Podcast appearances and mentions of Tony Earley

Greg Greene interviews horror great Stephen Graham Jones about two short stories that helped shape his understanding and practice of writing fiction: "The Prophet from Jupiter" by Tony Earley and "Lawns" by Mona Simpson. We recommend reading both stories before listening to this episode. Content Warning: "Lawns" contains some tough subject matter.

Most avid readers at some time or another have dreamed of working in a small neighborhood bookstore. Our guest today, Sam Miller, has done just that for over 20 years in different parts of the country, from Alaska to Philadelphia. She has now set roots at Carmichael’s Books in Louisville KY. This year she championed a 20-year-old book she loves, Jim the Boy by Tony Earley, and has been a superwoman handselling it to everyone she knows. In fact, Carmichael’s is planning an event for this book and author on September 28 from 3-5 pm, to celebrate how it has touched local readers’ hearts. Sam shares with us what surprising genre is an up-and-coming star in their stacks, what book she reads over and over again, and which author’s talk was so magical, customers continue talking about it a year later. It’s a great day to nerd out about the perks of working in an indie bookstore. You can find us on FB, instagram (@perksofbeingabookloverpod) and on our blog site at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com Perks airs on Forward Radio 106.5 FM and forwardradio.org every Wednesday at 6 pm, Thursdays at 6 am and 12 pm. We have purchased the rights to the theme music used.

Most avid readers at some time or another have dreamed of working in a small neighborhood bookstore. Our guest today, Sam Miller, has done just that for over 20 years in different parts of the country, from Alaska to Philadelphia. She has now set roots at Carmichael's Books in Louisville KY. This year she championed a 20-year-old book she loves, Jim the Boy by Tony Earley, and has been a superwoman handselling it to everyone she knows. In fact, Carmichael's is planning an event for this book and author on September 28 from 3-5 pm, to celebrate how it has touched local readers' hearts. Sam shares with us what surprising genre is an up-and-coming star in their stacks, what book she reads over and over again, and which author's talk was so magical, customers continue talking about it a year later. It's a great day to nerd out about the perks of working in an indie bookstore. You can find us on FB, instagram (@perksofbeingabookloverpod) and on our blog site at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com Perks airs on Forward Radio 106.5 FM and forwardradio.org every Wednesday at 6 pm, Thursdays at 6 am and 12 pm. We have purchased the rights to the theme music used.

The third in a series of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2018 finds James sitting down with Randall Kenan, who talks about the books that made him feel less alone, the art of writing about food, and the legacy of James Baldwin. Plus, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, editor at Ecotone Magazine.     - Randall Kenan: https://randallkenan.com/ Randall and James discuss:  Margot Livesey  Richard Bausch  Jill McCorkle  Tony Earley  Steve Yarbrough  Wyatt Prunty  Maurice Manning  Zora Neale Hurston  Charles Chestnut  Latin American Boom  Gabriel Garcia Marquez  Carlos Fuentes  Mario Vargas Llosa  Isabelle Allende  UNC- Chapel Hill  Amos Tutuola  Wole Soyinka  William Faulkner  Bennett Cerf  Donald Klopfer  Christine Schutt  Little Richard  Studs Terkel  V.S. Naipaul  THE LIVING IS EASY by Dorothy West  Jackie Kennedy  THE WEDDING by Dorothy West  Dan O'Brien  C-SPAN'S BOOKNOTES with Brian Lamb  SOUTHERN FOOD by John Egerton  Southern Foodways Alliance  INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison  Edna Lewis  William Styron  Molly O'Neill  Mark Twain  MFK Fisher  Urban Waite  JAMES BALDWIN: A BIOGRAPHY by David Leeming  THE NATION  THE FIRE NEXT TIME by James Baldwin NO NAME IN THE STREET by James Baldwin GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin  ANOTHER COUNTRY by James Baldwin Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  - Anna Lena Phillips Bell: https://ecotonemagazine.org/ Anna Lena and James discuss:  David Gessner  UNC- Wilmington  AWP  TIN HOUSE  AMERICAN SCIENTIST  David Schoonmaker  Dawn Silvia   Emerson College   -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/ -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In the first in a series of Sewanee Writers' Conversations, recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in July 2018, James sat down with poet Maurice Manning to talk about his latest collection, ONE MAN'S DARK, as well as a beautiful story about a gift from Claudia Emerson, challenging himself with each book, and how his poetry has changed. Plus, editor-in-chief of 32 POEMS, George David Clark.  Sewanee Writers' Conference: http://www.sewaneewriters.org/ - Maurice Manning Maurice and James discuss: Tony Earley  Tim O'Brien  Claudia Emerson  Pelican pens  Margot Livesey  Daniel Boone  Brooks Haxton  By Maurice Manning: ONE MAN'S DARK, THE GONE AND THE GOING AWAY, BUCOLICS, THE COMMON MAN, A COMPANION FOR OWLS, LAWRENCE BOOTH'S BOOK OF VISIONS  - George David Clark: http://www.georgedavidclark.com/ 32 POEMS: http://32poems.com/ David and James discuss:  32 POEMS  Texas Tech  VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW MERIDIAN  John Poch  ONE STORY  Hannah Tinti  Dan O'Brien  REDIVIDER  Mark Wagner  Aimee Bender  Lydia Davis  "How to Talk to the Hunter" by Pam Houston   -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/ -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Tony Earley reads his short story from the November 5, 2018, issue of the magazine. Earley is the author of five books, including the story collection "Mr. Tall" and the novels "Jim the Boy" and "The Blue Star." He has been publishing fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker since 1998.  

