'Devil Is Fine' explores race, colonialism and grief through magical realism
Devil Is Fine, the new novel by John Vercher, follows an unnamed protagonist banging out a book pitch in a fugue state that mirrors what's happening in his own life: after the death of his son, a biracial writer inherits a plantation from the white side of his family, which has the remains of both …
Episode 295: Tragedy, Race and a Painful Past Frame John Vercher's Latest Novel
Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed John Vercher, author of the novel DEVIL IS FINE. The novel is described by its publisher: "Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he has just inherited a plot of land from his estranged w…
GCL Book Club: John Vercher, Devil is Fine
Devil is Fine is a novel in which the main character—a biracial writer—discovers that he has inherited a plantation from the white side of his family. Author John Vercher joins us to talk about it.
Episode 40 - Character Studies with Jocelyn Aspa
On this episode, bookstagrammer and journalist Jocelyn Aspa and I discuss books with extensive character development, how everything makes us cry, and why we gravitate towards books with low ratings on Goodreads. We also discuss how we determine books to pack on a trip which can be a little extra. …
Constructing Identities with SJ Sindu
On this week’s episode Bethanne sits down with author S.J. Sindu to discuss gender queerness and the importance of defining such a term, especially in the political environment of today. SJ’s newest book, Tall Water will be released in August of 2025 by HarperCollins.
Should Revolutionary Road be k…
"Ted Flanagan"
Welcome to the show! On this episode, guest co-host Stephen J. Golds and I get together with author Ted Flanagan to chat about his debut novel, "Every Hidden Thing". As usually happens, our conversations expound on life, our influences in reading and writing, and so much more. Won't you join us and…
Constructing Identities with SJ Sindu
On this week’s episode Bethanne sits down with author S.J. Sindu to discuss gender queerness and the importance of defining such a term, especially in the political environment of today. SJ’s newest book, Tall Water will be released in August of 2025 by HarperCollins.
Should Revolutionary Road be k…
Episode 87 - Best of 2025 Part 2
On this episode, past guests of Books with Betsy and I share our favorite books of 2025! Listen to hear about lots of great 2025 books and the excellent backlist we got to this year.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Betsy’s Top 11 Books (in no particular order):
The Sisters by Jonas Has…
John Vercher on the Devil is Fine
In this episode Dr. Hettie V. Williams is in discussion with writer John Vercher about his critically acclaimed book Devil is Fine. Williams is a professor of history at Monmouth University and Vercher is the author of three notable novels and currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of E…
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