We're over the moon about the recording and publication of The Garbage Times/White Ibis by Sam Pink, narrated by Tom Fria. Below is a sample of the audiobook. Thanks...
About The Reading Martha Cooley, the American author of Guesswork and The Archivist, reads “The Hole” from Malay Sketches by Alfian Sa’at—a father contemplates the loss of his son,...
Out now, our recording of House Of Incest by Anaïs Nin, narrated by Sofia Willingham. Get it. Listen to it. Love it, and enjoy the excerpt below. ABOUT THE...
It's no secret that Talking Book held a party/reading with some of our favorite writers last week, and boy oh boy was it a humdinger. Bud Smith, Michael...
Happy reading Friday! Please enjoy a reading of 2 poems from F. Douglas Brown's new book of poetry ICON, now available from Write Large Press. F. Douglas Brown, inspired...
The Talking Book gang is currently producing Elle Nash's (soon to be released) ANIMALS EAT EACH OTHER from Dzanc Books. It's our first recording with the author and her publisher...
Below is an excerpt from the upcoming novel Imagine A Death by Janice Lee. Her most recent book, The Sky Isn't Blue was published by Civil Coping Mechanisms in 2016. You...
Below is a reading from A Shadow Map: An Anthology By Survivors Of Sexual Assault. You can get this important collection edited by Joanna C. Valente here. Thanks for...
In the recent episode of The Talking Book Podcast, we played an excerpt of Clarice Lispector's The Passion According to GH. Here is the piece read by the talented Sofia...
The book, DUMBHEART/STUPIDFACE, is a new collection of poems from a new imprint of Civil Coping Mechanisms called Siren Songs. Please enjoy a reading from the author below (text too). If you're...
Beginning in January, Talking Book will release three titles by Clarice Lispector, in collaboration with the legendary New Directions. Needless to say we're beyond pumped for this team-up, and the...
Listen to Shy Watson do a reading from her new collection CHEAP YELLOW, out now from the very good people at CCM Press. As a bonus, listen to a recording of some dreams she had. We...
SOME DOVES Mourning doves don’t cry because their names cry for them. When I see them at the window beyond my Corn Chex, I play my turntable. Usually a comedy album....
Sometimes music is enough. His father's massive 1970s headphones with the auxiliary jack that only fits the turntable left behind when he disappeared a decade ago. He drags it with its oversized speakers into his...
(audio recorded by the author, Sean Kilpatrick) God plucked up every wolf, so the moon wouldn’t go deaf, and, holding them all aloft, clapped both hands together. Emboldened...
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Halloween really went to hell for the Davis family. It’s a shame, too. My twin brother Jasper and I were big fans. Though Mom, she was...1. i want to glide down over Mulholland you said a camera affixed to my ceiling would have captured a scene of “devastating lovemaking” i attempt to elongate that post...
Tales of Falling and Flying by the great Ben Loory (and narrated by Andy Harrington) is alive and well and living in audio! In stories that eschew...
