterization of Scranton and his work ("Scranton is the ultimate doomist" (https://bit.ly/3dwHRG1)), and whether this (mis)characterization actually aligns with what he is trying to accomplish with his work, exploring the existential questions that inevitably come up when one looks at what climate and environmental crises presents for the future. Roy Scranton is the author of ‘I ♥ Oklahoma!’ (Soho Press, 2019), ‘Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature’ (University of Chicago Press, 2019), ‘We’re Doomed. Now What? ‘(Soho Press, 2018), ‘War Porn’ (Soho Press, 2016), and ‘Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization’ (City Lights, 2015). He has written for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Nation, the New Republic, The Baffler, Yale Review, Emergence, Boston Review, and elsewhere, and he co-edited ‘What Future: The Year’s Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate & Reinvent Our Future’ (Unnamed Press, 2017) and ‘Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War’ (Da Capo, 2013). WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast / https://venmo.com/LastBornPodcast BOOK LIST: https://bookshop.org/shop/lastbornpodcast BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr ATTACK & DETHRONE: https://anchor.fm/adgodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

[Intro: 8:31] Roy Scranton, bestselling author of ‘We're Doomed. Now What?’ and ‘Learning to Die in the Anthropocene,’ joins me to discuss his recent op-ed in the New York Times, ‘I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too.’ We begin this interview with Roy discussing the connections he draws between two of the major subjects he has written extensively about over the course of his career as an author: war and climate change. Having been deployed to Iraq while serving in the US Army during the US invasion and occupation of that nation in 2003, Roy provides some insights into the reasons why he volunteered to participate in that horrific conflict, and how that experience ultimately led him to write extensively on anthropogenic climate change, both from the hard scientific perspective, and from the deeper philosophical perspective as well. I then ask him to respond to scientist and author Michael Mann's characterization of Scranton and his work ("Scranton is the ultimate doomist" (https://bit.ly/3dwHRG1)), and whether this (mis)characterization actually aligns with what he is trying to accomplish with his work, exploring the existential questions that inevitably come up when one looks at what climate and environmental crises presents for the future. Roy Scranton is the author of ‘I ♥ Oklahoma!’ (Soho Press, 2019), ‘Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature’ (University of Chicago Press, 2019), ‘We’re Doomed. Now What? ‘(Soho Press, 2018), ‘War Porn’ (Soho Press, 2016), and ‘Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization’ (City Lights, 2015). He has written for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Nation, the New Republic, The Baffler, Yale Review, Emergence, Boston Review, and elsewhere, and he co-edited ‘What Future: The Year’s Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate & Reinvent Our Future’ (Unnamed Press, 2017) and ‘Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War’ (Da Capo, 2013). Episode Notes: - Learn more about Roy and his work: http://royscranton.net - Read his New York Times op-ed ‘I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too.’: https://nyti.ms/39AFgJE - The music featured is by Waxie: https://waxiemusiclibrary.com WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast / https://venmo.com/LastBornPodcast BOOK: http://bit.ly/ORBITgr ATTACK & DETHRONE: https://anchor.fm/adgodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call (208) 918-2837 or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior

The context of why I connected Sara Gran @sara_gran is wild. I tell the story here. Also see previous episode with Sara on as guest. Thanks to Soho Press, buy the book to read the rest! https://www.amazon.com/Come-Closer-Sara-Gran-ebook/dp/B004HYHAT4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Sara+gran+come+closer&qid=1592785073&sr=8-1 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teawithsg/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teawithsg/support

Cara Black and Jacqueline Winspear discussing the writing of fiction that takes place in World War II Europe. They explore topics that closely parallel many of the issues of the day as well as discussing the challenge and complexities of placing one's writing in a dynamic historic period. This event was originally broadcast via Zoom and hosted by Peter Maravelis. Cara Black's most recent book is "Three Hours in Paris," published by Soho Press. Jacqueline Winspear's essay "Writing about War" will be published in the new anthology, "Private Investigations: Mystery Writers On The Secrets", "Riddles and Wonders In Their Lives," published by Seal Press. Cara Black, doyenne of the Parisian crime novel, is at her best as she brings Occupation-era France to vivid life in this gripping story about one young woman with the temerity—and drive—to take on Hitler himself. Cara Black is also the author of the bestselling Aimee Leduc Series. The most recent release in that series being "Murder in Bel-Air" published by Soho Books. Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the Masie Dobb's Series, following the exploits of the renowned psychologist and investigator Masie Dobbs through her exploits in WW2 London. The most recent novel in the series is T"he American Agent (number 15)" published by Harper Collins. Additional books in the series include: "To Die But Once; In This Grave Hour; Journey to Munich" and many others.

