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Eliza Knight talks fantastic flappers, star studded dancers, and incredible female stars in this episode of the Fall for the Book Podcast. From the underappreciated legacy of Adele Astaire, sister to Fred Astaire, to Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe's unlikely friendship. She is the author of Starring Adele Astaire, Why Can't We Be Friends, and many other titles.

Edward Cahill discusses his novel Disorderly Men, which follows three gay men in pre-Stonewall NYC, who find their fates thrown together during the police raid of a Village bar. Cahill talks identity, shame, 'disorderly conduct, and James Baldwin, in this episode of the Fall for the Book podcast.

Vandana Khanna sits down to talk about her poetry collection Burning Like Her Own Planet, the ancient Hindu text The Ramayana, women's rage and power, and of course, Beyonce.

Nicole Glover discusses her genre bending Murder and Magic series - The Conductors, and The Undertakers. Set in post-Civil War society, they feature Hetty and Benji - two former Conductors on the Underground Railroad, as they solve murders using celestial magic.

Annie Rains stops by in this bonus holiday episode of the Fall for the Book Podcast to talk about her novel "Through The Snowglobe," a mashup of "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Groundhog's Day." Romance, Christmas, and second (and third and fourth) chances shape this heartwarming novel.

Carol Mitchell and Josh Denslow sit down to talk
about the collaborative process of creating Denslow's new book Super Normal, a novel over 15 years in the making. Mitchell, one of many talented editors with Stillhouse Press, worked with Denslow as managing editor of Super Normal through the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, they discuss the process of redrafting a novel, and the many possible iterations of a single story.
Super Normal was released on November 7 2023 from Stillhouse Press and is available for sale on our website at stillhousepress.org.
Carol Mitchell is a consulting editor with Stillhouse Press and a term professor in the English Department at George Mason University. She holds an MFA from George Mason and is the author of several books for children and one novel for adults: What Start Bad a Mornin'.
Josh Denslow is also the author of a short story collection Not Everyone is Special. He currently lives in Barcelona, Spain with his three boys, his amazing wife, his mother-in-law, four cats, a dog, hundreds of books, and an electronic drum kit.

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6krwOwAUt_06e01M7ij0XZdWAcUTOTjDNSoMX_e0s0/edit?usp=sharing