Podcast appearances and mentions of Tobias Wolff

di Matteo B. Bianchi | Dopo il riuscitissimo esperimento al Campania Libri Festival di Napoli, il podcast "Copertina" torna nella sua versione live e itinerante, questa volta a Bologna, nella splendida Piazza Coperta della Biblioteca Salaborsa. Gli ospiti di questa puntata sono lo scrittore Paolo Nori, il libraio Giorgio Santangelo, che è anche co-fondatore della libreria "La Confraternita dell'uva", l'autore e podcaster Davide Ricchiuti, creatore della rivista femminista Pro_vocazione, e Max Collini, da poco scrittore ma soprattutto voce degli Offlaga Disco Pax. Intervengono anche le lettrici Lavinia Bleve e Diletta D'Angelo con i loro consigli di lettura.  L'evento è realizzato in collaborazione con Salaborsa e con il sostegno di BPER Banca. Libri consigliati: SANTA di Rosanna Turone, NN editore IL MEDICO, LA MOGLIE E L'AMANTE di Fausto Malcovati, Marcos y Marcos LO SPLENDORE di Pier Paolo Di Mino, Laurana Editore PIANETA CAUCASO di Wojciech Górecki, Keller Editore  PROPRIO QUELLA NOTTE di Tobias Wolff, Racconti Edizioni  LEGAMI DI SANGUE di Octavia E. Butler, edizioni Sur OBIT. POESIE PER LA FINE di Victoria Chang, Interno Poesia L'UOMO NERO E LE STRAGI di Giovanni Vignali, Paperfirst BASSOTUBA NON C'E' di Paolo Nori, (diverse edizioni, Einaudi e anche Oscar Mondadori) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michaela talks to one of her favourite writers, Robbie Arnott, about “Dusk”; a beautiful and beguiling tale of siblings, so down on their luck they embark on an impossible quest to slay a puma in the Tasmanian highlands and claim a life-changing bounty. Sarah chats to stand-out millennial Hannah Ferguson about her second book, “Taboo: Conversations we never had about sex, body image, work and relationships” Then, the Tsundoku gang gets together to discuss their favourite books of 2024 and the book they’d most like to find in their Christmas stocking. Guests Robbie Arnott, author of “Dusk” Hannah Ferguson, author of “Taboo: Conversations we never had about sex, body image, work and relationships” Other books that get a mention Robbie Arnott also mentions “Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner, “The Sound of Waves” by Yukio Mishima, “Deep Water; The world in the ocean” by James Bradley, “Old School” by Tobias Wolff and “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkien Cath mentions “The Red Children”, “The White Children”, “My Driver” and "My Cleaner” by Maggie Gee and Belinda Bauer’s books “Snap”, “Exit” and “The Impossible Thing” Annie mentions “The Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St John Mandel,“The Beesting” by Paul Murray, “Caledonian Roads” by Andrew O’Hagan and the Robert Harris books, “Precipice”, “Pompeii” and “Fatherland” Sarah mentions “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin, “All Fours” by Miranda July, “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and “Stone Yard Devotional” by Charlotte Wood Michaela mentions “Other Houses” by Paddy O'Reilly and “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey INSTAGRAM @robbie_gc_arnott @macmillanaus @hannahferguson_@affirmpressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michaela talks to one of her favourite writers, Robbie Arnott, about “Dusk”; a beautiful and beguiling tale of siblings, so down on their luck they embark on an impossible quest to slay a puma in the Tasmanian highlands and claim a life-changing bounty. Sarah chats to stand-out millennial Hannah Ferguson about her second book, “Taboo: Conversations we never had about sex, body image, work and relationships” Then, the Tsundoku gang gets together to discuss their favourite books of 2024 and the book they’d most like to find in their Christmas stocking. Guests Robbie Arnott, author of “Dusk” Hannah Ferguson, author of “Taboo: Conversations we never had about sex, body image, work and relationships” Other books that get a mention Robbie Arnott also mentions “Creation Lake” by Rachel Kushner, “The Sound of Waves” by Yukio Mishima, “Deep Water; The world in the ocean” by James Bradley, “Old School” by Tobias Wolff and “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkien Cath mentions “The Red Children”, “The White Children”, “My Driver” and "My Cleaner” by Maggie Gee and Belinda Bauer’s books “Snap”, “Exit” and “The Impossible Thing” Annie mentions “The Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St John Mandel,“The Beesting” by Paul Murray, “Caledonian Roads” by Andrew O’Hagan and the Robert Harris books, “Precipice”, “Pompeii” and “Fatherland” Sarah mentions “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin, “All Fours” by Miranda July, “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and “Stone Yard Devotional” by Charlotte Wood Michaela mentions “Other Houses” by Paddy O'Reilly and “Orbital” by Samantha Harvey INSTAGRAM @robbie_gc_arnott @macmillanaus @hannahferguson_@affirmpressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a Text Message.Bucks note the invasion of Russia. Whudda thunk it?Del explains timepiece trivia for Dave.Bucks contemplate tree felling.Dave gives a Public Safety Announcement on barbecue grill fires.Dave reads All Ahead of Them, a short story by Tobias Wolff. He previously read Bullet in the Brain by Wolff in the October 7, 2021 episode. This was the second highest downloaded story after The Quiet by Carys Davies on May 25, 2021.Give us your feedback on the story or anything else on your mind.The top-voted bonus track from last week was Imagine by John Lennon. We'll give you some more choices this episode. Think about the Wolff story when you listen to the songs.1. Gregg Allman and Jackson Browne sing Melissa. Is Thomas at a crossroads?2. Love Will Keep Us Alive by the Eagles. Is this Thomas's hope?3. How about Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac?  'Nuff said.Give us your thoughts: BUCKSTWOOLD@GMAIL.COM Find us on FacebookLeave a Voice message - click HEREWHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?

Raymond Carver (Clatskanie, 1938 - Port Angels, 1988), fue un escritor estadounidense cuyos relatos breves impusieron en su país un modelo narrativo denominado por la crítica «realismo sucio», por tratar únicamente temas cotidianos (sin nada heroico o excepcional) con un estilo seco y sin concesiones metafóricas. Para mantener a su esposa y a los dos hijos de ambos, Raymond Carver hubo de aceptar trabajos de poca monta (asistente de una gasolinera, portero...) durante una etapa de su vida cuya inestabilidad económica lo marcaría para siempre. En 1958 empezó a interesarse seriamente por la narrativa después de haber asistido a un curso de escritura creativa en el Chico State College. Publicó sus primeros cuentos cortos en revistas, mientras estudiaba en el Humboldt State College de California, en 1963. Carver declaraba que eran tantas sus preocupaciones con los niños que apenas tenía tiempo para escribir, lo que determinó la brevedad de sus cuentos y que descartase la novela como género. Empezó a beber descontroladamente a partir de 1967 y hasta 1977, y llegó a ser incluso hospitalizado por alcoholismo. En 1976 alcanzó reputación literaria con la colección de cuentos ¿Quieres hacer el favor de callarte, por favor? En 1983 obtuvo un importante premio monetario de la Academia Norteamericana y el Instituto de Arte y Literatura, que le permitió reservar tiempo para escribir. Sus cuentos pueden dividirse en dos grandes etapas: la primera hasta principios de la década de 1980, y la segunda desde allí hasta su muerte. La primera puede considerarse un período convulso, en el que la forma de sus cuentos estaba dictada directamente por los sinsabores de su vida, mientras que la segunda fue más reposada, ya que la escritura pasó a ser una actividad de madurez. Los personajes de sus relatos son pequeños seres atrapados en situaciones sórdidas de la vida corriente: gente sin empleo, abúlicos, perdedores por naturaleza, trabajadores pobres, caracteres nerviosos y grises. Sus escenarios son hogares donde los matrimonios se aman y se odian, o bares donde la existencia de los marginales y alcohólicos transcurre sórdidamente, o vecinos cuyas vidas se relacionan aleatoriamente, al estilo de Chejov, su maestro preferido. Sin embargo, entre tanta oscuridad y falta de sentido, a veces brota una luz de esperanza, o un detalle de horror, rasgo que confiere al estilo de Carver una personalidad inconfundible. Algunos cuentos están construidos dentro de la estética minimalista (pocos recursos en el menor espacio), como pequeños marcos para situaciones rápidas y apenas importantes a primera vista. Vinculado al «realismo sucio» de autores como Charles Bukowski, Richard Ford o Tobias Wolff, parte de la crítica lo ha valorado como el mejor escritor de cuentos cortos desde Hemingway. En el marco de estos presupuestos vitales y estéticos escribió libros como Catedral (1984) o De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de amor (1981), y también interesantes volúmenes de poesía. Sus poemas parecen una extensión de sus cuentos en el sentido del prosaísmo, pero se abren más a un mundo lírico de objetos, sensaciones y paisajes. Raymond Carver falleció en plena madurez creativa, poco antes de cumplir los cincuenta años, a causa de un cáncer de pulmón. (Fuente: biografiasyvidas.com)

