Tag Archives: debut fiction
Episode 157 — Ayana Mathis
Ayana Mathis is today’s guest. Her debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, was an official selection of Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 and has since gone on to become a New York Times bestseller. It is available now from Knopf. … Continue reading
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Episode 155 — Lenore Zion
Lenore Zion is the guest. She is the author of two books, the first of which, a humor collection called My Dead Pets Are Interesting, was published by TNB Books in 2011. And now her debut novel, Stupid Children, has … Continue reading
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Episode 129 — Salvatore Pane
Salvatore Pane is the guest. His chapbook, #KanyeWestSavedFromDrowning, was published by NAP back in October, and his debut novel, Last Call in the City of Bridges, is now available from Braddock Avenue Books. Stewart O’Nan raves “Like his post po-mo … Continue reading
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Episode 104 — David Abrams
David Abrams is the guest. He’s the author of the debut novel Fobbit, which is now available from Grove/Atlantic. Publishers Weekly, in a starred reviews, says Abrams’s debut is a harrowing satire of the Iraq War and an instant classic….Abrams, … Continue reading
Episode 78 — Miles Klee
Miles Klee is the guest. He’s the author of a debut novel called Ivyland, now available from O/R Books. Publishers Weekly raves: Delightfully manic and sharply intelligent … Klee is undoubtedly a formidable talent in the making—he can make sentences crackle … Continue reading
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Episode 66 — Kris D’Agostino
Kris D’Agostino is the guest. He’s the author of the debut novel The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac (Algonquin), which was the March selection for the TNB Book Club. Raves Brock Clarke, author of Exley: A singularly funny, bitter, bold book … Continue reading
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Episode 56 — Jessica Keener
Jessica Keener is today’s guest. Her debut novel, Night Swim, is now available from Fiction Studio Books. Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan says: Jessica Keener steps boldly into the terrain of Eugene O’Neill, conjuring up the pathologies and quirks of a … Continue reading
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