Jesse Donaldson's guest appearances

Jesse Donaldson

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

Think Humanities

The Pulse on CFRO

Brian Koppelman

Matt Bell

Danielle Evans

Kevin Alexander

Scott Clark

Cheston Knapp

David Clark

Michael Tan

Robin Black

Brian Conway

Dick Scanlan

Robert Repino

Mary Miller

Carmen Maria Machado

Aja Gabel

OwlTail

The story of former Downtown Eastside SRO resident Joachim Foikis, who became Vancouver's first — and last — official Town Fool, as told by historian Jesse Donaldson in his new book "Fool's Gold."

The Pulse Interview: Remembering Vancouver's official town fool with historian Jesse Donaldson

Frank Bill

In order to learn to write, Frank Bill broke down the fiction that he loved. The lessons those books taught him have served him through a collection of short stories and two novels, the latest of which is THE SAVAGE. He and James talk about universe building, skipping the middle, and the film adaptation of DONNYBROOK. Plus, Jesse Donaldson on his tour of Kentucky for ON HOMESICKNESS.  -  Frank Bill: http://frankbillshouseofgrit.blogspot.com/ Frank and James discuss: BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy  DETROIT: AN AMERICAN AUTOPSY by Charlie LeDuff  BEAT TO A PULP  THE MISSOURI REVIEW   "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin  Jason Starr  THE KILLER INSIDE ME by Jim Thompson  FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk  Fyodor Dostoevsky  FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway  THE ECSTATIC by Victor LaValle  JOE by Larry Brown  FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson  Pink Floyd  Jamie Bell  James Badge Dale Margaret Qualley  Frank Grillo  KINGDOM  James Landry Hebert  Tim Sutton  The Old Testament  DEADWOOD  David Milch  SUTREE by Cormac McCarthy  NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy  Andrew Vachss  TRUE DETECTIVE  JAWS SCALPED by Jason Aaron  Sean McDonald  Emily Bell  Jackson Howard   -  Jesse Donaldson: http://jessedonaldson.com/ Jesse and James discuss: Odysseus  The Israelites  Michel de Montaigne  Augusten Burroughs  West Virginia University Press  IN PLACE series  Becca Wadlinger  Danielle Delph  The Wolly Worm Festival  THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW  LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Parnassus Books  Square Books  LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER  Carry A. Nation House  Magoffin County Historical Society  Melanie Caine  Larry Flynt  Linda Riley  TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Kevin Wilson  Brier Books  Wild Fig Books  Crystal Wilkinson  Morris Books  The Kentucky Headhunters  Brandon Atwell  George Clooney  Nick &amp; Nina Clooney  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In order to learn to write, Frank Bill broke down the fiction that he loved. The lessons those books taught him have served him through a collection of short stories and two novels, the latest of which is THE SAVAGE. He and James talk about universe building, skipping the middle, and the film adaptation of DONNYBROOK. Plus, Jesse Donaldson on his tour of Kentucky for ON HOMESICKNESS.  -  Frank Bill: <a href="http://frankbillshouseofgrit.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://frankbillshouseofgrit.blogspot.com/</a> Frank and James discuss: BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy  DETROIT: AN AMERICAN AUTOPSY by Charlie LeDuff  BEAT TO A PULP  THE MISSOURI REVIEW   "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin  Jason Starr  THE KILLER INSIDE ME by Jim Thompson  FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk  Fyodor Dostoevsky  FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway  THE ECSTATIC by Victor LaValle  JOE by Larry Brown  FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS by Hunter S. Thompson  Pink Floyd  Jamie Bell  James Badge Dale Margaret Qualley  Frank Grillo  KINGDOM  James Landry Hebert  Tim Sutton  The Old Testament  DEADWOOD  David Milch  SUTREE by Cormac McCarthy  NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy  Andrew Vachss  TRUE DETECTIVE  JAWS SCALPED by Jason Aaron  Sean McDonald  Emily Bell  Jackson Howard   -  Jesse Donaldson: <a href="http://jessedonaldson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://jessedonaldson.com/</a> Jesse and James discuss: Odysseus  The Israelites  Michel de Montaigne  Augusten Burroughs  West Virginia University Press  IN PLACE series  Becca Wadlinger  Danielle Delph  The Wolly Worm Festival  THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW  LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Parnassus Books  Square Books  LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER  Carry A. Nation House  Magoffin County Historical Society  Melanie Caine  Larry Flynt  Linda Riley  TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Kevin Wilson  Brier Books  Wild Fig Books  Crystal Wilkinson  Morris Books  The Kentucky Headhunters  Brandon Atwell  George Clooney  Nick &amp; Nina Clooney  - <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. 48: Frank Bill & Jesse Donaldson 

Lauren Cerand

Jesse Donaldson tells James about the Oxycodone scourge, the effect it has had on his home state of Kentucky, and how it informed his debut novel, THE MORE THEY DISAPPEAR. He also recommends writing while gardening, and recalls the time he drove to New York with a tape-playing robot. Plus Lauren Cerand joins the show to discuss book publicity.    Jesse and James Discuss: FOURTH OF JULY CREEK by Smith Henderson  PHAIDON  ANDY WARHOL CATALOGUE RAISONNE Kenyon College  Lewis Hyde  P.F. Kluge Breece D'J Pancake  Denis Johnson ICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD by Mark Richard  Amy Hempel  Raymond Carver  Graham Greene  Ernest Hemingway  Jorge Luis Borges  Becca Wadlinger George Saunders  Mary Karr  RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco  Samuel Beckett  ELBOW ROOM by James Alan McPherson "Trilobites" by Breece D'J Pancake  Raymond Chandler  DREAMLAND by Sam Quinones  ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren  THE QUIET AMERICAN by Graham Greene  Edith Wharton  Daniel Woodrell  FALCONER by John Cheever  Ross Macdonald  KC Constantine  Jamie Gordon  SPORT OF KINGS by C.E. Morgan  Michael Parker

Jesse Donaldson tells James about the Oxycodone scourge, the effect it has had on his home state of Kentucky, and how it informed his debut novel, THE MORE THEY DISAPPEAR. He also recommends writing while gardening, and recalls the time he drove to New York with a tape-playing robot. Plus Lauren Cerand joins the show to discuss book publicity.    Jesse and James Discuss: FOURTH OF JULY CREEK by Smith Henderson  PHAIDON  ANDY WARHOL CATALOGUE RAISONNE Kenyon College  Lewis Hyde  P.F. Kluge Breece D'J Pancake  Denis Johnson ICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD by Mark Richard  Amy Hempel  Raymond Carver  Graham Greene  Ernest Hemingway  Jorge Luis Borges  Becca Wadlinger George Saunders  Mary Karr  RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco  Samuel Beckett  ELBOW ROOM by James Alan McPherson "Trilobites" by Breece D'J Pancake  Raymond Chandler  DREAMLAND by Sam Quinones  ALL THE KING'S MEN by Robert Penn Warren  THE QUIET AMERICAN by Graham Greene  Edith Wharton  Daniel Woodrell  FALCONER by John Cheever  Ross Macdonald  KC Constantine  Jamie Gordon  SPORT OF KINGS by C.E. Morgan  Michael Parker

Ep. 13: Jesse Donaldson & Lauren Cerand 