Guest host David Sedaris presents stories that reimagine holiday rituals. In Tobias Wolff's “Powder,” a pre-Christmas snowstorm provides an adventure for a father and son. SELECTED SHORTS' late host and founder Isaiah Sheffer is the reader. A long-established couple turn out to be able to surprise one another in Allegra Goodman's gentle borrowing from an O. Henry classic. Dana Ivey and Michael Cerveris read her “Gifts of the Jewish Magi.” And David Sedaris says English writer Jeanette Winterson captures the city to a “T” in “Christmas in New York,” a modern fairy tale with just a hint of magic, performed by Richard Masur.

Mae 'na wledd o lyfrau yn Colli'r Plot Tachwedd. Trafod y Rhinoseros yn yr ystafell, canmoliaeth ar gyfer Sut i Ddofi Corryn a beth yw pwrpas lansiad llyfr?Lot o chwerthin, chydig o bethau dadleuol ac ambell i sgwrs ddwys.Dyma restr ddarllen o'r cyfrolau a drafodwyd yn y bennod:The Warehouse - Rob HartDros fy mhen a 'nglustia - Marlyn SamuelThe Year of Yes - Shonda RhimesThe Darkness - Ragnar JónassonThe Mist - Ragnar JónassonTom's Midnight Garden - Philippa PearceGwreiddio - straeon byrion - amrywiol awduronCoblyn o Sioe - Myfanwy Alexander Bullet in the brain - Tobias Wolff (stori fer)I am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes.The Martian Chronicles & Dandelion Wine - Ray BradburySut i Ddofi Corryn - Mari GeorgeHiwmor Tri Chardi Llengar - Geraint H. JenkinsUnruly - David MitchellThe Sanatorium - Sarah PearsePryfed Undydd - Andrew TeiloO Glust i Glust - Llwyd OwenDarogan - Siân LlywelynIsaac and the egg - Bobby PalmerWelsh Rugby: What Went Wrong - Seimon WilliamsHow to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale CarnegieCyfres Rwdlan - Angharad Tomos

fWotD Episode 2381: Leonardo DiCaprio.Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Saturday, 11 November 2023 is Leonardo DiCaprio.Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (, ; Italian: [diˈkaːprjo]; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work in biographical and period films, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors.Born in Los Angeles, DiCaprio began his career in the late 1980s by appearing in television commercials. In the early 1990s, he had recurring roles in various television shows, such as the sitcom Parenthood, and had his first major film part as author Tobias Wolff in This Boy's Life (1993). He received critical acclaim and his first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance as a developmentally disabled boy in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). DiCaprio achieved international stardom with the star-crossed romances Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Titanic (1997). After the latter became the highest-grossing film at the time, he reduced his workload for a few years. In an attempt to shed his image of a romantic hero, DiCaprio sought roles in other genres, including the 2002 crime dramas Catch Me If You Can and Gangs of New York; the latter marked the first of his many successful collaborations with director Martin Scorsese.DiCaprio continued to gain acclaim for his performances in the biopic The Aviator (2004), the political thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the crime drama The Departed (2006) and the romantic drama Revolutionary Road (2008). He later made environmental documentaries and starred in several high-profile directors' successful projects, including the action thriller Inception (2010), the western Django Unchained (2012), the biopic The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), the survival drama The Revenant (2015)—for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor— the comedy-dramas Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Don't Look Up (2021), and the western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).DiCaprio is the founder of Appian Way Productions—a production company that has made some of his films and the documentary series Greensburg (2008–2010)—and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness. A United Nations Messenger of Peace, he regularly supports charitable causes. In 2005, he was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts, and in 2016, he appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. DiCaprio was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time in a 2022 readers' poll by Empire.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:39 UTC on Saturday, 11 November 2023.For the full current version of the article, see Leonardo DiCaprio on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Kimberly Neural.

Notes and Links to Ursula Villarreal-Moura's Work        For Episode 207, Pete welcomes Ursula Villarreal-Moura, and the two discuss, among other topics, her early San Antonio Spurs' education, her omnivorous reading habits, particularly in her childhood, a formative writing contest and reading event, her transitioning from poetry to short stories and flash fiction, and salient themes addressed in her collection, including mental health issues, trauma, delusion, ideas of identity and self-perception, and imagination and story.         Ursula Villarreal-Moura is the author of Math for the Self-Crippling (2022), selected by Zinzi Clemmons as the Gold Line Press fiction contest winner, and Like Happiness (Celadon Books, 2024). A graduate of Middlebury College, she received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and was a VONA/Voices fellow. Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines including Tin House, Catapult, Prairie Schooner, Midnight Breakfast, Washington Square, Story, Bennington Review, Wigleaf Top 50, and Gulf Coast. She contributed to Forward: 21st Century Flash Fiction, a flash anthology by writers of color, and in 2012, she won the CutBank Big Fish Flash Fiction/Prose Poetry Contest. Her writing has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, a Pushcart Prize, and longlisted for Best American Short Stories 2015.     Ursula Villarreal-Moura's Website   Buy Math for the Self-Crippling   Interview in Tri-Quarterly     At about 2:20, Ursula shares her love of the Spurs and the ways in which the Spurs culture was infused in her schooling   At about 5:00, Ursula talks about the ways in which she became an omnivorous reader, and how a Judy Blume book really flipped the reading switch    At about 7:10, Ursula describes her first writing as “exotic,” including stories set in boarding schools   At about 10:00, Ursula describes being “receptive” and maybe not as “expressive” in Spanish, and ideas of representations, including as an “Ursula”    At about 13:30, Ursula talks about the “beautiful readings” she witnessed from Sandra Cisneros and the big impact    At about 15:30, Ursula talks about the beginnings of her writing and writing career, including a memorable writing contest that she placed well in at a young age    At about 20:55, Ursula responds to Pete's questions about genre and how Ursula sees her work in terms of flash fiction, short stories, poetry, etc.    At about 23:45, Ursula describes short stories, including from Denis Johnson, Roberto Bolaño, Jeffrey Eugenides, Sandra Cisneros, Donald Barthelme, Tobias Wolff, and Amy Bloom that inspired her   At about 26:00, Ursula   At about 27:00, Ursula speaks to the idea that her work, like that of many women, is more likely assumed to be autobiographical    At about 27:50, Ursula answers Pete's questions about the chronology of her book, and she describes how much of it was written in the library    At about 29:35, Pete cites the collection's first story in asking Ursula about ideas of truth in storytelling and imagination   At about 31:00, Ursula and Pete shout out past guest Oscar Hokeah's Calling for a Blanket Dance and an example of things being “true but unreal”   At about 32:35, Pete cites an example of a story having to do with self-discovery and personas, and Ursula expands upon these ideas   At about 33:55, The two reflect on the power of a story about mental health and Sophia Loren   At about 36:20, Ursula reflects on meanings for the book's title, and Pete cites a Cherry Valance example from The Outsiders in connection to ruminations on seemingly life-changing experiences   At about 39:30, Ursula reflects on the narrator's disappointment and despair after a nonchalant comment from a possible boyfriend    At about 41:50, Ursula describes the ways in which therapy is featured in the book and differing ways in which it can be delivered in the real world   At about 43:00, Ursula expands on items of “totems”   At about 45:00, Pete highlights an important quote about “the power of suggestion” and Ursula describes how real-life events and ideas of “delusion” inspired a story in her collection   At about 45:52-Ursula's cat makes an appearance!   At about 47:10, Ideas of trauma affecting adult experiences and relationships is discussed    At about 50:55, The two reflect on ideas of observers and how Ursula skillfully uses second and third-person   At about 52:25, Ursula shares exciting new projects   At about 54:50, Ursula gives out contact info and social media info and recommends Bookshop.org, Powell's, and McNally-Jackson as places to buy 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 this and 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.    Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    NEW MERCH! You can browse and buy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChillsatWillPodcast    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 208 with Sowmya Krishnamurthy, a music journalist and pop culture expert whose work can be found in publications like Rolling Stone, Billboard, XXL, and Time.  Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion comes out on October 10, which is the date the book will be published! Also, look out for a late October/early November print conversation with me and Sowmya that will be in Chicago Review of Books.     Again, this episode will air on October 10.

