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March 20, 2013

Episode 158 — Tom Hansen

Tom Hansen is the guest. He is the author of the memoir American Junkie and a new novel called This is What We Do. Both are available from Emergency Press. Grace Krilanovich says There’s what people say, and then there’s … Continue reading →

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November 28, 2012

Episode 126 — Erika Rae

Erika Rae is today’s guest. Her debut memoir, Devangelical, will be published by Emergency Press on December 11, 2012. Laurie Notaro, author of The Idiot Girl’s Action-Adventure Club, raves “I’m a believer that Erika Rae will make you cackle with … Continue reading →

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August 19, 2012

Episode 97 — Oksana Marafioti

Oksana Marafioti is today’s guest. She’s the author of a new memoir called American Gypsy, now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Kirkus calls it Engaging . . . Marafioti describes with humor and introspection how the self-described ‘Split Nationality … Continue reading →

Episode 79 — Elizabeth Crane

Elizabeth Crane is the guest. She’s the author of three story collections—When the Messenger is Hot, All This Heavenly Glory, and You Must Be This Happy to Enter. Her debut novel, We Only Know So Much, is now available from … Continue reading →

Episode 73 — Elna Baker

Elna Baker is the guest. She’s the author of memoir The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance, now available from Penguin. She’s also an accomplished performer, having appeared at The Moth, on This American Life, WTF, Studio 360, Radiolab, … Continue reading →

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April 15, 2012

Episode 61 — Rosecrans Baldwin

Rosecrans Baldwin is the guest. He’s a co-founder of The Morning News and the author of a new memoir called Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down, available on April 24th from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Kirkus, in … Continue reading →

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March 18, 2012

Episode 53 — Sarah Manguso

Sarah Manguso is today’s guest. She’s the author of the new book The Guardians: An Elegy, now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Megan O’Grady, writing for Vogue, says: Shortly after returning home from a fellowship year in Rome, poet … Continue reading →

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March 7, 2012

Episode 50 — Maud Newton

Maud Newton is the guest. One of the web’s most influential book bloggers. She also reviews books and is a former attorney who now works as an editor and writer for (a legal publishing division of) Thomson Reuters. She has … Continue reading →

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March 4, 2012

Episode 49 — Joe Blair

Joe Blair is the guest. He’s the author of the memoir By the Iowa Sea, now available from Scribner. Scott Spencer, author of Main in the Woods, raves: An intimate, startling memoir that honors and elevates our quotidian existence. With … Continue reading →

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February 5, 2012

Episode 41 — Claire Bidwell Smith

Claire Bidwell Smith is the guest. She’s the author of the memoir The Rules of Inheritance, available now from Hudson Street Press. Darin Strauss, the author of Half a Life, calls it “a perfectly crafted story — not about grief, … Continue reading →

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