While vacationing in Fort Bragg, California, I stumbled into a local indie bookstore and bought a book from their "local author spotlight" section. After the owner mentioned what a great reader its author was, a Mr. Joe Smith, I left my information in the off chance Joe would ever like to come on the show. Well, I got two poets for one! Join me in welcoming Larry Felson and Joe Smith to the whiskey bar. We discuss revolution, the proper way to brew coffee at home, and they read their poetry throughout.

Today’s drinking game: drink whenever we do!

Links:
For more from host William R. Hincy: https://williamrhincy.com/
William R. Hincy's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-R.-Hincy/author/B07ZYB5FHZ
Patterson’s Irish Pub: https://www.pattersonspub.com/
North Coast Brewing: https://northcoastbrewing.com/
Gallery Bookshop: https://www.gallerybookshop.com/
Belinda Point Press: belindapointpress.com/
Revolution Books: RevolutionBooks.org

Bios:
William R. Hincy: “Some people run from their demons; others sit down and have cocktails with theirs.” William R. Hincy is a man who does and writes about the latter. Having become a writer after deciding it was the only sensible thing for a problem drinker to do, Hincy aspires to use literature to connect society on an emotional level through characters who no longer create messes but have instead become the mess. Between rounds, Hincy has won 3 American Fiction Awards, an International Book Award, and his personal anthology of short fiction WITHOUT EXPIRATION was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and kids, having found solace in the notion that the only things sacred are self and whiskey-winged interludes.

About WDW:
And for our algo-overlords (please introduce us to your friends!)… Welcome to your literary happy hour, Writers Drinking Whiskey, the show where you share a drink with writers from around the globe and you find more than your next read: you find the next AUTHOR you're going to love. Hosted by award-winning author William R. Hincy, the show takes booktube, authortube and booktok to another level with engaging, in-depth, and merrily irreverent conversations with today’s most interesting writers. And for our writers joining us, there's plenty of creative writing tips, fiction writing tricks, and poetry read by the poets.

Interested in being a guest? Have a great cocktail recipe and story to share? Fantastic! Contact WRH at contact@williamrhincy.com. We’re currently booking for special episodes and season 2.

Chapters:
0:00:00 Start
0:02:09 Introducing Larry Felson and Joe Smith
0:05:03 What are we drinking?
0:14:26 Where to get a drink in Mendocino County
0:24:09 Pet peeves
0:31:26 Pull-Down Poems (Poetry reading)
0:45:20 If Darkness Sings (Poetry reading)
0:50:59 The Birds Falling from the Sky (Poetry reading)
0:52:55 Poetry craft talk
1:02:46 Last Call Life Advice
1:05:15 Learn more about Larry Felson and Joe Smith

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Here we go!

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