The Talking Book Podcast

A new reading from Claire Hopple's novella Tell Me How You Really Feel. Go and get the book and enjoy your life: https://tellmehowyoureallyfeel.maudlinhouse.net/ Uncle Errol throws a funeral for himself. Bootsie spies on her own husband. Joe's band dresses in costumes and plays instruments from elementary school music class. Marco is tired of people shouting “Polo!” over his shoulder. Mallory unlo...

The following is an excerpt from Brad Phillips' forthcoming novel, set to be published by Tyrant Books in 2021. Check out his book Essays and Fictions at the links below. Print https://store.nytyrant.com/products/essays-and-fictions-by-brad-phillips Audio https://thetalkingbook.org/essays-and-fictions

A reading from the novel True Love by Sarah Gerard. Out now from Harper. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/true-love-sarah-gerard Nina is a struggling writer, a college drop-out, a liar, and a cheater. More than anything she wants love. She deserves it. From the burned-out suburbs of Florida to the anonymous squalor of New York City, she eats through an incestuous cast of characters in search...

Brad Phillips is a well-known artist and is author of Essays and Fictions from Tyrant Books. Listen to him read an excerpt from his new novel, then go to thetalkingbook.org, and get his audiobook. https://thetalkingbook.org/essays-and-fictions

Alex Higley reads his story Parkway, which was originally published here: https://bluestemarchive.wordpress.com/parkway Alex Higley is the author of Cardinal and Old Open, which is also an audiobook from The Talking Book. Check out his work at https://alexhigleywriter.com

NICOLETTE POLEK is a writer from Cleveland, Ohio. She is a recipient of the 2019 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. Imaginary Museums is her debut collection and you should get it here: https://softskull.com/dd-product/imaginary-museums/ As always thanks to Keegan Grandbois, Holler Boys, and Alec Sturgis for the fantastic music.

A reading from Dreams of Being by Michael J. Seidlinger. https://dreamsofbeing.maudlinhouse.net/ A writer walks New York City searching for a story, inspiration, anything to give him some direction. While navigating the busier blocks of Times Square, he stumbles upon a restaurant opening and an enigmatic man named Jiro protesting the grand opening. Believing it’s the only way to maintain Jiro’s in...

I talked to Big Bruiser Dope Boy before everyone had to stay inside all the time. We had a nice chat. HIs reading at the end is great. Go get his books. Please! https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/big-bruiser-dope-boy-foghorn-leghorn https://www.amazon.com/Your-First-Boyfriend-Other-Poems/dp/1944866485

Something cool! Kris was lucky enough to go on WPVM 103.7 and chat writing and The Talking Book. Kris reads a story and plays a clip from Everday Ubuntu by Mungi Ngomane. Jazz On A Summer's Day is a radio show hosted by Sebastian Mathews. You can listen to every Tuesday from 3-5pm on 103.7, Asheville. Thanks so much again to Sebastian Mathews and the station for having us on!

The Dove Hunter is a four-part series about a man going to his family's hunting ranch in west Texas during different stages of his life. This episode is called Spring: The Young Child Peeks Through The Cracks. It was written and recorded by Joe Kamm. He is a writer and musician, and also runs The ZeroPoint Fiction Podcast.

Claire Hopple stopped by to read from her book TIRED PEOPLE SEEING AMERICA. She lives in Asheville, NC, though she is quick to claim her Western Pennsylvania roots. She is also the author of TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL (forthcoming from Maudlin House, 2020). She's cool! https://dostoyevskywannabe.com/originals/tired_people_seeing_america Thanks so much to Keegan Grandbois, Holler Boys and Alec Stu...

A reading by Joseph Grantham, from his new collection Raking Leaves. Raking Leaves is the second book of poetry by the American writer Joseph Grantham. Get it for that special someone today: https://www.amazon.com/Raking-Leaves-Joseph-Grantham/dp/0983258910

Laura Theobald grew up in the Florida Keys and lives in the South. Her first book of poetry is What My Hair Says About You. She has an MFA in poetry from LSU and makes books for OOMPH! And BOAAT. Her website is lauratheobald.tumblr.com The Beach Boys sang, “Off the Florida Keys there’s a place called Kokomo. That’s where you wanna go to get away from it all.” But KOKOMO is also the name of Laura T...

Brad Phillips visited us in our dreams last night and gave us a reading from his new book The True Story of John Lang and The Hollywood ESP Cult. Thanks, Brad. And thanks to Holler Boys and Alec Sturgis for the awesome music. You can get Brad Phillips' recent book ESSAYS & FICTIONS from Tyrant Books right here: https://store.nytyrant.com/products/essays-and-fictions-by-brad-phillips

A couple of months ago, we produced the audiobook for Eleanor Or The Rejection of the Progress of Love by Anna Moschavokis. Anna Wrote an essay addressing the writing and publishing of the novel. It was originally published on The Paris Review, but now it’s been recorded for The Talking Book Podcast. It’s called The Capacity to Be Alone. It's awesome. Enjoy. The Audiobook: http://thetalkingbook.or...

A reading from Juliet The Maniac by Juliet Escoria. Ambitious, talented fourteen-year-old honors student Juliet is poised for success at her Southern California high school. However, she soon finds herself on an increasingly frightening spiral of drug use, self-harm, and mental illness that lands her in a remote therapeutic boarding school, where she must ultimately find the inner strength to surv...

Joseph Rathgeber reads an excerpt from his new book Mixedbloods. Get it now from Fomite Press. The Ramapough Lenape, a destabilized people—origins uncertain, debated and mythologized—are struggling to survive in the face of an ecological devastation visited upon them by the neighboring Ford plant, which has dumped paint sludge in abandoned mines for decades. Mi...

Drug-addled yard workers. Black-marketeering militiamen. Aimless celebrity impersonators. Narcotized puffer fish. And at the center of it all, a pair of glue-huffing cousins who attempt to cope with the relentless disasters of their lives by building giant trash monuments that attract their own strange fanatics. Welcome to The Great American Suction, a frenzied portrait of struggle and collapse -...

Sebastian Mathews stopped by The Talking Book house and read from his new work The Life and Times Of American Crow. You can get the book here. https://sebastianmatthews.com/american-crow-graphic-novel/

“Yes, God heard, I know He heard.” is a word and sound project by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips and Sam Leidig. It was inspired by the life and work of North Carolinian visionary artist, Annie Hooper. At the time of her death, Annie had created over 5,000 sculptures depicting Bible stories throughout her home. She made them out of mud, sticks, and seashells. She lived in Buxton, North Carolina.

Jessica Jacobs stopped by and read from her new book Take Me With You, Wherever You're Going, out now from Four Way Books. Get it now here: https://fourwaybooks.com/site/you-youre/

Nickole Brown stopped by and read from her new chapbook To Those Who Were Our First Gods. It was a recipient of the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Prize. It's awesome! Copies are available at Rattle.com

Kris talks to Mark Leidner about what he should do with his life.

First episode of The Talking Book Podcast w/ Scott Mclanahan chatting about his life and The Sarah Book. Music by Keegan Grandbois and Alec Sturgis.

In this episode we talk to actor Kasi Hollowell about narrating books and doing voiceover for anime.