The ongoing podcast for West Virginia Writers, Inc., the Mountain State's largest organization dedicated to writers. Hosted by Eric Fritzius, from atop a hill in Greenbrier County, each podcast will feature information about WV Writers related events as well as readings and interviews with the writers of West Virginia and Appalachia.

This podcast features music by Pops Walker.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Episode 22: A Conversation with Lee Maynard, Part 2


Episode 22 of the WVW Podcast continues with Part 2 of the conversation between WV Writers 1st Vice President Cat Pleska and Lee Maynard. Lee is best known as the author of the book Crum, and its followup Screaming with the Cannibals. He has a new novel-in-memoir-form called The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life, published by West Virginia University Press.

This week some of the topics covered include the truth layered in a fictional memoir; the true threat of retirement; fictional violence in service to story; influences; and the answer to the question "What two things do you know for sure?"

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West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 22

Links mentioned in Podcast:
  • LeeMaynard.com
  • Cat Pleska.com
  • The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life
  • Lee Maynard Video Podcast Live Readings on YouTube
  • Cat Pleska heard in Podcast Episode 4
  • Podcast Bonus Show 3
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