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August 22, 2012

Episode 98 — Pauls Toutonghi

Pauls Toutonghi is today’s guest. He’s the author of two novels, the latest of which is called Evel Knievel Days, now available from Crown Books. Kirkus, in a starred review, calls it [A] superb literary effort….With writing both gently ironical … Continue reading →

Episode 95 — Maria Semple

Maria Semple is today’s guest. For years she worked in television, writing for shows like Mad About You and Arrested Development. Then, in 2008, she published her debut novel, This One is Mine. Her follow-up effort, a novel called Where’d … Continue reading →

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July 11, 2012

Episode 86 — Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith is today’s guest. Her debut novel, Glaciers, is now available from Tin House Books. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, calls it …lyrical and luminous… And Karen Russell, bestselling author of Swamplandia!, raves Glaciers, Alexis Smith’s brilliant debut … Continue reading →

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May 30, 2012

Episode 74 — Jim Lynch

Jim Lynch is today’s guest. He’s the author of three novels, the most recent of which is Truth Like the Sun, now available from Knopf. It was the May selection for the TNB Book Club. Janet Maslin of the New … Continue reading →

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May 6, 2012

Episode 67 — Chloe Caldwell

Chloe Caldwell is today’s guest. She’s the author of a debut essay collection called Legs Get Led Astray, now available from Future Tense Books. Raves Cheryl Strayed: Chloe Caldwell’s Legs Get Led Astray is a scorching hot glitter box of youthful despair and … Continue reading →

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April 11, 2012

Episode 60 — Kris Saknussemm

Kris Saknussemm is the guest. His latest novel, Reverend America, is now available from Dark Coast Press. And the soundtrack to the book is now available at iTunes. From Booklist: Once upon a time, Mathias Gaspenny was a child preacher … Continue reading →

Episode 47 — Ryan Boudinot

Ryan Boudinot is the guest. He’s the author of the new novel, Blueprints of the Afterlife, now available from Grove Press. John Schwartz, in a review for the New York Times, raves: A fierce literary imagination, building the kinds of … Continue reading →

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January 25, 2012

Episode 38 — Vanessa Veselka

Vanessa Veselka is the guest. She’s the author of the novel Zazen, now available from Red Lemonade. Says Publishers Weekly: “Veselka’s prose is chiseled and laced with arsenic observations…[Zazen] makes a case for hope and meaning amid sheer madness.” Endless … Continue reading →

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January 1, 2012

Episode 31 — Dana Spiotta

Happy New Year, everybody! The guest today is Dana Spiotta. She’s the author of three novels: Lightning Field, Eat the Document (a finalist for the National Book Award), and, most recently, Stone Arabia, now available from Scribner. Publishers Weekly calls … Continue reading →

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