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Episode 172 — Ken Baumann

Ken Baumann is the guest. He is an actor, writer, and publisher. His new novel, Solip, is now available from Tyrant Books. HTML Giant says: There is nothing on the back cover. A wall of black staring at you. No … Continue reading

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Episode 151 — Lesley Arfin

Lesley Arfin is the guest. She was a staff writer on the first two seasons of the hit television show Girls, starring Lena Dunham, and she also writes for the MTV series Awkward.  Her book, Dear Diary, is based on … Continue reading

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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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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

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Episode 64 — Noah Hawley

Noah Hawley is the guest.  He’s the author of several books, the most recent of which is a novel called The Good Father, now available from Doubleday.  He’s also an accomplished writer and producer in film and television.  He wrote … Continue reading

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Episode 34 — Roxane Gay

  Roxane Gay is the guest.  Her debut, Ayiti, is a collection of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and it is now available from Artistically Declined Press.  She is an English professor at Eastern Illinois University, co-editor of PANK magazine, fiction … Continue reading

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