Episode Fifty-Two: Kathleen Donohoe
In This Episode:
Kathleen Donohoe brings the guys on a time warp back to the Brooklyns of yore and not-so-yore with her debut novel Ashes of Fiery Weather. They enjoy some fine Irish whiskey, discuss the finer points of being Brooklynites (by birth or by choice), and the quiet life of Charming Billy.
Other highlights:
* How to talk about 9/11, even 15 years later
* How endings influence the telling
* Authenticity counts!
* Growing up firefighter
LISTEN:
The Ep. 52 Bookshelf
THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:
Ashes of Fiery Weather by Kathleen Donohoe
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Drew: Fifty Feet of Trouble by Justin Robinson & The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016
Kathleen: Beloved by Toni Morrison & The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
Christopher: The White Album by Joan Didion
ALSO MENTIONED:
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
Rescue Me
Sweet & Sad by Richard Nelson
A Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
So That Others Might Live by Terry Golway
At Weddings & Wakes by Alice McDermott
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Christopher: Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst
Drew: A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
Kathleen: The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell
