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Talking Scared
Talking Scared[From the Vault] Carmen Maria Machado & Passing Literary Kidney StonesIt’s all about memory this week.   Remember that time literary superstar Carmen Maria Machado came on the show? No? Well here’s your chance to catch up on what you missed.   Carmen spoke to me about Her Body and Other Parties and In the Dream House – the former a collection of folktale and fable, spun to hideous effect; the latter a piercing fictionalised memoir of abuse and haunted relationships.   This was a daunting interview – we went deep into life, love and all the horrors they can bring. But...
2025-12-021h 10Books on the Bed
Books on the BedAndrea L. RogersThis week we visit with Andrea L. Rogers in Mountainburg, Arkansas.  Andrea L. Rogers is an award-winning author of historical and contemporary fiction across a variety of genres. Her first book, Mary and the Trail of Tears is historical fiction, which is pretty much horror for Native people. It was on both the NPR & American Indians in Children’s Literature best of 2020 lists. Her critically acclaimed Young Adult Horror Novel, Man Made Monsters, was released by Levine Querido in October 2022. It includes illustrations by Jeff Edwards (Cherokee). The novel received the Walter Award and several oth...
2025-11-091h 59story
storyAccidental RevelationsHost Meg Wolitzer presents two stories in which characters are faced with unexpected revelations that alter their lives. In “A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets,” by Kevin Brockmeier, performed by Geoffrey Arend, a thrift purchase comes with unusual fringe benefits.  In “Lady Tigers,” by Nick White, performed by Michael Urie, the bus driver of a girls’ softball team encounters a storm, and a secret. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2025-10-3000 minSelected Shorts
Selected ShortsAccidental RevelationsHost Meg Wolitzer presents two stories in which characters are faced with unexpected revelations that alter their lives. In “A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets,” by Kevin Brockmeier, performed by Geoffrey Arend, a thrift purchase comes with unusual fringe benefits.  In “Lady Tigers,” by Nick White, performed by Michael Urie, the bus driver of a girls’ softball team encounters a storm, and a secret. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2025-10-3058 minSelected Shorts
Selected ShortsAccidental RevelationsOn this SELECTED SHORTS, host Meg Wolitzer presents two stories in which characters are faced with unexpected revelations that alter their lives. In “A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets,” by Kevin Brockmeier, performed by Geoffrey Arend, a thrift purchase comes with unusual fringe benefits. In “Lady Tigers,” by Nick White, performed by Michael Urie, the bus driver of a girls’ softball team encounters a storm, and a secret.
2025-10-3058 minMeet Me Here
Meet Me HereBonus: Kim Fu wants writers to get weirdThis summer, the KUOW Book Club read Seattle author Kim Fu's surreal story collection, "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century." It was the winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Prize among many other accolades. In it, Fu takes average, even mundane human experiences and makes them utterly bizarre and delightfully weird. The collection dives into modern-day anxieties, turning them into the titular monsters. It's one of book club curator Katie Campbell's favorite books she's chosen yet. So, on July 30, Campbell sat down with Fu in front of a live audience at the Seattle Public Library. We...
2025-09-2148 minBooks on the Bed
Books on the BedKevin BrockmeierThis week we visit with Kevin Brockmeier in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.  In addition to his latest book, The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories, Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead, and The Truth About Celia; the story collections Things That Fall from the Sky and The View from the Seventh Layer; the children’s novels City of Names and Grooves: A Kind of Mystery; and a memoir of his seventh-grade year called A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip. His work has been translated into eighteen languages. He...
2025-09-172h 27Beyond The Zero
Beyond The ZeroTHE THIRD TEMPLE by Yishai Sharid with Yardenne GreenspanYardenne Greenspan@yardennegreenspanBuy Yishai Sarid’s The Third Temple herehttps://restlessbooks.org/bookstore/the-third-templeGateway booksThe Great Gatsby A Few Seconds of Radiant Film Script - Kevin BrockmeierSecond Person Singular - Sayed KashuaCurrent reads The Panelist - Yishai Sarid Kit...
2025-03-121h 04Good Thunder Pod
Good Thunder PodKevin BrockmeierSeason 2. Ep. 1 Hosts Robin Becker and Maxim Tamarov talk with Kevin Brockmeier about death and writing.
