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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 150 — Jordan Castro
Jordan Castro is the guest. He is the author of several books, and his latest is a poetry collection called Young Americans, available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Ben Brooks, author of Grow Up, says I read these poems three … Continue reading
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Episode 148 — Michael Robbins
Michael Robbins is the guest. His debut poetry collection, Alien vs. Predator, was named one of the best books of 2012 by The New York Times, Slate, Commonweal, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and The Millions. Dwight Garner of the The New … Continue reading
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Episode 133 — Mira Gonzalez
Mira Gonzalez is today’s guest. Her debut poetry collection is called I Will Never Be Beautiful Enough to Make Us Beautiful Together. It is due out from Sorry House in late January 2013. Blake Butler says Mira Gonzalez’s brain spans … Continue reading
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Episode 105 — Leigh Stein
Leigh Stein is today’s guest. She’s the author of the novel The Fallback Plan and the poetry collection Dispatch from the Future, both of which are now available from Melville House. Publishers Weekly hailed Dispatch as one of its best … Continue reading
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Episode 84 — Elizabeth Collins
Elizabeth Collins is today’s guest. She’s the editor of The Beautiful Anthology, a collection of essays, stories, and poems from TNB Books, all of which are centered on the topic of beauty. She’s also the author of a memoir called … Continue reading
Episode 76 — Esi Edugyan
Esi Edugyan is the guest. She’s a Canadian author whose novel, Half-Blood Blues, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2011. It won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and is now available from Picador here in the United States. The … Continue reading
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Episode 58 — Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder is the guest. Her new poetry collection, entitled Meat Heart, is now available from Publishing Genius Press. And by day she is the publicity manager for Penguin Group. Says Publishers Weekly: Broder’s second collection cranks up the weird … Continue reading
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Episode 96 — Steve Roggenbuck
Steve Roggenbuck is the guest. He is a traveling poet-slash-blogger whose latest poetry collection, Crunk Juice, is now available from Lief Books. He also hosts a weekly, web-based television show called The Illuminati Power Hour, which is available via Spreecast. … Continue reading →
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