Episode 4: Kurt Vonnegut (and Suzanne McConnell) — Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style

Episode 5: Flannery O'Connor: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch

Rove through Georgia farms and country doctor's offices with peacocks and misfits and tough as nails Southern ladies in Brad Gooch's biography ”Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor." We explore drawing characters and places and patterns from life, transmuting memories into stories, turning the mundane into the mystical, and the DETAIL of routines. Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor by Brad Gooch Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Flannery-Life-OConnor-Brad-Gooch/dp/0316018996/ref=asc_df_0316018996/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1262217792335153606&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010332&hvtargid=pla-2281435178098&psc=1&mcid=d1c196d9edc532bdb76c820cc826fae2&hvocijid=1262217792335153606-0316018996-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1] | Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/flannery-a-life-of-flannery-o-connor-brad-gooch/16437655?ean=9780316018999] Find Sarah: X: @sarahbethgdub Instagram: @sarahgeorgewaterfield More Mangum Talks: https://www.mangumtalks.com/

Episode 4: Kurt Vonnegut (and Suzanne McConnell) — Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style

A deep and stumbling dive into Kurt Vonnegut’s and Suzanne McConnell's 2019 co-biography, co-autobiography, and co-craft book, “Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style.” Scratching the surface of Vonnegut’s writing experience, teaching, and philosophy through finding what you want (really want) to write about, swoops vs. bashers (and what patience lets you do whether you’re one or the other), and a writer’s first duty as entertainer (and what that means for plot and characters). Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style: Bookshop.org [http://bookshop.org/] | Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Pity-Reader-Writing-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/1644210215/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fsiZFhS5rA3J7ZM0eEjOuJCwPLo8bRawPYavrQ_X5oUaBkYgaNdCXjCB4nSYYAQfnrDSNRM8siIFvxVb7RE7TnSKlkFqMwacA27po0zQ8dTJJ7bifPAk8Fbbk245wcQBXuinJKoA6MHgINm_oqctVu6MOzMrB8Sp4R1tzM0GfBuDMm6L_rtvaAKEG9RqggVzMtKsIgjl0JSv6eOZ5wS1VsTXEgtgw8W4RJz6zAWroY4.A0HzSRv0gqNXN1YwFDzrCv5qYQ0Vo6BXafp0F5sYEB4&dib_tag=se&hvadid=649824799839&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9010332&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12169825254752247569&hvtargid=kwd-817737398762&hydadcr=22534_13493212&keywords=pity+the+reader&qid=1717098090&s=books&sr=1-1] Find Sarah:  X: @sarahbethgdub Instagram: @sarahgeorgewaterfield More Mangum Talks: https://www.mangumtalks.com/ [https://www.mangumtalks.com/]

Episode 3: Margaret Wise Brown — In the Great Green Room by Amy Gary

Revel in Amy Gary’s 2016 book, “In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown.” We dive into how the author of classics like “Goodnight Moon,” “The Noisy Book,” and “The Runaway Bunny” captured the power of patterns, brought research to children’s literature, and always thought she should be doing something more “serious.” And, using ski receipts as writing materials In the Great Green Room: Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/in-the-great-green-room-amy-gary/1463551?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrcKxBhBMEiwAIVF8rMwA7Uj0pOzAd_2295pJSULEzaTYbpuVhMNJ2ZPSejCuFK6-N3J5-hoCqxoQAvD_BwE] | Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Great-Green-Room-Brilliant-Margaret/dp/1250065364] Find Sarah:  X: @sarahbethgdub Instagram: @sarahgeorgewaterfield More Mangum Talks: https://www.mangumtalks.com/ [https://www.mangumtalks.com/]

Episode 2: Stephen King — On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Deep dive into Stephen King’s classic memoir disguised as writing guide (or how-to manual dressed up as autobiography?), “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.” We peek into King’s handling of rejection, shame, and thinly veiled checklist. Plus, deciding what to put on the spike you drive into your own wall. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-writing-a-memoir-of-the-craft-stephen-king/14560198?aid=89808&ean=9781982159375&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-r-vBhC-ARIsAGgUO2CHWN_FLXXMRD_4KBu7SmvJW-GgtVmR9Nk54yeZ93ZyUjWmpaBVJqcaArrREALw_wcB&listref=on-writing-e56c64bd-d1b7-4e8a-b628-8338a7b0f61c] | Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816] Find Sarah:  X: @sarahbethgdub Instagram: @sarahgeorgewaterfield

Episode 1: Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

An investigation into Lucy Worsley’s 2022 book, “Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman.” We dive into how Christie transforms the domestic, how she moved her writing from chaos to plot, and what Worsley calls the Grand Dame of Mystery’s “Christie tricks” — what they are, what they let her do, and how we can develop our own. Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman Bookshop.org [http://bookshop.org/] | Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christie-Elusive-Lucy-Worsley/dp/1639362525] Get your own Cabinet of Daily Curiosities Template https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HtmA5QpXy6kHNk12jKY12hLIyxCpBh5H/view?usp=sharing [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HtmA5QpXy6kHNk12jKY12hLIyxCpBh5H/view?usp=sharing]