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March 6, 2013

Episode 154 — Sam Lipsyte

Sam Lipsyte is the guest. His new story collection, The Fun Parts, is now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Ben Fountain raves Lipsyte expertly works the line between hilarity and pathos. And Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says … Continue reading →

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March 3, 2013

Episode 153 — Christine Sneed

Christine Sneed is the guest. Her new novel, Little Known Facts, was featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review last week. It is available now from Bloomsbury. Booklist, in a starred review, calls it An ensnaring … Continue reading →

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February 27, 2013

Episode 152 — Bernie Glassman

Bernie Glassman is the guest. He is a pioneer in the American Zen Movement, an accomplished academic and businessman, and the founder of the Zen Peacemakers. His new book, co-authored by Jeff Bridges, is called The Dude and the Zenmaster. … Continue reading →

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February 24, 2013

Episode 151 — Lesley Arfin

Lesley Arfin is the guest. She was a staff writer on the first two seasons of the hit television show Girls, starring Lena Dunham, and she also writes for the MTV series Awkward. Her book, Dear Diary, is based on … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2013

Episode 150 — Jordan Castro

Jordan Castro is the guest. He is the author of several books, and his latest is a poetry collection called Young Americans, available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Ben Brooks, author of Grow Up, says I read these poems three … Continue reading →

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February 17, 2013

Episode 149 — Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams is the guest. She is the author of several books, including the environmental literature classic, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Her latest book is called When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice. It … Continue reading →

Episode 148 — Michael Robbins

Michael Robbins is the guest. His debut poetry collection, Alien vs. Predator, was named one of the best books of 2012 by The New York Times, Slate, Commonweal, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and The Millions. Dwight Garner of the The New … Continue reading →

Episode 147 — Joyce Johnson

Joyce Johnson is the guest. She is the author of several books, the most recent of which is called The Voice is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac, available now from Viking. Kirkus calls it An exemplary biography of … Continue reading →

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February 6, 2013

Episode 146 — James Lasdun

James Lasdun is the guest. He is the author of two novels, four collections of poetry, and two collections of short stories, including the collection The Siege, the title story of which was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci … Continue reading →

Episode 145 — Matthew Salesses

Matthew Salesses is the guest. He is the author of two chapbooks, Our Island of Epidemics and We Will Take What We Can Get, a novella called The Last Repatriate, and his new novel is called I’m Not Saying, I’m … Continue reading →

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