Ep. 84: Gabriel Urza & Tyler Glauz-Todrank

It started as a short story in grad school, but Gabriel Urza kept coming back to what would eventually be his novella THE WHITE DEATH: AN ILLUSION. He talks to James about feeling like a child in the face of magic, having trouble extricating past from present, portraying the ambiguity of the supernatural, working through your problems when writing, and reading that's like eating a bag of chips. Plus, Tyler Glauz-Todrank from Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, VT on fall releases. 

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Gabriel Urza: http://gabrielurza.com/

Buy THE WHITE DEATH: AN ILLUSION: http://nouvellabooks.com/the-white-death-by-gabriel-urza/

Gabriel and James discuss: 

Charles Dickens 

ANGELS & DEMONS by Dan Brown 

Kurt Vonnegut 

The Ohio State University 

"Fantasy for Eleven Fingers" by Ben Fountain 

the Magic Castle 

"Eisenheim the Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser

Jeff Mcbride

Mt. Hood 

Sewanee Writers' Conference 

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 

Annie Hartnett 

Hannah Tinti 

Loch Ness 

Claire Vaye Watkins

THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg 

PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov 

Deena Drewis 

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Tyler Glauz-Todrank 

Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT: https://www.bearpondbooks.com/

Tyler and James discuss: 

BUNNY by Mona Awad: Buy BUNNY

Bear Pond Books 

Rivendell 

James Baldwin 

WHO KILLED MY FATHER by Edouard Louis trans. by Lorin Stein: Buy WHO KILLED MY FATHER

New Directions Press 

LIE WITH ME by Philippe Besson trans. by Molly Ringwald: Buy LIE WITH ME

LOT: STORIES by Bryan Washington: Buy LOT 

THE WORD FOR WOMAN IS WILDERNESS by Abi Andrews: Buy THE WORD FOR WOMAN IS WILDERNESS 

Two Dollar Radio 

HARD MOUTH by Amanda Goldblatt: Buy HARD MOUTH

GRAND UNION: STORIES by Zadie Smith: Buy GRAND UNION

IN THE DREAMHOUSE: A MEMOIR by Carmen Maria Machado: Buy IN THE DREAM HOUSE

Graywolf Press

RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson: Buy RED AT THE BONE

NOTHING TO SEE HERE by Kevin Wilson: Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE 

TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Kevin Wilson: Buy TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 

THE FAMILY FANG by Kevin Wilson: Buy THE FAMILY FANG 

AN AMERICAN SUNRISE by Joy Harjo: Buy AN AMERICAN SUNRISE  

Ben Lerner 

ON SWIFT HORSES by Shannon Pufahl: Buy ON SWIFT HORSES

OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT by Petina Gappah: Buy OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT 

Scribner 

EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS by Jake Skeets: Buy EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS 

Richard Avedon 

Milkweed Editions 

HUNGER MOUNTAIN 

HOMIE by Danez Smith: Buy HOMIE 

HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES by Saeed Jones: Buy HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES 

Simon & Schuster 

Maggie Nelson 

WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres: Buy WE THE ANIMALS 

EROSION: ESSAYS OF UNDOING by Terry Tempest Williams: Buy EROSION: ESSAYS OF UNDOING 

MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN: ESSAYS by Leslie Jamison: Buy MAKE IT SCREAM MAKE IT BURN

YEAR OF THE MONKEY by Patti Smith: Buy YEAR OF THE MONKEY 

CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX by Jordy Rosenberg: Buy CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX

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