Chris Dennis is the guest. His new story collection, Here is What You Do, is available from Soho Press. Dennis' work has appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney's, Granta, Lit Hub, and Guernica. He holds a master's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, where he also received a postgraduate fellowship. He lives in Southern Illinois.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gibby Haynes reading from his new novel, Me & Mr. Cigar, published by Soho Press. From the wild and wonderful mind of Gibby Haynes––world famous Butthole Surfers front man/lyricist and self-proclaimed eternal Texan adolescent––comes the surreal tale of seventeen-year-old Oscar Lester and his trusted dog, Mr. Cigar. Gibby Haynes is a musician, visual artist, writer, and filmmaker best known as a founding member of the Butthole Surfers, whose outrageous concerts spawned a global cult following and whose albums have sold millions worldwide. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. Me & Mr. Cigar is his first novel.

Watch the YouTube version here: (https://youtu.be/f9QBmPL_l-Y) Novelist SJ Sindu reads an original piece and discusses bringing poetic sensibility to prose writing, self-healing and establishing boundaries, and navigating femmephobia as a femme writer. -- About Sindu: SJ Sindu was born in Sri Lanka and raised in Massachusetts. Sindu's first novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and the Golden Crown Literary Society Award for Debut Fiction, was selected by the American Library Association as a Stonewall Honor Book, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and the VCU First Novelist Award. Sindu is also the author of the hybrid fiction and nonfiction chapbook, I Once Met You But You Were Dead, which won the Split Lip Press Turnbuckle Chapbook Contest. An Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Sindu holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a PhD in Creative Writing from Florida State University. Sindu's second novel, Blue-Skinned Gods, is forthcoming from Soho Press. More on Sindu: Website: (http://sjsindu.com) // Twitter: (https://twitter.com/SJSindu) // IG: (https://www.instagram.com/sjsindu) // FB: (https://www.facebook.com/SjSindu) // ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com). Sign up for our newsletter on (thepoetryvlog.com) and get a free snail-mail welcome kit! ● The Fall 2019 Student Team: Mandy Cook - Team Manager // Wil Engstrom - Video Editor // Parker Kennedy - Video Editor // Kristin Ruopp - Digital Marketing & Outreach // Reagan Welsh - Social Media & Communications // Mel Kuoch - Video Editor // --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Author Juliet Grames joins Nancy Pearl to discuss her recent book, how she balances writing alongside editing crime fiction at Soho Press, and trends in the literary world. Her debut novel, "The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna," is the fictional story of two feuding sisters told over a lifetime between Southern Italy and Connecticut. She talks about her Italian grandmother, the inspiration behind Stella Fortuna, who actually had eight near-death experiences. Grames was inspired by immigration stories and the strength and bravery of women of her grandmother's generation.

Juliet Grames is SVP and Associate Publisher at Soho Press, where she also curates the Soho Crime imprint of critically acclaimed international and multicultural crime fiction. She has been a book editor for fourteen years, the last nine of which have been at Soho. She is also the author of the novel The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

photo: Ola Kjelbye Roy Scranton is the author of I ♥ Oklahoma! (Soho Press, 2019), Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature (University of Chicago Press, 2019), We’re Doomed. Now What? (Soho Press, 2018), War Porn (Soho Press, 2016), and Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization (City Lights, 2015). He has written for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Nation, the New Republic, The Baffler, Yale Review, Boston Review, and elsewhere, and he co-edited What Future: The Year’s Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate & Reinvent Our Future (Unnamed Press, 2017) and Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War (Da Capo, 2013). He grew up in a working-class family in Oregon, dropped out of college after his freshman year, and spent his early twenties wandering the American West. In 2002, he enlisted in the US Army and served four years, including a fourteen-month deployment to Iraq. After leaving the Army at the rank of sergeant, he completed his bachelor’s degree and earned a master’s degree at the New School for Social Research, then earned a PhD in English at Princeton. His essay “Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene” was selected for the 2015 Best American Science and Nature Writing, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences at Rice University, and he has been awarded a Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities and a Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction. He currently lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his partner and daughter, and is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, where he teaches creative writing.

This week on the Maris Review, Maris talks to Juliet Grames, the author of The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna. The two discuss the personal family history behind the writing of the book, the lack of native voices from Calabria, her love for mob-related media (as much as she hates the mob), and her role at Soho Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether because of NaNoWriMo or New Year’s Resolutions, January is a common time for writers to begin querying. Many are tempted to simply dive in and mass email every agent they can find. Please allow Natasha Watts to give you a bit of advice: don’t. Do your research first. Find agents who are open to your book’s genre and age category. Read their websites and manuscript wish lists. Study their submission guidelines. Give your manuscript every chance to shine by querying the right agents, not just the most famous or the easiest to find on Google. To help you in this quest, Natasha interviewed four literary agents at Colorado Gold back in September. Hannah Fergesen: After stints as a bookseller, an intern at Soho Press, a literary assistant, and a freelance editor, Hannah Fergesen joined KT Literary as an agent in 2016. Hannah is a proud geek and TV junkie, with an all-consuming love for Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and anything created by Joss Whedon. With her background in film and television, she is attracted to stories with strong visuals and sharp dialogue, whether presented in edgy speculative or contemporary YA and MG fiction, or dark and lyrical speculative adult fiction. Moe Ferrera: A Pennsylvania native, Moe Ferrera is mum of a rambunctious corgi who is a master at stealing treats. When not reading, she is an avid gamer and always awaiting the next Assassin's Creed or Destiny release. Moe is interested in books for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers in most genres--especially science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, romance, and light horror. The right contemporary or paranormal romance (sans-vampires of course) will spark her interest. She is also interested in select narrative nonfiction titles in the areas of LGBTQ studies, musical theatre, and classical music. Patricia Nelson: Patricia Nelson joined Marsal Lyon Literary Agency in 2014. She represents adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction, and is actively building her list. On the children’s side, Patricia is open to a wide range of genres of YA and MG, with particular interest in contemporary/realistic, magical realism, mystery, science fiction and fantasy. On the adult side, she is seeking women’s fiction both upmarket and commercial, historical fiction set in the 20th century, and compelling plot-driven literary fiction. She’s also looking for sexy, smart adult contemporary and historical single title romance. She is interested in seeing diverse stories and characters, including LGBTQ, in all genres that she represents. Melissa Edwards: After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt Law School, Melissa Edwards began her career as a litigation attorney before transitioning into publishing. She is a tireless advocate for her clients and a constant partner during the publication process and beyond. Melissa represents authors of children’s fiction, adult commercial fiction, and select pop-culture nonfiction. She is looking for warm and timeless middle grade fiction and accessible young adult fiction. For adults, she is looking for fast-paced thrillers and smart women’s fiction. Intro music by Moby Outro music by Dan-o-Songs

Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 3 of my podcast Leading A Double Life. I’m Kwei Quartey, a physician and author of the Inspector Darko Dawson novels. On my podcast, what it’s like to be a medical doctor and a writer. This episode, How I Got Published. One of the top most exciting times of my life was the day in 2008 that I learned Random House had accepted my first novel, WIFE OF THE GODS, for publication. My phone was buzzing with messages back and forth to and from my agent as she negotiated the deal. But I have to go back in time, because it was a decades-long road to that hallowed major publisher destination, and Random House is huge. After graduating from my Internal Medicine residency, I had returned to my old love of fiction writing. As a pre-teen, I’d written several adventure and mystery novels and won a few fiction-writing contests. My parents were very supportive and encouraging of my efforts, but at no point did they ever force me to write. I did it at urgings from within. I believe wanting or needing to write is something indigenous. It’s a part of me as much as the necessity to eat and sleep. I had been working as a newly employed Los Angeles physician for about a year when I began my first novel. At that time, I’d joined a writing group run by a former editor at one of the large publishers, and the literary world was buzzing about a steamy new novel called Destiny by Sally Beauman. It had been only half completed when it got a million-dollar advance from Bantam Books. It debuted at number six on the bestseller list a week before it was even published. It was 848 pages long, and one of those stories described with adjectives such as “sprawling” and “sweeping.” It was Danielle Steele-ish but was more explicit in its description of romantic exchanges, to put it delicately, particularly one jaw-dropping scene that everyone who read it remembers. I certainly do. I was quite taken with Beauman’s tome, and nothing preaches success like success, so I wrote my first novel called A Fateful Place along the lines of Destiny. Mine had an international flavor, taking place in England and the United States, with elements of the fashion world and British aristocracy. Essentially, Fiona, a young American woman visiting England mistakenly believes she has lost her baby boy, Julian, during a tragic ferry accident. In fact, the child has survived and been sold to a rather dodgy upper class British couple unable to have their own child. The lives of Fiona and Julian are separate until by happenstance they cross, and with devastating results. There were holes in the plot of this story large enough to drive a truck through. The question I have now is how I managed to fill some 750 pages with this story. I doubt I could do that now. I don’t recall how many literary agents I sent the manuscript to, but I could have built a paper house with all those rejection letters. Apart from the plot being grossly flawed, who was going to give any standing to a black author writing about the British and American white upper class? I should explain that most publishers don’t accept unsolicited manuscripts; that is ones that haven’t passed through a literary agent, who is, I suppose you might say, a gatekeeper. While I was waiting—in vain as it turns out—for an agent to snap up In A Fateful Place, I embarked on a new work of fiction based on the independent movie, Battle Of Algiers, about the war from 1954 to 1962 between Algeria and her French colonizers. I don’t remember which came first—the movie, or my interest in the war, but at any rate I personalized the historical events with a fictional character, Kamila, which was also the book’s title. Kamila, a young Algerian woman working in the French Quarter of Algiers, is caught up between the rival attentions of an Arab nationalist and a wealthy Frenchman. This novel I wrote very quickly—in about three months. I farmed it out to several agents without success. The rejection letters—sometimes no more than the word, “no--” kept pouring in. At some point I got disgusted and decided I was going to get Kamila published by whatever means possible. I turned to a so-called vanity press; that is, a publishing house that edits and prints your book at your cost. I chose Vantage Press, not to be confused with Vintage. Vantage is out of business now. I don’t remember how much they charged me, but it was a lot. To make things worse, I insisted on designing and printing the jacket covers myself and then shipping them to Vantage, all of which raised my expenses several-fold. The reason I did the covers was that Vantage had some of the dullest, most uninspiring jackets I’d ever seen. To their credit however, the line editors and proofreaders were excellent. Of course, right now we have a very large vanity press. It’s called Amazon.com. You can upload whatever you like to Kindle Direct Publishing. Barnes & Noble with their Nook, and Smashwords are other examples of that kind of platform. Back before the year 2000 when I was roaming