Episode 36 includes two separate interviews with authors who are going to be together to talk about their new books at the Wrecking Bar Brewpub in Atlanta. Alison talks to Chris Offutt, author of Country Dark, and Michael Farris Smith, author of The Fighter.

Links to Sites, Articles and Events Mentioned in This Episode

Michael Farris Smith Author Website

https://michaelfarrissmith.com/

“Episode 272: The Fighter Author Michael Farris Smith,” Writer’s Bone Podcast

http://www.writersbone.com/podcastsarchive/2018/3/20/episode-272-the-fighter-author-michael-farris-smith

“Celebrated Author Comes Home to Kentucky in His New Novel, ‘Country Dark’,” by Rich Copley for the Lexington Herald-Leader

http://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/copious-notes/article208818819.html

“My Dad, the Pornographer,” by Chris Offutt for the New York Times Magazine. Offutt’s 2015 article was adapted from a memoir about his father’s 50-year career in pornography, My Father, the Pornographer, which Atria Books published in 2016.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/magazine/my-dad-the-pornographer.html

April 24th – Chris Offutt at Prince Avenue Location of Avid Bookshop

http://www.avidbookshop.com/event/chris-offutt-country-dark

April 24th – Peter Golden at the Margaret Mitchell House

http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/peter-golden-nothing-is-forgotten

April 24th – Charles Frazier at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/251/charles-frazier-returns-to-cold-mountain

April 25th – Writers at the Wrecking Bar Series Presents Michael Farris Smith and Chris Offutt

https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/294/writers-at-the-wrecking-bar-michael-farris

April 26th – Rick Bragg at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/252/rick-bragg-the-best-cook-in-the-world

April 27th – Rick Bragg Signing at Eagle Eye Bookshop

https://www.eagleeyebooks.com/home/eventgendetails/464

April 28th – Independent Bookstore Day Nationwide

http://www.indiebookstoreday.com/