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Professor Renee Simms joins Elena to talk about the role of a really good professor, her approach to the research for her upcoming novel, and the themes and ideas that weave through her 2018 collection Meet Behind Mars. Later, Professor Simms discusses transitioning from her first career as a litigator to her work as a writer, and illuminates some connections between the two. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about Puget Sound on our website, and make sure to check out the Virtual Tour while you're there.

Professor Renee Simms joins Elena to talk about the role of a really good professor, her approach to the research for her upcoming novel, and the themes and ideas that weave through her 2018 collection <a href="https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/meet-behind-mars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meet Behind Mars</a>. Later, Professor Simms discusses transitioning from her first career as a litigator to her work as a writer, and illuminates some connections between the two. It's always a great day to be a Logger! Learn more about <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/pugetsound.edu" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Puget Sound on our website,</a> and make sure to <a href="https://www.pugetsound.edu/admission/you-visit-virtual-tour#virtualtour" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">check out the Virtual Tour</a> while you're there.

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Aithor Renee Simms shares her short story collection "Meet Behind Mars."

Book Stew - Ep 69: Renee Simms

On today’s episode, Renee Simms shares her debut short story collection, Meet Behind Mars-a revealing look at how geography, memory, ancestry, and desire influence our personal relationships. In many of her stories, Simms exposes her own interest in issues concerning time and space. For example, in “Rebel Airplanes,” an L.A. engineer works by day on city sewers and by night on R-C planes that she yearns to launch into the cosmos. The character-driven stories in Meet Behind Mars offer beautiful insight into the emotional lives of caretakers, auto workers, dancers, and pawn shop employees. In “High Country,” a frustrated would-be novelist considers ditching her family in the middle of the desert. In “Dive,” an adoptee returns to her adoptive home, still haunted by histories she does not know. Simms writes from the voice of women and girls who struggle under structural oppression and draws from the storytelling tradition best represented by writers like Edward P. Jones, whose characters have experiences that are specific to black Americans living in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. One instance of this is in “The Art of Heroine Worship,” in which black families integrate into a white suburb of Detroit in the 1970s. The stories in this collection span forty years and two continents and range in structure from epistolary to traditionally structured realism, with touches of absurdity, humor, and magic. Meet Behind Mars will appeal to readers interested in contemporary literary fiction. Get the Book Here: https://amzn.to/2V1rIxj Website:https://www.reneesimms.com Social Media:FB – @renee.simmsTW – @renee_e_simms THANKS FOR LISTENING!Our #ch1podcast audience grows stronger everyday because of great listeners like you! Please continue to help us spread the word by subscribing in iTunes and writing us a review. Our website is https://www.ch1podcast.com. Subscribe to the show on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chapter-one-podcast-discover-new-books-to-read/id1102237788?mt=2). Check out our new YouTube ‘Ask me Anything’ video series where I answer your literary questions about book marketing, promotion, media, and technology! Subscribe to my YouTube Channel If you feel this show is worth $1, we’d love to have it! Log on to Patreon to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ch1podcast To learn more about the host, Demethius Jackson, check out https://realmsic.com | https://demethius.com The post Ep56 – Meet Behind Mars – Renee Simms appeared first on Chapter One Podcast.

On today’s episode, Renee Simms shares her debut short story collection, Meet Behind Mars-a revealing look at how geography, memory, ancestry, and desire influence our personal relationships. In many of her stories, Simms exposes her own interest in issues concerning time and space. For example, in “Rebel Airplanes,” an L.A. engineer works by day on city sewers and by night on R-C planes that she yearns to launch into the cosmos. The character-driven stories in Meet Behind Mars offer beautiful insight into the emotional lives of caretakers, auto workers, dancers, and pawn shop employees. In “High Country,” a frustrated would-be novelist considers ditching her family in the middle of the desert. In “Dive,” an adoptee returns to her adoptive home, still haunted by histories she does not know. Simms writes from the voice of women and girls who struggle under structural oppression and draws from the storytelling tradition best represented by writers like Edward P. Jones, whose characters have experiences that are specific to black Americans living in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. One instance of this is in “The Art of Heroine Worship,” in which black families integrate into a white suburb of Detroit in the 1970s. The stories in this collection span forty years and two continents and range in structure from epistolary to traditionally structured realism, with touches of absurdity, humor, and magic. Meet Behind Mars will appeal to readers interested in contemporary literary fiction. Get the Book Here: <a href="https://amzn.to/2V1rIxj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2V1rIxj</a> Website: <a href="https://www.reneesimms.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.reneesimms.com</a> Social Media: FB – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/renee.simms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@renee.simms</a> TW – <a href="https://twitter.com/renee_e_simms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@renee_e_simms</a> THANKS FOR LISTENING! Our #ch1podcast audience grows stronger everyday because of great listeners like you! Please continue to help us spread the word by subscribing in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chapter-one-podcast-discover-new-books-to-read/id1102237788?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a> and writing us a review. Our website is <a href="https://www.ch1podcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ch1podcast.com</a>. Subscribe to the show on iTunes (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chapter-one-podcast-discover-new-books-to-read/id1102237788?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chapter-one-podcast-discover-new-books-to-read/id1102237788?mt=2</a>). Check out our new YouTube ‘Ask me Anything’ video series where I answer your literary questions about book marketing, promotion, media, and technology! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=adjack2012" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to my YouTube Channel</a> If you feel this show is worth $1, we’d love to have it! Log on to Patreon to support the show: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ch1podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/ch1podcast</a> To learn more about the host, Demethius Jackson, check out <a href="https://realmsic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://realmsic.com</a> | <a href="https://demethius.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://demethius.com</a> The post <a href="http://ch1podcast.com/2019/02/15/ep56-meet-behind-mars-renee-simms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ep56 – Meet Behind Mars – Renee Simms</a> appeared first on <a href="http://ch1podcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chapter One Podcast</a>.

Ep56 – Meet Behind Mars – Renee Simms

Author Renee Simms discusses her debut short story collection, Meet Behind Mars, how her interest in social justice affects her writing and why she wants to tap into her legal background to improve her work.

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