A Book & Its Author

Danny Nielsen discusses and reads from Straight Flossin' And Other Stories Of The American West (Whistling Rabbit Press, 2022), a collection of essays about the author's wanderings through landscapes filled with punishing heat, ornery skunks, menacing wildfires, and strange stewards of the desert. https://www.whistlingrabbitpress.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abook...

Robert Aquinas McNally discusses and reads from The Modoc War: A Story Of Genocide At The Dawn Of America's Gilded Age (Bison Books, 2017), which tells of the U. S. government's violent 1872-1873 campaign to at first remove and then to extinguish the indigenous Modoc people in what would become California's only full-blown Indian war. www.ramcnally.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_auth...

Claire Stanford discusses and reads from Happy For You, a novel which follows Evelyn Kominsky Kumamoto as she struggles to navigate what it means to be happy in regards to relationships, ethnicity, and working for the third-most popular internet company to develop an app to define, quantify, and augment…happiness. www.clairestanford.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abo...

Sholeh Wolpé discusses and reads from Abacus Of Loss: A Memoir In Verse (The University Of Arkansas Press, 2022), which blends forms to explore the nature of memory and examine the author's tumultuous life, its losses & gains, its downfalls & windfalls, its subtractions & additions. www.sholehwolpe.com www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/videos/2022/10/spotlight-birds-sholeh-wolpe www.youtube.com/watch...

Jacci Turner discusses and reads from her new YA novel, Tree Singer (Lucky Bat Books, 2021), which tells the story of fifteen-year-old Mayten, sent on an unexpected quest to confront an unnatural blight on the forests, a journey that also reveals secrets about her world and herself. www.jacciturner.com www.luckybatbooks.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsautho...

Shwa Laytart discusses and reads from F*d-Up Poetry For F*d-Up People In F*d-Up Times (AvantPop Publishing, 2021), a collection of verse that weaves comedy and activism to reflect upon environmentalism, family, music, food, social justice, and more. www.avantpopbooks.com shwalaytart.contently.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_...

Suzanne Roberts discusses and reads from Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, And Other Difficulties (University of Nebraska Press, 2022), a collection of essays that explore, in deeply personal ways, how we deal with the distresses of loss, illness, relationships, travel, and the limitations of our physical beings. https://www.suzanneroberts.net/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebo...

Mark Maynard discusses and reads from Grind (Torrey House Press, 2012), a collection of stories based in and around Reno, Nevada, depicting the unique relationship of the city with an array of characters seeking to come to terms with their place, geographically and personally. https://www.markmaynard.info/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_boo...

Katya Cengel discusses and reads from Bluegrass Baseball: A Year In The Minor League Life (University of Nebraska Press, 2012), which introduces us to the uncertain life – the hopes, dreams, triumphs, & disappointments – of minor league players, staff, fans and families. https://katyacengel.com/ Katya Cengel on Ukraine: https://lithub.com/when-stories-arent-enough-how-do-you-write-about-the-war-in...

John M. Mulhouse discusses and reads from Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, And Hidden History (America Through Time, 2020), which explores the land of enchantment's forgotten corners and the stories that they tell. Plus music by Naked Raygun. "Living In The Good Times" by Naked Raygun comes from the Wax Trax! Release, Over The Overlords. Used with permission. https://www...

Leslie Cook discusses and reads from her debut novel, Ethereal's Call (Cook/Fulton Books, 2021), about a young, headstrong woman, raised by witches and swept into a world of fae, where she faces all manner of fantastic creatures and begins to learn secrets about her own past and family history. https://www.etherealscall.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauth...

Jill Creech Bauer discusses and reads from The Nine Lives Of John Aslin (Jill Creech Bauer, 2020), a non-fiction novel about a man sentenced to life in prison for an accidental death, and about the personal and family history underlying the incident and its repercussions. Plus, an interview with John Eric Aslin. https://jillcreechbauer.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook:...

Curtis Bradley Vickers discusses and reads from This Here Is Devil's Work: A Novel (University Of Nevada Press, 2021), which presents a harrowing braided narrative of wildfire "hotshots" and cattle rustlers in the New West. https://curtisbradleyvickers.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

Michael P. Branch discusses and reads from On The Trail Of The Jackalope: How A Legend Captured The World's Imagination And Helped Us Cure Cancer (Pegasus Books, 2022), which documents the cultural and scientific impact of horned rabbits, both real (?) and imagined. https://michaelbranchwriter.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_it...

Susan Devan Harness discusses and reads from Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir Of Transracial Adoption (University Of Nebraska Press, 2018), in which the author recounts her journey to learn about her family and personal history, all the while wrestling with questions of racial stereotypes, cultural identity, and self-acceptance. https://susanharness.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author

B. J. West discusses and reads from Teeth Of The Rakshasa (Xenophile Press 2021), the first book in his cyberpunk series, SpliceFire, which recounts the adventures of hacker extraordinaire, Spider King, as he faces a world where neurointerfaces make the man and corporate interests dominate public life. bjwest.net www.xenophilepress.com/ www. StoryForgeCards.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter:...

Chuck Rogers discusses and reads from his novel Bastard Of The Apocalypse: The Earth Died Screaming (Rogers, 2019), in which Benjamin Frame finds love, violence, and mutated bears at the end of the world as we know it. www.facebook.com/ChuckRogersAdventures www.graphicaudio.net abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author

Michael Carter discusses and reads from In The Belly Of The Bell-Shaped Curve (Carter/iUniverse, 2020), a satirical novel about a frustrated claims adjuster seeking to improve his lot with a bad idea and misuse of chimpanzees. www.michaellcarter.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author

Mark Arnold discusses and reads from "Aaaaalllviiinnn!": The Story Of Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films And The Alvin Show (BearManor Media, 2019), an account of the life and works of the creator of The Chipmunks, "Witch Doctor," and more, a.k.a. David Seville. bearmanor-digital.myshopify.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com      

Linda Kay Hardie reads and discusses her short story, "Cooking With Butter," which appears in the anthology, Peace, Love, And Crime (Untreed Reads, 2020), a collection of crime fiction inspired by the songs of the '60s. https://www.untreedreads.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com    

John McNelis O'Keefe discusses and reads from Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence And National Power In The Early American Republic (Cornell University Press, 2021), a historical examination of how the experiences of migrants shaped American notions of citizenship, residency, and belonging.

Lilace Mellin Guignard discusses and reads from When Everything Beyond The Walls Is Wild (Texas A&M University Press, 2019), which blends memoir and analysis of gender in outdoor recreation and activity. www/tentofonesown.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

A. L. Nielsen discusses and reads from his poetry collection, Tray (Make Now Press, 2017), which explores the intersection of media, history, and culture in relation to the killing of Trayvon Martin (and also other matters). www.makenowpress.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

Stephen L. Bruneau discusses and reads from his novel, The SCOTUS Affair (Bruneau/iUniverse, 2019), a thriller filled with political intrigue and the second book in the Dimase Augustin series.   https://bruneaubooks.com/   abookanditsauthor@gmail.com

Katya Cengel discusses and reads from her latest book, From Chernobyl With Love: Reporting From The Ruins Of The Soviet Union (Potomac Books, 2019), which tells the story of the author's early journalistic career in Latvia and Ukraine. https://katyacengel.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com