In this double-LP episode one spectacular, James and Laura discuss her latest novel, FIND ME, her unusual path to becoming a writer, why Florida wants to murder you, and why she's not smiling. Plus Emily Bell, senior editor at FSG, chats about her job and upcoming titles.

Laura and James mention:

THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER Kurt Cobain Courtney Love riot grrrls "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried" by Amy Hempel Lorrie Moore Edward P. Jones Charles Baxter Flannery O'Connor Alice Munro Philip F. Deaver Margot Livesey REVENGE by Yoko Ogawa SHIP FEVER by Andrea Barrett L'AVVENTURA directed by Michelangelo Antonioni THE PASSENGER directed by Michelangelo Antonioni FARGO directed by the Coen brothers Robert Frost EVERYDAY-GENIUS.COM LAST LAST CHANCE by Fiona Maazel THE FLAME ALPHABET by Ben Marcus THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS by Grace Krilanovich THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Lewis Carroll THE SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY by Jeff VanderMeer THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING by Melissa Bank Nayon Cho Emily and James mention: THREATS by Amelia Gray AM/PM by Amelia Gray Featherproof Books Riverhead Books Laura van den Berg Margot Livesey NOBODY IS EVER MISSING by Catherine Lacey Sean McDonald PULPHEAD by John Jeremiah Sullivan Frank Bill Lindsay Hunter THE QUICK AND THE DEAD by Joy Williams PURITY by Jonathan Franzen PULL ME UNDER by Kelly Luce A Strange Object THREE SCENARIOS IN WHICH HANA SASAKI GROWS A TAIL by Kelly Luce HURT PEOPLE by Cote Smith ONE STORY tkpod.com ___ [email protected] ___ facebook.com/tkwithjs