The guest is Cecil Castellucci.  She's the author of several novels for young adults, the most recent of which is First Day on Earth, now available from Scholastic Press. Kirkus calls it "a simple, tender work that speaks to the ... Continue reading →

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Happy New Year, everybody!  The guest today is Dana Spiotta.  She's the author of three novels:  Lightning Field, Eat the Document (a finalist for the National Book Award), and, most recently, Stone Arabia, now available from Scribner. Publishers Weekly calls ... Continue reading →

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Today's guest is Jamal Joseph, author of the memoir Panther Baby, which details his coming of age within the Black Panther movement during the 1960s and '70s—a journey that took him to Riker's Island and Leavenworth prisons before ultimately leading ... Continue reading →

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Ben Loory is the guest.  He's the author of the debut collection Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, now available from Penguin.  Long a favorite of small zine readers in print and online, as well as a longtime ... Continue reading →

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Edan Lepucki is the guest.  She's the author of the novella If You're Not Yet Like Me, originally published by Flatmancrooked and now available from Nouvella Books.  She's a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and a staff writer over ... Continue reading →

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The guest is Barry Eisler.  He's the author of several bestselling thrillers, the most recent of which is The Detachment, which caused a stir in publishing earlier this year when Eisler turned down a six-figure deal from St. Martin's and ... Continue reading →

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David Shields is the guest. He's the author of twelve books, including Reality Hunger: A Manifesto (Knopf, 2010), which was named one of the best books of the year by more than thirty publications; The Thing About Life Is That ... Continue reading →

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Today's guest is John Warner.  He's the author of four books, most recently a debut novel called The Funny Man, available now from SoHo Press.  And he's also the longtime editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Publishers Weekly calls The Funny ... Continue reading →

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Charles Shields is the guest.  He's the author of And So It Goes — Kurt Vonnegut: A Life, now available in hardcover from Henry Holt.  Shields is also the author of Mockingbird:  A Portrait of Harper Lee, also available from ... Continue reading →

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Dennis Cooper is the guest.  He's the author of several books, including The Sluts, God Jr., the five novels of the George Miles cycle, and, most recently, The Marbled Swarm, now available from Harper Perennial. "Disquieting, humbling, and sadly beautiful ... Continue reading →

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