Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column
Episodes
917: Thomas Frank Returns to Agony
04 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Newt Gingrich Alters History
916: A Short Chat with Gary Shteyngart
03 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...the technology is outpacing our ability to absorb what it is doing to us..."
915: A 2010 Interview With Justin Cronin
02 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"A novel is itself a kind of dream."
914: Three Books with Alan Cheuse
29 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Allegra Goodman, 'The Cookbook Collector,' Noam Shpancer's 'The Good Psychologist' and Elie Wiesel 'The Sonderberg Case'
913: Brian and Wendy Froud at SF in SF on Monday, July 19, 2010: Q&A
28 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"The people you deal with at the publishers ... if they last the end of the week, you're lucky."
912: Brian and Wendy Froud at SF in SF on Monday, July 19, 2010: Panel
27 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Well, I thought if I do faeries then nobody's going to say that I've got it wrong."
911: A 2010 Interview with Brian and Wendy Froud
26 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"It's all about connection."
910: The Agony Column Live, July 10, 2010 : Alan Cheuse and Peter S. Beagle
20 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"There are certain phrases I'm leery of using; one's "the creative process" and the other is "inspiration." - Peter S. Beagle "Habit is the best thi...
909: A 2010 Interview with Phil Cousineau
19 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"..then I'll look up all those words that were arcane..."
908: The Agony Column Live, July 10, 2010: Cheuse
17 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Cheuse Reads "A Trance After Breakfast"
907: A 2006 Interview with Harvey Pekar
14 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Already, I was associated with one of the greatest cartoonists in the world."
906: The Agony Column Live, July 10, 2010: Beagle
13 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Intros and Peter S. Beagle Reads "The Stickball Witch"
905: A 2010 Interview with Aimee Bender
12 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"The daily details are extra-important..."
904: Three Books With Alan Cheuse
09 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
'Everything' by Kevin Canty, 'The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson' by Kim Stanley Robinson, and 'Glorious' by Bernice McFadden
903: The Agony Column Live, June 26, 2010 : Mollie Katzen and Anna Thomas, Part Two
08 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"'You should really write a cookbook,' and I thought, 'Yeah, that's a good idea...'"
902: The Agony Column Live, June 26, 2010 : Mollie Katzen and Anna Thomas, Part One
07 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Time to Get Cooking Because You Love Soup
901: A 2010 Live Interview With Abraham Verghese
06 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Literature has a wonderful ability to restore your imagination for the suffering of others."
900: A 2010 Live Interview With Sloane Crosley
03 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We Did Not Mention the Title of Her Essay 'Fuck You, Columbus'
899: Panel Discussion at SF in SF on June 12, 2010, with Seanan McGuire, Deborah Grabien and Terry Bisson
02 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Coke Black was just a horrible thing unleashed on an unsuspecting world."
898: Seanan McGuire Interviewed at SF in SF on June 12, 2010
29 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"If I have my unbreakables, I can set my conditionals."
897: A 2010 Conversation with Jennifer Egan
28 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"The characters and the action led the way... I was led into the future not so much because I was thinking, 'I want to write about the future,' but mo...
896: Deborah Grabien Interviewed at SF in SF on June 12, 2010
23 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I don't need the validation."
895: A 2010 Interview with Carlos Ruiz Zafon
22 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Zocalo Public Square
894: A 2010 Interview with Linda Greenlaw
21 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Well, I call him up and tell him I'm going to the Grand Banks and he pretty much signs himself right up."
893: Deborah Grabien Reads at SF in SF on June 12, 2010
16 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
'Dark's Tale' and 'London Calling'
892: Three Books With Alan Cheuse
15 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
'Lucy' by Laurence Gonzalez, 'Spies of the Balkans' by Alan Furst, 'A Visit From the Goon Squad' by Jennifer Egan
891: A 2010 Interview With Juliet Schor
14 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...We need to move to much more open, collaborative, sharing knowledge systems."
890: A 2009 Interview with Michael Swanwick
10 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I feel like something very large is laughing at me."
889: A 2010 Interview with Paul Provenza and Dan Dion
09 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I was raised to respect the printed word so much, when I was in school, I couldn’t highlight books..."
