Ep. 80: Mary Miller & Bennet Johnson

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

A random sign for free dogs inspired Mary Miller to drop a manuscript she'd been researching and create the character of Louis McDonald, Jr. for her hilarious and heartbreaking novel, BILOXI. She tells James about feeling indebted to her characters, teaching herself to write, looking in holes with her dog, needing to find joy, and reading with John Grisham. And bologna. And feet licking. Plus a chat with Bennet Johnson from Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI.

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Mary Miller: http://www.maryumiller.net/

BUY BILOXI: Buy BILOXI from an Indie Bookseller

ALSO BY: BIG WORLD, THE LAST DAYS OF CALIFORNIA, ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR

Mary and James discuss:

Frederick Barthelme

Jerry Seinfeld

THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin

THE OFFICE

THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy

THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt

Books-A-Million

ZOETROPE

ON WRITING by Stephen King

BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott

Elizabeth Ellen

Aaron Burch

Square Books

Lemuria Book Store

Bennet Johnson

Literati Bookstore

Parnassus Books

John Evans

Richard Howorth

Lisa Howorth

Grisham Writers in Residence

John and Renee Grisham

Michener Center for Writers

Ann Patchett

Ole Miss

Mississippi State

Claudia Smith Chen

Kevin Sampsell

REM

Elizabeth Spencer

Tom Franklin

Beth Ann Fennelly

W. W. Norton & Company

Charlie Day

IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA

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Bennet Johnson

Literati Bookstore: https://www.literatibookstore.com/

Literati Cultura: https://www.literatibookstore.com/literati-cultura-collectors-club

Bennet and James Discuss:

Mike & Hilary Gustafson

SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward

ON EARTH WE'RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong

YOU KNOW YOU WANT THIS by Kristen Roupenian

OHIO by Stephen Markley

MIDWEST LITERARY WALK

PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee

HAWKING by Jim Ottaviani

"Boys Town" by Jim Shepard

Calvin Trillin

Amy Hempel

Mary Ruefle

Kevin Wilson

Hannah Pittard

Lorrie Moore

Ernest Hemingway

Literati Book Store Presents

John U. Bacon

Randall Munroe

Sister Helen Prejean

Salman Rushdie

Jonathan Safran Foer

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