Alexander Chee

In our first episode recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2022, Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel) talks to James about his career, being the most photographed author in history, the late Randall Kenan, and Courtney Love. Plus legendary editor and founder and President of Words Without Borders, Alane Mason.  Apply to the Sewanee Writers' Conference by March 15!  Buy Alexander Chee's books!  Buy Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan!  Check out Words Without Borders! Check out Bea Troxel's music!  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Subscribe! Rate! Enjoy!  Instagram: tkwithjs  Twitter: @JamesScottTK tk with js at g mail dot com 

In our first episode recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2022, Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel) talks to James about his career, being the most photographed author in history, the late Randall Kenan, and Courtney Love. Plus legendary editor and founder and President of Words Without Borders, Alane Mason.  Apply to the <a href="https://sewaneewritersconference.submittable.com/submit" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sewanee Writers' Conference</a> by March 15!  Buy <a href="https://bookshop.org/contributors/alexander-chee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Alexander Chee's books</a>!  Buy <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/black-folk-could-fly-selected-writings-by-randall-kenan/18885074?ean=9780393882162" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan</a>!  Check out <a href="https://wordswithoutborders.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Words Without Borders</a>! Check out <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bea Troxel's music</a>!  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Subscribe! Rate! Enjoy!  Instagram: tkwithjs  Twitter: @JamesScottTK tk with js at g mail dot com

Ep. 97: SWC 12: Alexander Chee & Alane Mason

Elena Passarello

Mary Flinn

In our fourth and final episode recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2021, Elena Passarello (Animals Strike Curious Poses) tells James about sleeping in Elvis's teenage bedroom, getting advice from long-haul truckers, and having screams sent to her. Plus the legendary Mary Flinn of Blackbird.  Apply to the Sewanee Writers' Conference by March 15!  Buy Elena's books!  Check out Blackbird!  Check out Bea Troxel's music!  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Subscribe! Rate! Enjoy!  Instagram: tkwithjs  Twitter: @JamesScottTK tk with js at g mail dot com 

In our fourth and final episode recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2021, Elena Passarello (Animals Strike Curious Poses) tells James about sleeping in Elvis's teenage bedroom, getting advice from long-haul truckers, and having screams sent to her. Plus the legendary Mary Flinn of Blackbird.  Apply to the <a href="https://sewaneewritersconference.submittable.com/submit" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sewanee Writers' Conference</a> by March 15!  Buy <a href="https://bookshop.org/contributors/elena-passarello" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Elena's books</a>!  Check out <a href="https://blackbird.vcu.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Blackbird</a>!  Check out <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bea Troxel's music</a>!  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Subscribe! Rate! Enjoy!  Instagram: tkwithjs  Twitter: @JamesScottTK tk with js at g mail dot com

Ep. 96: SWC 11: Elena Passarello & Mary Flinn

Carl Phillips

Only the great Carl Phillips could warrant an episode all to himself. Recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in 2021, James and Carl discuss assembling a collection, enjoying feeling lost, letting go of the argument, and putting a wedge between yourself and the unbearable.  Sewanee Writers' Conference 2022 Applications due March 15!  Buy  Carl's books at indie bookstores.   Music courtesy of Bea Troxel.  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Insta: tkwithjs / Tw: @JamesScottTK / https://tkpod.com

Only the great Carl Phillips could warrant an episode all to himself. Recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in 2021, James and Carl discuss assembling a collection, enjoying feeling lost, letting go of the argument, and putting a wedge between yourself and the unbearable.  <a href="http://www.sewaneewriters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sewanee Writers' Conference</a> 2022 Applications due March 15!  Buy <a href="https://bookshop.org/contributors/carl-phillips-1f3ca2ca-0d87-42ed-a4ba-a2d883b44d04" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Carl's books at indie bookstores.  </a> Music courtesy of <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bea Troxel</a>.  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Insta: tkwithjs / Tw: @JamesScottTK / <a href="https://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tkpod.com</a>

Ep. 95: SWC 10: Carl Phillips

Liz Van Hoose

The third summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference (2021) continues with M.O. Walsh (The Big Door Prize), who gives a writing tip James has used ever since, then chats about writing a novel you like, being under the influence of John Prine, and writing one of the greatest cocktail scenes ever. Plus, independent editor and member of the collective 5E Editors, Liz Van Hoose.      Sewanee Writers' Conference 2022 Applications due March 15!   Buy M.O. Walsh's books.  Work with Liz Van Hoose or 5E Editors.  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel.  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Insta: tkwithjs / Tw: @JamesScottTK / https://tkpod.com

The third summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference (2021) continues with M.O. Walsh (The Big Door Prize), who gives a writing tip James has used ever since, then chats about writing a novel you like, being under the influence of John Prine, and writing one of the greatest cocktail scenes ever. Plus, independent editor and member of the collective 5E Editors, Liz Van Hoose.      <a href="http://www.sewaneewriters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sewanee Writers' Conference</a> 2022 Applications due March 15!  <a href="https://bookshop.org/contributors/m-o-walsh-da44fe54-ef51-4397-9221-4f7450c874c4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Buy M.O. Walsh's books</a>.  Work with <a href="http://www.lizvanhoose.com/38vld2lci9bqnzqto86iypjwptxlmb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liz Van Hoose</a> or <a href="https://5eeditors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5E Editors</a>.  Music courtesy of <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bea Troxel</a>.  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Insta: tkwithjs / Tw: @JamesScottTK / <a href="https://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tkpod.com</a>

Ep. 94: SWC 09: M.O. Walsh & Liz Van Hoose

Danielle Evans

Katie Kitamura

The third summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference (2021) opens with the brilliance of Katie Kitamura (Intimacies, A Separation), who talks to James about pushing back on expectations, writing things you don't think you can, having your best reader in your own house, and the ghosts of edits past. Plus, the also brilliant author (The Office of Historical Corrections) and The Sewanee Review Editor-at-Large Danielle Evans.      Sewanee Writers' Conference 2022 Applications due March 15!  Subscribe to The Sewanee Review.  Buy Katie and Danielle's books from independent booksellers.  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel.  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Insta: tkwithjs / Tw: @JamesScottTK / https://tkpod.com

The third summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference (2021) opens with the brilliance of Katie Kitamura (Intimacies, A Separation), who talks to James about pushing back on expectations, writing things you don't think you can, having your best reader in your own house, and the ghosts of edits past. Plus, the also brilliant author (The Office of Historical Corrections) and The Sewanee Review Editor-at-Large Danielle Evans.      <a href="http://www.sewaneewriters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sewanee Writers' Conference</a> 2022 Applications due March 15!  Subscribe to <a href="https://thesewaneereview.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sewanee Review</a>.  Buy <a href="https://bookshop.org/books?keywords=katie+kitamura" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katie</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/contributors/danielle-evans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danielle</a>'s books from independent booksellers.  Music courtesy of <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bea Troxel</a>.  Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea.  Insta: tkwithjs / Tw: @JamesScottTK / <a href="https://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tkpod.com</a>

Ep. 93: SWC 08: Katie Kitamura & Danielle Evans

Rachel Bonds

Sean McIntyre

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference continues with playwright Rachel Bonds, who tells James about finding her voice in a one-act, using jealousy as a job coach, being on the writing treadmill, and recognizing the struggles of those close to us. Plus, actor and Performing Prose co-founder Sean McIntyre.      http://www.sewaneewriters.org/ 2020 Applications due March 15! - Rachel Bonds   Rachel and James discuss:  Olivier Sultan (agent)  St. Andrew's-Sewanee School  Lisa D'Amour  Barack Obama  James Agee  George Saunders  Jennifer Egan  Kevin Wilson  - Sean McIntyre: https://www.performingprose.com/ Sean and James discuss:  THE SOPRANOS  Drew Barrymore  Middlebury College  Steve Yarbrough  Jim Shepard  ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare  THE SIMPSONS  LES MISERABLES music by Claude-Monet Schonberg "Master of the House"  Emily Nemens  Tim O'Brien  SEINFELD  BREAKING BAD  THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA by Edward Albee  Dan O'Brien  Marilyn Nelson  SLINGS AND ARROWS  Keanu Reeves  The Stratford Festival  Performing Prose  Emily Shain  Anne Ray  Sewanee Writers' Conference  -  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 / FB: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference continues with playwright Rachel Bonds, who tells James about finding her voice in a one-act, using jealousy as a job coach, being on the writing treadmill, and recognizing the struggles of those close to us. Plus, actor and Performing Prose co-founder Sean McIntyre.      <a href="http://www.sewaneewriters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sewaneewriters.org/</a> 2020 Applications due March 15! - Rachel Bonds   Rachel and James discuss:  Olivier Sultan (agent)  St. Andrew's-Sewanee School  Lisa D'Amour  Barack Obama  James Agee  George Saunders  Jennifer Egan  Kevin Wilson  - Sean McIntyre: <a href="https://www.performingprose.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.performingprose.com/</a> Sean and James discuss:  THE SOPRANOS  Drew Barrymore  Middlebury College  Steve Yarbrough  Jim Shepard  ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare  THE SIMPSONS  LES MISERABLES music by Claude-Monet Schonberg "Master of the House"  Emily Nemens  Tim O'Brien  SEINFELD  BREAKING BAD  THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA by Edward Albee  Dan O'Brien  Marilyn Nelson  SLINGS AND ARROWS  Keanu Reeves  The Stratford Festival  Performing Prose  Emily Shain  Anne Ray  Sewanee Writers' Conference  -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.beatroxel.com/</a> -  http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK /Instagram: tkwithjs / FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 92: SWC 07: Rachel Bonds & Sean McIntyre

