Tag Archives: children
Episode 75 — Jerry Stahl
Jerry Stahl is today’s guest. He’s the author of several books, including the memoir Permanent Midnight, which was adapted into a film starring Ben Stiller. Other titles include novels like I, Fatty and Pain Killers. And most recently, he co-authored … Continue reading →
Filed under Podcasts
Tagged as Akashic, antisemitism, Austin, Bad Sex on Speed, Ben Stiller, Berkeley, butchers, Cannes Film Festival, childbirth, children, Clive Owen, dope, drugs, Ernest Hemingway, fatherhood, Fatty, fear, febrile seizures, France, hamsters, heavy shit, hell, hepatitis-C, heroin, hippies, Hubert Selby Jr., hunting, Hustler, I, Jack Nicholson, James Gandolfini, Jews, Johnny Temple, Larry Charles, Liberty Bell, Los Angeles, luck, MacArthur Park, Martha Gellhorn, meconium, mortal fear, Nepal, Nicole Kidman, nosedives, Pain Killers, parent shame, parenthood, Paris, Permanent Midnight, Philip Kaufman, Pittsburgh, Sicily, St. Bart's, suicide, the abyss, The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories, The Hill School, Village Voice
Episode 51 — Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff is the guest. She’s the author of the novel The Monsters of Templeton, the story collection Delicate Edible Birds, and most recently, a novel called Arcadia, which has received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and … Continue reading →
Filed under Podcasts
Tagged as Amherst, anxiety, Arcadia, author interview podcasts, author interviews, authors, Ayn Rand, books, Brad Listi, bugs, children, Cooperstown, David Foster Wallace, Delicate Edible Birds, empathy, ESPYs, faith, fiction, Florida, France, Gainesville, heat, idealism, Jeffrey Eugenides, John Updike, kneading, Lauren Groff, literature, lizards, Lorrie Moore, Marcel Proust, Meryl Streep, Moby Dick, Modigliani, music, new fiction, novelists, novels, Olympics 2012, Other People with Brad Listi, painting, perfectionism, podcasts, publication, publishing, Q Moonblood, racoons, Sarah Groff, short stories, sleep disorders, Stanford, Stephen King, Sylvester Stallone, The Monsters of Templeton, treadmills, utopia
Episode 49 — Joe Blair
Joe Blair is the guest. He’s the author of the memoir By the Iowa Sea, now available from Scribner. Scott Spencer, author of Main in the Woods, raves: An intimate, startling memoir that honors and elevates our quotidian existence. With … Continue reading →
Filed under Podcasts
Tagged as author interview podcasts, author interviews, authors, autism, books, Brad Listi, By the Iowa Sea, Cedar Rapids flood 2008, children, control, divorce, fear, forgiveness, hope, impermanence, infidelity, Iowa City flood 2008, Iowa River, Jack Kerouac, Joe Blair, literature, love, marriage, Massachusetts, memoirs, metaphors, motorcycles, new memoirs, new nonfiction, nonfiction, Other People with Brad Listi, pain, podcasts, publishing, reconciliation, sex, special needs children, special needs families, special needs parents, travel, tuberous sclerosis, writers, writing, writing workshops
