Bear Soup #96

Bear Soup podcast, with Ron Suresha,

streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times

on BearRadio.net.

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — perk up your furry ears and get ready for another growling-good helping of BEAR SOUP!

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In the 96th episode of Bear Soup:

• Reading from the first section of “Wolf Moon / Hunger Moon,” a story from the new BBB title, Devour & Desire: Stories of Blood & Sweat by Jeff Mann.
• Get the book from Amazon here. 

• Plus all the usual bear-endipity . . .

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

Bear Soup #95

Bear Soup podcast, with Ron Suresha,

streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times

on BearRadio.net.

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — perk up your furry ears and get ready for another growling-good helping of BEAR SOUP!

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In the 95th episode of Bear Soup:

• First part of a blog posting on RonSuresha.com, to be published in HuffPo Gay Voices: my take on Bear Week 2012, including Bear City 2.
• The first part of my Sirius OutQ Radio interview with Larry Flick on his show, “The Morning Jolt,” discussing bear culture and my new book, FUR: THE LOVE OF HAIR.
• Plus more hairy audio from the MILLION MUSTACHE MARCH in Washington, DC
• Not to mention the usual bearaphernalia . . .

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

Bear Soup #94

Bear Soup podcast, with Ron Suresha, streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times on BearRadio.net.

In the 94th podcast of Bear Soup:

• Vermont governor exits, pursued by a bear . . .
• Bears of Tucson greet the bears of The Stephanie Miller Show. Here’s that woofy Chris LaVoie‘s pic:
• Is it always catch-up time? WTF is up with BSP?!? Ron discusses some throaty issues.
• Tales from the Den voted Best Bear Publication! Thanks, and here’s the introduction to the book.
• The FUR is flying! FUR the love of hair is out and here we have the audio of coauthor Scott McGillivray interviewing me for a feature on BearCentral.com
  
• During the interview, a word is spoken and marked with a ploink before and after. Write this word or phrase down in the subject line and, along with your name, full mailing address, phone number, and a full-face picture of your FUR, send it to bearsoup@ gmail.com. First correct answer gets a signed copy of the book FUR: THE LOVE OF HAIR.

Mentioned in the interview:

• Bruno Gmünder
  TLABooks
  Queerbooks.com

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — perk up your furry ears and get ready for another growling-good helping of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Bear Soup #93

Bear Soup podcast, with Ron Suresha, streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times on BearRadio.net.

In the 93rd podcast of Bear Soup:

• Brief bearish excerpt from Michael Thomas Ford‘s novel, The Road Home
• OMG It’s that time of year again: Best of Bears 2011 from the Complete Bear
• Call for submissions: FUR the love of hair
• Selections from Bob McDiarmid’s recently reissued novel, The House of Wolves
• Plus a special bonus — a mystery guest on Conan who turns out to be a bear icon

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — perk up your furry ears and get ready for another growling-good helping of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Hiya Bear Soup fans,

please vote for Bear Soup podcast as “Best Bear Blog / Podcast” in the complete bear’s annual poll — this year, it’s on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/questions/292589724094805

— and thanks!

Bear Soup #92

Bear Soup podcast, with Ron Suresha, streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times on BearRadio.net.

In the 92nd podcast of Bear Soup:

Post autumn whirlwind tour catch-up:

• Bear City 2
• Spookybear 2011 weekend
• Tales from the Den: Wild & Weird Stories for Bears, the new anthology from R. Jackson, on Facebook. 
• Tales from the Den book launch at Bear Market
  

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  Tales from the Den book launch
• TFD contributors John Genest and Bill Holden and editor R Jackson
• A new project: FUR: the love of hair. Here’s the call for submissions for artists and photographers.
• And a special interview with Joel Weeks, who conducted an independent sociological research survey of Bears. Contact him: joelbear AT yahoo dotcom

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — perk up your furry ears and get ready for another growling-good helping of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Bear Soup #91

Bear Soup podcast, with Ron Suresha, streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times on BearRadio.net.

Fog, by Jeff Mann

In the 91st podcast of Bear Soup:

• The first three chapters from Jeff Mann’s new book, Fog: a novel of desire and reprisal.”"Outside an isolated cabin, winter fog caresses spruce trees. Inside, two men, lovers, have enacted a plan of revenge, kidnapping the handsome son of the man who wronged one of them. Al, the accomplice, has stalked Rob for weeks, and his infatuation for the young man has grown deeper than he ever anticipated. So much so that he finds himself drawn to protect Rob from the rage and vengeance burning away his partner Jay’s insides. Caring for their bound and gagged captive,with each passing day Al finds his power over Rob a potent and irresistible aphrodisiac and his heart dangerously moved. But Jay has no intention of ever allowing the young man to escape.”

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — perk up your furry ears and get ready for another growling-good helping of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Bear Soup #90

Bear Soup podcast, with Ron Suresha, streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times on BearRadio.net.

In the 90th podcast of Bear Soup:

• Summer Bear Week special: BBB at Bear Market
• Exclusive interview with Doug Langway, director of the romantic comedy movie Bear City, now on DVD from TLA.
• Bear City the movie trailer
•  (watch for me at the very end)

• Plus Doug teases us with news about his new film, the sequel to Bear City.

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• Excerpt from Jeff Mann’s latest fiction collection, the Lammy-winning book, A History of Barbed Wire, now back in print.

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News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — perk up your furry ears and get ready for another growling-good helping of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press,

and 24/7 Eclectic Gay Radio, BearRadio.net.

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Bear Soup #89

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online

Mondays & Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific Times on BearRadio.net.

In this 89th installment of Bear Soup:

• Phone interview with Jonathan Cohen, author of the romantic comedy novel, Bear Like Me, just republished from BBB.
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  Bear Like Me

  Update on “honor killing” victim, Turkish bear Ahmet Yildiz

• Bear attitudes and behavior survey: please consider filling out the  questionnaire. Results are expected to be made public.
• Letter from a Texan fan with part of a steamy [NSFW] bi bear erotic short story

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — open your furry ears and get ready for another round of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.

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Come visit the Bear Soup / BBB table

Bear Market during Summer Bear Week in P’town, Sunday, July 10th

Bear Soup #88

Bear Soup, with Ron Suresha, streams online each Monday, at 10:00pm Eastern & Pacific on BearRadio.net.

Repeats Wednesday, same times.

In this 88th installment of Bear Soup, airing 2/28/11:

• Reading of Jay Neal’s humorous [NSFW] story, “Waking Up Bear,” from the Cleis Press anthology, Bears, edited by Richard Labonté

• Hibernation and den-moving for Bear Soup

News, interviews, skews, and shmooze for the online ursine community — you’re just in time for another healthy portion of BEAR SOUP!

Bear Soup is sponsored by Bear Bones Books, the “hairy arm” of Lethe Press.