Episode 75: interview with author Ed Davis

Ed Davis is the WV-native author of the novels I Was So Much Older Then  and  The Measure of Everything.  His third novel, The Psalms of Israel Jones was recently published by WV University Press.  It tells the story of a legendary hard-living, hard-lovin', hard-drinkin', and hard-druggin' rockstar who, in his later years, develops something of a cult following.  Literally.  His son Thom, a conservative minister with some possible moral issues of his own, is called on to the tour by a mysterious phone call and finds himself once again thrust into his estranged father's chaotic world of tour busses, dive-bar shows, and... snake-handlers?  

In this episode, host Eric Fritzius sits down with Davis for an interview about the novel, as recorded during the Lewisburg Literary Festival on August 8, 2015.


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West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 75

 
LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST

• DavisEd.com 
• The Psalms of Israel Jones 
• West Virginia University Press

WV Writers Podcast: Bonus 14 - A Consternation of Monsters episode

(The following podcast is presented as a bonus episode featuring a sample episode of host Eric Fritzius's other podcast The Consternation of Monsters Podcast, adapting stories from his new collection, A Consternation of Monsters.)

The Seward Whale Strike Tragedy, they called it. Twenty-five people dead. The worst accident in Alaska’s tourism history since Will Rogers’ plane went down in ‘35. Only one man left alive knows the truth of what really happened — the man everyone agrees caused the tragedy to start with.

And if there’s one thing he’s sure of, the thing they hit that day was no whale.

Presented here is his testimony, as transcribed for an interview with Paranorm Violations Magazine. This podcast adapts the short story “The Ones that Aren’t Crows” found in the collection A Consternation of Monsters.

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WVW Podcast Bonus show #14: The Consternation of Monsters podcast

LINKS TO TOPICS HEARD IN THIS PODCAST

• MisterHerman.com 
• A Consternation of Monsters 
• The Consternation of Monsters Podcast