The Hoover Institution held a Book Talk with Timothy Garton Ash: Homelands: A Personal History of Europe on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 from 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM PT.  This in-person-only event featured Condoleezza Rice, Michael McFaul, and Tobias Wolff in conversation with Timothy Garton Ash about his new book Homelands: A Personal History of Europe.  In Homelands, Timothy Garton Ash gives a unique account of the history of Europe since 1945, in which the United States has been a vital actor. This is history illustrated by memoir and reportage. Drawing on his extensive personal notes from 50 years of events witnessed, places visited and history makers encountered (from Margaret Thatcher to Vladimir Putin), Garton Ash charts the rise and then faltering of the quest for a 'Europe whole and free'. In this panel discussion, he was in conversation with two US scholar-practitioners who have played a significant part in that history, one of America's finest writers and a leading Stanford political scientist.  Featuring Timothy Garton Ash, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and professor of European studies at Oxford University, is an internationally acclaimed contemporary historian. He is the author of ten previous books which have chronicled and analyzed the history of Europe over the last half-century. They include The Magic Lantern, his eyewitness account of the velvet revolutions of 1989, The File, his investigation of his own Stasi file, and In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent. Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.      Michael McFaul is the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution as well as a professor of political science, director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He also currently works as a news analyst for NBC.  His areas of expertise include international relations, Russian politics, comparative democratization, and American foreign policy. Tobias Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor, Emeritus for Stanford University's Department of English in the School of Humanities and Sciences. A short story writer, memoirist, and novelist, Wolff is most known for his works This Boy's Life and In Pharaoh's Army released in 1989 and 1994, respectively. Moderated By  Anna Grzymala-Busse is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor in the Department of Political Science, the director of the Europe Center, and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford. Her research focuses on religion and politics, authoritarian political parties and their successors, and the historical development of the state.

Memoirist and short story writer Tobias Wolff explores the process of writing both fiction and creative nonfiction in this talk from 2003.

Author Jonathan Papernick joins the show to celebrate his fantastic new short story collection, Gallery of the Disappeared Men, and new novel, I am my Beloveds (Story Plant). We talk about his writing life, the weirdness & joy of retracing the footsteps of his characters in Israel, his move into playwriting and how it contrasts with writing novels & stories, and how a failed novel sparked a very successful novella. We also get into his career teaching fiction writing, what he's learned from teaching, how his students have changed and how he learned to appreciate trigger warnings, and the Tobias Wolff story he uses in virtually all of his fiction-writing classes. Plus, we discuss Judaism, his multi-generation Canadian roots, why he likes living in Providence after leaving Boston, the very embarrassing time he met Margaret Atwood, and more! Follow Jonathan on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our Substack

Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as they discuss and reminisce over some of their favourite short stories (covering stories from writers like Angela Carter, Alice Walker and Tobias Wolff) while they try to figure out exactly what it is about short fiction they find so compelling.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestackedpod/ Amanda - https://www.instagram.com/amandaafuaa/ Ziporah - https://www.instagram.com/blackandbound/ Credits: AiAi Studios - https://www.instagram.com/aiai.studios/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Extrameilen gehen und seinen Antrieb finden… • Tobias Wolff ist der Geschäftsführer der Oper Leipzig. Schon in der Schule leitete er den Chor und organisierte Konzerte. Anschließend studierte er in England und ist heute der Chef eines 680-köpfigen Teams. Er erzählt über seinen beruflichen Aufstieg und wie man eine gute Führungskraft wird. • Warum Tobias für mehr Buhrufe in der Oper ist, was du als Führungskraft beachten solltest und warum Offenheit eine sehr große Rolle spielt, erfährst du in dieser WAGEN & WACHSEN Folge. •

Tobias Wolff talks about his story of one boy's quest to fit in, Old School. The Clubbers decide if it's an A* or a must try harder while pop star, Craig David asks What's Your Vibe? in his new book about the lessons he's learned from his career. Alex Clark dictates her recommended reading when it comes to novels about schooldays, and we get the latest on some other high flyers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

No, we are not reviewing the great Will Ferrell movie Old School. We are reviewing the novel Old School by Tobias Wolff which is our first pod of the new year with our new format. Listen along!

Memoirist and short story writer Tobias Wolff explores the process of writing both fiction and creative nonfiction in this talk from 2003.

