Middle Ground Books: After Hours

Sammy Davis Jr. and H. P. Lovecraft make a strange pairing, but the conversation gets to the same question from two very different directions.Megan, Debra, and Lance talk about Lovecraft’s influence, his racism, and whether his writing still earns the reputation people give it. Then Yes I Can brings the episode somewhere much more human, following Sammy Davis Jr. from Vaudeville into the Army and beyond.Chapter Forty-One: Fight With Your Head, Not Your FistsSammy Davis Jr., H. P. Lovecraft, and Problematic Art💬 Comment Question:When do you separate the art from the artist, and when do you stop reading?🔔 Subscribe:Subscribe for more after hours book talk from Middle Ground Books.📚 Covered PagesYes I Can by Sammy Davis Jr., Jane Boyar, and Burt BoyarThe Best of H. P. Lovecraft by H. P. LovecraftThe Call of Cthulhu by H. P. LovecraftAt the Mountains of Madness by H. P. LovecraftDagon by H. P. LovecraftThe Nameless City by H. P. LovecraftThe Street by H. P. LovecraftThe White Ship by H. P. LovecraftThe Cats of Ulthar by H. P. LovecraftHerbert West, Reanimator by H. P. LovecraftThe Statement of Randolph Carter by H. P. LovecraftThe Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.📖 Print and Ebookshttps://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooksWhen ordering through Bookshop.org, make sure Middle Ground Books is selected as your bookstore. If Bookshop asks you to choose a bookstore, search for Middle Ground Books and select the Emporia, Kansas shop so your purchase supports the store.🎧 Audiobookshttps://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden FindsMiddle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS. Browse in person, meet the team, grab a complimentary lemonade, and find your next great read.📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:https://www.middlegroundbooks.com📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨🗓️ Store Events and News:All events are at Middle Ground Books and Gifts, 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, Kansas, unless otherwise noted.Late Night with Meadowlark is Thursday, August 20th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, with an open mic night and writer’s workshop.Family Story Time is Saturday, August 22nd at 11:00 AM.National Dog Day is Wednesday, August 26th.Fantasy Book Club meets Thursday, August 27th to discuss The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty.🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios.If you have a podcast, audio story, film, song, small business, or creative project you want to bring to life, you do not have to have everything figured out before reaching out. Cosmic Atom Sound Studios works with people who have a vision, even if they are still shaping the next step.Reach out for podcast production, narrative audio, background music, film sound, audio cleanup, or business media for your small business, brand, or creative project.You can email or follow the social media handles below!Email: ronald@cosmicatomsounds.com / cosmicatomsounds   / cosmicatomsound  

Middle Ground Books passed 1,000 subscribers, and the hosts are still figuring out what it means to talk like people are actually listening.Megan, Debra, and Lance settle into a loose host blurbs episode about bookstore life, community, folklore, dragons, Egyptian mythology, and the strange things people believe when stories travel across cultures. It is part milestone episode, part after-hours conversation, and part reminder that a bookstore can make room for everything from Walmart dancing to vending machine monsters.Chapter Forty-One: Podcast Like No One’s ListeningA Folklore and Bookstore Life Episode💬 Comment Question:What strange myth, monster, or folklore story has stuck with you the longest?🔔 Subscribe:Subscribe for more after hours book talk from Middle Ground Books.📚 Covered PagesThe Red Pyramid by Rick RiordanThe Truth About Dragons by Julie LeungAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Necronomicon, associated with H. P. LovecraftPercy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick RiordanMiddle Egyptian Grammar by Haak🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.📖 Print and Ebookshttps://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooksWhen ordering through Bookshop.org, make sure Middle Ground Books is selected as your bookstore. If Bookshop asks you to choose a bookstore, search for Middle Ground Books and select the Emporia, Kansas shop so your purchase supports the store.🎧 Audiobookshttps://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden FindsMiddle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.Here: Middle Ground Books Biblio Shop🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS. Browse in person, meet the team, grab a complimentary lemonade, and find your next great read.📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:https://www.middlegroundbooks.com📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨🗓️ Store Events and News:Page to Screen Book Club meets August 13th at 5:30 PM to discuss Jurassic Park.Family Story Time is August 15th at 11:00 AM for children ages 0 to 5, or older kids who enjoy songs and stories.The Red Pyramid Second Breakfast Book Club meets August 15th at 4:00 PM with an Egyptian-themed menu.An author event for Leap of Faith Farm is planned for August 16th from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.Middle Ground Books will be closed August 17th, but the store will have a booth at the ESU Block Party to welcome students back.Mystery Book Club’s next selection is Poppy Montgomery Gets Even.🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Ronald L. Wilkins II of Cosmic Atom Sound Studios.If you have a podcast, audio story, film, song, small business, or creative project you want to bring to life, you do not have to have everything figured out before reaching out. Cosmic Atom Sound Studios works with people who have a vision, even if they are still shaping the next step.Reach out for podcast production, narrative audio, background music, film sound, audio cleanup, or business media for your small business, brand, or creative project.You can email or tap the links attached to the social media handles below!Email: ronald@cosmicatomsounds.comInstagram: @cosmicatomsoundsFacebook: @CosmicAtomSound

