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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 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 175 — Kendra Grant Malone

Kendra Grant Malone is the guest. She is the author of two poetry collections, Everything is Quiet (Scrambler Books) and Morocco (Dark Sky Books), the second of which she co-wrote with Matthew Savoca. Blake Butler says Kendra Grant Malone contains … 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

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Episode 172 — Ken Baumann

Ken Baumann is the guest. He is an actor, writer, and publisher. His new novel, Solip, is now available from Tyrant Books. HTML Giant says: There is nothing on the back cover. A wall of black staring at you. No … Continue reading

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Episode 171 — Matt Nelson

Matt Nelson is the guest.  Along with Jacob Perkins, he is the co-founder of the Mellow Pages Library in Brooklyn, New York. The library was recently featured in the New York Times: Matt Nelson, a graduate student in creative writing … Continue reading

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Episode 168 — Scott Nadelson

Scott Nadelson is the guest. His new memoir, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress, is now available from Hawthorne Books. Kirkus calls it Eloquent and universal. And The Portland Mercury says It’s unusual to read a memoir built … Continue reading

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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 165 — Michelle Orange

Michelle Orange is the guest. Her new essay collection, This is Running for Your Life, is now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. The Daily Beast calls it A brilliant collection of essays on modern life, and ways that technology … Continue reading

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