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In the spotlight is Yasmin Angoe, the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thriller Her Name Is Knight of the Nena Knight series, which has been optioned for a television series. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, OprahDaily.com, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, The Guardian, and other platforms. Yasmin Angoe is a first-generation immigrant from Ghana, Africa, and in 2020 received the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from the organization Sisters in Crime.   We discuss:     >> Finding an agent >> Letting the story incubate  >> The sustainability of a series character  >> The psychographics of Nena Knight >> Life in Ghana, Africa >> Obligations of a black female author >> Etc.  Learn more about Yasmin Angoe here: https://yasminangoe.com Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol. Check out his novels here: https://snip.ly/yz18noWrite to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com

Yasmin Angoe is the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thriller Her Name Is Knight of the Nena Knight series. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and, in 2020, received the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Yasmin's books were an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and an Editor's Pick. Her work has received numerous recognitions, was on a billboard in Times Square, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. The Nena Knight series was also optioned for a television series.Her Name Is Knight has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, OprahDaily.com, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, The Guardian, and other platforms. Yasmin is a proud member of several prestigious organizations, such as Crime Writers of Color, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and the Women's National Book Association. Yasmin is a former English teacher and instructional coach, and lives in South Carolina with her husband and their kids. Her latest novel is NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS. Learn more at: yasminangoe.comIntro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro RecordingFollow the Writing Table:On Twitter/X: @writingtablepcEverywhere else: @writingtablepodcastEmail questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

Writers conferences. What are they? What are they good for? And are they worth the time and money? President of the Washington Independent Review of Books, Jennifer Yacovissi, joins us to discuss the merits of writers conferences, how to choose the right conference for you, and the upcoming Washington Writers Conference. Plus, Courtney and Jennifer choose their own adventures in a writer's odyssey!

TARA LASKOWSKI is the author of the suspense novels The Mother Next Door, which was called a “polished and entertaining read” by The New York Times Book Review, and One Night Gone, which won the Agatha Award, Macavity Award, and the Anthony Award and was a finalist for the Lefty, the Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark, the Strand Critics, and the Library of VA Literary awards. Her third novel The Weekend Retreat will be published in December 2023. She has also written two short story collections, Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons and Bystanders. She has had stories published in numerous magazines and anthologies such as Mid-American Review, Barcelona Review, and the Norton anthologies Flash Fiction International and New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, among others. Her Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine story, “The Case of the Vanishing Professor,” won the 2019 Agatha Award and her Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine story, “The Long-Term Tenant,” won the 2020 Thriller Award. Tara was the winner of the 2010 Santa Fe Writers Project's Literary Awards Prize, was the longtime editor of the popular online flash fiction journal SmokeLong Quarterly, and is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime, where she served as vice-president of her local chapter. She occasionally reviews books at the Washington Independent Review of Books and was a former columnist there. She earned a BA in English with a minor in writing from Susquehanna University and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. Tara grew up in Pennsylvania and lives in Virginia with her husband, fellow mystery writer Art Taylor, and their son Dashiell. https://taralaskowski.com #TaraLaskowski #TheWeekend VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. And VOX VOMITUS has been going “horribly wrong” in the best way possible for the past TWO YEARS! Host Jennifer Anne Gordon, award-winning gothic horror novelist and Co-Host Allison Martine Hubbard, award-winning contemporary romance novelist have taken on the top and emerging new authors of the day, including Josh Malerman (BIRDBOX, PEARL), Paul Tremblay (THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, SURVIVOR SONG), May Cobb (MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES), Amanda Jayatissa (MY SWEET GIRL), Carol Goodman (THE STRANGER BEHIND YOU), Meghan Collins (THE FAMILY PLOT), and dozens more in the last year alone. Pantsers, plotters, and those in between have talked everything from the “vomit draft” to the publishing process, dream-cast movies that are already getting made, and celebrated wins as the author-guests continue to shine all over the globe. www.jenniferannegordon.comwww.afictionalhubbard.com https://www.facebook.com/VoxVomituspodcast https://twitter.com/VoxVomitus #voxvomitus #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodcast #livepodcast #bookstagram #Jenniferannegordon #allisonmartinehubbard #allisonmartine #allisonhubbard #liveauthorinterview #livepodcast #books #voxvomituslivevideopodcast #Jennifergordon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voxvomitus/support

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, is Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University School of Public Health; was for 12 years the Chief Medical Officer for the NYS Office of Mental Health, the nation's largest state mental health agency; and Contributing Writer for US News & World Report, Lancet, Medscape, Psychology Today, the NY Journal of Books, and the Washington Independent Review of Books. His writings have appeared in the NYT, WSJ, Washington Post, The Boston Business Journal, The Tennessean, among many other publications. He was Medical Editor for Mental Health for the HuffPost, where over 250 of his posts and videos were published. He has served as Mental Health Commissioner for NYC (in the Bloomberg administration); Medical Director/EVP of McLean Hospital, a Harvard teaching facility; and as Director of Clinical Services for the American Psychiatric Association. He has written hundreds of articles on mental health and addiction, as well as book, film, TV and theatre reviews. He has published thirteen books. His latest books are Ink-Stained for Life (2020) and The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs(2018). Look for his next book in 2023. Dr. Sederer has led large scale, mental health disaster responses, including 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. He was the 2019 recipient of the Doctor of the Year award from The National Council on Behavioral Health, and has been a Rockefeller Foundation Scholar in Residence. He is Chair of the Advisory Board of Get Help, CMO of Bongo Media, and Senior Advisor to Minded, Inc. He has taught medical writing for the lay public for 18 sequential semesters at the Columbia Department of Psychiatry/NYS Psychiatric Institute, where he founded and directed Columbia Psychiatry Media. He now teaches non-fiction writing for a national education organization. In this episode, Dr. Sederer and I discuss the thesis from one of his most recent books, The Addiction Solution, and the role of shame, the family, and medication assisted treatment (MAT) in substance misuse. We discuss Dr. Sederer's experiences with disaster relief with 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy, his process in figuring out a mental and public health response to the disaster (and why it wasn't typical psychotherapy), and how it has been similar and different to the COVID-19 epidemic from a public health perspective. We also get the chance to talk about his writing career and his new book, Code Blue, coming out later this year. For more information on Dr. Sederer and to read his many writings, check out his website at www.askdrlloyd.com. Follow me @joshkorac on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube for video clips, podcast previews, and more mental health content! If you are in a mental health crisis, please call 988 or go to your nearest emergency room. If you are from Colorado and are interested in scheduling a session, please reach out at sojourncounselingco.com/josh or josh@sojourncounselingco.com. *There were a few technical issues towards the end of the episode (as is usual with my luck), so thank you for your patience! Alan Ritchson episode on bipolar disorder I mention in the intro: https://open.spotify.com/episode/44wQsyNpeuLK3mdcBXspL3?si=1c1dc22aca244ea7

In this episode, I chat with E.A. Aymar about his latest novel No Home For Killers, the D.C. Noir at the Bar series, and the Latino BIPOC thriller writing community.Anthony Award-nominated E.A. Aymar's most recent thriller, No Home for Killers, received praise from the New York Times, Kirkus, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. His previous thriller, They're Gone, was published to rave reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus (starred), and named one of the best books of 2020 by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. He is a former member of the national board of the International Thriller Writers and is an active member of Crime Writers of Color and Sisters in Crime. Ed Aymar was born in Panama and now lives in the D.C. area, where he runs the D.C. Noir at the Bar series, and his column, “Decisions and Revisions,” appears monthly in the Washington Independent Review of Books. E.A.AymarNo Home For Killers, E. A. AymarThe Last Policeman, Ben H. WintersMore Than You'll Ever Know, Katie GuitierrezSupport the showThe Bookshop PodcastMandy Jackson-BeverlySocial Media Links

Submissions for the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award are being accepted through March 31. Named for the late, pioneering African American crime fiction author Eleanor Taylor Bland, the $2000 award is intended to support the recipient in crime fiction writing and career development activities. The winner may choose to use the grant for activities that include workshops, seminars, conferences, retreats, online courses, and research activities required for completion of their work. You do not have to be a member of Sisters in Crime to submit your materials for consideration.This month we're going to revisit some conversations with previous winners of the award as well as people who have served as judges.https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/eleanortaylorbland******Yasmin Angoe is the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thrillers Her Name Is Knight and They Come At Knight of the Nena Knight series. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and, in 2020, was the recipient of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime.Yasmin's books were an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and an Editor's Pick. Her work has received numerous recognitions, was on a billboard in Times Square, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, OprahDaily.com, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, The Guardian, and other platforms.The Nena Knight series has been optioned for TV series and is currently in development.Yasmin is a proud member of several prestigious organizations, such as Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Crime Writers of Color, International Thriller Writers, and the Women's National Book Association. Yasmin is an educator, and she and her blended family of six live in South Carolina.Twitter @yasawriterInstagram author_yasWebsite  www.yasminangoe.com******Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrimeThe SinC Writers' Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

Holiday Weekend Special with local music featured on the podcast and local nonprofit stories: Artists and bands in order of appearance: Ruben Dasgupta, The Sunshiners, The Airport 77s, Eddie Boxxer, The Treading Lemmings, A Shrewdness of Apes, Pete Chauvette, Emily Hall, Dara Blecher, and Kara Levchenko. Nonprofit orgs: Woman to Woman Mentoring, The Civic Circle,  Linus Project Montgomery County Chapter, Action Committee for Transit, Urban Adventure Squad, The Senior Connection of Montgomery County, Miriam's Kitchen, UpCounty Prevention Network, Washington Independent Review of Books, VisArts Art Lab, Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad, Poolesville Green, MoCoPAAN, Sustainable Earth Eating, Repair the World Baltimore, and Montgomery County Special Olympics. All links at ihppod.org.

Alice felt that there no was no place for people of mixed race like her. Adoption had destroyed her sense of identity. She felt fractured. Listen in as we explore the most important issues for adoptees who want to heal.About Alice Stephens - from her website: Born in South Korea to a Korean mother and an American soldier father, I became Alice Stephens when I was adopted at 9 months old into a white family from Philadelphia with three biological children.When I was four, we moved to Botswana, and ever since then I have been addicted to traveling the world.Besides wandering, I love writing, reading, hanging out with my family, walking my dog, eating spicy noodles, and swimming.My work has appeared in Urban Mozaik, Flung Magazine, Banana Writers, The American, and the LA Review of Books, among other places. Famous Adopted People is my debut novel.As a book reviewer, I strive to highlight marginalized voices, diverse authors, and books in translation. Additionally, I am a columnist for the Washington Independent Review of Books, a contributing editor to Bloom, a co-facilitator at Adoptee Voices Writing Group, co-founder of the Adoptee Literary Festival, and a member of The Starlings Collective.An adoptee before I was a writer, my mission is to merge the two, and make great literature while changing the the narrative around adoption.https://www.facebook.com/AliceStephensAuthor/https://www.famousadoptedpeople.com/https://twitter.com/AliceKSStephenshttps://www.instagram.com/alicestephensbooks/

New Year. New General Assembly session. New Governor. But most important of all, Maryland is looking at unprecedented budget surpluses for the next 5 years. In the counties, however, there isn't a feeling of flush. Sunil Dasgupta asks Delegate Marc Korman, the Maryland House Chair for the state's Spending Affordability Committee, how the state windfall is likely to reshape public finance in the state and in counties? Music from Silver Spring's own power pop band, The Airport 77s. Local area nonprofits tell their stories and pitch for your support: Poolesville Green MoCoPAAN Sustainable Earth Eating Repair the World Previous weeks' community organizations Washington Independent Review of Books VisArts Art Lab Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Miriam's Kitchen UpCounty Prevention Network Woman to Woman Mentoring The Civic Circle Linus Project Montgomery County Chapter Action Committee for Transit Urban Adventure Squad

Sidewalks v trees is a common 21st century battleline in American suburbs pitting neighbor against neighbor in a struggle between two public goods, road safety and tree conservation. Politicians naturally promise both, but government agencies often fuel the conflict to justify inaction. In this episode, Sunil Dasgupta talks to one local government official, City of Takoma Park public works director Daryl Braithwaite, who found a way to build a much-needed sidewalk and save trees and much more. Music from Silver Spring's own power pop band, The Airport 77s. Local area nonprofits tell their stories and pitch for your support: Washington Independent Review of Books VisArts Art Lab Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Previous weeks' community organizations Miriam's Kitchen UpCounty Prevention Network Woman to Woman Mentoring The Civic Circle Linus Project Montgomery County Chapter Action Committee for Transit Urban Adventure Squad

Vailes ("Joye") Shepperd is a captivating author. There are few historical novels about the successful Black experience before, during and after slavery. Because of a lack of documentation about the African American experience and culture during the early part of U.S. history, A Good Ending for Bad Memories (Bold Story Press, 2021), while fiction, is a true account of Black reality and culture in the U.S. It is full of compelling characters and rich settings, and adds to an important narrative. "Our history was not compiled and kept like others, but we all know stories that are important to know," Vailes relates. Her book's characters bring to life multiple aspects of the American Black experience, and her readers, like me, are the beneficiaries of her shared work. A Good Ending for Bad Memories is a richly sensual novel about a prosperous African American family before, during, and after slavery. It threads truth, folklore, legend and fact, in a captivating exploration of a family's complex legacy. The plot frames their experiences and events in the United States, as well as in Mexico and Egypt. Vailes brings her characters to life in a way I have not experienced, in recent memories. She shares that her brother is a poet but, I believe, Vailes's work sometimes reads like poetry. Vailes is one of the founding/member editors of the Washington Independent Review of Books (www.wirobooks.com), which began when The Washington Post ceased publishing Book World. She interviewed authors and wrote regular articles about writing for the Washington Independent Review. She designed a writing program for high school students while teaching in a Saturday program under the auspices of Substance Abuse Prevention Education. Vailes was editor of The African Safari by P.J. Fetner (St. Martin's Press) and Take Me with You by Scott Jackson, President and CEO of Global Impact. Her short story, "Monroe" was published in an anthology of women writing about men, Brothers and Others. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband and, sometimes, two sons. A Good Ending for Bad Memories is the first of four upcoming books. When asked what she does to become her best version, Vailes explains that "sometimes you just have to make a decision, like 'This is a good day. I am thankful to have this day and I'm going to make it the best I can. I'm going to smile at this. I'm going to look at something beautiful and smile.'" Vailes reminds us to be intentional about what we ingest with our minds. We all have the ability to control, more or less, what we allow into our orbit. Learn more (and check out her blog) here: https://linktr.ee/vailesshepperd https://www.vailesshepperdbooks.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-leonard-olsen/support

Amal Ghandour is a Lebanese-Jordanian author and blogger (Thinking Fits), with a career that spans more than three decades in the fields of research, communication and community development. Her book, About This Man Called Ali (2009), was named the first biography of a modern Arab artist by the renowned Historian, Philip Mansel. Amal's latest book, This Arab Life: A Generation's Journey Into Silence (2022), is her quest for clarity during difficult, unpredictable moments in the Arab world. She describes it “as a memoir that is not of an individual but of the generation that came of political age in the 1980s in the Levant,” and admits that her book straddles genres to include history and cultural/political commentary. This Arab Life, she adds, “is an intimate rendition of the times that shaped us; the way we internalized our parents' myriad dejections and disappointments; the pragmatism and silence that defined us; and the dispiriting inheritance we inexorably bequeathed our own children.” Amal had to do some "excavation" during the writing of this book, to explore and deal with the existential angst that arose in her. Amal laments her generation's failure to have a say in the geographies and social structures that shape their destinies and explains what she believes to have contributed to this situation, and what could have been done to avoid it. "It is very frightening to excavate, but the process is very rewarding," Amal reflects. Amal also discusses her take on the two-state solution that has dominated the discourse about Palestine and Israel, which she notes is "Israeli occupancy of a people who do not want to be occupied." As a person who lives in an area experiencing serious hardship, she fiercely resists optimism where it is not justified. In 2009, Amal became Senior Advisor to Ruwwad al Tanmeya, a regional community development initiative. She sits on the Boards of Directors of Ruwwad in Lebanon and Palestine, on the Board of Trustees of International College (IC), and on the Board of Directors of Synaps. She also served as Special Adviser to Columbia University's Global Centers, Middle East (2014-2017), and on the Board of Directors of The Arab Human Rights Fund (2011-2014). Amal holds an MS in International Policy from Stanford University and a BSFS from Georgetown University. Among her works: Aeon, The Daily Beast, Washington Independent Review of Books, Midanmasr, Canvas. Website - https://amalghandour.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amalghandour/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ghandour_ag Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61908393-this-arab-life Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/This-Arab-Life-Generations-Journey-ebook/dp/B0B6DGWW5Q --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-leonard-olsen/support

