WYPL Book Talk

Lisa Patton - Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter

Courtney Santo talks to Memphis native Lisa Patton about her debut novel Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter. The podcast features ten minutes of extra conversation, including parallels to The Wizard of Oz.

Podcast - Alice Randall

Stephen Usery interviews Alice Randall, author of The Wind Done Gone, about her new novel Rebel Yell which looks back at the life of a conservative African-American government operative. The podcast includes fifteen minutes of extra conversation; especially interesting are the parts about food. 

Harry McLean - The Past is Never dead

Host Bill Wilson talks to Edgar Award winner Harry MacLean about his book The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi’s Struggle for Redemption .

Joshua Gaylord - Hummingbirds

Stephen Usery interviews Joshua Gaylord about his debut novel Hummingbirds which is set in an elite all-girl prep school in Manhattan.

Bruce Feiler - America's Prophet

Stephen Usery interviews Bruce Feiler about his latest best-selling book America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story.

David Magee - The Education of Mr. Mayfield

Host Dave Lindstrom talks to David Magee about his latest book, The Education of Mr. Mayfield: An Unusual Story of Social Change at Ole Miss.

RJ Ellory - A Simple Act of Violence

Haywood Smith - Ladies of the Lake

Host Linda Lloyd talks to Haywood Smith about her latest hilarious novel set in the South, Ladies of the Lake.

 

Jeff Martin - My Dog Ate My Nobel Prize

Stephen Usery talks to Jeff Martin about his book My Dog Ate My Nobel Prize: The Fabricated Memoirs of Jeff Martin.

Kaylie Jones - Lies My Mother Never Told Me

Stephen Usery interviews Kaylie Jones about her memoir Lies My Mother Never Told Me about the legacy of growing up as famed writer James Jones's daughter and the toll alcoholism took on the family.

Robert Olen Butler - Hell

Stephen Usery interviews Pulitzer-Prize winner Robert Olen Butler about his newest novel Hell which follows TV News anchor man Hatcher McCord trying to extract himself from the inferno. Download the podcast today!

Roy Blount, Jr. - Alphabet Juice

Stephen Usery talks to writer, raconteur, and humorist Roy Blount, Jr. about his hilarious, idiosyncratic dictionary, Alphabet Juice ,which is new in paperback. File under"P", for podcast.

Douglas Robinson and Svetlana Ilinskaya - Rasskazy

Stephen Usery talks to translators Douglas Robinson and Svetlana Ilinskaya about their work on the new collection Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia. The podcast has 36 minutes of extra conversation over the broadcast! Download the interview and hear what you missed!

Joseph Kanon - Stardust

Stephen Usery interviews Joseph Kanon about his newest period mystery novel, Stardust, which is set in Hollywood right after the end of World War II. (Joseph was Stephen's very first Book Talk interview back in 2002.)

Podcast - The Pinch - Fall 2009

Stephen Usery talks to Professor Kristen Iversen and the student editors of the University of Memphis's literary journal, The Pinch, about the Fall 2009 issue.

Podcast - Jill McCorkle - Going Away Shoes

Stephen Usery interviews one of the masters of the American short story, Jill McCorkle, about her fourth collection, Going Away Shoes.

Podcast - Mark Greaney - They Gray Man

Stephen Usery talks to Memphis author Mark Greaney about his debut international thriller starring Court Gentry entitled The Gray Man.

 

Podcast -Robert Hicks - A Separate Country

Stephen Usery interviews Robert Hicks about his latest novel A Separate Country which follows the life of Confederate General John Bell Hood through his astonishing life after the Civil War in New Orleans.Download the podcast today!

 

Podcast - Timothy Hallinan - Breathing Water

Stephen Usery interviews Timothy Hallinan about his newest novel, Breathing Water: A Bangkok Thriller. Breathing Water is the third book starring American expat journalist Poke Rafferty, his Thai wife, Rose and their adopted daughter Miaow.

Podcast - Eric Jerome Dickey - Resurrecting Midnight

Stephen Usery interviews best-selling author and Memphis native Eric Jerome Dickey about his fourth novel featuring the assassin Gideon, Resurrecting Midnight. Download the podcast today.