Bookin’

161--Bookin‘ w/ Makiia Lucier

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Makiia Lucier, author of Year of the Reaper, which is published by our friends at Clarion Books.  Topics of discussion include plagues, ghosts, librarians, arranged marriages, religion (or lack thereof) during trying times, traveling by horse, lynx, Guam, and much more.  Copies of Year of the Reaper can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.  

160--Bookin‘ w/ Farah Ali

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Farah Ali, who discusses her new book People Want to Live, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's.  Topics of discussion include shootings in the media, desensitization, whether parents can ever truly know their children, whether corporate news organizations are alarmist by nature, the evil eye, tourism, Dubliners and much more.  Copies of People Want to Live can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.

159--Bookin‘ w/ Ed Southern

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Ed Southern, Executive Director of the North Carolina Writers' Network and author of Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South, which is published by our friends at Blair.  Topics of conversation include the North Carolina Writers' Network, the ACC tournament, Mark Cuban and the cancellation of an NBA season due to COVID-19, change, the Bookmarks Festival, whether you should marry an Alabama football fan, books about sports fandom, Wake Forest University football, Lou Holtz, Hanif Abdurraqib, and much more.  Signed copies of Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.   

158--Bookin‘ w/ Jeffrey E. Garten

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jeffrey E. Garten, Dean Emeritus of the Yale School of Management, former Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade in the Clinton administration, and a managing director of the Blackstone Group.  His new book is Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy, which is published by our friends at Harper.  Topics of conversation include the gold standard, a pinned dollar, the climate surrounding Nixon's presidency vs. Biden's presidency, the long term societal effects of a deemphasis on education, cryptocurrency, what the paper dollar is worth, and much more.  Copies of Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.

157--Bookin‘ w/Sean Avery Medlin

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Sean Avery Medlin, author of 808s & Otherworlds, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include Hades, the 808 drum machine, Erykah Badu, Arizona, the Trickster, BET, Kanye West and Donald Trump, and much more.  Copies of 808s & Otherworlds can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.  

156--Bookin‘ w/ Daniel Levin Becker

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Daniel Levin Becker, Senior Editor at McSweeney's and editor of Dear McSweeney's: Two Decades of Letters to the Editor from Writers, Readers and the Occasional Bewildered Consumer, which is published, of course, by our friends at McSweeney's.  Topics of conversation include the reasons why people write and read, shoring oneself against oblivion, a hissing armadillo named Andrew Jackson, raccoons, chicken nuggets, Michael Crichton, writing economically, Hanif Abdurraqib, and much more.  Copies of Dear McSweeney's: Two Decades of Letters to the Editor from Writers, Readers and the Occasional Bewildered Consumer can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.

155--Bookin‘ w/ Reid Forgrave

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Reid Forgrave, author of Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books.  Topics of conversation include what football means to America, guns, when football passed baseball as the most popular sport in America, CTE and concussions, whether professional football is sustainable or not, sports books, Ray "Voodoo" Tatum, and much more.  Copies of Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.

154--Bookin‘ w/ Amy Koppelman

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Amy Koppelman, author of A Mouthful of Air, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of discussion include adapting a novel into a screenplay, Indie bookstores, Barnes & Noble and Amazon, postpartum depression, Kurt Cobain and David Foster Wallace, anti-depressants, Roe vs. Wade, breastfeeding, organic cookies, and much more.  Copies of A Mouthful of Air can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.  

153--Bookin‘ w/ Mike DeCapite

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Mike DeCapite, author of Jacket Weather, which is published by our friends at Soft Skull Press.  Topics of conversation include Lou Reed, Spotify Playlists, the Manhattan Bridge, Ray Barretto, acid, Lez Zeppelin, "Don't Stop Believin'" and The Sopranos, solitude, Hot Tuna, The Rolling Stones, and more.  Copies of Jacket Weather can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

152--Bookin‘ w/ Wiley Cash

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Wiley Cash, New York Times-bestselling author of When Ghosts Come Home, which is published by our friends at William Morrow.  Topics of conversation include independent bookstores, ghost stories, The Andy Griffith Show, writing about technology, the confederate flag, racism, the Pterodactyl Club, the New York Times Book Review, and much more.  Copies of When Ghosts Come Home can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.