Tue, 29 September 2015
Amy Lukavics, debut author of YA horror DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS, talks about the appeal of truly scary stories, creepy kids, the tiny details that can drive an entire story, and “candy bar” scenes.
Amy Lukavics Show Notes PAINT IT BLACK by Janet Fitch GOOSEBUMPS, FEAR STREET, R.L. Stine FULL DARK, NO STARS Stephen King IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS by Cat Winters (listen to her First Draft interview) BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by April Tucholke Katy Perry “California Gurls” The Red Dragon (movie) The Woman in Black (movie) Stephanie Perkins’ Love List Storm of the Century, written by Stephen King MISERY by Stephen King SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK by Alvin Schwarz Sumayyah Daud (listen to her First Draft interview) Kody Keplinger THE DUFF
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson
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Tue, 22 September 2015
Talking to Aaron Hartzler, author of WHAT WE SAW (out Sept. 22!) and RAPTURE PRACTICE, about YA memoir, desert hippies, and taking others off the hook for your happiness. Aaron Hartzler Show Notes DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL by John Berendt The New Yorker: The Lessons of Steubenville; Life After Steubenville; Trial by Twitter Josh Sundquist WE SHOULD HANG OUT SOMETIME: EMBARRASSINGLY, A TRUE STORY Paige Rawl, Ali Benjamin POSITIVE: A MEMOIR POPULAR: VINTAGE WISDOM FOR A MODERN GEEK by Maya Van Wagenen Nic Sheff TWEAK: GROWING UP ON METHAMPHETAMINES Kate Sullivan, Senior Editor of YA & MG books at Delacorte THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie Michael Bourret, agent with DGLM GLASS CASTLE Jeanette Walls Julia Sweeny, IF IT'S NOT ONE THING, IT'S YOUR MOTHER Ira Glass, This American Life Billy Ray, screenwriter Holly Goldberg Sloan, COUNTING BY 7S Erin Jade Lange, author of BUTTER (listen to her First Draft interview here) New Yorker article: The Scourge of Relatability Melissa de la Cruz OFF THE BOAT David Leviathan, HOLD ME CLOSER: THE TINY COOPER STORY, and Tiny Cooper musical GODLESS by Pete Hautman Laura McNeal DARK WATER FAR FAR AWAY by Tom McNeal Maria Semple THIS ONE IS MINE, WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE Natalie Goldberg WRITING DOWN THE BONES Anne Lamott BIRD BY BIRD: SOME INSTRUCTIONS ON WRITING AND LIFE |
Tue, 15 September 2015
Do you know the difference between a blacksmith and a ferrier? Mackenzi Lee, debut author of THIS MONSTROUS THING (out Sept. 22!), does! Learn about that, Mary Shelley, and so much more in our Harvard Square conversation!
Mackenzi Lee Show Notes The Coop in Harvard Square Pirates of the Caribbean (movie) THE STRANGER by Albert Camus Avi, author of THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE, and CRISPIN: THE CORSS OF LEAD Richard Peck, A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO THE GOOSE GIRL by Shannon Hale Margaret Murphy (British crime fiction) DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor IMAGINARY GIRLS by Nova Ren Suma THE THIEF LORD by Cornelia Funke LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld Mary Wollstonecraft A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN THE LADY AND HER MONSTERS by Roseanne Montillo BONES AND ALL by Camille DeAngelis THE ART OF ASKING by Amanda Palmer |
Tue, 8 September 2015
Nicola Yoon, debut author of EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, talks about her secret foosball skills, the mix tape that won her husband over, and the 4 AM fish that turned her book into an unusual story.
Nicola Yoon Show Notes Nicola Yoon’s one-sentence story on The Butter by Roxanne Gay Life is Strange (video game) Final Fantasy (video game) ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS by Stephanie Perkins Wendy Wunder, THE PROBABILITY OF MIRACLES Charlotte Huang FOR THE RECORD Veronica Roth, her First Draft Podcast Harold and Kumar (movie) Before Sunrise (movie) |