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The Books and Brews Podcast is the place where literature and beer meet. Each month we welcome a new guest author to read and discuss their work. Author Laura Vosika...
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The Books and Brews Podcast is the place where literature and beer meet. Each month we welcome a new guest author to read and discuss their work. Author Laura Vosika leads in-depth interviews to delve into the motivations, inspirations and preoccupations of each guest. Certified Cicerone® Michael Agnew pours beers specifically selected to pair with the writer’s work. It’s an hour of entertaining erudition that hits your mind and your mouth.
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22 OCT 2024 · Michael C. Keith is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place–a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways––and 20 story collections, including, Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made To Last Forever, Caricatures, The Near Enough, Bits, Specks, Crumbs, Flecks, Slow Transit, Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction, Stories in the Key of Me, Insomnia 11, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Quiet Geography, The Late Epiphany of a Low-Key Oracle, and Bodies in Recline, Euphony, The Loneliness Channel, and Pings.” He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize several times, a PEN/O’Henry Award, a PEN/Faulkner Award, an IPPY Award and was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award for short fiction anthology and a finalist for the 2013 International Book Award in the “Fiction Visionary” category. In our interview, we talked about how Michael came to be on the road with his father from the age of 8, the places he saw, the kindnesses he remembers, how he got from no school on the road to a Ph.D. and much more!
00:00 START 05:59 Drink 1: On the Road Again 08:45 Reading 1: On the Road 20:15 From years without school to a Ph.D. 24:05 Growing up Nomad: How much of the country did you see? 29:34 Drink 2: Tick of the Clock 34:10 Reading 2: Insomnia 36:34 All about insomnia, causes and cures 44:01 Tales of Larry King 44:48 Drink 3: Love and Fear 48:49 Reading 3: 11:11 51:28 Seeing the same number over and over again 54:33 Pings and the reasons for shorter fiction Visit our https://www.patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosikaandMichaelAgnew for our extended AFTER HOURS with Michael C. Keith
- https://writerstevedownes.wordpress.com/
- https://www.lauravosika.com/
- https://www.gabrielshornpress.com/
- https://www.booksandbrews.net/
~ ~ If you enjoy our interviews or have benefitted from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We’ve been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do. A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode.
- Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika
- Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN * Books and Brews products:
- https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblg0ZnFZd2hqX1RfamRKRTQ4NkF6MEd4a01YUXxBQ3Jtc0tsZ1NqaUdYZFRzbEt2eno3NE5xcjM3clY0YnNkS1VLeFFacFAtVWp0WmJmV2hocngyeng0R1ZrZl9nSTR4WHd2LWdmTWgxYXVKTU5PZTVVTkplTG1nMTdQMWQ0RGI1NUN5ejFSODVhMHZucGZkdi1Caw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zazzle.com%2Fstore%2Fbooks_an%E2%80%A6&v=rjyJ4hd0ZQo (more to come)
- Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us booksandbrewslive@gmail.com
COMING NEXT MONTH:
- JP Reedman, historical novelist
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology.
- Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27
- See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18
- See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD
Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
22 OCT 2024 · Michael C. Keith is the author of an acclaimed memoir––The Next Better Place–a young adult novel––Life is Falling Sideways––and 20 story collections, including, Of Night and Light, Everything is Epic, Sad Boy, And Through the Trembling Air, Hoag’s Object, The Collector of Tears, If Things Were Made To Last Forever, Caricatures, The Near Enough, Bits, Specks, Crumbs, Flecks, Slow Transit, Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction, Stories in the Key of Me, Insomnia 11, Pieces of Bones and Rags, Quiet Geography, The Late Epiphany of a Low-Key Oracle, and Bodies in Recline, Euphony, The Loneliness Channel, and Pings.” He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize several times, a PEN/O’Henry Award, a PEN/Faulkner Award, an IPPY Award and was a finalist for the National Indie Excellence Award for short fiction anthology and a finalist for the 2013 International Book Award in the “Fiction Visionary” category. In our interview, we talked about how Michael came to be on the road with his father from the age of 8, the places he saw, the kindnesses he remembers, how he got from no school on the road to a Ph.D. and much more!
00:00 START 05:59 Drink 1: On the Road Again 08:45 Reading 1: On the Road 20:15 From years without school to a Ph.D. 24:05 Growing up Nomad: How much of the country did you see? 29:34 Drink 2: Tick of the Clock 34:10 Reading 2: Insomnia 36:34 All about insomnia, causes and cures 44:01 Tales of Larry King 44:48 Drink 3: Love and Fear 48:49 Reading 3: 11:11 51:28 Seeing the same number over and over again 54:33 Pings and the reasons for shorter fiction Visit our https://www.patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosikaandMichaelAgnew for our extended AFTER HOURS with Michael C. Keith
- https://writerstevedownes.wordpress.com/
- https://www.lauravosika.com/
- https://www.gabrielshornpress.com/
- https://www.booksandbrews.net/
~ ~ If you enjoy our interviews or have benefitted from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We’ve been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do. A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode.
- Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika
- Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN * Books and Brews products:
- https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblg0ZnFZd2hqX1RfamRKRTQ4NkF6MEd4a01YUXxBQ3Jtc0tsZ1NqaUdYZFRzbEt2eno3NE5xcjM3clY0YnNkS1VLeFFacFAtVWp0WmJmV2hocngyeng0R1ZrZl9nSTR4WHd2LWdmTWgxYXVKTU5PZTVVTkplTG1nMTdQMWQ0RGI1NUN5ejFSODVhMHZucGZkdi1Caw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zazzle.com%2Fstore%2Fbooks_an%E2%80%A6&v=rjyJ4hd0ZQo (more to come)
- Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us booksandbrewslive@gmail.com
COMING NEXT MONTH:
- JP Reedman, historical novelist
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology.
- Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27
- See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18
- See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD
Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
18 SEP 2024 · Steve Downes is a contemporary Irish poet and novelist, currently living and working in Ireland. Educated in N.U.I. Maynooth, he holds a Degree in Classical History and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology. Steve has published poetry; science fiction, including Cosmogonic Marbles, Temporal Tome, Gadzooks Armageddon and Botolf Tales (the Botolf Chronicles), Warworld: Shadows & Dominions (part 1), Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express and The Deaths of Guner Zoon; and four children’s Books: The Upstairs Cat Series (3 books) & An Apprenticeship to Doctor Vantastic. Steve continues to write and publish work in many genres. In 2017 & 2018 Steve exhibited from his collections of historical photographs, Lost Graveyards of Ireland (2017) and A Landscape For Yourself (2018).
Among other things, we talked about his painting, the IRA, angsty poetry, and...the world's oldest maternity hospital!
00:00 START 05:26 Drink 1: Irish Coffee 12:28 Reading 1: chase & fight in Dublin 17:53 The Rotunda, world's oldest maternity hospital 23:55 Why the Irish give Dublin's statues...interesting...names 25:52 Tales of the IRA 33:01 Drink 2: The Love and Murder 38:21 Reading 2: Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express 42:07 On marketing 43:07 From high school dropout to a masters in classical history to sci-fi! 48:28 Drink 3: The Mission Impossible 51:57 Reading 3: Dr. Vantastic 55:43 Steve's many genres Visit our https://www.patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosikaandMichaelAgnew for our extended AFTER HOURS with Stephen Downes
- https://writerstevedownes.wordpress.com
- https://www.lauravosika.com
- https://www.gabrielshornpress.com
- https://www.booksandbrews.net
~ ~ If you enjoy our interviews or have benefitted from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We’ve been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do. A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode.
- Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika
- Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN * Books and Brews products:
- https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblg0ZnFZd2hqX1RfamRKRTQ4NkF6MEd4a01YUXxBQ3Jtc0tsZ1NqaUdYZFRzbEt2eno3NE5xcjM3clY0YnNkS1VLeFFacFAtVWp0WmJmV2hocngyeng0R1ZrZl9nSTR4WHd2LWdmTWgxYXVKTU5PZTVVTkplTG1nMTdQMWQ0RGI1NUN5ejFSODVhMHZucGZkdi1Caw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zazzle.com%2Fstore%2Fbooks_an%E2%80%A6&v=rjyJ4hd0ZQo (more to come)
- Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us booksandbrewslive@gmail.com
COMING NEXT MONTH:
- Michael C. Keith, author of poetry, memoir, short stories, and novels
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology.
- Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27
- See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18
- See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD
Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
20 AUG 2024 · Kathy Murray is a certified personal trainer with over thirty years’ experience in the fitness industry. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University where she was a member of the 1983 National Cheerleading Championship Team. After college she competed in and won the United States Aerobic Championship in 1986 and spent the year traveling the world as a Fitness Ambassador and worked as a free-lance educator to teach fitness to European Instructors. While in Munich, she coached the Munich Cowboys (American Football) Cheerleaders to six national titles in cheerleading and was head trainer/translator for the German Gladiators during a pilot TV show for the International Gladiators. Kathy has owned her personal training business Fit Bodies for 25 years and in 2022 co-authored the Audible book, The Munich Cowboy Cheerleaders based upon her true story of her time coaching the squad. She has recently released it in both paperback and ebook formats. In her spare time she is a competitive triathlete which she has been enjoying for 20 plus years now. She lives in Atlanta with her husband Lutalo, dog Mingus and cat Sassy. We talked a lot about the impact of travel, experiencing other cultures, and learning languages, in addition to cheerleading and Kathy's time as a coach. Kathy's Readings: 00:00 Start 08:40 The Competition Starts! 29:40 Speeding Ticket--AGAIN! 48:45 Conflict with Dad (or...Following Our Dreams) Chris's Cocktail Pairings: 06:35 The Cheerleader 26:35 The Speeding Ticket 46:12 Grumpy Old man Interview Highlights: 20:15 Life Lessons from Cheerleading and Band 22:00 The Importance of Fitness and Other Thoughts on Exercise 35:50 Other Countries' Attitudes Toward Foreigners and Americans 41:11 Overcoming the Language Barrier 54:20 Doing What You Love 55:54 Friendship with a Celebrity and Traveling the World Visit our https://www.patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosikaandMichaelAgnew for our extended AFTER HOURS with KATHY MURRAY COMING NEXT MONTH:
- Steve Downes, Irish author, poet, and children's writer
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology.
- Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27
- See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18
- See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD
Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
1 JUL 2024 · Like any good soldier’s son, Frank Warner moved with his family from fort to fort, accepted each change, and was ready to move again. Then, in 1960, Frank’s father was ordered to Fort Huachuca (WahCHOOka), Arizona. This was the fifth Army post of Frank’s childhood, the first place he never wanted to leave. So when his father was ordered to Vietnam in 1963, sending Frank and the rest of the family to Pennsylvania, the uprooting wasn’t easy. Frank’s book, “Tumbleeweed Forts: Adventures of an Army Brat,” describes the joys of living in Fort Huachuca, and the heartache of leaving it behind. Tune in for a fun conversation and great cocktails, including in red, white, and blue for July! Frank's Readings: 00:00 Start 10:02 A Bike Race on Base! 30:57 Atomic Dollars 47:01 Leaving Huachuca Chris's Cocktail Pairings: 06:11 Red, White, and Blue 25:40 The Atomic Cocktail 44:09 Goodbye Sunshine Interview Highlights: 19:10 This plane is on fii--ire! 23:29 Why Huachuaca? Why it was magical 35:02 Silver Dollars and Stories on Atomic Testing 38:34 Private Jones' Buried Treasure & the Scientist with Alien Technology 43:31 How Tombstone got its Name 50:15 Finding Old Friends 52:12 Dad going to Vietnam, Saving the Ashes Visit our https://www.patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosikaandMichaelAgnew for our extended AFTER HOURS with FRANK WARNER COMING NEXT MONTH:
- Devrie Donalson, comedian and author
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology
- Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer, herbs & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevard, Morristown, TN on July 5, starting at 5 pm.
- Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27
- See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18
- See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD
Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
13 JUN 2024 · Sharon Bennett Connolly is the best-selling British author of several non-fiction history books. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Sharon has studied history academically and just for fun – and has even worked as a tour guide at a castle. She also writes the popular history blog, www.historytheinteresngbits.com and co-hosts the podcast A Slice of Medieval, alongside historical novelist Derek Birks. Sharon regularly gives talks on women's history, for historical groups, fesvals and in schools; her book Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest, is a recommended text for teaching the Norman Conquest in the Naonal Curriculum. She is a feature writer for All About History and Living Medieval magazines and her TV work includes Australian Television's Who Do You Think You Are? Tune in for a fun conversation and great beer! Sharon's Readings: 00:00 Start 11:16 The Young Bride's First Duties 29:12 Stephen's Coronation 46:43 Matilda at the Helm Chris's Cocktail Pairings: 08:01 The Nikolaschka from Germany 26: The Mourning Cocktail 43:39 Belgian Brownie Interview Highlights: 15:21 The Wreck of the White Ship: a king's tragedy 21:33 How oppressed were women in medieval times? 24:06 How a British author ended up on Australian TV 31:33 Widows and abbeys: the real reason 38:17 Why history is important (and a real-life vampire!) 51:50 Women, Leadership, and Leading Warriors 54:43 Do we ever learn from history? COMING NEXT MONTH:
- Like any good soldier’s son, Frank Warner moved with his family from fort to fort, accepted each change, and was ready to move again. Then, in 1960, Frank’s father was ordered to Fort Huachuca (WahCHOOka), Arizona. This was the fifth Army post of Frank’s childhood, the first place he never wanted to leave. So when his father was ordered to Vietnam in 1963, sending Frank and the rest of the family to Pennsylvania, the uprooting wasn’t easy. Frank’s book, “Tumbleeweed Forts: Adventures of an Army Brat,” describes the joys of living in Fort Huachuca, and the heartache of leaving it behind.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology
- Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on July 5.
- Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27
- See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18
- See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD
Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
4 MAY 2024 · Robert Heath grew up in different places around the world, beginning in Japan in the late ‘40s. Robert and his eight siblings followed the assignments of their father, a sergeant in the U.S. Army. He ultimately became an educator for 37 years, serving all grade levels from Pre-K through doctoral programs in South and North Carolina. He now lives in the mountains of NC, where he loves writing and hiking. You can find him at face book at https://www.facebook.com/BratBob3of9 We talk about Bob's adventures growing up in Taiwan, Japan, Germany and the United States, with one sister and seven brothers, life as a military brat, the fun of large families and lots of boys and the antics kids get up to behind mom's back, U.S. history, bullying...and the day Bob was captured by Chiang Kai-Shek's soldiers and brought face with the military leader himself!
Tune in for a fun conversation and great beer! Bob's Readings: 00:00 Start 08:56 How About a Date? 25:54 Swinging 43:03 Captured by Enemy Soldiers! Chris's Beer Pairings: 07:52 https://bellsbeer.com/?s=smitten 23:29 https://untappd.com/b/masthead-brewing-company-tire-swing/2663082 39:54 https://untappd.com/b/great-leap-brewing-hidden-general-ipa/706037 Interview Highlights: 12:36 How Bob's mother asked out his future mother-in-law 14:47 The stories mom never knew about--and how they led to a book 18:49 US history through personal experience 33:27 Americans in Japan two years after Hiroshima 36:26 Culture shock on returning to your own country 48:40 Do military parents make a point of not talking politics with brats? 51:16 Wild and free: military life or the times? COMING NEXT MONTH:
- Sharon Bennett Connolly has been fascinated by history for over 40 years and was recently elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, ‘in recognition of your contribution to historical scholarship.’ She’s studied history academically and just for fun and even worked as a tour guide at historical sites. One Christmas her husband gave her…a blog – and she hasn’t looked back. The blog has given her the chance to share the history she loves – the stories themselves, and the places they happened.
And in 2017 she completed her first non-fiction book, Heroines of the Medieval World.
UPCOMING EVENTS: · Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology · Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on May 10, June 7, and July 5. · See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18 · See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
9 APR 2024 · J.S. Absher is a poet, memoirist, and independent scholar. As a teetotaler—he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—he can’t add much insight into brews, but he can hold his own when it comes to books.
Stan’s first full-length book of poetry, Mouth Work (St. Andrews University Press) won the 2015 Lena Shull Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society. Stan’s second full-length book of poetry, Skating Rough Ground, was published in 2022 by Kelsay Press.
