Bookin’

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by John Freeman, editor of The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story , which is published by our friends at Penguin Press.  Topics of discussion include what "Modern" means, genre fiction, academia, The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara, Alice Walker and Kamala Harris, Emergency by Denis Johnson, and much more.  Copies of The  Penguin Book of the Moder...

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary guitar player and singer Richard Thompson, author of  Beeswing , which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.  Topics of discussion include cover songs, a disregard for school, Les Paul, Lady Chatterley's Lover, the author as celebrity, spirituality, Jimi Hendrix, when you know a song needs to be retired, and much more....