Adoptee writers Alice and Marci go deep on changing the narrative around around adoption. We explore changing the narrative out there in the world and the narrative within. What others say about us and what we say to ourselves. It's all about self-empowerment, healing, sharing and learning from others. Listen in for a great conversation with two people who really know how to inspire themselves and other adoptees.MARCI CALABRETTA CANCIO-BELLOFounding Co-DirectorMarci Calabretta Cancio-Bello is the author of Hour of the Ox (University of Pittsburgh, 2016), which won the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. She is the co-translator of Yi Won's The World's Lightest Motorcycle (Zephyr Press, 2021). Her work has appeared in Catapult, Kenyon Review Online, The New York Times, Poets & Writers, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships from the American Literary Translators Association, the Knight Foundation, and Kundiman, among others. She is co-director for PEN America Miami/South Florida Chapter, and a program coordinator for Miami Book Fair.ALICE STEPHENSFounding Co-DirectorAlice Stephens' debut novel, Famous Adopted People, was published in 2018 by Unnamed Press. Her work has appeared in LitHub, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Margins, Banana Writers, and other publications, and has been anthologized in Volume IX of the DC Women's Writers Grace & Gravity series, Furious Gravity (2020), and Writing the Virus (Outpost19, 2020). She is a co-facilitator of the Adoptee Voices Writing Group, editor of Bloom, and writes book reviews and a column, Alice in Wordland, for the Washington Independent Review of Books.The Adoptee Literary Festival brings together writers who self-identify as having been adopted, fostered, or otherwise displaced to share their stories, make their voices heard, and reshape the narrative of adoption which has for too long been dominated by adoptive parents and the adoption industry. Covering all genres, the festival highlights writing that makes adoptees the subject, rather than the object, of their own stories. Respectful of diverse opinions, we recognize that every adoption story is different, and celebrate all genuine voices that seek to educate, engage, and nurture.https://twitter.com/adopteelitfesthttps://www.facebook.com/adopteelitfest/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv5oxhKLCtMD7mxzkQwvmFg/abouthttps://www.instagram.com/adopteelitfest/https://www.adopteelitfest.com/

Welcome to Killer Women Podcast, a proud member of the Authors on the Air global network with over 4 million listeners. Today's guest is Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin is the author of the award nominated Her Name Is Knight, the first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American, former English teacher, and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Her Name Is Knight was an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and is an Editor's Pick. Yasmin is a nominee for the 2022 Anthony Awards for Best First Book, the Silver Falchion Award for Best Thriller, and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Yasmin's work has received numerous recognitions, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in OprahDaily.com, Woman's World Book Club, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and on other platforms. Her Name Is Knight received a Kirkus Review calling it, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs". The second in the Nena Knight series, They Come At Knight publishes Sept. 13, 2022. Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #yasminangoe #theycomeatknight #hernameisknight #oprah #apub #thomasandmercer #popsugar #nerddaily #WomansWorldBookClub

Welcome to Killer Women Podcast, a proud member of the Authors on the Air global network with over 4 million listeners. Today's guest is Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin is the author of the award nominated Her Name Is Knight, the first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American, former English teacher, and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Her Name Is Knight was an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and is an Editor's Pick. Yasmin is a nominee for the 2022 Anthony Awards for Best First Book, the Silver Falchion Award for Best Thriller, and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Yasmin's work has received numerous recognitions, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in OprahDaily.com, Woman's World Book Club, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and on other platforms. Her Name Is Knight received a Kirkus Review calling it, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs". The second in the Nena Knight series, They Come At Knight publishes Sept. 13, 2022. Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #yasminangoe #theycomeatknight #hernameisknight #oprah #apub #thomasandmercer #popsugar #nerddaily #WomansWorldBookClub

Welcome to Killer Women Podcast, a proud member of the Authors on the Air global network with over 4 million listeners. Today's guest is Yasmin Angoe. Yasmin is the author of the award nominated Her Name Is Knight, the first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American, former English teacher, and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Her Name Is Knight was an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and is an Editor's Pick. Yasmin is a nominee for the 2022 Anthony Awards for Best First Book, the Silver Falchion Award for Best Thriller, and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Yasmin's work has received numerous recognitions, Best Of lists, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her Name Is Knight has appeared in OprahDaily.com, Woman's World Book Club, POPSUGAR, Nerd Daily, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and on other platforms. Her Name Is Knight received a Kirkus Review calling it, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs". The second in the Nena Knight series, They Come At Knight publishes Sept. 13, 2022. Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #yasminangoe #theycomeatknight #hernameisknight #oprah #apub #thomasandmercer #popsugar #nerddaily #WomansWorldBookClub

José H. Bográn is the internationally published author of novels, short stories, and scripts for film, plays, and television. José's genre of choice is thrillers, but he likes to throw in a twist of romance into the mix. Although he's the son of a journalist, he ironically prefers to write fiction rather than fact.His latest novel, DARKSOUL, co-authored with Steven Savile, is about Sophie Keane, an assassin devoted to the criminal organization called The Hidden, but her loyalty is tested with an impossible mission: supply children to be used as test subjects for a new bio weapon.He serves as the Assistant Editor for The Big Thrill, and writes the occasional book review for The Washington Independent Review of Books.In his native Spanish, he's collaborated in three 20-episode TV serials for domestic broadcasting, and has penned several screenplays; the latest one for the movie 11 Cipotes, which was an early contender for the 2016 Oscars in the Foreign Film category.He's a member of the Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Short Mystery Fiction Society where he served as the Vice President.He signs his emails with the motto: “I never tell lies; I only write them.”Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/JHBogran0Twitter https://twitter.com/JHBogranInstagram https://instagram.com/JHBogranWebsite www.jhbogran.com*****************Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

Anna and Annie discuss the mystery surrounding a killing in Zambia and Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing. Our book of the week is Violets by Kyung-Sook Shin translated by Anton Hur.  This novel explores violence and loneliness in Korean society.  Described as a 'requiem to the unseen women' (Washington Independent Review of Books) it's a thoughtful book if not our favourite by this author.  We read this for Women in Translation month. Coming up: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Facebook: Books On The Go Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Anthony Award-nominated E.A. Aymar's most recent thriller, THEY'RE GONE, was published in 2020 to rave reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus (starred), and was named one of the best books of 2020 by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. His next novel, NO HOME FOR KILLERS, is coming out in 2023 by Thomas and Mercer.His column, “Decisions and Revisions,” appears monthly in the Washington Independent Review of Books. He is a former member of the national board of the International Thriller Writers and, for years, was the managing editor of The Thrill Begins, an online resource for debut and aspiring writers. He is also an active member of Crime Writers of Color, the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. He also runs the Noir at the Bar series for Washington, D.C., and has hosted and spoken at a variety of crime fiction, writing, and publishing events nationwide.He was born in Panama and now lives and writes in, and generally about, the D.C./MD/VA triangle.Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/EAymarWriterTwitter https://twitter.com/EAAymarInstagram https://www.instagram.com/eaaymar/Website www.eaymar.com*****************Sisters in Crime was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SINCnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrime

Roberta Beary identifies as gender-expansive, and writes to connect with the disenfranchised, to let them know they are not alone. Her work appears in Rattle, 100 Word Story, Cultural Weekly, and The New York Times. Her short poem collection, The Unworn Necklace, received a finalist award from Poetry Society of America. Her prose poem collection, Deflection, was named a National Poetry Month Best Pick by Washington Independent Review of Books. Her next haiku collection, Carousel, won the Snapshot Press manuscript book award and should be out by the end of 2022. She lives in County Mayo, Ireland with her husband Frank Stella. Find Roberta's books and more at: https://robertabeary.com/ Find Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach's Worlds Together Worlds Apart readings here: https://www.facebook.com/WTWA2020/ As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. For details on how to participate, either via Skype or by phone, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: It's the year 2222. What kind of world do we live in? Write a poem about it. Next Week's Prompt: Write a descort poem. A descort is defined by its lack of predictability; no line in the poem should resemble any other line in terms of length and meter, and no lines should rhyme. In other words, each line should be unique. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

