Huckleberry Gin is a virtual happy hour for writers, readers, and lit friends. Struggling writer, cocktail enthusiast, and host Carly Gelsinger interviews authors from diverse genres and asks all the questions she's always wanted to. Conversations revolve around the craft of writing, the love of reading, secrets of the writing life, and the "why" behind it all. At the end of each episode, she develops a signature cocktail recipe based on something that inspired her about the book. Pull up a barstool with us on Wednesday mornings.
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- Scandalous Women with May CobbMay Cobb, author of the forthcoming thriller THE HUNTING WIVES joins the show to talk lust, greed, power, and inappropriate women. She talks about the power dynamics in groups of women in fiction and real life, and the roles women play within these groups. May describes her childhood in oil rich, booze soaked east Texas and how she used real life people to conceive her characters. We talk about lust as a driving force and the language people use to discuss women who lust vs. men who lust. Carly recommends Gina Frangello's new memoir,"Blow Your House Down." Find May on Instagram and be sure to check out the cocktail that pairs with THE HUNTING WIVES, based on another scandalous woman in history. You can find the recipe on Instagram @huckleberryginbar. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, share with your reader friends, and leave a review!0 comments0
- Loving Family Across a Political Divide with JR JamisonThis week, author JR Jamison joins us to talk about his queer identity and his relationship with his Republican father. JR Jamison's debut memoir, HILLBILLY QUEER is a tender, honest story of a queer son who embarks on a road trip in rural, conservative America with his "good old boy" father. JR talks about being authentic to his roots, and how he and his father found a way to love and accept each other despite their differences. He also shares his religious deconstruction, and his tenacious plight to be legally married in the state of Indiana. Reach JR at @jr_jamison on Twitter and Instagram, and check out his NPR show, The Facing Project.0 comments0
- Huckleberry Gin Apr 28 · 45m Stories Will Heal Us with Angela Jackson-BrownIn this episode, Angela Jackson Brown, author of the brand new novel WHEN STARS RAIN DOWN, joins the show to talk the transformative power of story and how stories can lead us to greater empathy. WHEN STARS RAIN DOWN is an epic work of historical research. Angela talks the methods she used to research the time and setting of her novel, and how she had to put herself in precarious situations to understand her character's struggles. She discusses the themes of race in her novel, and how engaging with history and the arts to heal our nation's deeply held racism. We discuss "The Help," "Gone With The Wind" and the problems of white writers "dipping their pen into someone else's blood." Angela offers tips for fiction writers who want to write characters who are of a different gender/culture/background than their own. Angela offers advice for people in standing up to the racism in their own families. Buy Angela's book here. Check out the WHEN STARS RAIN DOWN peach julep on Carly's Instagram: @huckleberryginbar. If you liked this episode, please subscribe and leave a review!0 comments0
- Can the Injustice System be fixed? with Jessica HenryJessica Henry, author of the book SMOKE BUT NO FIRE, joins the show to talk about the tragedy of wrongful convictions for crimes that never happen. She talks about why and how non-crime events get labeled a crime, the cognitive bias at play in policing and criminal justice, the problems with forensics, and the reasons innocent people plead guilty. She talks about the Chauvin trial and systemic racism in policing. We discuss why women caregivers are more vulnerable to be convicted for crimes they didn't commit. Jessica helps Carly sit with the uncomfortable reality that people sometimes lie about sexual assault. Jessica gives some practical advice for people who want to make a difference in their communities. Check out the National Registry of Exonerations. Read about Ethical Policing is Courageous. Learn more about how prosecutors have absolute immunity. Research forensics reform. Buy Jessica's book here. Check out the cocktail to pair with SMOKE BUT NO FIRE on Instagram @huckleberryginbar.0 comments0
- Desire, Cults, and Girlhood with Alison WisdomAlison Wisdom joins the show to talk about her debut novel, WE CAN ONLY SAVE OURSELVES. WE CAN ONLY SAVE OURSELVES is a hauntingly written literary novel about a teenage girl who runs away from her safe suburban cocoon to live with a strange, charismatic man and his harem of girls. Alison talks about the the ways in which people tamp down the desire for wild lives to live acceptable, safe lives. She talks about the illusion of safety in the suburbs, the mundanity of motherhood, the attraction to risk and darkness, and the magical haze of girlhood. We, of course, talk cult dynamics (Carly's favorite subject) and how cult-like-groups are found in all places in society. Buy WE CAN ONLY SAVE OURSELVES. Check out the We Can Only Save Ourselves hibiscus tea punch at @huckleberryginbar. Follow Alison on Instagram @alisonwisdom and @wecanonlysaveourselves (for book related topics).0 comments0