This week it is David Sedaris part two - or David Sedaris redux. We loved our conversation with him and as we said last week, were we to limit the conversation to just one podcast, we'd have to cut out some of the good stuff. This week David talks about his empathy for those who come to hear him speak or who ask him to sign a book, his love for reading appearances, how he tries out new material on audiences, and how those audiences don't seem to remember any of what he read. Listen to the end for a funny anecdote. Our bookstore this week is Arundel Books in Seattle - the store David said was his favorite ‘indie' in the U-S. Books Mentioned in the Podcast: Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris Calypso by David Sedaris Barrel Fever by David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) by David Sedaris SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris Theft by Finding: Diaries (1997-2002) by David Sedaris Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris Naked by David Sedaris Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris The Best of Me by David Sedaris Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff The Collected Short Stories of Tobias Wolff by Tobias Wolff The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Pulp by Charles Bukowski Babel by R.F. Kuang Freshwater for Flowers by Valerie Perrin The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Episode 152 Notes and Links to Tommy Dean's Work       On Episode 152 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Tommy Dean, and the two discuss, among other topics, his reading trajectory which started with sports biographies and has branched out in many directions, his start writing in undergrad, his views of flash fiction vs. short shorts, the craft of writing flash fiction, Tommy's recurring themes and development as a writer, and inspiring works by Tobias Wolff and other titans of the trade.      Tommy Dean lives in Indiana with his wife and two children. He is the author of a flash fiction chapbook entitled Special Like the People on TV from Redbird Chapbooks. He is the Editor at Fractured Lit. He has been previously published in the BULL Magazine, The MacGuffin, The Lascaux Review, New World Writing, Pithead Chapel, and New Flash Fiction Review. His story “You've Stopped” was chosen by Dan Chaon to be included in Best Microfiction 2019. It will also be included in Best Small Fiction 2019. His interviews have been previously published in New Flash Fiction Review, The Rumpus, CRAFT Literary, and The Town Crier (The Puritan). Find him @TommyDeanWriter on Twitter.   Tommy Dean's Website   Buy Hollows    A.E. Weisberger Reviews Special Like the People on TV   “Past Lives” Story from Atlas and Alice Magazine-2020   “You've Stopped” from Pithead Chapel   2017 Mini-Interview with Megan Giddings   At about 7:30, Tommy discusses her early reading (a lot of sports and biographies and horror and “heavy genre”) and writing, with the writing mostly coming after undergrad    At about 10:00, the two discuss character as seen in these shared sports biographies   At about 11:30, Tommy describes his love for the library and its easy access to Sports Illustrated/SI for Kids   At about 12:30, Tommy and Pete discuss their shared loves for basketball and baseball, the former especially    At about 14:25, Tommy gives background on how he came to become interested in flash fiction/short shorts   At about 17:20, Tommy responds to Pete's questions about how he has honed his craft   At about 19:00, Tommy describes what it is about flash fiction that appeals to him   At about 19:50, Tommy differentiates between “flash fiction” and “short short”   At about 22:50, Tommy gives some of the formative texts, literary journals (like SmokeLong Quarterly and Vestal Review)  and writers that are classics of the flash fiction forms, like Stuart Dybek, Dan Chaon, Robin Black and “Pine,” and Elizabeth Tallent and her story, “No One's a Mystery”   At about 27:00, Pete recounts the connections between the podcast title and Tobias Wolff's “Bullet in the Brain”   At about 28:30, Tommy discusses the power of flash in its granularity   At about 29:30, The two discuss Hemingway and his “interludes” or works that could be classified as “flash”; they also discuss breaking convention   At about 34:20, Pete corrects himself on the pivotal line that inspired the podcast title   At about 35:10, Pete cites a powerful use of understatement from Elie Wiesel's Night   At about 36:30, Tommy talks about how teaching/editing inform his writing, and vice versa   At about 42:35, Pete quotes interviews with Tommy and Megan Giddings and talks about his “lifejackets” as character    At about 44:00, Pete references powerful opening lines from Tommy and asks about the connections between title and subject matter; Tommy talks about work that became awarded and his process   At about 45:35, Tommy talks about his philosophy of dialogue in flash fiction   At about 47:15, Tommy explains conscious choices in using quotation marks or not   At about 48:30, Pete and Tommy discuss the idea that dialogue to begin a story is fraught; Pete provides an example of a short he wrote that     At about 52:15, Pete highlights a stunning open line from “Past Lives”; Tommy gives real-life connections to the story before reading it   At about 55:45, Tommy describes an “in” for writers involving unique characters   At about 56:45, Tommy talks about his two chapbooks   At about 57:15, Pete reads a review from the first collection and talks about themes of childlessness and craft shared by Hemingway's “Hills Like White Elephants” and Tommy's early writing   At about 59:15, Tommy responds to Pete's questions about development as a writer between his first and most recent collections; he traces his development via “cuts” and themes used    At about 1:03:20, Pete shares a reader's review of Tommy's Hollows and Tommy discusses why he appreciates these particular sentiments   At about 1:05:25, Tommy reads “Baby Alone”   At about 1:14:30, Tommy gives out his social media and contact info, including Alternate Currents and ELJ Editions    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.     Sign up now for The Chills at Will Podcast Patreon: it can be found at patreon.com/chillsatwillpodcastpeterriehl     Check out the page that describes the benefits of a Patreon membership, including cool swag and bonus episodes. Thanks in advance for supporting my one-man show, my DIY podcast and my extensive reading, research, editing, and promoting to keep this independent podcast pumping out high-quality content!    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 153 with Luivette Resto, a mother, teacher, poet, and Wonder Woman fanatic born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, and proudly raised in the Bronx. A CantoMundo and Macondo Fellow, and Pushcart Prize nominee, she is on the Board of Directors for Women Who Submit.      The episode will air on November 22.

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Seit dem 1. August 2022 ist Tobias Wolff Intendant der Oper Leipzig. Die Spielzeiteröffnung steht im Zeichen des Themas Nachhaltigkeit. Mehr zu anstehenden Herausforderungen verrät er im Gespräch mit Ellen Schweda.

Episode 134 Notes and Links to Kirstin Chen's Work        On Episode 134 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Kirstin Chen, and the two discuss, among other topics, her childhood in Singapore and adolescent move to The United States, her relationship with reading and writing, especially in terms of “pleasure reading,” her research and process in writing two different but successful books before her current Counterfeit, the book's success and celebrating that success, her skill with point-of-view, and salient themes in the book and their connections to her life and society.     K I R S T I N   C H E N is the New York Times best-selling author of three novels. Her latest, Counterfeit, out now from William Morrow/HarperCollins (US) and The Borough Press (UK), is the June '22 Reese's Book Club pick. Television rights have been optioned by Sony Pictures.  Born and raised in Singapore, she lives in San Francisco. She teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco and in Ashland University's Low-Residency MFA Program. Kirstin Chen's Website   Buy Kristin's Book Counterfeit   The New York Times Review of Counterfeit: "Real or Fake? In This Novel, It's Not Just a Question of Handbags."     At about 1:30-Pete and Kirstin shout out The University of San Francisco and the great Christian Kiefer and talk about their connections   At about 2:30, Kirstin describes the experiences that have come with her book being picked as June's Reese's Book Club Pick, as well as her perspective during this heady time   At about 5:20, Kirstin discusses her background, growing up in Singapore, her relationship with language and literature, her interest in accents   At about 7:35, Kirstin talks about Singapore's connections to the West   At about 8:55, Kirstin gives background on inspiration for some of the characteristics of Winnie from Counterfeit   At about 10:30, Pete wonders about Kirstin's reading tastes as an adolescent and she further explains the connection between the disparate emphases in her various schools   At about 14:45, Kirstin talks about ideas of “representation” and exposure to local writing when she was a kid, as well as changing modes in 2022   At about 16:10, Kirstin details those texts and writers who thrilled her as a college student, including Mary Gaitskill, Carver, and Mona Simpson's “Lawns”    At about 18:05, Kirstin describes the process of going from loving reading and writing to writing professionally and shares a cool Tobias Wolff story   At about 22:00, Kirstin talks about her love of fashion and how her early job at Banana Republic led to experiences that have made it into her writing; she also cites her own individual embrace of the MFA   At about 24:00, Kirstin discusses her early experiences with publishing Soy Sauce for Beginners   At about 26:15-28:35, Kirstin gives background on her second novel, Bury What We Cannot Take, especially homing in on the extensive research done for it At about 28:50, Kirstin details her writing/rewriting process for Counterfeit during Covid and its placement post-2016 election   At about 31:20-33:10, Kirstin details the seeds for Counterfeit and how an offhand joke grew into a book   At about 33:20, Pete and Kirstin discuss the successful ways in which she plays with POV, a conscious choice to eliminate some quotation marks for purposes of framing narration in certain ways    At about 36:30, Pete compliments the book as “off-kilter,” and discusses the book's two parts   At about 37:40, Kirstin breaks down the dynamics between Winnie and Ava and how their immigrant status as Asian-Americans informs their interactions   At about 39:20, Pete and Kirstin discuss Ava's family and a well-drawn and hilarious scene involving preschool “tryouts”   At about 42:40, Pete and Kirstin trace the ways in which the two women come together and where they are emotionally at the time   At about 44:00, The plot is discussed, with special attention to the scam that dominates the book and was based very closely on a true story   At about 47:00, Kirstin explains how Ava's predicaments in the book are related to themes of “saving face”   At about 50:00, Kirstin and Pete discuss expectations that are sometimes put upon immigrants or the children of immigrants   At about 51:15, The two discuss Hasan Minhaj's special, Homecoming King, and an unforgettable anecdote he tells from Sept 12, 2001   At about 52:10, Kirstin compares the Minhaj special and salient themes with ideas of the “model minority myth” as presented in Counterfeit    At about 54:00, The shift in empathetic figures is discussed   At about 54:45, Pete wonders about what the title means to Kirstin in the context of the book   At about 56:40, The ideas of hyperbole as expressing truths is brought up in context of the book's plotline   At about 57:45, Kirstin talks about shifting ideas of “cheating” with income inequality and ideas of  “rigged” society   At about 58:50, Ideas of ethical production are discussed, as Pete references a memorable scene involving clothing production in Gomorrah, and Kirstin discusses the subtleties of production that are often generalized    At about 1:02:10, Themes revolving around women's agency are discussed    At about 1:04:55, Kirstin connects the “model minority” myth to Covid happenings that inspired some parts of the book   At about 1:05:45, Pete trumpets the book's many strong points   At about 1:06:40, Kirstin outlines future projects, including her role with the screen adaptation of her book   At about 1:08:25, Kirstin shouts out The Booksmith as one place to buy her signed 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 135 with Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and Tony-nominated producer. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, his best-selling memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, was published by HarperCollins in 2018. His second book, White Is Not a Country, will be published by Knopf in 2023.     The episode will air on July 26. 

