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Bookin’
by Jason Jefferies
Author interviews and literary news w/ host Jason Jefferies. Presented by Explore Booksellers.
Episodes
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340--Cormac McCarthy's The Road w/ Dan Hawkins
On this episode of Bookin', Jason Jefferies and Dan Hawkins continue to navigate the works of Cormac McCarthy with The Road. The novel, the graphic novel adaptation, and the film are discussed, along with post-apocalyptic fiction, genre literature, product placement, doomsday prepping, and more....
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339--Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men w/ Dan Hawkins
In this episode, Bookin' favorite Dan Hawkins joins host Jason Jefferies in a continuation of their readthrough of the works of Cormac McCarthy. No Country for Old Men, the novel and the film, are discussed at length, as are Sicario and Roberto Bolaño's 2666. Thank you for listening, and happy...
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338--Bookin' w/ Alex Pugsley
In this episode, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Bookin' favorite Alex Pugsley, who discusses his latest novel Silver Lake, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis. Topics of conversation include Dan Ackroyd, modernism, talk shows, Famke Jannsen and David Lynch, car culture, the...
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337--Cormac McCarthy's Cities of the Plain w/ Dan Hawkins
On this episode of Bookin', host Jason Jefferies and longtime Bookin' guest Dan Hawkins continue their Cormac McCarthy read through with Cities of the Plain, volume three of The Border Trilogy. Also discussed are Cormac McCarthy novel and film/TV adaptation Power Rankings. Happy reading, friends!
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336--Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing w/ Dan Hawkins
On this episode of Bookin', host Jason Jefferies and longtime Bookin' guest Dan Hawkins continue their Cormac McCarthy read through with The Crossing, volume two of The Border Trilogy. Also discussed is the condition of the United States of America in the moment of recording on January 22, 2025,...
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335--Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses w/ Dan Hawkins
This week, Jason and Dan continue their Cormac McCarthy readathon with the first book of The Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses. Topics of conversation include the yin and yang of Blood Meridian, terrible films, the candleflame and the image of the candleflame, and Jesus on Mars (doesn't it…
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334--Bookin' w/ Kraig Finstad
This week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes Kraig Finstad, author of Problem Play and The Inn at the Crossroads. Topics of conversation include cognitive psychology and statistics, ghosts and pirates, Florida novels, that guy at the bar, historical fiction, Shakespeare and much more. Copies of The…
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333--Bookin' w David Haynes
This week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes David Haynes, author of Martha's Daughter, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include workshopping short stories vs. novels, novellas, relationships, mother/daughter dynamics, whether we should let co-workers into our...
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332--Bookin' w/ Pat Lipsky
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pat Lipsky, artist and author of Brightening Glance: Art and Life, which is published by our friends at the University of Iowa Press. Topics of conversation include duck and cover drills, "Russia", Proust, Kafka & Chekhov, a life filled with art,...
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331--Bookin' w/ David Levithan and Jens Lekman
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by David Levithan and Jens Lekman, authors of Songs for Other People's Weddings, which is published by our friends at Abrams Press. Topics of conversation include touring, singing at a wedding vs. singing at a music hall, albums about books (and books…
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330--Cormac McCarthy's The Stonemason with Dan Hawkins
This week, Dan Hawkins and Jason Jefferies continue to read through the works of Cormac McCarthy with The Stonemason. Child of God is also discussed (by way of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita), and Dan and Jason answer a listener question about Blood Meridian. Happy reading, friends!
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329--Bookin' w/ Gary Graff
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Gary Graff, editor of 501 Essential Albums of the 80s: The Music Fan's Definitive Guide, which is published by our friends at Quarto Publishing Group. Topics of discussion include Alice Cooper, lists, what people think of when they think of the 1980s...
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328--Cormac McCarthy's The Gardener's Son with Dan Hawkins
On this episode, host Jason Jefferies and award-winning poet Dan Hawkins continue their read through of the works of Cormac McCarthy, this time with his first screenplay, The Gardener's Son. Further, Jason and Dan start their discussion about film adaptations of McCarthy's works with PBS's The...
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327--Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian with Dan Hawkins
This week, host Jason Jefferies welcomes back Bookin' favorite Dan Hawkins, librarian at The Citadel and Cormac McCarthy aficionado. This time, Jason and Dan talk about Blood Meridian, and oh boy is it a big one. Copies of Blood Meridian can be purchased from your favorite local independent...
