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Let's Deconstruct a StoryErika Krouse, Caitlin Horrocks and Kelly Fordon discuss two stories...Hi Everyone!In this episode of the podcast, Caitlin Horrocks and I interview Erika Krouse about “Jude” from her new collection, Save Me, Stranger. AND THEN…Erika and I interview Caitlin about her story “Better Not Tell You Now.” We had so much fun! And I learned so much about the craft of writing. You will too.Links to both stories are below. Please read before you listen, because we will spoil the endings :) “Jude” is available here at The Colorado Review, Summer 2024.“Better Not Tell You Now” is here at...2025-06-151h 07
Let's Deconstruct a Story"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Christie HodgenBefore listening to my interview with Christie Hodgen, please read her story, “Rich Strike,” because the interview is full of spoilers! The story is available for free here on the Story website, thanks to Michael Nye. Please consider subscribing to Story and supporting great literature here.Congratulations to Christie for winning a Pushcart Prize for this story as well.If you would like to read my annotation of the story and some background on the books discussed during our interview, please consider becoming a paid subscriber and accessing my annotation in the arc...2025-06-0132 min
Proud StutterStuttering & Survivor Season 48 FINALE Ft. Caitlin Dietz & Eliot GoldsteinMaya, Caitlin, and Elliot recap the thrilling finale of Survivor Season 48, celebrating Mitch's incredible journey and the great representation of the stuttering community. They discuss the season's most memorable moments, strategic plays, and emotional highlights, including Kyle and Camilla's secret alliance, Mitch's social game, and Eva's perseverance. They also reflect on the portrayal of stuttering in the show and its impact on the stuttering community.In this episodeGet early bird tickets for Proud Stutter's Annual Gala on October 9-----Big thanks to Proud Stutter's recurring supporters: Jennifer Bolen, Jerry Slaff...2025-05-2546 min
Proud StutterStuttering & Survivor Season 48 Episode 8 Ft. Caitlin Dietz & Eliot GoldsteinMaya, Caitlin, and Elliot are back to discuss stuttering on Survivor Season 48, Episode 8, and the latest twists and turns in the episode. From alliances and drama to strategic plays and surprise advantages, they break down all the key moments you won't want to miss.In this episodeRegister for Proud Stutter's Stuttering Awareness Week event on May 8Use promo code PROUD25 at checkout for a free ticket. -----Big thanks to Proud Stutter's recurring supporters: Jennifer Bolen, Jerry Slaff, Josh Compton, Pablo Meza, Matt Didisheim, Alexandra Mosby, Ingo Helbig...2025-04-1936 min
Work Like A LakerAn Author’s Advice: Careers in the Publishing IndustryJoin co-hosts Megan Riksen and Grace Joaquin as they sit down with Caitlin Horrocks, author of one of Wall Street Journal’s Top Ten Books of 2019 and member of the GVSU Writing Department, to talk about all things books! From discussing her writing process to giving listeners advice on breaking into the publishing industry, Caitlin unshelves all the secrets to a successful writing career. This book-ish edition of the Work Like a Laker podcast is impossible to put down once you start listening, so get cozy and hit play!
To find all of Caitlin Horrocks' books, visit her we...2025-01-0722 min
What Have You Been Reading?It Got Me (Ep. 11)In this episode we welcomed our second guest speaker, Leigh, to discuss how short stories should be counted. Which lead to whether you track your books/reading, and how you do that. We learned a lot about Teddy Roosevelt, had some more discussions on Gone with the Wind, and realized that Karla and Alex have VERY different spice level calibers.
Books discussed or mentioned:
This Summer Will Be Different, by Carley Fortune
It Waits in the Woods, by Josh Malerman
The Pit and the Box, by Guillermo del...2024-10-041h 15
Let's Deconstruct a Story"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Caitlin HorrocksCaitlin Horrocks discusses her story "On the Oregon Trail" from her short story collection, Life Among the Terranauts.The story is available and should be read before listening to the podcast at www.kellyfordon.com/blog.Caitlin Horrocks is the author of the story collections Life Among the Terranauts and This Is Not Your City, both New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice selections. Her novel The Vexations was named one of the Ten Best Books of 2019 by the Wall Street Journal. Her stories and essays appear in The New Yorker, The Be...2022-03-0135 min
Callander Public Library PodcastInterview with Caitlin Horrocks, author of "Life Among the Terranauts"Life Among the Terranauts author Caitlin Horrocks chats with the Callander Public Library about her writing process and challenges, and how exactly one assembles a short story collection.
