April 21, 2013

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. . . .I’d go anywhere with this writer.

And The Boston Globe says

So fresh, original, and funny you’ll be in awe… Tupelo Hassman has created a character you’ll never forget. Rory Dawn Hendrix of the Calle has as precocious and endearing a voice as Holden Caulfield of Central Park.

Monologue topics: the Internet, Fiona Apple, going crazy, the world is bullshit.

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April 19, 2013

Listener Feedback — Vol. 5

A listener named Patricia keeps having wildlife encounters in the desert while listening to the program:

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April 17, 2013

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 smart. The Cost of Living is an intimate, original, important novel that I’ll be recommending for years to come.

And Scott Shriner, bass player for Weezer, says

This is a guy who clearly knows his way around a tour bus. And around a massive drug habit. A dark, funny, frightening, and above all authentic book about the toll the rock and roll lifestyle can take.

Monologue topics: Boston, terrorism, tragedy, talking about speechlessness, confusion, darkness, realism, pragmatism, idealism.

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April 14, 2013

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 and connectivity are changing how we interact with the world….As Orange brilliantly breaks down the state of modern life and how it stands in relation to technology and the commoditized image, she tells us much of what we already have intuited, but might have been afraid to admit to ourselves….

And Publishers Weekly raves

In this whip-smart, achingly funny collection, film critic Orange (The Sicily Papers) trains her lens on aging, self-image, and the ascendancy of the marketing demographic, among other puzzles of the Facebook generation….[this is] a collection whose voice feels at once fresh and inevitable.

Monologue topics: TNB Literary Experience, tweets.

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April 11, 2013

TNB Literary Experience — Los Angeles

I’ll be hosting this event in LA next week.  Some great writers and poets will be reading their stuff.  And music by The Urinals.

The perfect way to kick off the LA Times Festival of Books weekend.  Everybody’s welcome.

If you’re around, we’d love to see you there.

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April 10, 2013

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

The Freak Chronicles is a miracle of a story collection: passionately political and a shout of ambivalence about political passion, intensely personal and furiously global. We readers are lucky to find Jennifer Spiegel, a writer who is self-satirizing and vulnerable and elegant as hell.

About Love Slave, Publishers Weekly says

Spiegel’s novel evokes the psychic angst of Manhattanites presumptuous enough to describe themselves as struggling artistes, yet entitled enough to melt down when they can’t order breakfast in a diner after 11am…the writing is fresh and witty, and Sybil is a sympathetic character worthy of rooting for as she searches for something to believe in.

Monologue topics:  the gym, stress, running, the woman with magazines, stopping, Lawn Day.

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April 7, 2013

Episode 163 — Owen King

Owen King is the guest. His new novel, Double Feature, is now available from Scribner.  (Photo credit: Michael York | AP Photo.)

Karen Russell raves

What a kinetic, joyful, gonzo ride—Double Feature made me laugh so loudly on a plane that I had to describe the plot of Sam’s Spruce Moose of a debut film (it stars a satyr) to my seatmate by way of explanation. Booth and Sam are an unforgettable Oedipal duo. A book that delivers walloping pleasures to its lucky readers.

And Larry McMurtry says

Double Feature is a beautiful, wrenching beginning, and Owen King is a young writer of immense promise.

Monologue topics: listener feedback, overdoing gender politics, Bad Sex in Fiction Award.

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April 4, 2013

Listener Feedback — Vol. 4

A frustrated listener named Daniel has a suggestion:

I think it would be interesting to interview some editors from online literary journals like Jersey Devil Press, Defenestration, Paper Darts, or whomever.

I’ve been sending out work for the last six months with nothing but form rejections.  I’m curious to hear what it’s like from their perspective, who these people are, what their experiences as writers have been, how they got started with the journal, and what they really want from authors….

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April 3, 2013

Episode 162 — Amity Gaige

Amity Gaige is the guest. Her new novel, Schroder, has just been published by Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing.

Jennifer Egan says

In Schroder, Amity Gaige explores the rich, murky realm where parental devotion edges into mania, and logic crabwalks into crime. This offbeat, exquisitely written novel showcases a fresh, forceful young voice in American letters.

And Jonathan Franzen raves

The measure of Gaige’s great gifts as a storyteller is that she persuades you to believe in a situation that shouldn’t be believable, and to love a narrator who shouldn’t be lovable. Seldom has such a daring concept for a novel been grounded in such an appealing character.

Monologue topics: Amazon, Goodreads, indepenent presses, small furry animals, extinction, predators, apathy, confusion.

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March 31, 2013

Episode 161 — Periel Aschenbrand

Periel Aschenbrand is the guest. She is the author of two memoirs, the latest of which is called On My Knees. It is available now for pre-order and will be published by Harper Perennial on June 18, 2013.

Jonathan Ames raves:

Ribald, outrageous, gutter-mouthed, hilarious—a startling new voice in American letters. Watch out Portnoy, watch out Caulfield, watch out Bukowski, watch out E. L. James. Hell, everybody, real or imagined, just watch out! Because here comes Periel Aschenbrand!

And The New York Times calls her

Unsavorily compelling…in the manner of a female Howard Stern.

Monologue topics: insomnia, nightmares, pool bars, sushi, low tide, sleep apnea, Buddhism, pity.

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