2024-10-2135 minBookstore Explorer
Bookstore ExplorerEpisode 71: Parentheses Books, Harrisonburg, VirginiaLast week, we welcomed to the pod Evan Friss, author of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore. This week, we visit with his wife, Amanda Friss, owner of Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, Virginia.Books We Talk About: The works of Kevin Brockmeier, West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman and Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi
2024-10-0135 minThe SMSU Podcast
The SMSU PodcastCampus Update Ep. 68 | Visiting Writing series with Author Kevin Brockmeier and Assistant Professor of English Jessie HennenThis week, we go over Kevin’s visit to campus on the 16th of September. Kevin is the first of many renowned authors that the SMSU English Department is bringing to campus as a part of the visiting writing series! Kevin has published his works in venues such as The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeny’s, and many others. His reading will take place Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Charter Hall 201 at 7:00 p.m. Make sure to listen to the end for a special surprise by Brockmeier.
2024-09-1229 minThe SMSU Podcast
The SMSU PodcastCampus Update Ep. 68 | Visiting Writing series with Author Kevin Brockmeier and Assistant Professor of English Jessie HennenThis week, we go over Kevin’s visit to campus on the 16th of September. Kevin is the first of many renowned authors that the SMSU English Department is bringing to campus as a part of the visiting writing series! Kevin has published his works in venues such as The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeny’s, and many others. His reading will take place Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in Charter Hall 201 at 7:00 p.m. Make sure to listen to the end for a special surprise by Brockmeier.
2024-09-1229 minBook Retorts
Book RetortsBook Reshorts: The Quiz: Back in the Quizzadle We’re still on our summer break, but we brought back a classic game to see you through this drought! This time, our intrepid hosts need to identify the real one of three possible plot summaries for a book based only on the title and author. Danielle spins some amazing faux summaries while Sam takes a decidedly subtler approach to crafting his deceptions. So play along and see if you can spot the real summary from the fakes as we mount up for another ride in the quizzadle! The books chosen for this quiz were: That Time I Got Dr...
2024-08-0732 minRaamaturännak
Raamaturännak#1 Berit Kaschan: Milleks meile lugemine?Rahva Raamatu podcasti esimeses osas on külas biblioterapeut ja luuletaja Berit Kaschan. Koos saatejuht Eia Uusiga arutatakse muu hulgas teemadel: Mida lugemine meile annab ja miks peaks raamatuid lugema? Mis võlu on kirjutatud tekstil ja miks me seda nii väga usaldame? Kuidas endale sobiv raamat valida? Mida teeb biblioterapeut? Hiljutistest lugemiselamustest ..ja paljust muust põnevast Episoodis mainitud raamatud: Helen Oyeyemi "What is Yours Is Not Yours" Helen Oyeyemi "Härra Fox" Bruce Chatwin "Songlines" Kevin Brockmeier "Surnute lühiajalugu" José Saramago "Death at Intervals" Toni Morrison "Beloved" Herve Le Tellier "Anomaalia" A.H Tamms...
2024-07-181h 16Clexical
ClexicalEp. 17: Interview with Christopher CerroneChristopher Cerrone (b. 1984, New York) is internationally acclaimed for compositions characterized by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, a deep literary fluency, and a flair for multimedia collaborations. Balancing lushness and austerity, immersive textures and telling details, dramatic impact, and interiority, Cerrone’s multi-GRAMMY-nominated music is utterly compelling and uniquely his own. Cerrone’s opera, In a Grove (libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann), jointly produced by LA Opera and Pittsburgh Opera, was called “stunning” (Opera News) and “outstanding” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) in its sold-out premiere run directed by Mary Birnbaum in March 2022. Other recent projects include The Year of Silence, base...
2024-06-0328 minThe Clinic & The Person
The Clinic & The PersonIf Pain Were Coupled with Light: The Novel The Illumination with Dr. Ron BoedingSend us a text“To have great pain is to have certainty; to hear that another person has pain is to have doubt,” Professor Elaine Scarry has said, and furthermore stipulates that, “Physical pain not only resists language, but actively destroys it.” She has suggested “fictional analogs” could have application in conveying the existence of pain where there is doubt. We consider whether the speculative novel, The Illumination, could serve as a fictional analog. The novel centers on a sudden phenomenon in which a light shines from the part of anyone’s body where there is pain, and so erases...
2023-07-2851 minNovel Marathon
Novel MarathonMile 3: Working title, one-quarter twist and strong midpoint, plus: mental health check-in 🧘Dear Novelists & Novelistas, 🏃Welcome to Mile 3 of Novel Marathon – The 2023 Edition! The basics: Novel Marathon is a self-directed class. Like you, my goal is to write a novel in a year. Let’s do it together 💪 Here are the readings and assignments to work on for the NEXT two weeks: 📚Required reading Ch. 5 & 6 in The One Year Novelist Ch. 7 in Story Genius Pgs. 13-15 in This Year You Write Your Novel 🌟Extra credit reading Pgs. 13-15 in Refuse To Be Done ✏️ Your Assignment 👟Choose a working title Give your book a name, if you haven’t already. Matt Bell quotes fellow writer Kevin Brock...
2023-02-2009 minUnsung History
Unsung HistoryThe Women who Programmed the ENIACDuring World War II, the United States Army contracted with a group of engineers at the University of Pennsylvania Moore School of Electrical Engineering to build the ENIAC, the world’s first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer in order to more quickly calculate numbers for ballistics tables. Once the top-secret device was built, someone needed to figure out how to program the more than 17,000 vacuum tubes, 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 6,000 switches, and 1,500 mechanical relays so that the calculations could be run. Six women mathematicians who had been manually calculating the figures, were chosen to develop the programming, which they worked out be...
2022-08-0836 minGLI LIVE
GLI LIVEEvery Liver, Every Time: Best Practices in Organ Donation and RecoveryIn this episode of #GLILIVE, our host, Donna Cryer, was joined by Diane Brockmeier, President & CEO Mid-America Transplant and Kevin Lee, Chief Organ Operations Officer at Mid-America Transplant to discuss best practices in organ donation and recovery.
2022-07-0632 minThe Bookish Banter Podcast
The Bookish Banter PodcastE16: Interview with Liz MichalskiHi!!! Welcome to our interview with Liz Michalski, the author of Darling Girl. Featured on May's Book of the Month picks, we dive deep into the dark world of fairytales and writing a retelling. We hope you enjoy this episode and make sure to check out Darling Girl wherever books are sold.  You can follow Liz on instagram @lizmichalskiauthor and on her website here and you can snag a copy of Darling Girl from Book of the Month for $5!  Favorite Standalone: The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier, Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank, The Gr...
2022-05-091h 08Dive Into This Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook — Perfect During Your Workout.
Dive Into This Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook — Perfect During Your Workout.Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories by James MusgravePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562383to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories Author: James Musgrave Narrator: Nikki Delgado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Dark Stories for Readers with Surreal, Realistic, and Deep Tastes Narrator: Award-winning actress and audiobook voice from the United Kingdom, Nikki Delgado. Silver Medal Winner of the 2021 Reader's Favorite International Contest for Best Adult Anthology A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree, 2021 9.25 overall Evaluation at BookLife, Publishers Weekly Hollywood and Broadway are icons of the American Dream. But what happens to those who...
2021-12-025h 19Power-Up With The Full Audiobook That Keeps Curious Minds Hooked.
Power-Up With The Full Audiobook That Keeps Curious Minds Hooked.Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories by James MusgravePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562383to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories Author: James Musgrave Narrator: Nikki Delgado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Religious Fiction Publisher's Summary: Dark Stories for Readers with Surreal, Realistic, and Deep Tastes Narrator: Award-winning actress and audiobook voice from the United Kingdom, Nikki Delgado. Silver Medal Winner of the 2021 Reader's Favorite International Contest for Best Adult Anthology A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree, 2021 9.25 overall Evaluation at BookLife, Publishers Weekly Hollywood and Broadway are icons of the American Dream. But what happens to those who...
2021-12-025h 19Step Inside An Next-Level Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.
