Book Talk Podcast - Frank McNair

Stephen Usery talks to Frank McNair about The Golden Rules for Managers: 119 Incredible Lessons for Leadership Success, his collection of pithy maxims for managers new and experienced.

Book Talk Podcast - Simon Van Booy

In this episode of Book Talk, Stephen Usery interviews British writer Simon Van Booy about his second collection of short stories Love Begins in Winter.

Author E. Lynn Harris Passes Away at 54

One of Arkansas's and America's most successful writers, E. Lynn Harris died Thursday, July 23rd.

Fayetteville (AR) Flyer article on his passing.

Here is Stephen Usery's 2008 interview of bestselling author E. Lynn Harris about his novel set in the world of college football, Just Too Good to Be True .

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 - John Hart

Stephen Usery interviews Edgar Award-winning author John Hart about his latest thriller, The Last Child, in which a teenage boy searches for his sister a year after her abduction. Download the podcast today!

Book Talk Podcast - Izzy Rose

Stephen Usery talks to Izzy Rose about her memoir The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom. Download the podcast today!

Book Talk Podcast - Karen Essex

Stephen Usery interviews Karen Essex about her latest historical novel, Stealing Athena which looks at women involved in the creation of the Parthenon and the British removal of many statues from there in the early 19th century.

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 - Todd Bottorff

Terri Murphy talks to Todd Bottorff about his self-help guide 21 Things to Create a Better Life. Dowload the podcast today!

Book Talk Podcast - Philipp Meyer

Stephen Usery interviews Philipp Meyer about his debut novel, American Rust, which is a tale of friendship amidst crime and punishment in a dying steel town in the hills of western Pennsylvania.

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.

Book Talk Podcast - Ann B. Ross

Linda Lloyd talks to Miss Julia creator Ann B. Ross about the tenth installment of the series Miss Julia Delivers the Goods.

You can also hear Carolyn Gibson's 2008 interview with Ann about Miss Julia Paints the Town, which is now in paperback.

Book Talk Podcast - Lauretta Hannon

Stephen Usery interviews Georgia native and NPR commentator Lauretta Hannon about her debut book The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life.

Book Talk Podcast - Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant

Susan Gray talks to former models and magazine editors Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant about their most recent novel What Doesn't Kill You. Download the podcast today!

Book Talk Podcast - Carol Higgins Clark

Stephen Usery interviews Carol Higgins Clark about her novel Cursed, the twelfth installment in her popular Reagan Reilly mystery series. Check back in a few weeks, and we will have a video version of the interview available for viewing!

Book Talk Podcast - Kevin Wilson

Stephen Usery talks to Kevin Wilson about his debut collection of short stories, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth.

You can download the podcast here, which has seven extra minutes of conversation not available on the video:


Or watch here:

Book Talk Video - Kevin Wilson from stephen usery on Vimeo.

Book Talk Podcast - Mary Higgins Clark

Stephen Usery interviews the Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark about her newest number one NY Times Bestselling thriller, Just Take My Heart.

You can download the podcast here:


Or watch the video version produced by our sister station WYPL-TV:

WYPL Book Talk - Mary Higgins Clark from stephen usery on Vimeo.

Book Talk Podcast - David Beckwith

Carolyn Gibson talks to David Beckwith about his memoir A New Day in the Delta: Inventing School Desegregation as You Go.

Book Talk Podcast - Ace Atkins

Stephen Usery interviews Ace Atkins about his historical crime novel, The Devil's Garden, which looks at the Fatty Arbuckle scandal which in reality was investigated by Dashiell Hammett before he became a writer.

Book Talk Podcast - Susan Rebecca White

Linda Lloyd talks to Susan Rebecca White about her debut novel, Bound South which is set in the elite social circles of Atlanta, Georgia.

Book Talk Podcast - Joseph Boyden

Stephen Usery interviews Joseph Boyden about his award-winning novel Through Black Spruce. Through Black Spruce won the 2008 Giller prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in his native Canada.

Book Talk Podcast- Dr. Tony Campolo

Stephen Usery interviews Dr. Tony Campolo about his most recent book, Red Letter Christians.

Book Talk Taping - May 6, 2009 - Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark

A familial double header of best-selling authors will be in to tape two Book Talks. Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark will be at the WYPL studios on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. . Mary Higgins Clark's newest supsense novel Just Take My Heart is at #1 on the NY Times Best Seller List, and Carol Higgins Clark's 12th Reagan Reilly mystery Cursed is also in the top 20 on the sales charts. Seating will be limited, first come, first serve. For more information call (901) 415-2752.