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I spoke with Owl Goingback about his Bram Stoker award winning novel “Coyote Rage”. You can watch the video version of the interview here:
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Scott Peeples is a professor of literature and has written three books on Edgar Allan Poe and has co-authored a handbook on Poe. We spoke about his latest book on Poe and his experiences in four major cities Poe lived in. Edgar Allan Poe and the City Princeton University Press, 2020
0:34 – Scott talks about why he started studying and writing about Edgar Allan Poe.
2:21 – Scott talks about the cities Poe had lived in and how it impacted his work. We touch on his Baltimore connections.
5:07 – Scott talks about the growth of the cities Poe lived in – Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York.
6:33 – Scott talks about slavery in Richmond and how that may have impacted Poe’s writing.
9:39 – Scott talks about Poe’s exposure to poverty in these cities, especially Baltimore.
11:16 – Scott talks about Poe’s exposure to the rich in these cities.
12:15 – Scott talks about Poe’s ideas about ancient architecture.
14:01 – Scott talks about Poe’s writing on New York City.
16:01 – Scott talks about the city elements that Poe highlighted.
18:16 – Scott talks about the order Poe lived in the various cities and why he moved around.
20:21 – Scott talks about Poe always being on the move.
22:18 – Scott talks about the locations Poe was drawn to.
25:43 – Scott talks about Poe’s difficulties in moving his writing supplies and equipment around.
27:58 – Scott talks about where in Richmond Poe lived.
31:16 – Scott talks about the documents he had available to do this research.
33:39 – Scott talks about business documents related to Poe’s movements.
34:49 – Scott talks about when Poe become famous.
36:11 – Scott talks about the interest in Gothic poetry in Poe’s time.
38:10 – Scott talks about the Poe Society of Baltimore’s archived material.
40:23 – Scott talks about the fights Poe would get into.
42:20 – Scott talks about Poe and regionalism.
44:38 – Scott talks about Poe’s drinking.
46:35 – Scott talks about the bars and hospitals in Poe’s cities.
48:46 – Scott talks about visiting the cities Poe had lived in.
51:21 – Scott talks about Poe’s letter writing.
52:17 – Scott talks about how much writing Poe did.
54:12 – Scott talks about wishing he understood Poe’s work days better.
57:28 – Scott talks about why Poe became a writer.
59:29 – Scott talks about Poe’s rough personality.
1:01:28 – Scott talks about the effect of Poe’s early death on his celebrity.
1:02:23 – Scott talks about Poe’s opium use.
1:03:17 – Scott talks about Poe’s childhood.
1:07:16 – Scott talks about the photographs used in the book.
1:10:54 – Scott can be found @lscottpeeples on twitter and is on academia.edu
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691182407/the-man-of-the-crowd
https://cofc.academia.edu/ScottPeeples
https://twitter.com/lscottpeeples
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Guests: Scott Peeples
Host: Cris Alvarez
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Sarah Read is author of the 2019 Bram Stoker award for best first novel. She’s also a librarian and a fiction editor. We spoke about her novel, her gothic interests, her editing and ghost writing work, and her passion for fountain pens. Bone Weaver’s Orchard (Journal Stone, 2019)
0:42 – Sarah talks about why she wrote this book.
1:24 – Sarah talks about the details of the book.
3:14 – Sarah talks about her spiders.
3:46 – Sarah talks about research she did for the book.
6:11 – Sarah talks about how much she knows the history of the period of her book.
8:17 – Sarah talks about the horror atmosphere of her book. Then she discusses the things that inspire her.
9:59 – Sarah talks about her love of books.
11:38 – Sarah talks about the sound qualities of the book.
12:28 – Sarah talks about her writing process.
14:30 – Sarah talks about using a computer to finish her drafts.
16:38 – Sarah talks about what winning an award affected her writing.
20:00 – Sarah talks about post-WWII horror. She also discusses her next two novels.
21:29 – Sarah talks about Pantheon magazine and its hiatus.
22:23 – Sarah talks about her editing work.
23:32 – Sarah talks about teaching literature. She talks about her grandmother instilling a love of Gothic literature.
25:32 – Sarah talks about how she started writing.
27:08 – Sarah talks about her poetry.
28:51 – Sarah talks about ghostwriting.
32:06 – Sarah talks about underwriting her drafts.
35:34 – Sarah talks about how to balance the elements of her novel.
37:41 – Sarah talks about the lyricism of her writing.
39:13 – Sarah talks about epic fantasy writing.
42:49 – Sarah talks about wanting ghosts to be real when she was young.
46:38 – Sarah recalls growing up around wilderness areas.
49:01 – Sarah talks about the publishing process.
53:03 – Sarah can be found on twitter and instagram @inkwellmonster and inkwellmonster.wordpress.com. She also talks about her interest in fountain pens.
55:43 – Sarah talks how she writes with her fountains pens and using blotting paper.
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Guests: Sarah Read
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Journal Stone, horror, Bram Stoker award,
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