Bookin’

Jan 21 2025 200 ep. 33 mins 6

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Author interviews and literary news w/ host Jason Jefferies. Presented by Explore Booksellers.

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322--Bookin' w/ Andy Corren

Jan 21 2025 35 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Andy Corren, author of Dirtbag Queen, which is published by our friends at Grand Central Publishing. Topics of conversation include bookstores in New York, obituaries, the right side of Fayetteville, nice furniture rooms, a child's perception of enormous riches, Donnie and Marie Osmond vs. RuPaul, and much more. Signed copies of Dirtbag

321--Bookin' w/ Julian Zabalbeascoa

Jan 15 2025 39 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Julian Zabalbeascoa, author of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include the Two Dollar Radio tattoo club, the Spanish Civil War, parallels between pre-WWII Spain and the United States of America in 2025, individual liberties as great threats, James Joyce's Ulyss

320--Bookin' w Paul Jones

Dec 22 2024 36 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by the legendary poet Paul Jones, who discusses his new collection Something Necessary, which is published by our friends at Redhawk Publications. Topics of conversation include the Arch Mission Foundation, support for an author community, musical writing, the place of poetry in a bookstore, seeing a poem in a piece of bread, and much more.

319--Child of Godcast w/ Dan Hawkins

Dec 15 2024 85 mins

This week, Dan Hawkins and Jason Jefferies talk about Cormac McCarthy's Child of God by way of the recent Vanity Fair article that exposes Cormac McCarthy's relationship with Augusta Britt, which started when she was age 14-16. Discusses are issues of art vs. the artist, artists versus politicians, thinks that are "of their time" and many more minefields. Copies of Child of God can

318--Bookin' w/ David Aldridge

Dec 08 2024 38 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning journalist David Aldridge in a discussion about The Basketball 100: The Story of the Greatest Players in NBA History, which is published by our friends at William Morrow. Topics of conversation include the shot clock, ACC basketball, analytics, how to accurately rank active players, Steph Curry vs. Larry Bird, Manu Ginobli

317--BERSERKcast with Gaelan Bergstrom and Ben Diehl

Dec 01 2024 38 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Gaelan Bergstrom and Ben Diehl is a conversation about Berserk by Kentaro Miura. Topics of conversation include the first arc of Berserk, Japanese pop-culture, radiation, the place of manga in a bookstore, and much more! Copies of Berserk can be ordered here from Page 158 Books in Waker Forest, NC. Happy reading!

316--Bookin' w/ Andrew K. Clark

Nov 24 2024 21 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Andrew K. Clark, author of Where Dark Things Grow, which is published by our friends at Cowboy Jamboree Press. Topics of conversation include growing up in the midst of the eternal battle between good and evil, ancestry, the years between World War I and World War II, wulvers, magic, genre fiction vs literary fiction, monsters and Jesus,

315--Bookin' w/ John Hendrix

Nov 17 2024 29 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning and bestselling writer and illustrator John Hendrix, who discuss his new book The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, which is published by our friends at Abrams. Topics of conversation include Missouri, friendship, Norse Mythology, methodologies, genre fiction, lions and wizards, The Gre

314--Bookin' w/ Sam Sax

Nov 10 2024 31 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Sam Sax, author of Yr Dead, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include ITALIC lecturers, trigger warnings, queer planets, a myth buried in blood, Apple stores, books as objects, text message conversations in literature, laser discs, the human ritual, belonging, and much more. Copies of Yr Dead can be

313--Bookin' w/ Dan Hawkins and Outer Dark

Nov 03 2024 46 mins

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Dan Hawkins for a conversation about Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark, the second episode in an ongoing series that will feature a read through of McCarthy's works. Topics of conversation include second novels, imagery, hell, the most American religion, brothers and sisters, how you know when a book is a western, and much more. Copies of Out