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Episode 421 — Mike Edison

06 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Edison is the guest. He is the former publisher of High Times magazine and was the editor-in-chief of Screw magazine. He is also a musician and...

Episode 420 — Max Porter

29 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Max Porter is the guest. His debut novel, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, is the official June pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.  Winner of...

Episode 419 — Viet Thanh Nguyen

22 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Viet Thanh Nguyen is the guest. His debut novel, The Sympathizer, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016. It is available now from Grove ...

Episode 418 — Stephen Elliott

15 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Elliott is the guest. He is the founding editor of The Rumpus, the author of seven books, and the director of three films. His latest film, Af...

Episode 417 — Claire Hoffman

08 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Hoffman is the guest. Her new memoir, Greetings from Utopia Park, is available now from Harper Books.  Claire is a friend of mine here in Los...

Episode 416 — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

01 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is the guest. Her debut novel, The Nest, is available now from Ecco Books.  Cynthia is living the dream. Or at least one kin...

Episode 415 — Jung Yun

25 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jung Yun is the guest. Her debut novel, Shelter, is now available from Picador.  Jung's novel has gotten an incredibly warm critical reception. Not ...

Episode 414 — Nayomi Munaweera

18 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Nayomi Munaweera is the guest. Her new novel, What Lies Between Us, is available now from St. Martin's Press. And here it should be mentioned that ...

Episode 413 — Dana Spiotta

11 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Dana Spiotta is the guest. Her new novel, Innocents and Others, is available now from Scribner. It is the official May selection of The Nervous Breakd...

Episode 412 — Kirstin Valdez Quade

04 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Kirstin Valdez Quade is the guest. Her debut story collection, Night at the Fiestas, is now available in paperback from W.W. Norton & Company. I fir...

Episode 411 — Kathy Fish & Robert Vaughan

27 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Kathy Fish and Robert Vaughan are the guests. They are the co-authors of a flash fiction collection called Rift, available now from Unknown Press. Rif...

Episode 410 — Elizabeth Crane

20 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Crane is the guest. Her new novel, The History of Great Things, is available now from Harper Perennial.  Great to see Elizabeth again. Sh...

Episode 409 — Tony Tulathimutte

13 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Tulathimutte is the guest. His debut novel, Private Citizens, is available now from William Morrow.  Had a good time talking with Tony. He's a...

Episode 408 — Jim Krusoe

06 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Krusoe is the guest. His new novel, The Sleep Garden, is available now from Tin House. Can't believe it's taken me this long to meet Jim Krusoe....

Episode 407 — Leigh Stein & Lux Alptraum

30 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Leigh Stein and Lux Alptraum are the guests. They are co-directors, with Jenny Lumet, of a non-profit organization called Out of the Binders. It is ...

Episode 406 — Juan F. Thompson

23 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Juan F. Thompson is the guest. His new memoir, Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson, is now available from Knopf.  I tore thr...

Episode 405 — Michelle Adelman

16 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle Adelman is the guest. Her debut novel, Piece of Mind, is available now from W.W. Norton & Company.  Michelle and I have the same birthday ...

Episode 404 — Melissa Broder

13 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Broder is the guest. Her debut essay collection, So Sad Today, is available now from Grand Central Publishing. She has also written a new poet...

Episode 403 — Adrian Todd Zuniga

09 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Adrian Todd Zuniga is the guest. He's the creator and host of Literary Death Match, an international reading series, comedy show, and all-around enter...

Episode 402 — Mark de Silva

02 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mark de Silva is the guest. His debut novel, Square Wave, is available now from Two Dollar Radio.  If I recall correctly, Mark's parents dropped hi...

Episode 401 — Hanya Yanagihara

24 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Hanya Yanagihara is the guest. Her novel A Little Life was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award, and it is now available i...

Episode 400 — Alexander Chee

16 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Chee is the guest. His new novel, The Queen of the Night, is available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It is the official February pick ...

Episode 399 — Jarett Kobek

03 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Jarett Kobek is the guest. His new novel is called I Hate the Internet, available now from We Heard You Like Books.  This one was fun. I didn't kno...

Episode 398 — Elizabeth Bruenig

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth Bruenig is the guest. She is a staff writer for The New Republic. Her work focuses on politics and religion.   Really excited to have Eli...

Episode 397 — Ruth Wariner

20 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Ruth Wariner is the guest. Her new memoir, The Sound of Gravel, is available now from Flatiron Books. It is the official January selection of The Ner...

Episode 396 — Margaret Malone

13 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret Malone is the guest. Her debut story collection, People Like You, is available now from Atelier 26 Books.  Really enjoyed meeting Margaret...

