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July 11, 2012

Episode 86 — Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith is today’s guest. Her debut novel, Glaciers, is now available from Tin House Books. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, calls it …lyrical and luminous… And Karen Russell, bestselling author of Swamplandia!, raves Glaciers, Alexis Smith’s brilliant debut … Continue reading →

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May 30, 2012

Episode 74 — Jim Lynch

Jim Lynch is today’s guest. He’s the author of three novels, the most recent of which is Truth Like the Sun, now available from Knopf. It was the May selection for the TNB Book Club. Janet Maslin of the New … Continue reading →

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January 25, 2012

Episode 38 — Vanessa Veselka

Vanessa Veselka is the guest. She’s the author of the novel Zazen, now available from Red Lemonade. Says Publishers Weekly: “Veselka’s prose is chiseled and laced with arsenic observations…[Zazen] makes a case for hope and meaning amid sheer madness.” Endless … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Alaska

Episode 86 — Alexis Smith

Episode 74 — Jim Lynch

Episode 38 — Vanessa Veselka

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