Poems have recently been published or accepted by The McNeese Review, Mormon Lit Blitz, Triggerfish Critical Review, Irreantum, and Tar River Review and have won awards from BYU Studies Quarterly and the journal Dialogue. His poems have been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net. He has also published an annotated editions of two memoirs written in the late 19th century by Ida Crumpler Beard.
Stan has two prose projects under way.
His father killed himself in December 1977. Earlier that year he was a whistleblower in a government investigation of the bank where he worked. The confidential information he handed on widened the scope of the investigation and led to the arrest and conviction of the bank’s CEO and two other executives and the firing of several other employees. This turmoil, on top of his already unstable mental state, contributed to his death. Stan’s account of these events is based on his father’s memoirs and letters, more than a hundred newspaper articles, his own journal, and the memoirs of another participant. Outside those directly concerned, it is now a minor story, but it connects in interesting ways with the Watergate scandal and other major events. Stan’s memoir of these events will include poems he’s written and published over many years.
Stan is also currently researching and writing about the history of North Carolina immediately before the imposition of Jim Crow, focusing on fifty African American men who were arrested in 1895 for their efforts to stop a lynching in Winston-Salem, a lynching that thankfully did not occur. Stan is trying to understand who they were—their jobs and professions, their backgrounds, their kinship and social networks (to the extent they can be determined), and what happened to them afterwards. Stan’s interest in this event was sparked by the one-sided account in Ida Beard’s memoir mentioned above.
Absher lives in Raleigh, NC, with his wife Patti. His work in poetry and prose can be followed on http://www.jsabsherpoetry.com/. Stan's Readings: 00:00 Start 08:12 The Pear Tree and Remembering Clara 23:06 What I Knew and When 43:09 Building a Wall Chris's Cocktail Pairings: 04:21 Brazilian Lime Aid 20:53 The Marigold 40:40 White Peach
Interview Highlights: 16:35 The business of being a poet 19:07 Travels to France, Belize, and Taiwan 30:36 Blowing the Whistle: family issues and corporate greed 35:11 Links to the Nixon scandal 40:46 How ancient Rome influenced a poem 50:01 From The Deserted Wife to a thwarted lynching and Jim Crow COMING NEXT MONTH: Manswell T. Peterson has endured many challenges in his life. He decided to put those experiences to good use by writing novels as an adult. He is founder of OmegaMan Publishing & Manswell Peterson Studios. He has written at least fourteen books since 2012. Escape to the Locrottum Universe – a modern fantasy world where royal drama, tyranny, and misunderstandings run rampant! https://www.locrottumuniverse.com
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UPCOMING EVENTS: · Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology · Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on April 13, June 7, and July 5, noon to 5 pm · See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18 · See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
10 MAR 2024 · Theresa Halvorsen has a “don’t tell me I can’t do that,” attitude about life and is an author, publisher, editor, and YouTuber. She’s overly-caffeinated and at times, wine-soaked. The author of multiple cross-genre works, including Warehouse Dreams, Lost Aboard and River City Widows, Theresa wonders what sleep is. She’s the owner of No Bad Books Press and one of the hosts of the popular YouTube channel, the Semi-Sages of the Pages. In whatever free time is left, (ha!) Theresa enjoys board games, concerts, geeky conventions, and reading. Her life goal is to give "Oh-My-Gosh-This-Book-Is-So-Good!" happiness to her readers. She lives in Temecula with her husband, her adult children, their partners (she has no idea who actually lives in her house and who’s just visiting) and many pets. Find her at http://www.theresahauthor.com/ and on Tiktok and Facebook. Theresa's Readings: · Wonderland's Mad Queen – 8:57 · River City Widows, Chapter 1 – 23:52 · Riding the El – 42:55 Chris's Cocktail Pairings: · Queen of Hearts (paired to Wonderlands' Mad Queen) – 7:20 · River City (paired to River City Widows, Chapter 1) – 21:41 · The El (paired to Riding the El) – 40:21
Interview Highlights: · Building a career as an indie author – 15:08 · The Dad's Playbook to Labor and Delivery – 16:09 · The ghost at Lochranza Castle – 31:36 · PTSD: victimization, responsibility, blame and trauma – 36:07 · Stories of portals: are we seeking escape? – 48:40 · Houses as inspiration – 52:00 COMING NEXT MONTH: J.S. Absher is a poet, memoirist, and independent scholar. As a teetotaler—he is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—he can’t add much insight into brews, but he can hold his own when it comes to books.
