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One day, my kids will inherit my books. Now, they can read them with my friends and me.
Explore my small library with my kids, my friends, and myself as I look for a way to preserve the memories, adventures, and comradery created through all of my books.
A Deadman's Books is a podcast for readers who don't just love books, they want to think better because of them.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Barnburner (2018) by Erin Hoover
This week, academic, poet laureate of Cookeville, Tennessee, and mom Dr. Erin Hoover of Tennessee Tech University sits down to speak with us about her a couple of her poetry selections: her debut…
Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption (1982) by Stephen King
When Andy Dufresne is wrongly convicted for the double murder of his wife and her lover, he spends the next three decades of his life in The Shank methodically building up the prison library,…
All the Sinners Bleed (2023) by S.A. Cosby
When a school shooting takes place in a small southern town, Sheriff Titus Crown begins to pull a string that unravels a much deeper and sinister plot. S.A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed is dark,…
Prophet Song (2023) by Paul Lynch
After the NAP is elected into power, Ireland slowly descends into fascism. Suddenly teachers are vilified by the government. Larry Stack, teacher and leader of the teachers union, takes to the…
How to Read Literature like a Professor (2003) by Thomas C. Foster
Why did F. Scott Fitzgerald make it so hot at the Plaza Hotel? What was Will Andrews really finding on his quest in Butcher's Crossing? Why is Mina Plover reminiscent of a siren in The Land Breakers?…
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Bound for the Promise-Land (2000) by Dr. Troy D. Smith
Alfred Mann was born into slavery. It was the only world that he ever knew. But after marrying Frankie from a nearby plantation, and learning through their first born-child that he has been forced to…
Frost/Nixon (2006) by Peter Morgan
Two men are seeking redemption. Both of their hopes intersect and land on the same set of interviews to change their public image and restore them back to the figures that they once were. David Frost…
AUGUSTUS (1972) by John Williams
When Julius Caesar dies, he leaves in his will for his adoptive son Octavius to ascend as his heir. Caesar the August comes to Rome, but finds that there are many plots surrounding him in the world…
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1599) by William Shakespeare
When the Ides of March come upon them, Brutus and Cassius decide that they must take the fate of their beloved Rome into their hands. With the assassination of Julius Caesar, Rome is thrown into…
Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler's Best (2020) by Neal Bascomb
The Nazis are rising. They are attempting to dominate Europe through land and through culture. That includes the world of motorsport. Enter American-French heiress Lucy Schell. Her attempts to enter…
Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934) by Zora Neale Hurston
John Pearson meets the love of his life, Lucy, and begins his life with her as a preacher and contractor. Unfortunately, John's weakness for women lead him to a tumultuous experience between he and…
Part 2 - Their Eyes were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
Janie Crawford's grandmother has a plan for her life, and it's one that Janie doesn't agree with. After attempting to make the plan happen, she leaves her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks for…
Part 1 - Their Eyes were Watching God (1937) by Zora Neale Hurston
Janie Crawford's grandmother has a plan for her life, and it's one that Janie doesn't agree with. After attempting to make the plan happen, she leaves her arranged marriage with Logan Killicks for…
The Winter People (1982) by John Ehle
When a stranger and his daughter are stranded, single mother Collie Wright welcomes them into her home. Little does she know that those walking up to her house will be the future half of her family,…
Field Trip: The Heartland Series (1984-2009)
For 25 years, a local television show captured time that defined a region. WBIR's The Heartland Series began as a way to showcase the most beautiful place in the world: The Great Smoky Mountains.…
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Appalachian Tales & Heartland Adventures (2011) by Bill Landry
With the heart of an adventurer and the soul of a poet, Bill Landry climbed a ridge and found below him the heartland. Our land. A land of the principal people. A land full of storytellers, deep…
The Orchard Keeper (1965) by Cormac McCarthy
Bootlegger Marion Sylder kills a man on his way home from Atlanta back to East Tennessee. He carries the body with him back to the mountains, and dumps the body in an abandoned concrete pit. Little…
Early Autumn (1950) by Langston Hughes
When Mary leaves Bill for another man, Bill becomes bitter towards women. However, when the two cross paths fifteen years later, their love lives have taken completely opposite roads. In our first…
The Alchemist (1988) by Paulo Coelho
The number four book in 2025's top 5, In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, a shepherd named Santiago has a dream interpreted and is sent on a journey to find his treasure at the Pyramids of Egypt. Before…
The First Annual Deadies
It's time for thei first annual Deadman's Books awards, The Deadies. In this episode we will hand out awards to our books from 2025 in categories such as, the longest, the grossest, and the worst…
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