A. A. Bastian navigates the commercial and Christian aspirations of Euro-American trading empires in 19th century Asia, through a Water Splotch from the Bay of Bengal in Levi Savage's ship diary. Hugging India's glistening Bay of Bengal, Euro-American ships like the Monsoon and Fire Queen carried goods and peoples to and from Calcutta, the meeting point of the British and Mughal empires. An emblem of the unique, long-distance aspirations of Euro-American traders, the ship speaks to the uneven distribution of knowledge and benefits in global supply chains. But a water-stained diary kept by one of the Monsoon's passengers, the American Mormon Levi Savage, reveals how such economic and religious missions were not all smooth sailing. Navigating these storms challenges the typical paths of European empires, exposing Asian traders' power to attract and indirectly incentivise the construction of a European delivery network - their failure to fully foresee their rising racism and greed - and the very movements of empire. PRESENTER: A.A. Bastian, author of 'The Other Bayonet: A New Source to Frame the Second Anglo-Burmese War' in the Journal of Burma Studies. She is a regular reviewer at the Washington Independent Review of Books. ART: Water Splotch from the Bay of Bengal, Ship Diary of Levi Savage (1852-1853). IMAGE: ‘Savage, Levi vol. 1, 1852'. SOUNDS: Virlyn. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES at: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Virginia author John Copenhaver about his new book THE SAVAGE KIND. ohn Copenhaver is the author of Dodging and Burning, which won the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel and garnered Anthony, Strand Critics, Barry, and Lambda Literary Award nominations. Copenhaver writes a crime fiction review column for Lambda Literary called “Blacklight,” is a co-host on the House of Mystery Radio Show, and is the six-time recipient of Artist Fellowships from the Washington, DC, Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He's a Larry Neal awardee, and his work has appeared in CrimeReads, Electric Lit, Glitterwolf, PANK, New York Journal of Books, Washington Independent Review of Books. He lives in Richmond, VA, with his husband, artist Jeffery Paul.

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Virginia author John Copenhaver about his new book THE SAVAGE KIND. ohn Copenhaver is the author of Dodging and Burning, which won the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel and garnered Anthony, Strand Critics, Barry, and Lambda Literary Award nominations. Copenhaver writes a crime fiction review column for Lambda Literary called “Blacklight,” is a co-host on the House of Mystery Radio Show, and is the six-time recipient of Artist Fellowships from the Washington, DC, Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He's a Larry Neal awardee, and his work has appeared in CrimeReads, Electric Lit, Glitterwolf, PANK, New York Journal of Books, Washington Independent Review of Books. He lives in Richmond, VA, with his husband, artist Jeffery Paul.

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews Virginia author John Copenhaver about his latest book THE SAVAGE KIND. John is the author of Dodging and Burning, which won the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel and garnered Anthony, Strand Critics, Barry, and Lambda Literary Award nominations. Copenhaver writes a crime fiction review column for Lambda Literary called “Blacklight,” is a co-host on the House of Mystery Radio Show, and is the six-time recipient of Artist Fellowships from the Washington, DC, Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He's a Larry Neal awardee, and his work has appeared in CrimeReads, Electric Lit, Glitterwolf, PANK, New York Journal of Books, Washington Independent Review of Books. He lives in Richmond, VA, with his husband, artist Jeffery Paul. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eliot-parker/support

Alice Stephens is a writer and the author of "Famous Adopted People". Her website is famousadoptedpeople.com Alice was born in Korea and one of the first generation of transnational, interracial adoptees. Her work has appeared in Urban Mozaik, Flung, Banana Writers, the Los Angeles review of Books, and the Washington Independent Review of Books, which publishes her column, Alice In Wordland. She lives with her family in the Washington, DC area. Music by Corey Quinn Support this podcast

Ep:096 John Copenhaver's historical crime novel, Dodging and Burning, won the 2019 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel and garnered Anthony, Strand Critics, Barry, and Lambda Literary Award nominations. His second novel, The Savage Kind, arrives in October 2021. Copenhaver writes a crime fiction review column for Lambda Literary called “Blacklight,” cohosts on the House of Mystery Radio Show, and is the six-time recipient of Artist Fellowships from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He's a Larry Neal awardee, and his work has appeared in CrimeReads, Electric Lit, Glitterwolf, PANK, New York Journal of Books, Washington Independent Review of Books, and others. He has taught high school English for nearly twenty years. John grew up in the mountains of southwestern Virginia and currently lives in Richmond, VA, with his husband, artist Jeffery Paul (Herrity). QueerWritersOfCrime.comjohncopenhaver.comJohn on FacebookJohn on Twitter @johncopenhaverJohn on Instagram @johncope74The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver on BookshopThe Chicken Asylum by Fred HunterPaul Rudd Video of the Weekbradshreve.comRequeered Tales.com

Nyah Terrilyn, an alumni of our Bluapple Poetry community is now a degree-seeking sophomore journalism major at Howard University. She is an on-air personality on her school's radio station and a current writing fellow with the Washington Independent Review of Books. She is also an award winning spoken word poet, nationally recognized by the National Young Arts Foundation and the U.S Presidential Scholar in the Arts. In conjunction with the nonprofit ArtPrevailsProject created by Mr. Darius Daughtry, Nyah works in her community performing at events such as plays, poetry open mics etc inspiring others to be a voice! She also acts as the co-host for the ArtPrevailsProject Podcast which you can find a link to in their bio @ArtPrevailsProject on instagram or go to Artprevailsproject.org

Audrey Clare Farley is in conversation with Carrie Callaghan about her work and her newest book, The Unfit Heiress. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt is a page-turning drama of fortunes, eugenics and women's reproductive rights framed by the sordid court battle between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her socialite mother. Audrey Clare Farley is a writer, book reviewer, and historian of twentieth-century American fiction and culture. Having earned a PhD in English from University of Maryland, College Park in 2017, she occasionally lectures in history and literature at local universities. Her essay on Ann Cooper Hewitt, published in July 2019 in Narratively, was the publication’s second most-read story of the year. Her writing on the eugenics movement and other topics has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Public Books, Lady Science, Longreads, and Marginalia Review of Books, where she is a contributing editor. She lives in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Carrie Callaghan is the author of the historical novels A Light of Her Own (2018) and Salt the Snow (2020). Her short stories have been published in multiple literary journals, and she is a senior editor with the Washington Independent Review of Books. She lives in Maryland with her family and three ridiculous cats. She loves seasons of all kinds, history, and tea. Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. Recorded On: Thursday, May 6, 2021

