tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17233189737102163652024-03-05T10:53:22.063-05:00West Virginia Writers PodcastThe ongoing podcast for West Virginia Writers, Inc., the Mountain State's largest organization dedicated to writers. Hosted by Eric Fritzius (a.k.a. E. Meritus), 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.Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-60737201641217049622021-11-01T23:12:00.014-04:002021-11-04T18:54:16.359-04:00Pops Walker, in memorium<p> </p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQQDn4ipjZfxVl8u4c-JVjfT85VOzsjmRhb0O5k2f4eHWQkcrFZUpJEzr-APl1zsA4Kwq6tm9ZfpEaesHxMqx_aUCQF4T62R1tN7gnoNDQPpA1Wl7pSKGRPdTR9muX_nX3ZWYhoXAu7s/s300/pops+walker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="300" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQQDn4ipjZfxVl8u4c-JVjfT85VOzsjmRhb0O5k2f4eHWQkcrFZUpJEzr-APl1zsA4Kwq6tm9ZfpEaesHxMqx_aUCQF4T62R1tN7gnoNDQPpA1Wl7pSKGRPdTR9muX_nX3ZWYhoXAu7s/s0/pops+walker.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Sad news to report for the West Virginia Writers family. WVW co-founder Kirk Judd has reported on Facebook that Pops Walker died on October 29, at his home in Luray, Virginia, surrounded by friends and family. Pops was a dear friend of West Virginia Writers, myself, and of this podcast in particular. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Pops was an amazing guy and so very supportive of the music community throughout the region and beyond. He was also just a downright fantastic musician in his own right.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">I came to know Pops in 2007 when he attended the West Virginia Writers Summer Conference as the main musical entertainment for Saturday night, as well as participating in a couple of workshops. However, I think Pops was there to hang out with Lee Maynard. Not long before the conference, the audiobook adaptation of Lee's book <i style="font-style: normal;">Crum</i> had been released by Ross Ballard through his Mountain Whispers Audiobooks. Pops provided the music for the project and released a separate album called <i>The Crum Session</i>. For the 2007 conference, Lee, Pops and Ross were in attendance and we got to hear some of that adaptation live, as well as the three of them in a workshop speaking about the collaboration process. Pops concert on Saturday is among my all time favorite musical concerts, conference or no. His performances were so much fun to watch, partly due to the quality of the music, but also for the energy with which Pops attacked his work, seemingly devouring the notes from the air and grinding them in his grinning teeth. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">After I told him how much fun I'd had watching him, he replied, "Nobody has as much fun at my show as I do. They might be having <i>as much </i>fun as me, but no one's having more."</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">That conference also marked the first time that Lee and Pops teamed up for what would become regular reading/music combo concerts for them, with Lee reading from his work accompanied by Pops on guitar. To say it was magical is an understatement. Lee and Pops, who had only just met, quickly became fast friends and remained so until Lee's passing in 2017. (Pops spoke about their friendship in a memorial podcast to Lee, which was the last new <a href="West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 76">episode produced here</a>.) They would re-team for similar combos in 2011 as well.</div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pops was gracious enough to return to the conference on two more occasions, and he always brought friends who quickly became new favorite musicians. In 2008, he brought West Virginia musicians Keith and Joan Pitzer, who were wonderful. And in 2010 he brought musical </span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">protégé</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Kipyn Martin Kae. They joined the West Virginia Writers family of musicians and fit right in. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">When the idea first occurred to me to produce a podcast for West Virginia Writers, in 2009, I knew whose music I wanted to use as the theme song. I contacted Pops and he gave me permission to use any of his music that I wanted. His only requirement was that I needed to send him copies of the show on CD, because his internet in Luray was too slow for downloading them. It was one of the best deals I ever made, as Pops' music was a large part of making the show sound as good as it did. I chose his instrumental "Southeastern" as the podcast theme. Pops said he wrote that tune to sound like what might happen if Ravi Shankar and Greg Allman were to collide with one another while carrying stringed instruments. An apt description if there ever was one. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2012, I was invited to help plan the first Lewisburg Literary Festival. My first proposal was to bring in Lee and Pops for one of their combo concerts, and for Pops to be part of the festival entertainment on his own. They readily agreed, since they always like an excuse to hang out with one another. That summer we had their tag-team magic recreated on the stage of the historic Lewis Theater. Not only that, but Lee did a live reading of the infamous </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">apple slice</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> chapter from </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Crum, </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">which was a piece he said he had never read live before. Truth be told, he was nervous about it, and had asked me in advance if I thought the audience might rebel. I explained that we were a literary festival first and foremost and the written word was something we celebrated, even if that word might potentially offend. We were pretty sure our audience would be up for it. They absolutely were. And, of course, Pops brought a guest musician to help out in the form of Kipyn Martin Kae, who the audience fell in love with as well. They joined one another for Pops' concert that night. Pops even played "Southeastern" for me.