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Episode 164 — Jennifer Spiegel

Jennifer Spiegel is the guest. In 2012, she published two books:  The Freak Chronicles, a story collection, now available from Dzanc Books; and Love Slave, a novel out from Unbridled Books. About The Freak Chronicles, bestselling author Lauren Groff says … Continue reading

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Episode 159 — Amber Dermont

Amber Dermont is the guest. Her debut novel, The Starboard Sea, was a New York Times bestseller, and her new story collection, Damage Control, is now available. Both were published by St. Martin’s. Marilynne Robinson raves With unflinching wit, Amber … Continue reading

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Episode 156 — Tim Horvath

Tim Horvath is the guest. His new story collection, Understories, is now available from Bellevue Literary Press.  (Photo credit: Clay Enos) The Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls it Profound . . . with more to say on the human condition than most … Continue reading

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Episode 154 — Sam Lipsyte

Sam Lipsyte is the guest. His new story collection, The Fun Parts, is now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Ben Fountain raves Lipsyte expertly works the line between hilarity and pathos. And Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says … Continue reading

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Episode 142 — Richard Chiem

Richard Chiem is the guest. He is the author of You Private Person, a collection of short stories published by Scrambler Books. Blake Butler says Richard Chiem’s You Private Person is a bustling prism of a thing, full of passages … Continue reading

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Episode 135 — Brian Allen Carr

Brian Allen Carr is today’s guest. He is the award-winning author of the story collection Short Bus, and his latest collection, Vampire Conditions, is now available from Holler Presents. Harrold Jaffe says Vampire Conditions melds a precise Texas regional with … Continue reading

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Episode 113 — Paula Bomer

Paula Bomer is today’s guest.  She is the author of the story collection Baby and Other Stories (Word Riot Press) and her debut novel, Nine Months, is now available from Soho Press. Library Journal calls it A raw, darkly funny, … Continue reading

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Episode 112 — Lorin Stein

Lorin Stein is the guest.  He is the editor of The Paris Review and the co-editor (with Sadie Stein) of a new anthology called Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story, now available from Picador … Continue reading

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Episode 110 — Steven Gillis

Steven Gillis is today’s guest.  He’s the author of several books and the co-founder of Dzanc Books.  His latest story collection, The Law of Strings, is now available from Atticus Books. Stephen Dixon raves [T]his story collection hooked me from … Continue reading

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Episode 108 — Amber Sparks

Amber Sparks is today’s guest.  Her debut story collection, May We Shed These Human Bodies, is now available from Curbside Splendor. Raves Michael Kimball: There was Aesop, Thomas Bulfinch, Edith Hamilton, Angela Carter–and now there is Amber Sparks with a … Continue reading

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