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Excerpt from 'Immersions,' by Kyle McCarthy

Vol. 10 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode,  Kyle McCarthy reads from her ne…

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Vive la Travolta

Volume 90 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira triumphs at her grandmother's funeral...gives a stirring keynote...her health problems seem to be aba…

2 days, 13 hours ago

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1035. Sonya Walger

Sonya Walger is the author of the novel Wifehouse, available from Union Square Press.

Walger is an award-winning actress, best known for her role as …

4 days, 13 hours ago

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REPLAY: Clancy Martin on How Not to Kill Yourself

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 825, my conversation with Clancy Martin, author of How Not to Kill Yourself: A…

6 days, 13 hours ago

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1034. Daniel Kraus

Daniel Kraus is the author of the novel Angel Down, available from Atria Books. It was awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Daniel Kraus is a…

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Mira Didn't Die

Volume 89 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...the return of Mira...still alive...describes her health ordeal...Brad's colonoscopy journey...his true cri…

1 week, 2 days ago

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1033. Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the New York Times bestselling author of London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded…

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REPLAY: Susan Choi on the Pandemic, Winning the National Book Award, and the Lasting Effects of Childhood

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 647, my first conversation with author Susan Choi. We were discussing her Natio…

1 week, 6 days ago

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Excerpt from 'I Am the Ghost Here,' by Kim Samek

Vol. 9 of Story Time, a new series on the program featuring an author reading aloud from his work. In this episode,  Kim Samek reads the title story …

2 weeks ago

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What Does It Really Mean to ‘Make It’ As a Writer? On Leaving Corporate Publishing, Becoming a Hack, and Deciding to Self-Publish

Mira is out sick again this week, so instead of a new episode of Brad & Mira for the Culture, I am instead joined by Chris Stuck, who came to my atte…

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