Podcast Episodes
Back to Search621: 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 relationship to the atomic bomb.
Published on 1 year, 7 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 counterbalances surges of emotion with layers of artific…
Published on 1 year, 8 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 include how story collections are like mixtapes, how th…
Published on 1 year, 8 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 crowd gathered at the Kerouac Project of Orlando.
Published on 1 year, 8 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 literature, The Tale of Genji, and how the ancient wo…
Published on 1 year, 8 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 teaching these stories in MFA craft courses over …
Published on 1 year, 8 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 rhyme about thorny subjects, Modern Poetry awaits …
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Replay: Episode 570 with Kathleen Rooney
Thanks to Brian Salmons for bumpering this replay episode.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
614: Celeste Ng & Ben Fountain, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!
On today's show, Samantha Nickerson interviews the fiction writers Celeste Ng and Ben Fountain!
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
613: Jamel Brinkley and M. Evelina Galang!
On #613, Chelsea Alice speaks with Jamel Brinkley about his new short story collection Witness, plus John King speaks with M. Evelina Galang about her new short story collection, When the Hibiscus Fa…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago