Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column
Episodes
1778: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 170: Roz Chast
08 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
1776: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 169: Alan Furst
08 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Midnight in Europe
1777: A 2014 Interview with Alan Furst
30 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...certain periods are echoic..."
1775: A 2014 Interview with Sarah Lotz
27 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...people need answers..."
1774: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 168: Sarah Lotz
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Three
1773:A 2014 Interview with Steven Galloway
21 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...so much has been written about Harry Houdini..."
1572: Thomas Frank on Parlor Tricks
18 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"Off With Their Heads!"
1571: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 167: Steven Galloway
18 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Confabulist
1569: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 166 : Geoff Dyer
18 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush
1570: A 2014 Interview with Geoff Dyer
15 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"..but it was as nothing compared to the noise of planes landing..."
1568: A 2014 Interview with Colson Whitehead
09 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...I won five dollars, and from then on..."
1567: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 165: Colson Whitehead
08 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky and Death
1566: A 2014 Interview with Kaui Hart Hemmings
01 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"I burned that copy and started fresh."
1565: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 164: Kaui Hart Hemmings
31 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Possibilties
1564: A 2014 Interview with Kent A. Kiehl
25 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"How do you measure the cost of those sixteen homicides?"
1563: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 163: Kent A. Kiehl, PhD
21 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience
1562: A 2014 Interview with Justin Go
18 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"... there was always something that had to happen ..."
1561: A 2014 Interview with Jeff VanderMeer, 'Authority' Edition
15 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...the land people don't talk to the sky people don't talk to the water people..."
1560: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 162: Justin Go
13 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Steady Running of the Hour
1559: A 2014 Interview with Matt Taibbi
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"... the biggest bank robbery in the history of the world ..."
1558: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 161: Matt Taibbi
06 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
1557: A 2014 Interview with Ben Tarnoff
04 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"How do you build a time machine? And it feels like narrative is the best way to do that."
1556: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 160: Ben Tarnoff
03 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature
1555: A 2014 Interview with Ayelet Waldman
01 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...I was a kid in a candy store coming up with these characters..."
1554: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 159: Ayelet Waldman
29 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Love and Treasure
1553: A 2014 Interview with Mona Simpson
26 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"I think love stories do have a lot of terror in them."
1551: A 2014 Interview with Lorrie Moore
26 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"..when you read really trashy newspapers about people killing each other and all, they're usually in the midst of a divorce."
1550: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 157: Lorrie Moore
26 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Bark
1552: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 158: Mona Simpson
23 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Casebook
1549: A 2014 Interview with Michael Katakis
16 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"..we haven't lived up to what people's illusions and dreams are..."
1548: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 156: Michael Katakis
16 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A Thousand Shards of Glass
1547: A 2014 Interview with David Rich
16 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...so much is known so quickly..."
1546: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 155: David Rich
01 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Middle Man
1545: A 2014 Interview with Carol Cassella
29 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"... we could provide good care for everyone..."
1544: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 154: Carol Cassella
26 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Gemini
1543:A 2005 Interview with Lucius Shepard
26 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"It's an urban war in Iraq."
1542: A 2014 Interview with Dave Barry
20 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...you have the right to demand that they grope your genitals manually..."
1541: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 153: Dave Barry
19 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About
1540: Three Books With Alan Cheuse
17 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Spencer, 'Starting Over: Stories'; James Magnuson, 'Famous Writers I Have Known'; Dasa Drndic 'Trieste'
1539: A 2014 Interview with Ian Rankin
11 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...I knew that he would not want to leave the police force..."
1538: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 152: Ian Rankin
10 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Saints of the Shadow Bible
1537: A 2014 Interview with Michio Kaku
04 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"But I'm a physicist..."
1536: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 151: Michio Kaku
02 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind
1535: A 2014 Interview with Annie Jacobsen
25 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"Hitler's top scientists became America's own."
1534: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 150: Annie Jacobsen
23 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America
1533: A 2014 Interview with Jeff VanderMeer, Part 2
23 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...still clear distribution lines for books...."
1532: A 2014 Interview with Jeff VanderMeer, Part 1
21 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...obviously, something is subverting the landscape..."
1531: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 149: Jeff VanderMeer
21 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Annihilation
1530: A 2014 Interview with Jenny Offill
14 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"..where did the rest of me go?"
1529: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 148: Jenny Offill
13 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Dept. of Speculation
1528: A 2014 Interview with Kelly Corrigan
10 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"You just hope you get to have that whole second act with your children."
