Arts
Between his work as an ad writer and software developer, Mark Barr worked on a classic tale set in 1930s Tennessee that would become his debut novel, WATERSHED. He talks to James about being a Southern voice, identifying as a meat-and-potatoes stylist, setting quotas for his writing, breaking problems down into their smallest components, and fudging the details. Then, Tavia Gilbert discusses being an audiobook narrator. - Mark Barr: https://www.readmarkbarr.com/ Buy WATERSHED: Buy WATERSHED Mark and James discuss: Southern Independent Booksellers Association The Charles Frazier Cold Mountain Series Fund Meg Reid Betsy Teter Malaprop's Bookstore/ Cafe THE PRETTIEST STAR by Carter Sickels CBGBs THE NEXT GREATEST THING: FIFTY YEARS OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN AMERICA by Richard A. Pence and Patrick Dahl New Coke Harry Potter The Engineering Library and UT-Austin Tennessee River Falstaff Karmann Ghia Raytheon Scholastic Book Club THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster Terry Brooks B. Dalton Bookstore THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner Flannery O'Connor Eudora Welty William Gay SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy Ron Rash - Tavia Gilbert: http://taviagilbert.com/ Tavia and James discuss: The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies Maine School of Art NERVES OF STEEL by Captain Tammy Jo Shults THE MEN AND THE GIRLS by Joanna Trollope narrated by Davina Porter LIBRARY JOURNAL FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER: A DAUGHTER OF CAMBODIA REMEMBERS by Loung Ung BEING MEAN: A MEMOIR OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND SURVIVAL by Patricia Eagle BE FRANK WITH ME by Julia Claiborne Johnson - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/