Turn The Page – Episode 142A – Polly Samson

Lyricist and novelist, Polly Samson takes us to the island of Hydra during the 1960’s — a legendary community of artists and creatives. Polly joined us to chat about Leonard Cohen, Charmain Clift and her amazing family as seen in the YouTube series The Von Trapped Family

https://youtu.be/9Q3L79JU9vU

Turn The Page – Episode 141B – Zen Cho

Jess moves with her family to Penang Malaysia she becomes the unwitting medium for her estranged ornery grandmother who passed away amidst unfinished business. Cho’s Blackwater Sister is funny, scary, and touching all at the same time.

Turn The Page – Episode 141C – Christina Sweeny-Baird


Kin to books such as Children of Men and World War Z, Baird’s debut novel The End of Men brings a world where a virus that infects men ravages the world deeply affecting the landscape of gender representation and socialization.

Turn The Page – Episode 141A – Caroline Kepnes


Joe Goldberg is the world’s favorite meme-able, book loving serial killer, and in Caroline Kepnes’ newest installment of her You series, Joe has his sites set on a new woman. A librarian. We got to “thank” Caroline for that one in this interview.

Turn The Page – Episode 140B – Dianna Rostad

 


From Hell’s Kitchen, to the Orphan Train, to western Montana. Rostad’s You Belong Here Now is an emotional story about a group of young people in need of a family. Set within a story of the treatment of wild horses in the west and what makes a home, Rostad tells us about her writing inspirations.

Turn The Page – Episode 140A – Jennifer Saint

 


Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne turns the story of the Minotaur to focus on his sister Ariadne whose story is pushed aside after she guides the hero Theseus through the labyrinth. Saint chats with us about how mythology narrative often punishes the women adjacent to a male hero, why we crave female perspective, and the emotional weight of being the mother of a monster.

Turn The Page – Episode 139 – Madlyn Burker

We got a chance to chat with Madlyn Burkert, the Collections and Exhibitions Archivist at Lucasfilm Ltd. Madlyn took us on a “tour de force” of how she found herself on the path of a pop-culture archivist (shout out to L.I.U.), the challenges of providing reference for future projects, and so much more.

Turn The Page – Episode 138 – Sarah Marshall

 


The Neverending Story is often considered THE film at the root of Xennial trauma. Joined by Sarah Marshall, we discuss trauma depicted in the film, the author of the book whose own trauma inspired it all, and that DARN horse. It has to hurt if it is to heal.

Turn The Page – Episode 137c — Mat Heagerty and Steph Mided

We hosted a live zoom audience with Mat Heagerty and Steph Mided, the author artist team behind the graphic novel Martian Ghost Centaur! 

Watch the video here