- Drafting a Novel in Two Months with Alison HammerAlison Hammer's new novel, LITTLE PIECES OF ME, releases next week on April 13! She joins the show to talk about writing, publishing, and why secrets make for such interesting stories. LITTLE PIECES OF ME is about a middle-aged woman who takes a DNA test and learns the man who raised her is not her father. It is a tender story about mother-daughter relationships, family secrets, and identity. Carly and Alison talk about why women lie, and recall times in our lives we've been lied to. Alison talks using lies in fiction as a way of maintain tension. She also uses foreshadowing-to-sex as a tool to tease out more tension. She wrote her first novel during National Novel Writing Month, a no-cost annual challenge open to anyone to write 50,000 words in the month of November. For fiction writers struggling with structure, she recommends Jennie Nash's plot method. Carly recommends the Save The Cat Method. She talks about writing as a team sport and debunks the myth that writing is a solitary act. She shares her secrets on finding the right writing partners. Alison gives advice on how to bang out your first draft in two months. She runs a Facebook group called Every Damn Day Writers, which is open to women-identifying writers everywhere. Carly talks about how she made the LITTLE PIECES OF ME cocktail. Buy LITTLE PIECES OF ME. Find Alison on Twitter and Instagram @thishammer.0 comments0
- Exploring the Underbelly of Academia with Amy GentryAmy Gentry is the author of the brand new suspense novel, BAD HABITS, a page turner with an eerie, cult-like academic setting—and a deadly outcome. This episode is a deep dive into the classist, racist, and often exploitative structures within universities. We talk sex as power, desire as weakness, the roles privilege plays in intellectual pursuits, and the erotics of pedagogy. It’s a delicious conversation dripping with intellect and innuendo. Amy--who holds a PhD in English from the University of Chicago--talks about her experiences in academic circles and how she sees class privilege, racism, and cult-like dynamics at play in them. Carly shares her experiences in graduate school of pronouncing words wrong while rubbing up against people who came to intellectual pursuits as a "birthright." Amy talks about the blurred lines in student-professor relationships at university and looks at the types of exchanges of power that can happen in hierarchal systems. We talk about the vulnerability of wanting something so hard that it makes you susceptible to exploitation or abuse. Amy divulges on the "sexy professor" trope and why it's such a common fantasy, and how she wrote the sex scenes in BAD HABITS. Amy talks about sex scenes in novels as "choreography," which Amy credits to Layne Fargo, the author of a bunch of super sexy thrillers, such as They Never Learn. Amy talks about the fun of writing characters who do unspeakable things, and the work of understanding their motives. Amy recommends Lisa Ruddick's academic writing on academia (how meta!). Her piece, When Nothing is Cool, is her most famous. She also references Kate Mann's Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny when we discuss the image of women with desire. Buy BAD HABITS here. Find Amy on Twitter (though she's taking a brief hiatus from Twitter) and Instagram @unlandedgentry.0 comments0
- Imposter syndrome, disability & embracing your inner artist with Rebecca WinnRebecca Winn, author of the gorgeous "Mary Oliver Meets Anne Lamott" memoir ONE HUNDRED DAFFODILS, joins the show to talk overcoming imposter syndrome, grappling with disability, self love, and embracing the artist within. Buy ONE HUNDRED DAFFODILS. Check out the ONE HUNDRED DAFFODIL cocktail. ***There were some technical issues with the audio this episode. My apologies!***0 comments0
- Huckleberry Gin Mar 24 · 40m Facing fear, embracing anger, and forging true friendship with Kristin BairKristin Bair's comic novel "Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything" was a People Magazine Best Book of 2020. She joins the show to discuss the origin of fear, anger as a tool women should lean into, and the forging of deep friendships. Carly and Kristin also share their literary kinks... but lookout men, we are done carrying it all. We're here Agatha Arch and our hatchets, ready to tear that shed down. Check out Brene Brown's book on vulnerability. Read about women and emotional labor during COVID-19. Buy Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything. Shop the whole Huckleberry Gin booklist here. Find Kristin Bair on Instagram. Check out the Agatha Arch Martini, and if you make it, be sure to share it with Kristin and Carly! If you liked this episode, please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!0 comments0