Episode 395 — Chiwan Choi

06 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Chiwan Choi is the guest. His latest poetry collection is called Abductions, available now from Writ Large Press. First episode of 2016. Here we g...

Episode 394 — Holiday Spectacular

23 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

For this, the 2015 Holiday Spectacular episode, I was happy to be joined in-studio by my friends Mira Gonzalez, Tyler Madsen, and Gene Morgan. They a...

Episode 393 — Brandi Wells

16 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Brandi Wells is the guest. Her latest novel, This Boring Apocalypse, is available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms.  Brandi moved to LA recently to...

Episode 392 — Alexandra Kleeman

09 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Alexandra Kleeman is the guest. Her debut novel, You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine, is available now from Harper. Alexandra is from Boulder, so we h...

Episode 391 — Nic Kelman

02 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Nic Kelman is the guest. His new novel, How to Pass As Human, is now available from Dark Horse Comics. Nic is also an accomplished screenwriter—he ...

Episode 390 — Amina Cain

25 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Amina Cain is the guest. Her latest story collection, Creature, is available now from Dorothy Books. I was unusually tired on the day that Amina cam...

Episode 389 — Andrea Kleine

18 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Andrea Kleine is the guest. Her debut novel, Calf, is available now from Counterpoint Press. This is a novel rooted in history, both personal and cu...

Episode 388 — Myriam Gurba

11 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Myriam Gurba is the guest. Her new story collection is called Painting Their Portraits in Winter, available now from Manic D Press.  Myriam showed ...

Episode 387 — Eileen Myles

04 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Eileen Myles is the guest. She has two books out from Ecco, the first of which is a collection of poetry called I Must Be Living Twice: New and Sele...

Episode 386 — Alex Mar

28 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Mar is the guest. Her new memoir, Witches of America, is available now from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Alex showed up in the car of a journalis...

Episode 385 — Matt Bell

21 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Bell is the guest. His new novel, Scrapper, is now available from Soho Press. It is the official October selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book ...

Episode 384 — Chris Tarry

14 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Tarry is the guest. His debut story collection, How to Carry Bigfoot Home, is available now from Red Hen Press. This one was fun. Chris had flo...

Episode 383 — Catie Disabato

07 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Catie Disabato is the guest. Her debut novel, The Ghost Network, is available now from Melville House. Catie came over here and sat down in the midd...

Episode 382 — Jonathan Evison

30 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Evison is the guest. His new novel, This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, is now available from Algonquin Books. It was the official August pic...

Episode 381 — Bill Clegg

23 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Clegg is the guest. His debut novel, Did You Ever Have a Family?, is available now from Scout Press. It has been long-listed for both the Man Boo...

Episode 380 — Carmiel Banasky

16 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Carmiel Banasky is the guest. Her debut novel, The Suicide of Claire Bishop, is now available from Dzanc Books. It is the official September selectio...

Episode 379 — Jennifer Pashley

09 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Pashley is the guest. Her debut novel The Scamp is available now from Tin House Books. Jennifer and I had a mix-up on time. She thought we w...

Episode 378 — Joshua Mohr

02 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Mohr is the guest. His new novel, All This Life, is available now from Soft Skull Press. This is, I think, the third time I've talked to Josh o...

Episode 377 — Karolina Waclawiak

26 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Karolina Waclawiak is the guest. Her new novel is called The Invaders, available now from Regan Arts. This is my second time talking with Karolina. ...

Episode 376 — J. Ryan Stradal

19 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

J. Ryan Stradal is the guest. His bestselling debut novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, is available now from Viking.  Really happy for J. Ryan. H...

Episode 375 — Meg Howrey

12 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Meg Howrey is the guest. Her two novels, Blind Sight and The Cranes Dance, are both available from Vintage Contemporaries. This is the first intervi...

Episode 374 — Matt Sumell

05 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Sumell is the guest. His novel-in-stories, Making Nice, is available now from Henry Holt.  Note: Our conversation was recorded earlier in July...

Episode 373 — Bud Smith

29 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Bud Smith is the guest. His new novel, F 250, is available now from Piscataway House. I did a reading with Bud here in Los Angeles earlier this summ...

Episode 372 — Jim Gavin

22 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Gavin is the guest. His story collection, Middle Men, is available now from Simon & Schuster. Jim is another in a long line of Catholic (and rec...

371. Tao Lin & Mira Gonzalez

19 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Tao Lin and Mira Gonzalez are the guests. Their new book, Selected Tweets, is available now from Short Flight / Long Drive. Selected Tweets, as its ti...

