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Back to SearchFrancis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024)
Episode 426
When three people in Philadelphia inhale dust developed by a scientist who has discovered parallel universes, they are transported into an interdimen…
1 year, 9 months ago
F. J. Watson, "Lies of the Flesh" (Polygon, 2024)
Episode 184
When evil stalks the land, who can you trust? Autumn 1314. In the aftermath of the Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn, the villagers of Wa…
1 year, 9 months ago
S J. Naudé, "Fathers and Fugitives" (Europa, 2024)
Episode 142
Daniel is a worldly and urbane journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but sentimentally meager. A young gay …
1 year, 9 months ago
Etherized: Anne Enright in a Novel Dialogue Conversation (Paige Reynolds, JP)
Episode 134
Anne Enright, writer, critic, Booker winner, kindly made time back in 2023 for Irish literature maven Paige Reynolds and for John Plotz in his role a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Scott Nadelson, "Trust Me" (Forest Avenue Press, 2024)
Episode 425
Today I talked to Scott Nadelson's novel Trust Me (Forest Avenue Press, 2024).
After his divorce, Lewis moves into the cabin he bought as a vacation …
1 year, 9 months ago
Rachel Kushner, "Creation Lake" (Scribner, 2024)
Episode 141
Creation Lake (Scribner, 2024) is a novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics, bold opinions, and clean b…
1 year, 9 months ago
Nicholas Molbert, "Altars of Spine and Fraction" (Curbstone Press/Northwestern UP, 2024)
Episode 146
Nicholas Molbert's Altars of Spine and Fraction (Curbstone Press/Northwestern UP, 2024) follows its protagonist through the joys and dangers of child…
1 year, 9 months ago
Marguerite Young, "Miss MacIntosh, My Darling" (Deep Vellum Publishing, 2024)
Episode 424
In this episode I'm joined by Dalkey Archive's editorial director, Chad W. Post. We discuss the republication of the late Marguerite Young's cult-cla…
1 year, 9 months ago
Peter Rose, "The Good War of Consul Reeves" (Blacksmith Books, 2024)
Episode 203
Macau was supposed to be a sleepy post for John Reeves, the British consul for the Portuguese colony on China’s southern coast. He arrived, alone, in…
1 year, 9 months ago
Before and After the Book Deal
Episode 230
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask.
Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publ…
1 year, 9 months ago