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Episode 321 — Mira Jacob

15 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Mira Jacob is the guest. Her debut novel, The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing, is now available from Random House. Kirkus, in a starred review, says ...

Episode 320 — Tod Goldberg

12 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tod Goldberg is the guest. His new novel Gangsterland is now available from Counterpoint Press. Kirkus, in a starred review, says “Clearly influe...

Episode 319 — Steph Cha

08 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Steph Cha is the guest. Her new novel, Beware Beware, is available now from Minotaur Books. The Los Angeles Times says “Before this cautionary ta...

Episode 318 — Merritt Tierce

05 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Merritt Tierce is the guest. Her debut novel Love Me Back is now available from Doubleday. The Oxford American says “What’s so compelling about...

Episode 317 — Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, & Leanne Shapton

01 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, and Leanne Shapton are the guests. They are the editors of the bestselling book Women in Clothes, which features the work...

Episode 316 — Sarah McCarry

28 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah McCarry is the guest. She is the author of several books, and her next novel, About a Girl, is due out from St. Martin's Griffin in the summer o...

Episode 315 — Courtney Moreno

24 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Courtney Moreno is the guest. Her debut novel, In Case of Emergency, is available now from McSweeney's.  Kirkus Reviews says "In this emotionally ...

Episode 314 — Laila Lalami

21 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Laila Lalami is the guest. Her new novel, The Moor's Account, is available now from Pantheon. Salman Rushdie says "Laila Lalami has fashioned an a...

Episode 313 — Eric Obenauf

17 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Obenauf is the guest. He is the co-founder and editorial director of Two Dollar Radio, an independent press based in Columbus, Ohio. Full Stop ...

Episode 312 — Wendy C. Ortiz

14 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy C. Ortiz is the guest. Her memoir, Excavation, is now available from Future Tense Books. It is the official September selection of the TNB Book ...

Episode 311 — Patrick Hoffman

10 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Hoffman is the guest. His debut novel The White Van is now available from Grove/Atlantic.  Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says "A...

Episode 310 — Amy Lawless

07 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Lawless is the guest. Her latest poetry collection, My Dead, is available now from Octopus Books. Janae Green says "Lawless writes poetry that ...

Episode 309 — David Connerley Nahm

03 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

David Connerley Nahm is the guest. His debut novel, Ancient Oceans of Central Kentucky, is available now from Two Dollar Radio. Library Journal calls...

Episode 308 — Michael Earl Craig

31 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Earl Craig is the guest. His latest book, Talkativeness, is available now from Wave Books.  Publishers Weekly says "Craig renders unsettli...

Episode 307 — Jim Ruland

27 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Ruland is the guest. His new novel, Forest of Fortune, is available now from Tyrus Books. It is the official August selection of The TNB Book Clu...

Episode 306 — Joshua Wolf Shenk

24 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Wolf Shenk is the guest. His new book, Powers of Two, is now available from Eamon Dolan Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Andre...

Episode 305 — Cassandra Troyan

20 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Cassandra Troyan is the guest. Her new book, Kill Manual, is available from Artifice Books in October 2014. Chris Kraus says "The sometime-narrator...

Episode 304 — Austin Kleon

17 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Kleon is the guest. He is the bestselling author of the books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!. Both are available from Workman Publis...

Episode 303 — Tim O'Connell

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tim O'Connell is the guest. He is an editor at Vintage, Anchor, Knopf, and Pantheon. Monologue topics: death, the old man who died, DMT, Tao Lin, Te...

Episode 302 — Steve Almond

10 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Almond is the guest. His new book, Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto, is due out from Melville House on August 26, 2014.  (Autho...

Episode 301 — Shane Jones

06 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Shane Jones is the guest. His latest novel, Crystal Eaters, is now available from Two Dollar Radio.  Vice says "Jones demonstrates a tightrope-lik...

Episode 300 — Aimee Bender

03 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Aimee Bender is the guest. She is the bestselling author of several books, including The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, The Particular Sadness of Lemon...

Episode 299 — Dan Chaon

30 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Chaon is the guest. He is the acclaimed author of several books, including the story collection Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Bo...

Episode 298 — Stuart Dybek

27 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Stuart Dybek is the guest. He is the award-winning author of several books of fiction and poetry, including Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, The Coa...

Episode 297 — Cynthia Bond

23 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Cynthia Bond is the guest. Her debut novel, Ruby, is now available from Hogarth Press.  Ruby is the official July selection of The TNB Book Club. E...

