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Nothing is Wrong with You - Book PodcastDo we find books or do they find us?Welcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.Today, we discuss how we decide what to read. Reviews? Wordof mouth? Cold-calling the new releases at the library? We do it all, though each of us has a different relationship to all of the ways books find us. Did we miss a way you select books for your ever-growing TBR pile? Let us know in the comments!Recommend: E=mc2: A Story of Infertility, Miscarriage & Loveby Colleen ClemensMy Place in the Spiral by Rebecca BeardsallThe Unfurling Frond by...
2026-01-2548 min
A Writer's Diary PodcastOn Elizabeth McCracken's A Long Game: How Write FictionToday, following up on my Guardian review of Elizabeth McCracken's writing manual A Long Game: How to Write Fiction, here are a few, slightly freer thoughts about it.tl;dr - I recommend it. It's very good. Get full access to A Writer's Diary at awritersdiary.substack.com/subscribe
2026-01-1305 min
Writers on WritingElizabeth McCracken, author of A LONG GAME: NOTES ON WRITING FICTIONElizabeth McCracken is the author of nine books across several genres — novels, short story collections, autofiction, and now a craft book about writing. Her novel, The Giant’s House, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1996. Thunderstruck & Other Stories won the Story Prize in 2015 and was longlisted for the National Book Award. She’s appeared in five editions of The Best American Short Stories. And she has taught fiction off and on (mostly on) since 1989 including at the University of Iowa, where she also received her MFA. She’s retiring from the University of Texas (Austin) this year....
2026-01-1257 minWriters on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book LoversElizabeth McCracken, author of A LONG GAME: NOTES ON WRITING FICTIONElizabeth McCracken is the author of nine books across several genres — novels, short story collections, autofiction, and now a craft book about writing. Her novel, The Giant’s House, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1996. Thunderstruck & Other Stories won the Story Prize in 2015 and was longlisted for the National Book Award. She’s appeared in five editions of The Best American Short Stories. And she has taught fiction off and on (mostly on) since 1989 including at the University of Iowa, where she also received her MFA. She’s retiring from the University of Texas (Austin) this year....
2026-01-1257 minPublicFirst Draft - Elizabeth McCracken (Returns 4th Time)Elizabeth McCracken is the author of nine books: Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry, The Gia...
2025-12-2200 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingElizabeth McCracken (Returns 4th Time)Elizabeth McCracken is the author of nine books: Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry, The Giant’s House, Niagara Falls All Over Again, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, Bowlaway, The Souvenir Museum, The Hero of This Book, and A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction. She’s received grants and fellowships from United States Artists, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Liguria Study Center, the American Academy in Berlin, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Learn more about...
2025-12-221h 06
fiction/non/fictionS9 Ep. 11: Elizabeth McCracken on Writing About Writing, At LastAcclaimed fiction writer and long-time creative writing professor Elizabeth McCracken joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V. V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her ninth book and first volume about craft, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction. McCracken reflects on her long-held reluctance to attempt such a project and the impossibility of creating absolute rules for writing. She explains why she doesn’t believe in “show don’t tell,” “write what you know,” “write every day,” and other classic canards of craft. McCracken talks about the importance of imagining characters’ physicality; well-executed present tense; how time can shape narrative; justifying flashbacks; and writing outsid...
2025-12-1848 min
NPR Weekend Edition SaturdayElizabeth McCracken talks about her new book, 'A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction'How do you cope with a blank page? NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Elizabeth McCracken about her new book, "A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction."
2025-12-1306 min
Poured OverElizabeth McCracken on A LONG GAME A Long Game by Elizabeth McCracken is a thoughtful and engaging guide to the craft of writing filled with tips, tricks and personal anecdotes from an acclaimed author. Elizabeth joins us to talk about breaking story rules, short stories vs novels, character physicality, setting, plot, dialogue and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): A Long Game: Notes on W...
2025-12-0251 min
Cake on Tuesday: The Leadership BlueprintHacking the System: Making Cybersecurity Work for Small Businesses with DarkHorse Security's Grant McCrackenIn this episode of Cake on Tuesday: The Leadership Blueprint, Elizabeth Bieniek interviews the Founder at DarkHorse Security, Grant McCracken. Grant shares his journey from cybersecurity expert to entrepreneur, discusses common misconceptions, and highlights the importance of simplifying security for smaller businesses.
He explains how DarkHorse leverages crowdsourced expertise and explores future trends like AI-driven penetration testing. Grant also offers practical advice for founders on how to avoid burnout and challenge assumptions.
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2025-09-0922 min
Só se estraga uma estante109. Abelhas, JFK e LBJ, balanço do verāoA Ana estava ansiosa por falar da sua grande leitura de verāo: The Bee Sting (2023), o grande drama familiar irlandês de Paul Murray, repleto de segredos e reviravoltas.O Tomé também recomenda uma das suas leituras de verāo, de regresso a dois velhos amigos: o biógrafo Robert Caro e o biografado Lyndon Johnson. Assim, recomenda o quarto volume da obra 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson's, intitulado 'The Passage of Power' (2012).Na segunda parte, a Ana e o Tomé revisitam os seus planos de leituras de verāo, assim como a sua conc...
