EPISODE · May 21, 2020 · 9 MIN
2.2 Two Books, Season 1, and Six Volumes of Northern Exposure
from What Now with Simo
10-minute clock — A finely crafted wooden box — News — Two books — Finished a book during the break — A transcript of every episode — The editorial approach — Hybrid books and books that try something new — Issues of focus and memorability — Podcast then also available for anyone with any hearing loss — Writing by talking — Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, wrote by dictating into a tape recorder — Sitting out in the sun by the pool — Honed his skill for writing dialogue — Every word tested in the act of writing — David Lynch has also dictated many things — Room to Dream — A few of my favourite books — John Cage: Silence: Lectures and Writings by John Cage (1961) — David Lynch: Catching the Big Fish (2006) — A lot of white space — Hildur Kristín Thorstensen: Hugljúfar minningar (Warm Memories) (2017) — Room and light in the poems and on the pages — More than 40,000 words, about 250 pages, next week — The back cover blurb — Another book series and podcast — As Fresh as Northern Exposure — A project in the works for many years already — Six books in that series — A practical matter — Protective of my audience’s experience — The NX podcast will start out as a stealth podcast — Interpolated with episodes of What Now with Simo — 6x9-inch paperbacks and ebooks
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