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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-strande…
4 months 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 im…
4 months 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 Have…
4 months 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 tran…
4 months, 1 week 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 sh…
4 months, 1 week 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, a…
4 months, 1 week 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 para…
4 months, 1 week 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 kid…
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Spooky Season Book Recommendations with Gare & Steph
Episode 320
This week, Gare, Steph and I share some of our favorite recommendations for spooky season!
Kate’s Picks
No Road Home by John Fram
The Getaway by Lamar G…
4 months, 3 weeks ago