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326--Bookin' w/ Keon West
On this week's Bookin', host Jason Jefferies interviews Professor Keon West, author of The Science of Racism: Everything You Need to Know But Probably Don't--Yet, which is published by our friends at Abrams Press. Topics of conversation include the state of the world, Michelle Obama, how to teach…
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325--Bookin' w/ Elaine Neil Orr
On this week's Bookin', host Jason Jefferies welcomes Elaine Neil Orr, who discusses her new novel Dancing Woman, which is published by our friends at Blair. Topics of discussion include people who are perfectly logical all the time, Nigeria, 1963, Harry Belafonte, mixed feelings about the…
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324--Bookin' w/ Mark Kingwell
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Mark Kingwell, professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine. His new book is Question Authority, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis. Topics of...
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323--Cormac McCarthy's Suttree with Dan Hawkins
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by frequent guest and Librarian at The Citadel Dan Hawkins, who discusses Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. Topics of conversation include Vanity Fair, James Joyce and William Faulkner, existentialism, Walker Percy and much more. Copies of Suttree can be…
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322--Bookin' w/ Andy Corren
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Andy Corren, author of Dirtbag Queen, which is published by our friends at Grand Central Publishing. Topics of conversation include bookstores in New York, obituaries, the right side of Fayetteville, nice furniture rooms, a child's perception of…
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321--Bookin' w/ Julian Zabalbeascoa
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Julian Zabalbeascoa, author of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of discussion include the Two Dollar Radio tattoo club, the Spanish Civil War, parallels between pre-WWII Spain and the…
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320--Bookin' w Paul Jones
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by the legendary poet Paul Jones, who discusses his new collection Something Necessary, which is published by our friends at Redhawk Publications. Topics of conversation include the Arch Mission Foundation, support for an author community, musical…
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319--Cormac McCarthy's Child of God with Dan Hawkins
This week, Dan Hawkins and Jason Jefferies talk about Cormac McCarthy's Child of God by way of the recent Vanity Fair article that exposes Cormac McCarthy's relationship with Augusta Britt, which started when she was age 14-16. Discusses are issues of art vs. the artist, artists versus…
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318--Bookin' w/ David Aldridge
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning journalist David Aldridge in a discussion about The Basketball 100: The Story of the Greatest Players in NBA History, which is published by our friends at William Morrow. Topics of conversation include the shot clock, ACC basketball,...
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317--BERSERKcast with Gaelan Bergstrom and Ben Diehl
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Gaelan Bergstrom and Ben Diehl is a conversation about Berserk by Kentaro Miura. Topics of conversation include the first arc of Berserk, Japanese pop-culture, radiation, the place of manga in a bookstore, and much more! Copies of Berserk can be…
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316--Bookin' w/ Andrew K. Clark
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Andrew K. Clark, author of Where Dark Things Grow, which is published by our friends at Cowboy Jamboree Press. Topics of conversation include growing up in the midst of the eternal battle between good and evil, ancestry, the years between World War I…
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315--Bookin' w/ John Hendrix
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning and bestselling writer and illustrator John Hendrix, who discuss his new book The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, which is published by our friends at Abrams. Topics of conversation include…
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314--Bookin' w/ Sam Sax
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Sam Sax, author of Yr Dead, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include ITALIC lecturers, trigger warnings, queer planets, a myth buried in blood, Apple stores, books as objects, text message conversations in...
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313--Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark with Dan Hawkins
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Dan Hawkins for a conversation about Cormac McCarthy's Outer Dark, the second episode in an ongoing series that will feature a read through of McCarthy's works. Topics of conversation include second novels, imagery, hell, the most American religion,...
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312--Bookin' w/ Charles Bock
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by bestselling author Charles Bock, who discusses his new book I Will Do Better, which is published by our friends at Abrams Books. Topics of conversation include New York, James Frey's A Million Little Pieces, the nature of memoirs vs. fiction, raising a...
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311--Bookin' w/ Georgann Eubanks and Debra Kaufman
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Georgann Eubanks and Debra Kaufman, editor and contributors to Paul Green: North Carolina Writers on the Legacy of the State's Most Celebrated Playwright, which is published by our friends at Blair. Topics of conversation include the Paul Green...
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310--Bookin' w/ Chris Koslowski
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Chris Koslowski, author of Kayfabe, which is published by our friends at McSweeney's. Topics of conversation include the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, amateur professional wrestling, the physical demands of professional wrestling, sleazy...
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309--Bookin' w/ Kwame Mbalia
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia, who discusses his new book Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek, a Freedom Fire title. Topics of discussion include Freedom Fire, young adult literature vs. middle grade literature, Freeman as a name, North...
