Podcast Episodes

Lenore Zion : Stupid Children

Host David Naimon talks with Lenore Zion about her debut novel Stupid Children, a book Thomas Michael Duncan of Necessary Fiction calls “a bildungsro…

12 years, 11 months ago

Benjamin Percy : Red Moon

They live among us.
 They are your neighbor, your mother, your lover.
 They change. 

Every teenage girl thinks she’s different. When government agent…

12 years, 11 months ago

Karen Russell : Vampires in the Lemon Grove

Karen Russell is one of today’s most celebrated and vital writers—honored in the New Yorker’s list of the twenty best writers under the age of forty,…

13 years ago

Monica Drake : The Stud Book

In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. A smart,…

13 years ago

Sam Lipsyte : The Fun Parts

A hilarious collection of stories from the writer the New York Times called “the novelist of his generation.”

Returning to the form in which he began…

13 years, 1 month ago

George Saunders : Tenth of December

“George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read All Year,” declared the cover of the New York Times Magazine several weeks ago. Since then, th…

13 years, 2 months ago

Chris Kraus : Summer of Hate

Writer, filmmaker and art critic Chris Kraus talks with host David Naimon about her latest book, Summer of Hate. Her other books include the novels I…

13 years, 5 months ago

Alexis Smith : Glaciers

Portland author Alexis Smith talks with host David Naimon about Glaciers, her debut novel from Tin House books. Glaciers follows Isabel through a day…

13 years, 5 months ago

Jess Walter : Beautiful Ruins

Host David Naimon talks with Jess Walter about his sixth novel, Beautiful Ruins, a deeply human rollercoaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and ne…

13 years, 6 months ago

Junot Diaz : This Is How You Lose Her

Host David Naimon speaks with Junot Diaz, who the New Yorker calls one of the top 20 writers for the 21st century. He’s the Pulitzer Prize-winning au…

13 years, 7 months ago