Kim Dower is the author of What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria.

We chat channeling our characters, why poetry gets a bad rap, visiting Baudelaire’s grave, and so much more.

Recorded hours before the fires in LA and due to my lack of sleep and processing all of the events I didn’t record an intro and used the direct audio from the radio show broadcast. Prayers for all in Los Angeles affected and hope for speedy recovery.

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Joe Clifford is the author of Shadow People and many other books.

We discuss the esoteric ways of writing novels, what success and failure in life can be, how high stakes alleviates anxiety, and so much more.

Join us for Book Smash January 2025 as we read and discuss Berlin Blues by Sven Regener.

Happy New Year and welcome to episode 300 of the reboot of Drinks with Tony.

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Hal Hartley is one of the kings of indie cinema with films like Henry Fool and The Girl From Monday. I taped this about 20 years ago at Dalva in San Francisco. Very happy to find the tape and put it out into the wild again.

Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is

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Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk.

This week I dive into greedy eyeballs of actors at industry screenings, how to make left turns in Los Angeles, Knocking on doors as a Jehovah’s Witness, nostalgia for kicking cars of shit drivers, and so much more.

Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is

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From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane’s Book Smash.

It’s my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and some guests, a guide to improving your focus, yammering about Alexandre Dumas, Michel Houllebecq, Henry Miller, Elfriede Jelinek, Marcel Proust, Sayaka Murata, Andrew Miller, Alexander Boldizar, Thomas Perry, Mark Haskell Smith, and more.

Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is

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David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel.

We discuss Tim O’Brien’s Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to find authenticity as an artist, John Travolta from Look Who’s Talking to Pulp Fiction, Knut Hamsun and traveling through Norway, snd so much more.

November 2024 – Read Along with Tony

December 2024 – Read Along with Tony

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Diego Gerard Morrison is the author of Pages of Mourning.

We chat the ups and downs of translating novels, the literary scene in Mexico City, how living on a remote farm as a kid made him an insatiable reader, and so much more.

November 2024 – Read Along with Tony

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Jean-Paul L. Garnier is the author of Cardboard Spaceship. He also owns Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree.

We talk Czech writers, starting a bookstore and publishing company, why living in the desert reminds you of how insignificant we are in the universe, how quantum physics can help you find god, and so much more.

Read Along with Tony DuShane

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Sacha Mardou is the author of Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy, A Graphic Memoir.

We discuss growing up in crazy families and religions, Internal Family Systems therapy, the violence porn of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Pillowgate, and so much more….it’s loads of laughs and a wail of weeping.

Read Along with Tony DuShane

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