They're Goneby E.A. Barres (Pseudonym), E.A. Aymar Two women's husbands are murdered on the same night in the same way--and their investigation uncovers a terrifying connection.Two men from vastly different backgrounds are murdered one after another on the same night, in the same fashion with two bullet wounds: one in the head, another in the heart. The two slayings sends their wives on a desperate search for answers--and a desperate attempt to save their families' lives.Grief takes a heavy toll on northern Virginia freelance editor Deb Linh Thomas when she learns of her husband's murder. And utter dismay sets in when, just a week after the funeral, she discovers that he had been the subject of an FBI investigation after withdrawing a large sum of money from their shared accounts.Elsewhere, Baltimore bartender Cessy Castillo is less bereft when her abusive husband, ex-cop Hector Ramirez, is killed. But it turns out that he was deep in hock--and now Cessy's expected to pay up.Deb and the FBI agent assigned to her case start digging into her husband's murder and learn that he had been the target of criminals. As Deb and Cessy join forces to learn the truth, their investigation reveals an ever-darker web of clues, but if they're not careful, they may just end up like their husbands.Anthony Award-nominated E.A. Aymar's most recent thriller, THEY'RE GONE, was published in 2020 under his pseudonym E.A. Barres. THEY'RE GONE received high praise from a variety of popular trade reviews, including Publishers Weekly, Buzzfeed, a starred review from Kirkus, the Washington City Paper, and many more.Prior to that, his 2019 thriller, THE UNREPENTANT, received similar critical enthusiasm ("Gut-wrenching...Readers who appreciate depth of character alongside gritty nonstop action will be rewarded." - Publishers Weekly) and was a finalist for numerous awards, including the Foreword Indies, the Readers Favorites, the Next Gin Indie, and the Anthony for Best Paperback. It also reached the top of the sales charts and was an Amazon bestseller.His other thrillers include the novels-in-stories THE NIGHT OF THE FLOOD and THE SWAMP KILLERS (in both, he served as co-editor and contributor).His column, "Decisions and Revisions," appears monthly in the Washington Independent Review of Books. He is a former member of the national board of the International Thriller Writers and, for years, was the managing editor of The Thrill Begins, an online resource for debut and aspiring writers. He is also an active member of Crime Writers of Color, the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. He also runs the Noir at the Bar series for Washington, D.C., and has hosted and spoken at a variety of crime fiction, writing, and publishing events nationwide.He was born in Panama and now lives and writes in, and generally about, the D.C./MD/VA triangle.

On this episode of The Milford House Mysteries, co-hosts JM West and Sherry Knowlton interview Anthony Award-nominated E.A. Aymar. We'll be talking to Aymar about his most recent thriller, They’re Gone, which was published in 2020 under his pseudonym E.A. Barres. We'll also discuss Aymar's busy writing life including his past thrillers such as the celebrated novel, The Unrepentant, his monthly column in the Washington Independent Review of Books, and his work with writing organizations such as  International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. Plus after years of active involvement, he's now taken on the positition of Bookstore Liaison for Crime Writers of Color. Aymar also runs the Noir at the Bar series for Washington, D.C., and has hosted and spoken at a variety of crime fiction, writing, and publishing events nationwide. Tune in for an interesting conversation. Milford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, Dead of Spring,Dead of Winter, and Dead on the Delta. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, Had a Dying Fall and Things Strangled.  

Bill welcomes suspense author E. A. Barres to the show. E.A. Barres' is the author, The Unrepentant, and (most recently) They're Gone; as well as the anthologies The Swamp Killers, and The Night of the Flood; in both anthologies, he served as co-editor and contributor. His column, "Decisions and Revisions," appears monthly in the Washington Independent Review of Books, and he is also the Managing Editor of The Thrill Begins, ITW's online resource for aspiring and debut thriller writers; he also serves on the Board of ITW as the Vice President of Author Programs. In addition to ITW, he is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Crime Writers of Color, and SinC. Barres also runs the Noir at the Bar series for Washington, D.C. He was born in Panama and now lives and writes in the D.C. area. Don't miss it!

Hosted by long time radio reporter, anchor, editor, producer, director, and host, Larry Matthews, "Matthews and Friends" brings you the best interviews with guests from whom you want to hear! Join Larry Matthews today to hear his work with retired undercover detective and true crime writer, Ernie Lijoi Sr., on his book of poetry; Holly Smith of the Washington Independent Review of Books with holiday book ideas; and David Miles on his wonderful children's book publishing company that donates a book for every book they sell. "Matthews and Friends" can be heard at 8:00 am, ET, seven days a week on Impact Radio USA!

SALT THE SNOW centers on one of the first female war correspondents: A woman named Milly Bennett from San Francisco who traveled the world, covering some of 20th Century’s most dramatic events. This sweeping novel portrays the early days of Soviet Communism in the 1930s through the eyes of a young American journalist. This remarkable character might have been lost to history, were it not for Carrie Callaghan probing Bennett’s correspondence and articles. This is a particularly arresting story of journalism as we navigate the so-called ‘Age of Misinformation’. Carrie Callaghan is the author of the historical novels A Light of Her Own (2018) and Salt the Snow (2020). Her short stories have been published in multiple literary journals, and she is a senior editor with the Washington Independent Review of Books. She lives in Maryland with her family.

Amanda Holmes reads William Wordsworth’s poem, “Tintern Abbey,” formally entitled “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798.” Plus, read her essay on the poem for the Washington Independent Review of Books. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we have a special bonus interview with host Amanda Holmes, in conversation with Stephanie Bastek, the show’s producer and the host of The American Scholar’s Smarty Pants podcast. For the past year and a half, Holmes has recited poems ranging from English classics by W. B. Yeats and Maya Angelou to works in translation by Kamala Das and Wislawa Szymborska to mournful sonnets by Rupert Brooke and lighthearted romps by Kenneth Patchen and Laura Riding. Holmes’s gift lies in treating each poem with equal attention, whether it’s by a new poet she’s just encountered or a canonical master. These days, with listener requests flooding in during the pandemic, the show’s tagline seems truer than ever: we all need more poetry in our lives.Go beyond the episode:Subscribe to Smarty Pants: Spotify • iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastRead Amanda Holmes’s book reviews and feature column at the Washington Independent Review of BooksPoems mentioned:Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”Jane Hirshfield, “For What Binds Us”W. H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”Rabindranath Tagore, “Dungeon” and an excerpt from GitanjaliWalt Whitman, “O Captain! My Captain!”Emily Dickinson,“

For the past year and a half, Amanda Holmes has been delighting readers around the world with The American Scholar ’s podcast Read Me A Poem. She has recited poems ranging from English classics by W. B. Yeats and Maya Angelou to works in translation by Kamala Das and Wislawa Szymborska to mournful sonnets by Rupert Brooke and lighthearted romps by Kenneth Patchen and Laura Riding. Holmes’s gift lies in treating each poem with equal attention, whether it’s by a new poet she’s just encountered or a canonical master. These days, with listener requests flooding in during the pandemic, the show’s tagline seems truer than ever: we all need more poetry in our lives. So this week, we peer behind the curtain of our sister show, speaking with that voice that has been brightening all our lives with weekly poems.Go beyond the episode:View the Read Me A Poem archives on our websiteSubscribe to Read Me A Poem: iTunes • Feedburner • Google Play • AcastRead Amanda Holmes’s book reviews and feature column at the Washington Independent Review of BooksPoems mentioned:Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”Jane Hirshfield, “For What Binds Us”W. H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”Rabindranath Tagore, “Dungeon” and an excerpt from GitanjaliWalt Whitman, “O Captain! My Captain!”Emily Dickinson,“I felt a Funeral, in my Brain”Kamala Das, “Summer in Calcutta”Toru Dutt, “

For the past year and a half, Amanda Holmes has been delighting readers around the world with The American Scholar ’s podcast Read Me A Poem. She has recited poems ranging from English classics by W. B. Yeats and Maya Angelou to works in translation by Kamala Das and Wislawa Szymborska to mournful sonnets by Rupert Brooke and lighthearted romps by Kenneth Patchen and Laura Riding. Holmes’s gift lies in treating each poem with equal attention, whether it’s by a new poet she’s just encountered or a canonical master. These days, with listener requests flooding in during the pandemic, the show’s tagline seems truer than ever: we all need more poetry in our lives. So this week, we peer behind the curtain of our sister show, speaking with that voice that has been brightening all our lives with weekly poems.Go beyond the episode:View the Read Me A Poem archives on our websiteSubscribe to Read Me A Poem: iTunes • Feedburner • Google Play • AcastRead Amanda Holmes’s book reviews and feature column at the Washington Independent Review of BooksPoems mentioned:Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”Jane Hirshfield, “For What Binds Us”W. H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”Rabindranath Tagore, “Dungeon” and an excerpt from GitanjaliWalt Whitman, “O Captain! My Captain!”Emily Dickinson,“I felt a Funeral, in my Brain”Kamala Das, “Summer in Calcutta”Toru Dutt, “

Hosted by long time radio reporter, anchor, editor, producer, director, and host, Larry Matthews, "Matthews and Friends" brings you the best interviews with guests from whom you want to hear! Join Larry Matthews today to hear his work with Holly Smith of the Washington Independent Review of Books on summer reading; author Lori Matthews on her novel, "Smash and Grab"; writer John DeSimone talks about his book, "The Road To Delano"; plus a rap song about Edgar Allen Poe and nostalgia from Nora Jones. "Matthews and Friends" can be heard at 8:00 am, ET, seven days a week on Impact Radio USA!

