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Back to SearchGarnett Kilberg Cohen, "Cravings" (U Wisconsin Press, 2024)
Episode 390
Garnett Kilberg Cohen’s fourth short story collection, Cravings (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024), contains twelve beautifully-written tales. The…
2 years, 4 months ago
Gila Green, "With a Good Eye" (Ace of Swords, 2024)
Episode 389
Luna Levi is an ordinary 19-year-old with extraordinary problems. Her mother's acting career is more important to her than the stage of real life. He…
2 years, 4 months ago
"The New England Review" magazine: A Discussion with Elizabeth Kadetsky
Episode 6
The New England Review bills itself as a “snapshot of the literary moment,” which for my guest Elizabeth Kadetsky means great writing, of course, but…
2 years, 4 months ago
Teresa H. Janssen, "The Ways of Water" (She Writes Press, 2023)
Episode 174
Josie Belle Gore is only six years old when we meet her in 1908, yet her father has tied a rope around her waist and is lowering her into a dark well…
2 years, 4 months ago
Jo Salas, "Mrs. Lowe-Porter" (Jackleg Press, 2024)
Episode 388
Mrs. Lowe-Porter (Jackleg Press 2024) was an American writer (1876-1963) who, after proving her ability, was contracted by publisher Alfred A. Knopf …
2 years, 4 months ago
Karen Rigby, "Fabulosa" (JackLeg Press, 2024)
Episode 139
After her prize-winning debut, Karen Rigby returns with a beguiling ars poetica and tribute to the dazzling. From Dior to Olympic figure skating, Bru…
2 years, 4 months ago
"Fourth Genre" Magazine: A Chat with Patrick Madden and Joey Franklin Askey
Episode 5
Patrick Madden and Joey Franklin are English professors at Brigham Young University. Madden’s latest book is Disperates (U Nebraska Press, 2020) and …
2 years, 4 months ago
Cynthia J. Sylvester, "The Half-White Album" (U New Mexico Press, 2023)
Episode 387
Cynthia Sylvester's The Half-White Album (University of New Mexico Press 2023) is a collection of stories, flash fiction, and poems revolving around …
2 years, 5 months ago
Jon Clinch, "The General and Julia" (Atria Books, 2023)
Episode 173
Barely able to walk and rendered mute by the cancer metastasizing in his throat, Ulysses S. Grant is scratching out words, hour after hour, day after…
2 years, 5 months ago
Alix E. Harrow, "Starling House" (Tor Books, 2023)
Episode 79
Alix E. Harrow’s new novel Starling House (Tor Books, 2023) is named for the infamous old mansion in the otherwise unremarkable town of Eden, Kentuck…
2 years, 5 months ago