Mining the Dalkey Archive Podcast
Episodes
"Cadenza" by Ralph Cusack
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Vince (A Book No One Wants) and Chad talk about Ralph Cusack’s only novel, Cadenza, a semi-surreal trip on a train through time and space. They disc...
"Things in the Night" by Mati Unt with Ted McDermott
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ted McDermott (The Minor Outsider) comes on to talk about his time at Dalkey Archive as Chad’s marketing assistant back in 2005. They talk about the...
"Dead As Doornails" by Anthony Cronin
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Ufberg (writer, translator, co-founder of New Vessel Press, and author of the new introduction to the forthcoming Dalkey Archive edition of Dead ...
Dermot Healy's "Collected Plays"
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dan O’Brien (From Scarsdale: A Childhood, True Story: A Trilogy) joins Vince Francone (A Book No One Wants) and Chad to discuss Dermot Healy’s Col...
Christopher Sorrentino on "Scarcely Human"
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Christopher Sorrentino (Sound on Sound, Trance, The Fugitives, Now Beacon, Now Sea) talks about his Substack, “Scarcely Human,” i...
A 2026 Irish Book Preview
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rather than focus on a single book this month, Chad and Vince discuss a range of Irish titles (and one British one) that they’d like to read this ye...
Reading Every Single Dalkey Title
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From now until 1/31/26, EVERY Open Letter title is 40% off! Shop now!!Last January, Matt Martinson started an approximately ten-year project of readin...
"Threshold" by Rob Doyle
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Doyle (The Other Irish Tradition (ed.), Here Are the Young Men) joins Vince Francone and Chad to talk about his most recent book, Threshold, and t...
Mark Polizzotti on Harry Mathews Reissues, Toussaint, Echenoz . . .
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Given that Mark Polizzotti is publisher, author, translator, and literary executor for the Harry Mathews estate, this podcast covers a wide range of t...
"The Ikon Maker" by Desmond Hogan
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Although Dalkey Archive did publish two works by Desmond Hogan (A Farewell to Prague, The House of Mourning and Other Stories), this episode covers Th...
Launching the Steinaissance
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Without question, Gertrude Stein was one of the most influential writers of the past century. And thanks to the three guests on this episode—Frances...
"In Transit" by Brigid Brophy
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of this Irish Edition of the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast, Chad and Vince talk about Brigid Brophy’s 1969 masterpiece, In Trans...
Adam Levin and the Top Five Stanley Elkin Books
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Levin (The Instructions, Mount Chicago) comes on the podcast to break down the Top Five Stanley Elkin novels according to Chad’s silly and fun ...
Allison A. deFreese on Translating Poetic Works
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two of Allison a. deFreese’s recent translations are the focus on this particular episode: Elegy for Joseph Cornell by María Negroni and Flame Tree...
"Transit" by Bernard Share
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chad and Vince struggle to talk about Bernard Share’s two novels available from Dalkey Archive Press: Inish and Transit. More respect than love for ...
"The Dogs of Inishere" by Alannah Hopkin
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s installment in the ongoing look at Dalkey Archive’s Irish Literature Series, Vince and Chad discuss The Dogs of Inishere by Alanna...
"Langrishe, Go Down" by Aidan Higgins
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this entry into the Irish-centric thread of this podcast Vince Francone (The Soft Lunacy, Like a Dog, A Book No One Wants) and Chad W. Post are joi...
"Grattan and Me" by Tom O'Neill
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Declan O’Driscoll (The Irish Times) joins Vincent Francone (A Book No One Wants) and Chad W. Post to talk about Tom O’Neill’s Grattan and Me, a ...
"From Scarsdale" by Dan O'Brien
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan O’Brien joins Chad to talk about the new edition of his memoir, From Scarsdale: A Childhood, his other two Dalkey Archive books (A Story that Ha...
"The Sovereign" by Andrew Elias Colarusso
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest Tobias Carroll (In the Sight, Political Sign, and Reel, among other books and projects) joins Chad to discuss Andrew Elias Colarusso’s...
"Sleepwalker" by John Toomey
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Toomey joins Chad and Vince to talk about his debut novel, Sleepwalker, his experience being published by Dalkey Archive, and what it was like wo...
Special Edition Podcast: Why Fund a Nonprofit Publisher?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final entry in this series of podcasts on the NEA (for now . . . there may be a return to industry-based Three Percent episodes in the near fut...
Special Edition Podcast: Three Percent Podcast: The Impact of the Terminated and Withdrawn Grants
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our series on the National Endowment for the Arts continues by talking with three organizations and publishers about both the specific impact of the M...
Special Edition Podcast: The History of the NEA (and the Attacks on It)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is part one of a two part series (for now) on the National Endowment for the Arts and the, by now, much reported on letters that NEA grantees rec...
"Teethmarks on My Tongue" by Eileen Battersby
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A bit longer than the usual podcast, in this episode of Vince Francone and Chad Post’s tour through the Irish section of the Dalkey Archive catalog,...
Edy Poppy & May-Brit Akerholt
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Norwegian author Edy Poppy and her translator, May-Brit Akerholt, join Chad W. Post and Walker Rutter-Bowman to discuss Edy's first n...
Nicholas Delbanco's Stories
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast, Brian Wood joined me to talk with Nicholas Delbanco about his two most recent books: Still L...
"The Third Policeman" by Flann O'Brien
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the “Mining the Dalkey Archive: Irish Edition,” Tom Flynn (Paratext Publicity, Why Not? Read Alpha Flight with Chris and Tom) j...
Roger Boylan on KILLOYLE and More
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode, Roger Boylan (Killoyle, The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad, The Adorations) joins Chad and Vince Francone (A Book No One Wants, ...
Two Month Review: "The Confidence-Man" by Herman Melville (ep. 1)
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not the happiest day in which to record a podcast, but Chad, Brian, and Kaija speak their fears and then dive into Melville’s Confidence-Man, talki...
Podcast on Marguerite Young
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re not already familiar with it, every so often—for the past decade or more—I’ve hosted the Three Percent Podcast to discuss publishing...