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Pops and his wife Bobbi liked to give back to the music community and I was honored to be able to attend two of the Shenandoah River Song Fests which they hosted near their home in Luray. These were tented concerts on the banks of the Shenandoah River itself, during which music lovers from all walks of life gathered to camp for three days punctuated by catered food cooked right there on the riverbank, libations, and, of course, music by an assembly of musicians. My CD collection grew with each festival, and it was always great to see familiar faces take the stage there, from Kipyn to the Pitzer Family, to WVW friends Doug and Telisha Williams' band Wild Ponies, and new faces like Beaucoup Blue. It was so much fun to experience these bands he'd curated, who jammed together as easily as they played their own wonderful tunes, You could also see the love Pops had for them. These were his friends he was showing off to the world, celebrating their talent and joining their with his own brand of what he called <span style="font-family: inherit;">Southern Fried Zen Mojo. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">During the last fest I was able to attend, in 2014, we were treated to another Pops/Lee Maynard combo show, as Lee was in attendance as well. It would unfortunately mark the last time I would to see both Lee and Pops in person. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pops was not only a musical contributor, but the show's most frequent guest. Unfortunately, two of his three appearances were memorials to friends who had passed. The first was for Keith Pitzer, who had passed in 2010. And his second appearance was the last episode I produced, a tribute by Pops to his friend Lee Maynard, who passed in 2017. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you've not heard them, I encourage you to listen to the Pops Walker podcasts, or revisit them if you've heard them before. Most of all, though, I encourage you to listen to his music. Two of his albums, <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3EILx3e" target="_blank">Milepost 5,</a></i> <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3bFI3lt" target="_blank">Live `N Drivin On,</a></i> and <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3q7wVWZ" target="_blank">The Crum Session</a> </i>can be found at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amazon. You can also find Pops work on the <i>Crum </i>audiobook as well as its sequel <i>Screaming With the Cannibals</i> courtesy of Mountain Whispers, also available via Amazon. You can also find Pops' book of essays, <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3bG4kjl" target="_blank">The Existential Redneck</a> </i>as an ebook for Amazon/Kindle.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pops Walker's like will not be known again, but those of us who got to know him even a little bit are the better for it.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://www.thebradleyfuneralhome.com/obituary/RichardPops-Walker?fbclid=IwAR2ZM30QWD-LUtDmNTzM0Tf_qo0gsCbbCmKmM6Uu818sh-c2LtwqkTqdOt8">You can read Pops' obituary here.</a> In lieu of flowers </span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">memorial contributions can be made to <a href="https://pagecoalition.org/" target="_blank">Page Alliance for Community Action</a>.</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>PODCAST EPISODES FEATURING POPS</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/2009/07/episode-12-pops-walker.html" target="_blank">Episode #12 - Pops Walker interview</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/2009/10/wv-writers-podcast-bonus-show-4.html" target="_blank">Bonus Episode 4 - Pops Walker interview trimmings</a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/2010/01/episode-24-keith-pitzer-tribute-with.html" target="_blank">Episode #24 - Keith Pitzer Tribute</a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/2012/05/lee-maynard-pops-walker-from-wv-writers.html" target="_blank">Lee & Pops Combo Performance from 2011 (video)</a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/2017/07/episode-76-lee-maynard-remembered.html" target="_blank">Episode #76 - Lee Maynard Remembered</a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div></div>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-28110201442894269012017-07-26T13:43:00.000-04:002017-07-26T15:09:56.828-04:00Episode 76: Lee Maynard Remembered<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">The writer Lee Maynard passed away on June 16, 2017, in New Mexico. He was an infamous son of the Appalachian literary scene due to his less than flattering depiction of growing up in West Virginia in his novel <i>Crum--</i>infamously banned from sale at Tamarack. What negative publicity it received, however, drew more attention to the book, which is, at its heart, a love letter to the state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">For the past 15 years, Lee has been a regular presenter at the WV Writers Summer Conference, often accompanied by his friend and collaborator Pops Walker. In this episode we talk to Pops himself about Lee and his work. Also included are Lee's previous podcast appearances, including a recording of one of Lee's readings with Pops Walker, </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">a resonant interview he did with Cat Pleska in 2009, </span>and other recorded material.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wvwriters.org/the-maynard-i-knew-a-belated-eulogy-by-pops-walker/" target="_blank">"The Maynard I Knew" a belated eulogy by Pops Walker</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wvwriters.org/shenandoah-river-songfest-may-2012-a-poem-by-lee-maynard/" target="_blank">"Shenandoah River Songfest 2012" by Lee Maynard</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://youtu.be/kwMnTauBLw0" target="_blank">Lee Maynard JUG Award Ceremony</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://youtu.be/lUTNXv8r8nI" target="_blank">Lee and Pops at the WV Writers Conference</a> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2tKl995" target="_blank">Crum: The Audiobook (by Mountain Whispers) </a></span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">BOOKS BY LEE MAYNARD</span><br />
