Podcasts about these hills

Welcome back to Diving in Deep with Sara Evans! On this week's episode, Sara Evans sits down with up and coming country star Taylor Austin Dye. Taylor gives an inside look into her journey through music and also shares how she knew she wanted to be a musician from a young age. The two of them share many laughs after discovering how much they have in common; including some horror stories about disastrous co-writes. Tune into this week's episode to hear about Taylor's Opry debut, eating gas station sushi, and her past experience in clogging!Listen to Unbroke: (https://ffm.to/seunbroke)About Taylor Austin Dye:Austin Dye is a Kentucky born and raised singer-songwriter currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Dye artistically bends genres while also writing about difficult yet important topics as she believes that, "music is a healer". She signed a global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and LEX Music Group. Dye then released her debut album "Out of These Hills" in 2023 which has over 38 million streams across all streaming platforms.LET'S BE SOCIAL:Follow Taylor Austin Dye:Instagram – (@tayloraustindye)Tiktok – (@tayloraustindye)Twitter/X – (@TaylorAustinDye)YouTube – (@TaylorAustinDye)Facebook – (@TaylorAustinDye)Website – tayloraustindye.comFollow Diving in Deep Podcast:Instagram –(@divingindeeppod)TikTok – (@divingindeeppod)Twitter – (@divingindeeppod)Facebook – (@divingindeeppod)Follow Sara Evans: Instagram – (@saraevansmusic)TikTok – (@saraevansmusic)Twitter – (@saraevansmusic)Facebook – (@saraevansmusic)Produced and Edited by: The Cast Collective (Nashville, TN)YouTube – ( @TheCastCollective )Instagram – (@TheCastCollective)Twitter – (@TheCastCollective)Directed by: Erin DuganEdited By: Sean Dugan, Corey Williams, & Michaela Dolphhttps://www.thecastcollective.com

Join me (Kate) and Laura as we go through our bookstacks and discuss our recent reads. Find out what why Laura can't put down The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. Meanwhile I've discovered Mrs Miniver, a comfort read from the 1930s that still has a message for us today, Laura's made a discovery of her own – that there's more to Anita Brookner than Hotel du Lac, with her 1988 novel The Latecomers. We go from one good book club read to another with The Fraud by Zadie Smith, and Laura reports in from the recent backlist past with How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. I take a detour through a ring of enchanted toadstools with Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, and Laura confesses to having spent a weekend lost in the pages of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. She's only interested in the dragons, mind. Books mentioned The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther The Latecomers by Anita Brookner The Fraud by Zadie Smith (UK paperback out in June) How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros UK listeners can find all the books listed above at our Bookshop.org.uk bookshop, if you purchase them there you'll be supporting independent bookshops and your favourite indie podcasters. Find out all the details of what we're offering on our Patreon here, including a weekly book recmomendations newsletter from Kate, occasional extra bits and bobs plus access to our pod book spreadsheets, and at the higher tier you can join our bookclub and talk books with Kate in person once a month. And come and find Kate on Instagram or Threads, or drop us a line at thebookclubreview@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts on the books discussed here anytime.

In episode nine, C Pam Zhang joins me to talk about American classic A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Pam is the author of Booker Prize-longlisted How Much of These Hills is Gold and this year's Land of Milk and Honey, one of my favourite books of the year. Pam's pick was A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle's beloved 1962 award-winning novel which kicked off the Time Quintet. We chatted about world hopping and climate change, the religious elements of the book and its refusal to sit neatly in a genre. You can find Pam's books, Pages & Co, and A Wrinkle in Time at my Bookshop page: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/bookwandering-the-podcast-s2Next week's episode features Jay McGuiness on Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings. The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey everybody – welcome to another episode of Stories Behind the Songs. This week, Chris Blair sits down with the one, the only Taylor Austin Dye. From East Kentucky, Taylor moved to Nashville in 2018. Starting off as a homebody and a solo writer, Taylor has grown immensely across the board with her socials, streams, and fan base the 'Ride or Dies'. Taylor just released her debut album “Out of These Hills” this past September and has been keeping herself busy touring and writing with some new releases set to come out before the end of the year. You can find Taylor on Instagram @tayloraustindye and make sure you check out her most recent radio single “Rest in Peace” and “Bible Belt” from her newest album anywhere you listen to music. Don't forget to subscribe and share with your friends. We love getting to sit down with artists, songwriters, and everyone in between - to hear their stories is what keeps us going. We appreciate your support and thanks for Listening.  Show Notes: TAD's TikTok - @TaylorAustinDye TAD's Instagram - @TaylorAustinDye TAD's Website - TaylorAustinDye.com And follow us, Stories Behind the Songs Podcast, here: SBTSongs TikTok - @SBTSongs SBTSongs Instagram - @SBTSongs SBTSongs YouTube - @SBTSongs Chris Blair's Instagram - @ChrisBlairMusic Chris Blair's Website - ChrisBlair.com And thanks to our sponsors - especially our newest sponsor - ALCLAIR IN-EAR SYSTEMS! We are so excited to have Alclair on board and you can receive 10% off your next set of in-ear monitors by using our code: SBTSongs And as always, a big thank you to our other sponsors Sennheiser and The Imperfect Aesthetician for all of your support. #SBTSongs --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sbtsongs/support

