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Episode 167 — Tupelo Hassman

Tupelo Hassman is the guest. Her debut novel, Girlchild, has just been published in paperback by Picador. The New York Times raves A voice as fresh as hers is so rare that at times I caught myself cheering. . . … Continue reading

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Episode 113 — Paula Bomer

Paula Bomer is today’s guest.  She is the author of the story collection Baby and Other Stories (Word Riot Press) and her debut novel, Nine Months, is now available from Soho Press. Library Journal calls it A raw, darkly funny, … Continue reading

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Episode 111 — Kathleen Alcott

Kathleen Alcott is today’s guest.  Her debut novel, The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets, is now available from Other Press. Bookslut raves Heartbreaking, honest, and wholly engrossing, The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets dredges the depth of love that divides us, unites us, and … Continue reading

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Episode 109 — Benjamin Wood

Benjamin Wood is the guest.  His debut novel, The Bellwether Revivals, is now available from Viking in the United States and Simon & Schuster in the UK. The Bellwether Revivals was an official selection of The TNB Book Club. Joanna … Continue reading

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Episode 103 — Dana Johnson

Dana Johnson is the guest.  She’s the author of the story collection Break Any Woman Down, winner of the Flannery O’Connor award for short fiction, and her debut novel, Elsewhere, California, is now available from Counterpoint. Aimee Bender raves I … 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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Episode 55 — Catherine Chung

Catherine Chung is the guest.  Her debut novel, Forgotten Country, is now available from Riverhead Books. Booklist, in a starred review, raves: Chung’s superb debut examines the twin hearts of cruelty and compassion between sisters in particular and family in … Continue reading

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