1527: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 147: Kelly Corrigan
08 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Glitter and Glue
1526: A 2014 Interview with Jeff Hertzberg, M.D. and Zoe Francois
06 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"I knew it wouldn't work."
1525: A 2014 Interview with Jane Pauley
03 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"..it suddenly hit me; I almost cried..."
1524: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 146: Jane Pauley
02 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life
1523: A 2014 Interview with John Rizzo
29 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"Even inside the bubble, you find yourself fairly alone..."
1522: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 145: John Rizzo
25 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Company Man: Thirty Years of Crisis and Controversy in the CIA
1521: A 2014 Interview with Riane Eisler
24 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"Our policies, especially in the United States, are completely insane..."
1520: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 144: Riane Eisler
22 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Chalice and the Blade
1519: A 2014 Interview with Chang-rae Lee
20 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...that floating quality to the voice that I enjoyed ..."
1518: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 143: Chang-rae Lee
19 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On Such a Full Sea
1517: Chang-rae Lee Live at Bookshop Santa Cruz
19 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...the odd ends of human moments..."
1516: A 2014 Phone Interview with Nathan Ballingrud
16 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"..a brush with the supernatural..."
1515: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 142: Nathan Ballingrud
16 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
North American Lake Monsters
1514: A 2014 Interview with David Sedaris
12 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...three more steps, and you're at a komodo dragon eating a live deer."
1513: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 141: David Sedaris
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
1512: A 2013 Interview with Tad Williams
05 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm in it, and it's like asking fish about water."
1511: A 2013 Phone Interview with Russell Banks
03 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
"...my dominant interest in writing stories has to do with character."
1510: Three Books With Alan Cheuse, Special Edition
03 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Horror Genre in 2013
1509: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 140: Tad Williams
03 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Hour in Hell
1508: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 139: Russell Banks
01 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A Permanent Member of the Family
1507: A 2012 Interview with T. C. Boyle
29 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm the type of writer for whom anything can be a story."
1506: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 138: TC Boyle
26 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
TC Boyle Stories II
1505: A 2013 Phone Interview with Bill Sessions
22 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...it gives a realism to what I think is this ideal searching..."
1564: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 137: Bill Sessions
17 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Flannery O'Connor, 'A Prayer Journal'
1563: A 2013 Phone Interview with Frank Schaetzing
13 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"If you write about the future you have to face that the whole world has changed.
1562: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 136: Frank Schaetzing
12 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
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1561: A 2013 Phone Interview with Edward Gauvin
08 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"Fantastic stories have to move on this invisible slippage..."
1560: A 2013 Interview with Susan Stinson
02 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"The rhetorical moves are unbelievable."
1559: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 135: Susan Stinson
01 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Spider in a Tree
1558: A 2013 Phone Interview with Jeff VanderMeer
27 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm highly visual as a writer."
1557: A 2013 Interview with Anne and Christopher Rice
27 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I wrote with the door open, and he'd see me..."
1556: A 2013 Interview with Christopher Rice
21 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"And that meant three major characters didn't make the cut."
1555: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 134: Christopher Rice
20 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Heavens Rise
1554: A 2013 Interview with Anne Rice
19 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not really bestiality, it's just sleeping with a very hairy individual."
1553: Three Books with Alan Cheuse
18 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Littlell, 'A Nasty Piece of Work' ; Gene Kerrigan, 'Dark Times in the City' ; Robert Stone, 'Death of the Black-Haired Girl'
1552: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 133: Anne Rice
18 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Wolves of Midwinter
1551: A 2013 Interview with Dan Simmons
10 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"Tibet, in those days, was truly unknown..."
1550: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 132: Dan Simmons
08 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Abominable
1549: A 2013 Interview with Bill Bryson
03 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"It was the most amazingly eventful and magical summer..."
1548: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 131: Bill Bryson
01 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
One Summer: America, 1927
1547: A 2013 Interview with Margaret Atwood
28 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"There isn't a general agreement about what normal and good is."
1546: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 130: Margaret Atwood
26 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
MaddAddam
1545: Three Books With Alan Cheuse
26 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen King, 'Doctor Sleep' ; Ann Rice, 'The Wolves of Midwinter' ; Michael Gruber, 'The Return'
1544: A 2013 Interview with Hannah Kent
24 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...it felt like some kind of kinship..."
1543: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 129: Hannah Kent
22 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Burial Rites
1542: A 2013 Interview with Paul Harding
20 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm just there to take it down..."
1541: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 126: Paul Harding
19 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Enon
1540: A 2013 Interview with Nicholson Baker
17 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...I did all sorts of things to get the voiceiness..."
1539: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 127: Nichjolson Baker
16 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Traveling Sprinkler