WYPL Book Talk
229 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe podcast version of WYPL's syndicated radio program, Book Talk.
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Michael Kardos - Bluff
May 21, 2018 19:56 - 29 minutes - 11.6 MB(Note: This episode has been corrected with the proper audio file.) Michael Kardos back to the program today. Michael is the co-director of the creative writing program at Mississippi State University. He has written a text book for creative writing, and has published a collection of short stories and three novels. We've interviewed Michael for The Three Day Affair and for Before He Finds Her. Today, we'll be talking about the newest one, Bluff, which is published by The Mysterious Press.
Leah Stewart - What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw
May 14, 2018 19:44 - 36 minutes - 14.6 MBLeah Stewart is the chair of the English department at the University of Cincinnati and is also a much lauded writer of fiction. Her previous novels include Husband and Wife, The Myth of You and Me, Body of A Girl, and The New Neighbor. Today we'll be talking about her recently released novel, What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw, which is published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Sloan Crosley - Look Alive Out There: Essays
May 10, 2018 18:08 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBSloane Crosley back to the program. Sloane was last on to talk about her debut novel, The Clasp. She's also landed on many best-seller lists with her collection of personal essays, I Was Told There Would Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number. Today we'll be talking about her latest collection, Look Alive out There, which is published by MCD, an imprint of Farrar Strauss and Giroux.
Ariel Lawhon - I Was Anastasia
May 04, 2018 17:55 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBAriel Lawhon is a historical novelist based outside of Nashville, TN. Her debut was The Wife, The Maid, The Mistress about a New York Supreme Court Justice who disappeared in 1930. Flight of Dreams about the last voyage of the Hindenburg came next. And Today we'll be talking about her latest novel, I Was Anastasia, about a woman believed by many to be sole survivor of Tsar Nicholas II's family, Anastasia Romanov.
Eric Barnes - The City Where We Once Lived
April 25, 2018 18:20 - 28 minutes - 11.6 MBEric Barnes publishes several newspapers throughout Tennessee. He's also an author of literary fiction. He's appeared on Book Talk previously to Talk about his novels, Shimmer and Something Pretty, Something Beautiful. Today we will be discussing his latest novel, The City Where We Once Lived, which is available from Arcade Publishing.
Michael Farris Smith - The Fighter
April 20, 2018 17:51 - 37 minutes - 15.1 MBMichael Farris Smith is the author of four novels, The Hands of Strangers, Rivers, and Desperation Road. Little, Brown has recently published the fourth, The Fighter, a story of a broken-down, bare-knuckle boxer who heads back to the Mississippi delta to answer for his past.
Robert Gordon - Memphis Rent Party
April 15, 2018 17:45 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBRobert Gordon is a documentary film maker and writer. His most well-known film is Best of Enemies about the series of debates between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley in the late 60s. His many books include the biography of Muddy Waters, Can't Be Satisfied, and Respect Yourself, a history of Stax Records.Today we'll be talking about his new book, Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock, and Soul in Music's Hometown, a collection of his previous writings about some of the lesser known, but s...
Podcast - Elizabeth Crook - The Which Way Tree
April 10, 2018 17:51 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBElizabeth Crook is a novelist from Texas who has published five novels, including her newest one, The Which Way Tree. In a story told through letters, a teenage boy recounts tale from the Texas frontier during the Civil War about his half-sister's fervent search for the panther that disfigured her and killed her mother.
Donna Everhart - The Road to Bittersweet
April 02, 2018 18:46 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBBestselling author Donna Everhart recently returned to Book Talk to discuss her second novel, The Road to Bittersweet, with Linda Lloyd. Set in the 1940s, the musically-inclined Stamper family must fight to service after all they have is washed away in a flood.
Marc Perrusquia - A Spy in Canaan
March 30, 2018 14:32 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBBlake McVey talks to Memphis Commercial Appeal Reporter Marc Perrusquia about his new book, A Spy in Canaan, about how the FBI used famed Civil Rights photographer Ernest Withers as an informant.
