Below is a reading from The Great American Suction by David Nutt. You can get this book right now at Tyrant Books, so do yourself a favor and...
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...
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....
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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...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...
The Talking Book Podcast is the official podcast of the weirdo audiobook publisher Talking Book. Every episode we talk to an author, and hear an excerpt from their audiobook. Episode...
It wasn’t until I filled an ice tray yesterday that I understood what it was to be sad. It was a deeply saddening experience and I wanted to...
Hypothetical #12
What does this mean?
There is a house you live in at the top of a hill. I climb the hill everyday, once...
It behooves us to introduce our NC brothers and sisters in Spoken Word Inc. They're an audio production house making audiobooks for authors, publishers and everyone else we know. Fiction,...
ELECTION DAY i woke up, went to work, & played barista walked home with hands in pockets, crumpled ones ran up the stairs to get high before leaving at the pizza joint, i listened as an old guy...
A Ghost! I thought you were a ghost? Shit. I mean Shucks. Radiation therapy is the least popular therapy right next to reiki. The wind begins to tell me a song and I find this charming....
The following is the third installment of many kickass excerpts from Brian Alan Ellis’s new book A Series of Pained Facial Expressions Made While Shredding Air Guitar POEM FOR CHANNING TATUM When...
Dear ______________, I was very taken away when I first saw you. It’ll be a strange comparison, but you reminded me of my first car: a 1967 sky blue...
Ever since I can remember I've been a David B. It's true. I didn't ask for this station in life but there's no denying it. I do my...
