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071: No Great Tragedy: An Academic Novel by Bernard Schopen

Release Date: 01/29/2026

071: No Great Tragedy: An Academic Novel by Bernard Schopen

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Bernard Schopen discusses his latest, No Great Tragedy: An Academic Novel (Luminaire Press, 2025), which follows a “neither heroic nor tragic, merely academic” Classics professor as he stumbles through the collapse of his department, the deterioration of his marriage, and a reassessment of his place in it all. abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

070: Rebels And Outliers: Real Stories Of The American West by John M. Glionna

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John M. Glionna discusses and reads from Rebels And Outliers: Real Stories Of The American West (University Of Nevada Press, 2025), a collection of pieces written while a roving reporter for the LA Times and others, detailing often overlooked corners of the West and the unique, resilient people who occupy them. https://www.johnglionna.com/ john.glionna@gmail.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

069: The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy

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Travis Kennedy discusses and reads from his debut novel, The Whyte Python World Tour (Doubleday, 2025), wherein the CIA exploits a glam metal band as part of a psy-op to destabilize communist countries during the cold war. https://traviskennedy.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

068: Infernulls: The Golden Letter by Zeggy

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Zeggy discusses and reads from Infernulls: The Golden Letter (Zeggy, 2025), a light novel homage to anime, role playing games, and classic fantasy, following the adventures of Lamya Cade and an unlikely party of companions that become an even more unlikely group of friends. https://infernulls.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

$067: Refraction: An Arctic Memoir by Bruce Rettig show art$ 067: Refraction: An Arctic Memoir by Bruce Rettig

A Book & Its Author

Bruce Rettig discusses and reads from Refraction: An Arctic Memoir (Wayfarer Books, 2022), about three summers worked in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, home of one of the largest oilfield in America, where an inhospitable landscape and remarkable people reshaped the author’s view of himself and his world. https://brucerettig.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

066: Seven Tears Into The Sea by Terri Farley

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Terri Farley discusses and reads from Seven Tears Into The Sea (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 2005), a coming-of-age novel in which seventeen-year-old Gwen revisits her seaside childhood home to learn about herself, about her family, and about a mysterious boy who just may be a mythological selkie. Plus music by Arianna Mae. https://www.terrifarley.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HboMoHe2_HU&list=RDHboMoHe2_HU&start_radio=1 abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads:...

065: O’Ceagan’s Legacy by Lillian I. Wolfe

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Lillian I. Wolfe discusses and reads from O’Ceagan’s Legacy (Pynhaven Press, 2016, 2025), a star-faring adventure in which the crew of a family-run cargo ship must contend with space pirates, Celtic spirits, and wormhole travel gone horribly wrong. lillianwolfe.online abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

064: The Mansion by Bill Brown

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Bill Brown discusses and reads from The Mansion (Lobos Coast Media, 2025), a haunted house yarn in which a team of scientists sets out to prove the existence of ghosts and find something far more terrifying in the abandoned 18th century mansion. billbrownnovels.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

063: The Darling Of The Black Rock Desert by Laura Newman

A Book & Its Author

Laura Newman discusses and reads from The Darling Of The Black Rock Desert (Delphinium Books, 2025), a collection of three novellas of the West, which explores how diverse characters forge connections, in ways that are by turn funny and tragic, informed by grief and hope. lauranewmanauthor.com abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

062: The Shining Mountains by Alix Christie

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Alix Christie discusses and reads from her novel, The Shining Mountains (High Road Books, 2023), which begins in the Rocky Mountain west of the 1830s and tells the story of a Scottish fur trader and the Nez Perce woman he loves, set against a backdrop of sweeping landscapes and seismic colonial upheaval. https://alixchristie.com/ abookanditsauthor@gmail.com Bluesky:@abookanditsauthor.bsky.social Instagram: a_book_and_its_author Facebook: abookanditsauthor Threads: a_book_and_its_author Twitter/X: @it_author

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