200--Bookin’ w/ John Kessel

<p>Welcome to Bookin's 200th Episode!  Host Jason Jefferies is joined by legendary award-winning author John Kessel, who discusses his newest collection <a href='https://www.explorebooksellers.com/book/9781645240587'>The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel</a>, which is published by our friends at Subterranean Press.  Topics of discussion includes the literary scene in North Carolina, Kim Stanley Robinson, birth, education, genre writing vs. non-genre writing, the current state of science-fiction, gatekeeping in the sci-fi community, and much more.  Copies of <a href='https://www.explorebooksellers.com/book/9781645240587'>The Dark Ride</a> can be purchased <a href='https://www.explorebooksellers.com/book/9781645240587'>here</a> from Explore Booksellers.  </p>