Book Talk Archives - Memphis Public Libraries: Recent Episodes
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Vickie Fee was a long-time journalist in western Tennessee but now calls the Upper Peninsula of Michigan home. To help with home sickness, she began writing the Liv and Di in Dixie Mystery series, and today we’ll be talking about the third installment, One Fete in The Grave, which is published by Kensington. Download here.
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I was recently invited to be in conversation with one of America’s greatest writers Gail Godwin at Parnassus books in Nashville, TN. Ms. Godwin was on tour with her latest novel, Grief Cottage, which is published by Bloomsbury. I had some technical difficulties with my recording microphone, so the sound isn’t as good as we normally have on Book Talk, but […]
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich to the program today. Alexandria has received fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts, MacDowell, and Yaddo, and a Rona Jaffe Award. Also, she teaches at Grub Street and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In this episode, we will talk about her book, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir. Download here.
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Harry Freeman talks to Memphian D.J. Donaldson about the latest installment of his New Orleans Forensic Mysteries series starring Andy Broussard and Kit Franklin, Assassination at Bayou Sauvage. Download here.
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Linda Lloyd talks to bestselling author author Lisa Wingate about her latest hit novel, Before We Were Yours, which looks at the infamous Tennessee Children’s Home Society adoption scandal, and how it could have affected the children and their birth and adopted families. Download here.
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Ann Patchett has written several books of non-fiction, including 2013’s This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, but she is best known for her novels, including Bel Canto which won the PEN/Faulkner and Orange prizes, and 2012’s State of Wonder. Today we’ll be talking about her latest novel, Commonwealth, which was recently released in […]
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Edan Lepucki is a contributing editor for themillions.com and the founder of Writing Workshops Los Angeles. She is also the author of the novella If You’re Not Yet Like Me and the New York Times best-selling novel, California. Today we’ll be talking about her second novel, Woman No. 17, which was recently published by Crown. Download […]
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Peter Cooper was a long-time music writer for The Tennessean newspaper. In addition to teaching at Vanderbilt University, and being a performing and recording artist, Peter is now a Senior Director, Producer, and Writer at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Today we’ll be talking about his new book, Johnny’s Cash and Charley’s Pride: […]
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David Wiesner has a tremendously successful career as a picture book author and artist, having won three Caldecott Medals. But today we’ll be talking about his first foray into graphic novels. It’s entitled Fish Girl, and he did the art and co-authored it with award-winner author and scholar Donna Jo Napoli. Download here.
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Julie Buntin is the director of writing programs at Catapult and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, and Slate among others. Today we’ll be discussing her debut novel, Marlena. It’s the story of a friendship between two teenage girls in rural Michigan and the decades long effects that it has on one of […]
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