- Meg Weber on BDSM, Sexual Empowerment, and Romantic Obsession“A portrait of longing so vivid and agonizing that I could not turn away… a wise, intimate, and profoundly erotic memoir.” –Melissa Febos, author of “Abandon Me“ Meg Weber, professional therapist and author of "A Year of Mr. Lucky" joins the show to talk kink, sexual liberation, body image, grief, and romantic obsession. "A Year of Mr. Lucky" is a literary memoir that tells the story of Meg's debut into BDSM, sexual awakening, as well as her problematic anxious attachment to the man she was sleeping with. Meg gives a "Kink 101" lesson and talks about how she has claimed her sexual desires without shame. She offers listeners tools for how to communicate and draw boundaries for healthy sexual relationships. Meg also shares her experiences in healing from romantic obsession. Carly and Meg discuss why women seem to fall into the anxious attachment trap in their relationships and how to find agency from that toxic pattern. Information on Attachment Theory. Unrequited: The Thinking Woman's Guide to Romantic Obsession, by Lisa A. Phillips. Buy A Year of Mr. Lucky by Meg Weber. Shop the entire Huckleberry Gin booklist here. Find Meg Weber on Instagram.0 comments0
- Cindy Wang Brandt on Raising Liberated ChildrenCindy Wang Brandt is an author of "Parenting Forward," the parenting manual for social justice minded parents, and "You Are Revolutionary," a children's book releasing this October. She is a thought leader in progressive parenting, conference organizer, podcaster, and so much more. We talk about how to raise liberated children, how to have empathy on our children AND ourselves while parenting in a pandemic, and how to be an anti-racist parent. Then Carly forces Cindy into the role of therapist and projects all her fears and shame as a writer on her. Check out Cindy's Parenting Group on Facebook, and find her on Twitter at @cindywangbrandt or her website. For the mock-tail recipe inspired by Cindy that Carly makes with her daughter, head to @huckleberryginbar on Instagram.0 comments0
- Katherine Standefer on Allowing Grief to Move ThroughKatherine Standefer talks death, grief, heartbreak, and the joys of living. Her memoir, "Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life" is a Fall 2020 Oprah Magazine Pick, and New York Time's Editor Pick, and was featured on Fresh Air. Katherine reflects on her experience having a dangerous heart condition, and the even more dangerous medical interventions she's endured, and the "true cost" of those interventions. Katherine shares the wisdom she's found from being forced to face the inevitability of death, and the secrets of leaning into grief as a way of imagining joy and living with joyful risk. Carly and Katherine also get real vulnerable when they talk about personal losses and trauma. Carly shares her disastrous attempt with radish whiskey. Katherine can be found at @girlmakesfire on Instagram and Twitter, and KatherineStandefer.com. Check out @huckleberryginbar for the Lightning Flowers Cocktail.0 comments0
- "You Sure You Want to Share That?" with Kathleen BarberKathleen Barber's 2020 novel "Follow Me" is a Glamour Magazine and Crime Reads pick. She joins the show to talk about the themes in her fast-paced, thrilling novel about an Instagram influencer who becomes victim to a violent stalker. Carly and Kathleen geek out about Scrivener, their favorite writing software, and the organizational techniques Kathleen used to pace her novel. Carly confesses a nerdy musical reading habit. Kathleen admits her music tastes are basic and feels her protagonist is judging her. (Unlikeable characters are her cup of tea.) Kathleen chats about her experience getting her first agent, and what it was like to have her first novel turned into a TV series. Find Kathleen at on Instagram @katelizabee and if you see her book at Target, tag her! For the Follow Me Negroni, check out @huckleberryginbar0 comments0
- Donna Miscolta on Writing Dark Comedy, Brown Girlhood, and Writing Through PainDonna Miscolta, author of the short story collection "Living Color: Angie Rubio Stories" joins Carly to talk about writing through pain, finding the absurd, and capturing the moments that break us and shape us. Donna reads and shares the backstory of her book, which are coming-of-age stories about a Mexican-American girl in the 1960s and 1970s, and how people who feel "other" can find their agency. Find Donna at https://donnamiscolta.com. The recipe for the butter-washed anejo cocktail that Carly makes for "Living Color" can be found on Instagram @huckleberryginbar.0 comments0
- Huckleberry Gin Mar 4 · 1m Introducing Huckleberry GinBooks & Cocktails. Cocktails & Books. Is there anything better? (Don't answer that.) In this evocative new podcast, struggling writer and host Carly Gelsinger interviews authors from diverse genres and asks all the questions she's always wanted to. Conversations revolve around the craft of writing, secrets of the writing life, and the "why" behind it all. At the end of each episode, she develops a signature cocktail recipe based on something that inspired her about the book. Pull up a barstool with us on Wednesday mornings.0 comments0
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