One of James’s favorite books of 2018 inspires one of his favorite conversations. Jon Pineda, author of LET’S NO ONE GET HURT, joins the show to talk about being worried for your characters, maintaining a sense of wonder, fooling yourself into writing, inventing the Voltron of fathers, becoming a cobbler (!) and living a life with fewer disclaimers. Plus, Miciah Bay Gault chats about HUNGER MOUNTAIN and the MFA in publishing and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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Jon Pineda: http://www.jonpineda.com/

Jon and James discuss:

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT dir by Kent Jones

HITCHCOCK by Francois Truffaut

NORTH BY NORTHWEST dir by Alfred Hitchcock

Voltron

The Incredible Hulk

WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres

Marilynne Robinson

JESUS’ SON by Denis Johnson

GIOVANNI’S ROOM by James Baldwin

IF THE SKY FALLS by Nicholas Montemarano

THE LOVER by Marguerite Duras

Amy Hempel

ANGEL HEAD: A MEMOIR by Greg Bottoms

HELL AT THE BREECH by Tom Franklin

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Miciah Bay Gault: https://vcfa.edu/

http://hungermtn.org/

Miciah and James discuss:

Vermont College of Fine Arts

Emerson College

Syracuse University

Melissa Febos

Donika Kelly

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