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<li><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2uxefmk" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Crum</span></a></i><i><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></li>
<li><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2h3aL6B" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Screaming with the Cannibals</span></a></i><i><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></li>
<li><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2tK8kf7" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Scummers</span></a></i><i><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></li>
<li><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2h353l2" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life</span></a></i><i><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></li>
<li><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2uXK1tT" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cinco Becknell</span></a></i><i><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></li>
<li><i><a href="http://amzn.to/2uy0svV" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Magnetic North</span></a></i></li>
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Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-59008689101098182782015-08-18T15:15:00.000-04:002015-08-18T15:15:29.218-04:00Episode 75: interview with author Ed Davis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ed Davis</b> is the WV-native author of the novels <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1TRQE7V" target="_blank">I Was So Much Older Then</a> </i>and <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1URew8Q" target="_blank">The Measure of Everything</a>. </i>His third novel, <a href="http://amzn.to/1KucCUc" target="_blank"><i>The Psalms of Israel Jones</i></a> 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? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://davised.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DavisEd.com</span></a><i><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></li>
<li><a href="http://wvupressonline.com/search/The%20Psalms%20of%20Israel%20Jones" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Psalms of Israel Jones</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://wvupressonline.com/">West Virginia University Press</a> </span></li>
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Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-40743424885877391102015-08-18T14:53:00.000-04:002015-08-18T15:56:03.492-04:00WV Writers Podcast: Bonus 14 - A Consternation of Monsters episode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(<i><b>The following podcast is presented as a bonus episode featuring a sample episode of host Eric Fritzius's other podcast <a href="http://mrherman.com/wordpress/consternation/consternation-of-monsters-podcast/" target="_blank">The Consternation of Monsters Podcast</a>, adapting stories from his new collection</b></i>, <a href="http://mrherman.com/wordpress/consternation/" target="_blank"><b>A Consternation of Monsters</b></a>.)<br />
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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.<br />
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And if there’s one thing he’s sure of, the thing they hit that day was no whale.<br />
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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 <i><a href="http://mrherman.com/wordpress/consternation/" target="_blank">A Consternation of Monsters</a></i>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 20.7999992370605px;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWP-Bonus-Ep14-08-18-15-the-ones-that-arent-crows.mp3">WVW Podcast Bonus show #14: The Consternation of Monsters podcast</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<b>LINKS TO TOPICS HEARD IN THIS PODCAST</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.mrherman.com/" target="_blank"><b>MisterHerman.com</b><b> </b></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mrherman.com/wordpress/consternation/" target="_blank"><i><b>A Consternation of Monsters</b><b> </b></i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mrherman.com/wordpress/consternation/consternation-of-monsters-podcast/" target="_blank"><b>The Consternation of Monsters Podcast</b></a></li>
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Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-8247751568442485372015-04-21T16:31:00.004-04:002015-04-21T16:31:40.742-04:00ENCORE PODCAST: Episode 41: 2010 Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Miles Dean<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNaPmo4y9Hx3TzQUeulVO0g43AV6q8WcV_iqsS6bYiwHJ4GdML0pZTG58lfHLkTqsMXI3e-V1e0UN-5uyZpRU4EXixXEqz_GisY5nwSuYvgNHPt-MfTTnUE-aeQ7CpnvKLcntPWbldIA/s1600/wvwp-episode41.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNaPmo4y9Hx3TzQUeulVO0g43AV6q8WcV_iqsS6bYiwHJ4GdML0pZTG58lfHLkTqsMXI3e-V1e0UN-5uyZpRU4EXixXEqz_GisY5nwSuYvgNHPt-MfTTnUE-aeQ7CpnvKLcntPWbldIA/s320/wvwp-episode41.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520515824838560306" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 243px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 243px;" /></a><br />
In honor of the recent passing of poet Miles Dean, we present an encore of Episode 41 in which he and his poetry are featured.<br />
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Miles Dean was not only a WV Writers member, and regular contributor to this podcast, but he was a prolific poet and one of the driving forces for the Raleigh County Library Writers Group. In addition to being a multiple winner of the writers’ wall and people’s choice competitions at the WV Writers Summer Conference, Miles published three collections of his poetry, the most recent of which, New River Reflections, debuted in January.<br />
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This recorded live reading comes from the September 16th Literary Tea session at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. WV Writers' featured reader is Miles Dean, won honorable mention in the Humor Category of the 2010 WVW Annual Writing Contest as well as voted the 1st place winner in poetry for the Writers Wall at the 2010 Summer Conference.<br />
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Find other podcasts featuring Miles Dean at <a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/search/label/Miles%20Dean">this label link</a>.<br />
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If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to <a href="mailto:wvwpodcast@gmail.com">wvwpodcast@gmail.com</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep41-09-24-10.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 41</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Links mentioned in Podcast:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/" style="font-weight: bold;">Greenbrier Valley Theatre</a><a href="http://www.belindaanderson.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.belindaanderson.com/"><b>Belinda Anderson</b></a></li>
<li><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/search/label/Miles%20Dean"><b>Other WVW podcasts featuring Miles Dean</b></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=miles%20dean&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amiles%20dean&tag=tafrth34li34-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=JMVW5X2DJBPCC7YA"><b>Miles Dean poetry collections</b></a></li>
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<a href="http://www.wvhumanities.org/bookfest/prgscheds.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></a>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-57798819630269329552015-04-21T16:16:00.000-04:002015-04-21T16:23:55.964-04:00Episode 74: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Rachel Garringer<div class="" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Only a month late in posting this episode, this is the final prose recording from the 2014 Literary Tea series at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg. It features Rachel Garringer, the 2nd place winner of our 2014 Emerging Writers Prose category. </span><br />
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This recorded live reading comes from the October 13, 2014 Literary Tea session at the <a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/">Greenbrier Valley Theatre</a> in Lewisburg.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>(If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to </em><a href="mailto:wvwpodcast@gmail.com"><em>wvwpodcast@gmail.com</em></a><em>.)</em></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 20.7999992370605px;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep74-4-21-15.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 74</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/">Greenbrier Valley Theatre</a></strong></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/415867831896572/"><b>Lions and Authors and Books, Oh, My!</b></a></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0941092712/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0941092712&linkCode=as2&tag=tafrth34li34-20&linkId=3WIQXUGE4GE4FYIK">Diner Stories: Off the Menu</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0692428518/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0692428518&linkCode=as2&tag=tafrth34li34-20&linkId=BVHTQISMJPK5T37Z">A Consternation of Monsters</a> (stories by Eric Fritzius)</b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.mrherman.com/">Mister Herman.com</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=miles%20dean&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amiles%20dean&tag=tafrth34li34-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=ZKHAZESIFPKZTRYF">Miles Dean poetry collections</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/search/label/Miles%20Dean">WVW Podcasts featuring Miles Dean</a></b></li>
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Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-15286861016328790152015-03-10T15:32:00.000-04:002015-03-10T15:33:43.439-04:00Episode 73: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Janet Lilly<div class="" style="clear: both;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLnrtF2ly-E5SMP3QJLeHWftemQcFaz6-5UdK3NJfv2fUzManWkbyNILyQbS3bw7mgk0VoUqsZNZF0RyBRsSGDDQEIRd9AadNmp8BYISCoFA3YG-NRASxI1P8sdw-XD6ooPkQdziV1HE/s1600/wvwp-episode73.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLnrtF2ly-E5SMP3QJLeHWftemQcFaz6-5UdK3NJfv2fUzManWkbyNILyQbS3bw7mgk0VoUqsZNZF0RyBRsSGDDQEIRd9AadNmp8BYISCoFA3YG-NRASxI1P8sdw-XD6ooPkQdziV1HE/s1600/wvwp-episode73.png" height="200" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">To help promote our <a href="http://wvwriters.org/home/annual-writing-contest/">annual writing contest</a>, this year's Literary Tea readings featured winners from the 2014 WVW Annual Writing Contest. The featured reader for this Tea is Janet Lilly, who won third place in the Writers Wall competition at the 2014 WV Writers Summer Conference. </span>This recorded live reading comes from the October 6, 2014 Literary Tea session at the <a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/">Greenbrier Valley Theatre</a> in Lewisburg.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>(If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to </em><a href="mailto:wvwpodcast@gmail.com"><em>wvwpodcast@gmail.com</em></a><em>.)</em></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 20.7999992370605px;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-EP73-3-10-15.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 73</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/"><strong>Greenbrier Valley Theatre</strong></a></li>
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Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-81040862672106689792015-02-04T16:36:00.003-05:002015-02-05T14:20:02.329-05:00Episode 72: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Audrey Stanton Smith<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbcX6RPwtwRFBnpy49KgZYGyDs_o7EdLpexYy1iTnxW48njvQEa3Sy4aD2n-Q2U24fWeXOwpzWT8IQuJ90AUiQlAxRxyS9cB0B3JuZkLTbIXuOt__4HJj59NnwpW-SURfPYqBGi64oDk/s1600/wvwp-episode72.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbcX6RPwtwRFBnpy49KgZYGyDs_o7EdLpexYy1iTnxW48njvQEa3Sy4aD2n-Q2U24fWeXOwpzWT8IQuJ90AUiQlAxRxyS9cB0B3JuZkLTbIXuOt__4HJj59NnwpW-SURfPYqBGi64oDk/s1600/wvwp-episode72.jpg" height="200" width="200" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small;">To help promote our <a href="http://wvwriters.org/home/annual-writing-contest/">annual writing contest</a>, this year's Literary Tea readings featured winners from the 2014 WVW Annual Writing Contest. The featured reader for this Tea is Audrey Stanton Smith, who placed in the Humor, Stageplay and Children's Book categories. </span>This recorded live reading comes from the September 29, 2014 Literary Tea session at the <a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/">Greenbrier Valley Theatre</a> in Lewisburg. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>(If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to </em><a href="mailto:wvwpodcast@gmail.com"><em>wvwpodcast@gmail.com</em></a><em>.)</em></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-EP72-2-4-15.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 72</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://mudsmoke.wordpress.com/">Mudsmoke</a> (Audrey's blog)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/"><strong>Greenbrier Valley Theatre</strong></a></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-40235757390996393922015-01-13T17:50:00.001-05:002015-01-13T17:50:56.075-05:00Episode 71: Literary Tea Recorded Live Reading with Dawn A. Baldwin<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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This recorded live reading comes from the September 22 Literary Tea session at the <a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/">Greenbrier Valley Theatre</a> in Lewisburg. <br />
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To help promote our <a href="http://wvwriters.org/home/annual-writing-contest/">annual writing contest</a>, this year's Literary Tea readings featured winners from the 2014 WVW Annual Writing Contest. The featured reader for this first reading is Dawn A. Baldwin, who placed both honorable mention and 1st place in the Pearl S. Buck Award for Writing for Social Change category of the 2014 contest. <br />
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<em>(If you're a member or extended friend of WV Writers, Inc. we invite you to submit your own recorded live readings to </em><a href="mailto:wvwpodcast@gmail.com"><em>wvwpodcast@gmail.com</em></a><em>.)</em></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep71--1-13-15.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 71</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.brightsideacres.com/"><strong>Brightside Acres</strong></a> (Dawn's site)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/"><strong>Greenbrier Valley Theatre</strong></a></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-32480648865019124952014-12-28T10:28:00.002-05:002014-12-28T15:21:13.775-05:00Episode 70: ContestCAST 2015<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmNKZOEe1vz1tFLlL-CthM2_mU6U7tccLdEPEg5MeykTa4HPEPC7sPovjpUx77E2SmgoLoRnXfuVJhvYFYLWuO7Whmi9kIkr4G3JZs9TYZpV_hT-ADwxGDZBifLO3Jy8vJGb-vg237K8/s1600/wvwp-episode70.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmNKZOEe1vz1tFLlL-CthM2_mU6U7tccLdEPEg5MeykTa4HPEPC7sPovjpUx77E2SmgoLoRnXfuVJhvYFYLWuO7Whmi9kIkr4G3JZs9TYZpV_hT-ADwxGDZBifLO3Jy8vJGb-vg237K8/s1600/wvwp-episode70.png" height="320" width="320" /></a>ContestCAST 2015 is your one-stop primer for all information about the 2015 West Virginia Writers Annual Writing contests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Joining host Eric Fritzius for the third year in a row is 2015 Contest Coordinator... Eric Fritzius.</span><br />
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<strong>(By the way, to get the maximum effect of this "interview" it's probably best to listen to this episode using a good pair of stereo headphones.)</strong><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep70-12-28-14.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 70</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<a href="http://wvwriters.org/contest15/2015_contest_entry_form-FINAL.pdf"><img alt="WV Writers Contest Entry Form 2015" class="wp-image-1312 size-full" src="http://wvwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2015_contest_image.jpg" height="150" width="115" /></a> <a href="http://wvwriters.org/contest15/2015_NMV-student-contest-FINAL.pdf"><img alt="New Mountain Voices contest entry form" class="wp-image-1313 size-full" src="http://wvwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2015_NMV_image.jpg" height="150" width="123" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-2885700053096087832014-04-26T16:45:00.002-04:002015-04-21T16:22:37.759-04:00Episode 69: Literary Tea Poetry Tea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">In honor of April being National
Poetry Month, the WV Writers Podcast presents a recorded live reading captured at the 2013
Literary Tea Poetry Edition at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in