In our 86th podcast, we chat to Daniel Tapper, founder of Beak Brewery. Danny talks to us about the beginning of Beak and how he transitioned from music journalist to brewery owner. Going from nomadic brews to having a brewery and taproom in Lewes. We also discuss These Hills, a beer festival run by Beak. Why Danny wanted to do it, and the ups and down on putting it together. Plus lots more. beakbrewery.com ----------- www.beernomicon.com All our podcasts are now on Spotify. Available for free download on Soundcloud. We are on iTunes too @ apple.co/2bBssoV Also find us on Stitcher and other podcast apps. Please share around and any feedback is welcome. Rate and review us on your preferred podcast platform. www.twitter.com/beernomicon www.facebook.com/Beernomicon Instagram: @beernomicon YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC-rKJebbMYs11JcqZzwfqGA

This week we are joined by man of many talents Daniel Bye. One of those talents is even running related and was in full display just a few weeks ago when he competed in the infamous Montane Spine Challenger Race. We get the lowdown on how that 108 mile jaunt turned out but not after finding out heaps more about Daniel and his long term love affair with running. Now a proud member of Lonsdale Fell Running Club Daniel hasn't always been accustomed to the trails and hills. We grill Daniel on how he graduated from running on the urban canal toe paths of Leeds to running half the length of the Pennine Way in one fell swoop. Daniel's day job is to ‘write, direct and perform' plays and pieces, his running passion and that day job collided in his (and his pals) touring show ‘These Hills are Ours'. Turns out his pal, Boff Whaley of Chumbawamba fame, was a no bad fell runner too. Our main topic of conversation soon returns to ultra-running, Daniel discovered ultras in 2016 when he took part in the Lakeland Trails 55k. The fact he now considers that to be ‘quite a short race' tells you how far he's come since. We get a sneaky glimmer at his triumphant Bob Graham Round, his day of days. But filling us all in and whetting our own appetite for an outing on the Pennine Way soon dominates the YHRF airwaves. With tips, tricks and motivation abound your expectations will be matched by the excellent and charismatic Daniel Bye, a born storyteller. Find out more about Daniel on his website here http://www.danielbye.co.uk/

Next weekend marks the inaugural These Hills, an intimate, carefully curated two day beer festival taking place in the town of Lewes in the South Downs National Park on the 24 and 25 June. Organised by Beak Brewery, the event features beers from breweries such as Deya, Cloudwater, Queuzerie Tilquin, Kløster, Forest and Main, The Kernel, Wildflower and many more besides.And it has been a whirlwind few years for the team at Beak Brewery. They've expanded, produced a wealth of excellent beers and collaborated with outfits far and wide. So what better opportunity to look back at our conversation with founder Danny Tapper and head brewer Robin Head-Fourman earlier last year.In this episode, originally recorded in February 2021, we discuss how opening a brewery during a pandemic is far from ideal. But if you have faith in the beer you brew, engage with the industry and embrace the community around you then you'll be on the right path. And that's exactly the approach Beak Brewery of Lewes has taken.

