The Talking Book Podcast

A new reading from Claire Hopple's novella Tell Me How You Really Feel.

Go and get the book and enjoy your life: https://tellmehowyoureallyfeel.maudlinhouse.net/

Uncle Errol throws a funeral for himself. Bootsie spies on her own husband. Joe's band dresses in costumes and plays instruments from elementary school music class. Marco is tired of people shouting “Polo!” over his shoulder. Mallory unlocks the doors between hotel suites in case the person beside her is also searching and alone. Denise eats crayons and goes missing. Gary tries to legally change his name to get back at his sworn enemy. Tell Me How You Really Feel is the only novella set in the municipality of Murrysville, Pennsylvania.

The following is an excerpt from Brad Phillips' forthcoming novel, set to be published by Tyrant Books in 2021. Check out his book Essays and Fictions at the links below.

Print

https://store.nytyrant.com/products/essays-and-fictions-by-brad-phillips

Audio

https://thetalkingbook.org/essays-and-fictions

A reading from the novel True Love by Sarah Gerard. Out now from Harper.

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/true-love-sarah-gerard

Nina is a struggling writer, a college drop-out, a liar, and a cheater. More than anything she wants love. She deserves it.

From the burned-out suburbs of Florida to the anonymous squalor of New York City, she eats through an incestuous cast of characters in search of it: her mother, a narcissistic lesbian living in a nudist polycule; Odessa, a single mom with even worse taste in men than Nina; Seth, an artist whose latest show is comprised of three Tupperware containers full of trash; Brian, whose roller-coaster affair with Nina is the most stable “relationship” in his life; and Aaron, an aspiring filmmaker living at home with his parents, with whom Nina begins to write her magnum opus.

Brad Phillips is a well-known artist and is author of Essays and Fictions from Tyrant Books. Listen to him read an excerpt from his new novel, then go to thetalkingbook.org, and get his audiobook. https://thetalkingbook.org/essays-and-fictions

Alex Higley reads his story Parkway, which was originally published here: https://bluestemarchive.wordpress.com/parkway

Alex Higley is the author of Cardinal and Old Open, which is also an audiobook from The Talking Book. Check out his work at https://alexhigleywriter.com

NICOLETTE POLEK is a writer from Cleveland, Ohio. She is a recipient of the 2019 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. Imaginary Museums is her debut collection and you should get it here: https://softskull.com/dd-product/imaginary-museums/

As always thanks to Keegan Grandbois, Holler Boys, and Alec Sturgis for the fantastic music. <3

A reading from Dreams of Being by Michael J. Seidlinger. https://dreamsofbeing.maudlinhouse.net/

A writer walks New York City searching for a story, inspiration, anything to give him some direction. While navigating the busier blocks of Times Square, he stumbles upon a restaurant opening and an enigmatic man named Jiro protesting the grand opening. Believing it’s the only way to maintain Jiro’s interest, he claims to be a director, someone interested in developing a project that reveals to the world Jiro’s unseen culinary talent. Eventually, the truth comes out, and he comes face-to-face with what it means to be creative in a passionless world.

I talked to Big Bruiser Dope Boy before everyone had to stay inside all the time. We had a nice chat. HIs reading at the end is great. Go get his books. Please!

https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/big-bruiser-dope-boy-foghorn-leghorn

https://www.amazon.com/Your-First-Boyfriend-Other-Poems/dp/1944866485

Something cool! Kris was lucky enough to go on WPVM 103.7 and chat writing and The Talking Book. Kris reads a story and plays a clip from Everday Ubuntu by Mungi Ngomane.

Jazz On A Summer's Day is a radio show hosted by Sebastian Mathews. You can listen to every Tuesday from 3-5pm on 103.7, Asheville. Thanks so much again to Sebastian Mathews and the station for having us on!

The Dove Hunter is a four-part series about a man going to his family's hunting ranch in west Texas during different stages of his life. This episode is called Spring: The Young Child Peeks Through The Cracks. It was written and recorded by Joe Kamm. He is a writer and musician, and also runs The ZeroPoint Fiction Podcast.