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Bookin’

Jason Jefferies

Author interviews and book discussion with host Jason Jefferies. Presented by Page 158 Books.

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235--Bookin’ w/ Shelley Read

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2023/05/08

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Shelley Read, author of Go as a River, which is published by our friends at Spiegel & Grau. Topics of discussion include long-term projects, how the bottom of a lake is like the moon, peaches in Colorado vs. peaches in the southeastern USA, parenting towards Judgement Day, farming, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, differing concepts of home and place, rooting for drama, and much more. Copies of Go as a River can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for

27:34

234--Bookin’ w/ Kathryn Bromwich

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2023/05/01

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kathryn Bromwich, who discusses her new novel At the Edge of the Woods, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of conversation include Richard Powers' The Overstory, wilderness narratives that captivate our imaginations, a female protagonist living off the grid, how one's mind works first thing in the morning, a mountain as a sentient being, practicing one's smile in the mirror, guilt over not attending church, and much more

26:47

233--Bookin’ w/ Rita Zoey Chin

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2023/04/24

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by prize winning author Rita Zoey Chin, who discusses her new novel The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern, which is published by our friends at Melville House Publishing. Topics of conversation include writing in the COVID-era, carnivals, elephants, South Carolina, the confederate flag, 21st birthdays, Eddie Murphy, contemplating infinity, midterm elections, and much more. Copies of The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern can be purchased here with FREE

30:38

232--Bookin’ w/ Maggie Smith

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2023/04/17

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by American Poets Prize and Pushcart Prize-winning author Maggie Smith, who discusses her new memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, which is published by our friends at One Signal Publishers. Topics of conversation include the literary scene in Columbus, the phrase "tell-all", the evolution of the creative process, how to tell when something seems off, growing apart, fried pickle spears with ranch dressing, and much more. Copies of You Could Make

26:04

231--Bookin’ w/ Janice Obuchowski

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2023/04/10

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Janice Obuchowski, who discusses her new short story collection The Woods, which is published by our friends at the University of Iowa Press. Topics of discussion include authors in Middlebury, Vermont, the challenges of basing a book's setting on a town where one lives, feral cats, the spectral, confusion, the nature of time, Robert Frost, capital 'T' Truth, the Vermont Book Shop, the difference between a short story and a novel,

27:32

230--Bookin’ w/ Kate Manning

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2023/04/03

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Emmy award-winning author Kate Manning, who discusses her new novel Gilded Mountain, which is published by our friends at Scribner. Topics of conversation include Colorado, poodles in hair parlors and society clubs, similarities between Colorado and Vermont, selling beauty, writing about snow, unions in the early 1900s and in the current era, newspapers, and much more. Copies of Gilded Mountain can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of

35:57

229--Bookin’ w/ Robert Lopez

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2023/03/27

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Robert Lopez, who discusses his new novel Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include the American experience in 2023, dispatches and Dispatches, whether Puerto Rico is a part of the United States in popular opinion, turning an insult into a word of power, tennis, the pledge of allegiance, and much more. Copies of Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere can be purchased here with FREE

24:43

228--Bookin’ w/ Bill Cotter

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2023/03/20

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pushcart Prize winning author Bill Cotter, who discusses his new book The Splendid Ticket, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include the difference in writing books for children vs. writing books for adults, towns that the world has moved on from, gamblers, whether women tend to marry their fathers, the question of why Texas loves guns, the principle of Checkov's gun, gun safety, moving on from tragedy, and much

32:58

227--Bookin’ w/ Marjorie Hudson

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2023/03/13

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Marjorie Hudson, who discusses her new novel Indigo Field, which is published by our friends at Regal House Publishers. Topics of conversation include the act of reading poetry to trees, giant clouds of pollen, recognized crabbiness, whether you can ever really know someone, witchcraft, foster children' rights, and much more. Copies of Indigo Field can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

19:41

226--Bookin’ w/ Margaret Weis

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2023/03/06

On this week's Bookin', host Jason Jefferies is joined by Origins Hall of Famer and one of Pyramid's most influential people of the millennium, and co-creator of the Dragonlance saga Margaret Weis, who discusses her latest novel Dragons of Deceit, which is published by our friends at Del Rey. Topics of conversation include the growth of the fantasy genre, the popularity of D&D in the Stranger Things-era, planning for a trilogy vs. a single book, the process of co-writing with someone for 40 years,