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308--Bookin' w/ Scott Reintgen
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Scott Reintgen, who discusses his new book The Last Dragon On Mars, which is published by our friends at Aladdin, a division of Simon and Schuster. Topics of conversation include the intersection of sci-fi and fantasy,...
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307--Cormac McCarthy's The Orchard Keeper with Dan Hawkins
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Bookin' favorite Dan Hawkins in a discussion about The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy, the first in a Bookin' read-through of McCarthy's works. Topics of discussion include William Faulkner, the Tennessee Valley Authority, bootleggers and…
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306--Bookin' w/ Nora Lange
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities fellow Nora Lange, who discusses her new novel Us Fools, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio. Topics of conversation include Two Dollar Radio, the future as a capitalist scam, unreliable...
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305--Bookin' w/ Steven Petrow
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning journalist and 2024 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate Steven Petrow, who discusses his new book The Joy You Make, which is published by The Open Field and Penguin Life, and imprint of Penguin Random House. Topics of discussion include The...
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304--Bookin' w/ Marguerite Sheffer
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Marguerite Sheffer, who discusses her new collection The Man in the Banana Trees, which is published by our friends at University of Iowa Press. Topics of discussion include writing groups, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, student...
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303--Bookin' w/ Nathan Ballingrud
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Nathan Ballingrud, who discusses his new novella Crypt of the Moon Spider, which is published by our friends at TOR Nightfire. Topics of discussion include Asheville, Dale Bailey, treatment for the melancholy, the dark side of the...
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302--Bookin' w/ Jon Sealy
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jon Sealy, who discusses his new novel The King Street Affair, which is published by our friends at Haywire Books. Topics of conversation include South Carolina, Graham Greene, Charleston, Wuthering Heights, signals in the noise, gangsters, popular...
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301--Bookin' w/ Paolo Bacigalupi
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award winning author Paolo Bacigalupi, who discusses his new novel Navola, which is published by our friends at Alfred A. Knopf Publishers. Topics of conversation include the intersection of The Godfather and Game of Thrones, items with mythological...
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300--Bookin' w/ Sue and Dave Lucey (on James Patterson's The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians)
This week is Bookin's 300th Episode! Host Jason Jefferies is joined by Suzanne Lucey and Dave Lucey--owners of Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, NC--in a discussion of The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians, a collection they contributed to, which is edited by James Patterson, Matt Eversmann...
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299--On Stephen King with T. Shawn Long
This week, I am joined by T. Shawn Long, host of the Horror Book Club at Page 158 Books in a discussion about all things Stephen King! Topics of discussion include The Dark Tower, the Holly novels, 11/22/63, automobile accidents and more! Stephen King's books can be purchased here from Page 158...
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298--Bookin' w/ Corey du Browa
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by music journalist Corey du Browa, who discusses his new book An Ideal for Living: A Celebration of the EP-Extended Play, which is published by our friends at HoZac Books. Topics of conversation include EPs vs LPs, vinyl vs. CDs vs. streaming, Britt…
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297--On Homer and Madeline Miller w/ Dan Hawkins
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by the busiest reader on the planet, Dan Hawkins! Topics of discussion include Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey, Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles and Circe, James Joyce's Ulysses, C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, and…
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296--Bookin' w/ Ari Honarvar
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Ari Honarvar, who discusses her novel A Girl Called Rumi, which is published by our friends at Forest Avenue Press. Topics of discussion include refugee advocacy, Colorado, growing up in a war-torn region, the conflict between…
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295--Bookin' w/ John Pavlovitz
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by writer, activist, pastor and storyteller John Pavlovitz, who discusses his book Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty is Trending, which is published by our friends at WJK Books. Topics of conversation include the dual roles…
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294--Bookin' w/ Jordan Elgrably
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Jordan Elgrably, editor of Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction, which is published by our friends at City Lights Books. Topics of conversation include The Markaz Review, City Lights Books, the Middle East as the center of the...
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293--Bookin' w/ Charles Derber
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Professor of Sociology at Boston College and noted public intellectual Charles Derber, who discusses his new book Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It, which is co-written with Siren Moodlier and published by...
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292--Bookin' w/ Mesha Maren
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author and Bookin' favorite Mesha Maren, who discusses her new book Shae, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Topics of discussion include teaching athletes, the nature of memory, moments that change our...
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291--Bookin' w/ Amanda Bellows
This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Amanda Bellows, who discusses her new book Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions, which is published by our friends at William Morrow. Topics of conversation include UNC-Chapel Hill, Kentucky, westward expansion in the United States of...
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Author interviews and literary news w/ host Jason Jefferies. Presented by Explore Booksellers.
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