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It's Volume 8 of Behind the Rain! I've got 11 poems from 10 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. 

Here's the lineup for this edition of the anthology:

April and Winter - Aubrey Green

• Facebook: @BlueCloverEditing
• Website: www.bluecloverediting.com

Local News From Where We Met - Seth Copeland

• BlueSky: @brushwithseth.bsky.social
• Website: https://neutralspaces.co/seth_t_copeland/

Unhatched and Broken - David Jennings

• Facebook: @DJennPhotos
• Website: davidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.com

And I See It Clearly - Abagail Pappas

• Instagram: @actually_belle

Gut Shot - Brand Rackley

• Instagram: @brandrackley 

Approaching Seventy - Ron Wallace

• Website: www.ronwallacepoetry.com

Murrah - Paul Juhasz

• Facebook: Paul Juhasz Author

Next Time - Holly Jahangiri

• Facebook: @author.hollyjahangiri
• Website: https://jahangiri.us/2020

Trying - Clay Mattox

• Instagram: @madoc_grams_literature

Untitled #5 - Jes McCutchen

• Instagram: @jesmwrites
• Website: jesmccutchenwrites.com 

If you'd like to submit a poem for consideration for Volume Nine of Behind the Rain (releasing July 15, 2024), visit okiebookcast.com/behindtherain for details. Submission deadline is June 15!

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Hannah and I are joined by Andie Schulz to talk about what we've been reading and why you might love it. We cover everything from mind-bending horror to sweeping space operas to warm fuzzy rom-coms. There may also be some conversation about elements that would go into a YNGR Drinking Game.

Enjoy the conversation and let us know your thoughts on the books we discuss.

Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram

Discussed on the Show:

Andie
Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarity
The Girl in Cabin 13 - A.J. Rivers
The Long Game - Elena Armas
All the Missing Girls - Megan Miranda

Hannah
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
Ask For Andrea - Noelle Ihli
Episode Thirteen - Craig Dilouie
Monster - Walter Dean Myers

J
This New Dark - Chase Dearinger
After World - Debbie Urbanski
Eyes of the Void - Adrian Tchaikovsky
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski

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Welcome to Chapter 59!
My guest is author and poet, Paul Juhasz. A graduate of the Red Earth M.F.A., Paul’s work has appeared in several literary journals, most recently Concho River Review, Poetry Quarterly, Oklahoma Review and Main Street Rag. He has served as curator and coordinator of the Woody Guthrie Poets since 2020. He has four books, including his most recent - As If Place Matters - a collection of short fiction.
In our conversation we talk about all of Paul’s work across genres and forms and his approach to connecting his lived experiences to his writing. We also get into how he unravels problems in his writing. This is a great conversation for readers and writers alike with some important things to say about how our history informs what we create. Quick content note: We talk about coping with childhood trauma and self-harm so please be aware of that content going into the conversation.

Connect with Paul: Instagram | Facebook

Paul's Books:
Fulfillment: Diary of a Warehouse Picker
Ronin
The Inner Life of Comics
As If Place Matters

Mentioned on the show:
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Joseph Conrad
Lou Berney
Jeannetta Calhoun Mish
Letters to Wendy’s - Joe Wenderoth
Fine Dog Press
TC Boyle
Cormac McCarthy
Dave Eggers
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
No Country for Old Men - Corman McCarthy

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I'm joined by the host of Fave Five From Fans, Jamie Ray, to talk about the film adaptation of the Richard Bachman / Stephen King classic - The Running Man. We talk about the book and the film and all of the many (so many) ways in which the two are different. It's a celebration of spandex and catchphrases - all of the 80s Arnold magic you can stand.
If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you haven't read or seen it, you're going to want to by the time we're through.
Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong).

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Welcome to Chapter 58! We've got a Round Table talking about all things romance writing. It's a fun and thoughtful conversation with something for everyone - even those of you (like me) who don't typically read romance.

Magen Runyan - Podcaster (3 Book Girls) and Bookstagrammer
Connect with Magen: Instagram | 3 Book Girls

Clay Mattox - Bookstagrammer
Connect with Clay: Instagram | Book Bros OK

Collette Carmon - Author and VP of ORWG
Connect with Collette: website | Facebook | Instagram 

Sabrina A. Fish - Author and President of ORWG
Connect with Sabrina: website | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

Mentioned on the Show:
Icebreaker - Hannah Grace
Book Lovers - Emily Henry
Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Canas
A Game of Gods - Scarlett St. Clair
Under the Dome - Stephen King
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told - Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally
Cold Blood - Marnie Vinge
Vampire Queen's Search - Sabrina A. Fish
How the Penguins Saved Veronica - Hazel Prior
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
Nalini Singh
Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson
Butcher and Blackbird - Brynne Weaver
Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

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Looking for great books? We've got you covered!