Step Inside An Next-Level Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories by James MusgravePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562383to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories Author: James Musgrave Narrator: Nikki Delgado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Dark Stories for Readers with Surreal, Realistic, and Deep Tastes Narrator: Award-winning actress and audiobook voice from the United Kingdom, Nikki Delgado. Silver Medal Winner of the 2021 Reader's Favorite International Contest for Best Adult Anthology A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree, 2021 9.25 overall Evaluation at BookLife, Publishers Weekly Hollywood and Broadway are icons of the American Dream. But what happens to those who...
2021-12-025h 19Get Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary Fiction
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionValley of the Dogs: Dark Stories by James MusgravePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562383to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories Author: James Musgrave Narrator: Nikki Delgado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Dark Stories for Readers with Surreal, Realistic, and Deep Tastes Narrator: Award-winning actress and audiobook voice from the United Kingdom, Nikki Delgado. Silver Medal Winner of the 2021 Reader's Favorite International Contest for Best Adult Anthology A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree, 2021 9.25 overall Evaluation at BookLife, Publishers Weekly Hollywood and Broadway are icons of the American Dream. But what happens to those who...
2021-12-025h 19Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Religious Fiction
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Religious FictionValley of the Dogs: Dark Stories by James MusgravePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562383to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories Author: James Musgrave Narrator: Nikki Delgado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Religious Fiction Publisher's Summary: Dark Stories for Readers with Surreal, Realistic, and Deep Tastes Narrator: Award-winning actress and audiobook voice from the United Kingdom, Nikki Delgado. Silver Medal Winner of the 2021 Reader's Favorite International Contest for Best Adult Anthology A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree, 2021 9.25 overall Evaluation at BookLife, Publishers Weekly Hollywood and Broadway are icons of the American Dream. But what happens to those who...
2021-12-025h 19Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Literature, Short Stories
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Literature, Short StoriesValley of the Dogs: Dark Stories by James MusgravePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562383to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of the Dogs: Dark Stories Author: James Musgrave Narrator: Nikki Delgado Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: December 2, 2021 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Dark Stories for Readers with Surreal, Realistic, and Deep Tastes Narrator: Award-winning actress and audiobook voice from the United Kingdom, Nikki Delgado. Silver Medal Winner of the 2021 Reader's Favorite International Contest for Best Adult Anthology A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree, 2021 9.25 overall Evaluation at BookLife, Publishers Weekly Hollywood and Broadway are icons of the American Dream. But what happens to those who...
2021-12-025h 19Ali\'s Book Nook Corner 📚
Ali's Book Nook Corner 📚The Ghost Variations by Kevin BrockmeierThis episode is also available as a blog post: http://suspensebookreviews.home.blog/2021/06/13/the-ghost-variations-by-kevin-brockmeier/
2021-08-0503 minTalking Scared
Talking Scared45 – Carmen Maria Machado and Literary Kidney StonesSend us a textThis week I have been forced to up my game.  Our guest is Carmen Maria Machado, and her works is not for the lazy or faint-hearted. From her dizzying collection of short fiction, Her Body and Other Parties, to her one-of-a-kind memoir, In the Dream House, Carmen’s writing forces a humble interviewer such as me, to question how we talk about books, author, character, truth, fiction and all the messy space in between.In the Dream House  deconstructs what a memoir is and can do, and I had to r...
2021-06-301h 15Angreement
AngreementFlora, Florida, Flo RidaIn this episode Michelle and Katherine angree about sad dogs, the Real Housewives franchise, Armadillos, Eurovision, and so much more! “All the Sad, Lonely Pandemic Puppies” by Sarah Zhang The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/05/pandemic-puppies-will-be-alone-first-time/619024/ “Science Versus” Podcast “A Seedy, Late Night Adventure” https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/emhxgkd/a-seedy-latenight-adventure ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V.E. Schwab https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50623864-the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue “No One is Talking About This” by Patricia Lockwood https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53733106-no-one-is-talking-about-this?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6OJOHThwh6&rank=1 “A Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier https...
