Cover 2 Cover - Podcast

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - October 30, 2007

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:56:01 GMT

Recorded in October 2007 at the Douglass Theatre in Macon, Ga., this edition of Cover to Cover features Clark Atlanta University professor and author Daniel Black with host St.John Flynn talking and taking audience questions about his second novel, <i>The Sacred Place</i> (St. Martin's Press, 2007).
In the summer of 1955, a black boy from Chicago visiting his grandparents, contravenes the social rules that govern black and white folks in the segregated South. Buying a soda in the town's general store, 14-year-old Clement places his nickel on the counter and refuses to put it in the hand of the white woman at the register as she demands.
Based on the infamous murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi, <i>The Sacred Place</i> shows the effect the brutal murder of Clement at the hands of a white mob has on his family and on the entire black community.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - September 28, 2007

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:45:02 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, St.John Flynn welcomes South Carolina native and University of Georgia English professor James Everett Kibler to the studio to talk and take listener calls about his latest novel, Memory's Keep (Pelican Publishing, 2006), the second in his Clay Bank County series.

Set in the mid-1970s in rural South Carolina, Memory's Keep is the story of Mister Pink Suber, a 94-year-old black man who still tends the farm his family has worked on as servants since the 1800s. His children have moved away, his wife has died, but he goes on farming his land and passing along to his young white neighbor, 27-year-old Trig Tinsley, the ways of farming and of life.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - September 7, 2007

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:55:41 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover host St.John Flynn welcomes Atlanta novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage to the studio to talk and take calls about her novel Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do (Ballantine Books, 2003).

After six months of rehab, and with a shattered heart, Regina Burns comes back "home" to Atlanta. This emotionally charged return causes secrets to emerge that threaten to send Regina's life twisting in surprising new directions.
With the unique blend of truth and humor that made her first novel, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, a huge bestseller, Pearl Cleage returns with an extraordinary novel that is rich in character, steeped in sisterhood, and bursting with unexpected love . . . and maybe just a little magic.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - August 24, 2007

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:46:45 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, host St.John Flynn is joined by one of Georgia’s pre-eminent contemporary writers, Terry Kay. They talk and take listener calls about Kay’s 1997 novel, The Runaway, the story of two boys, Tom and Son Jesus, born the same hour of the same day, and the beginnings of desegregation in the Deep South in the fateful days following World War Two.
The Runaway is the story of the earliest beginnings of desegregation in the South. Set in the 1940's and using as a springboard the relationship of two boys- one black and the other white- who have been mysteriously ordained at birth to spark the flames of change, the novel examines the joys, sorrows, conflicts, and racial disharmony of the historically-biased environment.
Tom and Son Jesus spend their days daydreaming, fishing, and trying to escape work. But their fun abruptly comes to a halt when they discover a bone during a fanciful runaway. The bone turns out to be part of the skeletal remains of Son Jesus's long-missing father, and leads to an investigation by Sheriff Frank Rucker, a World War II hero. The sheriff's findings divide the people of Overton County, forcing a surprising conclusion-or beginning-of justice.
In The Runaway, Terry Kay masterfully re-creates life in the rural South following World War II, when men and women returned from the war deeply affected- consciously and subconsciously-by their experiences.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - August 10, 2007

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:20:31 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, host St.John Flynn is joined in the studio by Augusta, GA, author Karin Gillespie, and they talk and take listener calls about Karin's latest novel Dollar Daze: The Bottom Dollar Girls in Love (Simon and Schuster, 2006), the third in her Bottom Dollar Girls series.
The Bottom Dollar Girls of Cayboo Creek, SC, are back and, in this new book, these women "of a certain age" find themselves all tangled up with Cupid. Dollar Daze asks the age-old question "is it ever too late to fall in love?" and Mavis, Attalee, Mrs Tobias, and Birdie find themselves in unfamiliar territory when love comes a-knocking at the door to each of their hearts.
As each of the Bottom Dollars Girls navigates the unanticipated speed bumps on the road to happiness, can their enduring friendships and humorous outlooks on life keep them together and on course?

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - May 16, 2007

Thu, 17 May 2007 14:18:24 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, host St. John Flynn welcomes Heard County native Dot Moore to the studio to talk and take your calls about her book Oracle of the Ages: Reflections on the Curious Life of Fortune Teller Mayhayley Lancaster (NewSouth Books, 2000), written with Katie Lamar Smith.

Mayhayley Lancaster was many things through her interesting life: lawyer, schoolteacher, political activist, fortune teller, numbers runner, and self-proclaimed "oracle of the ages." In this volume of creative nonfiction, the people who knew her reflect on her personality, her politics, and her passions, offering the reader a chance to delve fully into Mayhayley lore and legend. Oracle of the Ages offers strange and often hilarious stories of the poor Georgia South in the post-Depression era, and how the eccentric Mayhayley's charisma and mysterious powers cast a spell on all the people who knew--and inevitably misunderstood--her.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - May 02, 2007

Fri, 04 May 2007 19:42:26 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, host St. John Flynn welcomes Perry author and entertainment critic Jackie K. Cooper back to the studio to talk and take listener calls about his latest collection of "memories," The Bookbinder: More Stories from the Road (Mercer University Press, 2006).
No man is an island. We are bound together by shared beliefs and experiences and, as we go through life, we find we have as much in common with those living across the globe as those down the street. In these stories, Jackie Cooper offers remembrances, reflections, and experiences from his own life that will strike a common chord in all of us.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - April 25, 2007

Tue, 01 May 2007 15:42:38 GMT

This edition of Cover to Cover features Pine Mountain, Ga., author Michael Bishop who joins host St.John Flynn to talk and take calls about his novel Ancient of Days (Arbor House, 1985), the story of a prehistoric man found wandering in a Georgia orchard. The last surviving example of an African protohuman species believed extinct for two million years, Adam, as he is named, is an artist and poet whose honesty and deep spirituality, and his love for a white woman, bring him into conflict with the modern world.

