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Episode 181 — Tao Lin (Part 2)
Tao Lin is the guest. His new novel, Taipei, is now available from Vintage Contemporaries. The New York Observer says Tao Lin [is] an excellent writer of avant-garde fiction. His new novel is his most mature work, and follows a … Continue reading
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Episode 180 — Tao Lin (Part 1)
Tao Lin is the guest. His new novel, Taipei, is now available in trade paperback from Vintage Contemporaries. (Photo credit: The Stranger.) Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says For all its straightforwardness, Lin’s previous work—with its flat, Internet-inspired prose … 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 13 — Megan Boyle
Megan Boyle is the guest. She’s the author of selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee, an unorthodox debut poetry collection from Muumuu House. At the time of this interview, she had been up for 36 hours … 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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