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This week we discuss our first listener pick, Sophie Calle’s “The Address Book,” which was suggested by Will Howard. Also: lots of “Succession” talk (including a couple of potential spoilers), John McPhee’s inscrutable diagrams, more Chekhov, the kids’ music these days, whether we’d want to be address-booked, what we’d say about each other if it happened, Elena makes up a song about the 1985 Chicago Bears, and more! (Also, send us your favorite essays of 2021 for Pushcart nominations.)
Some things we mention:
Sophie Calle’s The Address Book:
David Searcy’s book of essays, Shame and Wonder: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221652/shame-and-wonder-by-david-searcy/
The Jeremy Strong profile from the New Yorker:
JM Tyree’s The Counterforce:
The sad and strange case of the Wanda Tinasky letters, which apparently were not written by Pynchon:
The “Claw of Shame” episode of Nathan for You:
John Vaillant’s book The Tiger:
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This week we discuss our first listener pick, Sophie Calle’s “The Address Book,” which was suggested by Will Howard. Also: lots of “Succession” talk (including a couple of potential spoilers), John McPhee’s inscrutable diagrams, more Chekhov, the kids’ music these days, whether we’d want to be address-booked, what we’d say about each other if it happened, Elena makes up a song about the 1985 Chicago Bears, and more! (Also, send us your favorite essays of 2021 for Pushcart nominations.)
Some things we mention:
Sophie Calle’s The Address Book:
David Searcy’s book of essays, Shame and Wonder: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221652/shame-and-wonder-by-david-searcy/
The Jeremy Strong profile from the New Yorker:
JM Tyree’s The Counterforce:
The sad and strange case of the Wanda Tinasky letters, which apparently were not written by Pynchon:
The “Claw of Shame” episode of Nathan for You:
John Vaillant’s book The Tiger: