681. Kasey Thornton

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Kasey Thornton is the guest. Her debut novel-in-stories, Lord the One You Love is Sick, is available now from Ig Publishing. It is the official November pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Thornton attended both the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and North Carolina State University for her MFA in Fiction. She lives with fellow author Kevin Kauffmann in Durham County, North Carolina, where members of her family have resided for over two hundred years. Her creative work has been featured in the Masters Review, TJ Eckleberg Review, tinyjournal, Colonnades Literary & Art Journal, and Apeiron Review. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.8	brad lestie i'm in los angeles it's nice to be with you thank you for listening as always i have
1:08.9	kacy thornton on the program today.
1:14.7	She has a novel in stories out from Ig Publishing.
1:18.2	It is called Lord, The One You Love is Sick.
1:21.0	It is earning rave reviews.
1:24.6	It is the official November pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.
1:28.4	The Nervous Breakdown.com is my online culture magazine and literary community founded in 2006. It has had its own monthly book club for more than a decade.
1:36.7	And this month, the pick is Lord the One You Love is Sick by Casey Thornton, available now for
1:43.0	big publishing. I had a really interesting and open-hearted conversation. Lord the One You Love is Sick by Casey Thornton, available now for Mick Publishing.
1:49.1	I had a really interesting and open-hearted conversation with Casey.
1:51.6	I figure we'll just get right to it.
1:52.9	Shall we do that?
2:00.6	Casey is from North Carolina, where her family has resided for over 200 years.
2:06.2	And Lord, the one you love is sick, is very much concerned with place.
2:11.9	And it is a very astute and compelling addition to the tradition of Southern literature
2:16.2	and small- town southern literature.
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