the streets trying to hawk Kamila to bookstores, there was little chance of the novel getting anywhere because self-published books were regarded with great disdain at the time. They often still are, but online publishing has changed the landscape, and now a major publisher may chase after an author who has had phenomenal success with online self-publishing—case in point: Vintage (V-I-N) paying a massive advance to EL James for her Fifty Shades novels. With Kamila, I still had not found my footing as an author. People say, “Write what you know,” but more to the point is “Write what engages you,” and that wasn’t what I was doing. I had been ignoring what I innately knew about myself: one, that I’ve always loved murder mysteries; and two, that I grew up in Ghana, a culturally complicated West African country. It was time to combine those properties. In my first novel, WIFE OF THE GODS, at last I was writing about themes in which I was engaged: Ghanaian customs and traditionalism and their clash with modern thought, and how deeply ingrained indigenous beliefs could tie into a murder. When the first draft of WIFE OF THE GODS was done, I once again embarked on the painful process of looking for a literary agent. One said she wished she could represent me, but she wasn’t sure how she would market a book set in Africa. What she was saying was she would be swimming against the tide of American parochialism. Another agent, this time in the UK, put it more bluntly. “Two places in the world no one before the bestselling novels of Alexander McCall Smith, whose famous series with an African female protagonist is set in Botswana, in Southern Africa; and Khaled Hosseini whose bestselling books are set in Afghanista n. If the UK agent turned down those two as well, I’m sure he’s still kicking himself. Searching for an agent, it took me a while to realize I was doing it all wrong. True, I was picking literary agents who, according to different listings, handled fiction and mysteries or adventure, but the listings were too generic and didn’t drill deep enough. What kind of fiction, what kind of mysteries? I was randomly throwing darts and praying they’d hit the bull’s eye. I came across an online service called Agent Research and Evaluation, which has been around for about eighteen years and is run by Beverly Swerling, who is a novelist herself. She matches agents with the authors’ needs and provides highly detailed information about recent deals by literary agents. That way, the author can write a knowledgeable query letter to the agent saying something like, “I note with admiration that you recently sold X book by Y author to Z publisher.” Beverly taught me that it never hurts to flatter, praise or otherwise stroke an agent’s ego. They’re human too and they bruise and bleed just like the rest of us. Beverly guided me to an amazing agent Marly Rusoff, a former publishing executive at Houghton Mifflin, Doubleday and William Morrow. Based in Bronxville, New York, Marly was excited about WIFE OF THE GODS. It so happens that she tried to reach me on my landline, which I rarely picked up, and so all the while I thought she wasn’t interested, she was. Finally of course, we managed to get together. The elation I felt when I was finally told, “Yes,” after years and scores of “no” is indescribable. Marly’s pitching and negotiation skills were formidable evidently, because she got both Penguin and Random House in a bidding war for WIFE OF THE GODS. To make a decision about which to sign with, we set up two separate conference calls. As scheduled, I first called the VP of Penguin, but there was some kind of glitch in which she couldn’t be reached, and I had to leave a message. On the other hand, at Random House, the VP and one of its senior editors, Judy Sternlight, were ready and waiting for me and picked up on the first ring. I was bowled over by their warm reception, and even though Penguin did get back to me, the VP there did not sound as enthusiastic as the folks at Random. My experience with senior editor Judy Sternlight was outstanding. I learned invaluable lessons from her. Judy has the remarkable ability to draw out your best writing. She puts forward ideas, yes, but more than that, she stimulates them. Now, almost ten years later, Penguin and Random have merged, but Judy and I are with neither of thos e publishers. In 2012, I moved to a smaller house, Soho Press, which has been a terrific publisher for me; and Judy too has moved on, establishing Judy Sternlight Literary Services for authors in need of editorial assistance and book development of the highest standard. In the end, with the exception of a blessed very few, getting published isn’t easy. It never has been. But remember this: James Baldwin, JK Rowling, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and Alice Walker, are just a handful of the many famous and successful authors who received at least one, and in many cases, several, rejection letters before acceptance. So keep on sending in those manuscripts!

In this edition of Limited Engagement, author and ASU professor Matt Bell discusses the life of a writer, growing up in Michigan, and why he doesn't use quotation marks. Be sure to check out his latest book, A Tree or a Person or a Wall, available from Soho Press. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Our multimedia producer Sara Levine chats with Robin Hanson, author of The Age of Em; Robert Repino, an editor in OUP's Reference Department and author of Mort(e) from SoHo Press; Maggie Boden, author of AI: Its Nature and Future; and Steve Furber, Editor-in-Chief of The Computer Journal. Together, they explore the dichotomy between what is … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence – Episode 35 – The Oxford Comment →

Roy Scranton is the author of Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization (City Lights, 2015), and co-editor of Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War (Da Capo, 2013). His short stories, poetry, essays, and journalism have appeared in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Epiphany, Prairie Schooner, Boston Review, and elsewhere. He grew up in Oregon, dropped out of college, and spent several years wandering the American West before enlisting in the US Army. He served from 2002 to 2006, including fourteen months in Iraq. After leaving the Army he earned a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree at the New School for Social Research, and is now completing a Ph.D. in English at Princeton. His novel War Porn is forthcoming from Soho Press in Fall 2016.

Matt Bell is the guest. His new novel, Scrapper, is now available from Soho Press. It is the official October selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. This is Matt's second time on the show. Last we spoke, he was living up in northern Michigan, in Marquette. Since then he's moved to Tempe, Arizona. A big change in all sorts of ways. We start off talking about that, and then we get into Detroit, the setting of Scrapper, and try to wrap our heads around what's happened there and why and what might happen in the future. Detroit, like post-Katrina New Orleans, is something that from a distance can be hard to believe. Not until you're on the ground and looking at it with your own eyes does the scale of it even begin to come into focus. So Matt, with his good brain, has done us all a service by writing this book and imagining this world in such richness and depth. Seems hard to believe, as I've known (or "internet known") him for a long time, but this was the first time Matt and I have ever met in person (our previous interview was conducted over the phone). He was passing through Los Angeles on book tour and was kind enough to stop by to do the show. In today's monologue I talk about going out to dinner and my failure to do the kinds of cultural things that I should probably be doing. And I talk about Starbucks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For some readers, the love of mysteries started with Nancy Drew. Here are some suggestions for mystery readers from Nancy Pearl and the folks around the table at the Bryant Corner Cafe. Nancy Pearl says her enjoyment of mysteries is limited by some wince-worthy writing. But she avoids those writers. The books Nancy recommended and some suggestions from the rest of us around the table at The Bryant Corner Café, 32nd and 65th in the Bryant neighborhood in Seattle. We will be there next Tuesday, June 2nd at 3:15. Drop on by. William McIlvanney, The Laidlaw TrilogyMcIlvanney was the founder of what’s now being called Scottish Noir, and inspired writers Denise Mina, Val McDermid, Ian RankinIsraeli novelist Batya Gur and her Michael Ohayon series Tana French, Dublin Murder Squad seriesThe authors of the sub genre, mediaeval mysteries (suggested by Judy)Ellis PetersMargaret FraserC.J. SansomeHenning Mankell, Inspector Wallander series  (suggested by Bill, though sometimes a little to gruesome for Nancy)Sue Grafton, Kinsey Milhone (we are up to X in the alphabet.)Faye Kellerman, (a few books featuring the Orthodox Jewish Rina Lazarus and police detective Peter Decker. These were a favorite of Nancy’s father.)Peter Temple (we can’t leave a mystery discussion without Nancy touting the Australian writer and the book, “The Broken Shore.)H. R. F Keating, Inspector Ghote series. Rose liked S.J. Gazan, The Dinosaur FeatherRobin likes Alexander Mccall Smith, The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency. (Though Nancy finds them less mysteries than character driven stories. She isn’t sure they even belong in the mystery section and are an example of why she chaffs at putting books into different categories. ) Judy calls out Sherlock Holmes for re-reading. Nancy calls for Agatha Christie, even if, as she says, all the characters are just collections of ticks. For good mysteries with Roman themes, Keith enjoys the Flavia Alba mysteries by Lindsey DavisFor good writing and good mysteries with contemporary themes, Nancy recommends Walter Mosley and his Easy Rawlins series.Donna Leon’s Inspector Brunetti series and Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series are Steve’s favorites. Also, he suggests Pierre Magnan, “Death in the Truffle Woods.” Of course that takes us to Martin Walker’s Bruno, Chief of Police novels, also set in France.We mentioned that Soho Press has a Soho Crime imprint of interesting translated foreign mysteries.  Also, here is a page from Dartmouth College that list mysteries from other lands. Other than the U.S. that is.What are your favorite mysteries by non-American writers?  Share some titles with us, so we can read the mysteries folks across the world enjoy. 

In this episode, we get to know Mark Doten, senior editor at Soho Press and author of the forthcoming novel The Infernal. We talk about all sorts of inside baseball publishing stuff with Mark, not to mention working in plenty of craft talk as well. Mark is a joy to talk with and an endless well of knowledge. Look out for his book when it drops.

Paula Bomer is today's guest. She's the author of two books, the most recent of which is a novel called Nine Months, which is available now from Soho Press. Library Journal calls it A raw, darkly funny, at times appalling page-turner.... Mommy lit lovers will be horrified, but Bomer’s debut novel will resonate with fans of quirky, character-driven fiction in the vein of Richard Russo, John Updike, and Tiffany Baker. And Marcy Dermansky calls it Deliciously, dangerously rogue. Monologue topics:  the Other People app, the app, my feelings on the app, how the app works, what you need to know about the app.  Speaking of which:  This podcast now has its own app, available (free!) for the iPhone, iPod, or iPad, and also availalble (free!) for Android devices.  To learn more about the app and how to get access to premium content, please click right here.  Don't forget to subscribe to the show over at iTunes, or at Stitcher. It's free. Or just push PLAY below. Like the podcast? Please take a moment to rate and review it on iTunes. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is John Warner.  He's the author of four books, most recently a debut novel called The Funny Man, available now from SoHo Press.  And he's also the longtime editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Publishers Weekly calls The Funny ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices