The Talking Book Podcast- #3 (WORK with Bud Smith)
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...
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Iconoclasm with a Smile: David Rose on NO JOY and The War Novel
If you enjoy military books, you’ll likely find the following article compelling. If you find common military books a tad boring, one-dimensional, and jingoistic, then you—dearest reader— may have an unlikely friend from a corner of the Great Bookshelf.The...
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Tales Of Falling and Flying: Missing
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 literary realism, Loory’s characters demonstrate richly imagined and surprising perspectives,...
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Great Things
Here we are together again. We’ve rented an Idyllwild cabin to celebrate the New Year. Everyone behaving normally. I coo at the new baby, Peek-a-boo. But he will not smile, only blink and twist his tiny mouth, unsure about...
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The Talking Book Podcast- #2 (Something To Do With Self Hate)
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 2 features the cool as a cucumber Brian Alan Ellis....
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Excerpt from Fanny Says: Pepsi
Below is an excerpt from Fanny Says entitled Pepsi, written and read by Nickole Brown. San Francisco Chronicle Best Poetry Book of 2015 Library Journal Best Book of 2015 NewPages Editor's Pick for 2015 An "unleashed love song" to her...
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a post-operative review of dust bunny city
welcome to a new feature of the talking book where we review books right after receiving major surgery. for this initial post-surgical review, i am reviewing dust bunny by bud smith and rae buleri, published by disorder press. i...
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Cryospheric Riff
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 know more. I wanted to be a scholar of it....
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Gilbert Glavel, Excerpt from EVIL MEN
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SOMETHING TO DO WITH SELF-HATE
Below is an excerpt from SOMETHING TO DO WITH SELF-HATE by Brian Alan Ellis. It just came out. Buy the book here, and get the audiobook here. Narrated by Mary Moore. Let's party. EXCERPT FROM SOMETHING...
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The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan
On Tuesday July 11th, The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan came out. Scott narrated the whole darn thing in our studio and it sounds really good. It sounds like a recorded book should sound. I guess you could say it's...
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Are You Fucking Kidding Me?
Here are some of our favorite writers & Talking Book contributors talking about these United States of America. Mira Gonzalez: "I hate America. Fuck this awful country. I have never felt proud of being from here. I do love blowing shit up with...
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Politics: A Comic
This has been a very important comic from Michael Seymour Blake.
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The Talking Book Podcast- #1 (The Sarah Book w/ Scott McClanahan)
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 1 features the great and powerful Scott McClanahan. His new...
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How I Get Over My Life & Last Sext
The recording of LAST SEXT is here and ready to be inside your ears. The author's insanely effective reading of her own poems is literally perfect, not to mention powerful as hell. Check out the excerpt entitled: HOW I GET OVER MY LIFE by...
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Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine
"I hear the words spoken aloud when I write my stories -- how he, she, they or I -- how we are saying them. I am delighted to be able to share this sound of my book -- Fine,...
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Voice Intimacy
Making an audio version of The Gift seemed like the obvious thing to do: after all, it’s a book about the intimacy of the recorded voice, whether that voice is singing or speaking. In the book,...
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Watershed: Excerpt
Our past contributor Colin Dodds has a new novel coming out tomorrow called WATERSHED. It looks pretty damn cool so we thought we'd publish a little excerpt. You can get Colin's new book here on Amazon
