Listen "Telling Others' Stories, Telling Your Own: Wes Ferguson"
Episode Synopsis
Journalist, writer, and podcaster Wes Ferguson talks to us about what makes a good story—and how in telling others' stories, you often have to reflect on your own. Episode artwork: CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED imagae courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon! Hilton Als My Pinup Hilton Als White Girls Louis Paul Boon My Little War Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig Welcome to Capitol Hill: Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics John R . Erickson Hank the Cowdog Wes Ferguson The Blanco River Wes Ferguson Devil Town Wes Ferguson Running the River Wes Ferguson Standoff Wes Ferguson "When Angels in America Came to East Texas" William T. Harper Eleven Days in Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Hunstville, Texas Elmer Kelton The Time It Never Rained Tony Kushner Angels in America Geert Mak In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century James McBride The Good Lord Bird Annie van den Oever Life Itself: Louis Paul Boon as Innovator of the Novel
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