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Burned By BooksMary Jones, "The Goodbye Process" (Zibby Books, 2024)In her stunning debut short story collection, The Goodbye Process (Zibby Books, 2024), Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and sometimes surreal ways we say goodbye.The stories--which range from tender and heartbreaking to unsettling and darkly funny--will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions surrounding love and loss. A woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside the house; a preteen girl caught shoplifting finds herself in grave danger; a Los Angeles real estate agent falls for a woman who helps him detach fr...2024-09-1028 min
New Books in LiteratureMary Jones, "The Goodbye Process" (Zibby Books, 2024)In her stunning debut short story collection, The Goodbye Process (Zibby Books, 2024), Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful and sometimes surreal ways we say goodbye.The stories--which range from tender and heartbreaking to unsettling and darkly funny--will push you out of your comfort zone and ignite intense emotions surrounding love and loss. A woman camps out on the porch of an ex-lover who has barricaded himself inside the house; a preteen girl caught shoplifting finds herself in grave danger; a Los Angeles real estate agent falls for a woman who helps him detach fr...2024-09-1028 min
True Fiction ProjectS4 Ep 2 - Thrillville USAWelcome back to another episode of the True Fiction Project Podcast. This week we have Taylor Koekkoek on the show, who is the author of the short stories series, Thrillville USA. Taylor talks to us about the inspiration behind the short stories and how pieces of the stories are pulled from his life. He talks about how he included Oregon’s opioid crisis into the story and why he felt it was relevant. Then we learn what is next for Taylor as far as future projects he is working on. At the end of the episode, he reads us an...2023-11-1423 min
Totally Booked with ZibbyTaylor Koekkoek, THRILLVILLE, USA: StoriesZibby interviews debut author Taylor Koekkoek (along with his wife and upcoming Zibby Books author Joselyn Takacs!) about Thrillville, USA, a raw and remarkable story collection about Americans living on the margins of society, seeking solace in drugs, booze, and self-destructive relationships. Taylor describes his sources of inspiration (like dangerous, ramshackle amusement parks and his friends’ unfortunate life experiences) and reveals his ultimate goal: writing about people who are struggling with the utmost generosity. Then, he shares how he met Joselyn and how he became a writer–the stories go hand in hand. Finally, Joselyn gives us a sneak peek o...2023-07-1023 min
The Accelerators PodcastNarrative Medicine with Matt FarrellSend us a textThe Accelerators (Drs. Matt Spraker and Simul Parikh) host radiation oncology resident physician and writer, Dr. Matt Farrell, to discuss narrative medicine. We review his recent JCO publication "First Cousin Once Removed". In this piece, Matt describes his experience with a family meeting at the end of life for his cousin John, an actor and patient living with HIV and AIDS prior to the release of HAART. Matt's work sparks a discussion of family dynamics surrounding the death of a loved one, the language we use in medicine, and M...2023-04-0339 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionThrillville, USA by Taylor KoekkoekPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601058to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Thrillville, USA
Author: Taylor Koekkoek
Narrator: André Santana, Stephen Graybill, Lisa Larsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Release date: March 21, 2023
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
WINNER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS SUE KAUFMAN PRIZE FOR FIRST FICTION A raw and remarkable debut story collection concerning substance abuse, societal alienation, and doomed romance from a writer whose work has appeared in prestigious literary journals including The Paris Review. An amusement park employee overdoses after eating the gel of a fentanyl patch. Two homeless men discover the b...2023-03-216h 35
Experience the Story, Anywhere, Anytime With Free AudiobookThrillville, USA Audiobook by Taylor KoekkoekListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 601058
Title: Thrillville, USA
Author: Taylor Koekkoek
Narrator: André Santana, Lisa Larsen, Stephen Graybill
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:35:18
Language: English
Release date: 03-21-23
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, General
Summary:
WINNER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS SUE KAUFMAN PRIZE FOR FIRST FICTION
A raw and remarkable debut story collection concerning substance abuse, societal alienation, and doomed romance from a writer whose work has appeared in prestigious literary journals including The Paris Review.
An amusement park employee overdoses after eating the g...2023-03-216h 35