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Trumix.com listings available of KQED\'s The Writer\'s Block Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Andrew Davidson: The Gargoyle Andrew Davidson reads an excerpt from the beginning of his first novel, THE GARGOYLE. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Linda Robertson: What Rhymes with Bastard Linda Robertson reads an excerpt from Chapter 3 of her memoir, WHAT RHYMES WITH BASTARD, and performs an accordion ditty called ALL MADE UP. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul Auster: Man in the Dark Paul Auster reads the first chapter of his latest novel, MAN IN THE DARK, a story within a story about a writer and the character he has created to end the war inside his head. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Silhouettes Kelly Lydick, MG Roberts and Amy Reed preview their upcoming — August 2008 — reading at Mama Buzz Cafe in Oakland, CA. This episode includes poems by Lydick and Roberts and "How You Remember Her," a short story by Reed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Zoe Ferraris: Finding Nouf Zoe Ferraris reads the first chapter of her debut novel, FINDING NOUF. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robin Messing: Serpent in the Garden of Dreams Robin Messing reads a selection from SERPENT IN THE GARDEN OF DREAMS. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tamim Ansary: West of Kabul, East of New York Tamim Ansary reads "The Rebel Leader," a chapter from his memoir WEST OF KABUL, EAST OF NEW YORK. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rudolph Delson: Maynard and Jennica Rudolph Delson reads a selection from his debut novel, MAYNARD AND JENNICA. In this excerpt, Jennica Green waxes nostalgic for California, and her parents and long-lost best friend all chime in. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jack Pendarvis: Awesome Jack Pendarvis reads the first chapter of AWESOME, a humorous and heartwarming tale of the richest, sexiest, handsomest giant you'll ever meet. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Miranda July: The Shared Patio Miranda July reads a selection from NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU, her debut short story collection. In "The Shared Patio," a woman longs to share her neighbor's life, but learns that her fantasy of him bears no resemblance to reality. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Andrew Sean Greer: The Story of a Marriage Andrew Sean Greer reads the first chapter of THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE, in which Pearlie recounts her courtship and marriage to Holland Cook, her childhood sweetheart. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ben Greenman: Helpmate Ben Greenman reads a letter from the forthcoming CORRESPONDENCES. In "Helpmate," a man composes a letter to his wife, reminiscing on his life and (perhaps) its conclusion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brian Copeland: Not a Genuine Black Man Brian Copeland reads the first chapter of NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN, his hilarious memoir about growing up black in the all-white suburb of San Leandro, CA. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Opium Magazine: Bookmark Contest -- Part Two Authors Rachel Khong, Lisa K. Buchanan, Matt Leibel and Kristin Kearns join actors Jon Walanske and Erin Carter to read Opium Magazine's 250-word bookmark contest winners. (Part two of two.) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Opium Magazine: Bookmark Contest Authors Rachel Khong, Lisa K. Buchanan, Matt Leibel and Kristin Kearns join actors Jon Walanske and Erin Carter to read Opium Magazine's 250-word bookmark contest winners. (Part one of two.) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ben Joseph: It's Not You, It's Your Uncontrollable Telekinesis Ben Joseph reads "It's Not You, It's Your Uncontrollable Telekinesis," a completely true story loosely based on actual events. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dan White: Operation Water Dump Dan White reads "Operation Water Dump," a chapter from his book, THE CACTUS EATERS, which revolves around the extremely bad decision that inspired the book's title. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Naomi Williams: Sunday School Naomi Williams reads "Sunday School," the story of a woman asked to teach a second-grade Sunday school class. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sloane Crosley: The Pony Problem Sloane Crosley reads a selection from her debut collection, I WAS TOLD THERE'D BE CAKE. In "The Pony Problem" she worries about what people might find in her apartment after an imagined freak accident. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playground/Rabin: Reunion Playground presents Delia MacDougall and Eric Fraisher Hayes in Kenn Rabin's short play, REUNION, the story of a convicted sex offender's arrival at his new home after his recent release from prison. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Masha Tupitsyn: Kleptomania Masha Tupitsyn reads "Kleptomania," the story of three intergenerational female movie icons meeting for cocktails at a bar. "Kleptomania" is from Tupitsyn's short story collection, BEAUTY TALK AND MONSTERS. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Peter Malae: Turning Point Peter Malae reads "Turning Point," the story of an ex-con who realizes that life outside prison is just as dangerous as life behind bars. "Turning Point" is from Malae's short story collection, TEACH THE FREE MAN. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Toby Barlow: Sharp Teeth Toby Barlow reads a passage from SHARP TEETH describing the decisive battle between two rival werewolf packs in Los Angeles. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Peter Orner: Pampkin's Lament Peter Orner reads "Pampkin's Lament," his Pushcart Prize-winning story about a man, running for governor of Illinois, who is about to lose more than the election. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playground/Groenveld: Missive In Garret Jon Groenveld's short play MISSIVE, a letter holds the key to one man's troubled past and his surprising present. Presented by PlayGround, with Eric Fraisher Hayes as Bobby. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Samantha Hunt: The Invention of Everything Else Samantha Hunt reads a selection from THE INVENTION OF EVERYTHING ELSE, in which young inventor, Nicola Tesla makes his way to the workshops of his hero, Thomas Edison. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Michael Krasny: Off Mike Michael Krasny reads the introduction to OFF MIKE, his memoir of talk radio and public life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tom Dolby: The Sixth Form Tom Dolby reads a selection from his second novel, THE SIXTH FORM, in which one of his main characters, Toby Eldon, has an unhappy reunion with his ne'er do well father. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ellis Avery: The Teahouse Fire Ellis Avery reads a selection from The Teahouse Fire, in which Aurelia, a young American orphan, recounts the events that led her to the grounds of a Japanese tea ceremony school. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jean-Pierre Lacrampe: Objects Of My Disaffection Jean-Pierre Lacrampe reads his poem,"Objects Of My Disaffection." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mack and Kaufman: A Version of the Truth Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman read the prologue to A VERSION OF THE TRUTH, in which Cassie Shaw describes the aftermath of the accident that sent her husband to an early grave. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul Auster: Travels in the Scriptorium Paul Auster reads the first section of TRAVELS IN THE SCRIPTORIUM, in which a man awakes to discover that he cannot remember who he is or how he has arrived in an unfamiliar room. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jane Rhodes: Framing the Black Panthers Jane Rhodes reads a selection from FRAMING THE BLACK PANTHERS, which chronicles the Panthers May 1967 protest of a gun-control bill at the California state capitol building in Sacramento. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playground/Brady Lea: Sewermonster Diaries PlayGround presents Danielle Levin, Eric Fraisher Hayes, Cat Thompson and Mark Farrell in Brady Lea's short play, "Sewermonster Diaries," a comic portrait of a woman who withdraws from society and descends into the sewer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pia Ehrhardt: Stop Pia Ehrhardt reads "Stop," from her collection FAMOUS FATHERS AND OTHER STORIES. If you are in need of some New Year's resolution advice, have a listen as Ehrhardt describes what you should most emphatically NOT do to change your life for the better. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Toni Mirosevich: Pink Harvest Toni Mirosevich reads the first story from her nonfiction collection, PINK HARVEST. "The View" involves a homeless man, an acute care clinic in an urban hospital, and a viewfinder. It's a few days before Christmas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Veronica Gonzalez: twin time: or, how death befell me Veronica Gonzalez reads a selection from her debut novel, TWIN TIME: OR, HOW DEATH BEFELL ME, in which her main character, Mona, recounts her father's early childhood. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nora Pierce: East Side West Side Nora Pierce reads "East Side West Side," a story about choosing sides, in which two eleven year olds try to "dance their way out of the ghetto." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website kenneth Walton: Fake Kenneth Walton reads an excerpt from FAKE: FORGERY, LIES AND EBAY, which details the downward spiral of greed that ultimately led to his federal felony conviction for selling paintings of questionable origin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Min Jin Lee: Free Food for Millionaires In this excerpt from the first chapter of Min Jin Lee's novel, FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES, the Han family dinner is disrupted when a violent argument breaks out between Joseph and his eldest daughter Casey, who is home for the summer after graduating from Princeton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James P. Othmer: The Futurist In this excerpt from his novel THE FUTURIST, James P. Othmer reads the career ending speech given by Yates, a consultant, guru and keynote speaker at the "Futureworld" conference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tess Uriza Holthe: The Flame Tess Urize Holthe reads a story from her collection THE FIVE-FORTY-FIVE TO CANNES. In "The Flame," Serena Barr visits an open house that she believes belongs to her husband's ex-lover. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joseph Lease: Broken World Joseph Lease reads a selection of poems from his collection BROKEN WORLD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jean Thompson: Lost Jean Thompson reads "Lost," the story of a '70s-era college romance that goes bad, from her short story collection, "Throw Like a Girl." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wesley Stace: by George Wesley Stace reads from the first section of his book, BY GEORGE, in which a ventriloquist's dummy describes his origins. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website M. Allen Cunningham: Lost Son M. Allen Cunningham reads from LOST SON, his fictional biography of poet Rainer Maria Rilke. In this excerpt Rilke meets his lifelong muse, Lou Andreas-Salome. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Elizabeth Bernstein: Laundry Day Elizabeth Bernstein reads her very short story, "Laundry Day." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kiara Brinkman: Up High in the Trees Kiara Brinkman reads selections from her debut novel, Up High in the Trees. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Armistead Maupin: Michael Tolliver Lives Armistead Maupin reads a selection from MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES, where we find Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, one of the most beloved characters in contemporary fiction, grappling with what it means to be a middle-aged gay man today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Andrew Sean Greer: Wakefield Andrew Sean Greer reads "Wakefield," a retelling of the Nathaniel Hawthorne story of a man who walks out his door one day and does not return for twenty years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website David Lozell Martin: Our American King David Lozell Martin reads selections from his new novel, OUR AMERICAN KING. In a near-future America, devastated by a recent cataclysm, Tazza, a presumptive king rises to power. In this selection, Tazza makes a speech in front of the White House that speaks to the current state of leadership and democracy in America. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George Saunders: The New Mecca George Saunders Bonus Feature: George Saunders reads a second selection from his non-fiction collection, THE BRAINDEAD MEGAPHONE. In an excerpt from "The New Mecca," Saunders checks out Dubai, the Vegas of the Middle East, and thinks about world peace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website George Saunders: Manifesto George Saunders reads a selection from his non-fiction collection, . In "Manifesto," a press release from the People Reluctant to Kill For An Abstraction (PRKA), the group touts the success of its most recent initiative. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playground/Garret Jon Groenveld: Ondine Playwright Garret Jon Groenveld introduces us to the story of Ondine and Him, star-crossed lovers from completely different worlds. How far will the white knight go to be with his mythical water nymph? Directed by Jim Kleinmann, with Gabriel Marin and Gwen Loeb. Presented by PlayGround. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sean Beaudoin: Guerrero Sean Beaudoin reads his short story "Guerrero," which offers a view from the floor of a Guerrero Street flat. The story is from the "Love" edition of INSTANT CITY, a San Francisco literary quarterly. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gina Apostol: Imeldific In Gina Apostol's short story "Imeldific," a cohort of the dethroned first lady, Imelda Marcos, goes nuts in the aftermath of her heroine's downfall. Her daughter reflects with grim irony on the perils of life for women with bouffant hairdos in a newly emerging democracy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mike Carey: The Devil You Know Mike Carey reads a selection from THE DEVIL YOU KNOW in which freelance exorcist, Felix Castor goes out for a pint with a few of the workers from a library haunted by a particularly nasty ghost. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Word for Word/Cornell Woolrich: Angel Face San Francisco theater company, Word for Word perform a few scenes from Cornell Woolrich's ANGEL FACE, a suspense-driven story from the pages of the famous pulp magazine, BLACK MASK. Angel Face is a wisecracking chorine with a beautiful face using all her charms to save her brother from a date with the electric chair. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pat Murphy: The City, Not Long After Nebula Award-winner Pat Murphy reads a chapter from her novel, THE CITY, NOT LONG AFTER, a haunting vision of San Francisco a generation after a plague has wiped out most of the world's population. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul Malmont: The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril Paul Malmont reads "Episode One" of his novel, THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL, a fictional tale featuring 1930's pulp writers William Gibson (The Shadow), Lester Dent (Doc Savage), a pre-scientology L. Ron Hubbard and the Tale of the Sweet Flower War. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lee Skirboll: Herman Melville, Metafictional Laff Riot Lee Skirboll reads "Herman Melville, Metafictional Laff Riot," an essay that casts Mr. Melville's writing in a more "punk rock" light. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alan Kaufman: Matches Alan Kaufman reads "The Orchard," the prologue to his novel, MATCHES, which tells the story of a young American Jew's service in the Israeli army. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Martin Hyatt: A Scarecrow's Bible Martin Hyatt reads a selection from his novel A SCARECROW'S BIBLE, the story of how working-class men and women in a small town adapt to changes that somehow seem impossible. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Elizabeth Block: Made of Steel Elizabeth Block reads "Made of Steel," the first chapter of her novel A GESTURE THROUGH TIME. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joe Quirk: Sperm Are From Men... Joe Quirk reads a couple of selections from his non-fiction book, SPERM ARE FROM MEN, EGGS ARE FROM WOMEN: THE REAL REASON MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT, a "user's manual" for the opposite sex. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scott Keneally: The Problem with E.S.P. Scott Keneally reads "The Problem with E.S.P," a humorous account of an awkward adolescence, detailing the narrator's lifelong struggle with chronic bedwetting and the various methods he employs to conceal his secret. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Katia Noyes: Crashing America Katia Noyes reads selections from her novel, CRASHING AMERICA, which follows a San Francisco runaway who is torn between her yearnings for freedom and her need for belonging. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lysley Tenorio: Monstress Lysley Tenorio reads "Monstress," a short story inspired by a movie a group of critics named as the worst movie ever made; a horror/sci-fi flick made of two films -- one from the Philippines, one from the US -- spliced together. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lee Skirboll: Zoo Material Lee Skirboll reads "Zoo Material," a story about getting fired from the zoo. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terry Bisson: Billy and the Ants Hugo Award-winning science fiction author Terry Bisson reads "Billy and the Ants," a children's story about Billy -- and ants. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jeff T. Johnson: A Series of Walks Jeff T. Johnson, senior editor and music editor at Kitchen Sink magazine, reads "A Series of Walks," a three-poem cycle about a trip to Vancouver. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Michelle Richmond: From Somewhere Down South to South Beach Michelle Richmond reads "From Somewhere Down South to South Beach," her essay about sex, booze and the MFA writing program. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Russ Franklin: Magic Kingdom Russ Franklin reads "Magic Kingdom," the tale of a flight to Disney World with a 315-pound complexity engineer and a man who is clinically aerophobic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JC Watson: Always a Happy Man JC Watson reads her short story, "Always a Happy Man." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Aaron Loeb: Sever PlayGround presents Anthony Nemirovsky, Kerri Shawn and John Dana Kenning in Aaron Loeb's short play,Sever. Jim Kleinmann directs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kaya Oakes: Always Coming Second Kaya Oakes reads ALWAYS COMING SECOND, a poem about her relationships with musicians. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stefanie Kalem: La Ann Stefanie Kalem reads "La Ann," her essay about meeting Ann Magnuson and starting a new life in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stephanie Harrell: Girl Reporter Stephanie Harrell reads "Girl Reporter," a short story recounting Lois Lane's torrid relationship with the man of steel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Anthony Rapp: Without You Anthony Rapp reads an excerpt of "Saviors and Angels," a chapter from his memoir WITHOUT YOU. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eric Puchner: Animals Here Below Eric Puchner reads "Animals Here Below," a selection from his short story collection MUSIC THROUGH THE FLOOR. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jennifer Traig: Devil in the Details Jennifer Traig reads "Sacre Bleu," a chapter from her memoir, DEVIL IN THE DETAILS. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jim Nisbet: Weight Less Than Shadow Jim Nisbet reads his short story "Weight Less Than Shadow" from the SAN FRANCISCO NOIR anthology. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ben Bush: Agnes and Iris Ben Bush reads his short story "Agnes and Iris." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kate Braverman: Fusion City Kate Braverman reads "Fusion City," an essay from her "accidental memoir" FRANTIC TRANSMISSIONS TO AND FROM LOS ANGELES. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Charlie Anders: Choir Boy Charlie Anders reads a section from her novel CHOIR BOY. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Kitchen Sisters: Hidden Kitchens The Kitchen Sisters read selections from their book HIDDEN KITCHENS. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mary Roach: Spook Mary Roach reads "Listening to Casper" a chapter from her book SPOOK. "Then I see this grey object around to the side of me. I would say I was projecting a form onto it, trying to make sense of it, but it had arms and legs at one point. I turned to look at it, but it disappeared." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Julie Orringer: Flores Julie Orringer reads her short story "Flores." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kevin Killian - Sam D'Allesandro: Nothing Ever Just Disappears Kevin Killian reads "Nothing Ever Just Disappears" from THE WILD CREATURES, a collection of stories by Sam D'Allesandro, which he edited. "Some usual things happened, some unusual. That's normal. We weren't too interested in things being perfect and they weren't. We learned from each other. We were starting to have dreams together, but they didn't happen, they stayed dreams." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stephen Elliott: My Little Brother Ruined My Life Stephen Elliott reads his short story "My Little Brother Ruined My Life." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tom Kealey: The Boots 2005 Jackson Award-winner Tom Kealey reads his short story "The Boots." "You can't out-wait me. Do you understand that? I've waited the longest. I am the longest waiter." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jennifer Blowdryer: Good Advice for Trendy Young People of All Ages Jennifer Blowdryer offers GOOD ADVICE FOR TRENDY YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. "If you're getting evicted, do nothing for 24 hours. When I'm getting evicted I dress casually for mydate with housing court..." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joe Quirk: The Ultimate Rush Joe Quirk reads from his novel THE ULTIMATE RUSH. "Bomb Deactivator. Crack Dealer. Swat Rifleman. My job will kill you faster than any of these. And it won't just kill you; it'll crush you to a pulpy clot on the streets of San Francisco." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lisa Brown: Baby, Be of Use Lisa Brown reads an essay about her BABY, BE OF USE instructional board book series for children. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Abeer Hoque: Swing State 2005 Tannenbaum Award-winner Abeer Hoque reads her short story "Swing State." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website K. M. Soehnlein: You Can Say You Knew Me When K. M. Soehnlein reads a passage from his second novel YOU CAN SAY YOU KNEW ME WHEN Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kirk Read: Utah! Kirk Read reads his short story "Utah!" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stephanie Young: Age of the Mercenary Poet Stephanie Young reads selections from her book TELLING THE FUTURE OFF. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adam Johnson: Trial of the Century Adam Johnson reads his short story "Trial of the Century." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beth Lisick: Everybody Into the Pool Beth Lisick reads "Little Bundle of Entropy" from her book EVERYBODY INTO THE POOL. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kim Addonizio: Little Beauties Kim Addonizio reads from her novel LITTLE BEAUTIES. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bucky Sinister: Whiskey and Robots Bucky Sinister reads "My Date with Wonder Woman" and "NASCAR and Nothingness" from his book WHISKEY AND ROBOTS. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website