Every bibliophile needs a good read (or even better, a great one), and have I got a great one for you!  I take a few minutes to gush about one story I can't get out of my head and heart, The Gold in These Hills, and the wonderful world of books otherwise known as GoodReads. Note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. A Gush about a Good (more like GREAT) Read & GoodReads I'm not going to go too much into The Gold in These Hills. That's the book I gushed about, and you can read my review of it HERE for my double coppers on that sucker. But GoodReads deserves a little bit of gushing, too.  Because after years of underestimating the genius of it, I am a huge, raving fan.  Yes, there are drawbacks. Can you say clunky interface?  But with a few tips, you can get past that. So, without further ado, here are ... SEVEN reasons or ways to use GoodReads. Keep track of all those great books you hear about but can't start reading today. Janey Sue mentions this great book by Kate Angelo. In the car on the way home (if you're a phone person) or once you get home, you can add Driving Force to your "Want to Read" and forget about it--until you need a book. Then you go to that "shelf," scroll through the covers, and voila!  You see it, choose it, and buy it. FREE books.  GoodReads always has tons of giveaways. I go through periodically and enter the ones I want. Oh, and do authors a favor!  Share that giveaway!  We appreciate that. "Update Progress."  For the longest time that made no sense.  Why would I want to stop reading to share an update on my reading progress?  Well, there are quite a few reasons!  For example: I can comment on the things I really love or dislike on those comments, which gives me a mini-summary of my reading experience.  I can cobble all of those together at the end and voila!  A book review! If I have to put the book down for any reason, I can tell by my comments what was going on again and I don't have to start over. It helps authors!  No, really.  Every comment you make gets put into your "feed."  Anyone following you sees those updates and may discover they want to read the book (or not!!!), too! Learn about other books.  Seriously, I can't tell you how many books I've learned about just because someone added them to their shelves. Reviews.  Want to know if a book is your jam?  Some GoodReads reviews even have spoilers if you're really not sure how much vampireness you can stand from Dracula or if maybe you should just go read Anne of Green Gables like any other sane person (just joking!!!) Bonus points for helping authors! You can post like you can on Facebook. Ask for recommendations. Share a quote image (use HTML. HERE is where you can copy the code you need). Thank an author (seriously, I need to do this!).  Whatever.  If you'd post about it (book) FB, it can go here, too! Groups.  Yep, like Facebook (see, it's really Facebook for readers and readers only--no politics!  Sorta... some books...), there are GoodReads groups! We even have a Christian Fiction group on GR that we're trying to kick off the ground.  Check that out HERE. I mentioned maybe making an infographic with these things, remember? Well, I found one online, and while it's not exactly the same, since I don't have all my tips and tricks here, I'm going to just leave this LINK and then make another post later if/when I ever get mine made.  :D Like to listen on the go? You can find Because Fiction Podcast at: Apple  Castbox  Google Play Libsyn  RSS Spotify Stitcher Amazon and more!

Chumbawumba-star turned author Boff Whalley talks about fell-running, the arthouse film Koyaanisqatsi and Philip Glass' seminal soundtrack, the right to roam, the power of art and music to galvanise social change and even performing his own song ‘These Hills are Ours'. Recorded live at Kendal Mountain Festival 2021.— In the Wilderness Tracks, writers, artists, scientists and thinkers talk with producer Geoff Bird about six pieces of music that somehow connect them to nature.

Renee and Natalia are back with a conversation about some of the books they love that fall into super niche genres. For example, Natalia has an entire bookshelf dedicated to books about bananas and Renee will never say no to a thriller with an unlikeable 20-something woman protagonist who works in a startup. Tune in to hear all the weird things they're both into.   Books Mentioned:  Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang Diamond Head by Cecily Wong (interview here) Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Black Sun & Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse (interview here) The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang  Lobizona & Cazadora by Romina Garber (interview here) Binti by Nnedi Okorafor She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoka Matsuda Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow Bad Blood by John Carreyrou We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams Self-Care by Leigh Stein The Assistants by Camille Perri The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris Smile and Look Pretty by Amanda Pellegrino A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin (interview here) Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster The Power of Knitting by Loretta Napoleoni (review here) Bananas, Beaches and Bases by Cynthia Enloe Skin: A Natural History by Nina G. Jablonski The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask Also mentioned: Nina's love letter to Silvia Moreno-Garcia Emma and Renee discuss The Poppy War Natalia and Renee's best books of 2021 Layne Fargo's podcast Unlikeable Female Characters Follow and support our hosts:   Follow Renee: Instagram  Follow Natalia: Instagram | Twitter Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