2025-09-041h 00
Book PublicBook Public: “Birdsong from the Radio” from the story collection ‘The Souvenir Museum’ by Elizabeth McCrackenYvette Benavides reflects on the power of short fiction to convey what we might not have the words for. "Birdsong from the Radio" is from the collection The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken.
2025-06-2712 min
Leaders Of The WestBurnout, Boundaries & Becoming a Better Leader: A Conversation with Sammie McCrackenThis week’s episode is a deep and honest conversation with Sammie McCracken, founder of Buckskin Rowe, equine sports marketing expert, and all-around inspiring woman. Sammie brings the realness we all need when it comes to navigating burnout, balancing (or not balancing) business and motherhood, and leading a team with empathy.
We talk about how burnout can sneak in without warning, especially for high achievers, and what it actually looks like to recognize it in yourself and your team. Sammie shares her personal story of building a business, hiring the right people, and choosing growth over perfection. Yo...
2025-05-2056 min
Writing in the DarkSeason 3, Episode 3: Something AmazingIn this episode, Julia F. Green and Ralph Walker welcome special guest Caroline Manring to help dissect Elizabeth McCracken’s short story “Something Amazing,” from her 2014 story collection Thunderstruck.Reading: “Something Amazing” by Elizabeth McCrackenManring applies her poetic training and knowledge to the story, discussing the soundtrack and musicality of McCracken’s prose. She explores how melody, prosody, and other poetic techniques convey the themes of grief, loss, and hope. This conversation pays special attention to how words sound, symmetry and stasis in sentences, and using alliteration and metaphor to convey emotion and enhance meaning. Wri...
2025-04-1836 minNothing is Wrong with You - Book PodcastOur top 10 books to add to the Best Books of the Century listWelcome to the “Nothing is Wrong with You” book podcast.
Today we discuss the books that we would put on our top ten list of best books of the century. Join us as we discuss the challenges of picking criteria and ten (or 11 or 12!) top books. Instead of recommending just one book, we recommend thirty!
Our lists from this episode - bold highlighted are our top fiction and nonfiction recommendations:
Colleen -
Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich
The Seasons of Trouble, Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka...
2025-01-2537 min
Tea or Books?#132: Interview: Edward Carey on Edith HollerEdward Carey joins us to discuss his latest novel, Edith Holler. Welcome to episode 132!
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Rachel and I both love Edward Carey’s novels, so it was a real joy to have the opportunity to interview him. We discuss how he first got published, what inspired Edith Holler and what his books might have in common. Among his books, we discuss Observatory Mansions, Alva and Irva, The Swallowed Man, and Little.
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2024-10-2400 minTea or Books? – Stuck in a Book#132: Interview: Edward Carey on Edith HollerEdward Carey joins us to discuss his latest novel, Edith Holler. Welcome to episode 132!
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Rachel and I both love Edward Carey’s novels, so it was a real joy to have the opportunity to interview him. We discuss how he first got published, what inspired Edith Holler and what his books might have in common. Among his books, we discuss Observatory Mansions, Alva and Irva, The Swallowed Man, and Little.
For Patreon subscribers – as a thank you for your support, you can listen to Rachel interview me about...
2024-10-2400 min
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2024-10-0400 min
Arts Calling139. Lee Upton | Tabitha, Get Up: a comic novel, biographers, and playing with formsWeekly Shoutout:
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About our guest: Lee Upton’s comic novel Tabitha, Get Up is forthcoming in May 2024. Another novel, a literary mystery, will be out in May 2025. Her books include her seventh collection of poetry, The Day Every Day Is (Saturnalia Books 2023), two short story collections, a novella, four bo...
2024-04-1851 min
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2023-09-2100 min
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2023-09-0800 min
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2023-09-0100 min
sewakul berasDownload [pdf] The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken Download [pdf] The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken Read Online The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook The Souvenir Museum for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://nembesanga.blogspot.com/54496117-the-souvenir-museum **Download Book Here ==> https://nembesanga.blogspot.com/54496117-the-souvenir-museum Book Synopsis : Award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date In these stories, the...
2023-09-0100 min
Books, Beach, & BeyondAnn PatchettEpisode 4 brings us the incredible writing talent that is Ann Patchett, an "auto-buy" author for our hosts and the 2023 National Humanities Medal recipient for "putting into words the beauty, pain and complexity of human nature." The three start their conversation by diving into Elin and Ann's respective years at the Iowa Writers' Workshop before exploring Ann's writing process, her friendship with Lucy Grealy, and her ability to nail human relationships on the page. They also discuss the release of Ann's latest novel Tom Lake, as well as Ann's favorite writers and what it's like owning Parnassus Books in Nashville.
