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Susan Straight on Riverside, Family, Ross Macdonald, and Writing in Your Car
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 117, my conversation with Susan Straight, author of the novel Mecca (FSG). This episode first aired on …
2 years, 7 months ago
868. Vauhini Vara
Episode 868
Vauhini Vara is the author of the story collection This is Salvaged, available from W.W. Norton & Co.
Vara has been a reporter and editor for the Wall…
2 years, 7 months ago
867. Mona Awad
Episode 867
Mona Awad is the bestselling author of the novel Rouge, available from Marysue Rucci Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
Awad's other books include…
2 years, 8 months ago
Natalie Baszile on Time, Writing, Big Decisions, Creative Community, and Motherhood
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 257, my conversation with Natalie Baszile, author of the novel Queen Sugar (Penguin Books). This episod…
2 years, 8 months ago
866. Anne Enright
Episode 866
Anne Enright is the author of the novel The Wren, The Wren, available from W.W. Norton & Co.
Enright is author of seven novels, most recently Actress.…
2 years, 8 months ago
865. Karl Ove Knausgaard
Episode 865
Karl Ove Knausgaard is the author of the novel The Wolves of Eternity, available from Penguin Press. Translated by Martin Aitken.
Knausgaard's My Stru…
2 years, 8 months ago
Joyce Johnson on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, the Beat Generation, Ecstatic Writing, and Québécois Culture
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 147, my conversation with Joyce Johnson, author of the biography The Voice is All: The Lonely Victory o…
2 years, 8 months ago
How to Write an Anti-Hero
A new 'Craftwork' episode, all about anti-heroes. My guest is Tod Goldberg, author of the novel Gangsters Don't Die, available from Counterpoint Pres…
2 years, 8 months ago
864. Lauren Groff
Episode 864
Lauren Groff is the bestselling author of the novel The Vaster Wilds, available from Riverhead Books.
Groff is a three-time National Book Award finali…
2 years, 8 months ago
Matt Sumell on Writing, Self-Editing, Billy Joel, Long Island, Family, Drinking, and Anxiety
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 374, my conversation with Matt Sumell, author of the novel-in-stories Making Nice (Picador). It first a…
2 years, 8 months ago