Bookin’

237--Bookin’ w/ Jinwoo Chong

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jinwoo Chong, author of Flux, which is published by our friends at Melville House.  Topics of discussion include Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, fake television shows, art that is ahead of its time, whether a relationship can succeed if one person is intolerant of the other person's passions, subscription rate hikes, whether society can handle a glitch in the infrastructure, retail therapy, fanny packs, social media influencers, and much more.  Copies of Flux can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

236--Bookin’ w/ David Hollander

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by David Hollander, who discusses his newest book How Basketball Can Save the World, which is published by our friends at Harmony.  Topics of discussion include advising ESPNW, basketball as an existential matter, how basketball can save us from climate destruction, Nikola Jokic, the MVP award, James Naismith, Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain, Ja Morant, Draymond Green, and much more.  Copies of How Basketball Can Save the World can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

235--Bookin’ w/ Shelley Read

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Shelley Read, author of Go as a River, which is published by our friends at Spiegel & Grau.  Topics of discussion include long-term projects, how the bottom of a lake is like the moon, peaches in Colorado vs. peaches in the southeastern USA, parenting towards Judgement Day, farming, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, differing concepts of home and place, rooting for drama, and much more. Copies of Go as a River can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

234--Bookin’ w/ Kathryn Bromwich

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kathryn Bromwich, who discusses her new novel At the Edge of the Woods, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include Richard Powers' The Overstory, wilderness narratives that captivate our imaginations, a female protagonist living off the grid, how one's mind works first thing in the morning, a mountain as a sentient being, practicing one's smile in the mirror, guilt over not attending church, and much more.  Copies of At the Edge of the Woods can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

233--Bookin’ w/ Rita Zoey Chin

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by prize winning author Rita Zoey Chin, who discusses her new novel The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern, which is published by our friends at Melville House Publishing.  Topics of conversation include writing in the COVID-era, carnivals, elephants, South Carolina, the confederate flag, 21st birthdays, Eddie Murphy, contemplating infinity, midterm elections, and much more.  Copies of The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

232--Bookin’ w/ Maggie Smith

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by American Poets Prize and Pushcart Prize-winning author Maggie Smith, who discusses her new memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, which is published by our friends at One Signal Publishers.  Topics of conversation include the literary scene in Columbus, the phrase "tell-all", the evolution of the creative process, how to tell when something seems off, growing apart, fried pickle spears with ranch dressing, and much more.  Copies of You Could Make This Place Beautiful can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

231--Bookin’ w/ Janice Obuchowski

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Janice Obuchowski, who discusses her new short story collection The Woods, which is published by our friends at the University of Iowa Press.  Topics of discussion include authors in Middlebury, Vermont, the challenges of basing a book's setting on a town where one lives, feral cats, the spectral, confusion, the nature of time, Robert Frost, capital 'T' Truth, the Vermont Book Shop, the difference between a short story and a novel, and much more!  Copies of The Woods can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

230--Bookin’ w/ Kate Manning

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Emmy award-winning author Kate Manning, who discusses her new novel Gilded Mountain, which is published by our friends at Scribner.  Topics of conversation include Colorado, poodles in hair parlors and society clubs, similarities between Colorado and Vermont, selling beauty, writing about snow, unions in the early 1900s and in the current era, newspapers, and much more.  Copies of Gilded Mountain can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

229--Bookin’ w/ Robert Lopez

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Robert Lopez, who discusses his new novel Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include the American experience in 2023, dispatches and Dispatches, whether Puerto Rico is a part of the United States in popular opinion, turning an insult into a word of power, tennis, the pledge of allegiance, and much more.  Copies of Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

228--Bookin’ w/ Bill Cotter

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pushcart Prize winning author Bill Cotter, who discusses his new book The Splendid Ticket, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's.  Topics of conversation include the difference in writing books for children vs. writing books for adults, towns that the world has moved on from, gamblers, whether women tend to marry their fathers, the question of why Texas loves guns, the principle of Checkov's gun, gun safety, moving on from tragedy, and much more.  Copies of The Splendid Ticket can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.