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A Book & Its Author

A podcast. About a book. With an author. Interviewed. Reading from said book.

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Michael P. Branch discusses and reads from Rants From The Hill (Roost Books, 2017), a collection of essays about (to borrow from the book’s subtitle) packrats, bobcats, wildfires, curmudgeons, a  drunken Mary Kay Lady & other encounters with the wild in Nevada’s high desert. https://michaelbranchwriter.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/8/24 • 46:10

Robert Aquinas McNally discusses and reads from Cast Out Of Eden: The Untold Story Of John Muir, Indigenous Peoples, And The American Wilderness (Bison Books, 2024), a selective biography examining the complex interplay between Muir’s love of the land and his troubling racial biases. https://www.ramcnally.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter/X: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/1/24 • 46:32

Robert Miltner discusses and reads from Horse Skull Moon (SurVision Books, 2024), a chapbook of prose poems about landscapes, the passage of time, & our place in the face of such vastness. www.pw.org/directory/writers/robert_miltner www.survisionmagazine.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter/X: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

7/25/24 • 53:27

Jared Stanley discusses and reads from So Tough (Saturnalia Books, 2024), a book-length poem deeply couched in the West, where landscapes & human lives, the banal & the extraordinary collide in both violence & in hopefulness. https://jaredstanleyinfo.wordpress.com/ https://saturnaliabooks.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

7/18/24 • 47:54

Jenn Windrow discusses her novel Evil’s Unlikely Assassin (Irreverent Publishing, 2018), the first volume in the urban fantasy Alexis Black series about a reluctant vampire charged with slaying other creatures of the night, a task carried out with a ragtag team of misfits and a heaping dose of snark. https://jennwindrow.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

7/11/24 • 33:09

Russell Jones and Jason Wrubell, the authors behind the Lewis Allan pen name, discuss and read from Mouse In The Box (Stretched Studio LLC, 2023), a legal thriller in which criminal defense attorney, Mason Mitchell, finds himself taking on two high-profile cases that rattle his faith in the system and put him in very real physical peril. https://www.mouseinthebox.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/14/24 • 58:10

Seanan McGuire discusses the eighteenth novel in the October Daye series, The Innocent Sleep (DAW Books, 2023), in which Tybalt, King of Cats, seeks to restore a reality rewritten by Titania, Mother of Illusions. And to reforge his mostly forgotten marriage to Toby Daye. https://www.seananmcguire.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/7/24 • 25:45

John Shirley discusses and reads from Axle Bust Creek (Pinnacle Books, 2022), the first novel in the Cleve Trewe western trilogy, in which our hero comes to the titular town, Axle Bust, to claim his uncle’s mine and finds corporate intrigue, merciless outlaws, and a charmingly free-thinking woman. Plus music by John Shirley and the Screaming Geezers. “All Alone When People Are Around” by John Shirley and the Screaming Geezers used with permission. https://john-shirley.com/ https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/1/24 • 47:26

Katya Cengel discusses and reads from Straitjackets And Lunch Money, a harrowing account of the authors time in a psychosomatic ward, viewed from the perspective of the 10-year-old child who underwent the experience and from that of the journalist that she would eventually become. https://katyacengel.com/ https://www.woodhallpress.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

2/22/24 • 40:10

Bernard Schopen discusses and reads from his novel Drowning In The Desert (University of Nevada Press, 2023), a “Nevada noir” in which an ex-deputy sheriff, Norman “Fats” Wrangle, sifts through the lies and corruption of the Silver State while navigating his own deeply flawed character. https://unpress.nevada.edu/ https://baobabpress.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

2/15/24 • 34:32

Casey Bell discusses and reads from Little Fury (Metatron Press, 2023), a collection of short stories wherein the naturalistic and the surreal blend to tell the tales of women seeking a sense of place, self-care, and social justice in a less-than-welcoming world. Plus music by Fine Motor. “Mother’s Lungs” by Fine Motor comes from the Exotic Fever Records LP, Half Normal. Used with permission. https://www.caseybellwriter.com/ https://metatron.press/ https://www.girlsrockreno.org/ https://www.exoticfever.com/artists.php?id=140 abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/17/23 • 70:00

Mark Arnold discusses and reads from Stars Of Walt Disney Productions (BearManor Media, 2022), a reference book detailing hundreds of performers, household names and vaguely familiar faces alike, who appeared in the studio’s movies and TV shows from 1929 to 1983. https://bearmanor-digital.myshopify.com// abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/10/23 • 39:58

John Mulhouse discusses and reads from Still Lives, New Mexico: Unmarked Graves In The Land Of Enchantment, a collection of photographs by Richard Baron (& text by Mulhouse), evoking uncertain lives and unknown stories of those who lived and died in the sparse landscapes on New Mexico. https://cityofdust.com/still-lives/ https://cityofdust.blogspot.com/ Facebook: cityofdustnm Instagram: cityofdustnm   abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/3/23 • 39:25

Marc Laidlaw discusses and reads from his novel, Underneath The Oversea, the culmination of the Gorlen Vizenfirthe stories, about a gargoyle-handed bard, a human-handed gargoyle, and the family that they’ve built in the fantastical world of Ique. “Sombre Hombre” by Marc Laidlaw comes from the independently released EP, Sombre Hombre. Used with permission. https://www.marclaidlaw.com/ https://uvlamprey.bandcamp.com/album/sombre-hombre abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