We spend our life negotiating. At work, at home, with kids and with friends. Rich Cohen stories of his father Herbie, is the story of making all of this work for you, and what it looked like up close and personal.     As Rich tells his story, it's not Geoffrey or Tobias Wolff seeing their father's story through the lens of deception, but through a celebration of the power of imagination. Rich Cohen is the New York Times-bestselling author of Tough Jews, Monsters, Sweet and Low, The Sun & the Moon & the Rolling Stones, The Chicago Cubs, and The Last Pirate of New York.  His latest is The Adventures of Herbie Cohen. My conversation with Rich Cohen:

The so-called “Don't Say Gay” law down in Florida has generated a lot of headlines. So what does it actually say, and how will it affect children, teachers, and school districts? It's an important question, and a lot of the analysis has been twisted by one political narrative or another. We wanted to dig into what the law actually says and the ripple effects it can and is already having in education, so we asked Tobias Wolff, the Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School to come on the podcast and explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A train is whizzing across the plains of New England, carrying with it two young boys full of hopes and dreams – one with a green alpine hat carelessly tossed over his head, large suitcases clumsily blocking the train car doors, while the other haughtily looks upon the scene. They are heading to a private boarding school named Choate where their loyalties and allegiances will be tested. In this episode, we are talking about “Smokers” by Tobias Wolff and debunking the myths of upward mobility.Read Smokers (free): here  Follow the show on:TwitterFacebookEmail - leftshelfpodcast@gmail.com Website InstagramYoutube Become a monthly contributor on Patreon: www.patreon.com/leftshelf.Support the show (https://patreon.com/leftshelf)

Writer Tobias Wolff speaks about a dark book that remains loving, Harry Crews 1978 classic “A Childhood: The Biography of a Place.” Wolff wrote the foreword to its Penguin Classics re-release, which joins a number of Crews' works in the series. 

Learn more about Benjamin here and follow him on Instagram. Benjamin referenced: Tobias Wolff, Bill Evans, Richard Diebenkorn's Notes to Myself, Siri Hustvedt on Giorgio Morandi, Teju Cole on art and hope, WJT Mitchell (particularly his book What Do Pictures Want?), and that moment Miles Davis bends a note in It Never Entered My Mind. He also discussed Raymond Carver and read his poem This Morning. Giorgio Morandi's Bottles features Marty Kondziolka on drums and was produced and mastered by Brian Trahan. That's me on keys Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.Special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering. Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License. Be kind and stay healthy. Thanks for listening to Studs. Love y'all.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

When our imaginations speculate about the afterlife that most of us believe in, they are probably less effective (as Sir Thomas Browne pointed out) than two infants still in the womb trying to describe our far more mundane adult human reality. But as Catherine Wolff demonstrates in Beyond, that does not stop us from trying. Over and over again. Autobiographical storytelling is a similar act of our imaginations' desire to understand reality by editing it vigorously. Join us to discuss how we think about the beyond with Catherine Wolff, and with her husband Tobias Wolff, a master of that autobiographical art. We will delve into the overlapping boundaries of our imaginations, our creativity, our dreams, and what comes next. If anything. MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond NOTES MLF: Humanities This program is part of The Commonwealth Club's Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. SPEAKERS Catherine Wolff Former Director, the Arrupe Center for Community-Based Learning, Santa Clara University; Author, Beyond: How Humankind Thinks About Heaven Tobias Wolff Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor, Emeritus, Department of English, Stanford University; Author, This Boy's Life and In Pharoah's Army In Conversation with George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on February 15th, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When our imaginations speculate about the afterlife that most of us believe in, they are probably less effective (as Sir Thomas Browne pointed out) than two infants still in the womb trying to describe our far more mundane adult human reality. But as Catherine Wolff demonstrates in Beyond, that does not stop us from trying. Over and over again. Autobiographical storytelling is a similar act of our imaginations' desire to understand reality by editing it vigorously. Join us to discuss how we think about the beyond with Catherine Wolff, and with her husband Tobias Wolff, a master of that autobiographical art. We will delve into the overlapping boundaries of our imaginations, our creativity, our dreams, and what comes next. If anything. MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond NOTES MLF: Humanities This program is part of The Commonwealth Club's Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. SPEAKERS Catherine Wolff Former Director, the Arrupe Center for Community-Based Learning, Santa Clara University; Author, Beyond: How Humankind Thinks About Heaven Tobias Wolff Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor, Emeritus, Department of English, Stanford University; Author, This Boy's Life and In Pharoah's Army In Conversation with George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on February 15th, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas "Buddy" Bardenwerper served for five years as a US Coast Guard officer in Maine, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. He sailed the waters from Canada to Colombia enforcing commercial fisheries laws, interdicting cocaine smugglers, and repatriating migrants. He participated in the Hurricane María response and played a crucial role in helping rescue 511 people from the burning Motor Vessel CARIBBEAN FANTASY.Then, in 2017, his life changed.Buddy was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and his days in the Coast Guard became numbered. No longer permitted to set sail with his San Juan, Puerto Rico-based cutter, Buddy found himself confined to a cubicle as he waited for his medical retirement papers to clear. Wanting to finish this chapter of his life on his own terms and brimming with stories to tell from his maritime experiences, Buddy began to write. Shortly thereafter, Mona Passage: A Novel was born. In 2019,  Syracuse University Press hosted its inaugural Veterans Writing Award, and novelist Tobias Wolff selected Mona Passage for publication.Thanks to the GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program, Buddy is in his last year of a joint law and public policy degree at Harvard. When he graduates this spring, Buddy will be moving with his wife and daughter to Miami where he will serve as a judicial law clerk. 

As we begin the new year, we turn to writer George Saunders. He first joined us upon the release of his latest book, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. He's recently launched a new newsletter called "Story Club", available on Substack.  This week we're revisiting our talk with Saunders, discussing the power of Chekhov and Tobias Wolff (8:52), regarding literature as a “fondness for life” (12:30), his summer with Steinbeck (15:00), deconstructing the (male) mythology of Hemingway (26:45), and how starting a young family changed his course (35:00). On the back-half, we talk craft and process (39:00), his conversations with the late David Foster Wallace (42:15), and his aim to entertain any kind of reader (44:39). To close: George reads an excerpt from his New Yorker short story, “Love Letter” (49:02). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Beyond the Page, John Burnham Schwartz speaks with author TOBIAS WOLFF, renowned for his classic memoirs and short stories, for an intimate, wide-ranging conversation about life, literature, craft, and the never- ending mysteries and revelations that come from spending one's time inhabiting the minds of others. Tobias Wolff was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and grew up in Washington State. He attended Oxford University and Stanford University, where he now teaches English and creative writing. He has received the Story Prize, both the Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Sutton is the screenwriter and director behind five critically acclaimed films, including Funny Face, Donnybrook, Dark Night, Memphis, and Pavilion. His most recent film, The Last Son, which premiered on December 10, stars Sam Worthington, Heather Graham, and Machine Gun Kelly. What you will learn: How the screenplay for The Last Son came to him during the pandemic, and how themes in the film reflect the state of the world during such an unprecedented time. [0:00-7:52] How Tim juxtaposed natural, beautiful light in The Last Son with the dark themes of fearing the unknown and existentialism. Tim also reflects on his views on the power of minimalism in film and in storytelling in general. [7:52-15:56] What Tim is working on next, including an adaptation of a Tobias Wolff novel, The Chain, why he never thought he would make a western, and how he approached gun safety on set. [15:56-21:12] What it was like working with Machine Gun Kelly, Sam Worthington, Heather Graham, and Thomas Jane on The Last Son. [21:12-30:09] Tim reveals his screenwriting process and the logistics of writing lingering scenes with no dialogue in a script, while still keeping producers and potential investors invested in the story. [30:09-35:36] Tim's experience with obtaining financing for indie films and the importance of finding your audience. What Tim has planned for 2022. [35:36-43:52] Resources: Tim Sutton's: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn 

