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AOT #200: David Wroblewski Podcasts The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

David Wroblewski reads from and discusses the new paperback edition of his extraordinary debut novel The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Filled with breathtaking scenes-the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain-The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a meditation on the limits of language and what lies beyond, a brilliantly inventive retelling of an ancient story, and an epic tale of devotion,... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #199: Zachary Lazar Podcasts Evening’s Empire

Zachary Lazar, whose novel Sway was named one of the Best Books of 2008 by Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications, reads from and discusses his new book Evening’s Empire: The Story of My Father’s Murder. When he was just six years old, Lazar’s father, Edward, was shot dead by hit men in a Phoenix, Arizona, parking garage. The year was 1975, a time when, according to the Arizona Republic, “land-fraud artists... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #198: Lucinda Scala Quinn Podcasts Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys

Born to a family that always cared about food, Lucinda Scala Quinn started cooking professionally as a teenager. She has worked as a chef, cooking teacher, caterer, and food writer. She is Executive Food Director for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and she appears regularly on NBC’s Today and Martha, as well as co-hosting PBS’s Everyday Food. Quinn discusses her new book Mad Hungry: Feeding Men & Boys. With four hungry brothers,... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #197: T. A. Barron Podcasts Merlin’s Dragon: Doomraga’s Revenge

T.A. Barron is the award-winning author of fantasy novels such as The Lost Years of Merlin epic–soon to be a major motion picture. He serves on a variety of environmental and educational boards including The Nature Conservancy and The Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, and is the founder of a national award for heroic children. Barron reads from and discusses his new book Merlin’s Dragon: Doomraga’s Revenge, in which Basil becomes... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #196: Elizabeth Beckwith Podcasts Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation

Successful actress, stand-up comedienne, and television writer Elizabeth Beckwith reads from and discusses her hilarious first book Raising the Perfect Child through Guilt and Manipulation. A frequent guest on The Late, Late Show and one of seven comics featured in the Time magazine article, “Funny: The Next Generation,” Beckwith now puts forth a hilarious new parenting philosophy that would shock Dr. Spock and traumatize T. Berry Brazelton.... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #195: Karl Alexander Podcasts Jaclyn the Ripper

In Karl Alexander’s book Time After Time, H.G. Wells used his time machine to chase after Jack the Ripper who was on a killing spree in 1979 San Francisco. After H.G. met Amy Catherine Robbins, the love of his life, and banished the serial killer to the indefinite future, H.G. and Amy returned to 1893 London, believing they could live happily ever after. But that wasn’t the end of the story. Alexander reads from and discusses his sequel to Time... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #194: Brandon Sanderson Podcasts The Gathering Storm

The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan’s editor–his wife, Harriet McDougal–to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, so The Gathering Storm is the first of three... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #193: Jonathan Lethem Podcasts Chronic City

Jonathan Lethem, the acclaimed author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude, reads from and discusses his new book Chronic City, a gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies. Like Manhattan itself, Lethem’s newest masterpiece is beautiful and tawdry, tragic and forgiving, devastating and antic, a stand-in for the whole world and a place utterly unique. ($27.95) Doubleday... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #192: Eoin Colfer Podcasts And Another Thing…

Eoin Colfer is the author of the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series. His books have won several awards, including the British Children’s Book of the Year, the German Children’s Book of the Year, and a Betelgeusean Bloater award for shortest newcomer, which he keeps in his head as it is radioactive and scares the children. Colfer reads from and discusses And Another Thing…, the rather unexpected, but very welcome,... [Listen to this podcast]

AOT #191: James Ellroy Podcasts Blood’s a Rover

James Ellroy, author of the internationally bestselling L.A. Quartet novels-The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz-as well as many other bestselling mysteries and a critically acclaimed memoir, reads from and discusses his new book Blood’s a Rover. Summer, 1968. Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy are dead. The assassination conspiracies have begun to unravel. And fate has placed three men at the vortex of history.... [Listen to this podcast]

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