"It's more than responsibility. It's fear of just sucking — I don't want to write some garbage that people are going to dismiss."

John Wray's new novel Gone to the Wolves brings the world of heavy metal to the masses, following a group of young people on a nonstop ride from teenage angst to the dark recesses of doomsday cults. Wray joins us to talk about the responsibility of writing about subcultures, his vibrant characters, music you can listen to while you write and more with guest host, Jenna Seery. We end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Madyson.

This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. Poured Over is brought to you by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and the booksellers of Barnes & Noble.

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Featured Books (Episode):

Gone to the Wolves by John Wray

Godsend by John Wray

Lowboy by John Wray

The Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Y/N by Esther Yi

Louder than Hell by Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman