Okie Bookcast J Hall

It's Volume 8 of Behind the Rain! I've got 11 poems from 10 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. 

Here's the lineup for this edition of the anthology:

April and Winter - Aubrey Green
Facebook: @BlueCloverEditingWebsite: www.bluecloverediting.comLocal News From Where We Met - Seth Copeland
BlueSky: @brushwithseth.bsky.socialWebsite: https://neutralspaces.co/seth_t_copeland/Unhatched and Broken - David Jennings
Facebook: @DJennPhotosWebsite: davidjenningsartinphotographyandpoetry.comAnd I See It Clearly - Abagail Pappas
Instagram: @actually_belleGut Shot - Brand Rackley
Instagram: @brandrackley Approaching Seventy - Ron Wallace
Website: www.ronwallacepoetry.comMurrah - Paul Juhasz
Facebook: Paul Juhasz AuthorNext Time - Holly Jahangiri
Facebook: @author.hollyjahangiriWebsite: https://jahangiri.us/2020Trying - Clay Mattox
Instagram: @madoc_grams_literatureUntitled #5 - Jes McCutchen
Instagram: @jesmwritesWebsite: jesmccutchenwrites.com If you'd like to submit a poem for consideration for Volume Nine of Behind the Rain (releasing July 15, 2024), visit okiebookcast.com/behindtherain for details. Submission deadline is June 15!
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Hannah and I are joined by Andie Schulz to talk about what we've been reading and why you might love it. We cover everything from mind-bending horror to sweeping space operas to warm fuzzy rom-coms. There may also be some conversation about elements that would go into a YNGR Drinking Game.

Enjoy the conversation and let us know your thoughts on the books we discuss.

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Discussed on the Show:

Andie
Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarity
The Girl in Cabin 13 - A.J. Rivers
The Long Game - Elena Armas
All the Missing Girls - Megan Miranda
Hannah
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
Ask For Andrea - Noelle Ihli
Episode Thirteen - Craig Dilouie
Monster - Walter Dean Myers
J
This New Dark - Chase Dearinger
After World - Debbie Urbanski
Eyes of the Void - Adrian Tchaikovsky
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski


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Welcome to Chapter 59!
My guest is author and poet, Paul Juhasz. A graduate of the Red Earth M.F.A., Paul’s work has appeared in several literary journals, most recently Concho River Review, Poetry Quarterly, Oklahoma Review and Main Street Rag. He has served as curator and coordinator of the Woody Guthrie Poets since 2020. He has four books, including his most recent - As If Place Matters - a collection of short fiction.
In our conversation we talk about all of Paul’s work across genres and forms and his approach to connecting his lived experiences to his writing. We also get into how he unravels problems in his writing. This is a great conversation for readers and writers alike with some important things to say about how our history informs what we create. Quick content note: We talk about coping with childhood trauma and self-harm so please be aware of that content going into the conversation.

Connect with Paul: Instagram | Facebook

Paul's Books:
Fulfillment: Diary of a Warehouse Picker
Ronin
The Inner Life of Comics
As If Place Matters

Mentioned on the show:
Running with Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
Joseph Conrad
Lou Berney
Jeannetta Calhoun Mish
Letters to Wendy’s - Joe Wenderoth
Fine Dog Press
TC Boyle
Cormac McCarthy
Dave Eggers
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
No Country for Old Men - Corman McCarthy




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I'm joined by the host of Fave Five From Fans, Jamie Ray, to talk about the film adaptation of the Richard Bachman / Stephen King classic - The Running Man. We talk about the book and the film and all of the many (so many) ways in which the two are different. It's a celebration of spandex and catchphrases - all of the 80s Arnold magic you can stand.
If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conversation. If you haven't read or seen it, you're going to want to by the time we're through.
Check it out and let us know what we got right (or wrong).

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Welcome to Chapter 58! We've got a Round Table talking about all things romance writing. It's a fun and thoughtful conversation with something for everyone - even those of you (like me) who don't typically read romance.

Magen Runyan - Podcaster (3 Book Girls) and Bookstagrammer
Connect with Magen: Instagram | 3 Book Girls

Clay Mattox - Bookstagrammer
Connect with Clay: Instagram | Book Bros OK

Collette Carmon - Author and VP of ORWG
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Sabrina A. Fish - Author and President of ORWG
Connect with Sabrina: website | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

Mentioned on the Show:
Icebreaker - Hannah Grace
Book Lovers - Emily Henry
Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Canas
A Game of Gods - Scarlett St. Clair
Under the Dome - Stephen King
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told - Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally
Cold Blood - Marnie Vinge
Vampire Queen's Search - Sabrina A. Fish
How the Penguins Saved Veronica - Hazel Prior
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
Nalini Singh
Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson
Butcher and Blackbird - Brynne Weaver
Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
The King of Spring - Collette Carmon
Oklahoma Ro
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Looking for great books? We've got you covered!

Our guest is Bookstagrammer Grace Filer who runs the "If Books Could Thrill" book club in OKC.

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Recommendations in this episode:

Grace
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death - Maggie O’Farrell
The Swimmers - Julie Otsuka
Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova 
The Midnight Club - Christopher Pike
Hannah
A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas
Nestlings - Nat Cassidy
The September House - Carissa Orlando
Holes - Louis Sachar

J
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Starter Villain - John Scalzi
Chain Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Ringworld - Larry Niven


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