Reading the Room is BACK. The first episode of 2024 is an interview with one of my all-time favorite writers: Sheila Heti. Her new book, “Alphabetical Diaries,” is available today from @fsgbooks.

Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, joins me to discuss her new novel, "Absolution," available now from FSG.

A Halloween special! Mona Awad returns to the pod to discuss her new novel, "Rouge," available now from Marysue Rucci Books.

An interview with Bryan Washington about his new novel, "Family Meal," available now from Riverhead Books.

An interview with Justin Torres about his new novel, "Blackouts," a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction, available now from FSG.

An interview with Elle Nash about her new novel, "Deliver Me," available now from Unnamed Press.

An interview with Isle McElroy about their new novel, "People Collide," available now from HarperVia.

A discussion with a handful of authors and a co-editor of PEACH PIT, an anthology of fierce and dangerous women, available now from Dzanc Books, edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley.

An interview with Lauren Groff about her new novel, "The Vaster Wilds," available now from Riverhead Books.

CJ Reads, owner of Sunny's Books, joins me to discuss the origin of our merch collab (the "I Got Saved by Queer Books" tee, available now!), opening a queer bookstore in Yuma, AZ, and some of our favorite queer books.