In this episode, Lisa and Julianne take a quick break from the series, Conversations with the EQUUS Herd, to speak with Gretchen Lida, contributing writer for Horse Network. Gretchen is an essayist and an equestrian, with work appearing in The Washington Post, Brevity, The Rumpus, The Washington Independent Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Plaid Horse Magazine, Horse Nation and many others. She teaches composition in Illinois, lives in Wisconsin, sometimes lives on Nantucket Island and is still a Colorado Native.Gretchen brings a sense of normalcy for "horse people" in this time of uncertainty through her series of articles for Horse Network. From articles on the "less than half-truths" behind the familiar t-shirt saying, "My Horse is My Therapist" to the joys of riding an opinionated mare, her writing draws the reader into a world where being a horse girl and knowing a horse girl is something to be proud of. As she states regarding the benefits of the positive side of the stereotypes involved, "Power. Or, better yet, empowerment. So, to those who quake at the thought of a horse girl, I say, “Good. Be scared.” That’s right. Beware the horse girl. The word beware comes from an old English term that referred to prudence, being wary, or a sense of vigilance. It meant to watch carefully, and with caution. And it is true horse girls are a thing to watch, a thing to be careful of, and a thing to fill you with awe.We Horse Girls are fierce."In this Zoom call, the conversation between Gretchen, Lisa and Julianne includes flashbacks to the EQUUS Film Festival in December, favorite films from the fest, reviews of some of the films on The EQUUS Channel, and personal stories of favorite "horsey memories." They also stray into the current hot topic of how to cope with isolation during the pandemic. In a personal essay for Horse Network, Gretchen sums it up. “Still, the need for quiet and ceremony is deeply human. For me, that need for ritual and contemplation is fulfilled in another building. One that smells more like timothy than incense and that requires a different brand of footwear finery. I am a member of the church of Equus.”To find more about Gretchen Lida, visit https://gretchenlida.com.Twitter: @GC_LidaTo learn more about podcast host Julianne and her partner Bruce Anderson, tune in to "Whinny Tales: Horse Stories, Pony Legends and Unicorn Yarns," the official podcast of Nature's View and The Marley Project, their equine and arts-based 501 (c)(3). You can also visit www.naturesview.us to schedule an appointment. A documentary about their work and films in the Natural Humanship Training Series, are available on The EQUUS Channel at https://filmfestivalflix.com/festival/equus/film/the-edge/. Julianne is the organizer of the Camden Tour Stop for the fest, so visit www.equusfilmfestivalcamden.com for a complete listing of activities and updates on a possible rescheduling of the spring event for the fall of 2020.For more information about the festival or for links to the films and literature mentioned in the podcast, visit equusfilmfestival.net. To see the EQUUS films, visit https://horsenetwork.com/equus/.

TARA LASKOWSKI is the award-winning author of the debut suspense novel, One Night Gone, and two short story collections, Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons and Bystanders. She has had stories published in numerous magazines and anthologies such as Mid-American Review, Barcelona Review, and the Norton anthologies Flash Fiction International and New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, among others. Her Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine story, “The Case of the Vanishing Professor,” won the 2019 Agatha Award and her Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine story, “States of Matter,” was selected by Amy Hempel for the 2017 Best Small Fictions anthology. Tara was the winner of the 2010 Santa Fe Writers Project’s Literary Awards Prize, was the longtime editor of the popular online flash fiction journal SmokeLong Quarterly, and is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers. She and her husband, writer Art Taylor, write the column Long Story Short at the Washington Independent Review of Books. She earned a BA in English with a minor in writing from Susquehanna University and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. She grew up in Pennsylvania and lives in Virginia. Follow her on Twitter, @TaraLWrites.Art Taylor is the author of the story collection The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense and of the novel in stories On the Road with Del & Louise, winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. He won the 2019 Edgar Award for Best Short Story for “English 398: Fiction Workshop,” originally published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and he has won three additional Agatha Awards, an Anthony Award, three Macavity Awards, and three consecutive Derringer Awards for his short fiction. His work has also appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, and he edited Murder Under the Oaks: Bouchercon Anthology 2015, winner of the Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection. He is an associate professor of English at George Mason University, and he has contributed frequently to the Washington Post, the Washington Independent Review of Books, and Mystery Scene Magazine.

Martha Anne Toll's fiction has appeared in ​Catapult, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, eMerge, Slush Pile Magazine, Yale's Letters Journal, Inkapture Magazine, Referential Magazine, and Poetica E-Magazine. Her essays and reviews appear regularly on NPR and in The Millions; as well as in Washington Post's The Lily, The Rumpus, Bloom, Scoundrel Time, After the Art [forthcoming] Narrative Magazine, [PANK] Magazine, Cargo Literary, Tin House blog, The Nervous Breakdown, Heck Magazine, and the Washington Independent Review of Books. Martha was a nominator and critic for NPR's 2017, 2018, and 2019 book concierge. A four-time finalist in Glimmer Train writing contests, Martha won the Dante Society of America’s prize for the best essay written by an undergraduate at an American or Canadian university. The themes in Martha's fiction include the emotional power of music, the interplay of time and memory, and the disciplined life. At Tin House Writers’ Workshop, Martha worked with Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Harding, and novelist Pauls Toutonghi. At the Colgate Writers’ Conference, she worked with novelist Brian Hall. Martha's novel in process was longlisted for the 2019 Dzanc Fiction Award [top 10 out of 700 entries] and shortlisted for the 2016 Mary Roberts Rinehart fiction contest. She was a 2017 and 2018 Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and was a 2019 fellow at VCCA's Moulin à Nef. Martha was also awarded a 2019 residency at Monson Arts and at Dairy Hollow for 2020. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, and serves as a frequent interviewer at Washington DC's beloved independent bookstore Politics & Prose. Martha is the Executive Director of the Washington, DC-based Butler Family Fund, a path-breaking social justice philanthropy governed by a family board in the US and the UK. The Butler Family Fund is deeply committed to racial equity in all of its work and supports advocacy to prevent and end homelessness and reform the criminal justice system, with particular focus on abolishing the death penalty and ending the sentence of juvenile life without parole. Martha serves on the board of Funders Together to End Homelessness and is an active  member of 8th Amendment Project’s collaborative dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in the U.S. She speaks at conferences around the country as well as frequently contributing to philanthropic publications. Martha grew up in suburban Philadelphia and majored in music at Yale University, performing as a violist in the Yale Symphony and numerous chamber music groups and other ensembles. She studied viola with Max Aronoff, a founding member of the Curtis String Quartet, and Lillian Fuchs, faculty at the Juilliard School. Martha received her law degree from the Boston University School of Law. To learn more about Martha, visit marthaannetoll.com.

Hosted by long time radio reporter, anchor, editor, producer, director, and host, Larry Matthews, "Matthews and Friends" brings you the best interviews with guests from whom you want to hear! Join Larry today to hear his work with Guests are Mike McCoy, discussing his book "Asteroids, Bridge to Nowhere"; and Holly Smith, Editor in Chief at the Washington Independent Review of Books with some holiday book ideas. As a BONUS, Larry will have a quick old-time-radio clip lookback at 1937. "Matthews and Friends" can be heard at 8:00 am, ET, seven days a week on Impact Radio USA!

Carrie Callaghan is a historical fiction author living in Maryland with her family. Her debut novel, A Light of Her Own, about 17th century painter Judith Leyster, was published by Amberjack in 2018.  Her short stories have been published in multiple literary journals around the country, and she is a senior editor with the Washington Independent Review of Books. She loves seasons of all kinds, history, and tea.   And books, books, books. You can find Carrie at her website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and Instagram.

Hosted by long time radio reporter, anchor, editor, producer, director, and host, Larry Matthews, "Matthews and Friends" brings you the best interviews with guests from whom you want to hear! Join Larry today to hear his work with broadcaster, Dick Summer, who is back with some of his wonderful audio storytelling; and Holly Smith of the Washington Independent Review of Books who has brought along some recommendations for readers. "Matthews and Friends" can be heard at 8:00 am, EST, seven days a week on Impact Radio USA!

