Selected Prose

Trout Fish lives in The River City and hangs out with his shirt off in the sun, looking at water or trees, thinking about cool stuff, and then bangs on his typewriter back home. T.F. also plays music and frequents the house show scene, always cracking up with the locals, a true man of the people.

Twitter: @troutfishfarms

Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/troutfishfarms

Website: www.troutfish.org

Artwork by mclelun

Dmitry Samarov, everyone!

Dmitry is a painter and writer living in Chicago. He is the author and illustrator of six books. He sends out a newsletter every Monday. An absurd amount of his work is collected at his website, which is seventeen years old now.

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Andrea Bartz is today's guest!

Andrea is the author of the bestselling and critically-acclaimed novels The Lost Night and The Herd. Her latest book, We Were Never Here, was published earlier this month through Ballantine books. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, Martha Stewart Living, Redbook, Elle, and many other outlets, and she's held editorial positions at Glamour, Psychology Today, and Self, among other publications.

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Today's guest is Tao Lin. Tao is the author of ten books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His fourth novel, Leave Society, was published on August 3, 2021, by Vintage. He also runs Muumuu House, an independent, small press publishing company based in New York, which he started in 2008. Learn more about Tao and his work at www.taolin.us, and follow him on twitter at twitter.com/tao_lin.

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Big Bruiser Dope Boy is today's guest. 

BBDB's books include Something Gross (Apocalypse Party), Foghorn Leghorn (Clash Books), Your First Real Boyfriend & Other Poems, and After Denver (11:11 Press). 

Today's topics include: Garielle Lutz (as usual), zoom funerals, Sam Pink, editing while you write, Gay Death Trance, power, and finding your own writing style.

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Until next time...

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I spoke with Gerald Brennan about writing historical fiction, nuclear weapons, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, life as a West Point cadet, and much more. Gerald earned a B.S. in European History from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University in New York. He's the author of "Infinite Blues," "Island of Clouds," "Resistance," "Zero Phase," "Public Loneliness," "Ninety-Seven to Three" and more. His writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Hypertext Magazine, The Good Men Project, and Innerview Magazine. He's a frequent contributor and co-editor at Back to Print and The Deadline.

Gerald's also the founder of Tortoise Books. Check them out here, and buy Infinite Blues today. 

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I interview Darin Strauss and discuss his life, career, and approaches to writing fiction. Darin's latest book, The Queen of Tuesday, was just released in paperback. The book, Darin's follow-up to his best-selling National Book Critics Circle Award-winner, Half a Life, is highly acclaimed and was a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Award in Fiction. Darin's also a professor of creative writing at the New York University Creative Writing Program. I'm lucky enough to have studied under him. He's a phenomenal teacher and writer and mentor and friend. You can follow him on twitter at @darinstrauss. A few announcements: You can now support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/selectedprose and access cool (and exclusive) stuff like signed books and newsletters and promotions for your work.  I'm giving away a free (and new) copy of David Nutt's The Great American Suction, from Tyrant Books. To win, just tweet @selectedprose with a comment about your favorite interview so far, or someone you'd like to see on the show. See you next time. 

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Ottessa Moshfegh is today's guest!

Her books include Eileen, her first novel, which was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award for debut fiction; My Year of Rest and Relaxation, a New York Times bestseller; and her latest book, Death in Her Hands, yet another New York Times bestseller. She's also the author of the short story collection Homesick for Another World, and a novella, McGlue.

ATTENTION: In June, Death In Her Hands is coming out in paperback. Look out for that!

Today's topics include: Garielle Lutz, first person vs. third person, screenwriting, Croatia, writing settings well, dogs, God, and a lot more. 

Enjoy. 

Photograph credit to Andrew Casey

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Bud Smith reads his short story, Rewild, for the Selected Prose Reading Series. This story was originally published in New World Writing. 

Bud is a writer from Jersey City, NJ. He works in heavy construction. His new book, Teenager (Vintage), is coming out in spring 2022. He's written a bunch of wonderful books, including but not limited to Double Bird (Maudlin House), Dust Bunny City (Disorder Press), and Tollbooth (Piscataway House). Find him online at www.coolgoodluck.com and follow him on Twitter at @Bud_Smith.

And check out Episode #2 of Selected Prose to hear my interview with Bud!!!