Category: Podcasts

In our fourth and final episode recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in the summer of 2021, Elena Passarello (Animals Strike Curious Poses) tells James about sleeping in Elvis’s teenage bedroom, getting advice from long-haul…

Only the great Carl Phillips could warrant an episode all to himself. Recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in 2021, James and Carl discuss assembling a collection, enjoying feeling lost, letting go of the argument,…

The third summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference (2021) continues with M.O. Walsh (The Big Door Prize), who gives a writing tip James has used ever since, then chats about writing a novel…

The third summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference (2021) opens with the brilliance of Katie Kitamura (Intimacies, A Separation), who talks to James about pushing back on expectations, writing things you don’t think you…

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference continues with playwright Rachel Bonds, who tells James about finding her voice in a one-act, using jealousy as a job coach, being on the…

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference continues with Tim O’Brien, who tells James about winning the National Book Award, writing THE THINGS THEY CARRIED while on a break from another…

Kevin Wilson’s fifth book, the novel NOTHING TO SEE HERE, is a perfect combination of everything that made his previous work so singular: the humor and edge of THE FAMILY FANG, the intensity of his…

Calvin Hennick jokingly calls his memoir, ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO, “every thought I’ve ever had,” and the book touches on fatherhood, manhood, race, family, alcohol, baseball, and countless other topics, all considered on a…