Between his work as an ad writer and software developer, Mark Barr worked on a classic tale set in 1930s Tennessee that would become his debut novel, WATERSHED. He talks to James about being a Southern voice, identifying as a meat-and-potatoes stylist, setting quotas for his writing, breaking problems down into their smallest components, and fudging the details. Then, Tavia Gilbert discusses being an audiobook narrator.
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Mark Barr: https://www.readmarkbarr.com/
Buy WATERSHED: <a href=”https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781938235597?aff=tkwithjs”>Buy WATERSHED</a>
Mark and James discuss:
Southern Independent Booksellers Association
The Charles Frazier Cold Mountain Series Fund
Meg Reid
Betsy Teter
Malaprop’s Bookstore/ Cafe
THE PRETTIEST STAR by Carter Sickels
CBGBs
THE NEXT GREATEST THING: FIFTY YEARS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN AMERICA by Richard A. Pence and Patrick Dahl
New Coke
Harry Potter
The Engineering Library and UT-Austin
Tennessee River
Falstaff
Karmann Ghia
Raytheon
Scholastic Book Club
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster
Terry Brooks
B. Dalton Bookstore
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
Flannery O’Connor
Eudora Welty
William Gay
SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy
Ron Rash
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Tavia Gilbert: http://taviagilbert.com/
Tavia and James discuss:
The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Maine School of Art
NERVES OF STEEL by Captain Tammy Jo Shults
THE MEN AND THE GIRLS by Joanna Trollope narrated by Davina Porter
LIBRARY JOURNAL
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER: A DAUGHTER OF CAMBODIA REMEMBERS by Loung Ung
BEING MEAN: A MEMOIR OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SURVIVAL by Patricia Eagle
BE FRANK WITH ME by Julia Claiborne Johnson