On this week's show, Tom Lutz talks with acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie about his new book Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, poet Jill Essbaum discusses her debut novel Hausfrau, and novelist and TV writer Jerry Stahl joins to talk about his new essay collection OG Dad: Weird Shit Happens When You Don't Die Young.

Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 3:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.