The Salmon Pink Kitchen ends 2021 with a live recipe swap! For this episode, Irene and Margaux missioned their listeners to send through recipes that celebrate the cooks they are and/or their kitchens. Grab a snack and a drink of your choice and settle in as we dress 10 supper tables in honour of the women artists and writers we celebrated in our newsletter through 2021. Click here to subscribe to our monthly Salmon Pink Newsletter. N.B. make sure you have a pen and a notebook: this episode is filled with recipes and tips! Our menu for this episode: Supper one: The Table of Babe Paley (04:22)Giulia's beetroot, goat's cheese and rocket risotto (@pizzalikesgiulia)Supper two: The Table of Marguerite Duras (06:54)Cécile's leftover soup (@cecil.rdt)Supper three: The Table of Eileen Chang (08:24)Matt's spiced aubergine rice (@mattb085)Supper four: The Table of Maya Angelou (11:27)Chiara's cotoletta (@chiarariviezzi)Davide and Claudia's ragù (@clajolivo & @bomberalba_9)Valentina's chocolate cake (@v4le.p) Supper five: The Table of Nora Ephron (22:13)Alyce and Alexis' halloumi and mushroom burgers (@alycegabrielle)Sean's brutti ma buoni (@seanoftheshire)Supper six: The Table of Natalia Ginzburg (26:08)Alessandra's crazy cabbage (@muchwritingaboutnothing)Ludo's minestrone Supper seven: The Table of Betsy Talbot Blackwell (32:35)Jack's tuna ragù (@jackclondon1992)Jemima's Belgian biscuit cake (@jemimaforrester)Supper eight: The Table of Jan Morris (38:06)Diya and her father's biryani (@diyas.dinner)Georgina's sponge cake (@georginabbrookes)Supper nine: The Table of Tove Jansson (48:02)Lauren's red pepper sauce (@sneezykitchen)Maria's open sandwich (@mariadinca)Elisa's pesche dolci (@ipnotista_dottssaelisacassi)Supper ten: The Table of Toni Morrison (55:43)Graham's pasta pie (@gzoxley)Elisa's risotto with gorgonzola, pear and walnuts (@elyyogalife)Dragos and Nora's banana bread (@dragospopescu92 & @norracs)Midnight snack with Louise Bourgeois (1:04:44)Irene & Margaux's 2021 round-up: Our top Book Club Reads of 2021:Irene: Once Upon a Time in the East by Xiaolu Guo Margaux: How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam ZhangOur top Fiction Reads of 2021:Irene: Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason Margaux: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Our top Non-Fiction Reads of 2021:Irene: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Margaux: In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova 

Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse explores the topic of land acknowledgements. The inspiration is an article that was published October 7, 2021 in The Conversation: "Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite - erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead."Guests: Valerie Lambert (Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma), Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, President of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists (a Section of the American Anthropological Association), and an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation. Valerie's first book, "Choctaw Nation: A Story of American Indian Resurgence" (University of Nebraska Press 2007), is a story of tribal nation building in the modern era. It is the winner of the North American Indian Prose Award and was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award. Michael Lambert (Eastern Band Cherokee) is Associate Professor of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His research has focused on francophone West Africa and American Indians. He is author of Longing for Exile: Migration and the Making of a Translocal Community in Senegal (Heinemann), and co-author (with Leonard Lambert) of Up from These Hills; Memories of a Cherokee Boyhood (U of Nebraska Press. Elisa (EJ) Sobo, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, is a sociocultural anthropologist. She is past President of the Society for Medical Anthropology and a longstanding member of the editorial boards of Anthropology and Medicine, Medical Anthropology, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly. Dr. Sobo has published 13 books (e.g., Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research) and numerous peer-reviewed articles. Read the article and find out more about this week's guests here: https://bit.ly/3nm0D7VProduction Credits:Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive ProducerLiz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), ProducerMalcolm Burn, Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston, WKNY 1490 AM and 107.9 FM, Kingston, NYTiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio EditorMusic and Audio Selections:1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)Artist: Moana and the Moa HuntersCD: Tahi (1993)Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)(00:00:44)Song Title: Getting StartedArtist: Buffy Sainte-MarieCD: Coincidences and Likely Stories (1992)Label: Ensign/Chrysalis/EMI Records(00:24:50)3. Audio SelectionSpeaker: Jahan Khalighi, Program Director at Chapter 510, a youth writing, bookmaking and publishing center, Oakland, CA. Janah is a youth educator and community arts organizer.Background music: Tiokasin GhosthorseSong Title: MomentumCD: Akantu: The Origin Series (2021)Label: Ghosthorse(00:48:57)

