WYPL Book Talk

Podcast - Frank McNair - The Golden Rules for Managers

Stephen Usery talks to Frank McNair about The Golden Rules for Managers: 119 Incredible Lessons for Leadership Success, his collection of pithy maxims for managers new and experienced.

Podcast - Simon Van Booy - Love Begins in Winter

In this episode of Book Talk, Stephen Usery interviews British writer Simon Van Booy about his second collection of short stories Love Begins in Winter.

Podcast - Neil White - In the Sanctuary of Outcasts

Stephen Usery interviews Neil White about his memoir, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts. It's an extremely moving telling of White's time in a federal prison for bank fraud in Carville, Louisiana which in the early 1990s shared facilities with the last American colony for survivors of leprosy, which is now known as Hansen's disease. The podcast has 17 extra minutes of conversation!

Podcast- Mary Kay Andrews - The Fixer Upper

Linda Lloyd talks to Mary Kay Andrews about her latest, juicy slice of southern hi jinks in The Fixer Upper. Download, listen, enjoy!

Podcast - John Hart - The Last Child

Stephen Usery interviews Edgar Award-winning author John Hart about his latest thriller, The Last Child, in which a teenage boy searches for his sister a year after her abduction. Download the podcast today!

Podcast - Izzy Rose - The Package Deal

Stephen Usery talks to Izzy Rose about her memoir The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom. Download the podcast today!

 

Podcast - Karen Essex - Stealing Athena

Stephen Usery interviews Karen Essex about her latest historical novel, Stealing Athena which looks at women involved in the creation of the Parthenon and the British removal of many statues from there in the early 19th century.

Podcast - Barry Mazor - Meeting Jimmie Rogers

Tune in to Book Talk this Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. as Stephen Usery interviews Barry Mazor about his new book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century. Mississippi native Rogers was one of the world's most popular recording artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and has been elected to the Rock 'n' Roll, Blues, and Country Halls of Fame. Download the podcast while you're waitin' on a train.

Podcast - Todd Bottorff - 21 Things to Create a Better Life

Terri Murphy talks to Todd Bottorff about his self-help guide 21 Things to Create a Better Life. Dowload the podcast today!

Podcast- Philipp Meyer - American Rust

Stephen Usery interviews Philipp Meyer about his debut novel, American Rust, which is a tale of friendship amidst crime and punishment in a dying steel town in the hills of western Pennsylvania.

Podcast - Ann B. Ross

Linda Lloyd talks to Miss Julia creator Ann B. Ross about the tenth installment of the series Miss Julia Delivers the Goods.

 

Podcast- Warren St. John - Outcasts united

Stephen Usery interviews New York Times reporter Warren St. John about his book Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town about a small town on the edge of Atlanta and a woman trying to reach out to refugee teenage boys through soccer. Download the podcast today.

 

Podcast- Lauretta Hannon - The Cracker Queen

Stephen Usery interviews Georgia native and NPR commentator Lauretta Hannon about her debut book The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life.

 

Podcast- Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant - What Doesn't Kill You

Susan Gray talks to former models and magazine editors Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant about their most recent novel What Doesn't Kill You. Download the podcast today!

 

Podcast - Carol Higgins Clark - Cursed

Stephen Usery interviews Carol Higgins Clark about her novel Cursed, the twelfth installment in her popular Reagan Reilly mystery series. Check back in a few weeks, and we will have a video version of the interview available for viewing!

 

 

Podcast - Kevin Wilson - Tunneling to the Center of the Earth

Stephen Usery talks to Kevin Wilson about his debut collection of short stories, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth.

Podcast - Mary Higgins Clark - Just Take My Heart

Stephen Usery interviews the Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark about her newest number one NY Times Bestselling thriller, Just Take My Heart.

Podcast - David Beckwith - A New Day in the Delta

Carolyn Gibson talks to David Beckwith about his memoir A New Day in the Delta: Inventing School Desegregation as You Go.

Podcast - Ace Atkins - Devil's Garden

Stephen Usery interviews Ace Atkins about his historical crime novel, The Devil's Garden, which looks at the Fatty Arbuckle scandal which in reality was investigated by Dashiell Hammett before he became a writer.

Podcast - Susan Rebecca White - Bound South

Linda Lloyd talks to Susan Rebecca White about her debut novel, Bound South which is set in the elite social circles of Atlanta, Georgia.