Episode 296 — Jac Jemc

20 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jac Jemc is the guest. Her new story collection, A Different Bed Every Time, is due out from Dzanc Books this fall.  Jesse Ball says "To Jemc the ...

Episode 295 — Letitia Trent

16 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Letitia Trent is the guest. Her debut novel, Echo Lake, is now available from Dark House Press. Kirkus Reviews says "Trent’s years as a poet serv...

Episode 294 — Leesa Cross-Smith

13 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Leesa Cross-Smith is the guest. Her debut story collection Every Kiss a War is now available from Mojave River Press.  It was a finalist for the F...

Episode 293 — Guillaume Morissette

09 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Guillaume Morissette is the guest. His debut novel, New Tab, is now available from Vehicule Press. Melissa Broder says “In this hilarious novel, ...

Episode 292 — Julia Fierro

06 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Fierro is the guest. She is the founder of the Sackett Street Writers' Workshop and her debut novel, Cutting Teeth, is now available from St. Ma...

Episode 291 — John Brandon

02 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

John Brandon is the guest. His new story collection, Further Joy, is now available from McSweeney's.  Kirkus Reviews calls it “An impressive col...

Episode 290 — Smith Henderson

29 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Smith Henderson is the guest. His debut novel, Fourth of July Creek, is now available from Ecco. Ron Charles of The Washington Post calls it “The...

Episode 289 — Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

25 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Miranda Beverly-Whittemore is the guest. Her new novel, Bittersweet, is now available from Crown. It is a New York Times bestseller and the official ...

Episode 288 — Mike Sacks

22 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Sacks is the guest. His new book, Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers, is now available from Penguin. Bob Odenkir...

Episode 287 — Robin Sloan

18 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Sloan is the guest. His bestselling novel, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, was the May 2014 selection of the TNB Book Club. It is now availab...

Episode 286 — Ariel Schrag

15 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Ariel Schrag is the guest. Her new novel Adam is now available from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  Publishers Weekly says "Schrag's frisky debut...is...

Episode 285 — Tom Barbash

11 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Barbash is the guest. His story collection Stay Up With Me is now available in paperback from Ecco. The Daily Beast calls it “Fantastic…The...

Episode 284 — Brittani Sonnenberg

08 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Brittani Sonnenberg is the guest. Her debut novel, Home Leave, is now available from Grand Central Publishing. Karen Russell says "It's hard to bel...

Episode 283 — Nicholas Grider

04 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Nicholas Grider is the guest. His story collection, Misadventure, is now available from A Strange Object. Brian Evenson calls it "A dark and luscio...

Episode 282 — Aaron Gwyn

01 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Gwyn is the guest. His new novel, Wynne's War, is now available from Eamon Dolan Books. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says "Gwyn’s...

Episode 281 — Ana Carrete

28 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Ana Carrete is the guest. Her poetry collection Baby Babe is now available from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Sam Pink says “The first time I heard An...

Episode 280 — Kelly Braffet

25 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Braffet is the guest. Her novel Save Yourself is now available in paperback from Broadway Books. Dennis Lehane calls it "The real deal. Save ...

Episode 279 — Lee Klein

21 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Klein is the guest. He has two books out this year. The first is called Thanks and Sorry and Good Luck, available now from Barrelhouse. The secon...

Episode 278 — Katherine Faw Morris

18 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Katherine Faw Morris is the guest. Her debut novel, Young God, is now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.  Daniel Woodrell says "Young God is...

Episode 277 — Stacey D'Erasmo

14 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Stacey D'Erasmo is the guest. Her new novel, Wonderland, is now available fromHoughton Mifflin Harcourt. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, call...

Episode 276 — Megan Stielstra

11 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Megan Stielstra is the guest. Her new essay collection, Once I Was Cool, is now available from Curbside Splendor.   Roxane Gay says "In Once I Was ...

Episode 275 — Leslie Jamison

07 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Leslie Jamison is the guest. Her new collection of essays, entitled The Empathy Exams, is now available from Graywolf Press. The New York Times Book...

Episode 274 — Kathleen Rooney

04 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Rooney is the guest. Her new novel, O, Democracy!, is now available from Fifth Star Press. Jonathan Evison raves “O, Democracy! infuriat...

Episode 273 — Juliet Escoria

30 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Juliet Escoria is the guest. Her new story collection, Black Cloud, is now available from Civil Coping Mechanisms.   Adam Wilson says "Juliet Esco...

Episode 272 — Sommer Browning

27 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sommer Browning is the guest. Her new poetry collection, Backup Singers, is now available from Birds Publishing.   Mathias Svalina says "Sometimes...

