Still a bit high on her PBS debut, Hannah gives us some backstory on her "Stories from the Stage" experience before we dive into what we're reading. From there it's "wearing books like clothes," Elmore Leonard, an extended bit on Rebecca Makkai (it's "Jackal" Sam is thinking of, which also isn't about a podcaster), and a brief aside about our general dislike of epistolary novels, before we launch into how great Kelly Link is. Seriously, her new book of short stories is GREAT (is she the most famous short story-only writer going today?). What's not great? Slack. But there's a whole book written in Slack messages. Which triggers a pretty long digression. Sorry about that. But stick around for the finish, cuz we've got some thoughts on "Beyond That, the Sea."