Bookin’

091--Bookin' w/ Tamsyn Muir

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Locus Award winning author Tamsyn Muir.  She is the author of The Locked Tomb Trilogy, the most recent volume of which is Harrow the Ninth, published by our friends at Tor.  Topics of discussion include necromancy, sword fighting, judging a book by its cover, when makeup becomes your real face, teaching, JK Rowling and the perils of social media, and much more.  Copies of Harrow the Ninth can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.  

090--Bookin' w/ Yaron Weitzman

This week, in honor of the restart of the 2019-20 NBA season, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Yaron Weitzman, author of Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports, which is published by our friends at Hachette.  Topics of discussion include the 76ers decision to trade Allen Iverson, how a GM got fired for not being able to draft Kevin Durant, the Houston Rockets and the application of analytics to professional basketball, intentional tanking versus the prospect of permanent mediocrity, and much more.  Copies of Tanking to the Top can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.  

 

 

089--Bookin' w/ Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg, authors of I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad, which is published by our friends at St. Martin's Press.  Topics of discussion include police brutality, Baltimore and The Wire, Freddie Gray, the Gun Trace Task Force, the RICO Act, and much more.  Copies of I Got a Monster can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

088--Bookin' w/ Adam Levin

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Adam Levin, author of The Instructions and the sensational new novel Bubblegum, which is published by our friends at Doubleday.  Topics discussed include changing publishers, the book as an object, characters (and authors) with brains that run at 1000 mph, fathers/son relationships, bankers with a side hustle, Bubblegum's future placement in the pantheon and more.  Copied of Bubblegum can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

087--Bookin' w/ Mark Lanegan

This week, legendary musician Mark Lanegan joins host Jason Jefferies to discuss his new book Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir, which is published by our friends at Hachette. Topics discussed include inherent behaviors vs learned behaviors, comic book stores, baseball, Neil Young, Mark's friendship with Kurt Cobain, the redemptive arc of Courtney Love, Blood Meridian, the Singles soundtrack, Layne Staley, and much more.  Copies of Sing Backwards and Weep can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.  

086--Bookin' w/ Peter Heller

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by bestselling author Peter Heller, who discusses his latest novel The River, which is published by our friends at Vintage.  Topics discussed include river novels (Deliverance, Suttree, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), designing words on the page, friendships based on reading, Dante's Inferno, and much more.  Copies of The River can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

085--Bookin' w/ TJ Smith

This week, TJ Smith joins host Jason Jefferies to discuss Foxfire Story: Oral Tradition in Southern Appalachia, a new collection published by our friends at Anchor.  Topics of discussion include the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center, the importance of narrative in making sense of the world, the importance of documenting stories during COVID-19, Michael Jordan, the Appalachian glossary, and much more.  Copies of Foxfire Story: Oral Tradition in Southern Appalachia can be purchased here.

084--Bookin' w/ CJ Hauser

This week, CJ Hauser joins host Jason Jefferies to discuss her latest novel Family of Origin, which is published by our friends at Anchor Books (the paperback edition will be released on June 16th).  Topics of discussion include the Space Force, police brutality, white supremacy, reverse-evolution, "I Can't Breathe", baseball, COVID-19, the environmental sciences and much more.  Copies of Family of Origin can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

083--Bookin' w/ Elizabeth Wetmore

This week, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Wetmore joins host Jason Jefferies to discuss her debut novel Valentine, which is published by our friends at Harper.  Topics of discussion include Patti Smith, the psychology behind name changes, women and girls who are the victims of rape, Texas in 1976, writing a novel with multiple protagonists, and much more.  Copies of Valentine can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING from Quail Ridge Books.  

082--Bookin' w/ Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

This week, authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone join host Jason Jefferies to discuss their sensational new novel, This Is How You Lose the Time War, which is published by our friends at Saga Press.  Topic discussed include co-writing, colors, Bill & Ted, Naomi Mitchison's Travel Light, and much more.  Copies of This Is How You Lose the Time War can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.