2023-08-0253 min
The BookshelfCrooked Harlem, corrupt Wellington, bereaved London: books by Colson Whitehead, Emily Perkins and Elizabeth McCrackenKate and Cassie read Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto, Elizabeth McCracken's The Hero of this Book and Emily Perkins' Lioness with poet Miles Merrill and literary scholar Bernadette Brennan
2023-07-2856 min
The Keith Law ShowElizabeth McCracken on her latest book, 'The Hero of this Book'Keith catches up with Elizabeth McCracken, author of The Hero of this Book, a 2022 "memoir adjacent" book in which McCracken (or the narrator) copes with the death of her mother by traveling to London to revisit places she had been with her mother.Follow Keith on Twitter: @keithlawFollow Elizabeth on Twitter: @elizmccracken Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-04-2738 min
Book Talk, etc.Talking Books & Reading With Liberty HardySend us a textIn Episode 97 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee welcome special guest Liberty Hardy. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions and have book talk about Liberty's reading life. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bo...
2023-04-041h 16
The Shakespeare and Company InterviewOn Parents, Grief and the difference between Fiction and Memoir, with Elizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken’s new novel The Hero of this Book is the profound and poignant account of one writer’s attempt to convey something of the irrepressible, indomitable, indefatigable, almost indescribable character of her recently deceased mother on the page. Although the narrator repeatedly stresses that this is a novel, and not a memoir, that’s to say neither a memoir by McCracken nor a memoir by the narrator…although what exactly the difference is between each of the two forms, and how each lends itself to the task at hand, is also an important interrogation of this extraordinary and tend...
2023-01-2651 minThe Shakespeare and Company InterviewOn Parents, Grief and the difference between Fiction and Memoir, with Elizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken’s new novel The Hero of this Book is the profound and poignant account of one writer’s attempt to convey something of the irrepressible, indomitable, indefatigable, almost indescribable character of her recently deceased mother on the page. Although the narrator repeatedly stresses that this is a novel, and not a memoir, that’s to say neither a memoir by McCracken nor a memoir by the narrator…although what exactly the difference is between each of the two forms, and how each lends itself to the task at hand, is also an important interrogation of this extraordinary and tend...
2023-01-2651 min
Kurt Vonnegut Radio with Gabe Hudson12. Elizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken is the James A. Michener chaired professor in creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin and the award-winning author of 8 books. Her most recent novel The Hero of This Book was just named one of the 10 Best Books of 2022 by Time Magazine and People Magazine. Elizabeth tells the story of how the dedication page for her most recent novel just showed up in the mail one day. She talks about the time she flew from Provincetown to Austin with a salami in her pocket and the role that Twitter plays in her life....
2023-01-1817 min
Totally Booked with ZibbyElizabeth McCracken, THE HERO OF THIS BOOK: A NovelZibby speaks to bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about her remarkable new novel The Hero of This Book (a Best Book of the Year by Time, People, Washington Post, and more). Elizabeth discusses the autobiographical elements that made their way into the story and then delves into the poignant portrayal of her mother. She also talks about her journey to becoming a successful author (befriending Ann Patchett helped!), the projects she is working on now, and the books on her TBR list (one of which is Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro, which was featured on MDHTTRB just a...
2022-12-1922 minFirst Draft: A Dialogue on WritingElizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken is the author of eight books: Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry, The Giant’s House, Niagara Falls All Over Again, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, Bowlaway, The Souvenir Museum and Hero of This Book. She’s received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Liguria Study Center, the American Academy in Berlin, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Thunderstruck & Other Stories won the 2015 Story Prize. Her work has been published in The Best Amer...
2022-11-2856 min
Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through BooksLoLT: Nun Cookies in Spain & New BooksIn this episode, we get excited about two new books: 'The Whalebone Theatre' by Joanna Quinn and 'The Hero of This Book' by Elizabeth McCracken. Then Mel shares her enthusiasm for cookies made by cloistered nuns in Spain.
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The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn
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Cloistered Cookies Video
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Boing Boing article about Nun...
2022-10-2111 min
Free Library PodcastYiyun Li | The Book of Goose with Elizabeth McCracken | The Hero of this BookYiyun Li's ''remarkable'' (The Washington Post) debut fiction collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the Guardian First Book Award. Her other work includes the novel The Vagrants, the story collection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, and the memoir Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Windham-Campbell Prize, Li teaches writing at Princeton University and is a contributing editor for A Public Space. A story of obsession and friendship, her new novel follows...
2022-10-1153 minfiction/non/fictionBetween Fiction and Autofiction: Elizabeth McCracken on Discussing Private Grief in PublicAcclaimed fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken joins Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell for the show’s fifth anniversary. She reads from her new novel, The Hero of This Book, which she wrote during the pandemic, shortly after her mother’s death. She also discusses what’s involved with tricking herself into writing a novel, particularly one that deals with difficult, almost autobiographical, subject matter. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from th...
2022-10-0648 min
fiction/non/fictionS6 Ep. 1: Between Fiction and Autofiction: Elizabeth McCracken on Discussing Private Grief in PublicAcclaimed fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken joins Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell for the show’s fifth anniversary. She reads from her new novel, The Hero of This Book, which she wrote during the pandemic, shortly after her mother’s death. She also discusses what’s involved with tricking herself into writing a novel, particularly one that deals with difficult, almost autobiographical, subject matter. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from th...