Episode 85 Notes and Links to Brett Marie's Work           On Episode 85 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Brett Marie, and the two talk like old friends about inspiring and chill-inducing literature and music, Brett's journey to music and writing greatness, and his compelling and beautiful novel released in 2021, The Upsetter Blog.        The literary alter ego of American rock 'n' roll musician Mat Treiber, Brett Marie is a contributing editor for the online literary journal Bookanista, and a staff writer for the website PopMatters. His short fiction and other writing has appeared in various magazines, including New Plains Review, Words + Images Press, and The Impressment Gang, and PopMatters. His story “If It Had Happened to You” was shortlisted for LoveReading UK's first Very Short Story Award in 2019. He currently lives in England with his wife and daughter.   Buy The Upsetter Blog at Owl Canyon Press   Buy The Upsetter Blog at Bookshop.org   His shortlisted very short story “If It Had Happened to You”  His first Bookanista short story, “Sex Education” His first Bookanista essay (which touched heavily on TUB), 'Shouting at a River' His review of Broken River, by his writing hero J. Robert Lennon His review of Jenn Ashworth's Ghosted, the ending of which he mentioned rereading over and over An essay he wrote for PopMatters when Francoise Hardy's memoir came out in English  A Bookanista essay about the creation of TUB The Intro to TUB, excerpted in Bookanista His website     At about 2:00, Bret talks about his feelings and impressions now that his book The Upsetter Blog has been out for a month, including some positive and interesting feedback that he has received   At about 5:45, Brett talks about his international background and his relationship with language as a kid, including precocious reading and his movie from fantasy and sci-fi to literary fiction   At about 7:30, Brett talks about discovering AC/DC and developing his music life and exploring the great music that came before him as he became a guitarist in a successful band   At about 9:20, Brett talks about the books and writers that he read in more recent years as he (re)discovered literary fiction, including more modern works like J. Robert Lennon's Mailman   At about 12:25, Pete points out an “Easter Egg” inspired by Brett's favorite literature that he added to his novel   At about 13:00, Pete asks Brett about how music has informed his writing and vice versa and Brett talks about his work in writing lyrics for The Durangos and The Scramblers and other bands   At about 15:35, Pete and Brett discuss some of their reading histories with David Foster Wallace-Pete recommends “A Supposedly Fun    At about 17:20, Pete asks Brett about the concurrent music and writing careers, and his creation alongside his talented wife   At about 19:25, Brett talks about the formation and seeds of his book, The Upsetter Blog    At about 21:45, Brett describes his roles and responsibilities with, and love for, Bookanista, as well as how he became involved with the favorite of his   At about 24:40, Pete wonders when Brett knew that his writing resonated with others and could do the work for a living   At about 27:00, Brett describes the writing techniques he used in writing his award-winning short story, “If It Happened to You” and how he attempted to stretch his skills   At about 29:45, Pete and Brett begin to discuss the specifics of The Upsetter Blog, and Brett describes the “cinematic” experience he hoped to convey, with the classic idea of the performer starting off in front of a crowd before flashbacks kick in   At about 31:25, Pete compliments Brett on the interesting setting for the book, and Brett describes why the book unfolds in 2003 and in various places   At about 35:20, Pete and Brett muse about the theme of the vagaries of fate that is salient throughout the book     At about 37:45, Pete and Brett lay out some of the basics of the book, including descriptions of the characters; Brett describes the functions and backgrounds of the characters   At about 43:00, Pete and Brett discuss the book's allusions and their connections to the plot and themes   At about 44:00, Brett gives background on the incredible and sad stories of Gram Parsons' life   At about 45:45, Brett sketches the characters of Henry, the protagonist and narrator, and Patrick, Henry's son, whose self-given nickname is “The Fan”   At about 49:30, Brett explains how Marty from the book functions as an important character and is a composite of people who Brett knew in his LA days, and how Marty is representative of the time-the early 2000s   At about 52:45, Brett and Pete discuss the romantic relationship between Jack and Wendy that propels much of the storyline   At about 54:20, Pete asks Brett about what connects the protagonist Henry to Wendy, and Brett links Henry's past to his motivations   At about 56:25, Pete and Brett discuss fate and faith as seen in the book   At about 59:45, Pete points out some interest timing from the book, and Brett explains the real-life inspiration for an ill-fated show in the book   At about 1:02:00, Brett and Pete outline an important interlude in the book for the reader and for Henry   At about 1:03:00, Brett and Pete talk about the beginning of the second part of the tour, with an instructive flashback for Henry and Jack's continuing spiral    At about 1:06:00, Pete compliments the ending and beautiful coda that is a retrospective and cathartic and asks Brett about how he arrived at the end result, including the book in iterations as much longer and shorter   At about 1:10:00, Brett and Pete talk about the emotional, visceral, heartbreaking work that they seek out, including Truman Capote's “A Christmas Memory,” The Rolling Stones “I Got the Blues,” “Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolff, Ghosted by Jen Ashworth, which Brett is reviewing for Bookanista    At about 1:13:05, Brett reads an excerpt from The Upsetter Blog-a scene with the narrator and Caleb driving and discussing music and faith and life   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 the next episode, a conversation with Mark Athitakis, a writer, editor, critic, blogger, reporter, and essayist who has written short and long pieces for publications like The New York Times and Washington Post, published two books, and provided editorial assistance from basic proofreading to deeper guidance on book-length projects. The episode will air on October 19.

Show Notes and Links to Tod Goldberg's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode 59         On Episode 59, Pete talks with Tod Goldberg about his influences, his literary family, and his incredible run of commercially-successful and critically-acclaimed crime fiction. The two discuss all kinds of fun topics, from the singular settings that are part of his writing-The Salton Sea, Palm Springs, among others-Tod's research for such compelling and sometimes-despicable characters, crime fiction as a genre, and themes fleshed out in Tod's work. Much of the conversation revolves around Tod's most-recent publication, the stellar short story collection, The Low Desert. Also, Pete toes the line between just-the-right-number and too many Godfather/Mario Puzo references. TOD GOLDBERG is the author of more than a dozen books, including Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; The House of Secrets, which he coauthored with Brad Meltzer; and the crime-tinged novels Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Fake Liar Cheat, plus five novels in the popular Burn Notice series. He is also the author of the story collection Simplify, a 2006 finalist for the SCIBA Award for Fiction and winner of the Other Voices Short Story Collection Prize, and Other Resort Cities. His essays, journalism, and criticism have appeared in many publications, including the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, Las Vegas Weekly, and Best American Essays, among many others, and have won five Nevada Press Association Awards. He lives in Indio, California, where he directs the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside.   Buy The Low Desert by Tod Goldberg   Buy any of Tod Goldberg's Work Here!   Los Angeles Times Book Review of The Low Desert   Starred Review of The Low Desert from Publishers Weekly   Tod Goldberg's Burn Notice Book Series At about 4:35, Tod talks about the differences in publishing a book during the pandemic, as well as the future of the traditional book tour    At about 6:25, Tod talks about his childhood relationship with the written word and his family business of writing   At about 9:25, Tod talks about writing that has given him “chills at will”-The Maltese Falcon, “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich, and “The Concord Hymn” by Ralph Emerson are mentioned (Tod recites the Emerson at 9:15-impressive!)   At about 12:35, Tod talks about how his childhood dyslexia affected his learning style and the effects of the time period on his later life, including the ways in which he still sees the connection between sound and rhythm    At about 15:20, Tod talks about how he saw writing as a path forward in his formative years, including Ms. Kaine, his teacher, giving him great encouragement and alternative assignments that helped him to improve his skills   At about 19:30, Tod talks about his early novels and the success that came particularly with his second novel, Living Dead Girl   At about 21:15, Pete talks about Mario Puzo's balancing act between commerce and art and the assumption by many that he had to have had a background in Mafia life to have written about it so expertly; Tod then discusses his research into/relationship with the often scary and immoral/amoral characters of his books, including the formative experience of watching a horrific boxing match that ended in a death and the sordid history of Palm Springs   At about 25:40, Tod meditates on whether or not being labeled a “crime writer” is appropriate/desired for him, and uses Dennis Lehane's history as a crime novelist as a an example of the genre's freedom   At about 26:40, Tod shouts out the incredible book by Steph Cha, Your House Will Pay, and its connection to genre   At about 29:40, Tod and Pete discuss the way in which Tod “populates a universe” with repeat characters in his various books   At about 31:00, Tod discusses the importance of the place in his work, including The Salton Sea and its interesting history    At about 36:25, Tod and Pete talk about themes of identity and new beginnings/redemption, particularly through the character of Morris, Blake Webster (“Goon Number #4”-written in response to an entreaty by the great Lawrence Block), and Jacob Soboroff   At about 42:20, Tod explains how the story “The Spare” serves as a pivot point for the Cupertine saga   At about 44:40, Pete and Tod talk about the ironically beautiful last scene of “The Spare,” and its similarities to podcast godfather Tobias Wolff's “Bullet in the Brain” and how the author creates feelings of empathy for characters you wouldn't normally feel for   At about 46:15, Tod discusses the pivotal and memorable character of Tanya in Low Desert and the ordinariness of evil, as seen in his short story collection and in the contemporary world   At about 50:25, Tod discusses themes of faith and fate in his writing and what/who    At about 55:20, Tod and Pete discuss themes of death and morality and “the world passing us by”   At about 59:55, Tod introduces and reads the story “Palm Springs”-page 73 of The Low Desert   At about 1:04:40, Tod talks about future projects, including Gangsterland, the tv version,   At about 1:05:35, Tod talks about his April 2021 appearance at The LA Times Book Festival-video can be found here   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 Spotify, Stitcher,  and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can find this episode and other episodes on “The Chills at Will Podcast” YouTube Channel. 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.

