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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 174 — Benjamin Percy

Benjamin Percy is the guest. His new novel, Red Moon, is now available from Grand Central Publishing. It is the May selection of the TNB Book Club.  (Photo credit: The Oregonian.) John Irving says Red Moon is a serious, politically … Continue reading

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Episode 173 — Anna Stothard

Anna Stothard is the guest. Her novel The Pink Hotel is now available in the United States from Picador. And her latest effort, a novel called The Art of Leaving, is just out in the UK from Alma Books. The … Continue reading

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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 170 — Emily Rapp

Emily Rapp is the guest. Her new memoir, The Still Point of the Turning World, is now available from Penguin. Cheryl Strayed says The Still Point of the Turning World is about the smallest things and the biggest things, the … Continue reading

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Episode 169 — Fiona Maazel

Fiona Maazel is the guest. Her new novel, Woke Up Lonely, is now available from Graywolf Press. The Daily Beast says [Maazel] has a real talent for taking these existential millstones of modern life—fear of death, failure, being alone, everything—and … Continue reading

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Episode 168 — Scott Nadelson

Scott Nadelson is the guest. His new memoir, The Next Scott Nadelson: A Life in Progress, is now available from Hawthorne Books. Kirkus calls it Eloquent and universal. And The Portland Mercury says It’s unusual to read a memoir built … Continue reading

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Episode 167 — Tupelo Hassman

Tupelo Hassman is the guest. Her debut novel, Girlchild, has just been published in paperback by Picador. The New York Times raves A voice as fresh as hers is so rare that at times I caught myself cheering. . . … Continue reading

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Episode 166 — Rob Roberge

Rob Roberge is the guest. His new novel, The Cost of Living, is now available from Other Voices Books.  It is the April selection of The TNB Book Club. Cheryl Strayed says Roberge’s writing is both drop-dead gorgeous and mindbendingly … Continue reading

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Episode 165 — Michelle Orange

Michelle Orange is the guest. Her new essay collection, This is Running for Your Life, is now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. The Daily Beast calls it A brilliant collection of essays on modern life, and ways that technology … Continue reading

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