Books on the Bed Podcast
1) Damon Young
This week we visit with Damon Young in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh writer DAMON YOUNG’s debut memoir, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays (Ecco), won t...Show More
2) Kevin Brockmeier
This week we visit with Kevin Brockmeier in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. In addition to his latest book, The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories, Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the nov...Show More
3) Jen Fawkes
This week we visit with Jen Fawkes in her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. Jen Fawkes is the author of Daughters of Chaos, a literary alternate history in which a female Union spy discovers a secre...Show More
4) Amy Le Ann Richardson
This week we visit with Amy Le Ann Richardson in Carter County, Kentucky. Amy Le Ann Richardson earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University (‘09) and is the author of two poetry chapboo...Show More
5) Kristen Renee Miller
This week we visit with Kristen Renee Miller in Louisville, Kentucky. KRISTEN RENEE MILLER is the director and editor-in-chief at Sarabande Books. An award-winning poet and translator, she is a 2023 N...Show More
6) Isa Arsén
This week we visit with Isa Arsén in San Antonio, Texas. Isa Arsén is a certified bleeding heart based in South Texas, where she lives with her spouse and a comically small dog. Her work has been feat...Show More
7) Naomi Shihab Nye
This week we visit with Naomi Shihab Nye in San Antonio, Texas. Naomi Shihab Nye describes herself as a “wandering poet.” She has spent more than 40 years traveling the country and the world to lead w...Show More
8) Elizabeth Crook
Elizabeth Crook is the author of six novels: The Raven’s Bride and Promised Lands, The Night Journal, Monday, Monday, The Which Way Tree, and The Madstone. In 2023 Elizabeth received the prestigious T...Show More
9) Henry Wise
This week we visit with Henry Wise in Staunton, Virginia. Henry is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Mississippi MFA program. A writer across multiple genres, his poe...Show More
10) Glenn Taylor
This week we visit with Glenn Taylor in Morgantown, West Virginia. Glenn Taylor’s fourth novel, "The Songs of Betty Baach" won the 2023 Juniper Prize in Fiction. His first novel, "The Ballad of Trench...Show More