About this podcast
A book podcast with book lover Brett Benner of bretts.book.stack
on instagram and youtube.
Author interviews and bookish conversations to help add more to your TBR pile!
Watch/Listen to Behind the Stack on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/bretts.book.stack
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/bretts.book.stack
Email:
[email protected]
Episodes
The newest 20 of 103 episodes
- Chad Harbach, The Brightness · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 103Brett sits down with Chad Harbach to discuss his sophomore novel, 'The Brightness'. They talk revisiting characters from, 'The Art Of Fielding' and why go back, writing a book…
- Mary Beth Keane, Whale Harbor · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 102Brett sits down with Mary Beth Keane to discuss her latest novel and Good Morning America Book Club Pick, 'Whale Harbor" They talk all things Irish: extended large families…
- Will Maclean, Solace House · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 101Brett sits down with author Will Maclean to discuss his American debut, 'Solace House'. They talk about reading snobbery, his past writing in comedy, horror narratives, writing…
- Bonnie Garmus, Peck & Peck · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 100In his 100th episode, Brett sits down with Bonnie Garmus to discuss her new book, 'Peck & Peck'. They have a 'Lessons in Chemistry' check in, they talk poets as oracles, the…
- T. Geronimo Johnson, The Occidental Book of the Dead · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 99Brett sits down with author T. Geronimo Johnson to discuss his latest book, 'The Occidental Book of the Dead'. They talk race, how narratives define our reality, the slow march…
- Meg Mason, Sophie, Standing There · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 98Brett sits down with Meg Mason to discuss her new book Sophie, Standing There. They talk discovering reading, parasocial relationships, reading correctly and what that even…
- Third Quarter Favs with Renee from It's Book Talk · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 97Brett and Renee from @itsbooktalk on instagram and substack talk third quarter favs, and add a book we're looking forward to in the last quarter of the year. Books discussed…
- Jordan Tannahill, The Living Realm · 40 min · Season 3 Episode 96Brett sits down with Jordan Tannahill to discuss his latest book, 'The Living Realm'. They talk about London and latex, the books setting of Lake Teufelssee in Berlin and the…
- Chloe Benjamin, Under Story · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 95Brett sits down with Chloe Benjamin to discuss Under Story. They talk mushrooms and multiverses, the inspiration, and the sheer construction of the novel, which character was…
- Emil Wilson, The Nightingales · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 94Brett sits down with Emil Wilson to discuss his debut novel, 'The Nightingales'. They talk art school and graphic novels, autobiographical fiction and what differed from real…
- Téa Obreht, Sunrise · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 93Brett sits down with Téa Obreht to discuss her latest novel, Sunrise. They talk early years and learning English, the mythology of heroes, good samaritans, some advice for…
- Josh Silver, Fruit Fly · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 92Brett sits down with author Josh Silver to talk about his debut adult novel, Fruit Fly. They talk his previous acting career, working as a mental health nurse, appropriation…
- Ben Reeves, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 91Brett sits down with writer Ben Reeves to discuss his debut novel, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurts. They talk about death obviously, but also his ideas for what death…
- Julie Buntin, Famous Men · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 90Brett sits down with author Julie Buntin to discuss her novel Famous Men. They talk small towns and leaving them for big cities, coming of age and what comes with the transition…
- Roshan Sethi, The Simp · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 89Brett sits down with writer/director and oncologist (you read that right!) Roshan Sethi to discuss his debut novel, The Simp. He unpacks his rise from medicine to the arts, and…
- Second Quarter Favs with Renee from @itsbooktalk · 54 min · Season 3 Episode 88Brett sits down with Renee from @itsbooktalk to talk about our favs from quarter two. A total of ten books including: -Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin -In the Days of My Youth, I…
- Meg Charlton, Voyagers · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 87Brett sits down with debut author Meg Charlton to discuss her timely book, Voyagers. They talk about childhood friends and the life events that bond us, choosing character…
- Rasheed Newson, There's Only One Sin In Hollywood · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 86Brett talks with author Rasheed Newson about his latest book, 'There's Only One Sin In Hollywood.' They discuss dreamers in Hollywood and what it takes to succeed, Diahann…
- Claire Fuller, Hunger & Thirst · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 85Brett talks with Claire Fuller about her new novel, 'Hunger & Thirst'. They discuss writing without a plot, being drawn to dark stories, horror movies, book lists, and find out…
- Natalie Adler, Waiting On A Friend · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 84Brett talks with writer Natalie Adler about her debut novel, 'Waiting On A Friend'. They discuss the inspiration for the book, belief in the paranormal, the AIDS crisis, getting…