888: A 2010 Interview With China Mieville
08 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...I do like trying to change the voice book from book."
887: A 2010 Interview With Cory Doctorow
07 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"That's straight outta Heinlein"
886: Three Books With Alan Cheuse
04 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson, The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer, The Passage by Justin Cronin
885: The Agony Column Live
03 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A Panel Discussion with Guy Gavriel Kay and Zachary Mason, March 8, 2010
884: A 2010 Interview with Karl Marlantes
02 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"..these are common human foibles and failings, it's just that they get magnified in a combat, war situation..."
883: A 2010 Interview with David Grann
17 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"It turned out that for years, stuff was just based on wives' tales."
882: Guy Gavriel Kay Reads for The Agony Column Live on May 8, 2010
13 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"The longest and the shortest pieces."
881:Zachary Mason Reads for The Agony Column Live on May 8, 2010
12 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
: "The longest and the shortest pieces."
880: Terry Bisson, Gail Carriger and Blake Charlton at the SF in SF Panel, April 17, 2010
11 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...the machines of the Victorian age were built to last a very long time–" "Like the Titanic?"
879: A 2010 Interview with Dave Isay
10 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"We have an editorial team at StoryCorps who printed out probably four thousand transcripts."
878: A 2010 Interview with David Gordon
30 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Leading the Carmel Bach Festival
877: Gail Carriger Interviewed at SF in SF on April 17, 2010
30 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"It just makes no sense that one little island with terribly bad cuisine would take over the world."
876: Blake Charlton Interviewed at SF in SF on April 17, 2010
27 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Books that flirt with epic and hop into bed with endless just upset me so much."
875: A 2010 Interview with Yann Martel
26 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"So I choose to believe that this whole existence makes sense."
874: Thomas Frank Joins The Regulators
22 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Not Quite Richard Bachman
873: Gail Carriger Reads at SF in SF on Saturday, April 17, 2010
21 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Spellwright
872: Blake Charlton Reads at SF in SF on Saturday, April 17, 2010
20 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Spellwright
871: A 2010 Interview with Ian McEwan
19 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"This has been the most intensely-plotted novel I've ever written."
870: Behind the Reelwork Film Festival
14 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Labor, Film and Mayday
869: Three Books with Alan Cheuse
13 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
'Matterhorn' by Karl Marlantes, 'Lost; by Alice Lichtenstein, 'The Good Son' by Michael Gruber
868:A 2010 Interview With Jill Levine
12 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Overseeing Borges
867:A 2010 Interview with Hugh Raffles
08 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Insects become a way of making sense of the world."
866: Stephen Kessler and 'The Sonnets' by Jorge Luis Borges
07 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"All things Borgesian"
865: The VanderMeers on The New Weird
06 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A Brief History of Literary Movements
864: A 2009 Interview With Jonathan Lethem
05 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"The future doesn't arrive and replace the past, it just piles up alongside it."
863: Income Tax Help with Cynthia Leachmoore
02 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Anything that you can do to make it easier."
862: Speaking Frankly
01 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Frank Joins the Snake Flag Set
861: Panel Discussion SF in SF March 13, 2010
31 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Bisson, Malinda Lo, and Chaz Brenchley
860: A 2010 Interview with Jo Nesbo, Complete Interview
30 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...she could wake up the Bat Man who lives inside that tree..."
859: A 2010 Interview with Jo Nesbo, Part 2
30 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...she could wake up the Bat Man who lives inside that tree..."
858: A 2010 Interview with Jo Nesbo, Part 1
29 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I liked the look of the book, it had a pig's head on the cover."
857: A 2010 Interview with Jack Bowen
26 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
" I really wanted to get to the heart of America..."
856: Terry Bisson Interviewed at SF in SF on March 13, 2010
25 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm an open source guy, if they want to do it, it's all right with me ..."
855: Chaz Brenchley Interviewed at SF in SF on March 13, 2010
24 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A Not-So-Quick-Guide to Writing in China
854: Malinda Lo Interviewed at SF in SF on March 13, 2010
23 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"My version of Cinderella does not have a fairy godmother..."
853: A 2010 Interview with Stephen S. Hall
22 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"..receptivity to new or contradictory knowledge is really important..."
