Ariel Schrag is the guest. Her new novel Adam is now available from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Publishers Weekly says "Schrag's frisky debut...is one of the most original coming-of-age stories of recent years." And Flavorwire says "Ariel Schrag’s story about a teenager who goes to spend the summer in New York with his sister is unlike any coming-of-age story you’ll read anytime soon. Funny and tender... Anybody familiar with Schrag’s comics won’t be disappointed with her work as a novelist; if you haven’t read her other work, let Adam be your introduction and read everything else you can find of hers from there." Monologue topics: preschool, social anxiety, inferiority, courtesy, instincts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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