Podcast - Joshilyn Jackson "A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty"

Stephen Usery interviews Joshilyn Jackson about her fifth novel, A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty. It's an funny yet tense story of three generation of Slocumb women, eldest Ginny, Liza, and youngest Mosey, who have to deal with secrets coming to light after Liza has a stroke and a mysterious silver box is found in their backyard, exposing many lies in the process.

Podcast - Justin Torres "We The Animals"

Stephen Usery interviews Justin Torres about his critically-acclaimed debut novel, We The Animals. It's the story of a very young family with three boys in Upstate New York stuggling with identity on all fronts in addition to economic hardship. Concentrated, unflinching, and impressionistic, We The Animals is one of the most talked about debuts of the year.

Podcast - Ace Atkins "The Ranger"

Stephen Usery welcomes back Alabama native and current Mississipian Ace Atkins to discuss his new series about Army Ranger Quinn Colson. The Ranger is the first book, and in it, Sergeant Colson comes back to Jericho in Northern Mississippi for his uncle's funeral, and it seems there are more than a few questions lingering about this county sheriff's death.

Podcast - Daniel J. Sharfstein "The Invisible Line"

Stephen Usery interviews Vanderbilt Law School professor Daniel J. Sharfstein about his book The Invisible Line: Three American Families and The Secret Journey From Black to White. It's a fascinating look at the evolution of America's legal views of people who have both Caucasian and sub-Saharan African ancestors and the implications it had on them when dealing with slavery, reconstruction and Jim Crow.

Podcast - Mark Richard "House of Prayer No. 2"

Stephen Usery interviews PEN/Hemingway winner Mark Richard about his new memoir House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home. It's an unusual book, in that it's told in the second person, so Stephen asked that Mark answer his questions in the second person, too.

Podcast- Roy Blount Jr.

Stephen Usery talks to writer, raconteur, and humorist Roy Blount, Jr. about his hilarious, idiosyncratic dictionary, Alphabet Juice ,which is new in paperback. File under"P", for podcast.

Podcast - Robert Olen Butler

Stephen Usery interviews Pulitzer-Prize winner Robert Olen Butler about his newest novel Hell which follows TV News anchor man Hatcher McCord trying to extract himself from the inferno. Download the podcast today!

Book Talk Podcast - Neil White

Stephen Usery interviews Neil White about his memoir, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts. It's an extremely moving telling of White's time in a federal prison for bank fraud in Carville, Louisiana which in the early 1990s shared facilities with the last American colony for survivors of leprosy, which is now known as Hansen's disease. The podcast has 17 extra minutes of conversation!

Book Talk Podcast - Mary Kay Andrews

Linda Lloyd talks to Mary Kay Andrews about her latest, juicy slice of southern hi jinks in The Fixer Upper. Download, listen, enjoy!

Book Talk Podcast - Barry Mazor

Tune in to Book Talk this Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. as Stephen Usery interviews Barry Mazor about his new book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century. Mississippi native Rogers was one of the world's most popular recording artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and has been elected to the Rock 'n' Roll, Blues, and Country Halls of Fame. Download the podcast while you're waitin' on a train.

Book Talk Podcast - Fiona Maazel

Stephen Usery interview Fiona Maazel about her novel Last Last Chance ,which is now available in paperback. Download the podcast today!

Book Talk Podcast - Warren St. John

Stephen Usery interviews New York Times reporter Warren St. John about his book Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town about a small town on the edge of Atlanta and a woman trying to reach out to refugee teenage boys through soccer. Download the podcast today.

We are back on the air!

We have managed to resurrect our old transmitter and are now broadcasting at reduced power from our Barksdale tower. The signal isn't as strong, but it covers most of the city. We will pick up with our book reading schedule on Monday, March 30th! Thanks for your patience.

Book Talk Podcast - Kathryn Stockett

Carolyn Gibson interviews Kathryn Stockett about her debut novel, The Help, which is set in tumultuous times of 1960s Jackson, Mississippi.

Book Talk Podcast - T Jefferson Parker

Download the podcast as Stephen Usery talks to T Jefferson Parker about his newest thriller, The Renegades, starring Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Hood.

Book Talk Podcast - Dwana Pusser

In this podcast, Stephen Usery discusses Walking On: A Daughter's Journey with Legendary Sheriff Buford Pusser with Dwana Pusser.

Book Talk Podcast - Jill Conner Browne

Stephen Usery has an audience with the Sweet Potato Queen herownself, Jill Conner Browne about her newest book, American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets.

Book Talk Podcast - Theresa Huttlinger Vigour

Dr. Carolyn Gibson interviews Theresa Huttlinger Vigour about her book, Mourning Sarah: A Case for Testing Group B Strep. Download the podcast today.

Book Talk Podcast - Martha Hall Foose

You can now download Debbie Stevens's interview of Martha Hall Foose about her cook book, Screen Doors and Sweet Tea. Bon appetit and dig in!

Daryn Kagan Podcast - June 2008

Terri Murphy's interview of Daryn Kagan about her book, What's Possible, is now available for download. Enjoy!