Tim O'Brien

Speer Morgan

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference continues with Tim O'Brien, who tells James about winning the National Book Award, writing THE THINGS THEY CARRIED while on a break from another book, not leaving a sentence until it's finished, being a father, knowing death, and recognizing the maybeness of it all. Plus, Missouri Review editor Speer Morgan.      http://www.sewaneewriters.org/ 2020 Applications due March 15! - Tim O'Brien  Buy Tim's books: Buy Tim O'Brien's Books From Independent Booksellers  Tim and James discuss:  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Dan O'Brien  Christine Schutt  THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving  THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER by John Cheever  Lizzie Borden  Jack the Ripper  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates  WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy  THE BIBLE  BILLY BUDD, SAILOR by Herman Melville  Wyatt Prunty  Emily Nemens  Ernest Hemingway  - Speer Morgan: https://www.missourireview.com/ Speer and James discuss:  Middlebury College  The New England Review  Greg Michaelson  Jack Kerouac  Mark Twain  Tennessee Williams  Christine Schutt  The Dead Sea Scrolls  Kris Somerville's Curio Cabinet  Mike McClaskey Dan O'Brien  "Fields of Empire" by Joan Silber  Daniel Woodrell Susan Vreeland  Joanna Scott  Raymond Carver  Robert Olen Butler  Naguib Mahfouz Gregory Rabassa  Philip K. Dick  Ursula Le Guin  Russell Banks  PBS  Henry Green Robert Bly  Stephen Dunn  TR Hummer  Dave Smith  Annie Proulx Edmund White  Ernest Gaines  Larry Brown  John Updike  Margaret Walker  Peter Matthiessen  Richard Ford  "Awakening to Jake" by Jillian Weiss  Henry James  Edith Wharton  CHERNOBYL  "Snow" by Kermit Frazier  A FAITHFUL BUT MELANCHOLY ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL BARBARITIES LATELY COMMITTED by Jason Brown "Those Deep Elm Brown's Ferry Blues" by William Gay  -  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 / FB: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference continues with Tim O'Brien, who tells James about winning the National Book Award, writing THE THINGS THEY CARRIED while on a break from another book, not leaving a sentence until it's finished, being a father, knowing death, and recognizing the maybeness of it all. Plus, Missouri Review editor Speer Morgan.      <a href="http://www.sewaneewriters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sewaneewriters.org/</a> 2020 Applications due March 15! - Tim O'Brien  Buy Tim's books: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=tkwithjs&amp;keys=Tim%20O%27Brien" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy Tim O'Brien's Books From Independent Booksellers </a> Tim and James discuss:  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Dan O'Brien  Christine Schutt  THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving  THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER by John Cheever  Lizzie Borden  Jack the Ripper  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates  WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy  THE BIBLE  BILLY BUDD, SAILOR by Herman Melville  Wyatt Prunty  Emily Nemens  Ernest Hemingway  - Speer Morgan: <a href="https://www.missourireview.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.missourireview.com/</a> Speer and James discuss:  Middlebury College  The New England Review  Greg Michaelson  Jack Kerouac  Mark Twain  Tennessee Williams  Christine Schutt  The Dead Sea Scrolls  Kris Somerville's Curio Cabinet  Mike McClaskey Dan O'Brien  "Fields of Empire" by Joan Silber  Daniel Woodrell Susan Vreeland  Joanna Scott  Raymond Carver  Robert Olen Butler  Naguib Mahfouz Gregory Rabassa  Philip K. Dick  Ursula Le Guin  Russell Banks  PBS  Henry Green Robert Bly  Stephen Dunn  TR Hummer  Dave Smith  Annie Proulx Edmund White  Ernest Gaines  Larry Brown  John Updike  Margaret Walker  Peter Matthiessen  Richard Ford  "Awakening to Jake" by Jillian Weiss  Henry James  Edith Wharton  CHERNOBYL  "Snow" by Kermit Frazier  A FAITHFUL BUT MELANCHOLY ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL BARBARITIES LATELY COMMITTED by Jason Brown "Those Deep Elm Brown's Ferry Blues" by William Gay  -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.beatroxel.com/</a> -  http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK /Instagram: tkwithjs / FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 91: SWC 06: Tim O'Brien & Speer Morgan

Marilyn Nelson

Michael Wiegers

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference begins with James speaking with Marilyn Nelson, who has written poetry in many forms and for many audiences. Marilyn tells James about her fears of being pigeonholed as well as her love of musicality, embodying voices, and finding a way forward. Plus, Copper Canyon Executive Editor Michael Wiegers.      - Marilyn Nelson: https://marilyn-nelson.com/ Buy Marilyn's books: Shop your local indie bookstore for Marilyn Nelson Marilyn and James discuss:  Andrea Davis Pinkney Igor Stravinsky  Maurice Manning  Wyatt Prunty Childcraft Books  Sara Teasdale  Gwendolyn Brooks  Linda Ronstadt "Songs for My Father"  Norton's Anthology of Children's Literature  Stephen Roxburgh Front Street Publishing Augusta Savage  - Michael Wiegers: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/michael-wiegers/ Copper Canyon Press: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/ Michael and James discuss:  The New York Times  Goodreads  Amazon Michiko Kakutani  Ocean Vuong  RAILSPLITTER by Maurice Manning  Melissa Stein  Coffee House Press  W.S. Merwin  Robert Graves  Alan Brilliant  Unicorn Press  -  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 / FB: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference begins with James speaking with Marilyn Nelson, who has written poetry in many forms and for many audiences. Marilyn tells James about her fears of being pigeonholed as well as her love of musicality, embodying voices, and finding a way forward. Plus, Copper Canyon Executive Editor Michael Wiegers.      - Marilyn Nelson: <a href="https://marilyn-nelson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://marilyn-nelson.com/</a> Buy Marilyn's books: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=tkwithjs&amp;keys=Marilyn%20Nelson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop your local indie bookstore for Marilyn Nelson</a> Marilyn and James discuss:  Andrea Davis Pinkney Igor Stravinsky  Maurice Manning  Wyatt Prunty Childcraft Books  Sara Teasdale  Gwendolyn Brooks  Linda Ronstadt "Songs for My Father"  Norton's Anthology of Children's Literature  Stephen Roxburgh Front Street Publishing Augusta Savage  - Michael Wiegers: <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/michael-wiegers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/michael-wiegers/</a> Copper Canyon Press: <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/</a> Michael and James discuss:  The New York Times  Goodreads  Amazon Michiko Kakutani  Ocean Vuong  RAILSPLITTER by Maurice Manning  Melissa Stein  Coffee House Press  W.S. Merwin  Robert Graves  Alan Brilliant  Unicorn Press  -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.beatroxel.com/</a> -  http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK /Instagram: tkwithjs / FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 90: SWC 05: Marilyn Nelson & Michael Wiegers

Kevin Wilson

Zachary Wagman

Kevin Wilson's fifth book, the novel NOTHING TO SEE HERE, is a perfect combination of everything that made his previous work so singular: the humor and edge of THE FAMILY FANG, the intensity of his short fiction, and the heart and earnestness of PERFECT LITTLE WORLD. He and James talk depicting basketball, writing being fun and versatile, keeping it short, and lacking a radar for weirdness. Plus, Ecco executive editor Zachary Wagman.   - Kevin Wilson: https://www.wilsonkevin.com/ Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE: Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE  Kevin's work mentioned: "Blowing up on the Spot", PERFECT LITTLE WORLD, TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, THE FAMILY FANG, Buzzfeed essay:  https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevinwilson/i-cant-save-my-son-from-the-anxiety-ive-passed-on-to-him.  Kevin and James discuss:  PLOUGHSHARES  Laura van den Berg  Lee Boudreaux  Harry Potter  The Southern Voices Festival  "A to B" from A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan  Caki Wilkinson  Latina Davis  Kim Woodley  Grundy County  Franklin County  Kansas State  University of Florida  Patrick Ewing  Hakeem Olajuwon  Kevin McHale  THE DART LEAGUE KING by Keith Lee Morris  "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard  Harvard University  THE NEW YORKER  Calvin Trillin WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson  A MEMBER OF THE WEDDING by Carson McCullers  MRS. CALIBAN by Rachel Ingalls  GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong  TREASURE ISLAND!!! by Sara Levine  BAD MARIE by Marcy Dermansky  THE LONGSHOT by Katie Kitamura  TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson  Christine Schutt  Steven Millhauser  Larry Bird  Johnny Storm, "The Human Torch"  Julie Barer  Ecco  Greensboro Review  Nicole Kidman  Keith Urban  Christopher Walken  Ryan Call  - Zachary Wagman: @zackwagman Zack and James discuss:  THE FAMILY FANG BABY, YOU'RE GONNA BE MINE  PERFECT LITTLE WORLD  Saturday Night Live  ALA  The Lead Read  The Today Show  Vintage  Crown  Dennis Lehane  Dan Halpern  Hogarth  Knopf  New England Patriots  Gillian Flynn  Pulitzer Prize  Nobel Prize  YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha  COLD STORAGE by David Koepp - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/ Instagram: tkwithjs

Kevin Wilson's fifth book, the novel NOTHING TO SEE HERE, is a perfect combination of everything that made his previous work so singular: the humor and edge of THE FAMILY FANG, the intensity of his short fiction, and the heart and earnestness of PERFECT LITTLE WORLD. He and James talk depicting basketball, writing being fun and versatile, keeping it short, and lacking a radar for weirdness. Plus, Ecco executive editor Zachary Wagman.   - Kevin Wilson: <a href="https://www.wilsonkevin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wilsonkevin.com/</a> Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062913463?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE </a> Kevin's work mentioned: "Blowing up on the Spot", PERFECT LITTLE WORLD, TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, THE FAMILY FANG, Buzzfeed essay: <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevinwilson/i-cant-save-my-son-from-the-anxiety-ive-passed-on-to-him" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevinwilson/i-cant-save-my-son-from-the-anxiety-ive-passed-on-to-him</a>.  Kevin and James discuss:  PLOUGHSHARES  Laura van den Berg  Lee Boudreaux  Harry Potter  The Southern Voices Festival  "A to B" from A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan  Caki Wilkinson  Latina Davis  Kim Woodley  Grundy County  Franklin County  Kansas State  University of Florida  Patrick Ewing  Hakeem Olajuwon  Kevin McHale  THE DART LEAGUE KING by Keith Lee Morris  "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard  Harvard University  THE NEW YORKER  Calvin Trillin WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson  A MEMBER OF THE WEDDING by Carson McCullers  MRS. CALIBAN by Rachel Ingalls  GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong  TREASURE ISLAND!!! by Sara Levine  BAD MARIE by Marcy Dermansky  THE LONGSHOT by Katie Kitamura  TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson  Christine Schutt  Steven Millhauser  Larry Bird  Johnny Storm, "The Human Torch"  Julie Barer  Ecco  Greensboro Review  Nicole Kidman  Keith Urban  Christopher Walken  Ryan Call  - Zachary Wagman: @zackwagman Zack and James discuss:  THE FAMILY FANG BABY, YOU'RE GONNA BE MINE  PERFECT LITTLE WORLD  Saturday Night Live  ALA  The Lead Read  The Today Show  Vintage  Crown  Dennis Lehane  Dan Halpern  Hogarth  Knopf  New England Patriots  Gillian Flynn  Pulitzer Prize  Nobel Prize  YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha  COLD STORAGE by David Koepp - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK/  Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a> Instagram: tkwithjs

