IN THE NEWS

"Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler | GSMC Book Review Podcast,"

by Sarah Meckler,

January 7, 2025

Listen & Watch

"Inside Voices: Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton Introduce Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton,

WELL READ Magazine,

December, 2024

"Keep the Pressure on the Present: A Conversation with Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Wendy J. Fox,

The Rumpus,

November 6, 2024

"Writer's Forum: Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Michael Tusa,

WRBH Reading Radio,

September 26, 2024

"'The Rest of Your Life Soundtrack' and 'WIthout You Here' Virtual Book Launch,"

Cambridge Common Writers (Lesley MFA Alumni Organization),

September 19, 2024

"Jody Hobbs Hesler's Playlist for Her Novel 'Without You Here,'"

Largehearted Boy, September 12, 2024

Read & Listen

"Panel to Offer Help for Aspiring Authors,"

Radio IQ | by Sandy Hausman,

March 7, 2025

"2024 Book of the Year Finalists & Book Lovers Gift Guide,"

by Southern Literary Review,

December, 2024

"Without You Here, Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Brittany Micka-Foos,

Necessary Fiction,

November 18, 2024

"Focus on Mental Health: Donna Meredith Interviews Jody Hobbs Hesler, Author of 'Without You Here,' and Pat Spears, Author of 'Hotel Impala,'"

by Donna Meredith,

Southern Literary Review,

November 5, 2024

"15 Small Press Books

You Should Be Reading This Fall,"

by Wendy J. Fox,

Electric Literature,

October 11, 2024

"Following Characters' Leads: An Interview with Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by BettyJoyce Nash,

Southern Review of Books, September 18, 2024

"Book Q & A with Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

Book Q&A's with Deborah Kalb, September 11, 2024

"Book Review: Without You Here, by Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

YouTube | by Alana Estelle,

February 2025

Listen & Watch

"Inside Voices: Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton Introduce Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Robert Gwaltney and Jeffrey Dale Lofton,

WELL READ Magazine (Podcast),

December, 2024

Pending

"Author Jody Hobbs Hesler - A Literary Citizen Residing in the Blue Ridge Mountains,"

by Dave Campbell,

Living the Next Chapter podcast,

November 6, 2024

"Hesler to Talk with FOL about Timely Topic in Her New Book,"

by Paige H. Gifford,

Fluvanna Review,

October 31, 2024

"The Art of Absence:

An Interview with Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Ellen Prentiss Campbell,

vol 1 Brooklyn,

October 8, 2024

"Interview with Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Leslie Pietrzyk, South 85, September 17, 2024

What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better

"'No Good' by Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

Short Stories for the People YouTube channel, June 15, 2024

"Golden State Media Concepts Book Review Podcast,"

with Sarah Meckler,

Spring 2024.

"Jody Hobbs Hesler | What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better,"

Read Between the Lines Podcast, Molly Southgate,

March 2024.

Fiction Review: Elizabeth Schick reads Jody Hobbs Hesler's 'What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better',

Heavy Feather Review,

February 8, 2024.

"Jody Hobbs Hesler’s playlist for her story collection 'What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better,'”

Largehearted Boy,

October 29, 2023.

"New Dominion Bookshop to Host Author Jody Hobbs Hesler Friday,"

by Crystal Graham, Augusta Free Press, October 25, 2023.

"I Grew Up with the Characters I Write":

An Interview with

Jody Hobbs Hesler

by Ellen Prentiss Campbell, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, October 16, 2023.

The Writer's Story: Episode 49: Jody Hobbs Hesler,
October 10, 2023

Sue Baller Shephard, on What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better,
August 2023.

"Review of Jody Hobbs Hesler's 'What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better,' by Meredith Boe,"

Another Chicago Magazine, May 23, 2024

"Atonement Is Not Transactional,"

Rain Taxi, Interview with Sharon Harrigan,

Spring 2024.

Purchase

"Panel to Offer Speed Critiques of Aspiring Authors' First 100 Words,"

Radio IQ, NPR, Sandy Hausman,

March 17, 2024.

Cambridge Common Writers January 2024 Residency Alumni Reading,

Cambridge Common Writers,

January 10, 2024.

"Bookmarks" upcoming events,

The Daily Progress,

October 26, 2023.

"Author Q & A:

Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by Martha Anne Toll, Bloom, October 24, 2023.

"Finding A Story's Chemical Equation: An Interview with Jody Hobbs Hesler,"
by Susan Baller-Shepard, Hypertext, October 5, 2023.

Write Now at the Writers' Colony, podcast author interview,

hosted by Chad Gurley at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, September 11, 2020.

"Perspectives on Pages Podcast, Season 3, Ep. 1 with Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

with Benjamin Roesch and Robin Stevens,

Spring 2024.

"What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better, Review,"

Necessary Fiction, Catherine Gammon,

March 25, 2024.

"The World Could Swallow You Whole: Jody Hobbs Hesler’s 'What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better',"

Exacting Clam,

Spring 2024.

"'What Makes You Think You’re Supposed to Feel Better' Book Launch with Jody Hobbs Hesler,”

Cambridge Common Writers,

November 2, 2023.

"Coversations Between Friends: Betty Joyce Nash and Jody Hobbs Hesler,"

by the authors, CRAFT, October 25, 2023.

"Jody Hobbs Hesler Embraces the Power of Bad Feelings,"

by Emily Pitts, The Cavalier Daily, October 20, 2023.

The Writer's Story: Episode 49: Jody Hobbs Hesler,
October 10, 2023

"15 Must Read Small Press Books of Fall,"
Wendy J. Fox, Electric Literature, September 26, 2023