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Purity Culture, Power, and the Women Who Survive: Kristi DeMeester on Dark Sisters
Episode 333
This week, Kristi DeMeester shares how her new novel Dark Sisters emerged from a collision of personal history, cultural rage, and the disturbing eas…
7 months ago
It's ALL That Deep (Or, Ranting About Anti-Intellectualism and Media Illiteracy) with MacKenzie Green
Episode 332
This week, MacKenzie Green is back and we dive into the complexities of pop culture, the deeper meanings embedded in modern media, how storytelling h…
7 months ago
Sin Is an Illusion? Keith Giles on The Quantum Gospel of Mary
Episode 331
This week, I talk with Keith Giles about how the early Christian world was far more diverse and mystical than most people realize. He unpacks the his…
7 months, 1 week ago
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 fo…
7 months, 1 week 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-strande…
7 months, 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 im…
7 months, 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 Have…
7 months, 2 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 tran…
7 months, 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 sh…
7 months, 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, a…
7 months, 3 weeks ago