LITerally Ep. 19 - Eduardo C. Corral

Eduardo C. Corral during the Utah Humanities Book Festival

During the Utah Humanities Book Festival, we got to sit down with Poet Eduardo Corral and talk about his debut collection of poetry, Slow Lightning, and his forthcoming work. We took great questions from the audience and ended the evening with a good laugh.

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LITerally Ep. 61 - Kathryn Wilder, Desert Chrome: Water, A Woman, And Wild Horses In The West
LITerally Ep. 61 - Kathryn Wilder, Desert Chrome: Water, A Woman, And Wild Horses In The West

LITerally Ep. 61 - Kathryn Wilder, Desert Chrome: Water, A Woman, And Wild Horses In The West

LITerally EP. 60 - High Plains Book Award WINNER, Craig Lancaster on BEING a WRITER
LITerally EP. 60 - High Plains Book Award WINNER, Craig Lancaster on BEING a WRITER

LITerally Ep. 60 - High Plains Book Award WINNER, Craig Lancaster on BEING a WRITER

Bourbon, Beer & Books - Slaughterhouse Five
Bourbon, Beer & Books - Slaughterhouse Five

Bourbon, Beer & Books - Slaughterhouse Five

LITerally Ep. 59 - Adrian Stumpp: The Crow's Head, The Chemical Marriage: Book 1
LITerally Ep. 59 - Adrian Stumpp: The Crow's Head, The Chemical Marriage: Book 1

We talked with Adrian Stumpp about his book The Chemical Marriage. He told us his inspiration for this book was dull; it was anything but dull. It was awesome. You'll have to listen to understand.

LITerally Ep. 58 - Taylor Garcia, Functional Families
LITerally Ep. 58 - Taylor Garcia, Functional Families

We talked about a lot more than writing in this episode with author Taylor Garcia. We jumped into everything writers think about when writing that readers probably never know! Writing isn’t just putting words on paper. It’s a life. We delve into all of this.

LITerally Ep. 57 - Heather Mateus Sappenfield, The River Between Hearts
LITerally Ep. 57 - Heather Mateus Sappenfield, The River Between Hearts

Heather Mateus Sappenfield joins us on LITerally to talk about the challenge behind switching genres, voice changes, and viewing the world through the eyes of a child. It's a good one!

Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 7 - Marvel Comics Author, Ben Percy
Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 7 - Marvel Comics Author, Ben Percy

Marvel Comics author Ben Percy on Bourbon, Beer and Books

Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 6 - Home Alone (Movie Critique)
Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 6 - Home Alone (Movie Critique)

A breakdown of Fuller and fam.

LITerally Ep. 56 - Teresa Dovalpage, Death Under The Perseids
LITerally Ep. 56 - Teresa Dovalpage, Death Under The Perseids

Teresa Dovalpage, friend and author, joined us again. If she’d join us, we’d have her every week. Luckily enough, she just keeps publishing, giving us an excuse to have her on!

LITerally Ep. 55 - Essayist, Poet Rob Carney
LITerally Ep. 55 - Essayist, Poet Rob Carney

Essayist and poet Rob Carney on the podcast to talk about his new essay collection and his new poetry collection. We had fun in the Banyan one!

LITerally Ep. 54 - Larry Feign, The Flower Boat Girl
LITerally Ep. 54 - Larry Feign, The Flower Boat Girl

It was really, really awesome to talk to Larry Feign about his new novel that took years to research and to write. It’s an absolutely beautiful book, inside and out.

LITerally Ep. 53 - Amanda Kabak, Upended
LITerally Ep. 53 - Amanda Kabak, Upended

Amanda Kabak, author of the newly released novel titled UPENDED, joined us to talk about the book. It was great to talk about the evolution of this book, the characters, and their motivations.

LITerally Ep. 52 - David Gessner: Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight
LITerally Ep. 52 - David Gessner: Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight

David Gessner joined us to talk all things Henry David Thoreau, thoroughly, while talking about the craft of writing nonfiction and writing a book during the pandemic. Such a great conversation!

Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 5 - Remote Control
Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 5 - Remote Control

This month we discuss NNedi Okorafor's Remote Control, described on her website as, "science fiction of the Africanfuturist strain that knows aliens exist, quietly shows how technology is influenced by culture, features a powerful yet deeply-pained female protagonist, and wonders about the role of corporations in rural Africa."

Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 4 - Rendezvous with Rama
Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 4 - Rendezvous with Rama

Kase's pick, Rendezvous with Rama, is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Set in the 2130s, astronauts explore a cylindrical alien starship. How does this 1973 classic hold up?

Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 3 - Jaws
Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 3 - Jaws

Full of welcoming metaphors and more depth than anticipated, JAWS, the book, surprised us in a few ways. As Leigh noted, "Even when it's problematic...it's still trying to do stuff.”

LITerally Ep. 51 - Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal, APPROPRIATE
LITerally Ep. 51 - Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal, APPROPRIATE

Sometimes, it's just best to sit back, listen, and learn. Going into my interview with Paisley Rekdal, that was my plan, and I'm happy I stuck (mostly) to it because there's no reason to mess up a good hour of great, researched insight with my fumbling. So fortunate to have Utah's Poet Laureate and author of APPROPRIATE

Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 2 - The Sun Also Rises
Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 2 - The Sun Also Rises

Bourbon, Beer & Books Ep. 2 - The Sun Also Rises, gender fluidity, impotence, bull fighting, and whiskey Where does that type of trophy-hunting/prove-your-masculinity fit in today's literary scene?

LITerally Ep. 50 - Bradford Philen, When The Color Started
LITerally Ep. 50 - Bradford Philen, When The Color Started

From across the globe and from 12 hours in the future, Bradford Phelan joined us on the LITerally Podcast. Let's just say that I enjoyed the 'heck' out his book When the Color Started. Grab it.

Bourbon, Beer & Books - What the Twilight?
Bourbon, Beer & Books - What the Twilight?

LITerally podcast host Kase Johnstun along with co-hosts Leigh Camacho Rourks, Sean Davis, and Tia Brown discuss the phenomenon that was Twilight.

LITerally Ep. 49 - Valerie Miner, Bread and Salt
LITerally Ep. 49 - Valerie Miner, Bread and Salt

Today we spoke with Valerie Miner, author of numerous fiction, nonfiction, and poetry collections.

LITerally Ep. 48 - Michael Kasdan
LITerally Ep. 48 - Michael Kasdan

Think of this interview with Michael Kasdan, sports and special projects editor at The Good Men Project, like a time capsule from pre-election, pre-vaccine interview.

LITerally Ep. 47 - Conquer Your Fear of the Triathlon Swim
LITerally Ep. 47 - Conquer Your Fear of the Triathlon Swim

Authors M. Ellen Dash and Ali Meeks talked with the LITerally Podcast about their new book Conquer Your Fear of the Triathlon Swim.

LITerally Ep. 46 - Adrienne Christian
LITerally Ep. 46 - Adrienne Christian

Adrienne Christian shared poetry from her new book with us on the LITerally Podcast.

LITerally Ep. 45 - Sian Griffiths "Scrapple"
LITerally Ep. 45 - Sian Griffiths "Scrapple"

Sian Griffiths, writer and sometimes co-host of the literally podcast, joined us in the time of Covid, only a few miles from her house, via Zoom to talk about her new novel, Scrapple.

LITerally Ep. 44 - Literary Death Match
LITerally Ep. 44 - Literary Death Match

It's been a long time coming, but has time really passed over the last few months? Has it really? Here is our fun Literary Death Match Podcast from last year's event.

LITerally Ep. 43 - Sharon Harrigan "Half"
LITerally Ep. 43 - Sharon Harrigan "Half"

Sharon Harrigan joined us for the second time for her debut novel Half. It was our first time recording since we last saw each other before shutting it down for Covid. This was a great way for LITerally to jump back in!

LITerally Ep. 42 - Sunni Wilkinson
LITerally Ep. 42 - Sunni Wilkinson

Sunni Brown Wilkinson’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Crab Orchard Review, Adirondack Review, Sugar House Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and other journals and anthologies. She is the author of The Marriage of the Moon and the Field (Black Lawrence Press 2019), and her poem “Rodeo” won New Ohio Review’s inaugural NORward Poetry Prize.

LITerally Ep. 41 - Laura Stott
LITerally Ep. 41 - Laura Stott

Poet and friend Laura Stott joined us in the Banyan Studio to read and talk about poems from her new book The Blue Nudes. It’s a great conversation about inspiration and verse and parenting and teaching!

LITerally Ep. 40 - Heather Sappenfield
LITerally Ep. 40 - Heather Sappenfield

Heather Sappenfield joined us via radio network. She bounced off satellites to join us. Well, she didn't, but I love that we got to talk to her from long distance. We chatted about writing, about the YA business, and about imagining worlds.

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