852: Lou Anders, Pyr at 5, Round 2
19 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Ringing in the Changes
851: A 2010 Interview with Alta Ifland and Stephen Kessler
18 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I had to do it; it was a way of both coming to terms with the experience, of documenting the experience, of commemorating it..."
850: SF in SF, Saturday, March 13, 2010 : Chaz Brenchley / Daniel Fox Reads at SF in SF
17 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Dragon in Chains
849: SF in SF, Saturday, March 13, 2010 : Malinda Lo Reads at SF in SF
16 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Ash
848: A 2010 Interview with Elif Shafak
15 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I know that culture that exists in my country, that is carried on by women, generations of women."
847: A Conversation with Thomas Frank
12 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Playing Monopoly and Revising History
846: Lou Anders, Pyr at Five, and DragonCon
11 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Vampire Fang Installation Nightmares
845: A 2010 Interview With Rusty Morrison and Ken Keegan
10 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
OmniDawn Rises
844: A 2010 Interview with Paul McHugh
09 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"..the strengths of good writing go all the way, across all the genres..."
843: A 2010 Interview with Joe Hill
08 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Eventually, the wicked and the unworthy will get their just desserts on the business end of the Devil's pitchfork."
842: Four Books With Alan Cheuse
05 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Thrillers
841: A 2010 Interview with Victoria Blake
04 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Something pithy this way comes
840: A 2010 Interview with Joe R. Lansdale
03 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Riding the Drive In Omnibus
839: Laurie R. King, Jedediah Berry and Terry Bisson at SF in SF
02 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond BoucherCon
838: A 2010 Interview with Adam Haslett
01 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"With her, and with each character, how does the rhythm create a kind of musical argument?"
837: A 2010 Interview with Dan Simmons
26 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Is this one fiction? Is that one fiction?"
836: A 2010 Interview with Keith Thomson
25 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"They hate the word 'drone,' but they're losing that battle."
835: Laurie R. King Interviewed at SF in SF on February 13, 2010
24 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Is this one fiction? Is that one fiction?"
834: Jedediah Berry Interviewed at SF in SF, February 13, 2010
23 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...being at Small Beer has actually introduced whole worlds to me ..."
833: A 2009 Interview with Graeme Gibson
22 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"Our common humanity, our common culture, will help make the connections."
832: John Callahan and Adam Bradley and 'Three Days before the Shooting'
19 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I've moved through the phases of my own life, and I find those phases mirrored in the characters of this novel." – John Callahan "...capable of b...
831: Speaking Frankly With Thomas Frank : From Tea to Shining Tea
18 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"When I think about what I'm saying, it's so depressing..."
830: Laurie R. King Reads at SF in SF on February 13, 2010
17 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"...as real as Sherlock Holmes..."
829: Jedediah Berry Reads at SF in SF on February 13, 2010
16 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The Manual of Detection
828: A 2010 Interview With Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni
15 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
: "I have to work through the novel and then it comes to me, how it's going to end."
827: A 2010 Interview With Tom Ammiano
12 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"It just looks like there's a perfect storm of political will..."
826: A 2010 Interview With Sam Farr
11 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"The money came from Washington, but the uses for that money came from the local community."
825: Speaking Frankly
10 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Frank on Re-Populism and Re-Launching The Baffler
824: A 2009 Interview with David Drake (Complete)
09 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I didn't have a governor ... that is ... anything, endgame, was me killing somebody."
823:A 2009 Interview with David Drake(2/2)
09 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I didn't have a governor ... that is ... anything, endgame, was me killing somebody."
822: A 2009 Interview with David Drake (1/2)
08 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm still screwed up, but not nearly as badly as I was."
821: Three(?) Books With Alan Cheuse
05 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Too Much Money, Dominick Dunne; The Privileges, Jonathan Dee; Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic; The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak; Wild Child, T. C. Bo...
820: A 2010 Interview with Josh Sundquist
04 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
"It was a really amazing testament to the power of small-town America and to the power of organized religion at its best."
819: Remembering Kage Baker
03 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
The View From Spyglass Park
818: SF in SF, January 16, 2010
02 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
A Panel Discussion with Terry Bisson, Jeff Carlson and Nancy Etchemendy