The Reading Life of Stephen Graham Jones

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4.3 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Jeff is out this week reading on a beach, so we are sharing this rerun from the First Edition podcast in which Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones about his reading life. Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of thirty-five or so novels and collections, and there are some novellas and comic books in there as well. Most recent are Earthdivers and I Was a Teenage Slasher. His new book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, is out now. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. For episode extras, subscribe to the First Edition Substack. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.2	Hey, y'all. Jeff is out this week, reading on a beach, as we all aspire to do sometimes. And through a perfect storm of
0:40.3	scheduling and editorial issues, we don't have a new episode for you this week. Instead, we are
0:47.0	really delighted to share Jeff's recent interview with Stephen Graham Jones, the author of
0:54.0	many wonderful thrillers, most
0:56.0	recently The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. This is a really terrific conversation about Stephen's
1:01.5	reading life, his origins as a reader, and I think you'll find it really inspiring and moving.
1:07.5	So hope you'll enjoy it. To find more like this, visit the first edition podcast,
1:12.4	wherever you find your podcasts, and we'll be back in your ears on Wednesday with a new episode.
1:19.7	So listen, this was going to be in two episodes. One, a reading life episode with Stephen Graham
1:26.7	Jones, and another one, that's something else.
1:30.5	But I'm going to split them into two episodes, one coming out today and one coming out tomorrow,
1:36.2	just so that they're a little bit easier to listen to.
1:39.2	So today's episode, I've done a bunch of these reading live segments.
1:42.9	I really enjoyed them. I've enjoyed every single one, but this one is really special. Stephen Graham Jones, the author of more than 35
1:50.0	books, novels, short story collections, novellas, done some comic books. His most recent book is the
1:56.3	Buffalo Hunter Hunter. Also, he's written of late, I was a teenage slasher. My heart is a chainsaw. Only Good Indians.
2:04.7	A horror genre mystery master. And this is a really cool episode. So stick around, listen to it.
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