Marlon James

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3,415 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

Marlon James’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 8 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 3.

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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People · The Literary Hall of Shame · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

And I think he named one or two names. voice-verified

Yeah, this would have been 2001 because he... voice-verified

Like a lot of authors at the time, he turned 9-11 into the ultimate deus ex machina. voice-verified

a terrible book. voice-verified

But he's a brilliant writer, but it's a terrible book. voice-verified

I, yeah, you know, I mean, I wasn't the biggest fan of magical thinking. voice-verified

I wonder about turning solipsism into a virtue. voice-verified

That's because all the competition is still living. voice-verified

That's voice-verified

enough. voice-verified

You know, again, another person, largely because this person was so critical of other people's work, Stanley Crouch. voice-verified

intellectual, public critic, sort of a professional devil's advocate. voice-verified

There's a lot about his stuff that he wrote that I like. voice-verified

I love a lot of his writing on jazz. voice-verified

His novel is horrendous. voice-verified

No. voice-verified

writer? voice-verified

You know what? voice-verified

Considering how much I usually insist on my fiction students taking journalism courses— voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

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