Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column
Episodes
1532: A 2013 Interview with Connie Willis
30 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...you have so little control and not nearly enough information..."
1531: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 123: Connie Willis
29 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
'Blackout' and 'All Clear'
1530: A 2013 Interview With Marisha Pessl
26 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"... there is this mad need to leave your story behind..."
1529: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 122: Marisha Pessl
25 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Night Film
1528: A 2013 Phone Interview with Jojo Moyes
23 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"It never happens on the page ... I have to plot really carefully."
1527: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 121: Jojo Moyes
19 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Girl You Left Behind
1526: A 2013 Interview with Ian Tregillis
19 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"Gretl actually knew everything I knew..."
1525: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 120: Ian Tregillis
18 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Milkweed Triptych
1524: A 2013 Interview with Margot Leitman
15 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...the girl forever in the bottom half of a chicken-fight..."
1523: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 120: Margot Leitman
13 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase
1522: A 2013 Interview with Alfredo Corchado
12 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...they're going to kill an American journalist and I think it's you..."
1521: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 118: Alfredo Corchado
11 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
1520: A 2013 Interview with Benjamin Percy
08 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...I grew up eating bear, that's why I sound like this..."
1519: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 117: Benjamin Percy
05 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Red Moon
1518: A 2013 Interview with Walter Mosley
25 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I let him go over and I was comfortable with that..."
1517: A 2013 Phone Interview with Marisha Pessl
24 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...a modern sense of a dark odyssey..."
1516: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 116: Walter Mosley
21 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Little Green
1515: A 2013 Phone Interview with Alfredo Corchado
19 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I keep using the phrase 'hope and dread'...."
1514: A 2013 Interview with Ivy Pochoda
19 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I like when the inexplicable follows certain rules."
1513: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 115: Ivy Pochoda
16 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Visitation Street
1510: A 2013 Interview with Gabriel Roth
09 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...going to parties and not really knowing how to have ordinary interactions with people..."
1509: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 113: Gabiel Roth
08 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Unknowns
1508: A 2013 Interview with Lisa Lutz
05 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I follow most of the laws, right?"
1507: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 112: Lisa Lutz
03 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Last Word
1506: A 2013 Interview with Koethi Zan
02 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...some people were surprised that I could be writing such dark material and then lead the rest of my life..."
1505: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 111: Koethi Zan
31 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Never List
1504: A 2013 Interview with Andrew Sean Greer
29 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"Is there an essential self?"
1503: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 110: Andrew Sean Greer
28 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
1502: A 2013 Interview with Brendan I. Koerner
22 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...they didn't even make hijacking a crime..."
1501: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 109: Brendan I. Koerner
21 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
1500: A 2013 Interview with Austin Grossman
20 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...in videogames, you're constantly having to re-think what your idea of story is..."
1499: Time to Read Ep 108: Austin Grossman
17 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
You
1498: A 2013 Interview with Ryan Coonerty
14 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...being naked can be a pretty scary thing..."
1497: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 107: Ryan Coonerty
13 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Rise of the Naked Economy: How to Benefit from the Changing Workplace
1496: A 2013 Interview with Helene Wecker
11 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...there is no template golem, they're all different..."
1495: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 106: Helene Wecker
11 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Golem and the Jinni
1494: A 2013 Interview with Joe Hill
11 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"..comedy and horror are almost the same thing, it's just the lighting is different."
1482: A 2013 Interview with Michael Pollan
08 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"The culture of barbecue is highly Balkanized."
1493: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 105: Joe Hill
30 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
NOS4A2
1492: A 2013 Interview with Nathaniel Rich
28 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...he told me about this new job in high-level catastrophe risk consulting."
1491: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 104: Nathaniel Rich
26 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Odds Against Tomorrow
1490: A 2013 Interview with Annalee Newitz
24 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...what helped most of all was thinking about really good science fiction..."
1489: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 103: Annalee Newitz
24 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
1488: Podcast Extra: Higher Mysteries
22 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie R. King, Sharan Newman, Julia Spencer-Fleming and Zoe Ferraris
1487: A 2013 Interview with Zoe Ferraris
22 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I wanted to create a man based on people I knew when I was there...""
1486: A 2013 Interview with Julia Spencer-Fleming
21 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"What I find fascinating is the repairative nature of solving the crime..."
1485: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 102: Higher Mysteries
21 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie R. King, Sharan Newman, Julia Spencer-Fleming and Zoe Ferraris
1484: A 2013 Interview with Sharan Newman
20 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...Jews and Christians did mingle a lot, but there was still the tension..."
1483: Podcast Extra: Laurie R. King Explores Higher Mysteries
19 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"In crime, we're dealing with passions."
1481: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 101: Michael Pollan
15 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
1475: A 2013 Interview with Kate Atkinson
12 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm still in the war zone..."
1480: A 2013 interview with Robin Sloan
12 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"These people deserve to be part of these stories."
1477: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 100: Karen Joy Fowler
12 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
1476: Podcast Extra: Karen Joy Fowler Preview Interview
12 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"My father was a psychologist."
