Podcast Episodes

Books with Dramatic Irony, Sex Work and Road Trips: Gare, Steph and I Chose A Favorite Plot Device

Episode 330

This week, Gare, Steph and I all chose one of our own favorite plot devices and recommended books in that vein! This episode definitely has a book for just about everybody!

Kate's Books - Books with D…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cancel Culture, Castles and Chaos: Audra McElyea's Not Good People

Episode 329

Audra McElyea returns to talk about her new locked-room, cancel-culture thriller Not Good People, a twisty ensemble mystery set in a blizzard-stranded Blue Ridge Mountain castle. Audra shares how a d…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ghosts, Girlhood & Generational Memory: Erin Crosby Eckstine on the Humanity of Junie

Episode 328

This week, I talk with Erin Crosby Eckstine about her debut Southern Gothic, Junie. She shares how the book developed across years of writing, the importance of portraying enslaved characters with fu…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Book Club Book Recommendations with Gare and Steph

Episode 327

This week, Gare, Steph and I share books we think are good discussion starters for book clubs!

Books We Talked About

Kate's Picks

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

My Husb…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rage, Myth, and Magic in 1970s Singapore: Wen-Yi Lee's When They Burned The Butterfly

Episode 326

This week, I talk with Wen-Yi Lee about her adult fantasy debut When They Burned the Butterfly—a fierce, Sapphic story of rage, inheritance, and transformation set in post-colonial Singapore. She sha…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Strip Clubs, Power Dynamics and Storytelling: Nic Stone's Boom Town

Episode 325

This week, Gare and I got to chat with bestselling author Nic Stone to talk about her adult debut thriller, Boom Town—a gritty, sexy, and socially sharp story set in Atlanta’s iconic strip-club scene…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Witches vs. the Oligarchs: Kirsten Miller’s Women of Wild Hill

Episode 324

This week, Steph and I got chat with Kirsten Miller about her newest novel The Women of Wild Hill. She shares the evolution of her writing process, and the inspirations behind her sharp, witchy, and …

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

NoirCon, Feminist Horror and Monstrous Men with Halley Sutton

Episode 323

This week, Halley is back and she shares her experiences at NoirCon, I share my new obsession with Scream With Me, a non-fiction book that draws parallels between popular horror movies from 1968-1980…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Cate Holahan's The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold: Nepo Babies, True Crime Culture & Artificial Intelligence

Episode 322

This week, I got to talk with Cate Holahan about her new thriller The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold. She shares the real life case that inspired the kidnapping structure, how anxiety fuels her best idea…

Published on 2 months ago

Pelumi Olatinpo's Manifest Destiny: Being a Witness to Corroborate Experiences That Have Been Hidden

Episode 321

This week, I talk with Pelumi Olatinpo about his new poetry collection Manifest Destiny. He shares how and why he created a new type of poetry, what inspired him to write about Manifest Destiny and t…

Published on 2 months ago