Ep. 89: Kevin Wilson & Zachary Wagman

Calvin Hennick

Bill Henderson

Calvin Hennick jokingly calls his memoir, ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO, "every thought I've ever had," and the book touches on fatherhood, manhood, race, family, alcohol, baseball, and countless other topics, all considered on a road trip to his childhood hometown with his young son. He talks to James about having the memoir roundly rejected until it won the Pushcart Press Editor's Award, walking around naked in front of the reader, and not solving all of the world's problems. Plus, the legendary Bill Henderson of Pushcart Press. - Calvin Hennick: https://twitter.com/calvinhennick?lang=en Buy ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO: Buy ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO Calvin and James discuss:  The Chunky Monkeys  THE BOSTON GLOBE MAGAZINE Grub Street Boston Red Sox  Adam Jones  Baltimore Orioles Curt Schilling  Fenway Park  GET OUT dir by Jordan Peele  Cooperstown, NY  Baseball Hall of Fame  PLEASANTVILLE dir by Gary Ross  Jackie Robinson Millicent Bennett Grand Central Publishing  Pushcart Editor's Prize  Bill Henderson  APOCALYPSE NOW dir by Francis Ford Coppola  BUSINESS INSIDER  Alex Marzano-Lesnevich Chip Cheek  Whitney Scharer  Jenn DeLeon  THE BODY PAPERS by Grace Talusan  Franz Kafka  James Joyce  - Bill Henderson: http://pushcartprize.com/ Buy THE PUSHCART PRIZE ANTHOLOGY: Buy the PUSHCART PRIZE ANTHOLOGY Bill and James discuss:  THE KID THAT COULD  THE PUBLISH IT YOURSELF HANDBOOK by Bill Henderson  The Pushcart Prize  Anais Nin  Buckminster Fuller  Ralph Ellison  Joyce Carol Oates  Doubleday  THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  Mattel Toys  Random House  WW Norton &amp; Co.  ESQUIRE  Central Park  ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO by Calvin Hennick Little, Brown  Millicent Bennett  POETS &amp; WRITERS  Cooperstown  Fenway Park  Boston Red Sox  WASHINGTON POST  YOU ARE NOT A GADGET by Jaron Lanier  GARDEN STATE by Rick Moody  THE TALE OF THE RING: A KADDISH: A PERSONAL MEMOIR OF THE HOLOCAUST by Frank Stiffel  A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER: THE GREAT HAMPTONS HURRICANE OF 1938 by Genie Chipps Henderson  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK/ Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Calvin Hennick jokingly calls his memoir, ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO, "every thought I've ever had," and the book touches on fatherhood, manhood, race, family, alcohol, baseball, and countless other topics, all considered on a road trip to his childhood hometown with his young son. He talks to James about having the memoir roundly rejected until it won the Pushcart Press Editor's Award, walking around naked in front of the reader, and not solving all of the world's problems. Plus, the legendary Bill Henderson of Pushcart Press. - Calvin Hennick: <a href="https://twitter.com/calvinhennick?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/calvinhennick?lang=en</a> Buy ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781888889970?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO</a> Calvin and James discuss:  The Chunky Monkeys  THE BOSTON GLOBE MAGAZINE Grub Street Boston Red Sox  Adam Jones  Baltimore Orioles Curt Schilling  Fenway Park  GET OUT dir by Jordan Peele  Cooperstown, NY  Baseball Hall of Fame  PLEASANTVILLE dir by Gary Ross  Jackie Robinson Millicent Bennett Grand Central Publishing  Pushcart Editor's Prize  Bill Henderson  APOCALYPSE NOW dir by Francis Ford Coppola  BUSINESS INSIDER  Alex Marzano-Lesnevich Chip Cheek  Whitney Scharer  Jenn DeLeon  THE BODY PAPERS by Grace Talusan  Franz Kafka  James Joyce  - Bill Henderson: <a href="http://pushcartprize.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://pushcartprize.com/</a> Buy THE PUSHCART PRIZE ANTHOLOGY: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781888889963?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy the PUSHCART PRIZE ANTHOLOGY</a> Bill and James discuss:  THE KID THAT COULD  THE PUBLISH IT YOURSELF HANDBOOK by Bill Henderson  The Pushcart Prize  Anais Nin  Buckminster Fuller  Ralph Ellison  Joyce Carol Oates  Doubleday  THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW PUBLISHERS WEEKLY  Mattel Toys  Random House  WW Norton &amp; Co.  ESQUIRE  Central Park  ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO by Calvin Hennick Little, Brown  Millicent Bennett  POETS &amp; WRITERS  Cooperstown  Fenway Park  Boston Red Sox  WASHINGTON POST  YOU ARE NOT A GADGET by Jaron Lanier  GARDEN STATE by Rick Moody  THE TALE OF THE RING: A KADDISH: A PERSONAL MEMOIR OF THE HOLOCAUST by Frank Stiffel  A DAY LIKE ANY OTHER: THE GREAT HAMPTONS HURRICANE OF 1938 by Genie Chipps Henderson  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK/ Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 88: Calvin Hennick & Bill Henderson

Author James Scott interviews writers, editors, agents, and book lovers of all types about what goes into their writing and what they get out of their reading.

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TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books Podcast

Carmen Maria Machado

Ethan Nosowsky

HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES, the dazzling debut by Carmen Maria Machado has garnered tremendous acclaim, including being named a finalist for the National Book Award. Carmen and James discuss never being done editing, her enviable file of images, and being thrown out of a plane. Plus, Editorial Director at Graywolf Press, Ethan Nosowsky.  - Carmen Maria Machado: https://carmenmariamachado.com/ Carmen and James discuss:  Ethan Nosowsky  FIVE CHAPTERS  GRAYWOLF PRESS  THE NEW YORKER  I WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE by Jamie Quatro  Kelly Link  Kevin Brockmeier  Shuchi Saraswat  Kimberly Glyder Aimee Bender Karen Russell  Laura van den Berg  Clarion Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy Writers' Workshop ANNIHILATION by Jeff Vander Meer  SMALL BEER PRESS A STRANGER IN OLONDRIA Sofia Samatar  THE WINGED HISTORIES by Sofia Samatar TENDER by Sofia Samatar Sam J. Miller  Alyssa Wong  Alice Kim  TIN HOUSE  McSWEENEY'S Yaddo   WOODCUTTERS by Thomas Bernhard NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro Ted Chiang  STRANGE HORIZONS  THE AMERICAN READER  - Graywolf Press: https://www.graywolfpress.org/ Ethan and James Discuss: National Book Award IndieNext Pick  Page-Turner Blog Kent Wolf  Graywolf Press  McSweeney's  FSG  Oxford University Press  Fiona McCrae (Graywolf) CLMP  Jeff Seroy (FSG) Josh Glusman (Norton)  Robert Giroux  Alan Williams  Stephen King  Nadine Gordimer  John Steinbeck  MacMillan Publishing  Bruce Machart  Houghton-Mifflin  David Vann  TOMB SONG by Julian Herbert   Christina MacSweeney  Tracy K. Smith  A LUCKY MAN by Jamel Brinkley  THE CONVERT by Deborah Baker  THE LAST ENGLISHMAN by Deborah Baker  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES, the dazzling debut by Carmen Maria Machado has garnered tremendous acclaim, including being named a finalist for the National Book Award. Carmen and James discuss never being done editing, her enviable file of images, and being thrown out of a plane. Plus, Editorial Director at Graywolf Press, Ethan Nosowsky.  - Carmen Maria Machado: <a href="https://carmenmariamachado.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://carmenmariamachado.com/</a> Carmen and James discuss:  Ethan Nosowsky  FIVE CHAPTERS  GRAYWOLF PRESS  THE NEW YORKER  I WANT TO SHOW YOU MORE by Jamie Quatro  Kelly Link  Kevin Brockmeier  Shuchi Saraswat  Kimberly Glyder Aimee Bender Karen Russell  Laura van den Berg  Clarion Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy Writers' Workshop ANNIHILATION by Jeff Vander Meer  SMALL BEER PRESS A STRANGER IN OLONDRIA Sofia Samatar  THE WINGED HISTORIES by Sofia Samatar TENDER by Sofia Samatar Sam J. Miller  Alyssa Wong  Alice Kim  TIN HOUSE  McSWEENEY'S Yaddo   WOODCUTTERS by Thomas Bernhard NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro Ted Chiang  STRANGE HORIZONS  THE AMERICAN READER  - Graywolf Press: <a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.graywolfpress.org/</a> Ethan and James Discuss: National Book Award IndieNext Pick  Page-Turner Blog Kent Wolf  Graywolf Press  McSweeney's  FSG  Oxford University Press  Fiona McCrae (Graywolf) CLMP  Jeff Seroy (FSG) Josh Glusman (Norton)  Robert Giroux  Alan Williams  Stephen King  Nadine Gordimer  John Steinbeck  MacMillan Publishing  Bruce Machart  Houghton-Mifflin  David Vann  TOMB SONG by Julian Herbert   Christina MacSweeney  Tracy K. Smith  A LUCKY MAN by Jamel Brinkley  THE CONVERT by Deborah Baker  THE LAST ENGLISHMAN by Deborah Baker  - <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 44: Carmen Maria Machado & Ethan Nosowsky 

Christine Schutt

Emily Nemens

In our final episode of our Sewanee Writers' Conference series recorded in the summer of 2018, James is joined by Christine Schutt, one of our greatest authors, to discuss her career from FLORIDA to her latest, PURE HOLLYWOOD. They cover a lot of books, and a lot of ground, from nerves about reading to insecurity about writing, in an honest and illuminating conversation. Plus, friend and (relatively) new PARIS REVIEW editor Emily Nemens.  -  Christine Schutt: https://www.christineschutt.com/  Christine and James discuss:  Christine's books: FLORIDA; A DAY, A NIGHT, ANOTHER DAY, SUMMER; NIGHTWORK; ALL SOULS; PROSPEROUS FRIENDS; PURE HOLLYWOOD: AND OTHER STORIES  Amy Hempel  Barry Hannah  Gordon Lish  Lucy Corin  UC Davis  Mary Jo Salter  John Casey Cheri Peters  William Gay  Wyatt Prunty  Jill McCorkle  AWP  Donald Justice  Elizabeth Bishop  BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  TRIQUARTERLY  National Book Award  Kathryn Davis  SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Elizabeth Hardwick TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson CHILD OF GOD by Cormac McCarthy  AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner  TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf  Diane Williams  NOON  Josh Weil  UC Irvine  The Nightingale-Bamford School  Wesleyan University  Mills College  Elizabeth Winthrop  GOSSIP GIRL by Cecily von Ziegesar Laura van den Berg  Elisabeth Schmitz   Margot Livesey  Alfred Hitchcock "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  Alice Munro  Dan O'Brien  Maurice Manning  Clare Beams  - Emily Nemens: https://www.theparisreview.org/ Emily and James Discuss: THE PARIS REVIEW  THE SOUTHERN REVIEW  Diane Williams  WRITERS AT WORK  Pulitzer Prize  WOMEN AT WORK, INTERVIEWS FROM THE PARIS REVIEW  Francois Mauriac  Nadine Gordimer  Hernan Diaz  Kelli Jo Ford  Emily Bell  AWP  THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In our final episode of our Sewanee Writers' Conference series recorded in the summer of 2018, James is joined by Christine Schutt, one of our greatest authors, to discuss her career from FLORIDA to her latest, PURE HOLLYWOOD. They cover a lot of books, and a lot of ground, from nerves about reading to insecurity about writing, in an honest and illuminating conversation. Plus, friend and (relatively) new PARIS REVIEW editor Emily Nemens.  -  Christine Schutt: <a href="https://www.christineschutt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.christineschutt.com/</a> Christine and James discuss:  Christine's books: FLORIDA; A DAY, A NIGHT, ANOTHER DAY, SUMMER; NIGHTWORK; ALL SOULS; PROSPEROUS FRIENDS; PURE HOLLYWOOD: AND OTHER STORIES  Amy Hempel  Barry Hannah  Gordon Lish  Lucy Corin  UC Davis  Mary Jo Salter  John Casey Cheri Peters  William Gay  Wyatt Prunty  Jill McCorkle  AWP  Donald Justice  Elizabeth Bishop  BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  TRIQUARTERLY  National Book Award  Kathryn Davis  SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Elizabeth Hardwick TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson CHILD OF GOD by Cormac McCarthy  AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner  TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf  Diane Williams  NOON  Josh Weil  UC Irvine  The Nightingale-Bamford School  Wesleyan University  Mills College  Elizabeth Winthrop  GOSSIP GIRL by Cecily von Ziegesar Laura van den Berg  Elisabeth Schmitz   Margot Livesey  Alfred Hitchcock "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  Alice Munro  Dan O'Brien  Maurice Manning  Clare Beams  - Emily Nemens: <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theparisreview.org/</a> Emily and James Discuss: THE PARIS REVIEW  THE SOUTHERN REVIEW  Diane Williams  WRITERS AT WORK  Pulitzer Prize  WOMEN AT WORK, INTERVIEWS FROM THE PARIS REVIEW  Francois Mauriac  Nadine Gordimer  Hernan Diaz  Kelli Jo Ford  Emily Bell  AWP  THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 72: SWC 04: Christine Schutt & Emily Nemens 

