Podcast Episodes

716. Matt Bell

Episode 716

Matt Bell is the author of the novel Appleseed, available from Custom House Books. It is the official July pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.

Be…

4 years, 10 months ago

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715. Greg Gerke

Episode 715

Greg Gerke is the author of the essay collection See What I See (Zerogram Press).

Gerke’s work has appeared in Tin House, Film Quarterly, The Kenyon R…

4 years, 10 months ago

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714. Mark Leidner

Episode 714

Mark Leidner is the author of the poetry collection Returning the Sword to the Stone (Fonograf Editions).

Leidner is also the author of two feature fi…

4 years, 10 months ago

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713. Pedro Mairal

Episode 713

Pedro Mairal is the author of the novel The Woman from Uruguay (Bloomsbury), translated by Jennifer Croft.

Mairal was born in Buenos Aires in 1970. He…

4 years, 10 months ago

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712. Forrest Gander

Episode 712

Forrest Gander is the author of the poetry collection Twice Alive, available now from New Directions. In 2019, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for …

4 years, 11 months ago

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711. Lana Bastasic

Episode 711

Lana Bastasic is the author of the debut novel Catch the Rabbit, winner of the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature. Available now in translation…

4 years, 11 months ago

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710. Barrett Swanson

Episode 710

Barrett Swanson is the author of the essay collection Lost in Summerland (Counterpoint Press).

Swanson is a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine. …

4 years, 11 months ago

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709. Melissa Febos

Episode 709

Melissa Febos is the author of the essay collection Girlhood (Bloomsbury). It is a national bestseller. 

Her other books include the critically acclai…

4 years, 11 months ago

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708. Sam Tallent

Episode 708

Sam Tallent is the guest. His debut novel, Running the Light, is available on Too Big To Fail Press.

Known for whip-quick wit and rollicking improvisa…

5 years ago

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707. Courtney Zoffness

Episode 707

Courtney Zoffness is the author of Spilt Milk, a collection of memoirs available now from McSweeney's. It is the official May pick of The Nervous Bre…

5 years ago

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