50:03

225--Bookin’ w/ Susan Rogers

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2023/02/27

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by multi-platinum record producer and cognitive neuroscientist Susan Rogers, who discusses her new book This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You, which is published by our friends at Norton. Topics of discussion include seeing Led Zeppelin in concert, producing Prince, jamming with Miles Davis, record pulls and Listmas, Bach vs. The Shaggs, what happens in a person's mind when they listen to music, how DAWs changed music

25:15

224--Bookin’ w/ Courtney Zoffness

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2023/02/20

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Courtney Zoffness, who discusses her new book Spilt Milk, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include memoirs, parental advice, anxiety, "Hot for Teacher", ownership of one's body, organized religion, Roe v Wade, raising a boy in the current political climate, truth vs. fantasy, and much more. Copies of Spilt Milk can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

32:07

223--Bookin’ w/ Louise Willder

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2023/02/13

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Louise Willder, author of Blurb Your Enthusiasm: An A-Z of Literary Persuasion, which is published by our friends at OneWorld. Topics of conversation include T.S. Eliot, snowflakes, unfortunate titles that were left on the cutting room floor, bookselling during COVID-19, Stephen King as an underrated writer, Nicole Krauss, book cover trends, and much more. Copies of Blurb Your Enthusiasm can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore

53:01

222--Bookin’ w/ Jody Rosen

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2023/02/06

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jody Rosen, author of Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle, which is published by our friends at Crown. Topics of discussion include bicycling in the COVID-era, space travel, traveling vs. being traveled, women's emancipation movements throughout the world, bicycle pornography, e-bikes, climate change, bicycling in the winter, and much more. Copies of Two Wheels Good can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore

29:24

221--Bookin’ w/ Jon Raymond

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2023/01/30

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Oregon Book Award winner and Emmy nominee Jon Raymond, who discusses his new book Denial, which is published by our friends at Simon and Schuster. Topics of conversation include Portland's Literary Arts, the climate crisis, whether every revolution is destined to become a bureaucracy, the future of newspapers, beef and factory farming, bookstores in 2052, Mark Twain, Diego Rivera, and much more. Copies of Denial can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING

28:26

220--Bookin’ w/ Kevin Maloney

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2023/01/23

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kevin Maloney, author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of conversation include the line between fact and fiction, the fear of routine in adulthood, virginity and sex, Howl, Robotussin-induced spirit journeys, Pearl Jam vs. Sufjan Stevens, wanderlust, and much more. Copies of The Red-Headed Pilgrim can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for member of Explore More+.

32:37

219--Bookin’ w/ Dan Chaon

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2023/01/16

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Dan Chaon, who discusses his latest novel Sleepwalk, which is published by Henry Holt and Co. Topics of conversation include unreliable narrators, Hunter S. Thompson, aliases, burner phones and the desire to be untraceable, eccentric billionaires who start cultish non-profits, sperm banks, what amnesia would look like if it were a country, QAnon, and much more. Copies of Sleepwalk can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members

29:31

218--Bookin’ w/ William MacAskill

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2023/01/09

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by William MacAskill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and author of What We Owe the Future, which is published by our friends at Basic Books. Topics of discussion include thought experiments, longtermism, clean energy, climate change, artificial intelligence, professional gambling, Roe vs. Wade, value lock-in, technological stagnation, and much more. Copies of What We Owe the Future can be

24:22

217--Bookin’ w/ Andrea Barrett

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2023/01/02

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Guggenheim Fellow, NEA Fellow, MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award winning author Andrea Barrett, who discusses her new short story collection Natural History, which is published by our friends at W.W. Norton and Company. Topics of discussion include preparing to write a novel vs. a short story collection, whether you can judge a book by its cover or not, color in literature, History, weather balloons in the Civil War, the role of butterflies and

26:55

216--Bookin’ w/ Danny Ramadan

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2022/12/26

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Danny Ramadan, author of The Foghorn Echoes, which is published by our friends at Canongate. Topics of conversation include growing up as a gay man in Syria, thoughts and prayers, military indoctrination, the perception of the American military in Syria, literary ghost stories, parental shaming, Randy Orton, video games as art, and much more. Copies of The Foghorn Echoes can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING for members of Explore More+.

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