Ep. 76: Julia Phillips & Jon Sealy

TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books Podcast

With the long road of a novel ahead of her, Julia Phillips mined her obsessions, and based her debut, DISAPPEARING EARTH, on her love of Russia's Kamchatka peninsula and her desire to portray the effects of violent acts on women. She and James talk about the cost of being horrified, the surprising realization that not everyone loves Soviet architecture, the book that unlocked her book, and the need to keep readers from chopping the vegetables. Then James talks to Jon Sealy about his new press, Haywire Books.

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Julia Phillips: http://www.juliaphillipswrites.com/

Buy DISAPPEARING EARTH: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525520412

Julia and James discuss:

JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLES TEMPLE

Kamchatka Peninsula

THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN

Fulbright Fellowship

Yaddo

Emerson College

PT Anderson

THE ANATOMY OF STORY by John Truby

GOOD TALK by Mira Jacob

ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac

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Jon Sealy: http://www.jonsealy.com/

Haywire Books: https://www.haywirebooks.com/

Jon and James discuss:

THE WHISKEY BARON by Jon Sealy

Hub City press

THE UNMADE WORLD by Steve Yarbrough

Unbridled Books

George Singleton

LSU Press

The Southern Voices Festival

Mark Powell

Baker & Taylor

Ingram

Consortium

Publishers Group West

Itasca

THE EDGE OF AMERICA by Jon Sealy

HUMMINGBIRD HOUSE by Patricia Henley

FIREBIRD by Mark Powell

Heather Bell Adams

WVU Press

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