James Kennedy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

James Kennedy

@BillBurman I'm delighted you're enjoying DARE TO KNOW! For Cahokia, I was inspired by archeologist @TPauketat's 2009 book CAHOKIA: ANCIENT AMERICA'S GREAT CITY ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Also check out the Cahokia part in @Annaleen's FOUR LOST CITIES, which by chance came out the same year as DTK!

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Went to #BookendsAndBeginnings to sign DARE TO KNOW and get @KathleenMRooney's CHER AMI AND MAJOR WHITTLESEY. Sally who? Kathleen's the true literary Rooney. I've been reading her since FOR YOU, FOR YOU I AM TRILLING THESE SONGS and I can't wait to dive in to this. https://t.co/8p4XbJLcPl

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Finished 2nd expanded edition of THE FIRST COLLECTION OF CRITICISM BY A LIVING FEMALE ROCK CRITIC by @jesshopp. I’ve admired her for years but seeing so much of her tart, funny, smart, incisive writing in one place makes me feel like she’s on the way to being Chicago’s Didion. https://t.co/6ncu0g6Lri

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Reminder! Next Tuesday (January 11) I'll be interviewed about DARE TO KNOW by the brilliant @jacjemc (author of THE GRIP OF IT & FALSE BINGO). It's a virtual event put on by @KingsEnglish. Register here: https://t.co/Rt0Kyem4tA

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It's episode 35 of the @SecretsOfStory1 podcast! Matt Bird and I host @KeirGraff and @lindaejh, who have co-written several books together, including their steamy thriller THE SWING OF THINGS. How can co-writing help you as an author? Listen here: https://t.co/SxSo7jd62Q https://t.co/CJTwzoxiYs

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I don't get on here much anymore, and who cares what I think, but I just devoured a fantastic book I can't stop thinking about: WATER, WASTED by Alex Branson (@necrobranson) on @rarebirdlit. Powerful, sad, funny, weird. Do yourself a favor, I recommend it: https://rarebirdlit.com/water-wasted-signed-by-alex-branson/

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I'm back on @LegendariumPod, this time to talk about one of my favorite weird books: G.K. Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday"! Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/spedl58QbC With Craig Hanks and Drew McCaffrey.

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Chicago! I'll be at @BookvillExiles tonight interviewing bestselling author @silasdhouse about his excellent new book #LarkAscending as part of their "Authors on Tap" reading series. That means there will be drinks! 7 pm! Details at https://t.co/sZzNenGu4O https://t.co/4gZVazng9p

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A new episode of our @SecretsOfStory1 podcast! Matt Bird and I have on guests @Gary_Dalkin and @sophiebeal4 to debate the merits of Blake Snyder's "Save the Cat!" screenwriting advice books. Are these books any good? (Spoiler: they aren't!) Listen here: https://t.co/HApvblElYF https://t.co/2XMtb1PS3y

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The fabulous @BethGolay interviewed me about DARE TO KNOW for her Marginalia podcast (of @KMUW, NPR in Wichita). I love interviewers like Beth who read the book deeply and engage with it thoughtfully. It's a great interview! Thanks, Beth! Listen here: https://t.co/jnXmnqTA6h https://t.co/Oj8OaLCffZ