So May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and it's a time for recognizing the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander American to history, culture, and achievements of the United States! Today Michelle and Jacob discuss some new books from Asian American authors AND have a special guest interview with Naila Ansari from www.themovementofjoy.com My Year Abroad (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3xSCoSX Interior Chinatown (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3nSB4uU Little Gods (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3vMXYqa Land of Big Numbers (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3eWRVZA We Ride Upon Sticks (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3b4dsyo Eat a Peach (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/2PTuuHV The Last Story of Mina Lee (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3eVRAq1 Machinehood (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3h4Kx0T Sigh, Gone (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/2SrEfOt How Much of These Hills is Gold (BOOK)- https://bit.ly/3b71PXv

Jeff and Rebecca respond to listener requests for recommendations for moms, dads, grads (and themselves). This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books and Authors discussed in this episode: Shop Class as Soul Craft Flight: The Complete History of Aviation The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell How to Build a Car by A. Newey World of Wonders In the Dream House How to Do Nothing The Night Tiger The Book of Delights Rich and Pretty Bring Your Baggage and Don’t Pack Light Friends & Strangers Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler Summer of Jordi Perez The Wedding Date Malibu Rising The Barbarian Nurseries by Hector Tobar Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Real Life by Brandon Taylor Notes on a Nervous Planet See No Stranger Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series The Thursday Murder Club While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Do Not Say We Have Nothing Wild Women and the Blues Sharks in the Time of Saviors Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia The House of Spirits by Isabelle Allende Susan Gregg Gilmore Megan Mayhew Bergman Jesmyn Ward The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang  Now My Heart is Full by Laura June Lexicon by Max Barry The Gilded Wolves Finding Meaning H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Blue Nights by Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion The Emperor of All Maladies Who Ate the First Oyster? Maybe You Should Talk to Someone The Group In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez Trace by Lauret E. Savoy Earth Keeper by N Scott Momaday Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby Your House Will Pay When No One is Watching Deacon King Kong by James McBride Klara & the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Zillennials Book Club! This month Kaylee and Lian are discussing How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. This is the first western novel discussed on the podcast and Kaylee and Lian loved it! This novel was Kaylee's first western and the first western that Lian liked. The story, a twist on a typical western novel, follows Lucy and Sam, two siblings born in the American West to parents with Chinese ancestry. The novel begins after the death of Ba, and follows Lucy and Sam over five or so years as they find their way as orphans in the American west during the time of the gold rush. We'll cover our overall reactions to the book, what we thought of the different characters and our feelings on how the author ended the novel. We strongly recommend this book! Don't forget to share your thoughts and opinions on the book with us by sending us an email or a DM on Instagram! We'd love to hear if you think Sam was slapped or knocked out or if you liked they way the book ended.

AAWW celebrates the paperback launch of C Pam Zhang’s debut novel How Much of These Hills is Gold, which was longlisted for The Booker Prize, among other accolades. Since its publication last spring, this haunting, spare, and achingly beautiful novel has been widely praised for turning its unflinching gaze on the people and legends of the American West, illuminating the voices of those who are often forgotten in the margins of history. Joining Pam in conversation to celebrate her book is writer and comedian Karen Chee. 