2021-06-041h 24Angreement
AngreementFlora, Florida, Flo RidaIn this episode Michelle and Katherine angree about sad dogs, the Real Housewives franchise, Armadillos, Eurovision, and so much more! “All the Sad, Lonely Pandemic Puppies” by Sarah Zhang The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/05/pandemic-puppies-will-be-alone-first-time/619024/ “Science Versus” Podcast “A Seedy, Late Night Adventure” https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/emhxgkd/a-seedy-latenight-adventure ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V.E. Schwab https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50623864-the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue “No One is Talking About This” by Patricia Lockwood https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53733106-no-one-is-talking-about-this?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6OJOHThwh6&rank=1 “A Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier https...
2021-06-031h 24Ask a Bookseller
Ask a BooksellerAsk a bookseller recommends very short stories — all about ghostsLia Lent of WordsWorth Books in Little Rock, Ark., recommended “The Ghost Variations,” a flash fiction collection by Kevin Brockmeier.All the stories involve ghosts in some way, but they range from scary to funny, charming to thought-provoking. And they’re short: Many of the stories unfold in 500 words, which Lent says makes this book easy to pick up for a quick story — and hard to put down. It’s full of fascinating first-lines and clever wording that kept her reading just one more, over and over.Here’s one opening she shared from story N...
2021-05-1502 minBegin Into A Unforgettable Full Audiobook Between Meetings.
Begin Into A Unforgettable Full Audiobook Between Meetings.The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin BrockmeierPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415649to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories Author: Kevin Brockmeier Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Genres: Paranormal Publisher's Summary: Ghost stories tap into our most primal emotions as they encourage us to confront the timeless question: What comes after death? Here, in tales that are by turn scary, funny, philosophic, and touching, you’ll find that question sharpened, split, reconsidered—and met with a multitude of answers.   A spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at lo...
2021-03-097h 07Ignite An Game-Changing Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.
Ignite An Game-Changing Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin BrockmeierPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415649to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories Author: Kevin Brockmeier Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Ghost stories tap into our most primal emotions as they encourage us to confront the timeless question: What comes after death? Here, in tales that are by turn scary, funny, philosophic, and touching, you’ll find that question sharpened, split, reconsidered—and met with a multitude of answers.   A spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving the exact moment she lost her chanc...
2021-03-097h 07Get Best Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paranormal
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, ParanormalThe Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin BrockmeierPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415649to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories Author: Kevin Brockmeier Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Genres: Paranormal Publisher's Summary: Ghost stories tap into our most primal emotions as they encourage us to confront the timeless question: What comes after death? Here, in tales that are by turn scary, funny, philosophic, and touching, you’ll find that question sharpened, split, reconsidered—and met with a multitude of answers.   A spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving the exact moment she lost her chance at lo...
2021-03-097h 07All the Books!
All the Books!New Releases and More for March 9, 2021This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss How Beautiful We Were, Women and Other Monsters, The Ghost Variations, and more great books.Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right 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 affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode...
2021-03-0957 minDownload Latest Full Audiobooks in Literature, Short Stories
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Literature, Short StoriesThe Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin BrockmeierPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415649to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories Author: Kevin Brockmeier Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: Ghost stories tap into our most primal emotions as they encourage us to confront the timeless question: What comes after death? Here, in tales that are by turn scary, funny, philosophic, and touching, you’ll find that question sharpened, split, reconsidered—and met with a multitude of answers.   A spirit who is fated to spend eternity reliving the exact moment she lost her chanc...
2021-03-097h 07The Unconventional Gal: Forging Your Own Path with Cherry Dollface
The Unconventional Gal: Forging Your Own Path with Cherry Dollface11. I'm Dreaming of A(n unconventional) ChristmasI open this week with my Cherry's book club pick of the month! A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier But this week my full focus is on creating your own holiday traditions. Whether you have bad holiday memories, you hate conventional traditions, or you are combining families and figuring out new traditions... I discuss all kinds of ways to approach the holidays. I also discuss our new approach to keeping traditions alive in covid times. Text me your secrets! 818-640-7188 Check out my sponsor: http://www.inkandivycollective.com
2020-11-2535 minNovel Gazing Podcast
Novel Gazing PodcastLiterary Fiction that Changed Our LivesMary Kay and Louise talk about important literary things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are the books of literary fiction that changed your life? And, what are you reading now? This episode is sponsored by Shelf Addiction podcast,Catapult, and The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed, published by Coffee House Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED: "Book sales surge as self-isolating readers stock up on ‘bucket list’ novels"  in The Guardian What our contagion fables are REALLY about in The New Yorker, by Jill Lepore...
