Kicking off season 2 is an award-winning poet, an artist, columnist, activist, author, podcaster, Stephen King scholar, librarian and all-round good human being...it's Scott Woods!

Scott is known in the world of Stephen King for his lecture on King and the Magical Negro, which we discuss in this chat and is at the heart of Scott's King book of choice - 1996's The Green Mile. We chat about what a magical negro is, where King regularly goes wrong with his portrayal of Black characters, but also where he gets it *right*. On top of that, we chat poetry, and King's influence of Scott's writing - which is not insignificant.

Then, we go deeper on The Green Mile - covering Scott's favourite characters, moments and more - before rounding off with the quick-fire, 19-question Stephen King challenge!

Links for Scott's projects:

Follow Scott on Twitter: https://www.twitter/scottwoodssays

Follow Scott on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottwoodsrules

Watch his lecture on Stephen King's Magical Negroes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7djRGSqwUyg

Find Scott's work online: http://scottwoodswrites.net/

Find Scott's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Scott-Woods/author/B01AS48IEW

Listen to Scott's podcast Race Against the Machine: https://open.spotify.com/show/4pAq6nHVpE5zj7wExTBnzv?si=e4e20b2ba7084c82

Find out more about the Streetlight Guild: http://streetlightguild.org

Some of Dave's links:

Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemusson

Follow Dave on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemusson/

Sign up to Dave's newsletter and get a free ebook of fiction: https://davemussonauthor.com/newsletter

Buy The Ultimate Stephen King Quiz Book on Amazon: https://mybook.to/kingquizbook

Buy Tiny Tales of Terror, Volume 1: https://mybook.to/tiny-tales-1

Buy Tiny Tales of Terror, Volume 2: https://mybook.to/tiny-tales-2

Check out Dave's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveReadsKing

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