Wine night comes to Middle Ground Books, and nobody is spitting.Megan, Debra, and Lance use Tom Gilby’s Thirsty as their guide through a tasting episode where wine becomes less about knowing the right words and more about figuring out what anyone actually tastes in the glass. The Vine Witch brings the bookish side of the night, with a cursed vineyard, old magic, and the kind of fantasy premise that pairs better with wine than anyone expected.Chapter Forty: Class or Pass A Wine Tasting with The Vine Witch💬 Comment Question:Are you more likely to trust wine advice from a book, a friend, or the first bottle with a decent label?🔔 Subscribe:Subscribe for more after hours book talk from Middle Ground Books.📚 Covered PagesWhy We Drink Too Much by Dr. Charles KnowlesThirsty by Tom GilbyThe Vine Witch by Luanne SmithThe Glamourist by Luanne SmithThe Conjurer by Luanne SmithExo by Colin BrushJapanese GothicJurassic Park by Michael Crichton🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.📖 Print and Ebookshttps://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooksWhen ordering through Bookshop.org, make sure Middle Ground Books is selected as your bookstore. If Bookshop asks you to choose a bookstore, search for Middle Ground Books and select the Emporia, Kansas shop so your purchase supports the store.🎧 Audiobookshttps://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden FindsMiddle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:https://www.middlegroundbooks.com📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨International Cat Day is August 8th at Middle Ground Books.Saturday Morning Story Time is August 8th at 11:00 AM for children ages 0 to 5, or older kids who enjoy songs and stories.Alien Worlds Book Club is discussing Exo by Colin Brush on August 8th at 4:00 PM.Horror Book Club is discussing Japanese Gothic on August 11th at 5:30 PM.Teacher Appreciation Night is August 12th starting at 7:00 PM, with snacks, drinks, and discounts for teachers.Page to Screen Book Club is discussing Jurassic Park on August 13th at 5:30 PM.

Douglas Adams built one of science fiction’s strangest comic universes, but what happens when someone else tries to hitch a ride?Megan, Debra, and Lance return to "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy," then follow the series into "And Another Thing" by Eoin Colfer to see what happens when a beloved universe keeps going without the original voice behind it. The episode asks whether the sequel is funny enough, and whether funny was ever the whole point of Douglas Adams in the first place.Chapter Thirty-Nine: Don’t Panic, We’re Reading a SequelThe Hitchhiker’s Guide Continues💬 Comment Question:What sequel by a different author actually worked for you?🔔 Subscribe:Subscribe for more after hours book talk from Middle Ground Books.📚 Covered PagesThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas AdamsAnd Another Thing... by Eoin ColferArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferDon’t Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Neil GaimanThe Red Pyramid by Rick RiordanThirsty by Tom GilbeyThe Necronomicon, associated with H. P. LovecraftPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hobbit by J. R. R. TolkienA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensWhere God Went Wrong by Oolon ColluphidSome More of God’s Greatest Mistakes by Oolon ColluphidWho Is This God Person Anyway? by Oolon ColluphidWell, That About Wraps It Up for God by Oolon Colluphid🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.📖 Print and Ebookshttps://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks🎧 Audiobookshttps://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden FindsMiddle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:https://www.middlegroundbooks.com📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨🗓️ Store Events and News:National Coloring Book Day is Sunday, August 2nd, and Middle Ground Books will be featuring coloring books, including clearance selections.First Friday returns August 7th with artist-in-residence events along Commercial Avenue.Story Time with Debra and the Second Breakfast Book Club return August 8th with The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan and Egyptian-themed food.August 8th is also International Cat Day, so listeners are encouraged to share photos of their cats interrupting reading time.The café is also adjusting hours and menu options due to reduced oven use. Check the Middle Ground Books website and socials for the latest updates.🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios. If you’re working on a podcast, business media, or creative project and need audio, video, or media assets, learn more at https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com

