It took Amanda Goldblatt eight years to write her debut novel, HARD MOUTH. The result is a brilliantly inventive work combining style with emotional impact and classic storytelling. She and James talk about their long friendship, cutting the apocalypse, summoning (or not) imaginary beings, making rules for novels, and remembering the books they read as kids. Plus, Amanda's agent from Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Caroline Eisenmann.

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Amanda Goldblatt: https://amandagoldblatt.com/

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Amanda and James discuss:

Washington University

THE CUPBOARD

Eugene Pallette

Caroline Eisenmann

Turner Classic Movies

POND by Claire-Louise Bennett

MY MAN GODFREY

HATCHET by Gary Paulsen

THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann David Wyss

Harry Potter

THE HUNGER GAMES

E.T.

J Dilla

VOX

Notorious B.I.G.

Andre 3000

MF Doom

Talib Kweli

Kerri Webster

Gordon Lish

Gary Lutz

Amy Hempel

Sam Lipsyte

Christine Schutt

"The Sentence is a Lonely Place" by Gary Lutz

Jim Shepard

Mary Ruefle

Tim O'Brien

Marilynne Robinson

Denis Johnson

Cormac McCarthy

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Caroline Eisenmann: https://goldinlit.com/agents/

Caroline and James discuss:

NOON

James Salyer

Mary Gaitskill

Annie Proulx

Ottessa Moshfegh

Halle Butler

Claire Messud

Nell Zink

Garth Greenwell

Jack Kerouac

Ernest Hemingway

I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM by Peter Kispert

ICM

GOING DUTCH by James Gregor

Simon & Schuster

THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NATHANIEL P by Adelle Waldman

THE LONGING FOR LESS: LIVING WITH MINIMALILSM by Kyle Chayka

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