Lewisburg, WV. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Featured are poets and readers Lori Evans, Barry Rich, Miles Dean, Micah Labishak, Sammye Lewis, and Wolf Knight.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep69-4-25-14.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 69</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/conference.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Conference Page</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Miles Dean's books of poetry (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Furrows-Parchment-Miles-Dean/dp/1480039403/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398473060&sr=1-3">Furrows on Parment</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Musings-After-Midnight-Miles-Dean/dp/149229375X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398473060&sr=1-1">Musings After Midnight</a>)</span></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-60202856634172829472014-01-02T10:05:00.000-05:002014-01-02T10:05:01.530-05:00Episode 68: ContestCAST 2014 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">ContestCast 201<b>4</b> serves as your primer for all things related to the <a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html">WV Writers Annual Writing Contest</a> for 201<b>4</b>, which accepts entries from January 2 through March 31. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Joining host <b>Eric Fritzius</b>, for the second year in a row, to help explain all the whys and wherefores of the contest is the 2014 Contest Coordinator... <b>Eric Fritzius</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">TO DOWNLOAD: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Right mouse click on the link below and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">choose </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Save Link Target As</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> to save the file to your computer. Listen to it at your convenience using Windows Media Player (or whatever product Mac offers for media).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep68-01-02-14.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 68</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest14/2014_contest_entry_form-FINAL.pdf"><img alt="WV
Writers 2014
Contest Form" border="0" height="74" src="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest14/wvw-2013-contest-page-logo.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest14/2014_NMV-student-contest-FINAL.pdf"><img alt="WV
Writers 2014
New Mountain
Voices Contest
Form" border="0" height="74" src="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest14/wvw-nmv-2013-contest-page-logo.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://misterherman.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MisterHerman.com</span></a></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-2370623371389132682013-02-01T10:11:00.002-05:002013-02-01T15:12:26.848-05:00Episode 67: The Pearl S. Buck Award for Writing for Social Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Born in Hillsboro<span style="font-size: small;">, <span style="font-size: small;">WV. </span></span>Pearl S. Buck was a Puli<span style="font-size: small;">tzer Pri<span style="font-size: small;">ze winning author known the world over for <span style="font-size: small;">such books as <i>The Good Earth.</i> The child<span style="font-size: small;"> of missionary parents, she grew up in China, and her writing later in life greatly influenced the change in Western perceptions of that nation. <span style="font-size: small;">As part of the </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html">WV Writers Annual Writing Contest</a><span style="font-size: small;">, our organization has teamed<span style="font-size: small;"> with the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation in Hillsboro to sponor the Pearl S. Buck Award for Writing <span style="font-size: small;">for Social Change category of our </span></span></span>2013 contest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Joining host Eric Fritzius to talk about the award and about Pearl Buck herself, are Jolie Lewis<span style="font-size: small;">,<span style="font-size: small;">vice president of the board of <span style="font-size: small;">direc<span style="font-size: small;">tors for the Pearl S. Buck <span style="font-size: small;">Bi<span style="font-size: small;">rthpalce Foundation, and Dr. Edwin<span style="font-size: small;">a Pendarvis<span style="font-size: small;">, a biographer of Buck's. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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to save the file to your computer. Listen to it at your
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offers for media).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep67-02-01-13.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 67</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/2013_contest_entry_form.pdf"><img alt="WV Writers Writing
Contest 2013" border="0" height="74" src="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/wvw-2013-contest-page-logo.png" width="250" /></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/2013_NMV-student-contest.pdf"><img alt="New Mountain Voices
Contest 2013" border="0" height="74" src="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/wvw-nmv-2013-contest-page-logo.png" width="250" /></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />LINKS TO TOPICS FEATURED IN THE PODCAST</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pearlsbuckbirthplace.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://blog.wvwriters.org/2013/02/judges-list-for-2013-wv-writers-writing.html">The Judges List for the 2013 WV Writers Annual Writing Contest </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/2010/08/episode-39-seeking-swan-recorded-live.html">WV Writers Podcast Episode 39: Seeking the Swan Reading (appearance of Edwina Pendarvis)</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://podcast.wvwriters.org/2011/11/episode-61-interview-with-jaimy-gordon.html">WV Writers Podcast Episode 61: Jaimy Gordon interview (appearance of Edwina Pendarvis)</a> </span></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-28485018148209110312013-01-01T23:03:00.000-05:002013-01-01T23:03:00.687-05:00Episode 66: Contestcast 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">ContestCast 2013 serves as your primer for all things related to the <a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html">WV Writers Annual Writing Contest</a> for 2013, which accepts entries from January 2 through March 31. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Joining host <b>Eric Fritzius</b> to help explain all the whys and wherefores of the contest is the 2013 Contest Coordinator, <b>Eric Fritzius</b>.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep66-01-02-13.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 66</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/2013_contest_entry_form.pdf"><img alt="WV Writers Writing
