Ep. 84: Gabriel Urza & Tyler Glauz-Todrank

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

It started as a short story in grad school, but Gabriel Urza kept coming back to what would eventually be his novella THE WHITE DEATH: AN ILLUSION. He talks to James about feeling like a child in the face of magic, having trouble extricating past from present, portraying the ambiguity of the supernatural, working through your problems when writing, and reading that's like eating a bag of chips. Plus, Tyler Glauz-Todrank from Bear Pond Books in Montpelier, VT on fall releases.

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Gabriel Urza: http://gabrielurza.com/

Buy THE WHITE DEATH: AN ILLUSION: http://nouvellabooks.com/the-white-death-by-gabriel-urza/

Gabriel and James discuss:

Charles Dickens

ANGELS & DEMONS by Dan Brown

Kurt Vonnegut

The Ohio State University

"Fantasy for Eleven Fingers" by Ben Fountain

the Magic Castle

"Eisenheim the Illusionist" by Steven Millhauser

Jeff Mcbride

Mt. Hood

Sewanee Writers' Conference

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference

Annie Hartnett

Hannah Tinti

Loch Ness

Claire Vaye Watkins

THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg

PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov

Deena Drewis

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Tyler Glauz-Todrank

Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT: https://www.bearpondbooks.com/

Tyler and James discuss:

BUNNY by Mona Awad: Buy BUNNY

Bear Pond Books

Rivendell

James Baldwin

WHO KILLED MY FATHER by Edouard Louis trans. by Lorin Stein: Buy WHO KILLED MY FATHER

New Directions Press

LIE WITH ME by Philippe Besson trans. by Molly Ringwald: Buy LIE WITH ME

LOT: STORIES by Bryan Washington: Buy LOT

THE WORD FOR WOMAN IS WILDERNESS by Abi Andrews: Buy THE WORD FOR WOMAN IS WILDERNESS

Two Dollar Radio

HARD MOUTH by Amanda Goldblatt: Buy HARD MOUTH

GRAND UNION: STORIES by Zadie Smith: Buy GRAND UNION

IN THE DREAMHOUSE: A MEMOIR by Carmen Maria Machado: Buy IN THE DREAM HOUSE

Graywolf Press

RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson: Buy RED AT THE BONE

NOTHING TO SEE HERE by Kevin Wilson: Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE

TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Kevin Wilson: Buy TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

THE FAMILY FANG by Kevin Wilson: Buy THE FAMILY FANG

AN AMERICAN SUNRISE by Joy Harjo: Buy AN AMERICAN SUNRISE

Ben Lerner

ON SWIFT HORSES by Shannon Pufahl: Buy ON SWIFT HORSES

OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT by Petina Gappah: Buy OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT

Scribner

EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS by Jake Skeets: Buy EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS

Richard Avedon

Milkweed Editions

HUNGER MOUNTAIN

HOMIE by Danez Smith: Buy HOMIE

HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES by Saeed Jones: Buy HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES

Simon & Schuster

Maggie Nelson

WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres: Buy WE THE ANIMALS

EROSION: ESSAYS OF UNDOING by Terry Tempest Williams: Buy EROSION: ESSAYS OF UNDOING

MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN: ESSAYS by Leslie Jamison: Buy MAKE IT SCREAM MAKE IT BURN

YEAR OF THE MONKEY by Patti Smith: Buy YEAR OF THE MONKEY

CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX by Jordy Rosenberg: Buy CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX

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