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Book Eaters PodcastBook Eaters: Under the Influence with Guest author E. A. AymarIn this Iris lead episode Michele and April are joined by thriller author E. A Aymar, who also writes under the pseudonym of E.A. Barres. Michele explains why she doesn't enjoy books about the love of New York City, April talks about her recent obsession with historic crime novels, our guest Ed shares with us his inspirations and writing process and Iris somewhat successfully manages to keep everyone on the topic of influential authors. 2021-04-021h 12
Book Eaters PodcastBook Eaters Podcast: Story MechanismsFor those of you who said we were editing out all the drunk bits, this episode is evidence that we are listening to your feedback. In this episode Michele speaks passionately as only a person who has had to many drinks can, about literary mechanisms including creating copies of characters, forbidden love, and unnecessary plot twists. Meanwhile Iris calmly explains what kind of humor she enjoys, and April expresses her opinions on character resurrections and odd couple type romances. The love of puns and absurd humor is discussed, and they all discover that they might just be fodder for th...2021-03-191h 12
Book Eaters PodcastBook Eaters Podcast: Coming Of Age StoriesIn this episode we discuss coming of age books. April, Michele, and Iris share stories about the first time that they over imbibed. Questions around if aliens or robots can have coming of age stories are debated and the definition and pronunciation of bildungsroman is discussed. Michele confesses that she is not a very good reader, April relates her thought processes to a cow’s stomach and Iris slowly realizes that she may be going through a midlife crisis.2021-03-0556 min
Book Eaters PodcastBook Eaters Podcast: A Tale As Old as TimeIn this episode April and Michele pre-game a little before the episode starts, where they then join Iris in discussing stories that have been retold many times. Discussion centers around fairy tales, mythology and Jane Austen. Iris attempts to have an intelligent conversation about Science Fiction authors and narratives with Michele who is unable to keep up and April delves into her fascination with pastiche. 2021-02-1954 min