Christopher Boucher's guest appearances

Christopher Boucher

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

Northwest Arts Review

Brian Koppelman

Matt Bell

Danielle Evans

Kevin Alexander

Cheston Knapp

David Clark

Robin Black

Dick Scanlan

Robert Repino

Mary Miller

Carmen Maria Machado

Aja Gabel

Michael Reynolds

Wiley Cash

Marilyn Nelson

OwlTail

Christian Kiefer

Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one's own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.  - Christian Kiefer: https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/ Buy PHANTOMS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817 Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.  Christian and James discuss:  Matt Salesses  MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden  SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson  Jamil Zaki  Deena Drewis  Nouvella Books  ORIENTALISM by Edward Said  CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said  NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Vintage Contemporaries  Tobias Wolff  Robert Stone  Richard Ford  Tim O'Brien  SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron  ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner  Henry James  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Emile Zola  Lauren Groff  San Francisco Zoo  GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure  Benjamin Percy  Ingmar Bergman  Andrei Tarkovsky  THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses  THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday  HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  IF YOU'RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki  FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub  A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos Miles Davis  John Coltrane  WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English Nicholas Brittell  THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi  Lyle Lovett  George Jones JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Barry Hannah  GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)  John Keene  Magnolia Electric Company  Jason Molina  CANADA by Richard Ford  Sewanee  - Christopher Boucher: http://www.christopherboucher.net/ Buy BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579 Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.  James and Christopher discuss:  Melville House  Kurt Vonnegut  THE PARIS REVIEW  Ben Greenman  Boston College  Oregon State  "People Like That Are The Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Araby" by James Joyce  Looney Tunes  Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one's own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.  - Christian Kiefer: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/</a> Buy PHANTOMS: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817</a> Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.  Christian and James discuss:  Matt Salesses  MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden  SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson  Jamil Zaki  Deena Drewis  Nouvella Books  ORIENTALISM by Edward Said  CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said  NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Vintage Contemporaries  Tobias Wolff  Robert Stone  Richard Ford  Tim O'Brien  SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron  ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner  Henry James  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Emile Zola  Lauren Groff  San Francisco Zoo  GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure  Benjamin Percy  Ingmar Bergman  Andrei Tarkovsky  THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses  THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday  HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  IF YOU'RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki  FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub  A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos Miles Davis  John Coltrane  WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English Nicholas Brittell  THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi  Lyle Lovett  George Jones JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Barry Hannah  GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)  John Keene  Magnolia Electric Company  Jason Molina  CANADA by Richard Ford  Sewanee  - Christopher Boucher: <a href="http://www.christopherboucher.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.christopherboucher.net/</a> Buy BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579</a> Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.  James and Christopher discuss:  Melville House  Kurt Vonnegut  THE PARIS REVIEW  Ben Greenman  Boston College  Oregon State  "People Like That Are The Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Araby" by James Joyce  Looney Tunes  Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny  - http:/<a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">/tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 79: Christian Kiefer & Christopher Boucher

Kim Liao

Chris and James go through Chris's life from set maker and creator of latex fish to author of the brilliant GOLDEN DELICIOUS and HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE. They talk about how writers want to hear from you, how random kindnesses led to their careers, and how Chris came upon his writing style. Then, Kim Liao discusses her essay "Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year", which was published on lithub.com.      CHRIS AND JAMES DISCUSS: Powell's Books Kevin Sampsell  Boris Vian  JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson  HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA by Richard Brautigan THE FAERIE QUEENE by Edmund Spenser Sam Shepard Harold Pinter Caryl Churchill Spalding Gray A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dixon BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Roger Miller Geoffrey Wolff Tobias Wolff Jayne Anne Phillips Margot Livesey Junot Diaz George Saunders CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE by George Saunders DOGWALKER by Arthur Bradford Andre Dubus Andre Dubus III Arielle Greenberg Mary Caponegro Cheryl Strayed Salvador Plascencia 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez  INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace    KIM AND JAMES DISCUSS: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Slice Literary Conference  AWP Conference  Kevin Larimer  POETS &amp; WRITERS MAGAZINE Lithub Black Lawrence Press  Vermont Studio Center    http://tkpod.com  /  tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK  Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/ 

Chris and James go through Chris's life from set maker and creator of latex fish to author of the brilliant GOLDEN DELICIOUS and HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE. They talk about how writers want to hear from you, how random kindnesses led to their careers, and how Chris came upon his writing style. Then, Kim Liao discusses her essay "Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year", which was published on <a href="http://lithub.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lithub.com</a>.  CHRIS AND JAMES DISCUSS: Powell's Books Kevin Sampsell  Boris Vian  JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson  HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA by Richard Brautigan THE FAERIE QUEENE by Edmund Spenser Sam Shepard Harold Pinter Caryl Churchill Spalding Gray A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dixon BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURE OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Roger Miller Geoffrey Wolff Tobias Wolff Jayne Anne Phillips Margot Livesey Junot Diaz George Saunders CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE by George Saunders DOGWALKER by Arthur Bradford Andre Dubus Andre Dubus III Arielle Greenberg Mary Caponegro Cheryl Strayed Salvador Plascencia 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez  INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace  KIM AND JAMES DISCUSS: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Slice Literary Conference  AWP Conference  Kevin Larimer  POETS &amp; WRITERS MAGAZINE Lithub Black Lawrence Press  Vermont Studio Center  <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tkpod.com</a>  /  <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com/">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK  Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 12: Christopher Boucher & Kim Liao

Wil S. Hylton

Wil S. Hylton, journalist and author of VANISHED, talks toJames about his upcoming book as well as the stages of his writingcraft, limiting decisions with burritos, letting your reader work,and Willie Nelson. Plus, Christopher Boucher from POSTROAD.   Wil and Jamesdiscuss:The Baltimore SunEsquireBeckDavid GrangerThe New York Times MagazineHarper'sThe New YorkerWilliam HazlittScrivenerThe TattlerThe SpectatorGeorge T FosterNew JournalismSENATOR JOE McCARTHY by Richard RovereTHE RUNNER by David SamuelsDRIVING MR. ALBERT by Michael PatternitiSHAME AND WONDER by David SearcyMichael Lewis Chris and JamesDiscuss:Boston College David Ryan Jaime Clarke Mary Cotton Newtonville Books Jeff Shotts Hillary Chute Ricco Siasoco Raymond Carver Lorrie Moore Elizabeth Graver Junot Diaz INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace  http://tkpod.com  // twitter: @JamesScottTK  //  tkwithjs@gmail.com  //Instagram: tkwithjs  //   Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/   

Wil S. Hylton, journalist and author of VANISHED, talks toJames about his upcoming book as well as the stages of his writingcraft, limiting decisions with burritos, letting your reader work,and Willie Nelson. Plus, Christopher Boucher from POSTROAD.  Wil and Jamesdiscuss:The Baltimore SunEsquireBeckDavid GrangerThe New York Times MagazineHarper'sThe New YorkerWilliam HazlittScrivenerThe TattlerThe SpectatorGeorge T FosterNew JournalismSENATOR JOE McCARTHY by Richard RovereTHE RUNNER by David SamuelsDRIVING MR. ALBERT by Michael PatternitiSHAME AND WONDER by David SearcyMichael Lewis Chris and JamesDiscuss:Boston College David Ryan Jaime Clarke Mary Cotton Newtonville Books Jeff Shotts Hillary Chute Ricco Siasoco Raymond Carver Lorrie Moore Elizabeth Graver Junot Diaz INFINITE JEST by David Foster Wallace  <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tkpod.com</a>  // twitter: @JamesScottTK  //  <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a>  //Instagram: tkwithjs  //   Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 7: Wil S. Hylton & Christopher Boucher from Post Road