Episode 271 — Josh Raab

23 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Raab is the guest. He is the founder of The Newer York Press, an experimental literary publisher based in Los Angeles.  Its latest title, The In...

Episode 270 — Justin Hocking

20 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Hocking is the guest. His new memoir, The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, is now available from Graywolf Press. It is the official April ...

Episode 269 — Labor Day Special

16 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Today's show features conversations with multiple authors, all of whom have contributed to a new anthology entitled Labor Day: True Birth Stories by ...

Episode 268 — Douglas Coupland

13 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Douglas Coupland is the guest. His new novel is called Worst. Person. Ever. and it is available now from Blue Rider Press. The Globe and Mail says ...

Episode 267 — T. Greenwood

09 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

T. Greenwood is the guest. Her latest novel, Bodies of Water, is now available from Kensington Books. Publishers Weekly says "Greenwood is a writer...

Episode 266 — Scott O'Connor

06 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Scott O'Connor is the guest. His new novel, Half World, is now available from Simon & Schuster.   The Daily Beast calls it "Gripping...The perfect...

Episode 265 — Rene Denfeld

02 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Rene Denfeld is the guest. She is an accomplished journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Oregonian, and other publications. ...

Episode 264 — Jacinda Townsend

30 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jacinda Townsend is the guest. Her new novel Saint Monkey is now available from W.W. Norton & Co. Roxane Gay says “Saint Monkey is an absolute ma...

Episode 263 — D. Foy

26 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

D. Foy is the guest. His debut novel, Made to Break, is now available from Two Dollar Radio. Anthony Swofford says "Reading D. Foy's prose is like ...

Episode 262 — Mary Beth Keane

23 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Beth Keane is the guest. Her latest novel, Fever, is now available from Scribner. The New York Times Book Review calls it “[A] tender, detai...

Episode 261 — Antonia Crane

19 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Antonia Crane is the guest. Her new memoir, Spent, is now available from Rare Bird Lit / A Barnacle Book.  Kirkus calls it "...revelatory, [an] una...

Episode 260 — Heather Christle

16 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Heather Christle is the guest. She was the recipient of the 2012 Believer Magazine Poetry Award for her collection entitled The Trees, The Trees (Oct...

Episode 259 — Catherine Lacey

12 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Catherine Lacey is the guest. Her debut novel, Nobody Is Ever Missing, is due out from FSG Originals in July 2014.  David Shields says "At the cent...

Episode 258 — Willy Vlautin

09 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Willy Vlautin is the guest. His new novel The Free is now available from Harper Perennial. It is the official March selection of The TNB Book Club. ...

Episode 257 — Natalie Baszile

05 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Natalie Baszile is the guest. Her debut novel, Queen Sugar, is now available from Pamela Dorman Books.  O Magazine says “In Queen Sugar, two bul...

Episode 256 — Adrianne Harun

02 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Adrianne Harun is the guest. Her new novel, A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain, is now available from Penguin. Jess Walter calls it “Mythic...

AWP 2014 Special — Live at The HTMLGIANT House

01 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

This special episode of the podcast was recorded spur-of-the-moment on the afternoon of February 28, 2014.  I had the chance to talk with some folks ...

Episode 255 — Kelcey Parker

26 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kelcey Parker is the guest. Her new novella, Liliane's Balcony: A Novella of Fallingwater, is now available from Rose Metal Press. Booklist says "...

Episode 254 — Randa Jarrar

23 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Randa Jarrar is the guest. Her debut novel, A Map of Home, is now available from Penguin. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, raves Jarrar's spa...

Episode 253 — Spencer Madsen

19 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Spencer Madsen is the guest. He is the founder of Sorry House, an independent press based in Brooklyn, and his new book of poetry, You Can Make Anyth...

Episode 252 — Nina McConigley

16 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Nina McConigley is the guest. Her debut story collection, Cowboys and East Indians, is now available from FiveChapters Books.  Antonya Nelson says...

Episode 251 — Aubrey Hirsch

12 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Aubrey Hirsch is the guest. Her story collection, Why We Never Talk About Sugar, is now available from Braddock Avenue Books. Matt Bell says "In Why ...

Episode 250 — Chris Parris-Lamb

09 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Parris-Lamb is the guest. He is a literary agent at The Gernert Company in New York City. His clients include Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding)...

Premium: Gina Frangello

06 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Gina Frangello is the guest. Her new novel, A Life in Men, is the official February selection of The TNB Book Club.  It is available now from Algonqu...