>>>>Viewer discretion advised <<<<After promising to read a Harlequin romance if the channel reached 500 subscribers, Lance sits down with Hot Sheets by Jeannie London for a special episode outside the usual Middle Ground Books lane.Megan, Debra, and Lance bring their bookstore instincts to a romance novel full of innuendo, satin bedsheet logistics, questionable bad-boy behavior, and an ending that gives everyone at the table something to react to.⚠️ Special Episode Note:This episode is a little more explicit than usual because the hosts are discussing a Harlequin romance novel. Listener discretion advised.💬 Comment Question:What book should the hosts read if Middle Ground Books reaches 1,000 subscribers?🔔 Subscribe:Subscribe for more after hours book talk from Middle Ground Books.📚 Covered PagesHot Sheets by Jeannie Londonhttps://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks (Use this code once you use the link: 9781426866784 )The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon JimenezThe Lost Bookshop by Evie WoodsTom Lake by Ann PatchettThe Parade of Horribles by Matt DinnimanThe Names of a Hare by Bernice BerryDelvers LLC by Blaise Corvin🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.📖 Print and Ebookshttps://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks🎧 Audiobookshttps://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden FindsMiddle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:https://www.middlegroundbooks.com📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨🗓️ Store Events and News:Carrie Moyer and Julie Baker Brinn will be at Middle Ground Books for a quick-draw poetry slam on Saturday, July 25th at 1:00 PM.Family Story Time returns Saturday, July 25th at 11:00 AM. There will be no Story Time on August 1st due to store vacation.The Princess Donut Institute for Princess Donut Studies is discussing The Parade of Horribles on Sunday, July 26th at 5:00 PM.Megan’s book club is discussing The Spear Cuts Through Water on July 23rd at 5:30 PM.Debra’s mystery book club has already met and selected its August title.🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios. If you’re working on a podcast, business media, or creative project and need audio, video, or media assets, learn more at https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com

Megan, Debra, and Lance revisit the animal stories that shaped generations, from Peter Rabbit and Charlotte’s Web to Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan, and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers.A July birthday episode for Beatrix Potter and E. B. White opens the door to rabbits, spiders, mice, swans, banned book debates, danger, talking animals, one extremely cursed pudding scene, and why some childhood classics feel a little different once you grow up.💬 Comment Question:What children’s book stuck with you the most, and does it feel different reading it now?🔔 Subscribe:Subscribe for more after hours book talk from Middle Ground Books.📚 Covered PagesBeatrix Potter:The Tale of Peter RabbitThe Tale of Squirrel NutkinThe Tailor of GloucesterThe Tale of Benjamin BunnyThe Tale of Two Bad MiceThe Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-WinkleThe Tale of the Pie and the Patty-PanThe Tale of Mr. Jeremy FisherThe Story of a Fierce Bad RabbitThe Story of Miss MoppetThe Tale of Tom KittenThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-DuckThe Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or The Roly-Poly PuddingThe Tale of the Flopsy BunniesThe Tale of Ginger and PicklesThe Tale of Mrs. TittlemouseThe Tale of Timmy TiptoesThe Tale of Mr. TodThe Tale of Pigling BlandAppley Dapply’s Nursery RhymesThe Tale of Johnny Town-MouseCecily Parsley’s Nursery RhymesThe Tale of Little Pig RobinsonE. B. White:Stuart LittleCharlotte’s WebThe Elements of Style, with William Strunk Jr.The Trumpet of the Swan🛒 Support Middle Ground Books:Support Middle Ground Books wherever you are.🌎 Physical books and ebooks are available worldwide through the shop’s Bookshop page, and audiobooks are available through the store as well.📖 Print and Ebookshttps://bookshop.org/shop/middlegroundbooks🎧 Audiobookshttps://libro.fm/middlegroundbooks🔎 Rare, Special, and Hidden FindsMiddle Ground Books also has a Biblio shop for unusual, rare, specialty, and secondhand books that might not show up everywhere else.https://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=&title=&keyisbn=&order=pricedesc&dealer_id=5343414🏪 If you’re near Emporia, Kansas, visit Middle Ground Books and Gifts at 606 Commercial Street, Emporia, KS to browse in person, meet the team, and find your next great read.📅 You can also explore upcoming events, book clubs, and everything happening at:https://www.middlegroundbooks.com📱 Follow and subscribe to @middlegroundbooks on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to stay connected with the shop and the reading community. 📚✨🗓️ Store Events and News:Late Night with Meadowlark c brings a writer’s workshop to the store.Middle Ground Books has a bit of vigilante poetry happening around town, with laminated poems showing up in unexpected places.Carrie Moyer and Julie Baker Bryn have an upcoming author event at the shop.Mystery, Fantasy, and Alien Worlds book clubs are also coming up. Check the Middle Ground Books website for the full schedule and details.🎧 Produced by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios:Middle Ground Books After Hours is produced and audio engineered by Cosmic Atom Sound Studios. If you’re working on a podcast, business media, or creative project and need audio, video, or media assets, learn more at https://www.cosmicatomsounds.com