John T. Edge - The Potlikker Papers
March 25, 2018 14:23 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBBlake McVey talks to John T. Edge, director of The Southern Foodways Alliance, about the paperback release of his book, The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South, which pays particular attention to the Civil Rights era and how immigration is adding to the social and culinary makeup of the American South.
Mark Greaney - Agent in Place
March 22, 2018 16:41 - 31 minutes - 14.2 MBMark Greaney is a New York Best Times bestselling author of international thrillers. He co-authored several Jack Ryan novels with Tom Clancy, and continued the series for several titles after Mr. Clancy's passing. Mark is also the author of the Gray Man series starring for CIA goon Court Gentry. In this episode, we talk about seventh book in that series, Agent in Place.
K.J. Howe - The Freedom Broker
February 17, 2018 15:10 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBK. J. Howe is the executive director of the annual conference Thrillerfest. She recently joined the ranks of thriller writers with her debut novel, The Freedom Broker, which is now in paperback from Quercus. It's the first book in a series starring Thea Paris, a hostage negotiator who must keep her composure when a kidnapping hits close to home.
Wesley and Alex Orbison - The Authorized Roy Orbison
February 06, 2018 17:06 - 28 minutes - 26 MBRoy Orbison was a singular talent with one of the most haunting voices in popular music history. Growing up in Depression-era Texas, along with a series of tragedies that struck him and his family along the way, informed his often heartbreaking songs. Two of his surviving sons, Alex and Wesley, stopped by the WYPL TV studios to talk about The Authorized Roy Orbison, which they wrote with their brother Roy Orbison, Jr. It's a beautiful book with equal parts text and photos commemorating the...
Susana Lancaster - The Growing Rock
February 02, 2018 17:21 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBSusanna Lancaster is the author of The Growing Rock published by Harvard Square Editions. It's a coming of age story for 14-year-old Caroline Neal, The Growing Rock is set in Depression-era west Tennessee. Caroline, an author of fairy tales, uses all her imagination to stay positive after her brother, then her father leave the family to seek work in Memphis. With both men gone, Caroline fights to keep the rest of the family from falling apart.
Barry Wolverton - The Sea of the Dead
January 19, 2018 17:15 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBBarry Wolverton is an author of middle grade novels. His first was Neversink, then he followed it up with The Chronicles of the Black Tulip series. The first installment of the trilogy was The Vanishing Island, followed by The Dragon's Gate, and today we'll talk about the final entry, The Sea of the Dead, which is published by Walden Pod Press.
Podcast - Yvette Manessis Corporon - Something Beautiful Happened
January 08, 2018 10:43 - 33 minutes - 13.5 MBYvette Manessis Corporon is an Emmy-Award-winning writer, producer and author. She is currently a Senior Producer with the syndicated entertainment news show, EXTRA. She is the author of the international, best-selling novel When the Cypress Whispers, and today we'll be talking about her recent non-fiction book, Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil, which is published by Howard Books.
Podcast - Joe Hagan - Sticky Fingers
January 01, 2018 15:34 - 1 hour - 26.4 MBJournalist Joe Hagan is the author of the biography, Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine, which is published by Knopf. We talk about Wenner's childhood with his parents, the early days of Rolling Stone, his marriage to his wife Jane, as well as the star creatives that Jann Wenner edited at Rolling Stone, and ultimately, about his decision to leave his wife and the closet, in order to live openly as a gay man.
Podcast - Philip Jett - The Death of an Heir
December 20, 2017 15:26 - 44 minutes - 18 MBBlake McVey talks to Philip Jett about his true crime book, The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty which is published by St. Martin's Press. In February 1960, Adolph Coors III, known as Ad, was kidnapped on his way to the Coors Brewery in Golden Colorado, and the subsequent manhunt riveted the Mountain West region of America.
Podcast - Radney Foster - For You to See the Stars
December 08, 2017 16:39 - 36 minutes - 14.6 MBRadney Foster in a popular and critically-acclaimed country music singer and songwriter. He was a member of the duo Foster and Lloyd, and has released many well-received solo albums like Del Rio Texas 1959 and The World We Live In. He has also joined the ranks of American fiction writers with his first collection of short stories, For You to See the Stars which is published by Working Title Farm, which is the new publishing imprint from author Shari Smith, and there is a companion album wi...