Amy Kurzweil

Two incredible authors discuss their debuts. First, Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne tells James about her Tennessee-set HOLDING ON TO NOTHING (Blair), reading while driving (?), Dolly Parton, time machines, and two beer guitars. Then Amy Kurzweil on her depiction of three generations, including her grandmother surviving the Holocaust, in FLYING COUCH: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR (Black Balloon Books). They go over the deceptive naïveté of comics, how she learned to depict her story, and the inside dirt on NEW YORKER cartoons.   - Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne: http://ecshelburne.com/ Buy HOLDING ON TO NOTHING: Buy HOLDING ON TO NOTHING Elizabeth and James discuss:  Blair Publishing  Amherst College  James Patterson  TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee  THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY  Mark Barr  The Novel Incubator at Grub Street  Lisa Borders  Michelle Hoover  FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen  "Little Sparrow" by Dolly Parton  "Down in the Valley" by The Head and the Heart  Grand Ole Opry  TRAMPOLINE by Robert Gipe  ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare William Gay  George Singleton  - Amy Kurzweil: http://amykurzweil.com/ Buy FLYING COUCH: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR: Buy FLYING COUCH Amy and James discuss:  BART SIMPSON'S GUIDE TO LIFE: A WEE HANDBOOK FOR THE PERPLEXED by Matt Groening  CALVIN AND HOBBES by Bill Watterson  MAUS by Art Spiegelman FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC by Alison Bechdel  PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi  Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at University of Michigan  "What the son wishes to forget the grandson wishes to remember." - Marcus Lee Hansen  THE NEW YORKER  MOBY DICK by Nathaniel Hawthorne  Marcel Proust    Bob Mankoff  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Two incredible authors discuss their debuts. First, Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne tells James about her Tennessee-set HOLDING ON TO NOTHING (Blair), reading while driving (?), Dolly Parton, time machines, and two beer guitars. Then Amy Kurzweil on her depiction of three generations, including her grandmother surviving the Holocaust, in FLYING COUCH: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR (Black Balloon Books). They go over the deceptive naïveté of comics, how she learned to depict her story, and the inside dirt on NEW YORKER cartoons.   - Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne: <a href="http://ecshelburne.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ecshelburne.com/</a> Buy HOLDING ON TO NOTHING: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781949467086?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy HOLDING ON TO NOTHING</a> Elizabeth and James discuss:  Blair Publishing  Amherst College  James Patterson  TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee  THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY  Mark Barr  The Novel Incubator at Grub Street  Lisa Borders  Michelle Hoover  FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen  "Little Sparrow" by Dolly Parton  "Down in the Valley" by The Head and the Heart  Grand Ole Opry  TRAMPOLINE by Robert Gipe  ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare William Gay  George Singleton  - Amy Kurzweil: <a href="http://amykurzweil.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://amykurzweil.com/</a> Buy FLYING COUCH: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781936787289?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy FLYING COUCH</a> Amy and James discuss:  BART SIMPSON'S GUIDE TO LIFE: A WEE HANDBOOK FOR THE PERPLEXED by Matt Groening  CALVIN AND HOBBES by Bill Watterson  MAUS by Art Spiegelman FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC by Alison Bechdel  PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi  Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at University of Michigan  "What the son wishes to forget the grandson wishes to remember." - Marcus Lee Hansen  THE NEW YORKER  MOBY DICK by Nathaniel Hawthorne  Marcel Proust    Bob Mankoff  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 87: Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne & Amy Kurzweil

Josh Weil

Cheston Knapp

The legends of Josh Weil's unique writing process precede him, but he and James try to get to the bottom of it, including how he comes up with his ideas, how he challenges himself, and whether his lucky slippers and mug travel with him. They touch on Josh's award-winning books THE NEW VALLEY and THE GREAT GLASS SEA, but dive deep into his new collection THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT. Plus Cheston Knapp, editor at TIN HOUSE magazine, and an extra bonus with poet Javier Zamora, whose new poetry collection is UNACCOMPANIED.  - Josh Weil: http://www.joshweil.com/site/home.html Josh and James discuss:  THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT by Josh Weil  Leon Uris  Frederick Forsythe  "Angle of Reflection"  Steven Spielberg  STAND BY ME STRANGER THINGS  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Jhumpa Lahiri  Grove Press  THE GREAT GLASS SEA by Josh Weil  "The Point of Roughness"  "No Flies, No Folly"  "Long, Bright Line"  VIRGINIA QUARTERLY  Hannah Tinti ONE STORY "The First Bad Thing" NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy Yaddo - Cheston Knapp: https://www.chestonknapp.com/ Cheston and James Discuss: "The Point of Roughness" by Josh Weil "Drummond and Son" by Charles D'Ambrosio Tin House Summer Writers' Workshop Lance Cleland Jim Shepard   -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The legends of Josh Weil's unique writing process precede him, but he and James try to get to the bottom of it, including how he comes up with his ideas, how he challenges himself, and whether his lucky slippers and mug travel with him. They touch on Josh's award-winning books THE NEW VALLEY and THE GREAT GLASS SEA, but dive deep into his new collection THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT. Plus Cheston Knapp, editor at TIN HOUSE magazine, and an extra bonus with poet Javier Zamora, whose new poetry collection is UNACCOMPANIED.  - Josh Weil: <a href="http://www.joshweil.com/site/home.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.joshweil.com/site/home.html</a> Josh and James discuss:  THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT by Josh Weil  Leon Uris  Frederick Forsythe  "Angle of Reflection"  Steven Spielberg  STAND BY ME STRANGER THINGS  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Jhumpa Lahiri  Grove Press  THE GREAT GLASS SEA by Josh Weil  "The Point of Roughness"  "No Flies, No Folly"  "Long, Bright Line"  VIRGINIA QUARTERLY  Hannah Tinti ONE STORY "The First Bad Thing" NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy Yaddo - Cheston Knapp: <a href="https://www.chestonknapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.chestonknapp.com/</a> Cheston and James Discuss: "The Point of Roughness" by Josh Weil "Drummond and Son" by Charles D'Ambrosio Tin House Summer Writers' Workshop Lance Cleland Jim Shepard   -  <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 43: Josh Weil & Cheston Knapp 

Amanda Goldblatt

It took Amanda Goldblatt eight years to write her debut novel, HARD MOUTH. The result is a brilliantly inventive work combining style with emotional impact and classic storytelling. She and James talk about their long friendship, cutting the apocalypse, summoning (or not) imaginary beings, making rules for novels, and remembering the books they read as kids. Plus, Amanda's agent from Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Caroline Eisenmann.  - Amanda Goldblatt: https://amandagoldblatt.com/ Buy HARD MOUTH: Buy HARD MOUTH from your local indie bookstore!  Amanda and James discuss:  Washington University  THE CUPBOARD  Eugene Pallette  Caroline Eisenmann  Turner Classic Movies  POND by Claire-Louise Bennett  MY MAN GODFREY  HATCHET by Gary Paulsen  THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann David Wyss Harry Potter THE HUNGER GAMES  E.T.  J Dilla  VOX  Notorious B.I.G.  Andre 3000  MF Doom  Talib Kweli  Kerri Webster  Gordon Lish  Gary Lutz  Amy Hempel  Sam Lipsyte  Christine Schutt  "The Sentence is a Lonely Place" by Gary Lutz  Jim Shepard  Mary Ruefle  Tim O'Brien  Marilynne Robinson Denis Johnson  Cormac McCarthy  - Caroline Eisenmann: https://goldinlit.com/agents/ Caroline and James discuss:  NOON  James Salyer  Mary Gaitskill  Annie Proulx  Ottessa Moshfegh  Halle Butler  Claire Messud  Nell Zink  Garth Greenwell  Jack Kerouac  Ernest Hemingway  I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM by Peter Kispert  ICM  GOING DUTCH by James Gregor  Simon &amp; Schuster  THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NATHANIEL P by Adelle Waldman  THE LONGING FOR LESS: LIVING WITH MINIMALILSM by Kyle Chayka - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

It took Amanda Goldblatt eight years to write her debut novel, HARD MOUTH. The result is a brilliantly inventive work combining style with emotional impact and classic storytelling. She and James talk about their long friendship, cutting the apocalypse, summoning (or not) imaginary beings, making rules for novels, and remembering the books they read as kids. Plus, Amanda's agent from Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Caroline Eisenmann.  - Amanda Goldblatt: <a href="https://amandagoldblatt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amandagoldblatt.com/</a> Buy HARD MOUTH: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781640092426?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy HARD MOUTH from your local indie bookstore! </a> Amanda and James discuss:  Washington University  THE CUPBOARD  Eugene Pallette  Caroline Eisenmann  Turner Classic Movies  POND by Claire-Louise Bennett  MY MAN GODFREY  HATCHET by Gary Paulsen  THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann David Wyss Harry Potter THE HUNGER GAMES  E.T.  J Dilla  VOX  Notorious B.I.G.  Andre 3000  MF Doom  Talib Kweli  Kerri Webster  Gordon Lish  Gary Lutz  Amy Hempel  Sam Lipsyte  Christine Schutt  "The Sentence is a Lonely Place" by Gary Lutz  Jim Shepard  Mary Ruefle  Tim O'Brien  Marilynne Robinson Denis Johnson  Cormac McCarthy  - Caroline Eisenmann: <a href="https://goldinlit.com/agents/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://goldinlit.com/agents/</a> Caroline and James discuss:  NOON  James Salyer  Mary Gaitskill  Annie Proulx  Ottessa Moshfegh  Halle Butler  Claire Messud  Nell Zink  Garth Greenwell  Jack Kerouac  Ernest Hemingway  I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM by Peter Kispert  ICM  GOING DUTCH by James Gregor  Simon &amp; Schuster  THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NATHANIEL P by Adelle Waldman  THE LONGING FOR LESS: LIVING WITH MINIMALILSM by Kyle Chayka - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 83: Amanda Goldblatt & Caroline Eisenmann

Christopher Boucher

Kim Liao

Chris and James go through Chris's life from set maker and creator of latex fish to author of the brilliant GOLDEN DELICIOUS and HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE. They talk about how writers want to hear from you, how random kindnesses led to their careers, and how Chris came upon his writing style. Then, Kim Liao discusses her essay "Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year", which was published on lithub.com.      CHRIS AND JAMES DISCUSS: Powell's Books Kevin Sampsell  Boris Vian  JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson  HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA by Richard Brautigan THE FAERIE QUEENE by Edmund Spenser Sam Shepard Harold Pinter Caryl Churchill Spalding Gray A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dixon BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Roger Miller Geoffrey Wolff Tobias Wolff Jayne Anne Phillips Margot Livesey Junot Diaz George Saunders CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE by George Saunders DOGWALKER by Arthur Bradford Andre Dubus Andre Dubus III Arielle Greenberg Mary Caponegro Cheryl Strayed Salvador Plascencia 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez  INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace    KIM AND JAMES DISCUSS: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Slice Literary Conference  AWP Conference  Kevin Larimer  POETS &amp; WRITERS MAGAZINE Lithub Black Lawrence Press  Vermont Studio Center    http://tkpod.com  /  tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK  Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/ 