George Saunders (“Tenth of December”, “Lincoln in the Bardo”) is one of the finest American writers working today. With the release of his new book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain“, we talk about combating cynicism (5:00), the power of Chekhov and Tobias Wolff (8:52), regarding literature as a fondness for life (12:30), a summer of Steinbeck (15:00), deconstructing the (male) mythology of Hemingway (26:45), and how starting a young family changed his life (35:00). On the back-half, we talk craft and process (39:00), his conversations with the late David Foster Wallace (42:15), and his aim to entertain any kind of reader (44:39). To close: he shares an excerpt from his short story, “Love Letter” (49:02), and the need to live urgently (53:43).   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Show Notes and Links to Jess Walter's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode   On Episode 35, Pete talks with Jess Walter about his incredible fiction, his nonfiction roots, basketball, writing genres, chill-inducing lines, Jess' masterpieces Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions, and much more.    Jess Walter is the author of nine books, most recently the national bestseller The Cold Millions and #1 New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Ruins; The Zero, finalist for the National Book Award; and Citizen Vince, winner of the Edgar Award. His short story collection, We Live in Water, was selected by Barack Obama as one of his favorite reads of 2019. His work has been published in 32 languages and his short fiction has appeared three times in Best American Short Stories. Article on Background of Beautiful Ruins Jess Walter's Personal Website Jess Writes about His “Esquire Magazine” Credentials and Interviewing Kurt Vonnegut  Article about POTUS Barack Obama listing We Live in Water as one of his favorite reads of 2019 Buy Beautiful Ruins Here Buy The Cold Millions Here      Jess Walter describes the thrill of his short-story collection We Live in Water being listed by former POTUS Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2019-at around 3:10   Jess describes his place among the greatest basketball players of all-time (and among writers-”for a writer, [he's] decent-at around 5:15   So cool! Jess describes playing on a basketball team with great writers Sherman Alexie, Shann Ray, Natalie Diaz, called “The Spokane Dirty Realists”-at around 6:15   Jess talks Gonzaga hoops (Go Zags!)-at around 7:10   Jess describes the cool 1-on-1 game that he has played throughout much of the pandemic with his brother-at around 7:55   Jess and Pete talk about the pandemic's impact on aging basketball players-at around 9:40   Jess talks about wanting to play basketball into his 60s and 70s, maybe playing against Slick Watts or some great Seattle legends; Pete references upcoming guest Jon Finkel's excellent book, Hoops Heist, about the insular and special basketball community that is Seattle-at around 10:45   Jess describes the importance of growing up in Spokane in a blue-collar family and literary influences-at around 12:05   Jess discusses the childhood injury that led to his “falling in love with books” and later getting into science-fiction and loving the inventiveness and play of Kurt Vonnegut-at around 12:45   Jess discusses some formative writers in his own journey to becoming a writer-”1970s cinematic realism” like Dog Day Afternoon, Raymond Carver, Hemingway, and in discovering that he loved nonfiction and journalism, Joan Didion-at around 14:00   Jess talks about “stalking” writers as a fan, writing letters and bugging them, and -at around 14:50    Jess talks about getting press credentials to set up a one-on-one meeting with Kurt Vonnegut at Gonzaga University in the mid-80s, memorialized in this article-at around 15:30   Pete and Jess discuss the similarity between Jess' fandom of Kurt Vonnegut, and scenes from Tobias Wolff's Old School in which poet Robert Frost is a visitor to a prep school; this leads to a broader discussion about writers and celebrity-at around 17:40   Pete and Jess discuss “Bullet in the Brain,” Tobias Wolff's epic short story that has inspired the podcast and its title-at around 21:45   Jess, off the top of his head (!), reads the opening line of One Hundred Years of Solitude and talks about its significance as a “chill-inducing line” for him-at around 23:45   Jess talks about trusting himself as a reader to give himself the inspiration for writing, pointing to truisms from his short story “Wheelbarrow Kings”-at around 25:50   Jess talks about his early writing: journalism and his first book, based on Ruby Ridge-The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family-at around 28:00   Pete and Jess talk about the common link of many great writers, such as Jeff Pearlman, guest on Episode 33, and their formative years in crime reporting-at around 29:15   Jess talks about Beautiful Ruins and his distaste for classifying literature, particularly “historical fiction”-at around 31:20   Jess reads and discusses the importance of his epigraph for Beautiful Ruins-at around 33:00   Jess talks about the importance of the title of Beautiful Ruins, discovered in a thrilling fashion many years after he'd started the book, and how it informs a throughline of the novel-at around 34:25   Jess talks about and reads from The Cold Millions and reflects on its title's importance-at around 35:40   Jess and Pete talk about the masterful ways in which Jess uses flashback/flashforward/juxtaposition in his last two novels to craft incredible storylines; this leads to a shared appreciation of the last scene of The Godfather Part II, discussed on Episode 25-at around 37:40   Jess discusses the non-linear construction of The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins-at around 40:00   Jess talks about the line between fiction and history in his writing of The Cold Millions-at around 42:00   Pete talks about the power of the ending-due to its structure-of The Cold Millions-at around 43:45   Jess talks about the parallelism of War and Peace and The Cold Millions and its ending-at around 45:00   Jess reads from the ending of Beautiful Ruins-CHILLS!-at around 44:40 (POSSIBLE PLOT SPOILER-if you don't want to know the last part of the book, skip this part: 48:10 to 49:15