2022-10-0644 min
Get New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThe Hero of This Book: A Novel by Elizabeth MccrackenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/566749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hero of This Book: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Mccracken Narrator: Elizabeth Mccracken Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 4, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Most Anticipated Book of Fall from: Los Angeles Times * Boston Globe * BookPage * Book Riot * The Millions * Publishers Weekly * LitHub * St. Louis Post Dispatch * Town & Country A taut, groundbreaking new novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken, about a writer’s relationship with her larger-than-life mother—and about the very nature of writing, memory, and art T...
2022-10-0405 min
Book FightEp 408: Elizabeth McCrackenWe're joined by Elizabeth McCracken (author, most recently, of the novel The Hero of This Book, out Oct. 4 from Harper Collins) to discuss Mary Gaitskill's 2005 novel Veronica, a book that until recently Elizabeth was scared to re-read. We talk carnality in fiction, and the sweatiness of early 80s New York City. Plus: we compare notes on our time at the Iowa Writers Workshop, discuss trigger warnings for undergrad classes, and Elizabeth explains why for years she quietly pretended to have read Dostoevsky. You can order Elizabeth's newest book here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-hero-of-this-book/9780062971272
2022-10-0357 min
The Greenlight Bookstore PodcastEp. QS101: Sarah Manguso & Elizabeth McCrackenSarah Manguso--award-winning author and one of the most acclaimed and genre-defying prose stylists working today—joined us virtually for the launch of her debut novel. At once an ungilded portrait of girlhood at the crossroads of history and social class as well as a vital confrontation with an all-American whiteness where the ice of emotional restraint meets the embers of smoldering rage, Very Cold People is a haunted jewel of a novel. Manguso and author Elizabeth McCracken discussed the crafting (and misnaming) of fragments, turning to fiction from poetry, and the particular frigid weirdness of New England in the la...
2022-06-061h 00Free Library PodcastLan Samantha Chang | The Family Chao with Elizabeth McCracken |The Souvenir MuseumCo-promoted with Asian Arts Initiative and Blue Stoop
In conversation with Elizabeth McCracken
A debut ''work of gorgeous, enduring prose'' (The Washington Post), Lan Samantha Chang's Hunger explored the lives of immigrant families haunted by the past. Her other writing includes the novels Inheritance and All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost, as well as several other works of short fiction and nonfiction. The first Asian American and the first woman director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Chang was a Berlin Prize fellow, won the PEN Open Book Award, and earned grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon...
2022-02-101h 00fiction/non/fictionExceeding Surge Capacity: Paul Lisicky and Terese Marie Mailhot on the Long-Term Mental Health Effects of the PandemicAuthors Paul Lisicky and Terese Marie Mailhot join hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about the possible long-term mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. First, Lisicky discusses the situation in light of his experiences with the AIDS epidemic and through the lens of his memoir Later: My Life at the Edge of the World. In the second half of the show, Mailhot reads from her bestselling memoir Heart Berries and talks about how children’s futures may be shaped by the trauma they have experienced since early 2020.To hear the full episode, subscribe th...
2022-01-131h 29
fiction/non/fictionS5 Ep. 8: Exceeding Surge Capacity: Paul Lisicky and Terese Marie Mailhot on the Long-Term Mental Health Effects of the PandemicAuthors Paul Lisicky and Terese Marie Mailhot join hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about the possible long-term mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. First, Lisicky discusses the situation in light of his experiences with the AIDS epidemic and through the lens of his memoir Later: My Life at the Edge of the World. In the second half of the show, Mailhot reads from her bestselling memoir Heart Berries and talks about how children’s futures may be shaped by the trauma they have experienced since early 2020.To hear the full episode, subscribe th...
2022-01-131h 23
The Process with Jude BrewerSTORYBOUND: Elizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken reads her short story, "It's Not You," backed by an original Storybound remix with Moon Hound, and sound design and arrangement by Jude Brewer.Elizabeth McCracken is the author of seven books: "Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry," "The Giant’s House," "Niagara Falls All Over Again," "An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination," "Thunderstruck & Other Stories," "Bowlaway," and "The Souvenir Museum." She’s received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Liguria Study Center, the American Academy in Berlin, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provin...
2021-10-0539 min
Book Public‘The Souvenir Museum’: Elizabeth McCracken’s Story Collection Is a Tour of Loneliness, Loss, and LoveFamilies play a big part in Elizabeth McCracken’s latest story collection, The Souvenir Museum.
2021-06-2543 min
The Maris ReviewEpisode 104: Elizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken is the author of seven books, including The Souvenir Museum, Bowlaway, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, and The Giant’s House (a National Book Award finalist and one of my favorite novels of all time). Her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, won three Pushcart Prizes, a National Magazine Award, and an O. Henry Prize. She has served on the faculty at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and currently holds the James Michener Chair for Fiction at the University of Texas at Austin.This Episode's Sponsors:Talkspace: Get $100 off your first month with Talkspace. Visi...
2021-05-2033 minFirst Draft: A Dialogue on WritingElizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken is the author of seven books: Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry, The Giant’s House, Niagara Falls All Over Again, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Thunderstruck & Other Stories, Bowlaway, and her new short story collection, The Souvenir Museum. She’s received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Liguria Study Center, the American Academy in Berlin, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Thunderstruck & Other Stories won the 2015 Story Prize. Her work has been published in The Best...
2021-05-101h 03
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastThe Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCrackenThe Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken by Poets & Writers
2021-04-1401 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThe Souvenir Museum: Stories by Elizabeth MccrackenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/502515 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Souvenir Museum: Stories Author: Elizabeth Mccracken Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A Most Anticipated Book From: OprahMag.com * Refinery 29 * Seattle Times * LitHub * Houston Chronicle * The Millions * Buzzfeed Award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date In these stories, the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified. A...
2021-04-1305 min
McCracken Media PodcastsEpisode 22: Drum Corps and Mustang Archery with Elizabeth CorryThanks for tuning into this weeks episode of The Mane Report, on this episode Brenden And Jameson chatted with Elizabeth Corry one of 2 McCracken County students to be contracted into Music City Drum Corps and a State Qualifier in archery. In segment 2 Jameson and Brenden breakdown a collage football anomaly they witnessed in Carbondale 2 weeks ago. All this and more on The Mane Report!
2021-03-1348 min
UnresolvedElizabeth Barraza"It was very quick, it was very calculated, very cold-blooded (in) how it was done... I do believe that more than one person was involved in this..."On the morning of 25 January 2019, 29-year-old Elizabeth Barraza was gunned down in her own driveway. Her husband, Sergio, had departed for work just four minutes earlier, and Elizabeth - who had begun preparing for a garage sale - had called out for work that morning. In the two years since this bizarre and tragic act of violence, investigators have publicly theorized that this was either an incredibly personal crime...
2021-02-2844 min
Resources RadioNavigating Challenges to the Clean Water Rule, with Sheila OlmsteadThis week, host Kristin Hayes talks with Sheila Olmstead, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, a university fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF) and a senior fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. She spent time at the Council of Economic Advisers during the transition from the Obama to Trump administrations, and she has coauthored a recent report, commissioned by the External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (E-EEAC), which is the subject of this episode.
The E-EEAC is an independent organization dedicated to providing up-to-date, nonpartisan advice on the state of economic science...
2020-12-1339 min
Educate the Earth's Research TimeEpisode One: Settler Educators and How to Appropriately Support Resilience in Youth with Ashlynne ScovoranskiTawnshi folks!Article: Laurence J. Kirmayer, Stéphane Dandeneau, Elizabeth Marshall, Morgan Kahentonni Philips, & Karla Jessen Williamson. (2011). Rethinking Resilience from Indigenous Perspectives.Ashlynne and Madelaine unpack resilience and how educators can appropriately use it within their practice. It is important for folks to understand that this practice is daily and must be ongoing. We also discuss reconciliation and how to gain comfortability to teach with Indigigogy in the classroom and various settings. Maarsii @Ashlynne.breanne for joining me as my first guest for Season 2 of Research Time. You are passionate and your students ar...
2020-10-231h 16
Writer Unleashed#13: How to Write for Emotional ImpactWe want to move our readers emotionally. We want them to feel our character’s joy, pain, and everything in between. But one of the surest ways to sever the reader’s emotional connection is to be overly direct about how a character feels. In today’s episode of Writer Unleashed, we’re going to break down 4 techniques to get the greatest emotional payoff from your scenes. We'll explore:The biology of emotion.How to blast through the reader's intellect to his most primitive emotions. How to avoid emotional cliches. The power of juxtaposit...
2020-09-0915 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 99 - You Can't Keep Us Apart!Episode Ninety Nine Show Notes KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion– Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HEREOur conversation about the book will air on May 26th– Currently Reading –The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett (EF) release date June 2, 2020The Odyssey – Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) (CW)the audio version by Clare Danes can be found here– Just Read –One Moonlit Night – Caradog Prichard (translated by Philip Mitchell) (CW)You can learn more about...
2020-03-3149 min
The Archive ProjectTies that Bind: Epic Family SagasThis episode of The Archive Project features a panel discussion of modern masterpieces in a classic genre: the intergenerational family epic. In a conversation recorded live at the 2019 Portland Book Festival, authors Karl Marlantes, Elizabeth McCracken, and Daniel José Older—with moderator Maria Russo of the New York Times—discuss how the themes of their latest works, including ancestry and genealogy, intersect.
Karl Marlantes’s Deep River follows Finnish immigrants, who flee Russian imperialist rule in Finland in the early 1900s and settle in a Washington state logging community, where they strive to rebuild lives and families in an Amer...
2020-01-1552 min
ARCC SermonsBlessed Is She Who Believed Mary is called blessed from generation to generation for being the mother of Jesus, as she should. Let us not overlook what Elizabeth saw in her: that she was blessed because she believed God.
2019-12-0852 minARCC SermonsBlessed Is She Who Believed Mary is called blessed from generation to generation for being the mother of Jesus, as she should. Let us not overlook what Elizabeth saw in her: that she was blessed because she believed God.
2019-12-0852 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for October 15, 2019This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Your House Will Pay, The Never Tilting World, Wild Game, and more great books.This episode was sponsored Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book; ThirdLove; and Penguin Random House Audio and Angel Mage by Garth Nix.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains a...
2019-10-1551 min
That BookTBC: Tortured Whale MetaphorsWe’re back for another chatty interlude! Michael and Hannah discuss rich authors, romance, real estate, and reading lists. Books mentioned: Jessica Knoll, The Luckiest Girl Alive Alyssa Cole, An Extraordinary Union Harlan Coben, Tell No One Elizabeth McCracken, Bowlaway Kate Atkinson, Transcription Tara Westover, Educated Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date Joan Didion, A Book of Common Prayer Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts Ramin Setoodeh, Ladies Who Punch Toni Morrison, Beloved Robert Caro, The Power Broker … phew! Resources: Article about Jessica Knoll Longread on Romance Racism Article about Harl...
2019-04-2336 min
Reading GlassesEp 96 - Cult Watch 2019 and Erica Boyce!Brea and Mallory talk about cult books and interview author Erica Boyce! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - BookCon June 1st & 2nd NYC bookcon2019.com/readingglasses Links - Erica BoyceErica’s TwitterErica’s Instagram Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Books Mentioned - Working...
2019-04-1835 min
Recommended#10: Elizabeth McCracken and Rincey AbrahamIn this episode, Elizabeth McCracken and Rincey Abraham talk about favorites that are hard to categorize.
This episode is sponsored by In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen and Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn.
You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.
A transcript of this episode is available here.
Books Discussed:
Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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2019-04-1019 min
BookwormElizabeth McCracken: Bowlaway
Her nature oppositional, Elizabeth McCracken’s Bowlaway is a sad, funny, hilarious, and melancholic novel.
2019-03-2829 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesElizabeth McCracken, "BOWLAWAY" w/ Cynthia D'Aprix SweeneyFrom the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century—nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person—Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she open...
2019-03-0851 min
The Weekly Reader----Bowlaway---- - Elizabeth McCracken's new novelOn this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review Elizabeth McCracken's new novel ----Bowlaway.---- Yes, it's about bowling, but, according to our book critic Marion Winik, it's got a lot more going for it than spares and strikes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2019-02-1903 min
But That's Another StoryMaris KreizmanWriter Maris Kreizman on Elizabeth McCracken's The Giant's House, the publishing industry, and gut feelings. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary, the Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal, The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken, and Slaughterhouse 90210 by Maris Kreizman. You can find transcripts of this episode and past ones on LitHub. Check out the podcasts Literary Salon and Grammar Girl, and the Start Doing collection from Macmillan Audio.
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2019-02-0818 min
6'+: 6ftplus (Six Foot Plus)Elizabeth McCrackenJoin us this Wednesday as we speak with author Elizabeth McCracken
2019-02-0755 min
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralBowlaway: A Novel - Elizabeth MccrackenListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Bowlaway: A NovelAuthor: Elizabeth MccrackenNarrator: Kate ReadingFormat: UnabridgedLength: 12:53:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 02-05-2019Publisher: HarperAudioGenres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Family LifeSummary:A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley.
From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery...
2019-02-0512h 53
All the Books!New Releases and More for February 5, 2019This week, Liberty and Kelly discuss Bowlaway, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, On the Come Up, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes, and I Am Yours: A Shared Memoir by Reema Zaman, from Amberjack Publishing..Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.(Our apologies, there were technical difficulties and the sound is a little o...
2019-02-0530 min
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenBowlaway: A Novel by Elizabeth MccrackenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bowlaway: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Mccracken Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley. From the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century—nothing but a bowling ba...
2019-02-0505 min
Access Essential Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenHere's Your Hat What's Your Hurry: Stories by Elizabeth MccrackenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry: Stories Author: Elizabeth Mccracken Narrator: Kate Reading, Johnny Heller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 5, 2019 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: The singular, enchanting debut story collection from Elizabeth McCracken, now back in print as part of Ecco’s “Art of the Story” series, and with a new introduction from the author. Called “astonishingly assured” by The Guardian, the nine stories that make up Elizabeth McCracken’s debut story collection deal with oddball characters doing their very best to forge connections...
2019-02-0505 min
Three BooksEpisode 15: Becky With the Good RecsThree Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our hosts, Becca and Christen, chat about three popular/favorite books. Becky Spratford is back with her best books of 2018, books she’s looking forward to in 2019, and recommendations of how to buy books for gifts! 0:00:23 Welcome Back Becky0:01:29 How Becky Chose her booksBecky's Best of 20180:03:28 Best Horror Book: Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay0:05:57 Best Audio Book: There, There by Tommy Orange0:08:37 Most Fun I Had Reading a Book All Year: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyi...
