Bonus Show 6

Our 6th WVW Podcast Bonus Show features a recorded live reading from Lee Maynard's appearance at the WV Book Festival, in October. Mr. Maynard reads the first chapter of his new novel-in-memoir-form The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life, published by West Virginia University Press.

Be sure to check out Episodes 21 and 22 for our podcast of the conversation between Lee and Cat Pleska.

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WVW Podcast Bonus Show 6

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The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life

Episode 22: A Conversation with Lee Maynard, Part 2

Episode 22 of the WVW Podcast continues with Part 2 of the conversation between WV Writers 1st Vice President Cat Pleska and Lee Maynard. Lee is best known as the author of the book Crum, and its followup Screaming with the Cannibals. He has a new novel-in-memoir-form called The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life, published by West Virginia University Press.

This week some of the topics covered include the truth layered in a fictional memoir; the true threat of retirement; fictional violence in service to story; influences; and the answer to the question "What two things do you know for sure?"

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Links mentioned in Podcast:

LeeMaynard.com

Cat Pleska.com

The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life

Lee Maynard Video Podcast Live Readings on YouTube

Cat Pleska heard in Podcast Episode 4

Podcast Bonus Show 3

Episode 21: A Conversation with Lee Maynard, Part 1

Episode 21 of the WVW Podcast features a conversation between WV Writers 1st Vice President Cat Pleska and Lee Maynard, author of the book Crum, its followup Screaming with the Cannibals and the new novel-in-memoir-form The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life, published by West Virginia University Press.


As those of you who've attended Lee's workshops at previous WV Writers Summer Conferences well know, he's an extremely talented writer who specializes in gut-level writing. This week's part of the conversation explores some of that as well as his writing discipline, his philosophy on truth in memoir vs. storytelling and his feelings about West Virginia.


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Links mentioned in Podcast:

LeeMaynard.com

The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life

Chuck Kinder

Coming This Friday...

...we'll be playing the first part of an interview WVW's own 1st VP Cat Pleska conducted last month with Lee Maynard.  They'll discuss Lee's latest book The Pale Light of Sunset: Scattershots and Hallucinations in an Imagined Life.  

Tune in this Friday.

Episode 12: Pops Walker

After a two week absence, we return with Episode 12 of the WVW Podcast. We at long last speak to singer/songwriter and composer of our podcast's music Mr. Pops Walker. Pops is a friend of WV Writers and has performed at our summer conference on two past occasions. We speak to him about those experiences, his early days and the Shenandoah Valley Acoustic Roots Songwriting Contest, which he is overseeing.

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West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 12

Links mentioned in Podcast:
Shenandoah Valley Acoustic Roots Songwriting Contest
PopsWalker.com
Performing Arts Luray.org
Lee Maynard
Mountain Whispers Audio Books
Keith & Joan Pitzer site

Pops Walker's albums Cuttin' In Line at the Karmic Buffet, Milepost 5, Live `n Drivin' On, and The Crum Session, can be purchased on CD or mp3 format at CDBaby.com.

Episode 3: Memories of Conferences Past

Episode 3, in which we speak of the memories of WV Writers summer conferences past with writer/editor Rhonda Browning White and think ahead to the coming good memories of this year's Summer Conference, June 12-14, 2009, Cedar Lakes Conference Center, Ripley, WV .

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Rhonda Browning White
Inspiration for Writers