Okie Bookcast
The Okie Bookcast is dedicated to helping curious readers like you find your next great read by connecting you to Oklahoma authors and stories. The show features monthly interviews with contributors to the reading life of Oklahoma - it might be an author, publisher, librarian, reader, bookseller, or other figure. In addition to interviews, the show has a monthly book conversation full of reviews and recommendations. New episodes drop on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Connect with Okie Bookcast on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok - @okiebookcast.
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Short Fiction and Springsteen w/ Author Rilla Askew
Welcome to Chapter 63! My guest should be a familiar voice to long-time listeners - Rilla Askew joined me for Chapter 30 to talk about her novel, Prize for the Fire. She's back to talk about her new collection of short stories: The Hungry and the Haunted, available from Belle Point Press on September 17.
Rilla is the author of multiple novels, story collections, and creative non-fiction. She's the recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award and the American Book Award, among other honors.
In our conversation we talk about her short fiction and her novels, her use of place in her fiction, and we spend some time celebrating the incredible literary culture of Oklahoma.
Connect with Rilla: website | Instagram
Conversation with Casie Dodd from Belle Point Press (C. 55)
Conversation with Rob Roensch (C. 53)
Mentioned on the Show:
Prize for the Fire - Rilla Askew
Belle Point Press (order The Hungry and the Haunted)
In the Morning, the City is the Prairie - Rob Roensch
Ben Myers
Best American Short Stories (2023)
I Can Hear Everything from Here - Mark Walling
Bruce Springsteen
William Faulkner
James Baldwin
Wolf Hall Trilogy - Hillary Mantel
okiebookcast.com/bookstores - The list of Oklahoma independent bookstores
Connect with J: website | TikTok | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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Music by JuliusH
