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A random sign for free dogs inspired Mary Miller to drop a manuscript she'd been researching and create the character of Louis McDonald, Jr. for her hilarious and heartbreaking novel, BILOXI. She tells James about feeling indebted to her characters, teaching herself to write, looking in holes with her dog, needing to find joy, and reading with John Grisham. And bologna. And feet licking. Plus a chat with Bennet Johnson from Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI. - Mary Miller: http://www.maryumiller.net/ BUY BILOXI: Buy BILOXI from an Indie Bookseller ALSO BY: BIG WORLD, THE LAST DAYS OF CALIFORNIA, ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR Mary and James discuss: Frederick Barthelme Jerry Seinfeld THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin THE OFFICE THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt Books-A-Million ZOETROPE ON WRITING by Stephen King BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott Elizabeth Ellen Aaron Burch Square Books Lemuria Book Store Bennet Johnson Literati Bookstore Parnassus Books John Evans Richard Howorth Lisa Howorth Grisham Writers in Residence John and Renee Grisham Michener Center for Writers Ann Patchett Ole Miss Mississippi State Claudia Smith Chen Kevin Sampsell REM Elizabeth Spencer Tom Franklin Beth Ann Fennelly W. W. Norton & Company Charlie Day IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA - Bennet Johnson Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/ Literati Cultura: https://www.literatibookstore.com/literati-cultura-collectors-club Bennet and James Discuss: Mike & Hilary Gustafson SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS by Kristen Roupenian OHIO by Stephen Markley MIDWEST LITERARY WALK PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee HAWKING by Jim Ottaviani "Boys Town" by Jim Shepard Calvin Trillin Amy Hempel Mary Ruefle Kevin Wilson Hannah Pittard Lorrie Moore Ernest Hemingway Literati Book Store Presents John U. Bacon Randall Munroe Sister Helen Prejean Salman Rushdie Jonathan Safran Foer - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/