Writers Who Read

Whitney Pinion and Mira Landry join Gary McBride to talk about Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, which is Writers Who Read book number 58. 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 m...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton. Eco-ravaging for profit and the technology of the surveillance state are a few of the mechanisms that keep the ultra-rich in control. A multi-billionaire buys a plot of land in New Zealand and builds a bunker so he can survive the end times, which he ha...

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 May we're covering the 2024 Writing Heights Conference in Ft. Collins, CO, which takes place July 19-20. Mira Landry and Gary McBride recently talked with the conference director of Writing Heights, Amy Rivers. More info at: https://Writ...

Author Puja Guha joins Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride to talk about Victory City by Salman Rushdie, which is Writers Who Read book number 57. 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 wi...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Victory City by Salman Rushdie. Magical realism, thy name is Rushdie. Pampa Kampana is a girl living in 14th century southern India whose mother dies by fire. Pampa is blessed (or cursed?) with superpowers when a goddess takes control of her body and leads her to found a 250-year kin...

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 April we're covering the 2024 Wyoming Writers Conference in Casper, WY, May 31 - June 2. Mira Landry and I recently talked with the director of WY Writers, Andrew Call, Supporting Member Erik Saulness, and Keynote Speaker for this year's...

Whitney Pinion and Mira Landry join Gary McBride to talk about Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, which is Writers Who Read book number 56. 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...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. A best-selling novel and now a mini-series on AppleTV, Lessons in Chemistry follows the trials and tribulations of one Elizabeth Zott, a talented chemist in the 1950s--a woman trying to be taken seriously in a man's world. Luckily she owns the w...

Here’s a brief update on Front Range and Rocky Mountain regional writer’s conferences, which we’ll be spotlighting once a month this spring and summer. First up, it’s the 2024 Pikes Peak Writers Conference in Colorado Springs, CO, April 26-28. Mira Landry and I recently talked with the director of the PPWC, Jenny Kate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whitney Pinion and Mira Landry join Gary McBride to talk about Trust by Hernan Diaz, which is Writers Who Read book number 55. 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...

Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read . Next up: Trust by Hernan Diaz. "Every financier ought to be a polymath, because finance is the thread that runs through every aspect of life." Four books in one: a novel, two memoirs, and a diary, Diaz's 2023 Pulitzer Prize co-winner channels four fictional authors and boldly saves its most i...

Whitney Pinion and Mira Landry join Gary McBride to talk about Avalon by Nell Zink, which is Writers Who Read book number 54. 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...

We are writers who read today’s novels to uncover writing techniques that we can use in our own fiction. In every episode of Writers Who Read we will study one novel, transforming its author, temporarily, into our writing teacher. But to accomplish that magic, we have to read with intent. This is not a book club. It’s not literary criticism. This is Writers Who Read, and we invite you to join us i...

We are writers who read today’s novels to uncover writing techniques that we can use in our own fiction. In every episode of Writers Who Read we will study one novel, transforming its author, temporarily, into our writing teacher. But to accomplish that magic, we have to read with intent. This is not a book club. It’s not literary criticism. This is Writers Who Read, and we invite you to join us s...