Reading the Room
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Sheila Heti, "Alphabetical Diaries"
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Alice McDermott, "Absolution"
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Beauty, Drag, & Halloween w/ Mona Awad ("Rouge")
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Bryan Washington, "Family Meal"
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Justin Torres, "Blackouts"
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Body Horror, Religion, & Working Class Narratives w/ Elle Nash ("Deliver Me")
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Body-Swapping, Marriage, & Art w/ Isle McElroy ("People Collide")
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Monstrous Women w/ Deesha Philyaw, Chana Porter, Chantal V. Johnson & Kristel Buckley ("Peach Pit")
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Survival, Solitude, & Middlemarch w/ Lauren Groff ("The Vaster Wilds")
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Sacred Queer Books & Merch Collab w/ CJ Reads
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Superpowers and Extinction w/ Hilary Leichter ("Terrace Story")
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Mating by Norman Rush with Lauren Oyler
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Trauma Plots & Lana Del Rey w/ Kyle Dillon Hertz ("The Lookback Window")
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Memory & Child Narrators w/ Khashayar J. Khabushani ("I Will Greet the Sun Again")
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Family Dramas, Autofiction, & Humor w/ Andrew Ridker ("Hope")
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Vampires & Silicon Valley w/ Daniel Hornsby ("Sucker")
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Workplace Horror & Black Holes w/ Sarah Rose Etter ("Ripe")
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Absurdity in Fiction w/ Matthew Binder ("Pure Cosmos Club")
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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The Brandon Taylor Interview | Reading the Room Podcast
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Heavy Metal & Coming of Age Tales w/ John Wray ("Gone to the Wolves")
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Separating Art from the Artist w/ Claire Dederer ("Monsters")
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Domestic Fiction & Crafting a Story Collection w/ Andrew Porter ("The Disappeared")
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Fandom, Surrealism, & Literature w/ Esther Yi ("Y/N")
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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The Jonathan Franzen Interview
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Book Club: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Novelizing Reality & True Crime w/ Tiffany McDaniel ("On the Savage Side")
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Altering History & Metanarratives w/ Catherine Lacey ("Biography of X")
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Siblings, Queerness, & Literary Horror w/ Richard Mirabella ("Brother & Sister Enter the Forest")
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Crafting a Murder Mystery w/ Rebecca Makkai ("I Have Some Questions for You")
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Patreon & Book Club Updates
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Short Fiction About Real People w/ Kathryn Scanlan ("Kick the Latch")
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Love Stories with Noelle Gallagher
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Maggie Millner, "Couplets"
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Billy-Ray Belcourt, "A Minor Chorus"
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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2023 Podcast Plans and Q&A!
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Most Anticipated Books of 2023 with CJ Reads
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Tom Crewe, "The New Life"
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Top 5 Books of 2022 with CJ Reads!
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt Live Discussion!
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Allie Rowbottom, "Aesthetica"
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Chantal V. Johnson, "Post-traumatic"
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Mona Awad, "All's Well" | The Halloween Special
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Amina Cain, "A Horse at Night"
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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The Ottessa Moshfegh Interview
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Ainslie Hogarth, "Motherthing"
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Andrew Sean Greer, "Less is Lost"
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Tess Gunty, "The Rabbit Hutch"
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Sidik Fofana, "Stories from the Tenants Downstairs"
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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2022 Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction w/ Bernie Lombardi
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Anna Hogeland, "The Long Answer"
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Books as Objects w/ CJ Reads
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Kayla Maiuri, "Mother in the Dark"
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Antonia Angress, "Sirens & Muses"
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Hernan Diaz, "Trust"
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Book Club: Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh (Live w/ Kiran @kiranreader)
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Video of this discussion: https://youtu.be/jF-U5f7MpacEmail: [email protected]: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/G...
Book Club: Either/Or by Elif Batuman (Live w/ Alex @whatpageareyouon)
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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K-Ming Chang, "Gods of Want"
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Paul Dalla Rosa, "An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life"
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Book Club: Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman (Live with CJ Reads)
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Lillian Fishman, "Acts of Service"
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Dystopian Fiction & Feminist Essays with Hannah May
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Literary Prizes with Hunter (@shelfbyshelf)
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Trauma Plot with CJ Reads
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Cara Blue Adams, "You Never Get It Back"
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Lauren Oyler, "Fake Accounts"
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Julia May Jonas, "Vladimir"
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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