Episode #43 – Crimes in Southern Indiana
Buckle up, we’re going on a road trip!
Well, that’s what we would have told you lovely listeners if we had room in Richard Thomas’ van to take you on our recent trip to Corydon Indiana. But Richard’s van doesn’t seat thousands, so you’ll have to settle for hearing about the trip right here, right now.
We also review the short story collection Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill. Packed with the best in literary violence – CISI sucks you in. Check out our thoughts below.
We also talk a bit about the Podcast Awards, some new Stitcher features, and invite you to chat with us over on Facebook about the potential “Netflix for books” that Amazon is talking about doing. Listen and learn. We tell you what to read.
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Here’s some shots from our trip. For more, check out Booked’s Facebook page.
L-R (top): Kyle Minor, Rod Wiethop, Matthew McBride, Donald Ray Pollock, Aaron Michael Morales, Frank Bill, (bottom) Scott Phillips, Jed Ayres (photo courtesy, copyright Richard Thomas)
Livius, Donald Ray Pollock, Robb (photo courtesy, copyright Richard Thomas)
Mentioned
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library (donate while you’re there!)
Scott Phillips
Donald Ray Pollock
Frank Bill
Jedidiah Ayres
Kyle Minor (BTW – the story he read was an excerpt from his forthcoming book The Sexual Lives of Missionaries, and was incredible! Follow the link to read this excerpt and more.)
Matthew McBride – buy Frank Sinatra in a Blender on Amazon!
David James Keaton
Richard Thomas reviews Crimes in Southern Indiana over at The Nervous Breakdown
Rumors of Amazon doing a “Netflix for Books”
Podcast Awards 2011
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Next episode Booked will review The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Our first book written by a woman! We’re excited to finally get a chance to review outside our gender.
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Drive By Truckers – Nine Bullets (intro song), The Night G.G. Allin Came to Town (outro song)
DB Cox said on September 17, 2011
Indiana, as the south? That news to me. I’ll have to go back and check out the Mason-Dixon Line.
robb said on September 17, 2011
Haha. Well, it was only a 20 minute drive to Louisville, so I think Corydon can count as the south. At least to a Chicago native such as myself.
In Illinois, anybody south of the middle of the state has about a 70% chance of talking with a traditional southern accent. So it may defy geography a bit, but these midwestern states do embrace the spirit of the south.
DB Cox said on September 17, 2011
I suppose that when Muddy Waters took the blues to Chicago, he carried the southern thing with him. Some down this way wish the midwestern states would have embraced the spirit of the south back in 1861. Love Chicago.
Mlaz said on September 19, 2011
Research shows that 73% of all the Booked listeners either is a girl or hits like a girl.