Episode 370 — Lidia Yuknavitch

15 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Lidia Yuknavitch is the guest. Her new novel, The Small Backs of Children, is available now from Harper. It's the official July selection of The Nerv...

Episode 369 — Chet Weise

12 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Chet Weise is the guest. He is the editor and co-founder of Third Man Books, based in Nashville, TN. Third Man is a young indie press, and if you've ...

Episode 368 — David L. Ulin

08 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

David L. Ulin is the guest. He is the book critic for the Los Angeles Times, a Guggenheim fellow, and the author of Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with...

Episode 367 — Maggie Shipstead

01 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Maggie Shipstead is the guest. She is the author of the novels Astonish Me and Seating Arrangements, both of which are available from Vintage Contempo...

Episode 366 — Ryan O'Connell

24 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan O'Connell is the guest. His new memoir, I'm Special, is available now from Simon & Schuster. This one was easy. It's always great when a guest ...

Episode 365 — Shanna Mahin

17 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Shanna Mahin is the guest. Her debut novel Oh! You Pretty Things is available now from Dutton. Shanna has lived quite a life. Been through a lot. And...

Episode 364 — Mat Johnson

14 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Mat Johnson is today's guest. His new novel Loving Day is available now from Spiegel & Grau. Very happy to have had the chance to talk with Mat, part...

Episode 363 — Colin Winnette

10 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Winnette is the guest. His new novel, Haints Stay, is available now from Two Dollar Radio. Had a great time talking with Colin. He came over an...

Episode 362 — Kate Durbin

03 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Durbin is the guest. She is a writer, curator, and performance artist whose books include The Ravenous Audience and E! Entertainment. Kate also ...

Episode 361 — Amelia Gray

27 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Amelia Gray is the guest. Her short story collection Gutshot is available now from FSG Originals. Gutshot is the official May selection of The Nervous...

Episode 360 — Sean H. Doyle

24 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sean H. Doyle is the guest. His new memoir is called This Must Be The Place, available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms. The Chicago Tribune says “...

Episode 359 — Sarah Tomlinson

20 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Tomlinson is the guest. Her new memoir, Good Girl, is available now from Gallery Books.  Jill Soloway says "Good Girl is a father-daughter st...

Episode 358 — Janaka Stucky

13 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Janaka Stucky is the guest. His new poetry collection, The Truth is We Are Perfect, is available now from Third Man Books. Bill Knott says "Stucky’...

Episode 357 — Cate Dicharry

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Cate Dicharry is the guest. Her debut novel, The Fine Art of Fucking Up, is now available from Unnamed Press. Kirkus Reviews calls it "Funny and ...

Episode 356 — Erika Krouse

29 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Erika Krouse is the guest. Her new novel, Contenders, is available now from Rare Bird Books. It is the official April pick of The Nervous Breakdown B...

Episode 355 — Heidi Pitlor

22 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Heidi Pitlor is the guest. She is the editor of the Best American Short Stories anthologies and the author of the new novel The Daylight Marriage, av...

Episode 354 — Sarah Nicole Prickett

15 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Nicole Prickett is the guest. She is the founder of Adult magazine and a contributing editor at The New Inquiry. Monologue topics: Ex Machina,...

Episode 353 — Monica McClure

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Monica McClure is the guest. Her debut poetry collection, Tender Data, is now available from Birds LLC. NPR says "McClure may be the poster-girl for...

Episode 352 — Michiko Kakutani

01 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Michiko Kakutani is the guest. She is the chief book critic for the New York Times and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Monologue topics: kicking,...

Episode 351 — Daniel Handler

25 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Handler is the guest. His new novel We Are Pirates is now available from Bloomsbury.  Booklist, in a starred review, says "Handler (aka chil...

Episode 350 — Will Chancellor

18 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Will Chancellor is the guest. His debut novel, A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall, is now available from Harper. The Daily Beast says “To compare a de...

Episode 349 — Adam Robinson

11 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Robinson is the guest. He is the founding editor of Publishing Genius Press. Monologue topics: LA, yoga, celebrity sneezes, God bless you.  Le...

Episode 348 — Timothy Willis Sanders

04 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy Willis Sanders is the guest. His debut novel, Matt Meets Vik, is available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms.  Blake Butler says "I have no...

Episode 347 — Stewart O'Nan

25 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Stewart O'Nan is the guest. His new novel, West of Sunset, is available now from Viking. It is the official Februrary pick of The Nervous Breakdown B...

Episode 346 — Halle Butler

18 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Halle Butler is the guest. Her debut novel, Jillian, is available now from Curbside Splendor.  Lindsay Hunter says "This book is incredible. The d...