2018-12-201h 08
BS With Bob SchmidtE51 Elizabeth Dickinson - The Concise Coaching HandbookBob Schmidt podcast featuring entrepreneurs, business people and marketers this week talking with Elizabeth Dickinson certified life coach and public speaker as well as author of the book. The concise coaching handbook how to coach yourself and others to get business results and I had a chance to meet Elizabeth a few months ago. Back in New York and had a chance eight, Hennepin conversation and chat a little bit about business and invited around of the podcasts talk about this and you know Elizabeth, I think that a lot of people a lot of self-starters a lot of entrepreneurs...
2018-12-1927 min
Enjoy Selection of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, GeneralGiant's House: A Romance - Elizabeth MccrackenListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Giant's House: A RomanceAuthor: Elizabeth MccrackenNarrator: Vivienne LehenyFormat: UnabridgedLength: 11:10:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 12-04-2018Publisher: HarperAudioGenres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, SagasSummary:National Book Award Finalist
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod, 26-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt—the ''over-tall'' 11-year-old boy who's the talk of the to...
2018-12-0411h 10
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThe Giant's House: A Romance by Elizabeth MccrackenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Giant's House: A Romance Author: Elizabeth Mccracken Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: National Book Award Finalist The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod, 26-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt—the ''over-tall'' 11-year-old boy who's the talk of the town—walks into her library and changes her life. Two misfi...
2018-12-0405 min
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenThe Giant's House: A Romance by Elizabeth MccrackenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Giant's House: A Romance Author: Elizabeth Mccracken Narrator: Vivienne Leheny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: December 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: National Book Award Finalist The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod, 26-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt—the ''over-tall'' 11-year-old boy who's the talk of the town—walks into her library and changes her life. Two m...
2018-12-0405 min
All the Books!Anticipated New Books of 2019 Preview ShowThis week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Nickel Boys, An Orchestra of Minorities, Southern Lady Code, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Seal Press, publisher of Faking It: The Lies Women Tell About Sex–and the Truths They Reveal by Lux Alptraum.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliat...
2018-11-2730 min
fiction/non/fiction1: MFA vs. EverythingIn this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, fiction writers Elizabeth McCracken and Tony Tulathimutte and poets Kathryn Nuernberger and Hadara Bar-Nadav talk about graduate programs in creative writing with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. Readings for the episode: · The Program Era by Mark McGurl· “MFA vs POC,” The New Yorker, Junot Diaz· “The Writers’ Workshop,” by Frank Conroy, from Dogs Bark but the Caravan Rolls On· POC Mentorship: Graduate Faculty Writers of Color (from de-canon)· Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte· Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken (forthcoming in February) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
2018-10-041h 15
fiction/non/fictionElizabeth McCracken, Tony Tulathimutte, Hadara Bar-Nadav, and Kathryn Nuernberger on MFA ProgramsIn this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, fiction writers Elizabeth McCracken and Tony Tulathimutte and poets Kathryn Nuernberger and Hadara Bar-Nadav talk about graduate programs in creative writing with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. Readings for the episode: · The Program Era by Mark McGurl· “MFA vs POC,” The New Yorker, Junot Diaz· “The Writers’ Workshop,” by Frank Conroy, from Dogs Bark but the Caravan Rolls On· POC Mentorship: Graduate Faculty Writers of Color (from de-canon)· Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte· Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken (forthcoming in February) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap
2018-10-041h 20
Historical ReminiscentsEmbroidery, History, and ResistanceI recently started learning to embroider. My main reason for taking up embroidering was wanting to be stitch swear words radical sayings using a traditional feminine craft. I loved the idea of juxtaposing feminist praxis with a domestic art. In today's episode I talk about the history of embroidery and textile arts as a form of protest and activism. I would love to hear your thoughts on the intersection of history, fiber arts, and activism. Leave a comment or send me a message on Twitter. Mentioned in this episode: -Elizabeth Parker's Life Story Embroidery Sam...
2018-08-3009 min
Birth KweensEp 50: Navigating Pregnancy Loss with Dr. Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.**TRIGGER WARNING: Miscarriage, Stillbirth, & Pregnancy Loss In this episode, we explore the mental and emotional aspects of pregnancy loss with expert guest,Dr. Jessica Zucker, Ph.D. Dr. Zucker is a Los Angeles-based psychologist specializing in women's reproductive and maternal mental health with a background in international public health. She is the creator of the #IHadAMiscarriage campaign which launched with her first NYT piece in 2014 and has since become a global movement. Here’s an overview of what you’ll hear about in this episode: Jessica’s personal and professional background, including her own experience of having a...
2018-08-3047 minSkylight Books Podcast SeriesBruce Holbert, "WHISKEY"Whiskey is the story of two brothers, their parents, and three wrecked marriages, a searching book about family life at its most distressed—about kinship, failure, enough liquor to get through it all, and ultimately a dark and hard-earned grace. With the gruff humor of Cormac McCarthy and a dash of the madcap irony of Charles Portis, and a strong, authentic literary voice all his own, Bruce Holbert traverses the harsh landscape of America’s northwestern border and finds a family unlike any you’ve met before.
