West Virginia Writers Podcast

E. Meritus (Eric Fritzius)
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The ongoing podcast for West Virginia Writers, Inc., hosted by Eric Fritzius.  Each show will feature interviews and discussion with and about Appalachian writers as well as news of WV Writers related events.

  1. 07/26/2017

    Episode 76: Lee Maynard Remembered

    The writer Lee Maynard passed away on June 16, 2017, in New Mexico. He was an infamous son of the Appalachian literary scene due to his less than flattering depiction of growing up in West Virginia in his novel Crum--infamously banned from sale at Tamarack. What negative publicity it received, however, drew more attention to the book, which is, at its heart, a love letter to the state. For the past 15 years, Lee has been a regular presenter at the WV Writers Summer Conference, often accompanied by his friend and collaborator Pops Walker. In this episode we talk to Pops himself about Lee and his work. Also included are Lee's previous podcast appearances, including a recording of one of Lee's readings with Pops Walker, a resonant interview he did with Cat Pleska in 2009, and other recorded material.

    1h 35m

  2. 08/18/2015

    WV Writers Podcast: Bonus 14 - A Consternation of Monsters episode

    The Seward Whale Strike Tragedy, they called it.  Twenty-five people dead. The worst accident in Alaska’s tourism history since Will Rogers’ plane went down in ‘35.   Only one man left alive knows the truth of what really happened -- the man everyone agrees caused the tragedy to start with. And if there's one thing he's sure of, the thing they hit that day was no whale. Presented here is his testimony, as transcribed for an interview with Paranorm Violations Magazine. This podcast adapts the short story "The Ones that Aren't Crows" found in the collection A Consternation of Monsters.

    19 min

  3. 08/18/2015

    Episode 75: interview with author Ed Davis

    Ed Davis is the WV-native author of the novels I Was So Much Older Then and The Measure of Everything. His third novel, The Psalms of Israel Jones was recently published by WV University Press. It tells the story of a legendary hard-living, hard-lovin', hard-drinkin', and hard-druggin' rockstar who, in his later years, develops something of a cult following. Literally. His son Thom, a conservative minister with some possible moral issues of his own, is called on to the tour by a mysterious phone call and finds himself once again thrust into his estranged father's chaotic world of tour busses, dive-bar shows, and... snake-handlers? In this episode, host Eric Fritzius sits down with Davis for an interview about the novel, as recorded during the Lewisburg Literary Festival on August 8, 2015.

    35 min

  4. 04/21/2015

    ENCORE PODCAST: Episode 41 - Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Miles Dean

    In honor of the recent passing of poet Miles Dean, we present an encore of Episode 41 in which he and his poetry are featured. Miles Dean was not only a WV Writers member, and regular contributor to this podcast, but he was a prolific poet and one of the driving forces for the Raleigh County Library Writers Group.  In addition to being a multiple winner of the writers’ wall and people’s choice competitions at the WV Writers Summer Conference, Miles published three collections of his poetry, the most recent of which, New River Reflections, debuted in January. This recorded live reading comes from the September 16th Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. WV Writers' featured reader is Miles Dean, won honorable mention in the Humor Category of the 2010 WVW Annual Writing Contest as well as voted the 1st place winner in poetry for the Writers Wall at the 2010 Summer Conference. Find other podcasts featuring Miles Dean at http://podcast.wvwriters.org/search/label/Miles%20Dean

    26 min

  5. 04/21/2015

    Episode 74: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Rachel Garringer

    Only a month late in posting this episode, this is the final prose recording from the 2014 Literary Tea series at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg.  It features Rachel Garringer, the 2nd place winner of our 2014 Emerging Writers Prose category.   This recorded live reading comes from the October 13, 2014 Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. We also mourn the loss of WV Writers member and podcast contributor Miles Dean, who passed on April 1.  You can hear other podcasts featuring Miles at http://podcast.wvwriters.org/search/label/Miles%20Dean

    26 min

  6. 03/10/2015

    Episode 73: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Janet Lilly

    To help promote our annual writing contest, this year's Literary Tea readings featured winners from the 2014 WVW Annual Writing Contest.  The featured reader for this Tea is Janet Lilly, who won third place in the Writers Wall competition at the 2014 WV Writers Summer Conference.   This recorded live reading comes from the October 6, 2014 Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg.

    24 min

  7. 02/04/2015

    Episode 72: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Audrey Stanton Smith

    This recorded live reading comes from the September 29 Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. To help promote our annual writing contest, this year's Literary Tea readings featured winners from the 2014 WVW Annual Writing Contest.  The featured reader for this first reading is Audrey Stanton Smith, who placed in the Humor, Stageplay and Children's Book categories. (If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to wvwpodcast@gmail.com.)

    30 min

  8. 01/13/2015

    Episode 71: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Dawn A. Baldwin

    This recorded live reading comes from the September 22 Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. To help promote our annual writing contest, this year's Literary Tea readings featured winners from the 2014 WVW Annual Writing Contest. The featured reader for this first reading is Dawn A. Baldwin, who placed both honorable mention and 1st place in the Pearl S. Buck Award for Writing for Social Change category of the 2014 contest. (If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to wvwpodcast@gmail.com.)

    36 min
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The ongoing podcast for West Virginia Writers, Inc., hosted by Eric Fritzius.  Each show will feature interviews and discussion with and about Appalachian writers as well as news of WV Writers related events.

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  • Creator
    E. Meritus (Eric Fritzius)
  • Years Active
    2009 - 2017
  • Episodes
    98
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2009-2015 Mister Herman's Production Company, Ltd.
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    West Virginia Writers Podcast