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859. Brando Skyhorse
Episode 859
Brando Skyhorse is the author of the novel My Name is Iris, available from Avid Reader Press.
Skyhorse's debut novel, The Madonnas of Echo Park, won t…
2 years, 9 months ago
Why Publishing is Broken
In today's 'Craftwork' episode, a conversation with Kathleen Schmidt. She is a longtime publishing industry veteran with in-depth experience in a var…
2 years, 9 months ago
Melissa Febos on Hollywood, Bullshit, Extroversion, Celibacy, Loneliness, and Relationships
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 460, my conversation with Melissa Febos, author of Body Work, Girlhood, and other books.
Girlhood was a …
2 years, 9 months ago
858. Lydia Kiesling
Episode 858
Lydia Kiesling is the author of the novel Mobility, available from Crooked Media Reads.
Kiesling is the author of The Golden State, a 2018 National Bo…
2 years, 9 months ago
857. Khashayar J. Khabushani
Episode 857
Khashayar J. Khabushani is the author of the debut novel I Will Greet the Sun Again, available from Hogarth Books.
Khabushani was born in Van Nuys, Ca…
2 years, 9 months ago
Michael Schumacher on Allen Ginsberg, New York City, Poetry, Kindness, Controversy, and Writing a Biography
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 684, my conversation with Michael Schumacher, author of Dharma Lion: A Biography of Allen Ginsberg (Uni…
2 years, 9 months ago
856. Jamel Brinkley
Episode 856
Jamel Brinkley is the author of the story collection Witness, available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
Brinkley is the author of A Lucky Man: Stories,…
2 years, 9 months ago
855. Edan Lepucki
Episode 855
Edan Lepucki is the bestselling author of the novel Time's Mouth, available from Counterpoint Press.
Lepucki's other books include the novels Californ…
2 years, 9 months ago
Viet Thanh Nguyen on History, War Movies, Race, Refugees, Vietnam, and the Need for Political Literature
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 419, my conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the bestselling novel The …
2 years, 9 months ago
854. Geoff Rickly
Episode 854
Geoff Rickly is the author of the debut novel Someone Who Isn't Me, available from Rose Books. It is the official July pick of the Otherppl Book Club…
2 years, 9 months ago