Synopsis: Ed Tarkington, the author of Only Love Can Break Your Heart, discusses the importance music played in his youth, his religious upbringing, and the devastating effects of mental illness.

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Duration: 54:43:00

Present: Harry C. Marks, Ed Tarkington

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Episode S2E8: Ed Tarkington (mp3)

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The Guest

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His Book

Only Love Can Break Your Heart from Algonquin Books

Books and Authors Discussed

In an effort to support independent bookstores over a certain monolithic website, all books (where possible) will be linked to the Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The World According to Garp by John Irving

Pat Conroy

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Tobias Wolff

Ian McEwan

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Miscellaneous

“Review: ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ by Ed Tarkington” by Carol Memmott, Chicago Tribune

“Blood Ties” by Nathan Heller for The New Yorker, November 2015

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