How can you create your own world when this one doesn’t serve you?Join as we radically restructure myths, stories and genres – from the American West to fairy tales and nineties pop icons. C. Pam Zhang is author of How Much of These Hills is Gold, longlisted for the Man Booker and Rathbones Folio Prizes and one of Barack Obama’s books of the year. She talks to Lucy Scholes about defiantly imagining herself into erased histories of Asian Americans, sexy feminists and how eavesdropping inspires her writing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan are joined by author Lacy M. Johnson and novelist Natalia Sylvester. First, Johnson recalls her personal experience through the recent storm, and talks about the ongoing debate over deregulation and privatization of the Texas energy grid. Then, Sylvester unravels the whitewashed, exceptionalist myth of Texas, elevates its Mexican, Black and Indigenous history, and talks about what it means for her, a Latinx, Peruvian immigrant woman, to be a “Texas writer.” Johnson reads from the forthcoming edited volume, More City Than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas; Sylvester reads from her new YA novel, Running. To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. And check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub's Virtual Book Channel and Fiction/Non/Fiction's YouTube Channel. This podcast is produced by Andrea Tudhope. Selected readings: Lacy M. Johnson More City Than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas (forthcoming, University of Texas Press) The Reckonings: Essays The Other Side: A Memoir Trespasses: A Memoir   Natalia Sylvester Running Everyone Knows You Go Home Chasing the Sun Others: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño Cite Design Alliance  Cormac McCarthy Dear Twin by Addie Tsai Donald Barthelme Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Documentary ERCOT "‘Frozen Windmills' aren't to blame for Texas's power failure" by Salvador Rizzo "Houston is a cheap place to live - if you don't count the trauma tax" by Raj Mankad How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang James A. Michener Katherine Anne Porter Lonesome Dove: A Novel by Larry McMurtry Lot and Memorial by Bryan Washington  Necropolitics by Achille Mbembe Outlawed by Anna North "Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market" by James Osborne Public Utilities Commission of Texas Memo Red Salmon Arts by Raúl Salinas Refusing To Forget Project by Benjamin Johnson, John Morán Gonzalez, and Sonia Hernández Tarfia Faizullah "Texas Won't Reduce $16 Billion In Electricity Charges From Winter Storm" by Matthew S. Schwartz The Great American Bubble Machine by Matt Taibbi The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White The Shock Doctrine The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein  The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind Treme   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are so excited to discuss Outlawed! We all absolutely loved it, and if you haven't read it, you need to. It's set in the past (and an alternate past) and it still feels very timely. (Bonus sidebar topics include westerns, pandemic life and, as always, a bunch of recommendations.) Books mentioned in the episode: How Much of These Hills is Gold (C Pam Zhang), God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney), Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters), The Prophets (Robert Jones, Jr.) and The Distance (Hernan Diaz).Other things Anna North mentioned:The Hole in the Wall Gang:  https://www.legendsofamerica.com/hole-in-the-wall-gang/ Shaker dwellings: https://www.remodelista.com/posts/shaker-style-design-lessons-canterbury-shaker-village/ Krazy Kat comic strips: https://www.comicskingdom.com/krazy-kat Reese Witherspoon in Outlawed-inspired costume:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrE3jflN-3/  Learn more about the TV deal: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/anna-north-outlawed-show-amy-adams-a24-1234892587/  Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their February selections:      https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books   Rachael Reads on Youtube:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw Bachelor Nation reading challenge:         https://www.instagram.com/p/CJl3uDVJmuc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Tis the Damn Readathon (Taylor Swift challenge):    https://twitter.com/damnreadathon Follow Anna North: Twitter: @annanorthtweets Instagram: @annanorthbooks Website: http://www.annanorth.net/  Follow What You Should Read: Twitter:    @wysr_podcast Instagram:    @wysr_podcast Goodreads:    https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115539912-what-you-should-read-podcast YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfNtid_b0R14otSPRZTkmQ www.whatyoushouldread.com Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro! It comes out on March 2 and you can email your thoughts or find us on social media! We're really excited for this one--and its special guest! Theme song by Violet Gray:   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOQUkSoVPZkfsXtMWLoZV5Q 