2020-04-071h 03By the Sound
By the SoundMeet Chelsea AlvarezChelsea Alvarez is not your mother. She’s just a regular lady surviving late-stage capitalism. In this episode, she tells us stories of random animals latching onto her. She also discusses the podcast “Scam Goddess.” Finally, things get awkward for a Seattle City Council candidate in search of a surrogate. Episode 002 is hosted by Chelsea Alvarez, Aisha Hauser, and Sarah Mayes. Please support the show and join our community at: https://www.patreon.com/ByTheSound AS NOTED: The Brief History of the Dead, by Keven Brockmeier (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/18635/the-brief-history-of-the-dead-by-kevin-brockmeier/) Aisha’s sermon on death (https://esuc.org/wp-conte...
2019-12-1300 minSmarty Pants
Smarty Pants#114: House of MirrorsTwo years ago, Carmen Maria Machado pushed the weird and gothic into the mainstream with her debut short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and made her a Guggenheim Fellow. Now she’s back with In the Dream House, a memoir of a harrowing relationship told in a splintered, fractured style. The list of chapters reads like an introduction to literary tropes 101: dream house as an exercise in point of view, as a memory palace, as a stranger comes to town, as a plot twist. Ultimately it is, as on...
2019-12-0619 minAll the Books!
All the Books!All the Backlist! November 23, 2018This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Ask the Passengers.This week’s episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Penguin Random House Audio.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:The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley
2018-11-2311 minAll The Feelings • Adulting
All The Feelings • AdultingThe Case of Calamity U.Tommy helps a listener through a disturbing case of Neesonitis while Pete struggles to hide from academics bearing heavy books. • This week's tune: So Clear by Eyal Raz Sponsor: This week's show is brought to you by Audible. Get a free audiobook to spice up your morning shower at AudibleTrial.com/ScentofaPodcast. From there, search for Tommy’s recommended book for the week: A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade by Kevin Brockmeier ---Learn more about supporting this podcast by becoming a member. Visit allthefeelings.fum/join...
2018-11-1355 minLeVar Burton Reads
LeVar Burton Reads"A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets" by Kevin BrockmeierAn ordinary man finds himself unexpectedly in possession of an extraordinary power. This story appears in Kevin Brockmeier's collection THE VIEW FROM THE SEVENTH LAYER. Thanks to our presenting sponsor Audible. Start your free trial and get a free audiobook at audible.com/levar.
2018-03-2733 minAll the Books!
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 minTK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books Podcast
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastCarmen Maria Machado & Ethan NosowskyHER 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  Ke...
2017-10-101h 34Radio CALS
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2010-03-243h 15Explore: This Riveting Full Audiobook For Book-Lovers.
Explore: This Riveting Full Audiobook For Book-Lovers.Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic by Andrew Lam, Ray Bradbury, Haruki Murakami, Donald Barthelme, Kevin Brockmeier, Jonathan Safran Foer, T. C. BoylePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/83274to listen full audiobooks. Title: Selected Shorts: A Touch of Magic Author: Andrew Lam, Ray Bradbury, Haruki Murakami, Donald Barthelme, Kevin Brockmeier, Jonathan Safran Foer, T. C. Boyle Narrator: James Naughton, Stephen Colbert, John Lithgow, Daniel Gerroll, Maria Tucci, Anthony Rapp, Jerry Zaks Format: mp3 Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins Release date: 03-24-10 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 67 ratings Genres: Art of Storytelling Publisher's Summary:
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Get Lost In Your Ears To A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook.These Hands by Kevin BrockmeierPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/250064to listen full audiobooks. Title: These Hands Author: Kevin Brockmeier Narrator: Andre Sogliuzzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Release date: January 30, 2001 Genres: Short Stories Publisher's Summary: 'Caroline is watchful and sincere, shy yet earnest. She seldom speaks, and when she does her lips scarcely part, so that sometimes Lewis must listen closely to distinguish her voice from the cycling of her breath. Her eyes are a miracle - a startled blue with frail green spikes bound by a ring of black - and he is certain that if he could draw his reflection...
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