Bookin’

280--Pale Fire Podcast w/ Dan Hawkins

This week, I am joined by Dan Hawkins, librarian at the Citadel and repeat Bookin' podcast guest (see the Emergency Cormac McCarthy episode).  Dan discusses Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest novels of all-time.  Topics of discussion include Robert Frost, J.R.R. Tolkien, unreliable narrators, the very loud amusement park right outside of Charles Kinbote's lodgings, Lolita, chess problems, Hopscotch, and much more.  Copies of Pale Fire can be purchased here.  Thank you to the North Carolina Book Festival for presenting this episode.  

279--Bookin' w/ Katya Apekina

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Katya Apekina for a discussion of her new novel Mother Doll, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press.  Topics of conversation include Two Dollar Radio, the Overlook Press, baby bedtime routines, visitations, September 11th, video stores, physical media vs. digital media, organization, ghost stories, self-deception, knowledge and education, and much more.  Copies of Mother Doll can be ordered here.  Thank you to the North Carolina Book Festival and libro.fm audiobooks for presenting this episode.  

278--Bookin' w/ Andy Lee Roth

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Andy Lee Roth, one of the editors--along with Mickey Huff--of Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2024, which is published by our friends at The Censored Press and 7 Stories Press.  Topics of conversation include the upcoming election cycle, propaganda, China and North Korea, media literacy,  centered and accurate news organization, sensationalism, news deserts, muckraking, and much more.  Copies of Project Censored's State of the Free Press 2024 can be purchased from your favorite independent bookstore.  Thank you to the North Carolina Book Festival and libro.fm audiobooks for presenting this episode.  

277--Bookin' w/ Roger D. Rapoport

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Roger D. Rapoport, who discusses his latest novel Searching for Patty Hearst, which is published by our friends at Lexographic Press.  Topics of conversation include filmmaking, travel guides, Lexographic Press, Rupert Murdoch, Succession, music of the decades, William Randolph Hearst, the difference in the news cycles over the years, and much more.  Copies of Searching for Patty Hearst can be purchased here.  Thank you to the North Carolina Book Festival and Libro.fm for presenting this episode.  

276--Bookin' w/ Brian Allen Carr

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Aspen Words finalist and Wonderland Book Award-winner Brian Allen Carr, who discusses his latest novel Bad Foundations, which is published by our friends at Clash Books.  Topics of conversation include Muncie, Indiana, Taylor Swift, crawl spaces, Mary Louise Kelly, missed opportunities, living to work vs. working to live, presidential text messages, and much more.  Copies of Bad Foundations can be purchased here.  

275--Bookin' w/ Zachary Pace

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Zachary Pace, author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection About the Women Singers Who've Made Me Who I Am, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of conversation include Two Dollar Radio, pronouns, fathers, The Rolling Stones, Richard Dyer, voices, Madonna, Sonic Youth, Cat Power, anxiety, MySpace, Hop Along, and much more.  Copies of I Sing to Use the Waiting can be ordered here from Page 158 Books is Wake Forest, NC.  Thank you to the North Carolina Book Festival for presenting this episode.  

274--Bookin' w/ Jill McCorkle

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by bestselling and North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame-author Jill McCorkle, who discusses her new collection Old Crimes and Other Stories, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.  Topics of conversation include friendships and mentorships, North Carolina State University, creative writing classes and prompts, blood sacrifices, whether Mac and cheese and mashed potatoes and gravy are vegetables, the Blackout, artificial intelligence, Frankenstein's monster, technological cycles, and much more.  Copies of Old Crimes and Other Stories can be purchased here.  

273--Bookin' w/ Paul Andersen

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Paul Andersen, who discusses his new book Moonlight Over Pearl: Ten Stories from Aspen, which is published by our friends at Roaring Fork Press.  Topics of conversation include the Aspen Times, Kathryn Thalberg, the "definitive Aspen novel", black ice, first tracks, Goethe, nightlife, the lives that other people lead, and much more.  Copies of Moonlight Over Pearl can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  

272--Bookin' w/ Matthew J.C. Clark

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Matthew J.C. Clark, author of Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences, which is published by our friends at the University of Iowa Press.  Topics of conversation include Maine, floorboards, the correlation between possession of material goods and personal happiness, Checkov, the Tree of Liberty and its need to be refreshed by the blood of patriots, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, January 6th, guns, Al Gore, and much more.  Copies of Bjarki, Not Bjarki can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.  More on Matthew here: https://www.matthewjcclark.com/

271--Bookin’ w/ Ben Goldfarb

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Ben Goldfarb, who discusses his new book Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton and Company.  Topics of conversation include how cliff swallows are like cockroaches, how more bird deaths are caused by roads than are caused by oil spills, the routes of all evil, the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, early rebellions against roads, reclamation by nature, and much more.  Copies of Crossings can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.