Jenny sits down in the Reading Envy Pub with author and publisher Jon Sealy. After we talk about the state of publishing and Jon's current projects, we also discuss books we've read and liked recently. Some books are just better in audio, some are necessarily dark, while others clear away the gloom. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 169: Simulacrum with Jon Sealy Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: The Overstory by Richard Powers The Circle of Karma by Kunzang Choden Faithful Place by Tana French The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein The Restaurant of Love Regained by Ito Ogawa, translated by David Karashima Other mentions: Jenny's trip to the South Carolina Book Festival in 2014 (where she saw Jon Sealy talk about his book right before a panel of Pat Conroy's siblings) The Whiskey Baron by Jon Sealy Hub City Press Eureka Mill by Ron Rash Like a Family by Jacquelyne Dowd Hall et al Fate Moreland's Widow by John Lane The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash The Edge of America by Jon Sealy Haywire Books Hummingbird House by Patricia Henley Firebird by Mark Powell Small Treasons by Mark Powell The Good Luck Stone by Heather Bell Adams The Echo Maker by Richard Powers Orfeo by Richard Powers In the Woods by Tana French The Witch Elm by Tana French My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Neopolitan Novels #1) Chocolat by Joanne Harris Tiny Love: The Complete Stories of Larry Brown by Larry Brown (forthcoming) All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Related Episodes: Episode 012 - Some Bookers and Some Madness  Episode 024 - The Attention of Humanity with guests Seth Wilson and Barret Newman  Episode 130 - All the Jennifers with Fern Ronay Episode 167 - Book Pendulum with Reggie Stalk us online: Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Jon on Twitter Jon on Facebook Jon's website with tour info Haywire Books website Haywire Books on Facebook Some of these links are Amazon affiliate links, where I do get a minor kickback when people click on them. But many of the links on today's post link to the small presses publishing the books, and although I receive no kickback on those links, I would love for you to support those publishers and writers.