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850. Nicole Flattery
Episode 850
Nicole Flattery is the author of the novel Nothing Special, available from Bloomsbury.
Flattery is also the author of the story collection Show Them A…
3 years ago
849. Sarah Rose Etter
Episode 849
Sarah Rose Etter is the author of the novel Ripe, available from Scribner.
Etter's other books include The Book of X and Tongue Party. Her work has a…
3 years ago
Elif Batuman on Epistolary Relationships, Childhood, the Foolishness of Youth, Creative Humiliation, Perseverance, and Finding the Beauty in Yourself
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 506, my conversation with Elif Batuman.
Elif Batuman's first novel, The Idiot, was a finalist for a Puli…
3 years ago
848. Patrick deWitt
Episode 848
Patrick deWitt is the author of the novel The Librarianist, available from Ecco.
His other books include the novels French Exit, a national bestselle…
3 years ago
How to Start an Indie Press
Chelsea Hodson is the author of the essay collection Tonight I'm Someone Else, which came out in 2018. She is the founder of the new indie press Rose…
3 years ago
Hanya Yanagihara on Big Books, Writing Quickly, Creative Immersion, Great Readers, Complex Interiors, and the Removal of Context
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 401, my conversation with Hanya Yanagihara from February 2016.
Hanya Yanagihara is a prize-winning autho…
3 years ago
847. Tess Gunty
Episode 847
Tess Gunty is the author of the debut novel The Rabbit Hutch, now available in trade paperback from Vintage. It received the National Book Award for …
3 years ago
846. Lorrie Moore
Episode 846
Lorrie Moore is the bestselling author of the novel I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home, available from Knopf.
Moore is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbi…
3 years ago
Tim O'Brien on Death, Fatherhood, Child Wisdom, Pacifism, War, Memory, and the Illusion of Self
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 616, my conversation with Tim O'Brien from December 2019.
O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award …
3 years ago
845. Leila Slimani
Episode 845
Leila Slimani is the author of the novel Watch Us Dance, available from Viking. Translated by Sam Taylor.
Slimani is the bestselling author of The Pe…
3 years ago