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

Show Notes and Links to Christian Kiefer's Work On Episode 28, Part II, 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 Phantoms in greater detail, including the characters' motivations and origins, the book's impeccable ending, the "community of writers"/being a mentor and being mentored, what Christian is reading and writing these days, and much more. The listeners are also gifted by hearing Christian read from the ending of Phantoms.    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 discusses the research and background on the Vietnam War needed to make John Frazier, the narrator of Phantoms, and his experience ring true -at beginning of episode   Christian discusses the generosity and kindness of The OG/Il Padrino of The Chills at Will Podcast, Tobias Wolff-at about 1:20 (and Pete tries to play it cool when Christian says that Pete should have Tobias Wolff as a guest on the podcast)   Pete and Christian discuss Ray Takahashi from Phantoms, and the ironically beautiful writing about war in the novel-at around 3:15   Slight plot spoilers (but not really) about Homer Wilson and others from Phantoms-from around 4:15 to about 7:40   Christian discusses how an innocuous choice about enchiladas speaks to a larger point about full-bodied characters-at around 7:40   Pete asks Christian about the balancing of art and commerce-at around 11:15   Shouts out Katie Adams, his wonderful editor, for cutting some 30K words considered to be “extraneous”-at around 13:30   Pete and Christian talk about the “community of writers” and how he is simply a fan of so many writers who are part of this “Golden Age of Writing,” including Lauren Groff, C. Pam Zhang, Garth Greenwell, Michelle de Kretser, Leslie Jamison, and Michael Ondaaatje-at around 14:45   Christian talks about being mentored and being a mentor-at around 17:40   Christian reads from Phantoms-at around 19:40   Christian discusses his thought process regarding the book's ending and the interesting idea of  writers as being “in the business of breaking hearts”-at around 22:25   Christian discusses epiphanies and ignorance displayed by John Frazier, narrator of Phantoms, and quotes Viet Thanh Nguyen in describing how John Frazier “fails up” as a white man-at around 24:15   Christian talks about teaching writing/literature-at around 26:55   Chrsitian shouts out American River College and its diversity and wonderful staff and student body-at around 30:15   Christian talks about what he's reading and writing these days, including work by Timothy Morton and Michelle de Kretser, Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes, and a manuscript by Reyna Grande, who has written an interesting book about the Irish in Mexico-at around 33:05   Pete talks about his connection to excellent writer and generous spirit, Reyna Grande, who often visited Pete's SoCal high school to speak to his students after they read her page-turner, Across a Hundred Mountains-at around 34:10   Christian talks about the four novels he is currently editing/shopping around-at around 35:10

"The Homeless" is the third and final part of E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." As it opens, we find Kuno threatened with Homelessness for his transgressions against The Machine.  Written in 1909, this story is a dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives underground, is controlled by "The Machine," and communicates with each other over vast distances through glowing blue plates. WORD for WORDcast is Word for Word Theater Company's new podcast. We specialize in bringing works of literature to the stage, using every word of a text in a dynamic, evocative style that preserves the original beauty of the prose or poetry. This will be an ongoing series, with upcoming stories planned by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Helen Oyeyemi, and George Saunders (rights pending). Stay tuned for an announcement about our next story.To maximize your experience, we recommend listening with headphones or good stereo speakers.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please consider a donation at zspace.org/pod. We are committed to paying the creative staff a profession rate for their work.Credits:Directed by Gendell Hing-HernándezCast:Carla Gallardo - The Attendant/EnsembleSusan Harloe* - VashtiDavid Everett Moore* - KunoBrian Rivera* ** - The Speaker/EnsembleRyan Tasker* - The Machine/EnsembleSound Design and Original Music by David R. MolinaSound Engineer - Joe MooreProduction Manager - Colm McNallyStage Manager - Tyler Miller Dramaturgy - Delia MacDougallMarketing and Distribution - Andrew BurmesterPodcast volunteer - Carly Dreame Brethe*AEA **SAG/AFTRA

In "The Mending Apparatus," part 2 of E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" we find Vashti shocked by her son Kuno as they grapple with their conflicting views of The Machine.  Written in 1909, this story is a dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives underground, is controlled by "The Machine," and communicates with each other over vast distances through glowing blue plates. WORD for WORDcast is Word for Word Theater Company's new podcast. We specialize in bringing works of literature to the stage, using every word of a text in a dynamic, evocative style that preserves the original beauty of the prose or poetry. This will be an ongoing series, with upcoming stories planned by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Helen Oyeyemi, and George Saunders (rights pending).To maximize your experience, we recommend listening with headphones or good stereo speakers. Be sure to subscribe or tune in for part three, "The Homeless," released on  10/1/20.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please consider a donation at zspace.org/pod. We are committed to paying the creative staff a profession rate for their work.Credits:Directed by Gendell Hing-HernándezCastCarla Gallardo - The Attendant/EnsembleSusan Harloe* - VashtiDavid Everett Moore* - KunoBrian Rivera* ** - The Speaker/EnsembleRyan Tasker* - The Machine/EnsembleSound Design and Original Music by David R. MolinaSound Engineer - Joe MooreProduction Manager - Colm McNallyStage Manager - Tyler Miller Dramaturgy - Delia MacDougallMarketing and Distribution - Andrew BurmesterPodcast volunteer - Carly Dreame Brethe*AEA **SAG/AFTRA

We are thrilled to premier the WORD for WORDcast, a podcast from the Word for Word theater company. We specialize in bringing works of literature to the stage, using every word of a text in a dynamic, evocative style that preserves the original beauty of the prose or poetry. This podcast will be an ongoing series, with upcoming stories planned by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Helen Oyeyemi, and George Saunders (rights pending).Our featured story is "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives underground, is controlled by "The Machine," and communicates with each other over vast distances through glowing blue plates. To maximize your experience, we recommend listening with headphones or good stereo speakers. Be sure to subscribe or tune in for parts two and three, "The Mending Apparatus" (released 9/24) and "The Homeless" (released 10/1).If you've enjoyed this podcast, please consider a donation at zspace.org/pod. We are committed to paying the creative staff a profession rate for their work.Credits:Directed by Gendell Hing-HernándezCastCarla Gallardo - The Attendant/EnsembleSusan Harloe* - VashtiDavid Everett Moore* - KunoBrian Rivera* ** - The Speaker/EnsembleRyan Tasker* - The Machine/EnsembleSound Design and Original Music by David R. MolinaSound Engineer - Joe MooreProduction Manager - Colm McNallyStage Manager - Tyler Miller Dramaturgy - Delia MacDougallMarketing and Distribution - Andrew BurmesterPodcast volunteer - Carly Dreame Brethe*AEA **SAG/AFTRA

Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff joins Case in Point to discuss the history of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, SCOTUS' ruling on protecting the LGBTQ community from workplace discrimination and he reflects on how far the fight for equality has come.

Tobias Wolff grew up in Washington State. He taught English and creative writing at Stanford. He has received the Story Prize, both the Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story, Los Angeles Times Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Medal of the Arts from President Obama in 2015. He is the author of the memoir This Boy's Life. His novels and short story collections include Old School, The Barracks Thief, In Pharaoh's Army, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Back in the World, and The Night in Question.
· www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/33605/tobias-wolff
· www.creativeprocess.info

Tobias Wolff grew up in Washington State. He taught English and creative writing at Stanford. He has received the Story Prize, both the Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story, Los Angeles Times Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Medal of the Arts from President Obama in 2015. He is the author of the memoir This Boy's Life. His novels and short story collections include Old School, The Barracks Thief, In Pharaoh's Army, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Back in the World, and The Night in Question.
· www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/33605/tobias-wolff
· www.creativeprocess.info

Tobias Wolff grew up in Washington State. He taught English and creative writing at Stanford. He has received the Story Prize, both the Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story, Los Angeles Times Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Medal of the Arts from President Obama in 2015. He is the author of the memoir This Boy's Life. His novels and short story collections include Old School, The Barracks Thief, In Pharaoh's Army, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Back in the World, and The Night in Question.
· www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/33605/tobias-wolff
· www.creativeprocess.info

Tobias Wolff grew up in Washington State. He taught English and creative writing at Stanford. He has received the Story Prize, both the Rea Award and PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story, Los Angeles Times Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Medal of the Arts from President Obama in 2015. He is the author of the memoir This Boy's Life. His novels and short story collections include Old School, The Barracks Thief, In Pharaoh's Army, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Back in the World, and The Night in Question.
· www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/33605/tobias-wolff
· www.creativeprocess.info

Justin St. Germain, author of the memoir Son of a Gun, joins us to answer questions from listeners, plus a special Book Fight lightning round. Topics include: college admissions essays, reading for literary journals, scorpions vs spiders, whipahol, and Tobias Wolff's mustache.

Comedy producer Jon Plowman, publisher Tim Coates and presenter Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books. "Dear Miss Landau" by James Christie is the story of one man's quest to meet a television starlet; "The Sisters Brothers" is a powerful western noir, and Tobias Wolff's "Old School" is a tale of youthful literary ambition.