Contest 2013" border="0" height="74" src="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/wvw-2013-contest-page-logo.png" width="250" /></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/2013_NMV-student-contest.pdf"><img alt="New Mountain Voices
Contest 2013" border="0" height="74" src="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest13/wvw-nmv-2013-contest-page-logo.png" width="250" /></a> </span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/contest.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Virginia Writers Contest Page</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://misterherman.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MisterHerman.com</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts2UtVg220Q">WV Writers Memorial Service from the 2012 Summer Conference</a></span></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-61871895931532682612013-01-01T22:47:00.001-05:002013-01-01T22:47:11.819-05:00WV Writers Memorial Service from Summer Conference 2012<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ts2UtVg220Q" width="400"></iframe>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-69284457439293234872012-10-17T10:03:00.002-04:002012-10-17T10:03:50.415-04:00WV Writers Trio of Poets<div align="center">
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As you may have read in the most recent WV Writers print newsletter, or seen in announcement form on the WV Writers website, we have a one day <a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/conference.html">Fall Conference</a> in the works coming up on November 3 in Elkins, WV. In this episode, we chat with WV Writers President Teresa Newsome as well as Fall Conference Presenters Sandy Tritt and Christina Freeburn regarding the conference. You'll get an overview of what is planned as well as some specifics on the workshops being offered there by Sandy and Christina.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep65-09-26-12.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 65</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/conference.html">WVW 2012 Fall Conference page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.inspirationforwriters.com/">Inspiration for Writers (Sandy Tritt)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.christinafreeburn.com/">Christina Freeburn</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hiexpress.com/hotels/us/en/elkins/eknwv/hoteldetail">Holiday Inn Express (offering $89 special for WV Writers Members)</a></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-66460141358010538432012-06-02T12:49:00.003-04:002012-06-02T12:49:53.413-04:00Episode 64: Suehyla El Attar interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On this episode, I sit down with an old friend from college, playwright and actress Suehyla El Attar. She will be leading two workshops at the 2012 WV Writers Summer Conference which are not only helpful for playwrights, but storytellers, poets, writers and any form of creative endeavor. Suehyla bases her workshops on work she did with movement storyteller Celeste Miller. She explains Celeste's approach. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep64-06-2-12.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 64</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://www.suehyla.com/">Suehyla El Attar</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.celestemiller.com/">Celeste Miller</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.writeclubatlanta.com/">Write Club Atlanta</a></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-82964337662572760792012-06-01T16:30:00.000-04:002012-06-02T16:31:18.448-04:00Doug & Telisha Williams Sampler from WVW Conference 11<iframe src="<a href=" buwnswdsjpq?="" embed="" height="315" width="560" www.youtube.com=""><p><p>http://www.youtube.com/embed/BUWnsWdsjPQ</a>" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></p></p></iframe>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-64914857261641088192012-05-31T16:31:00.000-04:002012-06-02T16:32:01.875-04:00Lee Maynard & Pops Walker from WV Writers Summer Conference 2011<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lUTNXv8r8nI" width="560"></iframe>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-2453163764950028192012-04-21T17:51:00.000-04:002012-04-21T17:51:28.294-04:00EPISODE 63: ConferenceCast 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With the 2012 WV Writers Summer Conference on its way, June 8, 9 and 10, at Cedar Lakes Conference Center in Ripley, WV, it's time to check ack in with our organizational president and conference organizer, Cat Pleska, regarding updates to the conference lineup and schedule.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/conference.html">WVW Conference Page</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/conference12/WVWriters-Cedar-Lakes-Form-2012.pdf">Cedar Lakes Registration form for Meals and Lodging</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wvwriters.org/conference12/WVW-2012-Conference-Registration-Form.pdf">WV Writers Conference Registration Form</a></li>
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</span>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-8626905411103285212012-04-06T17:30:00.001-04:002012-04-06T17:39:04.883-04:00Episode 62: Literary Tea Poetry Tea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKW86enIYhHQjbIP5bSmcGsvqKyLDxA6J6tgJVVwCHHxwcaOLWNwbb252wsZBopgBz0SLtKcMwO_MwDXy-J9PAfMFAUTks7IdfiPW7VkKm_NulhuAxP7-7JntbTfF1QFOEs7uppaXp9E/s1600/wvwp-episode62.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikKW86enIYhHQjbIP5bSmcGsvqKyLDxA6J6tgJVVwCHHxwcaOLWNwbb252wsZBopgBz0SLtKcMwO_MwDXy-J9PAfMFAUTks7IdfiPW7VkKm_NulhuAxP7-7JntbTfF1QFOEs7uppaXp9E/s1600/wvwp-episode62.png" /></a></div><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">In honor of April being National Poetry Month, the WV Writers Podcast returns from a long hiatus (explained within) with a recorded live reading captured at the 2011 Literary Tea Poetry Edition at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg, WV. <br />
