Green House Prayer Group

The first half of our second episode features readings from Jameson Draper, Owen Edwards, and Adam Voith, who read from across Recommended If You Like, his second novel and the most recent release from Little Engines. The latter half of the episode features Adam and Calvin Cummings discussing Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair, the American Protestantism they grew up in, Adam’s career as a booking agent, his novel, and how George Saunders should invest his Substack money.

This reading was one of the stops on Adam’s tour of the US in support of his novel. You can read some of his reflections on the tour, which just finished, here.

0:00 - 1:20 - Music, hello’s, housekeeping, “This is such a beautiful crowd…”

1:21 - 13:00 - Jameson Draper reads two stories set in Michigan.

13:01 - 24:00 - Owen Edwards reads about the life of a pun.

24:01 - 49:54 - Adam Voith reads from across Recommended If You Like, tells stories from tours both past and present, of both music and literature.

49:55 - 50:11 - Music

50:12 - 2:14:53 - Conversation between Adam and Calvin.

2:14:54 - 2:15:12 - Music

GHPG’s first podcast ep. First hour or so are the readings from Sam, Sylvia, Tom, Maya, Calvin, and Nico, and the final hour and fifteen is a conversation between Calvin and Tom. Here’s what to expect:

* 0:00 - 4:20 - Intro music, GHPG housekeeping

* 4:21 - 14:47 - Sam Farhi reads from The Sapsuckers, his debut novel. You can find links to purchase it on his website.

* 14:47 - 22:36 - Sylvia Jones reads from Dope Calisthenics, her second poetry collection, which is out in a few days on October 13th. You can pre-order the collection here.

* 22:36 - 30:11 - Tom Ianelli reads from an unpublished, untitled story. You can read his story “Healthy Modern Boys,” published by Volume 0 in their 15th issue and on their Substack.

* 30:11 - 30:49 - Music

* 30:50 - 39:30 - Maya Martinez reads from her Peter Books Press chapbook, Three Stories, which can be purchased here.

* 39:31 - 52: 10 - Calvin Cummings reads from his Peter Books Press chapbook, Gifts of the Spirit, which can be purchased here.

* 52:10 - 1:03: 50 - Nico Lou Monheim Carrasquillo reads from her Peter Books Press chapbook, Three Stories, which can be purchased here.

* 103:51 - 1:06:04 - Final thank you’s and goodbyes, music

* 1:06:05 - 2:20:25 - The morning after the reading, Tom and Calvin talk on Calvin’s front porch about typos, psychedelic experience, the scammers at the Eiffel Tower, giving your work away for free, and the future of Peter Books Press.

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