Ep. 79: Christian Kiefer & Christopher Boucher

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TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books Podcast

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Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one's own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.  - Christian Kiefer: https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/ Buy PHANTOMS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817 Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.  Christian and James discuss:  Matt Salesses  MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden  SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson  Jamil Zaki  Deena Drewis  Nouvella Books  ORIENTALISM by Edward Said  CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said  NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Vintage Contemporaries  Tobias Wolff  Robert Stone  Richard Ford  Tim O'Brien  SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron  ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner  Henry James  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Emile Zola  Lauren Groff  San Francisco Zoo  GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure  Benjamin Percy  Ingmar Bergman  Andrei Tarkovsky  THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses  THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday  HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  IF YOU'RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki  FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub  A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos Miles Davis  John Coltrane  WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English Nicholas Brittell  THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi  Lyle Lovett  George Jones JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Barry Hannah  GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)  John Keene  Magnolia Electric Company  Jason Molina  CANADA by Richard Ford  Sewanee  - Christopher Boucher: http://www.christopherboucher.net/ Buy BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579 Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.  James and Christopher discuss:  Melville House  Kurt Vonnegut  THE PARIS REVIEW  Ben Greenman  Boston College  Oregon State  "People Like That Are The Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Araby" by James Joyce  Looney Tunes  Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/