Show Notes and Links to Christian Kiefer's Work On Episode 28, Part I, Pete is thrilled to speak with Christian Kiefer, master author of among other masterpieces, Phantoms, a 2019 tour de force novel. Pete and Christian discuss Christian's childhood in Auburn, CA, his writing background, great writers who were also jerks and sometimes horrible men, the bustling and exciting literary scene of 2020, Christian's research into the disgusting racism and xenophobia that frames Phantoms, and much more.    Dr. Christian Kiefer grew up in the foothills of California (Auburn). Director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Joined Ashland University as the new director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in January 2017 He is the author of The Infinite Tides (Bloomsbury), The Animals (W.W. Norton), One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide  (Nouvella Books), and 2019s Phantoms: A Novel (Liveright/W.W. Norton), in addition to other works in poetry, fiction, and drama Kiefer's scholarly publications focus on American literature As a professional musician, has released a number of albums primarily in the folk rock and avant garde traditions Came to Ashland from American River College in Sacramento, California, and has taught fiction in the Sierra Nevada College low-residency MFA Christian Kiefer's Author Page Interview with Four Way Review Dr. Christian Kiefer's Homepage for Ashland Twitter and IG: @xiankiefer-Twitter and IG Christian speaks about growing up in Auburn, CA, and how the area has influenced him as a person and as a writer-at about 3:00 Christian talks about small towns like Auburn and Newcastle and their transformation into “driveby towns”-at about 10:00 Christian talks about the formerly-thriving Chinatown/Japantown in Newcastle and about our society's collective ineptitude at commemorating and learning from historical failures-at about 11:15 Christian talks about his origins as a reader and a writer, and those writers and familial figures who inspired him as a kid and adolescent-at about 14:00 The importance of William Faulkner's writing in Christian's life-at about 15:10 Christian shouts out two formative teachers of his, Michael Madden and Michael Duda-at about 15:50 Christian discusses his view of “Clarity of expression” and its lower end priority for him-at about 16:45 Christian discusses his friend Ben Percy, who writes Wolverine for Marvel Comics, and how he wants the reader to “lean forward” into the reading, while Christian wants the reader to “lean back”-at about 17:25 Christian discusses Thomas Wolfe and how “he brings the entire world” into the text-at about 18:25 Pete talks about Old Man and the Sea and its importance in his life as a “lean back book” that stimulates great memories, and how Christian's Phantoms is a book that will now occupy that same space-at about 19:00 Christian and Pete discuss some strategies of Christian's writing-the use of “and,” for example, and Christian's desire to write compound sentences well, as Hemingway did-at about 20:20 Christian teaches a master class on the strategies of using coordinating and subordinating phrases in writing-at about 20:40 Pete cites an example of Christian's above explanation on pg. 186 of Phantoms-at around 23:45 Christian discusses the reckoning with racism and misogyny in the “classic” and modern literary worlds-at around 24:45 Christian discusses the modern literary “renaissance,” with its incredible diversity and talent-at around 26:50 Christian discusses his admiration for C. Pam Zhang and her incredible 2020 novel, How Much of These Hills is Gold-at around 27:20 Pete and Christian talk about the great Tobias Wolff, a huge inspiration, the inspiration for the podcast, leading to a discussion of writers as “celebrities,” as seen in Wolff's Old School-at about 28:50 Christian talks about the brilliant Rebecca Solnit-at around 31:55 Christian and Pete discuss some reprehensible characters, who happened to be great artists/innovators, like John Muir -how do we reckon with the art AND the artist?-at around 33:00 Christian summarizes Phantoms-at around 37:35 Christian discusses the impetus and inspiration for writing the book, including the research needed and the America and Placer County racist policies that led to a huge decrease in Japanese and Asian-Americans in the county-at around 40:00 Christian discusses his need to be precise on linguistic and cultural frameworks for novel and needing to have prospective blurb authors (Luis Alberto Urrea, Jesmyn Ward, Kirstin Chen, Claire Vaye Watkins) give him their green light-at around 43:00

This week we read How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. We love the Western setting, the lyrical, atmospheric descriptions of the landscape. We have some complicated feelings about the plot and character development. Next time we're reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.  Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

Perry and David discuss their recent reading, ranging over a wide range of genres. Coronavirus state of play (02:53) Internet Archive looking for donations (01:43) World Fantasy Awards (02:04) Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (00:57) Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (00:23) Read After Burning by Maria Dahvana Headley (00:33) Crime Writers Association Awards (03:02) Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham (02:38) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (18:00) Interview with Susanna Clarke in The Guardian (00:13) Interview with Susanna Clarke in the Hindustani Times (02:24) Heatwave in Berlin by Dymphna Cusack (06:38) The Silence by Susan Allott (08:36) A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinkster (07:36) The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall (04:22) Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James (06:11) How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang (07:25) Wind-up (01:36) Photo from PxHere

We're putting our gift guide out a little early this year to give you time to order from your favorite indie bookstore! We have a list of Black-owned bookstores on our website. The books we recommended on this episode can be found here. Next week we'll be discussing How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

If you're receiving this on the day it is released, that means it's Election Day in the US and I hope if you're eligible to vote, you've either done so or are on your way to the polls. Take care of yourself today and all days! This week we discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, why it's better than classics by old white guys and how it manages to make us swoon over a guy who gets stabbed while gambling despite ourselves. Next time we will be discussing How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

