Telling Others' Stories, Telling Your Own: Wes Ferguson

Journalist, writer, and podcaster Wes Ferguson talks to us about what makes a good story—and how in telling others' stories, you often have to reflect on your own. Episode artwork: CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED imagae courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon!   Hilton Als                                               My Pinup Hilton Als                                               White Girls Louis Paul Boon                                    My Little War Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig                 Welcome to Capitol Hill: Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics John R . Erickson                                 Hank the Cowdog Wes Ferguson                                      The Blanco River Wes Ferguson                                      Devil Town Wes Ferguson                                      Running the River Wes Ferguson                                      Standoff Wes Ferguson                                      "When Angels in America Came to East Texas" William T. Harper                                  Eleven Days in Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Hunstville, Texas Elmer Kelton                                         The Time It Never Rained Tony Kushner                                        Angels in America Geert Mak                                             In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century James McBride                                     The Good Lord Bird Annie van den Oever                            Life Itself: Louis Paul Boon as Innovator of the Novel