Mar 28, 2024
Who could possibly step into Mark Cecil’s host shoes on The Thoughtful Bro on his pub day without skipping a beat and fire super intelligent and fun questions at him? A Mighty Blaze co-founder and best-selling author Jenna Blum, of course!
They discuss Mark's debut Bunyan and Henry; Or the Beautiful Destiny, now...
Mar 25, 2024
With Boston literary citizen par excellence Hank Phillippi Ryan, discussing her latest suspense novel One Wrong Word.
Hank has won scores of awards as a TV journalist and novelist (including 37 Emmys), and I dug into her storytelling habits, methods and style, unpacking the mind of this master of economical prose,...
Mar 18, 2024
With one of the foremost Native American artists working today in any field, Tommy Orange, talking about his second novel, Wandering Stars.
We discussed the struggle of America to both remember and forget its past; his generative friendship with fellow celebrated novelist Kaveh Akbar; and whether the time has come when...
Mar 8, 2024
With the inimitable, incorrigible, ingenious Steve Almond, discussing his new craft book, Truth Is The Arrow, Mercy Is The Bow: A DIY Manual For The Construction Of Stories.
We covered: obsession as the engine for literature; the aims and importance of opening paragraphs; and how one of the ultimate goals of literature...
Feb 2, 2024
With ultra-fresh debut author Jonathan Escoffery, discussing his celebrated linked collection of stories about Jamaican immigrants, If I Survive You.
Topics included: (1) the impossibility of answering the loaded race question "What are you?" (2) the underserved market of father/son literature, and (3) the...