Podcast Episodes
Back to Search623: Nicholson Baker!
In this week's show, John talks with Nicholson Baker about the potential sorrows of writing, the drive to discover joy, and the need to explore other…
2 years, 5 months ago
622: Michael Korda!
In this week's show, John talks with prose writer Michael Korda about telling the historical stories of the poets of World War I.
2 years, 5 months ago
621: Tyler Mills!
In this week's show, John talks with Tyler Mills about her extraordinary multimedia memoir, a poetic people's history of America's secretive relation…
2 years, 5 months ago
620: A Discussion of Asteroid City, with Jared Silvia!
In this week's show, John talks with Jared Silvia about the 2023 film, Asteroid City, and look at how Wes Anderson and co-writer Roman Coppola counte…
2 years, 5 months ago
619: Jessie Ren Marshall!
In this week's show, John talks with Jessie Red Marshall about her extraordinary short story collection, Women! In! Peril! The topics discussed inclu…
2 years, 6 months ago
618: A Book Discussion of Kenneth Patchen's Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, with Nick Georgoudiou!
In this week's show, John and Nick Georgoudiou discuss Kenneth Patchen's surreal postmodern novel, Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, before a small crow…
2 years, 6 months ago
617: Marie Mutsuki Mockett!
In this week's show, John talks to Marie Mutsuki Mockett about her exquisite new novel, The Tree Doctor, which leads us to the topics of Japanese lit…
2 years, 6 months ago
616: A Book Discussion of George Saunders's A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, with Rachael Tillman!
On today's show, Rachael and I discuss George Saunders's discussion of seven short stories by Russian authors. Since Saunders's book is the result of…
2 years, 6 months ago
615: Diane Seuss!
This ep. features a conversation with Pulitzer prize-winning poet Diane Seuss about her latest book of verse, Modern Poetry. With bursts of internal …
2 years, 7 months ago
Replay: Episode 570 with Kathleen Rooney
Thanks to Brian Salmons for bumpering this replay episode.
2 years, 7 months ago