Ep. 28: Anne Valente & Emily Nemens

In her harrowing novel, OUR HEARTS WILL BURN US DOWN, Anne Valente creates a portrait of trauma and the grief that follows. She and James discuss depicting violence, point of view, why drawer novels should never be published, the moments when they wondered if they should pursue something other than writing, and how music tastes may reveal more about characters than anything else. Plus, Emily Nemens talks about her work as co-editor and prose editor at THE SOUTHERN REVIEW. 

Anne Valente: http://www.annevalente.com/

Anne and James Discuss:

Aimee Bender 

Haruki Murakami 

The Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction  

Dan Wickett 

DARK SHADOWS dir by Tim Burton 

Jamie Quatro 

AND THEN WE CAME TO THE END by Joshua Ferris

Steve Bartman 

Nine Inch Nails 

The Pixies 

The Cure 

KILL BILL, VOL. 1 

The Dave Matthews Band 

Blues Traveler 

The Clash 

Widespread Panic  

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The Southern Review: http://thesouthernreview.org/

Emily and James discuss:

Bret Lott 

Jeanne Leiby 

The Center For Architecture 

Cara Blue Adams 

Jill McCorkle 

James Lee Burke

"Solee" by Crystal Hana Kim 

PEN AMERICA BEST DEBUT SHORT STORIES 2017

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