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(In case you'd like a hint as to why the podcast has been gone so long, this episode was recorded atop a hill in a county other than Mercer County. It's a good thing.)</span></span><br />
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<blockquote><b><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep62-04-05-12.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 62</a></span></b></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.gvtheatre.org/">Greenbrier Valley Theatre </a></span></li>
</ul>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-18741795442199854132011-12-05T11:06:00.002-05:002011-12-05T11:43:05.698-05:00A video conversation with Jaimy GordonOne of the guest presenters at this year's West Virginia Book Festival was author Jaimy Gordon. Her books include "Bogeywoman," "She Drove Without Stopping" and "Shamp of the City-Solo." But it is her most recent novel, Lord of Misrule, that has gained the most acclaim, being the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 2010. It’s a novel set in West Virginia, amidst the world of horse-racing.<br />
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Jaimy was gracious enough to sit down with us for a conversation with fellow WV Writers member Dr. Edwina Pendarvis. <br />
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Thanks go out to Phyllis Wilson Moore for arranging this interview.<br />
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<center><iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b3xSKOWeBuo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-80940706478953526672011-11-18T16:46:00.002-05:002011-11-18T16:48:50.972-05:00Episode 61: An interview with Jaimy Gordon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmI170Cymf5OcHarSHZaVn3Wlt3ajRO_fwJXJadWsw8_1-6qCB6KcTYuh4gVdPTrU0t6MPbS37yn6O3cxZaQHXlRle_BJeJodTPB5fEwG8N2GQpLxUT0hpnrXUpwFuHxQIu2FHboW4UZM/s1600/wvwp-episode61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmI170Cymf5OcHarSHZaVn3Wlt3ajRO_fwJXJadWsw8_1-6qCB6KcTYuh4gVdPTrU0t6MPbS37yn6O3cxZaQHXlRle_BJeJodTPB5fEwG8N2GQpLxUT0hpnrXUpwFuHxQIu2FHboW4UZM/s200/wvwp-episode61.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>One of the guest presenters at this year's West Virginia Book Festival was author Jaimy Gordon. Her books include "Bogeywoman," "She Drove Without Stopping" and "Shamp of the City-Solo." But it is her most recent novel, Lord of Misrule, that has gained the most acclaim, being the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 2010. It’s a novel set in West Virginia, amidst the world of horse-racing. <br />
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Jaimy was gracious enough to sit down with us for a conversation with fellow WV Writers member Dr. Edwina Pendarvis.<br />
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Thanks go out to Phyllis Wilson Moore for arranging this interview.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">(<i>NOTE: A video edition of this podcast will be available in the coming weeks</i>)</span></span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep61-11-18-11.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 61</a></span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Misrule-Jaimy-Gordon/dp/0929701836/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321650812&sr=8-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><i>Lord of Misrule</i></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010_f_gordon.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Video as Jaimy Gordon accepts National Book Award</span></a></li>
</ul>Eric Fritziushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17709846745448160659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723318973710216365.post-64795041062838328592011-10-28T17:56:00.000-04:002011-10-28T17:56:00.118-04:00Episode 60: A Quest for Humor WV Style panel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6AHtNkNtiZFUbgOEaevppBhKBc4VCZsMJBMv2QUxrqAVOUeS-il90sV0WLbAWC7EsPfUhaIl0H5bGkEfIum0KZmdOIinFHerA9w9xWH-eaRpg8DxCuoPFbiQSlRdGC468X6LvIFWYl4/s1600/wvwp-episode60.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6AHtNkNtiZFUbgOEaevppBhKBc4VCZsMJBMv2QUxrqAVOUeS-il90sV0WLbAWC7EsPfUhaIl0H5bGkEfIum0KZmdOIinFHerA9w9xWH-eaRpg8DxCuoPFbiQSlRdGC468X6LvIFWYl4/s1600/wvwp-episode60.jpg" /></a></div>Recorded at the West Virginia Book Festival, A Quest for Humor: WV Style is a panel of four humor writers from our state both reading examples of their work and commenting on the style of our state's sense of humor.<br />
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Featured on the panel are Diane Tarantini (WVW Podcast #31, #46), Karin Fuller, Terry McNemar (Podcasts #1, #23, #31), and Rick Steelhammer. The panel is moderated by former podcast guest Steve Goff (#23, #25, #49 and Bonus Show #9).<br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.wvwriters.org/podcast/WVWPodcast-Ep60-10-28-11.mp3">West Virginia Writers Podcast: Episode 60</a></span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://blogs.wvgazette.com/karinfuller/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Karin Fuller</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://caughtbutterflies.blogspot.com/">Diane Tarantini's blog Caught Butterflies</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/t-w-mcnemar"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Terry McNemar</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://wvgazette.com/News/RickSteelhammer"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rick Steelhammer</span></a></li>
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