Special Podcast Episode 10 “The Electric Utility Industry’s Golden Age of Innovation: Now” Innovation Interviews with Eight CEOs After a bit of a hiatus, we are back.  I can assure we have been busy on your behalf in the interim.  We are delighted to announce that we formed two companies under Leadership Lyceum’s brand: Lyceum Leadership Consulting which provides executive and board of director’s search, board effectiveness review, and an array of services for successor development and board-readiness.  And Lyceum Leadership Productions which brings you this podcast.  We will be expanding the programming of the episodes this summer so please subscribe through iTunes and give us feedback.  Tell us about leadership situations that you are interested in us exploring.  Please visit our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com for all of our archived media and offerings.  Welcome to this Special Episode of the Leadership Lyceum: A CEO’s Virtual Mentor focused on innovation in an industry that many of us take for granted.  We take an in-depth look at innovation in the electric utility industry.  It’s the Leadership Lyceum’s opening act to Edison Electric Institute’s annual industry convention that starts this weekend, June 11th in Boston. In this Episode, we take a look back at last year’s convention in Chicago, where we conducted 10 interviews that included 8 CEOs from the electric industry covering all points along the electricity value chain from generation to transmission to distribution to the customer meter and beyond.  We also have the perspective of a President of a venture capital-backed, technology provider to the industry; as well as the critical viewpoints of the regulator -- with the President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (or NARUC).  By way of context for our broad listenership, Edison Electric Institute (or EEI), is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. EEI provides public policy leadership, strategic business intelligence, and essential conferences and forums for the industry.   As a bit of an appeal to our broad listenership --- why should you care about this industry?  Well its impact and influence is far-reaching and profound.  The member companies of EEI provide electricity for 220 million Americans, operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia --- and directly and indirectly employ more than one million workers.  Our esteemed guests are all listed on the back of the album cover and on our website with links to their bios.  As a reminder, we conducted these interviews in June of 2016.  Our guests are as follows: Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus, OH; at the time, the outgoing Chairman of EEI. https://www.aep.com/about/leadership/profile.aspx?id=Akins Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company in Atlanta; at the time, the incoming Chairman of EEI. http://www.southerncompany.com/about-us/leadership/ceo.html Warner Baxter, CEO of Ameren Corporation in St Louis. https://www.ameren.com/about/warner-baxter Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International; at the time, the President of Edison subsidiary Southern California Edison. https://www.edison.com/home/investors/corporate-governance/meet-our-board-of-directors/pedro-j-pizarro.html Jim Piro, CEO of Portland General Electric in Portland, OR http://investors.portlandgeneral.com/management.cfm Ralph Izzo, CEO of PSEG, in Newark, NJ; https://www.pseg.com/family/leadership/ceo.jsp Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO; the ISO is one of the world’s largest transmission organizations, managing the electric grid and wholesale power markets for 30 million Californians. https://www.caiso.com/about/Pages/OurLeadership/StephenBerberich.aspx Tony Earley, Executive Chair of the Board of PG&E Corporation in San Francisco; at the time, was Chairman, CEO and President of PG&E http://www.pgecorp.com/aboutus/our_team/TEarley.shtml Alex Laskey, Co-Founder and President of Opower; Alex sold his company to Oracle while we were at the convention in June 2016 https://www.ted.com/speakers/alex_laskey Travis Kavulla, Commissioner, Montana Public Service Commission; and at the time, was serving a term as President of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (or NARUC) http://psc.mt.gov/commissioners/District1/  Just prior to our interviews last year, Neil Irwin, senior economics correspondent for The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/by/neil-irwin) gave us inspiration in his walk down the memory lane of innovation in his May 15, 2016 “The Upshot” column titled “Tracking Down the Golden Age of Innovation”.    