1479: A 2013 Interview with Karen Joy Fowler
10 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"We all question ourselves from time to time."
1478: Podcast Extra: Matt Taibbi on Oil Price Fixing and Wall Street Reform
10 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...this entire debate can come down to sematics..."
1474: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 99: Kate Atkinson
29 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Life After Life
1472: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 98: John Langan
23 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Wide Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies
1471: A 2013 Interview with Mary Roach
13 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I'd done a story on flatulence..."
1470: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 97: Mary Roach
12 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Gulp.
1469: Mary Robinette Kowal Reads "Evil Robot Monkey" at SF in SF on April 20, 2013
09 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...not that there's anything remotely Regency about evil robot monkeys..."
1468: A 2013 Interview with Glennon Doyle Melton
06 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
:"Ironically, confession is a little bit addictive."
1467: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 96: Glennon Doyle Melton
04 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Carry On, Warrior
1466: A 2013 Telephone Interview with Benjamin Percy
04 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I was thinking about what we fear right now."
1465: Rick Klaw Reads at SF in SF on April 20, 2013
02 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...those are the kind of people that don’t get work anymore..."
1464: A 2013 Interview with Ben Katchor
29 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...people are hesitant to make their own building into a ruin..."
1463: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 95: Ben Katchor
28 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hand Drying in America
1462: Thomas Frank from The Easy Chair and Harper's Magazine: TV's DC Fantasies
27 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"... basically, everyone is corrupt ..."
1454: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 91: Lawrence Wright
27 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief
1462: A 2013 Interview with Danielle Trussoni
22 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I wanted it to be accurate...absolutely accurate."
1461: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 94: Danielle Trussoni
21 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Angelopolis
1460: Matt Richtel, Sophie Littlefield and Terry Bisson at SF in SF on February 9, 2013
18 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"You cannot do this all day long." Sophie Littlefield
1459: A 2013 Interview with Stephen Kessler
16 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"..knit a formal coherence by way of sound and rhythm..."
1458: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 93: Stephen Kessler
14 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Scratch Pegasus
1457: Matt Richtel Reads at SF in SF on February 9, 2013
10 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm much more interested in the mental miasma..."
1456: A 2013 Interview with Ruth Ozeki
09 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...through the act of writing, she would somehow conjure the reader into being..."
1455: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 92: Ruth Ozeki
07 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A Tale for the Time Being
1453: Three Books With Alan Cheuse
05 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
'A Tale for the Time Being' by Ruth Ozeki, 'Odds Against Tomorrow' by Nathaniel Rich and 'Pandemonium' by Warren Fahy
1452: A 2013 Interview with MacKenzie Bezos
03 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...without intention or recognition, we're playing important roles in the lives of other people..."
1450: A 2013 Interview with Patrice Vecchione
03 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...a lot of my work in the first draft looks like prose..."
1451: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 90: Mackenzie Bezos
02 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Traps
1386: A 2012 Interview with Tom Wolfe
28 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"This is not a how-to book."
1449: A 2013 Interview with Hugh Howey
25 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...the great thing about dystopia is that you get to wear down the world ..."
1448: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 89: Hugh Howey
24 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Wool
1442: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 88: Karen Russell
24 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
1447: A 2008 Interview With Nathaniel Rich
21 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"I spent a long time reducing the craziness factor..."
1446: A 2008 NPR First Books Report on 'The Mayor's Tongue'
21 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
First Books for NPR
1445: A 2013 Interview with Lawrence Wright
17 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...there's a psychic wound that couldn't heal..."
1444: Sophie Littlefield Reads from 'Aftertime' at SF in SF on February 9, 2013
14 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"These characters are called beaters..."
1443: A 2013 Interview with Karen Russell
12 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...we've made these strange mirrors...."
1441: Three Books With Alan Cheuse
07 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Gene Kerrigan, 'Rage' ; Stephen Dobyns, 'The Burn Palace' ; Yoko Ogawa, 'Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales'
1440: A 2013 Interview with Robert R. McCammon
05 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"When I was a kid, I remember reading a book, and when it ended, it was sad to me..."
1439: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 87: Robert R. McCammon
03 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
I Travel By Night
1438: A 2013 Interview with Steven Gould
01 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...it came out of what-if..."
1437: A 2013 Interview with Laura J. Mixon
27 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"...we'd have to change ourselves..."
1436: A 2013 Interview with Gregory D. Johnsen
25 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"..he would shell somebody with one hand and then embrace them with the other..."
1435: Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 86: Gregory D.Johnsen
23 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia
1434: A 2013 Interview with Leslie Klinger
22 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"We're hoping for a streamlined procedure..."
1433: A 2013 Interview with Siobhan Fallon, Amy Kossow, Chad Deverman and Arwen Anderson
20 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"We're looking at the shape of the text on the page..."-Amy Kossow
1432: A 2013 Interview with Dave Barry
18 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"Where's the beef, Mr. Lama?"