Podcast - Judy Schachner - Sarabella's Thinking Cap
December 01, 2017 15:28 - 28 minutes - 11.3 MBJudy Schachner is a best-selling artist and author of children's books. She is best known for her popular Skippy Jon Jones series starring a Siamese kitten who thinks he is a Chihuahua. She's also written many stand- alone books like: Yo, Vikings!, Dewey Bob, and Grannyman. Today we'll be talking about her latest stand-alone book, Sarabella's Thinking Cap which is published by Dial Books. Judy shares her character bible for Sarabella's Thinking Cap.
Podcast - Denise Kiernan - The Last Castle
November 25, 2017 15:21 - 33 minutes - 13.4 MBDenise Kiernan is an author, journalist and producer. She has worked in television, serving as head writer for ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". Her writing has appeared in publications like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. She's written several non-fiction works, Her previous title, The Girls of Atomic City, was a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and NPR Bestseller and has been published in seven languages. Today we'll be talking about her newest book, The Last Castl...
Podcast - John Grisham and Hampton Sides - The Rooster Bar
November 17, 2017 14:38 - 31 minutes - 12.4 MBJohn Grisham is of course one of the most beloved writers of fiction in the world today, having sold close to 300 million books worldwide including The Firm, A Time To Kill, Camino Island, and A Painted House, as well as the Theodore Boone series for younger readers. He spent much of his childhood in Southhaven, Mississippi just across the border from Memphis. He recently returned to town to sign copies of his latest novel for Burke's Books, a store which was one of his earliest supporters....
Podcast - Elizabeth Heiskell - What Can I Bring?
November 14, 2017 17:48 - 47 minutes - 19.2 MBLinda Lloyd talks to Elizabeth Heiskell about her cookbook, What Can I Bring? Southern Food for Any Occasion Life Serves Up. Mississippian Elizabeth is farmer and a contributor for Southern Living magazine and NBC's Today show. This highly-spirited and charming conversation will be a winner for people who might be looking for something to take to potlucks this coming holiday season.
Podcast - Michelle Kuo - Reading with Patrick
November 05, 2017 15:15 - 35 minutes - 14.3 MBMichelle Kuo graduated from Harvard Law and teaches in the History, Law, and Society program at the American University of Paris on issues related to race, punishment, immigration, and the law. We recently spoke about her debut book, a memoir, Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship.
Podcast - Tova Mirvis - The Book of Separation
October 30, 2017 15:05 - 34 minutes - 13.9 MBTova Mirvis has published three novels, The Ladies Auxiliary, The Outside World, and Visible City, but today we'll be talking about her memoir which deals with her ending her marriage at the same time she questions her commitment to Modern Orthodox Judaism. It's called The Book of Separation, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Podcast - Daren Wang - The Hidden Light of Northern Fires
October 22, 2017 17:59 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBDaren Wang is the founding Executive Director of AJC Decatur Book Festival. As a public radio producer, he produced and or hosted several series including The Spoken Word, Porches: The South and Her Writers, and Atlanta Forum. His writing has appeared in Paste Magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Saporta Report, and others. Today we talk about his debut novel, The Hidden Light of Northern Fires, which is available from Thomas Dunne Books.
Podcast - Reed Farrel Coleman - Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet
October 16, 2017 17:08 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBReed Farrel Coleman is the author of the much-lauded Mo Prager detective series. He recently started a new new series starring grief-stricken retired cop and current hotel detective Gus Murphy. The first of which Where it Hurts just won the 2017 Shamus award for best detective novel. Earlier this year, we spoke about the second in the series, What You Break. But today we'll be talking about the fourth Jesse Stone book he has written for the Robert B. Parker estate. It's called Robert B. Pa...
Podcast - Will Schwalbe - Books for Living
October 08, 2017 16:56 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBThis week, Blake McVey talks to best-selling writer Will Schwalbe. Will has careers as editor in the publishing world , as the founder of cookstr.com, and has turned his hand to writing books. His first, Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do it Better—was co-written with David Shipley. The second, The End of Your Life Book Club, and today he and Blake will discuss his third, Books For Living, which is now in paperback, published by Vintage.