https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/upshot/what-was-the-greatest-era-for-american-innovation-a-brief-guided-tour.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Twitter: https://twitter.com/Neil_Irwin He posited in that article that a better way to understand the significance of technological change may be to come as close as we can to actually walking through those time periods, from the end of the Civil War to present, and understand the way we lived, ate, traveled and clothed and entertained ourselves.  Through our conversation with these industry leaders, we will attempt to walk you through our current age of innovation in the electric power industry.   Segment 1: Opening Statements – The Structure of the Industry. Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO, managing the transmission grid across the state of California. Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco. Ralph Izzo, CEO of PSEG in Newark. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO    Segment 2: Interoperability, Data, and the Customer Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO He expounds on the subject of interoperability of complex components of the electricity value chain. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Nick transitions into how technology has enabled customer relationships. Advanced Metering triggered proximity to the customer.  Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco. Alex Laskey, President of Opower Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International   Segment 3: Boundary Conditions and how utilities are defining the boundaries of their service.  Warner Baxter, CEO of Ameren in St Louis Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International Steve Berberich, CEO of California ISO Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Ralph Izzo, CEO of PSEG in Newark. Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company in Atlanta Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco.   Segment 4: Collaboration with Disruptors and how utilities are partnering with the technologists on innovation and solutions. Warner Baxter, CEO of Ameren in St Louis Jim Piro, CEO of Portland General Electric   Segment 5: Regulatory Barriers and Enablers to innovation. Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Pedro Pizarro, CEO of Edison International Alex Laskey, President of Opower   Segment 6: Are We Pushing Hard Enough to Innovate? Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC. Nick Akins, CEO of AEP in Columbus Jim Piro, CEO of Portland General Electric Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company in Atlanta   Segment 7: Parting Thoughts and Advice to Stakeholders.  It’s fitting that our three guests with the parting words are those who have transitioned since my interview with them last year.  One through sale of company, one through executive retirement, and the other through expiration of term of service.  Tony Earley, CEO of PG&E in San Francisco - who has now turned the leadership of PG&E over to his successor Geisha Williams. Alex Laskey, President of Opower Travis Kavulla, President of NARUC and Commissioner of the Montana PSC in the anchor position with advice on the posture and approach of stakeholders to foster innovation from the regulatory point of view.   Our Parting Thoughts I can’t think of a more fitting way to close this retrospective than drawing from the opening of Neil Irwin’s NYT article that I mentioned at the outset of this episode.  Are you a skeptical economist who believes that we’re in a depressing era in which innovation has slowed and living standards are barely rising?  Or are you a techno-optimist who believes that that our era, in which digital technology is transforming the underpinnings of human existence, is the golden age of innovation?   Thanks for joining us.  We can’t improve without your feedback – write us through our website www.LeadershipLyceum.com and subscribe on iTunes.  See you next time.    Informative and Helpful Links Edison Electric Institute (EEI): http://www.eei.org/ Ameren Corporation: https://www.ameren.com/ American Electric Power: https://www.aep.com/ California ISO: http://www.caiso.com/ Edison International: http://www.edison.com/ Pacific Gas & Electric: https://www.pge.com/ Portland General Electric: https://www.portlandgeneral.com/ Public Service Enterprise Group: https://www.pseg.com/ Southern Company: http://www.southerncompany.com/ Oracle and Opower: https://www.oracle.com/corporate/acquisitions/opower/index.html Montana PSC: http://psc.mt.gov/ National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC): https://www.naruc.org/ New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/by/neil-irwin    Program Guide: Special Episode 10 “The Electric Utility Industry’s Golden Age of Innovation: Now” Innovation Interviews with Eight CEOs   0:30     Introduction to the Lyceum Leadership Consulting and Lyceum Leadership Productions 1:15     Introduction to “Innovation in the Electric Industry” through 10 interviews including 8 CEOs  4:05     Segment 1: Opening Statements – The Structure of the Industry 11:43   Break 1 11:57   Segment 2: Interoperability, Data, and the Customer 26:02   Break 2 26:24   Segment 3: Boundary Conditions - how utilities are defining the boundaries of their service.  