Episode 345 — Porochista Khakpour

11 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Porochista Khakpour is the guest. Her novel The Last Illusion is now available from Bloomsbury.  Claire Messud says “Utterly original and compel...

Episode 344 — Kitty

04 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Kitty is the guest. She is a rapper/musician whose latest EP, Frostbite, is now available. RollingStone says "Love is pain, and nobody understands ...

Episode 343 — Tim Johnston

28 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Johnston is the guest. His new novel, Descent, is available now from Algonquin Books. It is the official January selection of The Nervous Breakdo...

Episode 342 — Alexis Coe

21 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Alexis Coe is the guest. She is the author of Alice + Freda Forever, available now from Pulp/Zest Books. Peter Orner says "Alexis Coe rescues a bur...

Episode 341 — Cameron Pierce

14 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Cameron Pierce is the guest. He is the author of several books and the editor of Lazy Fascist Press. Vol. 1 Brooklyn says "Whether he's describing ...

Episode 340 — Chelsea Hodson

07 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsea Hodson is the guest. Her chapbook entitled Pity the Animal is available now in print from Future Tense Books at Powells.com, and electronical...

Episode 339 — Mark Gluth

31 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Gluth is the guest. His new novel No Other is available now from Sator Press. Kate Zambreno says "In Mark Gluth's beautiful family gothic No O...

Episode 338 — Luke B. Goebel

24 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Luke B. Goebel is the guest. His new novel, Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours, is now available from Fiction Collective Two. Kirkus Reviews s...

Episode 337 — Lynn Lurie

17 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Lynn Lurie is the guest. Her new novel, Quick Kills, is available now from Etruscan Press. Kirkus Reviews says "Prepare to be disturbed by this sli...

Episode 336 — Michael McGriff & J.M. Tyree

10 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Michael McGriff and J.M. Tyree are the guests. Their new story collection, Our Secret Life in the Movies, is now available from A Strange Object. T...

Episode 335 — Mike Bushnell

03 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Bushnell is the guest. His latest poetry collection is called OHSO, and it's available now from Scrambler Books. Scott McClanahan says "OHSO i...

Episode 334 — Dmitry Samarov

30 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dmitry Samarov is the guest. His new memoir, Where To?, is now available from Curbside Splendor.  Rick Kogan calls it "Funny, touching, observant,...

Episode 333 — Dorothea Lasky

26 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dorothea Lasky is the guest. Her latest poetry collection, Rome, is available now from Liveright.  Maggie Nelson says “Dorothea Lasky is one of ...

Episode 332 — William Giraldi

23 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

William Giraldi is the guest. His latest novel, Hold the Dark, is now available from Liveright Publishing. The New York Times Book Review calls it “...

Episode 331 — Atticus Lish

19 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Atticus Lish is the guest. His debut novel, Preparation for the Next Life, is available now from Tyrant Books.  It is the official November selecti...

Episode 330 — Meghan Daum

16 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Meghan Daum is the guest. Her new essay collection, The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion, is available now from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux....

Episode 329 — Hannah Pittard

12 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hannah Pittard is the guest. Her new novel is called Reunion, and it is available now from Grand Central Publishing.  Emily St. John Mandel calls i...

Episode 328 — Bich Minh Nguyen

09 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Bich Minh Nguyen is the guest. Her new novel, Pioneer Girl, is available now from Viking. The San Francisco Chronicle calls it "[A] sincere and mov...

327. Frederick Barthelme

05 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Frederick Barthelme is the guest. His latest novel, There Must Be Some Mistake, is available now from Little, Brown & Co. David Shields says "Very n...

Episode 326 — Elizabeth McCracken

02 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Elizabeth McCracken is the guest. Her latest book is a story collection called Thunderstruck & Other Stories, and it is available now from The Dial P...

Episode 325 — Sarah Gerard

29 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Gerard is the guest. Her debut novel, Binary Star, is due out from Two Dollar Radio in January 2015. Kate Zambreno says "I felt a breathless...

Episode 324 — Lin Enger

26 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Lin Enger is the guest. His new novel, The High Divide, is available now from Algonquin Books. It is the official October selection of The TNB Book Cl...

Episode 323 — Diane Cook

22 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Diane Cook is the guest. Her debut story collection, Man V. Nature, is available now from Harper Books. Tea Obreht says "Man V. Nature is as close ...

Episode 322 — Celeste Ng

19 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Celeste Ng is the guest. Her debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, is now available from Penguin.  The New York Times Book Review says "If we ...