Writers Who Read

Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, Chelsea Pennington, and Gary McBride talk about Good Material by Dolly Alderton, which is Writers Who Read book number 67. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within...

Gary, Whitney, Mira, and Chelsea analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Good Material by Dolly Alderton. The British relationship advice columnist Dear Dolly is also memoirist and two-time novelist Dolly Alderton. Her first book, Everything I Know About Love, was a best-seller. This novel, Alderton’s second, is narrated by Andy, a struggling sta...

Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, which is Writers Who Read book number 66. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. Poet Cyrus Shams is surrounded by death. His uncle was an angel of death during the Iran-Iraq war. His mother was shot out of the sky by the US Navy. His father Ali brought him to America, replacing one harsh reality with another, which drove Cyrus to drugs an...

Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward, which is Writers Who Read book number 65. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months....

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Let Us Descend by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Ward draws on Dante's Inferno as a metaphor for the agonizing journey of an American slave. Annis is our Virgil, guiding us deeper and deeper into hell, as the spirit of her African warrior grandmother helps her to de...

Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Holly by Stephen King, which is Writers Who Read book number 64. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do t...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Holly by Stephen King. The eponymous private investigator Holly Gibney has now appeared in five Stephen King novels, so she pops off the page fully formed and richly drawn. King is also a master at scene setting, and although he claims not to plot, don't believe him. This well-struct...

Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, which is Writers Who Read book number 63. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We d...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. Pulitzer Prize finalist author and noted Nashville independent bookstore owner Ann Patchett uses Thornton Wilder's 1938 play, Our Town, to frame her meta exploration of its themes. Multiple Our Town productions ripple through Lara Kenison's past as she relat...

Chelsea Pennington, Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, which is Writers Who Read book number 62. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within th...

Chelsea Pennington joins Gary, Whitney, and Mira to analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Colorado Springs author Rebecca Yarros hit best-seller pay dirt with this, the first book in her Empyrean fantasy book trilogy, which is also being turned into an Amazon series. Yarros uses an ingenious method to simultaneous...

Gary, Mira, and Whitney introduce all 10 novels coming up in Season 2 of Writers Who Read: 62: Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros (USA, 2023) 63: Tom Lake - Ann Patchett (USA, 2023) 64: Holly - Stephen King (USA, 2023) 65: Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward (USA, 2023)  66: Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar (USA, 2024) 67: Good Material - Dolly Alderton (UK, 2024) 68: James - Percival Everett (USA, 2024) 69: Burma S...

Here’s a brief update on another 2024 writer’s conference: the Jackson Hole Writers Conference in Jackson Hole, WY, this November 1-3. Mira Landry and Gary McBride recently spoke with Jackson Hole Executive Director Matt Daly and faculty member author Dan Sheehan. More info at: https://JHwriters.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interview of the three of us, Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride, conducted by Mark Stevens, host of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers podcast, back in March of 2024. Thanks to Mark Stevens and the RMFW for allowing us to rebroadcast that interview, which first aired on March 14 of this year. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here’s a brief update on another 2024 writer’s conference: the Maryland Writers Association's 2024 Conference, in Baltimore, MA, this October 19 & 20. Mira Landry and Gary McBride recently spoke with MWA Conference Chair Flo McCahon More info at: https://MarylandWriters.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chelsea Pennington, Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright, which is Writers Who Read book number 61. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the...

Chelsea Pennington joins Gary, Whitney, and Mira to analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright. What could be a juicier target to lampoon than the Texas statehouse? Power hungry pols, feasting on their Good Old Boy network, lick their chops when an actual working rancher, Sonny Lamb, joins their ranks. Blessed with equal...

Here’s a brief update on another 2024 writer’s conference: the Pacific Northwest Writers Alliance's 2024 Fall Conference, in Seattle, WA, this September 19-22. Mira Landry and Gary McBride recently spoke with PNWA President Pam Binder. More info at: https://pnwa.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang, which is Writers Who Read book number 60. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. W...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang. Where do our ideas come from, and what defines a story that is ours to tell? June, a struggling writer, so obviously crosses the line when she passes off her recently deceased friend’s book as her own. June definitely does NOT have the right to Athena's s...

Here’s a brief update on another Rocky Mountain regional writer’s conference that we've been spotlighting once a month this spring and summer. For July we're covering the 2024 Quills Writers Conference in Salt Lake City, UT, which takes place August 8-11. Mira Landry and Gary McBride recently talked with the conference executive sponsor Rachael Bush. More info at: https://LeagueOfUtahWriters.com H...

Author Chelsea Pennington joins Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride to talk about Romantic Comedy by Eleanor Catton, which is Writers Who Read book number 59. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com . More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here . In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld. The first half of this novel is an intense week at a sketch comedy show that looks a lot like Saturday Night Live. When staff writer Sally Milz meets that week's guest host, aging pop icon Noah Brewster, she falls for him. Hard. But rules are rul...

Here’s a brief update on another Front Range and Rocky Mountain regional writer’s conference that we've been spotlighting once a month this spring and summer. For June we're covering the 2024 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference in Aurora, CO, which takes place September 27-29. Mira Landry and Gary McBride recently talked with the conference co-chairs of RMFW, Connie Connolly and Kate Jonuska...