Podcast:Our State Book Club Published On: Tue Jun 18 2024 Description: Before she became a successful novelist, Jill McCorkle was collecting portions of plots, slivers of settings. Her titles blend fiction with bits of reality from the rich catalog of her life. Email us: podcast@ourstate.com Works discussed in this episode: Old Crimes - by Jill McCorkle Our Town - by Thorton Wilder Hieroglyphics - by Jill McCorkle Filling Station - by Elizabeth Bishop The Telephone Game - by William Trevor The Caretaker - by Ron Rash Night Watch - by Jane Anne Phillips Life After Life - Jill McCorkle I Am the Light of This World - Michael Parker The Last Ballad - Wiley Cash