Between his work as an ad writer and software developer, Mark Barr worked on a classic tale set in 1930s Tennessee that would become his debut novel, WATERSHED. He talks to James about being a Southern voice, identifying as a meat-and-potatoes stylist, setting quotas for his writing, breaking problems down into their smallest components, and fudging the details. Then, Tavia Gilbert discusses being an audiobook narrator.

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Mark Barr: https://www.readmarkbarr.com/

Buy WATERSHED: Buy WATERSHED

Mark and James discuss:

Southern Independent Booksellers Association

The Charles Frazier Cold Mountain Series Fund

Meg Reid

Betsy Teter

Malaprop's Bookstore/ Cafe

THE PRETTIEST STAR by Carter Sickels

CBGBs

THE NEXT GREATEST THING: FIFTY YEARS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN AMERICA by Richard A. Pence and Patrick Dahl

New Coke

Harry Potter

The Engineering Library and UT-Austin

Tennessee River

Falstaff

Karmann Ghia

Raytheon

Scholastic Book Club

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster

Terry Brooks

B. Dalton Bookstore

THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner

Flannery O'Connor

Eudora Welty

William Gay

SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy

Ron Rash

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Tavia Gilbert: http://taviagilbert.com/

Tavia and James discuss:

The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Maine School of Art

NERVES OF STEEL by Captain Tammy Jo Shults

THE MEN AND THE GIRLS by Joanna Trollope narrated by Davina Porter

LIBRARY JOURNAL

FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER: A DAUGHTER OF CAMBODIA REMEMBERS by Loung Ung

BEING MEAN: A MEMOIR OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SURVIVAL by Patricia Eagle

BE FRANK WITH ME by Julia Claiborne Johnson

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