Keith Knight discussed his comics memoir, I Was A Teenage Michael Jackson Impersonator And Other Musical Meanderings (Keith Knight, 2023), in which he reminisces about his days playing the part of the pop idol, interspersed with wry and heartfelt musings about a variety of musicians who made an impact on him. Plus details on the Kickstarter campaign aimed at bringing his work to animated life.

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keefermadness/one-black-kid-a-keith-knight-animated-short/creator

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Sydney Martinez discusses and reads from Finding Nevada Wild: The Terrain, Culture, And People Of The Most Mysterious State In The West, a coffee table book which uses extraordinary photos and lively text to take the reader to the far reaches and hidden corners of the Silver State.

https://findingnevadawild.com/

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Angela Laverghetta discusses and reads from her novel, The Buried Knight (Dark Land Books, 2023), an urban fantasy laced with Arthurian legend, in which Genny Wylde finds herself caught up in the conflicts of the faerie realm and begins to uncover the secrets behind her ability to see the ghosts and fae who make Carson City, Nevada, their home.

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David Rondel discusses and reads from A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey Into Anxiety (Oxford University Press, 2024), which offers a wide survey of how different modes of philosophical thought have engaged with the problem of anxiety, and how anxiety may well be one of the key underpinnings of one's interest in philosophy.

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Rachael Wright discusses and reads from The Twins Of Strathnaver (Green Avenue Books, 2025), a novel set in northwest Scotland, in which twins Margaret and Hugh have to reckon with mysterious visitors in search of gold, the suspicions of their neighbors, apocalyptic rumors, and their close relationship with the village ghosts.

www.authorrachaelwright.com

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Katherine Fusco discusses and read from Hollywood's Others: Love And Limitation In The Star System (Columbia University Press, 2025), which explores the non-normative undercurrents of some of the biggest stars and productions of the 1920s and 30s, and the way media and fans engaged with these.

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Mark J. Wilson discusses and reads from his debut novel, Full Of Beans: A Back-In-Time Mystery (Redwood Publishing, LLC, 2025), about a private detective who solves crime and creates plenty of problems of his own by using a polaroid camera to traveling back in time.

www.markjwilson.com

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Bernard Schopen discusses his latest, No Great Tragedy: An Academic Novel (Luminaire Press, 2025), which follows a "neither heroic nor tragic, merely academic" Classics professor as he stumbles through the collapse of his department, the deterioration of his marriage, and a reassessment of his place in it all.

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John M. Glionna discusses and reads from Rebels And Outliers: Real Stories Of The American West (University Of Nevada Press, 2025), a collection of pieces written while a roving reporter for the LA Times and others, detailing often overlooked corners of the West and the unique, resilient people who occupy them.

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Travis Kennedy discusses and reads from his debut novel, The Whyte Python World Tour (Doubleday, 2025), wherein the CIA exploits a glam metal band as part of a psy-op to destabilize communist countries during the cold war.

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