Holbert is joined by Elizabeth McCracken, author of five books: the story...
2018-07-1553 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for June 26, 2018This week, Liberty and Amanda discuss Trail of Lightning, Salt Lane, Confessions of the Fox, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen, Those Other Women by Nicola Moriarty, and Book Riot’s Annotated.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list...
2018-06-2638 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! June 15, 2018This week, Liberty discusses Relief Map, A Tale for the Time Being, and more great older books.This week’s episode was sponsored by Flatiron Books and Legendary (A Caraval Novel) by Stephanie Garber.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books discussed on the show:Who Is...
2018-06-1512 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! February 23, 2018This week, Liberty discusses The Bloody Chamber, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, The Three Button Trick, and more great older books.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books discussed on the show:All the Names They Used For God by Anjali SachdevaThe Bloody Cham...
2018-02-2611 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Elizabeth McCrackenFirst Draft interview with Elizabeth McCracken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2016-02-0132 min
Drunk BooksellersEp 6: Josh Christie, Sherman's Books & StationeryIn Episode 6, we chat with Josh Christie, manager at Sherman's Books and Stationery in Portland, ME. Get excited. You also can stream the episode on iTunes and Stitcher. Find us on Tumblr at drunkbooksellers.tumblr.com. Follow us on Twitter at @drunkbookseller for updates, book recs, and general bookish shenanigans. Epigraph Bitches in Bookshops Our theme music, Bitches in Bookshops, comes to us with permission from Annabelle Quezada. It’s the best. Introduction [0:30] In Which We Drink Strong Stouts and Cat Valente Singing in Russian for a T...
2015-12-081h 01
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing LifeEpisode 182: Elizabeth McCracken!In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken,
and share her reading at Miami Book Fair International 2015,
plus Dallas Woodburn reads her personal essay, "First, Please Yourself."
NOTES
David Henry Hwang is apparently going to be okay after being seriously attacked with a knife in Brooklyn.
Special thanks to Lisa Martens, Don Royster, and Racquel Henry for sharing their impressions of NANOWRIMOing.
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2015-12-0551 min
All the Books!Books We're Thankful For, Nov. 24, 2015This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of the books they are thankful for, including The Giant’s House, When Women Were Birds, and The Known World.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot’s Best of 2015 box.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books d...
2015-11-2444 min
All the Books!New releases, August 18, 2015This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Smaller and Smaller Circles, I Was a Revolutionary, The Incarnations, and more new releases.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.Books discussed on the show:Sma...
2015-08-1836 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastAmpersand Episode One: Mark Doty, Elizabeth McCracken, Benjamin PercyAn interview with Mark Doty, Elizabeth McCracken at the Story Prize; Benjamin Percy sings a song; and more.
2015-04-1552 min
Otherppl with Brad ListiEpisode 326 — Elizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken is the guest. Her latest book is a story collection called Thunderstruck & Other Stories, and it is available now from The Dial Press.
The New York Times Book Review says
“Elizabeth McCracken knows how loss can melt reality, forever altering a person’s sense of time....In her new collection, McCracken gives brilliantly splintered life to just that kind of story....The fact that there is nothing depressing about the ubiquity of accident and disaster in Thunderstruck & Other Stories is a powerful testament to the scratchy humor and warm intelligence of McCracken’s writing....Her wisdom and wit hav...
2014-11-021h 25
Art Works PodcastElizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken gives us her take on the differences in writing novels, short stories, and tweets.
2014-08-1428 min
First DraftFirst Draft - Elizabeth McCrackenElizabeth McCracken is the author of five books: Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry (stories), the novels The Giant’s House and Niagara Falls All Over Again, the memoir An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, and the forthcoming Thunderstruck & Other Stories. She’s received grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Liguria Study Center, the American Academy in Berlin, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
She has taught creative writing at Western Michigan University, the University of Oregon, the University of Houst...
2014-08-1129 min
The Writing University PodcastEpisode 51: Faculty Reading: Sabrina Orah Mark, Michael Martone, Beau O'Reilly, Robin Hemley, Elizabeth McCrackenSabrina Orah Mark, Michael Martone, Beau O'Reilly, Robin Hemley, Elizabeth McCracken
2014-06-2852 minThe Granta Podcast Episode 2In this edition, Granta editor John Freeman speaks to Elizabeth McCracken about her story ‘Property’ that appears in latest edition of Granta, Going Back. We'll also hear Elizabeth read from that story at our recent launch event at The British Library.
2010-08-1617 min
GrantaElizabeth McCracken: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 2This week John Freeman spoke to Best Young American Novelist Elizabeth McCracken about her works-in-progress, a novel that broke up into six short stories, and her contribution to Granta’s latest issue, ‘Going Back’ – a story called ‘Property’.
2010-08-0617 minGrantaElizabeth McCracken: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 2This week John Freeman spoke to Best Young American Novelist Elizabeth McCracken about her works-in-progress, a novel that broke up into six short stories, and her contribution to Granta’s latest issue, ‘Going Back’ – a story called ‘Property’.
2010-08-0617 min