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Episode 170 — Emily Rapp

Emily Rapp is the guest. Her new memoir, The Still Point of the Turning World, is now available from Penguin. Cheryl Strayed says The Still Point of the Turning World is about the smallest things and the biggest things, the … 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 161 — Periel Aschenbrand

Periel Aschenbrand is the guest. She is the author of two memoirs, the latest of which is called On My Knees. It is available now for pre-order and will be published by Harper Perennial on June 18, 2013. Jonathan Ames … Continue reading

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Episode 149 — Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams is the guest. She is the author of several books, including the environmental literature classic, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. Her latest book is called When Women Were Birds: Fifty-Four Variations on Voice.  It … Continue reading

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Episode 146 — James Lasdun

James Lasdun is the guest. He is the author of two novels, four collections of poetry, and two collections of short stories, including the collection The Siege, the title story of which was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci … Continue reading

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Episode 141 — Kate Zambreno

Kate Zambreno is the guest. She is the author of two novels, O Fallen Angel and Green Girl, and her latest book is a critical memoir called Heroines, now available from Semiotext(e). The Paris Review raves It should come as … Continue reading

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Episode 140 — Rosie Schaap

Rosie Schaap is the guest. She is a contributor to This American Life and npr.org, and she writes the monthly “Drink” column for The New York Times Magazine. Her memoir, Drinking With Men, will be published on January 24, 2013 … Continue reading

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Episode 106 — Thad Ziolkowski

Thad Ziolkowski is today’s guest.  He’s the author of the memoir On a Wave (Grove/Atlantic), which was nominated for the 2003 PEN/Martha Albrand Award, and his debut novel, Wichita, is now available from Tonga Books, an imprint of Europa Editions.  … Continue reading

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Episode 101 — Matthew Batt

Matthew Batt is today’s guest.  He’s the author of the memoir Sugarhouse, now available from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Andre Dubus III raves It’s hard to write funny, especially when your world is crumbling around you, but in this utterly compelling … Continue reading

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Episode 94 — Karl Taro Greenfeld

Karl Taro Greenfeld is the guest.  He’s a journalist who has written for The Nation, Time magazine, and Sports Illustrated.  And he’s the author of six books, the most recent of which is a novel called Triburbia, now available from … Continue reading

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