Schedule for the Week of July 27, 2015

M-F, 12:30 p.m.

Mon, July 27 -  Sophie Littlefield "A Bad Day for Mercy"

Tue, July 28 - Stuart Dill "Murder on Music Row"

Wed, July 29 -  Ace Atkins "The Redeemers"
Thu, July 30 - Rick Gavin "Ranchero"
Fri, July 31  - Daniel Friedman "Don't Ever Get Old"

Saturday, August 1

6:00 p.m. - Martin Clark "The Jezebel Remedy"
6:30 p.m. -  Matthew Guinn "The Resurrectionist"

Podcast - Ace Atkins

Ace Atkins is a former newspaper journalist and current writer of crime fiction. He started off with a series about the New Orleans private eye Nick Travers. Then he moved on to a quartet of critically acclaimed novels based on historic true crimes. Currently, he is continuing the Spenser series for the Robert B Parker estate, as well as writing his own series based in the northern Mississippi county of Tibbeha, the newest of which is 
The Redeemers.

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Book Talk Schedule for the Week of July 20, 2015

M-F, 12:30 p.m.

Mon, July 20 -  Karin Slaughter "Fractured"
Tue, July 21 - Michael Connelly "The Brass Verdict"
Wed, July 22 -  Jefferson Bass "The Breaking Point"
Thu, July 23 - Tess Gerritsen "Ice Cold"
Fri, July 24  - Joseph Kanon "Istanbul Passage"


Saturday, July 26

6:00 p.m. -  Ace Atkins "The Redeemers"
6:30 p.m. -  Stuart Dill "Murder on Music Row"

Podcast - Jefferson Bass

Our guest for this edition is Jon Jefferson, one half of the Jefferson Bass writing team. Together with Dr. Bill Bass, who founded the famous Body Farm forensic research facility at the University of Tennessee, Jon has published two works of nonfiction, and nine novels featuring forensic genius Dr. Bill Brockton. The newest of which is The Breaking Point.

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Podcast - Harrison Scott Key

Harrison Scott Key is a humorist whose writings have appeared in The New York Times, Reader's Digest, and The Oxford American. Harper has recently published his memoir, The World's Largest Man.

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Book Talk Schedule for the Week of July 13, 2015

M-F, 12:30 p.m.

Mon, July 13 -  Bruce Campbell "Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way"
Tue, July 14 - Jill Conner Brown "American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queen's Guide to Preserving Your Assets"
Wed, July 15 -  Harrison Scott Key "The World's Largest Man"
Thu, July 16 - Chuck Klosterman "Killing Yourself to Live"
Fri, July 17  - Donna Johnson "Holy Ghost Girl"


Saturday, July 18

6:00 p.m. -  Jefferson Bass "The Breaking Point"
6:30 p.m. -  Michael Connelly "The Brass Verdict"

Book Talk Schedule for the Week of July 6, 2015

M-F, 12:30 p.m.

Mon, July 6 -  Lauretta Hannon "The Cracker Queen"
Tue, July 7 -  Alexis Coe "Alice and Freda Forever"
Wed, July 8 -  Sonja Livingston "Queen of the Fall"
Thu, July 9 - Jeanette Walls "Half-Broke Horses"
Fri, July 10  - Rheta Grimsley Johnson "Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming"


Saturday, July 11

6:00 p.m. -  Harrison Scott Key "The World's Largest Man"
6:30 p.m. -  Jill Conner Brown "American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queen's Guide to Preserving Your Assets"

Podcast - Sonja Livingston

Sonja Livingston was last on Book Talk to talk about her memoir, Ghostbread, which won the AWP award for non-fiction. Today we'll be discussing her new collection of essays entitled, Queen of the Fall.

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Book Talk Schedule for the Week of June 29, 2015

M-F, 12:30 p.m.

Mon, June 29 - Laurie Notaro "The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death"
Tue, June 30 - David Rees "How to Sharpen Pencils"
Wed, July 1 - Mary Laura Philpott "Penguins with People Problems"
Thu, July 2 - Diana Joseph "I'm Sorry You Feel That Way"
Fri, July 3  - Lawrence Norfolk "John Saturnall's Feast"
                    - Roy Blount, Jr. "Alphabet Juice"


Saturday, July 4

6:00 p.m. -  Sonja Livingston "Queen of the Fall"
6:30 p.m. -  Alexis Coe "Alice and Freda Forever"