Wednesday, September 27, 2023Episode #64 - Catherine McNamara: "The Bamboo Furnace"
Australian author Catherine McNamara has made the Veneto region in Italy her chosen home. But to get there, she first had to explore Paris, West Afric...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023Episode #63 - J. Kevin Shushtari: "The Vast Garden of Strangers"
Connecticut author J. Kevin Shushtari is a practicing physician, but when it comes to his fiction, it's not the world of medicine that interests him. ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023Episode #62 - Francine Witte: Four Flash Stories from JUST OUTSIDE THE TUNNEL OF LOVE
NYC author Francine Witte has had a major impact on the world of flash fiction. As a writer, editor and prompt session leader, she has become an influ...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023Episode #61 - John Delacourt: "Duende"
We open Season 2 with Canadian author John Delacourt. John has a fondness for the arts - especially the creatives who make it all happen. The lives o...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023Episode #60 - Allison Field Bell: "River Mountain Summer"
Author Allison Field Bell grew up in California, and has been a desert-dweller for much of her life. She now resides in the desert state of Utah, wher...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023Episode #59 - Scott Mitchel May: "Naked Cake"
Wisconsin author Scot Mitchel May boasts an unusual job resume. He's been a short order cook in a fast food joint as well as a staff writer for W...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023Episode #58 - Kimberly Elkins: "Boys With Wings"
Author Kimberly Elkins made her way from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia to New York City, where her writing career took flight. She began as a ...
Wednesday, June 7, 2023Episode #57 - Emily Doyle: "Thursdays For Haru"
As the daughter of a mixed-race mother whose own mother had come to the U.S. from Japan, Emily Doyle saw how religion, culture and society confined t...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023CULTURE IN FICTION: A Conversation with Italian-Canadian Writers
We our continue our series CULTURE IN FICTION with a conversation with Italian-Canadian writers. Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews, Eufemia Fantetti, Lori Seb...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023Episode #55 - Carrie Esposito: "Man of the House"
The stories of New York author Carrie Esposito can be searing in their attention to the frailties found in family relationships - whether they're...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023Episode #54 - Jolene McIlwain: "The Steep Side"
In her story collection Sidle Creek, Pennsylvania native Jolene McIlwain writes about the rural America she grew up in with compassion and tenderness....
Friday, May 12, 2023First Anniversary Celebration! John Henry Fleming's "Song for the Deaf"
To commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the podcast, we're honoring our very first guest author, John Henry Fleming, with a reading of his short...