7/27/23 • 77:26

Huckleberry Rahr discusses and reads from Wolf Healer, the first book in the Jade Stone Chronicles, which explores the struggles of self-definition, community, & acceptance associated with teenage, LGBTQ identity, & living with a werewolf pack. https://huckleberryauthor.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

7/20/23 • 40:44

Jill Creech Bauer discusses & reads from The Soul’s Echo: Thirteen Pieces Of Short Fiction (Jill Creech Bauer, 2021), a collection of stories, some speculative, some literary, all steeped in deep empathy for those struggling to face the challenges of life & human connections. abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/16/23 • 53:56

Danny Nielsen discusses and reads from Straight Flossin’ And Other Stories Of The American West (Whistling Rabbit Press, 2022), a collection of essays about the author’s wanderings through landscapes filled with punishing heat, ornery skunks, menacing wildfires, and strange stewards of the desert. https://www.whistlingrabbitpress.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/9/23 • 35:36

Robert Aquinas McNally discusses and reads from The Modoc War: A Story Of Genocide At The Dawn Of America’s Gilded Age (Bison Books, 2017), which tells of the U. S. government’s violent 1872-1873 campaign to at first remove and then to extinguish the indigenous Modoc people in what would become California’s only full-blown Indian war. www.ramcnally.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/2/23 • 47:33

Claire Stanford discusses and reads from Happy For You, a novel which follows Evelyn Kominsky Kumamoto as she struggles to navigate what it means to be happy in regards to relationships, ethnicity, and working for the third-most popular internet company to develop an app to define, quantify, and augment…happiness. www.clairestanford.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

2/23/23 • 41:27

Sholeh Wolpé discusses and reads from Abacus Of Loss: A Memoir In Verse (The University Of Arkansas Press, 2022), which blends forms to explore the nature of memory and examine the author’s tumultuous life, its losses & gains, its downfalls & windfalls, its subtractions & additions. www.sholehwolpe.com www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/videos/2022/10/spotlight-birds-sholeh-wolpe www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iHMAZwYrhw&t=10s abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

2/16/23 • 35:20

Jacci Turner discusses and reads from her new YA novel, Tree Singer (Lucky Bat Books, 2021), which tells the story of fifteen-year-old Mayten, sent on an unexpected quest to confront an unnatural blight on the forests, a journey that also reveals secrets about her world and herself. www.jacciturner.com www.luckybatbooks.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

9/8/22 • 32:51

Shwa Laytart discusses and reads from F*d-Up Poetry For F*d-Up People In F*d-Up Times (AvantPop Publishing, 2021), a collection of verse that weaves comedy and activism to reflect upon environmentalism, family, music, food, social justice, and more. www.avantpopbooks.com shwalaytart.contently.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

9/1/22 • 34:53

Suzanne Roberts discusses and reads from Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, And Other Difficulties (University of Nebraska Press, 2022), a collection of essays that explore, in deeply personal ways, how we deal with the distresses of loss, illness, relationships, travel, and the limitations of our physical beings. https://www.suzanneroberts.net/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/25/22 • 35:21

Mark Maynard discusses and reads from Grind (Torrey House Press, 2012), a collection of stories based in and around Reno, Nevada, depicting the unique relationship of the city with an array of characters seeking to come to terms with their place, geographically and personally. https://www.markmaynard.info/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/18/22 • 51:19

Katya Cengel discusses and reads from Bluegrass Baseball: A Year In The Minor League Life (University of Nebraska Press, 2012), which introduces us to the uncertain life – the hopes, dreams, triumphs, & disappointments – of minor league players, staff, fans and families. https://katyacengel.com/ Katya Cengel on Ukraine: https://lithub.com/when-stories-arent-enough-how-do-you-write-about-the-war-in-ukraine/ The New Voice Of Ukraine: https://english.nv.ua/donate Sveta’s Light: https://svetaslight.wordpress.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

8/11/22 • 54:51

John M. Mulhouse discusses and reads from Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, And Hidden History (America Through Time, 2020), which explores the land of enchantment’s forgotten corners and the stories that they tell. Plus music by Naked Raygun. “Living In The Good Times” by Naked Raygun comes from the Wax Trax! Release, Over The Overlords. Used with permission. https://www.facebook.com/cityofdustnm https://cityofdust.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/NRpunk abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

4/7/22 • 40:22

Leslie Cook discusses and reads from her debut novel, Ethereal’s Call (Cook/Fulton Books, 2021), about a young, headstrong woman, raised by witches and swept into a world of fae, where she faces all manner of fantastic creatures and begins to learn secrets about her own past and family history. https://www.etherealscall.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/31/22 • 41:27

Jill Creech Bauer discusses and reads from The Nine Lives Of John Aslin (Jill Creech Bauer, 2020), a non-fiction novel about a man sentenced to life in prison for an accidental death, and about the personal and family history underlying the incident and its repercussions. Plus, an interview with John Eric Aslin. https://jillcreechbauer.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/24/22 • 51:51

Curtis Bradley Vickers discusses and reads from This Here Is Devil’s Work: A Novel (University Of Nevada Press, 2021), which presents a harrowing braided narrative of wildfire “hotshots” and cattle rustlers in the New West. https://curtisbradleyvickers.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/17/22 • 46:04

Michael P. Branch discusses and reads from On The Trail Of The Jackalope: How A Legend Captured The World’s Imagination And Helped Us Cure Cancer (Pegasus Books, 2022), which documents the cultural and scientific impact of horned rabbits, both real (?) and imagined. https://michaelbranchwriter.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Twitter: @it_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Instagram: a_book_and_its_author

3/10/22 • 39:23