Episode 249 — Kyle Minor

05 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Minor is the guest. His new story collection, Praying Drunk, is now available from Sarabande Books. Publishers Weekly raves "Similar to a great ...

Episode 248 — Bill Cotter

02 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Cotter is the guest. His new novel, The Parallel Apartments, is now available from McSweeney's.  Heidi Julavits says "Reading Bill Cotter's The...

Episode 247 — Matthew Specktor

29 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Specktor is the guest. His novel, American Dream Machine, is now available from Tin House. Mona Simpson says "Joan Didion prophesied this nov...

Episode 246 — Michael J. Seidlinger

26 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Michael J. Seidlinger is the guest. He is the book reviews editor for Electric Literature and the founder of an independent press called Civil Coping ...

Episode 245 — Rachel Cantor

22 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Cantor is the guest. Her debut novel, A Highly Unlikely Scenario, Or, A Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World. Library Journal says...

Episode 244 — Hilton Als

19 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Hilton Als is the guest. His latest book, White Girls, is now available from McSweeney's—and it has just been nominated for the National Book Critic...

Premium: Gloria Harrison

16 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Gloria Harrison is the guest. She is a writer and a longtime contributor to The Nervous Breakdown, and in May of 2013 she was featured on This America...

Episode 243 — Jennifer Percy

15 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Percy is the guest. Her new book, Demon Camp, is available from Scribner.  It is the official January selection of The TNB Book Club. Dexter...

Episode 242 — Mary Miller

12 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Miller is the guest. Her debut novel, The Last Days of California, is available from Liveright. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, raves “...

Episode 241 — Elisa Gabbert

08 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Elisa Gabbert is the guest. Her new book, The Self Unstable, is now available from Black Ocean.  Teju Cole, writing for The New Yorker, says "I foun...

Episode 240 — Ravi Mangla

05 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Ravi Mangla is the guest. His new novella, Understudies, is now available from Outpost 19.  Laura van den Berg raves "Ravi Mangla's Understudies is ...

Episode 239 — James Scott

01 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

James Scott is the guest. His debut novel, The Kept, is available from Harper. Kirkus, in a starred review, says “Scott is both compassionate moral...

Episode 238 — Jennifer Michael Hecht

29 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

[Note:  I've decided to make this episode available without subscription so that people can listen to it and share it as easily as possible. -BL] Je...

Episode 237 — Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

25 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the guest. Her new memoir, The End of San Francisco, is now available from City Lights Books. Kirkus calls it "A blist...

Episode 236 — Olivia Laing

22 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Olivia Laing is the guest. Her new book The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking, is available from Picador. Publishers Weekly, in a starred r...

Ned Vizzini, 1981—2013

20 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This is my conversation with Ned, which first aired on December 16, 2012.  I wanted to make it available to those who love him and those who love his...

Episode 235 — Joyelle McSweeney

18 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Joyelle McSweeney is the guest. Her books include the poetry collection The Red Bird, and the novels Nylund, the Sarcographer and Flet. Recently, her ...

Episode 234 — Jonathan Miles

15 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Miles is the guest. His new novel, Want Not, is now available from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Dave Eggers, writing for The New York Times Boo...

Episode 233 — Karolina Waclawiak

11 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Karolina Waclawiak is the guest. Her debut novel, How to Get Into the Twin Palms, is now available from Two Dollar Radio. The New York Times Book Revi...

Episode 232 — Noah Cicero

08 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Noah Cicero is the guest. His new novel is called Go to Work and Do Your Job. Care for Your Children. Pay Your Bills. Obey the Law. Buy Products., and...

Episode 231 — Colum McCann

04 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Colum McCann is the guest. In 2009, he won the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin and this year published a new novel called T...

Episode 230 — Ben Brooks

01 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Brooks is the guest. His new novel, Lolito, is now available from Canongate Books. Nick Cave says "Lolito is the funniest, most horrible book I'v...

Episode 229 — Jamie Iredell

27 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Jamie Iredell is the guest. His new essay collection,  I Was a Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac, is now available from Future Tense. Scott McClan...

Episode 228 — Claire Vaye Watkins

24 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Vaye Watkins is the guest. Her debut story collection, Battleborn, is now available in paperback from Riverhead. Antonya Nelson, writing for T...

Episode 227 — Kevin Sampsell

20 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Sampsell is the guest. His debut novel, This is Between Us, is now available from Tin House Books. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins, says ...

Episode 226 — Daniel Alarcón

17 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Alarcón is the guest. His new novel, At Night We Walk in Circles, is now available from Riverhead Books. The New York Times Book Review calls ...