Chris and James go through Chris's life from set maker and creator of latex fish to author of the brilliant GOLDEN DELICIOUS and HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE. They talk about how writers want to hear from you, how random kindnesses led to their careers, and how Chris came upon his writing style. Then, Kim Liao discusses her essay "Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year", which was published on <a href="http://lithub.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lithub.com</a>.  CHRIS AND JAMES DISCUSS: Powell's Books Kevin Sampsell  Boris Vian  JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson  HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA by Richard Brautigan THE FAERIE QUEENE by Edmund Spenser Sam Shepard Harold Pinter Caryl Churchill Spalding Gray A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dixon BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Roger Miller Geoffrey Wolff Tobias Wolff Jayne Anne Phillips Margot Livesey Junot Diaz George Saunders CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE by George Saunders DOGWALKER by Arthur Bradford Andre Dubus Andre Dubus III Arielle Greenberg Mary Caponegro Cheryl Strayed Salvador Plascencia 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez  INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace  KIM AND JAMES DISCUSS: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Slice Literary Conference  AWP Conference  Kevin Larimer  POETS &amp; WRITERS MAGAZINE Lithub Black Lawrence Press  Vermont Studio Center  <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tkpod.com</a>  /  <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com/">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK  Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 12: Christopher Boucher & Kim Liao

Lydia Kiesling

Shuchi Saraswat

Lydia Kiesling tricked herself into writing a novel by starting with small vignettes about her feelings as a new parent and setting them in a northern California that's rarely explored in literature. The result of tying those scenes together is her excellent debut, THE GOLDEN STATE. She and James talk about her work as editor of THE MILLIONS, spreadsheets, local newspapers, present tense, and barfing toddlers. Plus, Shuchi Saraswat from Brookline Booksmith talks about the Transnational Literature Series and book sales.  - Lydia Kiesling: http://www.lydiakiesling.com/ Lydia and James Discuss:  CAL SUNDAY MAGAZINE  Sarah Smarsh  Hamilton College  OFF COURSE by Michelle Huneven  MODOC COUNTY RECORD  David Lodge  Sarah Blackwood  LUCKY JIM by Kingsley Amis  Tobias Wolff  Brandon Taylor  THE MILLIONS  Laura van den Berg  Emily Bell  Charles Dickens  THE GRADUATE dir by Mike Nichols  C. Max Magee  THE LAST SAMURAI by Helen DeWitt  - Shuchi Saraswat: https://www.shuchisaraswat.com/ Shuchi and James discuss:  Brookline Booksmith  The Transnational Literature Series  KINGDOM OF OLIVE AND ASH ed by Chabon &amp; Waldman  THIS IS NOT A BORDER ed by Soueif &amp; Hamilton  Ru Freeman  Khury Petersen-Smith BEACON PRESS  Tom Hallock  HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance  VISITATION by Jenny Erpenbeck  GO WENT GONE by Jenny Erpenbeck  Laura van den Berg  DISORIENTAL by Negar Djavadi POSO WELLS by Gabriela Aleman Coolidge Corner Theatre  PERSEPOLIS dir by Marjane Satrapi  Words Without Borders  The Forum Network  Bob Woodward  EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid  HOME FIRE by Kamila Shamsie  PACHINCO by Min Jin Lee  THE INCENDIARIES by R.O. Kwon  THE MARS ROOM by Rachel Kushner  CIRCE by Madeline Miller  SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller  BookScan   - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Lydia Kiesling tricked herself into writing a novel by starting with small vignettes about her feelings as a new parent and setting them in a northern California that's rarely explored in literature. The result of tying those scenes together is her excellent debut, THE GOLDEN STATE. She and James talk about her work as editor of THE MILLIONS, spreadsheets, local newspapers, present tense, and barfing toddlers. Plus, Shuchi Saraswat from Brookline Booksmith talks about the Transnational Literature Series and book sales.  - Lydia Kiesling: <a href="http://www.lydiakiesling.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lydiakiesling.com/</a> Lydia and James Discuss:  CAL SUNDAY MAGAZINE  Sarah Smarsh  Hamilton College  OFF COURSE by Michelle Huneven  MODOC COUNTY RECORD  David Lodge  Sarah Blackwood  LUCKY JIM by Kingsley Amis  Tobias Wolff  Brandon Taylor  THE MILLIONS  Laura van den Berg  Emily Bell  Charles Dickens  THE GRADUATE dir by Mike Nichols  C. Max Magee  THE LAST SAMURAI by Helen DeWitt  - Shuchi Saraswat: <a href="https://www.shuchisaraswat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.shuchisaraswat.com/</a> Shuchi and James discuss:  Brookline Booksmith  The Transnational Literature Series  KINGDOM OF OLIVE AND ASH ed by Chabon &amp; Waldman  THIS IS NOT A BORDER ed by Soueif &amp; Hamilton  Ru Freeman  Khury Petersen-Smith BEACON PRESS  Tom Hallock  HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance  VISITATION by Jenny Erpenbeck  GO WENT GONE by Jenny Erpenbeck  Laura van den Berg  DISORIENTAL by Negar Djavadi POSO WELLS by Gabriela Aleman Coolidge Corner Theatre  PERSEPOLIS dir by Marjane Satrapi  Words Without Borders  The Forum Network  Bob Woodward  EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid  HOME FIRE by Kamila Shamsie  PACHINCO by Min Jin Lee  THE INCENDIARIES by R.O. Kwon  THE MARS ROOM by Rachel Kushner  CIRCE by Madeline Miller  SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller  BookScan   - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 68: Lydia Kiesling & Shuchi Saraswat 

The dazzling, drunken, dirty (in an elegant, literary way) debut by Chip Cheek, CAPE MAY, is the result of a feverish writing spree and a measured revision process. Old friends Chip and James discuss learning to let go, having fun at the desk, selecting the right words in sex scenes, discovering characters through their dialogue, and changing ice cream to sherbet. Then, super agent to Chip and many past guests, Katherine Fausset.   - Chip Cheek Buy CAPE MAY: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250297150 Chip and James discuss: Pages: A Bookstore  Whitney Scharer  Sally Rooney The Chunky Monkeys  Celeste Ng  Grace Talusan  Jenn De Leon  Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich  Lizzie Stark  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  James Salter  THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald  REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates  BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S by Truman Capote  THE CALL OF CTHULHU by H.P. Lovecraft  Jeanne Leiby Jim Butler  Gustave Flaubert  Jennifer Haigh  Katherine Fausset  - Katherine Fausset: https://www.curtisbrown.com/agents/katherine-fausset/ Katherine and James discuss:  Chip Cheek  The Muse &amp; The Marketplace  Grub Street  Benjamin Percy  Colm Toibin  STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel  THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg  A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN: SELECTED STORIES by Lucia Berlin Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The dazzling, drunken, dirty (in an elegant, literary way) debut by Chip Cheek, CAPE MAY, is the result of a feverish writing spree and a measured revision process. Old friends Chip and James discuss learning to let go, having fun at the desk, selecting the right words in sex scenes, discovering characters through their dialogue, and changing ice cream to sherbet. Then, super agent to Chip and many past guests, Katherine Fausset.   - Chip Cheek Buy CAPE MAY: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250297150" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250297150</a> Chip and James discuss: Pages: A Bookstore  Whitney Scharer  Sally Rooney The Chunky Monkeys  Celeste Ng  Grace Talusan  Jenn De Leon  Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich  Lizzie Stark  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  James Salter  THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald  REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates  BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S by Truman Capote  THE CALL OF CTHULHU by H.P. Lovecraft  Jeanne Leiby Jim Butler  Gustave Flaubert  Jennifer Haigh  Katherine Fausset  - Katherine Fausset: <a href="https://www.curtisbrown.com/agents/katherine-fausset/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.curtisbrown.com/agents/katherine-fausset/</a> Katherine and James discuss:  Chip Cheek  The Muse &amp; The Marketplace  Grub Street  Benjamin Percy  Colm Toibin  STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel  THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg  A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN: SELECTED STORIES by Lucia Berlin Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 75: Chip Cheek & Katherine Fausset

Christian Kiefer

Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one's own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.  - Christian Kiefer: https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/ Buy PHANTOMS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817 Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.  Christian and James discuss:  Matt Salesses  MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden  SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson  Jamil Zaki  Deena Drewis  Nouvella Books  ORIENTALISM by Edward Said  CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said  NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Vintage Contemporaries  Tobias Wolff  Robert Stone  Richard Ford  Tim O'Brien  SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron  ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner  Henry James  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Emile Zola  Lauren Groff  San Francisco Zoo  GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure  Benjamin Percy  Ingmar Bergman  Andrei Tarkovsky  THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses  THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday  HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  IF YOU'RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki  FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub  A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos Miles Davis  John Coltrane  WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English Nicholas Brittell  THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi  Lyle Lovett  George Jones JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Barry Hannah  GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)  John Keene  Magnolia Electric Company  Jason Molina  CANADA by Richard Ford  Sewanee  - Christopher Boucher: http://www.christopherboucher.net/ Buy BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579 Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.  James and Christopher discuss:  Melville House  Kurt Vonnegut  THE PARIS REVIEW  Ben Greenman  Boston College  Oregon State  "People Like That Are The Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Araby" by James Joyce  Looney Tunes  Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one's own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.  - Christian Kiefer: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/</a> Buy PHANTOMS: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817</a> Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.  Christian and James discuss:  Matt Salesses  MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden  SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson  Jamil Zaki  Deena Drewis  Nouvella Books  ORIENTALISM by Edward Said  CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said  NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Vintage Contemporaries  Tobias Wolff  Robert Stone  Richard Ford  Tim O'Brien  SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron  ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner  Henry James  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Emile Zola  Lauren Groff  San Francisco Zoo  GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure  Benjamin Percy  Ingmar Bergman  Andrei Tarkovsky  THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses  THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday  HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  IF YOU'RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki  FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub  A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos Miles Davis  John Coltrane  WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English Nicholas Brittell  THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi  Lyle Lovett  George Jones JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Barry Hannah  GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)  John Keene  Magnolia Electric Company  Jason Molina  CANADA by Richard Ford  Sewanee  - Christopher Boucher: <a href="http://www.christopherboucher.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.christopherboucher.net/</a> Buy BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579</a> Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.  James and Christopher discuss:  Melville House  Kurt Vonnegut  THE PARIS REVIEW  Ben Greenman  Boston College  Oregon State  "People Like That Are The Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Araby" by James Joyce  Looney Tunes  Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 79: Christian Kiefer & Christopher Boucher