36:50   Break 3 37:03   Segment 4: Collaboration with Disruptors 39:32   Break 4 39:49   Segment 5: Regulatory Barriers and Enablers 45:16   Break 5 45:31   Segment 6: Are We Pushing Hard Enough to Innovate? 51:12   Break 6 51:34   Segment 7: Parting Thoughts and Advice to Stakeholders 57:04   Lyceum’s Parting Thoughts 57:37   End of Episode     Subscribe to the Podcast at: iTunes or SoundCloud Follow Leadership Lyceum on: www.LeadershipLyceum.com LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook   Email us: info@LeadershipLyceum.com Please subscribe to the Leadership Lyceum at iTunes which will enable future content to come to you automatically.  Rate us and spread the word among your fellow executives and board colleagues.    Your host Thomas B. 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April 14, 2016. A session from DPLAfest 2016 dedicated to the state of writing in the digital age. What does it mean to write a book, digital or print or both? What new technologies and processes are re-defining the role of the author? Panelists will touch upon these questions and more during this exciting discussion between three prominent contemporary authors. Speaker Biography: After stints in the editorial departments of Houghton Mifflin, the Knopf group, and Little Brown, Sarah Burnes became an agent in 2001. Joining The Gernert Company in 2005, she now represents adult fiction writers (Alice McDermott and Tony Earley among them), children's fiction writers (New York Times bestsellers Margaret Stohl and Pseudonymous Bosch), and journalists and critics (New York Times Magazine contributor Jon Gertner and Freeman's John Freeman). Speaker Biography: Virginia Heffernan writes about digital culture for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Mother Jones, and The New Yorker. Her essays on digitization are regularly anthologized. Her new book, "Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art," will be published in June by Simon & Schuster. She works as an editorial strategist for startups and venture capital firms. Speaker Biography: Craig Mod is a writer and designer who splits his time between Tokyo and New York. Previously a product designer at Flipboard, he is also a TechFellow award recipient and a 2011/2012 MacDowell writing fellow. He is currently an advisor for Medium and Japan-based SmartNews. He has written for The Atlantic, California Sunday Magazine, Aeon, Virginia Quarterly Review, New Scientist, Contents Magazine, Codex Journal of Typography and other publications. He is the co-author of "Art Space Tokyo" and the Japanese essay collection, "Bokura no Jidai no Hon" ("The Books of our Generation"). Speaker Biography: Robin Sloan grew up near Detroit and went to school at Michigan State, where he studied economics and co-founded a literary magazine called Oats. Between 2002 and 2012, he worked at Poynter, Current TV, and Twitter. He is the author of "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore," which started as a short story and is now a full-length novel. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7261

PG&E hopes to become 50% renewable by 2030 by transitioning to renewable power sources and investing in a 21st century grid. Can they reach their goal? Anthony Earley, Jr., Chairman, CEO and President, PG&E Corporation This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Exploratorium with the Commonwealth Club of California on October 15, 2015.

With the uncanny insight into the well-intentioned heart that made Jim the Boy a favorite novel for thousands of readers, Tony Earley has fashioned another nuanced and unforgettable portrait of America in another time--making it again even realer than our own day. In this episode, Earley discusses The Blue Star, this timeless and moving story of discovery, loss and growing up.

Tony Earley reads "Love," by William Maxwell.

Jim the Boy (Little Brown) Tony Earley has been hailed as a new American master, and, indeed, he has written a classic rite-of-passage novel...