A talk with writer Avner Landes about his forthcoming novel, The Delegation, and other matters.

Preorder the new book and read my review of his first one.

I read the title story from Carver's great book.

A conversation between Dmitry Samarov and Jasmon Drain about Samarov's Making Pictures is How I Talk to the World at Tangible Books in Chicago, 8/24/24.

A talk with writer Eugene Marten about the re-release of Layman's Report and other matters.

A talk with artist/writer Maggie Umber about her nearly-wordless book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves.

A couple pages from Eugene Marten's Layman's Report.

Read my review of the book.

Background music by Emily Robb.

A wide-ranging talk with novelist/screenwriter Bruce Wagner.

Order his new book and read my review of his previous one.

I read an essay Willem De Kooning wrote in 1950 that is included in a tiny book I bought from the collection of Tom Verlaine.

A talk with Scott Schaaf about growing up in the Quad Cities and ending up in Chicago to eventually open his great record store, Pinwheel Records, in Pilsen.

A hundred-seventy-nine-line list from Georges Perec's Life: A User's Manual that is a kind of skeleton key or cheat sheet for the whole book.