For twenty-five years, Rosemary Daniell has led Zona Rosa, a writing workshop for women founded on the premise that writing can be not only a creative challenge but a tool for healing. In this book she shares the secrets of Zona Rosa: practical advice and home-grown “Exorcises” that help women face and think through writing issues, and life in general.

The book also introduces some of the many women who have improved their writing—and lives—through the sisterhood, constructive advice, and fun of Zona Rosa. Secrets of the Zona Rosa is essential reading for any woman who writes—and who’s lived a life full of stories.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - April 4, 2007

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:37:59 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover Savannah author and writing teacher Rosemary Daniell joins St.John Flynn to talk and take listener calls about her latest book Secrets of the Zona Rosa: How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives (Owl Books, 2006).

For twenty-five years, Rosemary Daniell has led Zona Rosa, a writing workshop for women founded on the premise that writing can be not only a creative challenge but a tool for healing. In this book she shares the secrets of Zona Rosa: practical advice and home-grown “Exorcises” that help women face and think through writing issues, and life in general.

The book also introduces some of the many women who have improved their writing—and lives—through the sisterhood, constructive advice, and fun of Zona Rosa. Secrets of the Zona Rosa is essential reading for any woman who writes—and who’s lived a life full of stories.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - March 28, 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:05:56 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover host St.John Flynn welcomes Georgia College and State University professor Karen Salyer McElmurray to the studio to talk and take calls about her memoir Surrendered Child: A Birth Mother's Journey (University of Georgia Press, 2004), winner of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction.

In 1973, at age sixteen, McElmurray put her newborn child up for adoption. Twenty-five years would pass before she began sharing this part of her past with others and actively looking for her son. Surrendered Child is her story.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - March 14, 2007

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:51:27 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, St.John Flynn welcomes Nashville, Tennessee, author Stephen Doster to the studio to talk and take listeners calls about his novel Lord Baltimore (John F. Blair, 2002).
Country-club slacker Ensworth Harding gets a surprise on his 18th birthday. His father kicks him out with instructions to deliver a letter to an address in Savannah, and, if he doesn't, he'll be disinherited.
As he sets out on his forced march to manhood, Ensworth meets a bearded, unkempt gentleman, part overgrown forest sprite, part enlightened bum, and part old-time British knight. He calls himself Lord Baltimore, and he becomes Ensworth's guide and mentor.
In the great tradition of the picaresque novel, the two subsequently endure a series of misadventures that bring Ensworth little closer to his destination physically but go a long way toward preparing him for it spiritually.
Partly an homage to classics ranging from Don Quixote to Huck Finn, Lord Baltimore is ultimately one of those novels that creates its own universe and whose characters walk the line between the real and the fantastic.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - March 07, 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:11:43 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, host St. John Flynn is joined by Rome, Georgia, author Jeanne Braselton and they talk and take listener calls about her novel A False Sense of Well Being (Ballantine Books, 2001).
At 38, Jessie Maddox has a comfortable life in Glenville, Georgia, with Turner, the most reliable, responsible husband in the world. But after their storybook romance, "happily ever after" never came. Now the housewife who once wanted to be Martha Stewart before there was a Martha Stewart is left to wonder: Where did the marriage go wrong? Why can't she stop picturing herself as the perfect grieving widow?

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - February 28, 2007

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:01:36 GMT

On this edition of Cover to Cover, Stone Mountain author Brian Egeston joins host St.John Flynn to talk and take calls about his latest novel, An Auburn Autumn (Rock Point Books, 2006).

An Auburn Autumnis a story based on true events. In the fall of 2001, a series of emotional events take place at Auburn University in Alabama which show what happens when power, class, race, money and big college football all collide in a perfect storm. As scandal sweeps across the campus and beyond, a student is murdered and many are forced to face realities they perhaps never knew existed.

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - February 21, 2007

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:29:28 GMT

This edition of Cover to Cover features Atlanta author Phyllis Alesia Perry who joins host St.John Flynn to talk and take listener calls about her novel A Sunday in June (Hyperion, 2003), a prequel to her 1998 debut novel Stigmata.

Set in the early years of the 20th century, A Sunday in June is the story of three Alabama sisters who continue to bear the scars of slavery through a paranormal connection to the past--they share their grandmother's gift of "second sight."

GPB - Cover 2 Cover - February 7, 2007

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:47:54 GMT

This edition of Cover to Cover features Stone Mountain author Brian Egeston who joins host St. John Flynn to talk and take calls about his novel Catfish Quesadillas (Carter-Krall Publishers, 2003).

When three small businesses compete for a million-dollar grant, the owners find themselves in the midst of conspiracies, allegations, and sabotage. Set in the Georgia city of Stone Mountain, Catfish Quesadillas offers a cold, hard look at customer service in America.