感谢收听“普通读者”的第二期播客节目！ 热烈欢迎*徐慢懒*加入主播队伍！ 这期呢，我们会聊聊11月份的想读书单（TBR=To Be Read），当众表达一下雄心壮志，给自己立flag，11月末，我们会再回顾一下flag倒了几个 这期的最后会公布一下11月的阅读主题，要听到最后哦！ 徐慢懒的TBR --“Any Human Heart” – William Boyd（ 中译本《凡人之心》） --“Poor Things” – Alasdair Gray --“Frankissstein: A Love Story” – Jeanette Winterson --“Intimations” – Zadie Smith --“Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers” – Taisia Kitaiskaia 提到的： -- 播客节目”Books on the Nightstand” -- ”The diary of a Bookseller”—Shaun Bythell（ 中译本《书店日记：坐在书店里，就有好故事上门来》） 堂本的TBR： --“Sisters” -- Daisy Johnson --「N.P. 」-- 吉本芭娜娜 --《嫉妒》, 张玲玲 --“Automation and the Future of Work” -- Aaron Benanav --“The Red Years: Theory, Politics, and Aesthetics in the Japanese '68”-- Gavin Walker (Editor) --“The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City” -- Matthew Beaumont 提到的： -- ”Everything Under“ -- Daisy Johnson -- 吉本芭娜娜《厨房》 -- 江国香织 -- 安藤丈将的《新左翼运动与公民社会：日本60年代的思想之路》 H的TBR： --"Art and Fear” — David Bayles, Ted Orland --"The Dirty Life” — Kristin Kimball （中译本：《我的耕食生活》） --“How Much of These Hills is Gold” — C Pam Zhang --《乌金的牙齿》 -- 万玛才旦 提到的： 万玛才旦导演的电影《气球》 收听和订阅渠道： 小宇宙App，Apple Podcast, Anchor，Spotify，Pocket Casts， Google Podcast，Breaker， Radiopublic 电邮：commonreader@protonmail.com 微博： 普通读者播客 欢迎关注三位主播的豆瓣： 堂本 H 徐慢懒 片头音乐credit： Flipper's Guitar - 恋とマシンガン- Young, Alive, in Love - 片尾音乐credit：John Bartman - Happy African Village (Music from Pixabay)

This episode is all about literary prizes. Our guest is the 2020 winner of the Caine Prize, Irenosen Okojie, and Book Lounge staff talk about some Booker-longlisted novels. Luami recommends ‘How Much of These Hills is Gold' by C Pam Zhang, Unathi recommends ‘The Shadow King' by Maaza Mengiste, Jess enjoyed ‘Such a Fun Age' by Kiley Reid and Mervyn recommends both ‘Shuggie Bain' by Douglas Stuart and ‘Real Life' by Brandon Taylor. Get in touch by emailing booklounge@gmail.com or send us a voice message on Whatsapp to +27 (0) 63 961-6154 Hosted by Vasti Calitz and produced by Andri Burnett

The 2020 Booker Prize Longlist has been announced! Booktopia's Olivia, Jo and Ben sat down and (over Skype) discussed their thoughts on the longlist and give their perspectives on who might be the favourites to the prize home. Books mentioned in this podcast: Apeirogon by Colum McCann: https://bit.ly/2XcKVzI The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste: https://bit.ly/3jRYxKj This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga: https://bit.ly/2XaJ3Ya The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel: https://bit.ly/2X6XPPq Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze: https://bit.ly/3jSMdtj Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi: https://bit.ly/2P8ZakA The New Wilderness by Diane Cook: https://bit.ly/3hGVhj4 Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward: https://bit.ly/308T5ei How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang: https://bit.ly/2X7QT4T Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler: https://bit.ly/2XbAex4 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart: https://bit.ly/2P4qQac Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid: https://bit.ly/2P73yjV Real Life by Brandon Taylor: https://bit.ly/3jVx2iQ Host: Olivia Fricot Guests: Ben Hunter & Jo Lewin Producers: Nick Wasiliev & Mark Harding

One surefire way to lift yourself out of the shelter-in-place doldrums is to engage with someone whose enthusiasm for life and literature is more infectious than any coronavirus. Wayne Koestenbaum joins Kate, Eric, and Daya to discuss his new collection of essays Figure it Out; what ensues is a conversation with exuberant inspirations at every turn. Share this one with your friends, it will renew their faith in living the literary life. Also, Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings, returns to recommend two foreboding works of recent literature (as if to counterbalance Wayne's optimism): C Pam Zhang's novel How Much of These Hills is Gold; and Joyelle McSweeney's new book of poetry Toxicon and Ariadne.