EPISODE · Apr 3, 2025 · 1H 13M
Glenn Taylor
from Books on the Bed · host Matt Sawyer
This week we visit with Glenn Taylor in Morgantown, West Virginia. Glenn Taylor’s fourth novel, "The Songs of Betty Baach" won the 2023 Juniper Prize in Fiction. His first novel, "The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart" was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. Glenn’s work has appeared in such venues as the Oxford American, The Guardian, Gulf Coast, and Huizache. Born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia, he now resides with his family in Morgantown, where he is at work on a new novel. For more on Glenn: glenntaylorbooks.org Glenn's Books on the Bed: The Milkweed Ladies by Louise McNeill good woman: poems and a memoir by Lucille Clifton Gringos by Charles Portis Trampoline by Robert Gipe Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Galeano Road-side Dog by Czeslaw Milosz Matt's Gifts for Glenn: God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas The Way the Moon by Holly Haworth
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This week we visit with Glenn Taylor in Morgantown, West Virginia. Glenn Taylor’s fourth novel, "The Songs of Betty Baach" won the 2023 Juniper Prize in Fiction. His first novel, "The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart" was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. Glenn’s work has appeared in such venues as the Oxford American, The Guardian, Gulf Coast, and Huizache. Born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia, he now resides with his family in Morgantown, where he is at work on a new novel. For more on Glenn: glenntaylorbooks.org Glenn's Books on the Bed: The Milkweed Ladies by Louise McNeill good woman: poems and a memoir by Lucille Clifton Gringos by Charles Portis Trampoline by Robert Gipe Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Galeano Road-side Dog by Czeslaw Milosz Matt's Gifts for Glenn: God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas The Way the Moon by Holly Haworth
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