Okie Bookcast

Welcome to Volume 9 of Behind the Rain - our second anniversary edition!

We've been celebrating Oklahoma poetry for two years now and have, in total, presented 105 poems from 46 fantastic poets. For this volume we have 14 poems from 12 poets. 

Here's the lineup:

Spring High Noons - Abigail Pappas

• Instagram: @actually_belle

On the Banks of the Canadian - Lydia Renfro

• Instagram: @lyd.fro
• ...

It's Chapter 61 of the Bookcast!

This month, I sat down with three amazing Bookstagrammers - Grace Filer, Clay Mattox, and Jessica Berg - to talk about the Bookstagram community and each of their unique approaches to being a part of the ecosystem. We talk about a ton of books, but also about talking about books and building community around a shared passion for reading.

Grace Filer is the Cofounder of If Boo...

Welcome back to Your Next Great Read! Hannah and J are back with tons of recommendations and reviews for curious readers like you.

Remember - you can purchase any of the titles we discuss via the links below or on our Bookshop.org online store. Every book you buy helps out the Bookcast AND a local bookstore of your choosing. Win. Win. Win.

Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram

Hannah
Ho...

Welcome to Chapter 60! And welcome back! I'm so excited to be back from hiatus and bringing you bookish conversations with great authors like Jeff Schmidt.

Jeff is the author of the brand new book Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds. Jeff is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma where he has taught since...

It's Volume 8 of Behind the Rain! I've got 11 poems from 10 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. 

Here's the lineup for this edition of the anthology:

April and Winter - Aubrey Green

• Facebook: @BlueCloverEditing
• Website: www.bluecloverediting.com

Local N...

Hannah and I are joined by Andie Schulz to talk about what we've been reading and why you might love it. We cover everything from mind-bending horror to sweeping space operas to warm fuzzy rom-coms. There may also be some conversation about elements that would go into a YNGR Drinking Game.

Enjoy the conversation and let us know your thoughts on the books we discuss.

Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | ...

Welcome to Chapter 59!
My guest is author and poet, Paul Juhasz. A graduate of the Red Earth M.F.A., Paul’s work has appeared in several literary journals, most recently Concho River Review, Poetry Quarterly, Oklahoma Review and Main Street Rag. He has served as curator and coordinator of the Woody Guthrie Poets since 2020. He has four books, including his most recent - As If Place Matters - a collection of short fiction.
...

I'm joined by the host of Fave Five From Fans, Jamie Ray, to talk about the film adaptation of the Richard Bachman / Stephen King classic - The Running Man. We talk about the book and the film and all of the many (so many) ways in which the two are different. It's a celebration of spandex and catchphrases - all of the 80s Arnold magic you can stand.
If you love the book and / or the film, you'll love this conver...

Welcome to Chapter 58! We've got a Round Table talking about all things romance writing. It's a fun and thoughtful conversation with something for everyone - even those of you (like me) who don't typically read romance.

Magen Runyan - Podcaster (3 Book Girls) and Bookstagrammer
Connect with Magen: Instagram | 3 Book Girls

Clay Mattox - Bookstagrammer
Connect with Clay: Instagram | Book Bros...

Looking for great books? We've got you covered!

Our guest is Bookstagrammer Grace Filer who runs the "If Books Could Thrill" book club in OKC.

Connect with Grace: Instagram | If Books Could Thrill IG

Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram

Recommendations in this episode:

Grace
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death - Maggie O’Farrell
The Swim...

Welcome to Chapter 57! My guest today is Missy Hancock. 
Missy describes herself as a wife of one, mom of six, and grammy of one. She’s lived in Oklahoma since she was ten and is happily settled in Guthrie, America. She says her motto in life is to live by love, not by fear. In the fall of 2023 Missy released three books in her Ele Charmichael series, under her pen name - M. Sparks Clark.

We have a fun conversation about her wor...

It's Volume 7 of Behind the Rain! I've got 11 poems from 9 Oklahoma poets cued up and ready for you to enjoy. Be sure to connect with the poets across their social media (linked below) to let them know how much you appreciate their work. 

Here's the lineup for this edition of the anthology:

Pretty Wordy - Rachel Waters

• Instagram: @rachelwaters.co
• Website: https://rachelwaters.co/poet/

Let It B...

I'm joined by author and podcaster, Betsey Kulakowski, to talk about the 1974 film adaptation of an Oklahoma classic - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. We talk about the book and the film and ways in which the movie got it "right" and a place or two where it might have missed the mark. Spoiler alert, I've got some strong thoughts on that front.
If you love the book and / or the film, you'll lo...

Welcome to Chapter 56!
Today I get to introduce you to the owner of one of the great comic shops in Oklahoma - Buck Berlin from New World Comics in OKC. New World has been a fixture in Oklahoma City for decades and Buck has been its owner and chaos coordinator for the last couple of those. 
In our conversation we cover:

• The origins of the store and what it has to offer
• The comic creation scene in Oklahoma
• The role Buck and...

It's the December 2023 edition of Your Next Great Read! This is a special one as Hannah and I are actually recording in the same room for the first time. We don't have a guest for this episode, but we do talk about our favorite three books of 2023 in addition to our usual conversation.

Connect with Hannah: website | Twitter | Instagram

Recommendations:

Hannah
A Court of Thorns and Roses - S...

My guest for Chapter 55 is Casie Dodd. Casie is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma but now lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas with her husband and two children. Her work has appeared in This Land, Oxford American, Image, Arkansas Review, and other journals. Casie is the founder and publisher of Belle Point Press, a fantastic independent press that has published several books from Oklahoma authors and poets, including Ben Myers, Damon McKin...

I'm joined by author Luke Swanson to talk about our favorite adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 classic, A Christmas Carol. Not to give it away, but Kermit may be involved.
We talk about the book and the film and look at faithfulness and changes - including all of the music. If you're a fan of the story or the film, you're going to love the conversation. If you've never seen the movie, you'll be ...

Welcome to Chapter 54!

My guest is debut novelist, Emily Habeck, author of Shark Heart: A Love Story. Emily has a BFA in Theater from Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts as well as master’s degrees from Vanderbilt Divinity School and Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. Since it's release in August, Shark Heart has been named a USA Today Bestseller, a Book of the Month selection, a New York Times book ...

Welcome to Your Next Great Read! We're taking an international spin this month with our special guest, Lydia Filiou, who oversees the Translated Fiction Book Club in Oklahoma City. Translated Fiction meets once a month at a local bookshop in town to discuss a work translated into English.
You can find out more about the club, including upcoming books for discussion on their Instagram: @translatedokc.

Lydia Filiou...