Tag Archives: fiction
Episode 184 — Julie Sarkissian
Julie Sarkissian is the guest. Her debut novel, Dear Lucy, is now available from Simon & Schuster. Joyce Carol Oates says Dear Lucy introduces a young writer with a most original voice and a tenderly eccentric vision. Julie Sarkissian has … Continue reading
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Episode 183 — Matthew Savoca
Matthew Savoca is the guest. His new novel is called I Don’t Know I Said, and it’s available now from Publishing Genius Press. Michael Kimball says There’s a hell of a lot more charm in Savoca’s book than a novel … Continue reading
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Episode 182 — Emily Gould
Emily Gould is the guest. She is the author of the memoir And the Heart Says Whatever (Free Press, 2010), and her novel entitled Friendship is due out from FSG in 2014. A former co-editor at Gawker, she now runs … Continue reading
Episode 181 — Tao Lin (Part 2)
Tao Lin is the guest. His new novel, Taipei, is now available from Vintage Contemporaries. The New York Observer says Tao Lin [is] an excellent writer of avant-garde fiction. His new novel is his most mature work, and follows a … Continue reading
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Episode 180 — Tao Lin (Part 1)
Tao Lin is the guest. His new novel, Taipei, is now available in trade paperback from Vintage Contemporaries. (Photo credit: The Stranger.) Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says For all its straightforwardness, Lin’s previous work—with its flat, Internet-inspired prose … Continue reading
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Episode 179 — Melanie Thorne
Melanie Thorne is the guest. Her debut novel, Hand Me Down, is now available in paperback from Plume Books. It was named one of the Best Books of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews. BookPage calls it Difficult to read, but impossible … Continue reading
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Episode 177 — Masha Hamilton
Masha Hamilton is the guest. She is currently working in Afghanistan as Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy at the US Embassy, and her new novel, What Changes Everything, is now available from Unbridled Books. Caroline Leavitt raves As real … Continue reading
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Episode 174 — Benjamin Percy
Benjamin Percy is the guest. His new novel, Red Moon, is now available from Grand Central Publishing. It is the May selection of the TNB Book Club. (Photo credit: The Oregonian.) John Irving says Red Moon is a serious, politically … Continue reading
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Episode 173 — Anna Stothard
Anna Stothard is the guest. Her novel The Pink Hotel is now available in the United States from Picador. And her latest effort, a novel called The Art of Leaving, is just out in the UK from Alma Books. The … Continue reading