Hosted by long time radio reporter, anchor, editor, producer, director, and host, Larry Matthews, "Matthews and Friends" brings you the best interviews with guests from whom you want to hear! Join Larry today to hear his work with Charlie Steiner, the radio play-by-play voice for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Times bestselling author, John Gilstrap, and Holly Smith, the editor-in-chief of the Washington Independent Review of Books. "Matthews and Friends" can be heard at 8:00 am, EDT, seven days a week on Impact Radio USA!

This is a special episode of Thrill Seekers, where I welcome E.A. Aymar and DJ Alkimist to talk about their collaboration that fuses together music and storytelling. We also debut their latest track, "Red Room." E.A. Aymar is the author of I’LL SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD and YOU’RE AS GOOD AS DEAD. He also writes a monthly column for the Washington Independent Review of Books, and is the Managing Editor of The Thril Begins (for International Thriller Writers). His work has appeared in several top crime fiction publications. He holds a Masters in Literature and lives outside of Washington, DC.  DJ Alkimist, or Kimberly Venetz, is a DJ, musician, and music producer based out of Washington, DC, and New York City. A classically trained viola player, she has been recording her own music since 2014.   Alex Dolan is the author of The Euthanist and The Empress of Tempera. He is also the host of the "Thrill Seekers" show on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. He was an executive committee member of the San Francisco Bay Area's Litquake festival, and is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. He holds an MS in strategic communications from Columbia University. This is a trademarked copyrighted podcast solely owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

Ron Capps is the author of Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years (Schaffner, 2014), a memoir of his service as a soldier and Foreign Service officer in Rwanda, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Darfur. Seriously Not All Right is a memoir that provides a unique perspective of a professional military officer and diplomat who suffered (and continues to suffer) from PTSD. His story, and that of his recovery and his newfound role as founder and teacher of the Veterans Writing Project, is an inspiration and a sobering reminder of the cost of all wars, particularly those that appeared in the media and to the general public as merely sidelines in the unfolding drama of world events.Capps is the founder and director of the Veterans Writing Project, a non-profit that provides no-cost writing seminars and workshops for veterans and their family members. He is the curriculum developer and lead instructor for the National Endowment for the Arts programs that bring expressive and creative writing seminars to wounded warriors at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence. He is a graduate of both the Master of Liberal Arts program and the MA in Writing program of the Johns Hopkins University and did further graduate work at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.In Tom Glenn's new novel, The Trion Syndrome, German professor Dave Bell is haunted by a half-remembered clandestine mission in Vietnam and the myth of Trion, the Greek demigod. Dave discovers an unpublished novella by Thomas Mann based on the Trion myth and believes he sees himself. Friendless, Dave is betrayed by his colleagues and accused of sexual harassment. He loses his job, his wife divorces him, and his children refuse to see him. At his lowest point, his suppressed memory of what happened in Vietnam resurfaces.Tom Glenn has worked as an intelligence operative, a musician, a linguist, a cryptologist and a government executive. He is a reviewer for The Washington Independent Review of Books and the author of two previous novels, Friendly Casualties and No-Accounts.Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. Recorded On: Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Ron Capps is the author of Seriously Not All Right: Five Wars in Ten Years (Schaffner, 2014), a memoir of his service as a soldier and Foreign Service officer in Rwanda, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Darfur. Seriously Not All Right is a memoir that provides a unique perspective of a professional military officer and diplomat who suffered (and continues to suffer) from PTSD. His story, and that of his recovery and his newfound role as founder and teacher of the Veterans Writing Project, is an inspiration and a sobering reminder of the cost of all wars, particularly those that appeared in the media and to the general public as merely sidelines in the unfolding drama of world events.Capps is the founder and director of the Veterans Writing Project, a non-profit that provides no-cost writing seminars and workshops for veterans and their family members. He is the curriculum developer and lead instructor for the National Endowment for the Arts programs that bring expressive and creative writing seminars to wounded warriors at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence. He is a graduate of both the Master of Liberal Arts program and the MA in Writing program of the Johns Hopkins University and did further graduate work at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.In Tom Glenn's new novel, The Trion Syndrome, German professor Dave Bell is haunted by a half-remembered clandestine mission in Vietnam and the myth of Trion, the Greek demigod. Dave discovers an unpublished novella by Thomas Mann based on the Trion myth and believes he sees himself. Friendless, Dave is betrayed by his colleagues and accused of sexual harassment. He loses his job, his wife divorces him, and his children refuse to see him. At his lowest point, his suppressed memory of what happened in Vietnam resurfaces.Tom Glenn has worked as an intelligence operative, a musician, a linguist, a cryptologist and a government executive. He is a reviewer for The Washington Independent Review of Books and the author of two previous novels, Friendly Casualties and No-Accounts.Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. 

July 8, 2016 - On Monday, July 11, 2016, we'll commemorate the tragic death of one Founding Father -- Alexander Hamilton -- at the hands of another, Vice President Aaron Burr. With "Hamilton: An American Musical" racking up Tonys on Broadway, the face on the $10 bill is more popular than he has been in 200 years. But in this episode, David O. Stewart introduces us to the man who pulled the trigger. Mr. Stewart is president of the Washington Independent Review of Books and author of American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America. And since we are looking ahead to the 212th anniversary of the Burr-Hamilton Duel, those of us in the Greater New York City area won't want to miss the annual gathering at the Hamilton Memorial overlooking the Weehawken Dueling Grounds in New Jersey, just across the Hudson from Manhattan. The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society (AHA!) will commemorate the event at 6PM, with the theme of Celebrating the New Generation of U.S. Currency. Douglas Hamilton, 5th great-grandson of Alexander, will speak at the Hamilton Memorial Bust, a year after his successful call to preserve Alexander's place of honor on the $10 bill. If you can't get enough of our charismatic first Treasury Secretary, enjoy our previous interview with Stephen F. Knott, co-author with Tony Williams of Washington & Hamilton: The Alliance that Forged America. You can also find the man of the hour in our previous chat with David O. Stewart about Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships that Built America.  We also sat down with Daniel L. Mallock on his book, Agony and Eloquence: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and a World of Revolution.  And if you're still hungry for more, visit the Old '76 House with us in Tappan, New York, the oldest bar and restaurant in the U.S. where Alexander Hamilton lived upstairs and Benedict Arnold's British conspirator was held before his execution. We also shared history news of our own: Amanda has earned a James Madison Memorial Fellowship. The scholarship that will enable her to complete a master's degree in history with a focus on Constitutional studies. She's also been noodling with producing a film series on visiting the key year of 1787. You can book your ticket at Facebook.com/PastimeSeries, and visit the period in print through David O. Stewart's: The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. Hamilton was so much more than the man who "wound up on the wrong end of a gun," as the Allman Brothers Band sang it, and Aaron Burr was so much more than man who pulled the trigger. Thanks to David O. Stewart for joining to paint the full picture of the man who would be American Emperor.    

