Writer Talk with Novelist H. Lee Barnes with his latest novel: "Emerald City Blues"

Prolific Pulse Press Podcast · Oct 14, 2025 · 38m

H. Lee Barnes, author of ten books, including four novels and four short story collections. His newest, EMERALD CITY BLUES (University of Nevada Press; October 14, 2025), is a searing historical novel set in San Pedro, California during World War II that paints a vivid and memorable picture of forbidden romance, war-time culture, and the human fabric of our shared identities in times that seek to divide us, illustrating the many surprising similarities between then and now. Lee Barnes has lots to talk about. His life before he became a writer was thrilling and fascinating and led to him…