Caitlin is an award-winning author of story collections Life Among the Terranauts and This Is Not Your City, both New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice selections, the novel The Vexations, as well as many short stories and essays published in places such as The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, The Paris Review, Tin House, and One St...2021-11-2355 min
Selected ShortsChildren and Their ParentsGuest host Cynthia Nixon presents stories about the family dynamics between children and parents. It's never too early to defy gender norms, as Ivan E. Coyote confides in "No Bikini," read by Becca Blackwell. A woman confronts her mother's aging, and her own childlessness, in Kathryn Chetkovich's tender story "The World with My Mother Still In It," read by Phillipa Soo. And three generations are "At the Zoo," in a story by Caitlin Horrocks: a rowdy grandpa, a sensitive child, and a mother caught between the two. The reader is Kate Walsh.2021-11-1158 min
Feel A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Soul-Stirring.Life Among the Terranauts by Caitlin HorrocksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433545to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Life Among the Terranauts
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Angèle Masters, Jeanette Illidge, Caroline Slaughter, Suehyla El-Attar, Joe Knezevich, Anne Marie Gideon, Nicholas Tecosky, Casey Holloway
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Release date: January 12, 2021
Genres: Short Stories
Publisher's Summary:
From the author of the “enthralling” (New York Times Book Review) and “beautiful” (Washington Post) debut novel The Vexations comes an exciting new story collection that is “perfect for fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell” (Booklist), moving boldly between the real and the surreal A New York Times Book Review Ed...2021-01-127h 34
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaLife Among the Terranauts by Caitlin HorrocksPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Life Among the Terranauts Author: Caitlin Horrocks Narrator: Angèle Masters, Jeanette Illidge, Caroline Slaughter, Suehyla El-Attar, Joe Knezevich, Anne Marie Gideon, Nicholas Tecosky, Casey Holloway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 34 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “enthralling” (New York Times Book Review) and “beautiful” (Washington Post) debut novel The Vexations comes an exciting new story collection that is “perfect for fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell” (Booklist), moving boldly between the real and the surreal A New York Times Book Review Ed...2021-01-1203 min
Your Personal Storyteller - Full Audiobook at Your CommandLife Among the Terranauts Audiobook by Caitlin HorrocksListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 433545
Title: Life Among the Terranauts
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Angèle Masters, Anne Marie Gideon, Caroline Slaughter, Casey Holloway, Jeanette Illidge, Joe Knezevich, Nicholas Tecosky, Suehyla El-Attar
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:34:00
Language: English
Release date: 01-12-21
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary Fiction, Family Life
Summary:
From the author of the “enthralling” (New York Times Book Review) and “beautiful” (Washington Post) debut novel The Vexations comes an exciting new story collection that is “perfect for fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell” (Booklist), moving boldly...2021-01-127h 34Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Literature, Short StoriesLife Among the Terranauts by Caitlin HorrocksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433545to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Life Among the Terranauts
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Angèle Masters, Jeanette Illidge, Caroline Slaughter, Suehyla El-Attar, Joe Knezevich, Anne Marie Gideon, Nicholas Tecosky, Casey Holloway
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 34 minutes
Release date: January 12, 2021
Genres: Short Stories
Publisher's Summary:
From the author of the “enthralling” (New York Times Book Review) and “beautiful” (Washington Post) debut novel The Vexations comes an exciting new story collection that is “perfect for fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell” (Booklist), moving boldly between the real and the surreal A New York Times Book Review Ed...2021-01-127h 34
Thriving Authors PodcastEpisode 19: Interview with Caitlin HorrocksCaitlin Horrocks is author of the novel The Vexations, named one of the Ten Best Books of 2019 by the Wall Street Journal. Her story collection This Is Not Your City was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice and a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Another story collection, Life Among the Terranauts, is forthcoming from Little, Brown in 2021. Her stories and essays appear in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, The Paris Review, Tin House, and One Story, as well as other journals and a...2020-07-0821 min
Locally EntertainingLocally Entertaining Episode 15 - Caitlin HorrocksCaitlin Horrocks is an author and an associate professor at Grand valley State University. They talked about her book, the Vexations. The book is about French composer and pianist Erik Satie. According to Wall Street Journal, the Vexations, is the best book of 2019. 2020-01-0934 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on WritingFirst Draft - Caitlin HorrocksCaitlin Horrocks is the author of the novel The Vexations and the short story collection This is Not Your City. She is on the advisory board of the Kenyon Review and teaches fiction at Grand Valley State University and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Subscribe to First Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-09-2345 min
All the Books!E220: New Releases and More for August 6, 2019This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hollow Kingdom, The Right Swipe, God Land, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Penguin Random House and House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig, and David Baldacci’s One Good Deed.
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Books discussed on the show:
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
God Land: A Story of Fai...2019-08-0633 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for August 6, 2019This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hollow Kingdom, The Right Swipe, God Land, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Penguin Random House and House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig, and David Baldacci’s One Good Deed.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 affiliate li...2019-08-0634 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! August 2, 2019This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Let the Great World Spin.This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher 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 Vexations by Caitlin HorrocksT...2019-08-0213 min
All the Books!All the Backlist! August 2, 2019This week, Liberty discusses a few great older books, including Let the Great World Spin.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.
