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Educating the Human Potential: The American Montessori Society PodcastA Boy Erased: Garrard Conley on Surviving Conversion Therapy and Growing Up Gay in the Bible BeltWhat if the people you trust most try to change who you are—and call it love? In this episode, Garrard Conley, author of the bestselling memoir Boy Erased, adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe, shares his powerful journey from being outed and forced into conversion therapy to becoming a writer, educator, and advocate for truth and healing.Hosts Biff Maier and Nicole Coman talk with Garrard about:Growing up gay in a fundamentalist Baptist community in rural ArkansasConley’s expe...2025-06-021h 03
Experience Literature in a Whole New Way With Our Free AudiobookAll the World Beside Audiobook by Garrard ConleyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 793420
Title: All the World Beside
Author: Garrard Conley
Narrator: Garrard Conley, Pete Cross
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:19:36
Language: English
Release date: 07-18-24
Publisher: W.F. Howes
Genres: Fiction & Literature, LGBTQ+
Summary:
Cana, Massachusetts, 1730. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfield and his family stand as godly pillars of their small-town community, drawing Christians from across the New World into their fold. One such Christian, physician Arthur Lyman, discovers in the minister's words a love so captivating it transcends language.
As the bond between these two men grows more...2024-07-1910h 19
Where We LiveAuthor Garrard Conley explores queerness in Puritan New EnglandAuthor Garrard Conley published his first book in 2016, "Boy Erased". The bestselling memoir, relaying Conley's experience undergoing conversion therapy at 19, inspired a major motion picture two years later. This hour, Conley discusses his newest book and his first foray into fiction. "All the World Beside" explores queerness in Puritan New England. Set in 1700s Massachusetts and inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," an affair unfolds between Arthur Lyman, a physician, and Nathaniel Whitfield, a reverend. GUESTS: Garrard Conley: Author, All the World Beside and Boy Erased Cat Pastor contributed to...2024-06-0649 min
The Book ShowThe Book Show | Garrard Conley – All the World BesideGarrard Conley is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Boy Erased.” His debut novel, “All the World Beside,” is the story of two men in love caught between the demands of their families and societal pressures. Conley has coined it “The Queer Scarlet Letter.”2024-06-0427 minThe Book ShowThe Book Show | Garrard Conley – All the World BesideGarrard Conley is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “Boy Erased.” His debut novel, “All the World Beside,” is the story of two men in love caught between the demands of their families and societal pressures. Conley has coined it “The Queer Scarlet Letter.”2024-06-0427 min
DebutifulFirst Taste: Garrard Conley Reads From All The World BesideWelcome to the First Taste Reading Series on Debutiful. This is a weekly series where writers will read a short excerpt from their book so readers can whet their appetite with delicious writing.
Today, Garrard Conley reads an excerpt from his debut novel All the World Beside!
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Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineALL THE WORLD BESIDE by Garrard Conley, read by Pete Cross, Garrard ConleyPete Cross performs Garrard Conley’s debut novel of a star-crossed love affair. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Kendra Winchester discuss this beautifully devastating story of love between minister Nathaniel Whitfield and physician Arthur Lyman in Puritan New England. Cross’s narration captures the intense relationship between the two men; he performs their dialogue with deep emotion. As the two men’s families begin to suspect their secret, Cross imbues his performance with tension, communicating both families’ anxiety and feelings of helplessness. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Penguin Audio.2024-05-0107 min
Career Pathways: From College to Today22: Creative Writing and Book Bans? (Featuring Garrard Conley)In today's episode of the Career Pathways Podcast, Jayson and Pat sit down with Garrard Conley, Professor of Creative Writing and published author. Conley will talk about all things from his memoir to how to write creatively. This is an episode you don't wanna miss!2024-04-291h 07
CinemaPsych PodcastEpisode 079: No, There Isn't a Gay Blood Test — Boy Erased (2018) with Lee Golembiewski
Join Alex and guest host Dr. Lee Golembiewski as they discuss the harrowing true story of a young gay man enduring conversion therapy in the US South in Boy Erased (2018). The film stars Lucas Hedges as Jared, playing a version of Garrard Conley, who wrote a memoir of the same name in 2016, detailing his journey through conversion therapy in the early 2000s. The film also stars Russell Crowe as his pastor father, who ultimately made the decision to send Jared to the harmful Christian ministry, Nicole Kidman, as his mother, who makes a startling transformation during the...2024-04-151h 37
NPR's Book of the Day'All The World Beside' explores a queer relationship in a 1700s Puritan communityGarrard Conley's memoir Boy Erased chronicled his upbringing as a Baptist preacher's son and his experience being sent to conversion therapy. His new novel, All The World Beside, explores similar themes of faith, love and queer identity — but through the lens of a relationship between two men in Puritan New England. In today's episode, Conley speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about how fiction allowed him to actually provide even more autobiographical details than a memoir, and how writing this book grounded him in his relationship to Christianity. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's bo...2024-04-1108 minWhere We LiveAuthor Garrard Conley explores queerness in Puritan New EnglandAuthor Garrard Conley published his first book in 2016, "Boy Erased". The bestselling memoir, relaying Conley's experience undergoing conversion therapy at 19, inspired a major motion picture two years later. This hour, Conley discuss his newest book and his first foray into fiction. "All the World Beside" explores queerness in Puritan New England. Set in 1700s Massachusetts and inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," an affair unfolds between Arthur Lyman, a physician, and Nathaniel Whitfield, a reverend. GUESTS: Garrard Conley: Author, All the World Beside and Boy Erased Where We Live is available as a podcast...2024-04-0449 minYour Favorite Stories, Now in Your Ears - Full AudiobookAll the World Beside: A Novel Audiobook by Garrard ConleyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 697217
Title: All the World Beside: A Novel
Author: Garrard Conley
Narrator: Garrard Conley, Pete Cross
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9:34:03
Language: English
Release date: 03-26-24
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+
Summary:
“A heart-wrenching story of love, family, and spirituality.” —People Magazine
From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England.
Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century Puritan New England. To the outside world, Reverend Nathaniel Whitfi...2024-03-269h 34
Gays Reading | A Book Podcast for EveryoneGarrard Conley (All the World Beside)Jason and Brett talked to Garrard Conley (All the World Beside) about how we reinvent ourselves when we challenge the status quo, the pros and cons of “adulting,” and making our own rules. Garrard Conley is the New York Timesbestselling author of the memoir Boy Erased, as well as the creator and co-producer of the podcast UnErased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America. His work has been published by The New York Times, Oxford American, Time, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among others. Conley is a graduate of Brooklyn College’s MFA program, where he was a Truman Capote...2024-03-2648 min