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August 29, 2012

Episode 100 — George Saunders

George Saunders is today’s guest. He’s the bestselling author of several books, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and The Braindead Megaphone, and his brand new story collection, Tenth of December, is due out from Random House in January 2013. … Continue reading →

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June 3, 2012

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 →

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October 23, 2011

Episode 11 — Adam Levin

Adam Levin is the guest. He’s the author of The Instructions, a 1,030-page novel published by McSweeney’s in late 2010 to great critical acclaim. “Evocative of David Foster Wallace,” writes Rolling Stone, “full of death-defying sentences, manic wit, exciting provocations … Continue reading →

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October 19, 2011

Episode 10 — Alexander Maksik

Alexander Maksik is the guest. An old buddy of mine, one of the original writers at The Nervous Breakdown, and a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, where he was a Truman Capote Fellow. He’s now the author of … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: Ernest Hemingway

Episode 100 — George Saunders

Episode 75 — Jerry Stahl

Episode 11 — Adam Levin

Episode 10 — Alexander Maksik

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