WYPL Book Talk

Podcast - Joseph Boyden - Through Black Spruce

Stephen Usery interviews Joseph Boyden about his award-winning novel Through Black Spruce. Through Black Spruce won the 2008 Giller prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in his native Canada.

Podcast - Tony Campolo - Red Letter Christians

Stephen Usery interviews Dr. Tony Campolo about his most recent book, Red Letter Christians.

Podcast - David Robertson - W.C. Handy

Stephen Usery interviews David Robertson about his new biography of one of the giants of American music, "W.C. Handy: The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues." It follows Handy from his childhood in Alabama, his life in traveling minstrel shows, his fame in Memphis, and his later years in New York City.

Podcast - Anne Easter Smith - The King's Grace

Stephen Usery interviews Anne Easter Smith about her new historical novel, The King's Grace. The King's Grace follows Grace Plantagenet, the illegitimate daughter of the late King Edward the Fourth of England as Henry the Seventh takes the throne and establishes the House of Tudor as the new monarchs of England.

Podcast - Ronald C White - A. Lincoln

Stephen Usery interviews Dr. Ronald C. White about his new book A. Lincoln. Just in time for the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, A. Lincoln is a comprehensive biography that pays particular attention to our 16th President's moral grounding and as his role as commander in chief during the Civil War.

 

Podcast - Dwight Fryer - The Knees of Gulla Island

In this podcast, Susan Gray talks to Dwight Fryer about The Knees of Gullah Island, the prequel to his local best-seller, The Legend of Quito Road.

 

Podcast - Diana Joseph - I'm Sorry You Feel That Way

Download this Book Talk podcast as Stephen Usery interviews Diana Joseph about her touching, and at times hilarious, new memoir about the men in her life, I'm Sorry You Feel That Way. All the cool kids are doing it, so come on, bend to the will of your peer group!

Podcast - Emily Yellin - Your Call Is Not That Important to Us

Stephen Usery interviews Memphian Emily Yellin about her new book Your Call Is (not that) Important to Us. It's a special one-hour program that looks at the history of telephone customer service and how it is done well and not so well today. Also, Emily will be at Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Memphis on Thursday, April 2nd at 6 p.m. Be sure and tell her that you heard her on Book Talk!

Podcast- Kathryn Stockett - The Help

Carolyn Gibson interviews Kathryn Stockett about her debut novel, The Help, which is set in tumultuous times of 1960s Jackson, Mississippi.

Podcast - T. Jefferson Parker - The Renegades

Download the podcast as Stephen Usery talks to T Jefferson Parker about his newest thriller, The Renegades, starring Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Hood.

Podcast - Dwana Pusser - Walking On

In this podcast, Stephen Usery discusses Walking On: A Daughter's Journey with Legendary Sheriff Buford Pusser with Dwana Pusser.

Podcast - Jami Attenberg - The Kept Man

Download the podcast where Stephen Usery talks to Jami Attenberg about her novel, The Kept Man, which is new in paperback.

Podcast - Inman Majors - The Millionaires

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Stephen Usery interviews Inman Majors about his new novel The Millionaires which is set in the intriguing world of Tennessee politics and banking in the late Seventies and early Eighties.

Also check out the podcast which has 20 extra minutes of conversation!

Podcast- Charles Bock - Beautiful Children

Stephen talks to Charles Bock about his novel, Beautiful Children, which is also new in paperback and was named as one of the NY Times 100 Notable Books of 2008. Plus, there are 23 extra minutes on the podcast. Enjoy!

Podcast - Michael Lee West - Mermaids in the Basement

Stephen interviews Michael Lee West about Mermaids in the Basement which is now available in paperback.

Podcast - jack Riggs - The Fireman's Wife

Stephen Usery interviews Jack Riggs about his second novel, The Fireman's Wife, the story a fireman named Peck and his wife Cassie as their marriage falls apart in the costal Low Country of South Carolina and the mountains of western North Carolina at the beginning of the 1970s. Download the podcast today!

Podcast - Jill Conner Browne - American Thighs

Stephen Usery has an audience with the Sweet Potato Queen herownself, Jill Conner Browne about her newest book, American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets

Podcast - Theresa Huttlinger Vigour - Mourning Sarah

Dr. Carolyn Gibson interviews Theresa Huttlinger Vigour about her book, Mourning Sarah: A Case for Testing Group B Strep. Download the podcast today.

Podcast - Adam Shepard

Stephen Usery talks to Adam Shepard about his book Scratch Beginnings which follows him fresh out of college making a new start with only $25 and a sleeping bag in Charleston, SC.

Podcast - David Donaldson and Mark Grisham

Stephen Usery talks to David Donaldson and Mark Grisham about their new novel, Bedlam South, which is partially set in an insane asylum outside of Richmond, VA during the closing days of the Civil War.