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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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
863. Yiyun Li
Episode 863
Yiyun Li is the author of the story collection Wednesday's Child, available from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Li is the author of several works of fict…
2 years, 10 months ago
862. Myriam Gurba
Episode 862
Myriam Gurba is the author of the essay collection Creep: Accusations and Confessions, available from Avid Reader Press.
Gurba is a writer and artist.…
2 years, 10 months ago
Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Anxiety, Attention, Astrology, Vanity, and Writing in a Notebook
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 546, my conversation with Laura van den Berg, author of five works of fiction. It first aired on Octobe…
2 years, 10 months ago
How to Be a Travel Writer
Maggie Downs is an award-winning journalist, travel writer, and the author of the memoir Braver Than You Think:Around the World on the Trip of My (Mo…
2 years, 10 months ago
861. Rebekah Bergman
Episode 861
Rebekah Bergman is the author of the debut novel The Museum of Human History, available from Tin House. It is the official August pick of the Otherpp…
2 years, 10 months ago