Our guest is Bookstagrammer Grace Filer who runs the "If Books Could Thrill" book club in OKC.

Connect with Grace: Instagram | If Books Could Thrill IG

Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram

Recommendations in this episode:

Grace
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death - Maggie O’Farrell
The Swimmers - Julie Otsuka
Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova 
The Midnight Club - Christopher Pike

Hannah
A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas
Nestlings - Nat Cassidy
The September House - Carissa Orlando
Holes - Louis Sachar

J
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Starter Villain - John Scalzi
Chain Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Ringworld - Larry Niven

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Welcome to Chapter 57! My guest today is Missy Hancock. 
Missy describes herself as a wife of one, mom of six, and grammy of one. She’s lived in Oklahoma since she was ten and is happily settled in Guthrie, America. She says her motto in life is to live by love, not by fear. In the fall of 2023 Missy released three books in her Ele Charmichael series, under her pen name - M. Sparks Clark.

We have a fun conversation about her work, self-publishing, staying true to your characters, and, of course, Bigfoot. 

Connect with Missy: website | Instagram | TikTok

Mentioned on the Show

Ele Carmichael series - Missy Hancock
Holly Samson Hall
The Floating Bookshop
The Scent Keeper - Erica Bauermeister
Liane Moriarty
Kelly Harms
Amy E. Riechert
Kathrine Center
Louise Miller
Beth O’Leary
Other Birds | The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen
Heather Webber
A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman
Phaedra Patrick
Madeleine L’ Engle Time Quartet
Codex Alera series - Jim Butcher
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

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It's Volume 7 of Behind the Rain! I've got 11 poems from 9 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. 

Here's the lineup for this edition of the anthology:

Pretty Wordy - Rachel Waters

• Instagram: @rachelwaters.co
• Website: https://rachelwaters.co/poet/

Let It Burn - Brand Rackley

• Instagram: @brandrackley 

Tornado Alley - Holly Jahangiri

• Facebook: @author.hollyjahangiri
• Website: https://jahangiri.us/2020

Yoked - MAC Woods

• Instagram: @mac_since1985

To Nowhere and Blue Balloon - Ruth Key

Cherry Creek - Andrew Gilman

• Instagram: @andrewmorrisgilman

Return to the Sea - Abagail Pappas

• Instagram: @actually_belle

My Power - Sydney Aerin

• Instagram: @sydneysometimes

What He'd Done - David Jennings

• Facebook: @DJennPhotos
• Website: davidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.com

New Year's Musings - Rachel Waters

• Instagram: @rachelwaters.co
• Website: https://rachelwaters.co/poet/

If you'd like to submit a poem for consideration for Volume Eight of Behind the Rain (releasing April 15, 2024), visit okiebookcast.com/behindtherain for details. Submission deadline is March 15!

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I'm joined by author and podcaster, Betsey Kulakowski, to talk about the 1974 film adaptation of an Oklahoma classic - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. We talk about the book and the film and ways in which the movie got it "right" and a place or two where it might have missed the mark. Spoiler alert, I've got some strong thoughts on that front.
If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you haven't read or seen it, you're going to want to by the time we're through.
Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong).

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Welcome to Chapter 56!
Today I get to introduce you to the owner of one of the great comic shops in Oklahoma - Buck Berlin from New World Comics in OKC. New World has been a fixture in Oklahoma City for decades and Buck has been its owner and chaos coordinator for the last couple of those. 
In our conversation we cover:

• The origins of the store and what it has to offer
• The comic creation scene in Oklahoma
• The role Buck and a group of superhero cosplayers perform in the community
• Advice for those just getting interested in comics
• What to expect when you walk into a comic shop for the first time
• The value of comics for reluctant readers
• the significance of comics as a medium for storytelling

Connect with Buck at New World Comics: Facebook

New World Comic Con: website

Titles and Creators Mentioned on the Show:
Watchmen - Alan Moore
Maus - Art Spiegelman
Charles Martin / Literati Press
Glamorella’s Daughter - Charles Martin and Jerry Bennett
Heathen - Natasha Alterici
The Black-Jack Demon - Nick Hermes
We Promised Utopia
Scud the Disposable Assassin - Harmon, Carter, Schrab, Grey
Arsenic Lullaby
Daniel Warren Johnson
Kyle Starks
Stan Lee

Characters Mentioned on the Show:
Superman
Batman
The Crow
Blade
XMen
Spiderman
Captain America
Mr. Fantastic / Fantastic Four
Guardians of the Galaxy
Red Tornado
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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