Alix Ohlin

Amy Williams

The latest novel from Alix Ohlin, DUAL CITIZENS, depicts the lives of two sisters as they navigate family, art, love, and life. She tells James about the depicting the whoosh of time, rewatching Hitchcock's VERTIGO, recommitting yourself, establishing patterns, putting things into your basket, and missing wolf licenses. Plus, Alix's friend and agent, Amy Williams.  - Alix Ohlin: https://alixohlinauthor.com/ Buy DUAL CITIZENS: Buy DUAL CITIZENS from indie bookstores.  Buy Alix's other books: Buy Alix Ohlin's books from independent booksellers Alix and James discuss:  The Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante  Alice Munro  VERTIGO dir by Alfred Hitchcock Jimmy Stewart REALITY BITES dir by Ben Stiller  Winona Ryder  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Daniel Johnston  Henry Darger  Tony Gilroy  "What Writers Really Do When They Write" by George Saunders: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/what-writers-really-do-when-they-write Margot Livesey  Michael Ondaatje  Walter Murch  THE CONVERSATIONS: WALTER MURCH AND THE ART OF EDITING FILM by Michael Ondaatje: Buy THE CONVERSATIONS  IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE by Walter Murch: Buy IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE HITCHCOCK by Francois Truffaut: Buy HITCHCOCK- TRUFFAUT TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi: Buy TRUST EXERCISE THE OUTLINE TRILOGY by Rachel Cusk: Buy THE OUTLINE TRILOGY - Amy Williams: https://williamsliterary.com/ Amy and James discuss:  THE GEORGIA REVIEW  I HATE TO SEE THAT EVENING SUN GO DOWN by William Gay  Sloan Harris  Eric Simonoff  Alix Ohlin  Radcliffe Publishing Course  Harvard University  Knopf  Gary Fisketjon  Doubleday  David Gernert Michener Center for Writers  Denis Johnson Jim Magnuson  SLACKER dir by Richard Linklater  VERTIGO  Alice Munro  Lincoln Michel  Jean Craighead George - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The latest novel from Alix Ohlin, DUAL CITIZENS, depicts the lives of two sisters as they navigate family, art, love, and life. She tells James about the depicting the whoosh of time, rewatching Hitchcock's VERTIGO, recommitting yourself, establishing patterns, putting things into your basket, and missing wolf licenses. Plus, Alix's friend and agent, Amy Williams.  - Alix Ohlin: <a href="https://alixohlinauthor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alixohlinauthor.com/</a> Buy DUAL CITIZENS: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525521891?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy DUAL CITIZENS from indie bookstores. </a> Buy Alix's other books: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=tkwithjs&amp;keys=Alix%20Ohlin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy Alix Ohlin's books from independent booksellers</a> Alix and James discuss:  The Neopolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante  Alice Munro  VERTIGO dir by Alfred Hitchcock Jimmy Stewart REALITY BITES dir by Ben Stiller  Winona Ryder  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Daniel Johnston  Henry Darger  Tony Gilroy  "What Writers Really Do When They Write" by George Saunders: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/what-writers-really-do-when-they-write" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/04/what-writers-really-do-when-they-write</a> Margot Livesey  Michael Ondaatje  Walter Murch  THE CONVERSATIONS: WALTER MURCH AND THE ART OF EDITING FILM by Michael Ondaatje: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375709821?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy THE CONVERSATIONS </a> IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE by Walter Murch: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781879505629?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE</a> HITCHCOCK by Francois Truffaut: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780671604295?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy HITCHCOCK- TRUFFAUT</a> TRUST EXERCISE by Susan Choi: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250309884?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy TRUST EXERCISE</a> THE OUTLINE TRILOGY by Rachel Cusk: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?aff=tkwithjs&amp;keys=Rachel%20Cusk%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy THE OUTLINE TRILOGY</a> - Amy Williams: <a href="https://williamsliterary.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://williamsliterary.com/</a> Amy and James discuss:  THE GEORGIA REVIEW  I HATE TO SEE THAT EVENING SUN GO DOWN by William Gay  Sloan Harris  Eric Simonoff  Alix Ohlin  Radcliffe Publishing Course  Harvard University  Knopf  Gary Fisketjon  Doubleday  David Gernert Michener Center for Writers  Denis Johnson Jim Magnuson  SLACKER dir by Richard Linklater  VERTIGO  Alice Munro  Lincoln Michel  Jean Craighead George - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 85: Alix Ohlin & Amy Williams

Dan O'Brien

Dan talks to James about his remarkable new collections of plays, PLAYS ONE, and poetry, NEW LIFE, made even more remarkable by Dan's fight with colon cancer. The afternoon after a clean scan, he and James discuss the illness, young writers, and their shared affinity for not reading reviews. Then, Shuchi Saraswat talks about her excellent essay for Tin House and, as a book buyer for Brookline Booksmith, recommends her favorite summer reads and fall books to look forward to. - Dan O'Brien: http://www.danobrien.org/ Dan and James Discuss: ILLNESS AS METAPHOR by Susan Sontag  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Middlebury College  THE VOYAGE OF THE CARCASS by Dan O'Brien (DO)  THE DEAR BOY (DO)  Andra Harbold  Blake Montgomery  School Jacques Lecoq  Vassar College  New York Stage and Film  Williamstown Theatre Festival  Brown University  Jessica St. Clair  Pauline Kael  THE NEW YORKER  INDIANA JONES  THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN (DO)  ICE GHOSTS by Paul Watson  Sam Shepard  Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: National Playwrights Conference  Patti Smith BREAD LOAF WRITERS' CONFERENCE  Thomas Mallon Pinckney Benedict  NEW LIFE: POEMS (DO) WAR REPORTER (DO) THE HOUSE IN HYDESVILLE (DO)  THE CHERRY SISTERS REVISITED (DO)  - Shuchi and James discuss: RUNNING IN THE FAMILY by Michael Ondaatje  TIN HOUSE  Emma Komlos-Hrobsky  Teju Cole  John Berger  W.G. Sebald  IN THE SKIN OF A LION by Michael Ondaatje  DIVISADERO by Michael Ondaatje  IN THE DISTANCE by Hernan Diaz  MEEK'S CUTOFF dir by Kelly Reichardt  THE CAT'S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje  THE BURNING GIRL by Clare Messud  SMALL TREASONS by Mark Powell  THE MOUNTAIN by Paul Yoon  HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado  Kelly Link Aimee Bender  Laura van den Berg  Karen Russell  AT NIGHT WE WALK IN CIRCLES by Daniel Alarcon  THE KING IS ALWAYS ABOVE THE PEOPLE by Daniel Alarcon FIVE-CARAT SOUL by James McBride  THE GOOD LORD BIRD by James McBride  Jeffrey Eugenides  Tom Hanks  Steve Martin  Junot Diaz  Alice Munro  Jim Shepard  Brookline Booksmith  NOBODY IS EVER MISSING by Catherine Lacey   - ttp://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Dan talks to James about his remarkable new collections of plays, PLAYS ONE, and poetry, NEW LIFE, made even more remarkable by Dan's fight with colon cancer. The afternoon after a clean scan, he and James discuss the illness, young writers, and their shared affinity for not reading reviews. Then, Shuchi Saraswat talks about her excellent essay for Tin House and, as a book buyer for Brookline Booksmith, recommends her favorite summer reads and fall books to look forward to. - Dan O'Brien: <a href="http://www.danobrien.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.danobrien.org/</a> Dan and James Discuss: ILLNESS AS METAPHOR by Susan Sontag  Sewanee Writers' Conference  Middlebury College  THE VOYAGE OF THE CARCASS by Dan O'Brien (DO)  THE DEAR BOY (DO)  Andra Harbold  Blake Montgomery  School Jacques Lecoq  Vassar College  New York Stage and Film  Williamstown Theatre Festival  Brown University  Jessica St. Clair  Pauline Kael  THE NEW YORKER  INDIANA JONES  THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN (DO)  ICE GHOSTS by Paul Watson  Sam Shepard  Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: National Playwrights Conference  Patti Smith BREAD LOAF WRITERS' CONFERENCE  Thomas Mallon Pinckney Benedict  NEW LIFE: POEMS (DO) WAR REPORTER (DO) THE HOUSE IN HYDESVILLE (DO)  THE CHERRY SISTERS REVISITED (DO)  - Shuchi and James discuss: RUNNING IN THE FAMILY by Michael Ondaatje  TIN HOUSE  Emma Komlos-Hrobsky  Teju Cole  John Berger  W.G. Sebald  IN THE SKIN OF A LION by Michael Ondaatje  DIVISADERO by Michael Ondaatje  IN THE DISTANCE by Hernan Diaz  MEEK'S CUTOFF dir by Kelly Reichardt  THE CAT'S TABLE by Michael Ondaatje  THE BURNING GIRL by Clare Messud  SMALL TREASONS by Mark Powell  THE MOUNTAIN by Paul Yoon  HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado  Kelly Link Aimee Bender  Laura van den Berg  Karen Russell  AT NIGHT WE WALK IN CIRCLES by Daniel Alarcon  THE KING IS ALWAYS ABOVE THE PEOPLE by Daniel Alarcon FIVE-CARAT SOUL by James McBride  THE GOOD LORD BIRD by James McBride  Jeffrey Eugenides  Tom Hanks  Steve Martin  Junot Diaz  Alice Munro  Jim Shepard  Brookline Booksmith  NOBODY IS EVER MISSING by Catherine Lacey   - <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ttp://tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 42: Dan O'Brien and Shuchi Saraswat

Jamil Zaki

Michael Nye

A night spent drinking and writing about his parents' divorce uncovered an urgent need in Stanford professor Jamil Zaki to author THE WAR FOR KINDNESS: BUILDING EMPATHY IN A FRACTURED WORLD. He and James talk about how empathy can literally grow parts of the brain, hating the term hard-wired, facing the problems of the world today, and (sigh) STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Plus Michael Nye returns to talk about reviving and relaunching STORY.  - Jamil Zaki: https://profiles.stanford.edu/jamil-zaki Buy THE WAR FOR KINDNESS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451499240  Jamil and James discuss:  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION  Deanna Troi  The Good Samaritan  Princeton  Manchester United  Liverpool  Allen Iverson  Bill Nye Borderlinks  Life After Hate  WRECK-IT RALPH Contact Theory  Angela King THE NEW YORK TIMES  Defensive dehumanization  Amanda Cook  Gareth Cook  Bread Loaf Writer's Conference  Carl Sagan   - Michael Nye: http://mpnye.com/ Subscribe to STORY: https://www.storymagazine.org/ Michael and James discuss:  STORY  Lee K. Abbott Travis Kurowski  AWP Conference  Dave Housley  BARRELHOUSE MISSOURI REVIEW  RIVER STYX BOULEVARD  HUNGER MOUNTAIN ONE STORY PLOUGHSHARES   "Nude" By Claudia Hinz  "World's End" by Clare Beams  Valerie Cumming  Ohio State "Amputation of the Angels" by Kyle Minor LaTanya McQueen Shanie Latham THE PARIS REVIEW THE KENYON REVIEW BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES Anne Valente  Michael Croley  COLUMBUS ALIVE - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

A night spent drinking and writing about his parents' divorce uncovered an urgent need in Stanford professor Jamil Zaki to author THE WAR FOR KINDNESS: BUILDING EMPATHY IN A FRACTURED WORLD. He and James talk about how empathy can literally grow parts of the brain, hating the term hard-wired, facing the problems of the world today, and (sigh) STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Plus Michael Nye returns to talk about reviving and relaunching STORY.  - Jamil Zaki: <a href="https://profiles.stanford.edu/jamil-zaki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://profiles.stanford.edu/jamil-zaki</a> Buy THE WAR FOR KINDNESS: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451499240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451499240</a> Jamil and James discuss:  STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION  Deanna Troi  The Good Samaritan  Princeton  Manchester United  Liverpool  Allen Iverson  Bill Nye Borderlinks  Life After Hate  WRECK-IT RALPH Contact Theory  Angela King THE NEW YORK TIMES  Defensive dehumanization  Amanda Cook  Gareth Cook  Bread Loaf Writer's Conference  Carl Sagan   - Michael Nye: <a href="http://mpnye.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mpnye.com/</a> Subscribe to STORY: <a href="https://www.storymagazine.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.storymagazine.org/</a> Michael and James discuss:  STORY  Lee K. Abbott Travis Kurowski  AWP Conference  Dave Housley  BARRELHOUSE MISSOURI REVIEW  RIVER STYX BOULEVARD  HUNGER MOUNTAIN ONE STORY PLOUGHSHARES   "Nude" By Claudia Hinz  "World's End" by Clare Beams  Valerie Cumming  Ohio State "Amputation of the Angels" by Kyle Minor LaTanya McQueen Shanie Latham THE PARIS REVIEW THE KENYON REVIEW BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES Anne Valente  Michael Croley  COLUMBUS ALIVE - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 78: Jamil Zaki & Michael Nye 

Julia Phillips

Jon Sealy

With the long road of a novel ahead of her, Julia Phillips mined her obsessions, and based her debut, DISAPPEARING EARTH, on her love of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula and her desire to portray the effects of violent acts on women. She and James talk about the cost of being horrified, the surprising realization that not everyone loves Soviet architecture, the book that unlocked her book, and the need to keep readers from chopping the vegetables. Then James talks to Jon Sealy about his new press, Haywire Books.  - Julia Phillips: http://www.juliaphillipswrites.com/ Buy DISAPPEARING EARTH: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525520412 Julia and James discuss:  JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLE  Kamchatka Peninsula  THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN  Fulbright Fellowship  Yaddo  Emerson College  PT Anderson  THE ANATOMY OF STORY by John Truby  GOOD TALK by Mira Jacob  ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac - Jon Sealy: http://www.jonsealy.com/ Haywire Books: https://www.haywirebooks.com/ Jon and James discuss:   THE WHISKEY BARON by Jon Sealy  Hub City press  THE UNMADE WORLD by Steve Yarbrough  Unbridled Books   George Singleton  LSU Press The Southern Voices Festival  Mark Powell  Baker &amp; Taylor  Ingram  Consortium  Publishers Group West  Itasca  THE EDGE OF AMERICA by Jon Sealy  HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE by Patricia Henley  FIREBIRD by Mark Powell  Heather Bell Adams  WVU Press  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

With the long road of a novel ahead of her, Julia Phillips mined her obsessions, and based her debut, DISAPPEARING EARTH, on her love of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula and her desire to portray the effects of violent acts on women. She and James talk about the cost of being horrified, the surprising realization that not everyone loves Soviet architecture, the book that unlocked her book, and the need to keep readers from chopping the vegetables. Then James talks to Jon Sealy about his new press, Haywire Books.  - Julia Phillips: <a href="http://www.juliaphillipswrites.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.juliaphillipswrites.com/</a> Buy DISAPPEARING EARTH: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525520412" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525520412</a> Julia and James discuss:  JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLE  Kamchatka Peninsula  THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN  Fulbright Fellowship  Yaddo  Emerson College  PT Anderson  THE ANATOMY OF STORY by John Truby  GOOD TALK by Mira Jacob  ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac - Jon Sealy: <a href="http://www.jonsealy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.jonsealy.com/</a> Haywire Books: <a href="https://www.haywirebooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.haywirebooks.com/</a> Jon and James discuss:   THE WHISKEY BARON by Jon Sealy  Hub City press  THE UNMADE WORLD by Steve Yarbrough  Unbridled Books   George Singleton  LSU Press The Southern Voices Festival  Mark Powell  Baker &amp; Taylor  Ingram  Consortium  Publishers Group West  Itasca  THE EDGE OF AMERICA by Jon Sealy  HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE by Patricia Henley  FIREBIRD by Mark Powell  Heather Bell Adams  WVU Press  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 76: Julia Phillips & Jon Sealy 

The debut novel by Miciah Bay Gault, GOODNIGHT STRANGER, is an intoxicating mix of mystery and grief set in a sandy, salty place. And sexy triplets. She tells James about adjusting the level of magic, breaking the rules, sagging middles, writing as an act of faith, and facing the threat of writing something new. Plus, publicist Laura Gianino.   - Miciah Bay Gault: https://www.miciahbaygault.com/ Buy GOODNIGHT STRANGER: Buy GOODNIGHT STRANGER from an Indie Bookstore  Miciah and James discuss: Jenni Ferrari-Adler  Union Literary  Daniel Torday  John Cheever  Shirley Jackson  THE X-FILES  Fox Mulder  Dana Scully  POPEYE dir by Robert Altman  Harry Nilsson  WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  THE HUNDRED-YEAR HOUSE by Rebecca Makkai  - Laura Gianino  Laura and James discuss:  Park Row Books  Harlequin Enterprises  Harper Collins  Laura Brown  THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW  THE BOSTON GLOBE  PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY  BOOKLIST  LIBRARY JOURNAL  SHELF AWARENESS  KIRKUS REVIEWS  LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng  O MAGAZINE  VANITY FAIR  Amazon  George Saunders  ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY  COSMOPOLITAN  Oprah's Book Club  Reese Witherspoon's Book Club  THE CACTUS by Sarah Haywood  THE MILLIONS  Goodreads  THE FALMOUTH ENTERPRISE  THE TODAY SHOW  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The debut novel by Miciah Bay Gault, GOODNIGHT STRANGER, is an intoxicating mix of mystery and grief set in a sandy, salty place. And sexy triplets. She tells James about adjusting the level of magic, breaking the rules, sagging middles, writing as an act of faith, and facing the threat of writing something new. Plus, publicist Laura Gianino.   - Miciah Bay Gault: <a href="https://www.miciahbaygault.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.miciahbaygault.com/</a> Buy GOODNIGHT STRANGER: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780778308706?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy GOODNIGHT STRANGER from an Indie Bookstore </a> Miciah and James discuss: Jenni Ferrari-Adler  Union Literary  Daniel Torday  John Cheever  Shirley Jackson  THE X-FILES  Fox Mulder  Dana Scully  POPEYE dir by Robert Altman  Harry Nilsson  WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  THE HUNDRED-YEAR HOUSE by Rebecca Makkai  - Laura Gianino  Laura and James discuss:  Park Row Books  Harlequin Enterprises  Harper Collins  Laura Brown  THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW  THE BOSTON GLOBE  PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY  BOOKLIST  LIBRARY JOURNAL  SHELF AWARENESS  KIRKUS REVIEWS  LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng  O MAGAZINE  VANITY FAIR  Amazon  George Saunders  ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY  COSMOPOLITAN  Oprah's Book Club  Reese Witherspoon's Book Club  THE CACTUS by Sarah Haywood  THE MILLIONS  Goodreads  THE FALMOUTH ENTERPRISE  THE TODAY SHOW  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 82: Miciah Bay Gault & Laura Gianino

Mary Miller

Bennet Johnson

A random sign for free dogs inspired Mary Miller to drop a manuscript she'd been researching and create the character of Louis McDonald, Jr. for her hilarious and heartbreaking novel, BILOXI. She tells James about feeling indebted to her characters, teaching herself to write, looking in holes with her dog, needing to find joy, and reading with John Grisham. And bologna. And feet licking. Plus a chat with Bennet Johnson from Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI.  - Mary Miller: http://www.maryumiller.net/ BUY BILOXI: Buy BILOXI from an Indie Bookseller ALSO BY: BIG WORLD, THE LAST DAYS OF CALIFORNIA, ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR  Mary and James discuss:  Frederick Barthelme Jerry Seinfeld  THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin  THE OFFICE  THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  Books-A-Million ZOETROPE ON WRITING by Stephen King  BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott  Elizabeth Ellen  Aaron Burch  Square Books  Lemuria Book Store  Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore Parnassus Books John Evans  Richard Howorth Lisa Howorth  Grisham Writers in Residence  John and Renee Grisham  Michener Center for Writers  Ann Patchett  Ole Miss  Mississippi State  Claudia Smith Chen Kevin Sampsell  REM  Elizabeth Spencer  Tom Franklin  Beth Ann Fennelly  W. W. Norton &amp; Company  Charlie Day  IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA - Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/ Literati Cultura: https://www.literatibookstore.com/literati-cultura-collectors-club Bennet and James Discuss:  Mike &amp; Hilary Gustafson  SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward  ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong  YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS by Kristen Roupenian  OHIO by Stephen Markley  MIDWEST LITERARY WALK PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee  HAWKING by Jim Ottaviani  "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard  Calvin Trillin  Amy Hempel  Mary Ruefle  Kevin Wilson  Hannah Pittard  Lorrie Moore  Ernest Hemingway  Literati Book Store Presents  John U. Bacon  Randall Munroe Sister Helen Prejean  Salman Rushdie  Jonathan Safran Foer  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

A random sign for free dogs inspired Mary Miller to drop a manuscript she'd been researching and create the character of Louis McDonald, Jr. for her hilarious and heartbreaking novel, BILOXI. She tells James about feeling indebted to her characters, teaching herself to write, looking in holes with her dog, needing to find joy, and reading with John Grisham. And bologna. And feet licking. Plus a chat with Bennet Johnson from Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI.  - Mary Miller: <a href="http://www.maryumiller.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.maryumiller.net/</a> BUY BILOXI: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631492167?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy BILOXI from an Indie Bookseller</a> ALSO BY: BIG WORLD, THE LAST DAYS OF CALIFORNIA, ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR  Mary and James discuss:  Frederick Barthelme Jerry Seinfeld  THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin  THE OFFICE  THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy  THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt  Books-A-Million ZOETROPE ON WRITING by Stephen King  BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott  Elizabeth Ellen  Aaron Burch  Square Books  Lemuria Book Store  Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore Parnassus Books John Evans  Richard Howorth Lisa Howorth  Grisham Writers in Residence  John and Renee Grisham  Michener Center for Writers  Ann Patchett  Ole Miss  Mississippi State  Claudia Smith Chen Kevin Sampsell  REM  Elizabeth Spencer  Tom Franklin  Beth Ann Fennelly  W. W. Norton &amp; Company  Charlie Day  IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA - Bennet Johnson  Literati Bookstore: <a href="https://www.literatibookstore.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.literatibookstore.com/</a> Literati Cultura: <a href="https://www.literatibookstore.com/literati-cultura-collectors-club" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.literatibookstore.com/literati-cultura-collectors-club</a> Bennet and James Discuss:  Mike &amp; Hilary Gustafson  SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward  ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong  YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS by Kristen Roupenian  OHIO by Stephen Markley  MIDWEST LITERARY WALK PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee  HAWKING by Jim Ottaviani  "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard  Calvin Trillin  Amy Hempel  Mary Ruefle  Kevin Wilson  Hannah Pittard  Lorrie Moore  Ernest Hemingway  Literati Book Store Presents  John U. Bacon  Randall Munroe Sister Helen Prejean  Salman Rushdie  Jonathan Safran Foer  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 80: Mary Miller & Bennet Johnson

Whitney Scharer

Stuart Wilson

Back in episode 47, Whitney Scharer discussed the incredible sale of her debut, THE AGE OF LIGHT, and now, she and James discuss the actual novel, which depicts the relationship between Lee Miller and May Ray. They talk about creating fictional characters from real people, when she had her "Aha!" insight into Lee's psyche, cultural movements, Boston apartment hopping, and, of course, what you call a butt. Plus, Whitney's UK cover designer, Stuart Wilson.  -  Whitney Scharer: https://whitneyscharer.com/ THE AGE OF LIGHT: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316524087 Whitney and James discuss:   Lee Miller  Man Ray  Peabody-Essex Museum  CAPE MAY by Chip Cheek  Jean Cocteau Janet Flanner  THE NEW YORKER  Ernest Hemingway  GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by Anita Loos  David Bain  Margot Livesey  Pamela Painter  Emerson College  Richard Kenney  JUST KIDS by Patti Smith  CBGB's  Robert Mapplethorpe  - Stuart Wilson Stuart and James discuss:  Francesca Main  Whitney Scharer  Jeff Cottenden  Lee Miller  Pan 70th Anniversary Collection  Justine Anweiler  JAWS by Peter Benchley  BORN FREE by Joan Adamson  THE PROVINCIAL LADY by E. M. Delafield  Edward St. Aubyn  Benedict Cumberbatch  THE PAPER LOVERS by Gerard Woodward - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Back in episode 47, Whitney Scharer discussed the incredible sale of her debut, THE AGE OF LIGHT, and now, she and James discuss the actual novel, which depicts the relationship between Lee Miller and May Ray. They talk about creating fictional characters from real people, when she had her "Aha!" insight into Lee's psyche, cultural movements, Boston apartment hopping, and, of course, what you call a butt. Plus, Whitney's UK cover designer, Stuart Wilson.  -  Whitney Scharer: <a href="https://whitneyscharer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whitneyscharer.com/</a> THE AGE OF LIGHT: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316524087" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316524087</a> Whitney and James discuss:   Lee Miller  Man Ray  Peabody-Essex Museum  CAPE MAY by Chip Cheek  Jean Cocteau Janet Flanner  THE NEW YORKER  Ernest Hemingway  GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES by Anita Loos  David Bain  Margot Livesey  Pamela Painter  Emerson College  Richard Kenney  JUST KIDS by Patti Smith  CBGB's  Robert Mapplethorpe  - Stuart Wilson Stuart and James discuss:  Francesca Main  Whitney Scharer  Jeff Cottenden  Lee Miller  Pan 70th Anniversary Collection  Justine Anweiler  JAWS by Peter Benchley  BORN FREE by Joan Adamson  THE PROVINCIAL LADY by E. M. Delafield  Edward St. Aubyn  Benedict Cumberbatch  THE PAPER LOVERS by Gerard Woodward - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 73: Whitney Scharer & Stuart Wilson  

Maurice Manning

David Clark

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/

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: <a href="http://www.sewaneewriters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sewaneewriters.org/</a> - 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: <a href="http://www.georgedavidclark.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.georgedavidclark.com/</a> 32 POEMS: <a href="http://32poems.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://32poems.com/</a> 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: <a href="https://www.beatroxel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.beatroxel.com/</a> -  http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 69: SWC 01: Maurice Manning & George David Clark 

Grace Talusan

Nathan Rostron

At first, she wrote essays as a distraction from her fiction, but over time, Grace Talusan felt the pull of the experiences that would form the foundation of her memoir, THE BODY PAPERS. From immigration to cancer to sexual abuse, the book depicts a life marked by trauma, and yet through it all there is humor, family, and hope. Grace tells James how she embraced her own story, faced honesty, and escaped despair. Plus, Grace's editor and Restless Books marketing director, Nathan Rostron.  - Grace Talusan: http://gracetalusan.com/ Buy THE BODY PAPERS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632061836 Grace and James Discuss:  UC-Irvine  Joanne Diaz  Restless Books  Ilan Stavans  ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO by Calvfin Hennick  Ross White's THE GRIND  Bread Loaf Writer's Conference  Tell All  Grub Street  Alysia Abbott  Celeste Ng  Porter Square Books  Whitney Scharer  Chunky Monkeys  Jeff Rubin THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich  Tufts University Counseling Center  - Nathan Rostron of RESTLESS BOOKS: https://restlessbooks.org/ Nathan and James discuss:  Graywolf Press  New Directions Publishing  Farrar, Straus and Giroux  W.W. Norton &amp; Co.   Simon &amp; Schuster  Regan Arts  Judith Regan  Ilan Stavans  Amherst College  THE BOY by Marcus Malte, Translated by Emma Ramadan &amp; Tom Roberge  Riff Raff Richard Pevear and Larissa Volohonsky Prix Femina  Editions Zulma  THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE by Julie Orringer  Cormac McCarthy  THE BODY PAPERS by Grace Talusan  THE IMMIGRANT WRITING PRIZE  TEMPORARY PEOPLE by Deepak Unnikrishnan George Saunders  Salman Rushdie  Hindu Prize  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

At first, she wrote essays as a distraction from her fiction, but over time, Grace Talusan felt the pull of the experiences that would form the foundation of her memoir, THE BODY PAPERS. From immigration to cancer to sexual abuse, the book depicts a life marked by trauma, and yet through it all there is humor, family, and hope. Grace tells James how she embraced her own story, faced honesty, and escaped despair. Plus, Grace's editor and Restless Books marketing director, Nathan Rostron.  - Grace Talusan: <a href="http://gracetalusan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://gracetalusan.com/</a> Buy THE BODY PAPERS: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632061836" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632061836</a> Grace and James Discuss:  UC-Irvine  Joanne Diaz  Restless Books  Ilan Stavans  ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO by Calvfin Hennick  Ross White's THE GRIND  Bread Loaf Writer's Conference  Tell All  Grub Street  Alysia Abbott  Celeste Ng  Porter Square Books  Whitney Scharer  Chunky Monkeys  Jeff Rubin THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich  Tufts University Counseling Center  - Nathan Rostron of RESTLESS BOOKS: <a href="https://restlessbooks.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://restlessbooks.org/</a> Nathan and James discuss:  Graywolf Press  New Directions Publishing  Farrar, Straus and Giroux  W.W. Norton &amp; Co.   Simon &amp; Schuster  Regan Arts  Judith Regan  Ilan Stavans  Amherst College  THE BOY by Marcus Malte, Translated by Emma Ramadan &amp; Tom Roberge  Riff Raff Richard Pevear and Larissa Volohonsky Prix Femina  Editions Zulma  THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE by Julie Orringer  Cormac McCarthy  THE BODY PAPERS by Grace Talusan  THE IMMIGRANT WRITING PRIZE  TEMPORARY PEOPLE by Deepak Unnikrishnan George Saunders  Salman Rushdie  Hindu Prize  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 74: Grace Talusan & Nathan Rostron

Rita Bullwinkel

Dick Scanlan

The realization that distance will always be present in even the most connected of people is one of the recurring themes in Rita Bullwinkel's spectacular debut story collection, BELLY UP (out now from A STRANGE OBJECT). Rita and James talk about spanning the real and the unreal, finding balance in sequencing, and loving stories where characters have tools to leave their bodies. Plus Dick Scanlan on RENASCENCE, the new musical featuring the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay.  -   Rita Bullwinkel: http://ritabullwinkel.com/ Rita and James discuss: Jill Meyers  A STRANGE OBJECT  AMERICAN SHORT FICTION  Vanderbilt University  Kelly Link  Diane Williams  ALTMANN'S TONGUE by Brian Evenson EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED by Wells Tower  COAST OF CHICAGO by Stuart Dybek Mills College  Center for New Music  PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Blair School of Music  Mark Jarman  Michael Alec Rose  Ben Marcus  "Slatland" by Rebecca Lee  NEW AMERICAN SHORT STORIES  STORIES ON STAGE  - Dick Scanlon: http://www.playbill.com/production/renascence-abrons-arts-center-2018-2019 Dick and James discuss: MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL  Berry Gordy  EVERYDAY RAPTURE  Carmel Dean William Finn  Edna St. Vincent Millay  THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE  Steepletop  The Millay Colony  Edna St. Vincent Millay Society Holly Peppe  Danny Kornfeld  Kathleen Millay  Caroline B. Dow  Mikaela Bennett Norma Millay  Eugen Jan Bossevain  Elaine Ralli  Vassar  Donald Webber Jr.  Brett Banakis   - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The realization that distance will always be present in even the most connected of people is one of the recurring themes in Rita Bullwinkel's spectacular debut story collection, BELLY UP (out now from A STRANGE OBJECT). Rita and James talk about spanning the real and the unreal, finding balance in sequencing, and loving stories where characters have tools to leave their bodies. Plus Dick Scanlan on RENASCENCE, the new musical featuring the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay.  -   Rita Bullwinkel: <a href="http://ritabullwinkel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ritabullwinkel.com/</a> Rita and James discuss: Jill Meyers  A STRANGE OBJECT  AMERICAN SHORT FICTION  Vanderbilt University  Kelly Link  Diane Williams  ALTMANN'S TONGUE by Brian Evenson EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED by Wells Tower  COAST OF CHICAGO by Stuart Dybek Mills College  Center for New Music  PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Blair School of Music  Mark Jarman  Michael Alec Rose  Ben Marcus  "Slatland" by Rebecca Lee  NEW AMERICAN SHORT STORIES  STORIES ON STAGE  - Dick Scanlon: <a href="http://www.playbill.com/production/renascence-abrons-arts-center-2018-2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.playbill.com/production/renascence-abrons-arts-center-2018-2019</a> Dick and James discuss: MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL  Berry Gordy  EVERYDAY RAPTURE  Carmel Dean William Finn  Edna St. Vincent Millay  THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE  Steepletop  The Millay Colony  Edna St. Vincent Millay Society Holly Peppe  Danny Kornfeld  Kathleen Millay  Caroline B. Dow  Mikaela Bennett Norma Millay  Eugen Jan Bossevain  Elaine Ralli  Vassar  Donald Webber Jr.  Brett Banakis   - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 67: Rita Bullwinkel & Dick Scanlan 

Kevin Alexander

David Granger

In reporting several food articles, Kevin Alexander found the same stories coming up again and again: genius chefs opened one-of-a-kind restaurants in places like Portland and San Francisco, and in the on-rush of attention struggled to maintain their excellence. In short, we lived through a golden age of American cuisine that is now already over. This era is captured is Alexander's captivating BURN THE ICE. Plus, former Esquire editor and current agent, David Granger.  - Kevin Alexander:  Buy BURN THE ICE: Buy BURN THE ICE from your local indie bookstore.   - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In reporting several food articles, Kevin Alexander found the same stories coming up again and again: genius chefs opened one-of-a-kind restaurants in places like Portland and San Francisco, and in the on-rush of attention struggled to maintain their excellence. In short, we lived through a golden age of American cuisine that is now already over. This era is captured is Alexander's captivating BURN THE ICE. Plus, former Esquire editor and current agent, David Granger.  - Kevin Alexander:  Buy BURN THE ICE: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525558026?aff=tkwithjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy BURN THE ICE from your local indie bookstore. </a> - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 81: Kevin Alexander & David Granger

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