Ever since reading an early copy of Michael Nye’s first novel, ALL THE CASTLES BURNED, James has wanted to talk to the author of such an engaging and thought-provoking book. They discuss knowing good books from page one, declaring a new read dead, and writing sports scenes. Thankfully, they save their Celtics talk for off the air. Plus, poet Lauren Moseley, author of BIG WINDOWS.

Michael Nye

Michael and James discuss: 

Bruce Willis

HOSTAGE dir. by Florent Siri

FEEL FREE by Zadie Smith

SOME HELL by Patrick Nathan

BACK TALK: STORIES by Danielle Lazarin

THE FIFTH ELEMENT dir. by Luc Besson

PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee

HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL: ESSAYS by Alexander Chee

THE MISSOURI REVIEW

BOULEVARD

Jane Smiley

PREP by Curtis Sittenfeld

THE STARBOARD SEA by Amber Dermont

A SEPARATE PEACE by John Knowles

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach

Mitch Albom

John Birch

Tom Ripley

OUR HEARTS WILL BURN US DOWN by Anne Valente

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Lauren Moseley

Lauren and James discuss:

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Yaddo

Alice Eve Cohen

Joellen Craft

NASHVILLE REVIEW

UNC- Greensboro

Carnegie Mellon University Press

Rebecca Morgan Frank

AWP Conference

THE GREENSBORO REVIEW

DEAR APOCALYPSE by K.A. Hays