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Books discussed on the show:
The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Saint Maizie by Jami Attenberg
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
The Moor's Account...2019-08-0212 min
Your Personal Storyteller - Full Audiobook at Your CommandVexations Audiobook by Caitlin HorrocksListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 390588
Title: Vexations
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Marisa Calin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16:40:58
Language: English
Release date: 07-30-19
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, Literary Fiction
Summary:
This 'enthralling' debut novel and Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year circles the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie in La Belle Époque Paris and examines love, family, genius, and the madness of art (New York Times Book Review).
Erik Satie begins life with every possible advantage. But after the dual blows of h...2019-07-314h 40
Unlock: This Powerful Full Audiobook For Story Seekers.The Vexations by Caitlin HorrocksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390588to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vexations
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Marisa Calin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 40 minutes
Release date: July 30, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
This 'enthralling' debut novel and Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year circles the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie in La Belle Époque Paris and examines love, family, genius, and the madness of art (New York Times Book Review). Erik Satie begins life with every possible advantage. But after the dual blows of his mother's early death and h...2019-07-304h 40Explore Your Ears To A Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook.The Vexations by Caitlin HorrocksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390588to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vexations
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Marisa Calin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 40 minutes
Release date: July 30, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
This 'enthralling' debut novel and Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year circles the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie in La Belle Époque Paris and examines love, family, genius, and the madness of art (New York Times Book Review). Erik Satie begins life with every possible advantage. But after the dual blows of his mother's early death and h...2019-07-304h 40
All the Books!E219: New Releases and More for July 30, 2019This week, Liberty and Alice discuss Marilou is Everywhere, Rotherweird, Speaking of Summer, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by the Versify podcast and HarperCollins and The Rogue to Ruin by Vivienne Lorret.
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Books discussed on the show:
Marilou Is Everywhere: A Novel by Sarah Smith
Radical Ritual: How Burning Man Changed the World by Neil Shister
Speaking...2019-07-3042 minListen to New Full Audiobooks in Literature, Essays & AnthologiesThe Vexations by Caitlin HorrocksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390588to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vexations
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Marisa Calin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 40 minutes
Release date: July 30, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
This 'enthralling' debut novel and Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year circles the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie in La Belle Époque Paris and examines love, family, genius, and the madness of art (New York Times Book Review). Erik Satie begins life with every possible advantage. But after the dual blows of his mother's early death and h...2019-07-304h 40Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Vexations by Caitlin HorrocksPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390588to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Vexations
Author: Caitlin Horrocks
Narrator: Marisa Calin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 40 minutes
Release date: July 30, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
This 'enthralling' debut novel and Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year circles the life of eccentric composer Erik Satie in La Belle Époque Paris and examines love, family, genius, and the madness of art (New York Times Book Review). Erik Satie begins life with every possible advantage. But after the dual blows of his mother's early death and his f...2019-07-304h 40
Calvin Center for Faith & Writing2016 Fall Writers Series: W. Todd KanekoIn THE DEAD WRESTLER ELEGIES, up-and-coming poet W. Todd Kaneko mines the history of professional wrestling to examine complex relationships between fathers and sons and makes the wrestling ring an allegory of childhood, desire, and loss. All this as an Asian American and in spite of the racist melodramas that frequently play out in the personas of the wrestlers and between the athletes and audience. Kaneko will read from his book and discuss the racial dynamics of the sport, writing from and about Asian masculinity, and the literary properties of spandex.
W. TODD KANEKO is not cool enough to be...2016-12-2152 min
The Kenyon Review Podcast20. Caitlin Horrocks and David Baker, A ConversationA conversation with Kenyon Review fiction editor Caitlin Horrocks and poetry editor David Baker.2015-07-0652 minThe Kenyon Review Podcast9. Writers Workshop Faculty - Part TwoPart two of faculty members of The Kenyon Review Writers Workshop reading from their works. Featuring Dinty Moore, Caitlin Horrocks, Stanley Plumly, and Rebecca McClanahan.2014-08-071h 11
Turn on Audiobook in Romance, ContemporaryBah, Humbug! by Heather Horrocks | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Bah, Humbug!
Author: Heather Horrocks
Narrator: Anne Johnstonbrown
Format: Unabridged
Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-21-13
Publisher: Heather Horrocks
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Summary:
PG-RATED FUN
Lexi Anderson is an up-and-coming, Martha Stewart-type TV hostess whose two kids love the Jared Strong adventure novels, which happen to be written by their new neighbor, Kyle Miller.
For the first time in his writing career, Kyle has writer's block - until he sees the snowman on his lawn and realizes it's the perfect solution to his plot problem...2013-02-212h 37