April 14, 2015. In his new book, David O. Stewart makes the case for President James Madison's centrality to the nation's founding as he tells the story of his friendships with many of the most influential figures of his time. Speaker Biography: David O. Stewart is the award-winning author of "The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution," "Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy" and "American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson," which he presented at the 2012 National Book Festival. Stewart is president of the Washington Independent Review of Books. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6833

October 19, 2015 - On this episode, you'll meet five legends -- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, and Dolley Madison -- as viewed through their relationships with James Madison. Often overlooked in death as he was in life (and having the White House burned out from under him in the War of 1812 didn't help), David O. Stewart reveals a founding father and president uniquely adept at what we today call "networking." The book is Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships that Built America. Just as Gen. Washington was indispensable in winning the war, so was Madison indispensable in winning the peace and setting up the first self-governing republic since Rome. David O. Stewart is also president of the Washington Independent Review of Books. His other books include: The Wilson Deception (A New Fraser and Cook Mystery). The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution. American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America.   Additional books discussed on this episode:          

The Immune System: A Dewey Decimal Novel & Love Maps  & The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. (Akashic Books)  Join us tonight for a special event brought to you by one of the most exciting independent presses in the country, Akashic Books. The Immune System is the explosive final installment in Nathan Larson's Dewey Decimal trilogy. Picking up months after the events of The Nervous System, Dewey finds himself running dirty operations for the crooked Senator Howard. When Dewey is tasked with disrupting unrest from a growing group of outcast civilians, and simultaneously given the assignment of protecting a pair of Saudi royals, he is forced to look within and make some impossible choices. Ultimately, this puts him at odds with his benefactor and the powers that be.  In the course of the novel, we learn the true nature of the 2/14 cataclysm that decimated New York City, and by the end of it, Dewey must choose whether or not to face his own past. He must also decide if he is to be part of the elite control system, or if he's willing to commit himself to the unknown, without the protections he enjoys in the good favor of the landlords of the new New Order. Praise for the Dewey Decimal Series: “The most incredible thing about Larson's novel is just how credible it is . . . and the prose is perfect, as tweaked and jumpy and memorable as the man known as Dewey Decimal. I'm a Library of Congress girl myself, but Larson's uncannily original fiction deserves its own number within any system of library classification.”—Laura Lippman, author of After I'm Gone “Larson's vividly imagined world and his quirky narrator are likely to win him a cadre of loyal fans.”—Publishers Weekly “Whiplash prose, teeth-gnashing dialogue and post-civilization concepts that make a crazy (amateur) librarian in a pitch-black world a hell of a lot of fun . . . A good time for fans of the likes of Charlie Huston and Charles Stross.”—Kirkus Reviews Nathan Larson is an award-winning film music composer, having created the scores for over thirty movies, including Boys Don't Cry, Dirty Pretty Things, and Margin Call. The Dewey Decimal System and The Nervous System are the highly acclaimed first two installments in his Dewey Decimal crime-fiction trilogy. Larson lives in Harlem, New York City, with his wife and son. --- The love in Love Maps is not the kind associated with domestic bliss; it is the kind that bubbles up at inopportune moments, attaching itself to people who might be better off free, causing mayhem and longing, along with moments of rare beauty. The title is taken from a series of paintings by Sarah Marker, an artist who ekes out a living teaching humanities at a fancy high school in Connecticut.  The story begins when Sarah receives a letter from Philip, her erstwhile husband. They have lived separately for seven years, without having seen each other once, without having formally severed ties, in a state of sustained ambivalence. Now he wants to visit. As much as Sarah would like to see him, she is terrified at what he will do when he discovers that he has a son.  Sarah bundles up her son and once again takes flight, only to arrive in a place she had not intended. While navigating the terrain of the 1980s art scene in New York City, she must confront the terrible events surrounding Philip's departure, and reconcile the expectations of domestic life with her own fractured experience of family, confronting the violence and aching love at the heart of this story. Praise for Love Maps: “Who can plot the turns and reversals of the heart? Who can follow its illogical loyalties and mysterious obsessions? Who can reconcile its competing claims from lovers and family? Eliza Factor, that's who, in this stunningly assured novel about a pair of sisters—one a successful artist, the other a famous singer—and the handsome architect who comes between them. The cover should come with a warning to put your life on hold for a few days, because once you pick it up, you won't be able to do anything else until you finish.”—Bliss Broyard, author of One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets “Eliza Factor's second novel is a beautiful and uplifting journey through the New York art scene of the 1980s, as lived by one true artist. You'll be hard-pressed to find a character more fully and honestly revealed across the pages of a book than Sarah Marker. A stunning and original exploration of family, romantic love, and the possibility of healing.”—Joseph Weisberg, creator/executive producer of The Americans (FX Network) “By turns lyrical and flinty, searching and suspenseful, Love Maps is animated by the strivings and travails of characters who seek (and find) the real and the true, the territory instead of the map.”—Thad Ziolkowski, author of Wichita “Eliza Factor's Love Maps is a delight, and I read it with mounting pleasure and admiration. It feels strange to think of Love Maps as a pleasure—this is, after all, a book that captures in technicolor detail the pain and vulnerability that come with just about every variety of human relationship. But prose this witty and psychologically deft, and structures this intricate and heartbreaking, don't come around often.”—Ben Dolnick, author of At the Bottom of Everything Eliza Factor is a writer and the founder of Extreme Kids & Crew. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and three children. Her debut novel, The Mercury Fountain, was published in 2012 by Akashic Books. -- From Tehran to Los Angeles, The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. is a sweeping saga that tells the story of the Soleymans, an Iranian Jewish family tormented for decades by Raphael's Son, a crafty and unscrupulous financier who has futilely claimed to be an heir to the family's fortune. Forty years later in contemporary Los Angeles, Raphael's Son has nearly achieved his goal--until he suddenly disappears, presumed by many to have been murdered. The possible suspects are legion: his long-suffering wife; numerous members of the Soleyman clan exacting revenge; the scores of investors he bankrupted in a Ponzi scheme; or perhaps even his disgruntled bookkeeper and longtime confidant. Award-winning novelist Gina B. Nahai pulls back the curtain on a close-knit community that survived centuries of persecution in Iran before settling and thriving in the United States, but now finds itself divided to the core by one of its own members. By turns hilarious and affecting, The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. examines the eternal bonds of family and community, and the lasting scars of exile. Praise for The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. "A wide-ranging, page-turning, magical realist, multigenerational family saga and Iranian-Jewish-American immigration tale enveloped in a murder mystery...it both entertains and instructs, and its differing genres seem more complimentary than conflicting."--New York Journal of Books "Nahai has crafted an engaging combination of family saga and murder mystery, placed it in the framework of a relatively unknown subculture, and people it with fascinating characters. Flavored with both elements of magical realism and down-to-earth observations, The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. brings a little-known Los Angeles community to vivid life."--Shelf Awareness "What results is a novel that feels more universal than anything, and an engrossing, expansive epic that charts not only thousands years of Iranian Jewish life, but the brutality of one family's survival amidst revolution and cultural upheaval." --Kirkus Reviews "One of the many pleasures of this sprawling, multigenerational story is the way it transcends the specifics of the Iranian diaspora with insights that could apply to anyone."--LA Weekly "One of Nahai's gifts is her astute observation of this community, her own, which she describes with unsparing precision."--Los Angeles Review of Books "Nahai's eye for detail, whether it's succinctly summing up a funeral or providing a description of a Tehran summer, always seems to be spot on."--PopMatters "An intriguing murder-mystery journey anchored within the Iranian-Jewish community of Los Angeles. Vivid and raw...Nahai masterfully introduces us to the mythical and mundane layers that make up Iranian-American identity."--Washington Independent Review of Books "It's the family connections--the true Iranian heritage--that is the luminous heart of the novel."--The Reporter Group Gina B. Nahai is a best-selling author, columnist, and full-time lecturer at USC's Master of Professional Writing Program. Her novels have been translated into eighteen languages, and have been selected as “Best Books of the Year” by the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. She has also been a finalist for the Orange Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, and has won the Los Angeles Arts Council Award, the Persian Heritage Foundation's Award, the Simon Rockower Award, and the Phi Kappa Phi Award. Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles magazine, Publishers Weekly, and the Huffington Post, among others. She writes a monthly column for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, and is a three-time finalist for an LA Press Club Award. Nahai holds a BA and a Masters degree in International Relations from UCLA, and a Master of Professional Writing from USC. She's a former consultant for the Rand Corporation, and a frequent lecturer on the politics of pre- and postrevolutionary Iran.

Dec. 4, 2013. David O. Stewart, known for his award-winning nonfiction works on Aaron Burr, President Andrew Johnson and the Constitution, discussed his first novel, "The Lincoln Deception." Blending real and fictional characters, the book is a gripping historical mystery exploring the endless fascination with Lincoln's assassination and the conspiracy behind it. Speaker Biography: After practicing law for many years, David O. Stewart began to write history, conducting extensive research at the Library of Congress. His first book, "The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution," was a Washington Post bestseller and won the Washington Writing Award as Best Book of 2007. "Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy" and "American Emperor, Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America" followed in 2010 and 2011 to equal acclaim. Stewart was awarded the prestigious Cincinnati History Prize by the Society of the Cincinnati in 2013. Stewart also is founder and president of the Washington Independent Review of Books, an online book review. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6223