Stan’s first full-length book of poetry, Mouth Work (St. Andrews University Press) won the 2015 Lena Shull Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society. Stan’s second full-length book of poetry, Skating Rough Ground, was published in 2022 by Kelsay Press.
Poems have recently been published or accepted by The McNeese Review, Mormon Lit Blitz, Triggerfish Critical Review, Irreantum, and Tar River Review and have won awards from BYU Studies Quarterly and the journal Dialogue. His poems have been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net. He has also published an annotated editions of two memoirs written in the late 19th century by Ida Crumpler Beard.
He currently has two more projects underway. UPCOMING EVENTS: · Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology · Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & more at the Morristown Farmer's Market, 130 W Morris Boulevar, Morristown, TN on April 13, June 7, and July 5 · See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18 · See Laura's interview with Rob & Joan Carter at https://www.youtube.com/live/OPTA_-azWBI?si=vQxe1GdHrj5CUXlD · Theresa will be at Wondercon in Anaheim: March 29-31 · LA Festival of Books: April 20-21 · Comic-Con Revolution in Ontario: May 18-19 · Comic-Con San Diego: July 25-28 Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
6 FEB 2024 · Peter is the Author of 30 books, fiction and non-fiction and published on 4 continents.
He is a resident expert and regular of Top 50 USA radio and TV markets including Fox, CBS, ABC, ESPN, Coast to Coast, iHeart and over 100 major radio and TV networks. Peter is a multi-award-winning, director, cinematographer, actor and producer on 7 continents
Peter has written more than 800 articles (self-help and fiction) appearing in major news media world- wide
He has been a university professor for 28 years, as well as being a psychologist, specializing in criminal psychology, sports psychology and addiction studies. https://www.peterandrewsacco.com Peter's Readings: · Gummer, the World's Last Toothless Vampire – 8:20 · Meeting a Vampire Actor – 27:43 · A Haunted Air BnB – 42:33 Chris's Cocktail Pairings: · Bloody Maru (paired to Gummer) – 5:57 · Love Bite (paired to Meeting a Vampire Actor) – 26:00 · The Haunted Mansion (paired to A Haunted Air BnB) – 39:45
Interview Highlights: · Jack the Ripper/criminal profiling – 15:40 · Music or criminal psychology? – 22:09 · Adventuring in Antarctica!? – 31:53 · Why are we drawn to vampires & zombies? – 34:03 · From author to TV show host – 47:17 · Scariest things seen--and why Peter quit the TV show – 48:29 COMING NEXT MONTH: Theresa Halvorsen is the author to the Dad’s Playbook to Labor and Delivery and Warehouse Dreams and countless articles on pregnancy, birth and parenting. But her true love is speculative fiction.
Theresa enjoys interacting with other writers and helps to produce a writing Podcast called the Semi Sages of the Pages She co-runs a writer’s group in Temecula that meets once a month, and belongs to various critique groups. UPCOMING EVENTS: · Gabriel's Horn is https://gabrielshornpress.wixsite.com/gabrielshorn/poetry-anthology · Laura will be selling her books, premium rabbit fertilizer & knit goods at https://www.facebook.com/events/1355430191745739/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%5D%7D in ThornHill Tennessee, February 10, 2024 · See Laura's interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdeLPPgdys&list=PLK0-iqRTt8BV93JnmgcwF0gUMmooE677k&index=18 Our theme music is from http://www.bensound.com/.
The Books and Brews Podcast is the place where literature and beer meet. Each month we welcome a new guest author to read and discuss their work. Author Laura Vosika...
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The Books and Brews Podcast is the place where literature and beer meet. Each month we welcome a new guest author to read and discuss their work. Author Laura Vosika leads in-depth interviews to delve into the motivations, inspirations and preoccupations of each guest. Certified Cicerone® Michael Agnew pours beers specifically selected to pair with the writer’s work. It’s an hour of entertaining erudition that hits your mind and your mouth.
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