Drinks with Tony

Tom Lutz is the author of 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia out now on Rare Bird Lit. We discuss everything from Fitzgerald to the Harlem Renaissance and more from 1925 A Literary Encyclopedia, his move to France and adjusting to French life and culture, why he stopped taking portraits after his portrait book was published, and so much more. June 17, 2025 join me for a free online writing workshop.  Re...

Ted Kessler is the author of The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish: To Ease My Troubled Mind. As a veteran music journalist and friend to Childish since the 1990s, Ted has created an intimate portrait of the living legend. June 11, 2025 join me for Books For Breakfast , a non-intellectual conversation about Victor Hugo. June 17, 2025 join me for a free online writing workshop. Regi...

Jon Ronson is the author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed. I interviewed him in 2015 when the book came out and it’s pretty mind blowing where cancel culture has ‘matured’ ten years since. Check out Writing Is Hard and Why You Should Write at dushane.substack.com. Subscribe to  DuShane.substack.com  and listen to Drinks with Tony on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitche...

Lucinda Berry is the author of One In Four: A Thriller. We chat child psychology, running marathons, how the brain works, and her transition to full time author. New creative writing workshops and book groups coming in May and June on DuShane.substack.com , subscribe to stay up to date. Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other podcast outlets. It also airs eve...

Rachel Paris is the author of See How They Fall: A Novel. We discuss the humiliating vulnerability of writing and why everyone should do it, why we should never write for the market, or as she says, ‘Write what’s eating us inside’ … because that’s everything, write our soul onto the page, it’s the only way to fly, and other fun stuff. Free online creative writin...

Chuck Klosterman is the author of tons of books. This is a tape from my interview with him around 2012 when he was promoting The Visible Man. We met at Zam Zam in San Francisco. I’m having fun just going through a bunch of old interviews that I found. Next week my guest is Rachel Paris so we’re back on current authors for the show. Go to dushane.substack.com to enjoy some book articles...

Matthieu Ricard is the author of Happiness. I interviewed him around 2003 and he introduced the idea of mindfulness to me. He is also assistant and translator for the Dalai Lama. I was lucky his publicist got in touch with me for the book and you’ll probably hear what a mess I was when trying to command an interview. I even refer to “mindfulness” as “timelessness” at...

Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. I caught up with him in 2005 when he was touring his first book John Crow’s Devil. So, another tape from the archives we have fun exploring this week on Drinks with Tony. I’m still putting together the final details on my world famous workshop: Write Your Novel in Three Years or More. Stay Tuned. Sub...

Colum McCain is the author of Twist: A Novel. We had a great time talking NYC, Ireland, the obsessive structure of writing environments for novels, and his really cool organization Narrative 4 that taps the storytelling in our hearts to young people. Yes, storytelling is everything. Subscribe to  DuShane.substack.com  and listen to Drinks with Tony on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , an...

Richard Hell is the author of Godlike. And this interview is old, like 2003 or 2004 taping. We met at a bar called The Argus in San Francisco, he was mad at me that it wasn’t a radio studio, but we chatted and he became lovely. He was mad that the cab ride cost him $15, so, I told him how to take Muni back to where he’s staying and he didn’t have cash, so I gave him bus money and...

Miranda July, two interviews from the archives. The first one is from 2015 regarding her novel The First Bad Man. The second one is from 2005 regarding her film Me and You and Everyone We Know. I thought the 2005 interview was lost, I can’t believe I found it. And the photos in the graphic are ones I took of her after recording that interview, they’re very low-res as I don’t have...

Alex Higley is the author of True Failure: A Novel. We do a deep dive into the novel writing process and how we’re always being manipulated by stories. On  March 1st at 9am  Pacific we discuss  Catcher in the Rye  by J. D. Salinger.  Our online book group is called Book Smash and register at this link. Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other podcast outlets....

Angela Brown is the author of Some Other Time. We discuss how her and her husband met at 14 in high school, writing speculative fiction, do magic moments happen in life, and so much more. On March 1st at 9am Pacific we discuss Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Our online book group is called Book Smash and register at this link. Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitche...

William Boyle is the author of Saint of the Narrows Street. We chat Brooklyn Dodgers, Oxford Mississippi, James Joyce, the fun of NOT organizing personal libraries to indulge in the hunt, and so much more. February Book Smash  is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger,  join us . Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursd...

Paul Ollinger is the author of Reasonably Happy: The Skeptic’s Guide to Achievable Contentment. He’s also a podcaster and standup comic. We discuss specific details of when I lost my virginity on my wedding night, his audition for Chelsea Lately, managing resentment with happiness, and so much more. February Book Smash  is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger,  join us . Subscribe to t...

Francesca Lia Block is the author of House of Hearts and many other books. We discuss love and heartbreak, her moment with David Byrne. LA punk rock and how The Go-Go’s inspired her to become a writer, Weetzie Bat, and so much more. February Book Smash is Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, join us . Subscribe to the show on  iTunes ,  Spotify ,  Pandora ,  Stitcher , and other podcast out...

Craig Clevenger is the author of The Contortionist’s Handbook, re-issued by Datura Books. On this episode we discuss the glorious holy temple where we worship which is the public library, mental health, how to look back at our books as authors, and so much more. Join Book Smash January 2025 , our book is Berlin Blues by Sven Regener, which we’ll discuss on zoom at the end of the month....

Kim Dower is the author of What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria. We chat channeling our characters, why poetry gets a bad rap, visiting Baudelaire’s grave, and so much more. Recorded hours before the fires in LA and due to my lack of sleep and processing all of the events I didn’t record an intro and used the direct audio from the radio show broadcast. Prayers...

Joe Clifford is the author of Shadow People and many other books. We discuss the esoteric ways of writing novels, what success and failure in life can be, how high stakes alleviates anxiety, and so much more. Join us for Book Smash January 2025 as we read and discuss Berlin Blues by Sven Regener. Happy New Year and welcome to episode 300 of the reboot of Drinks with Tony. Subscribe to the show on ...

Hal Hartley is one of the kings of indie cinema with films like Henry Fool and The Girl From Monday. I taped this about 20 years ago at Dalva in San Francisco. Very happy to find the tape and put it out into the wild again. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller.  Zoom meeting is December 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 8pm GMT / 9pm EU O...

Tony DuShane is the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. This week I dive into greedy eyeballs of actors at industry screenings, how to make left turns in Los Angeles, Knocking on doors as a Jehovah’s Witness, nostalgia for kicking cars of shit drivers, and so much more. Join us for Read Along with Tony our December book is The Time of the Assassins by Henry Miller.  Zoom meeting i...

From the author of Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk comes Tony DuShane’s Book Smash. It’s my rundown on my favorite books of the year, my complaints about society and some guests, a guide to improving your focus, yammering about Alexandre Dumas, Michel Houllebecq, Henry Miller, Elfriede Jelinek, Marcel Proust, Sayaka Murata, Andrew Miller, Alexander Boldizar, Thomas Perry, Mark Hask...

David Leo Rice is the author of The Berlin Wall: A Novel. We discuss Tim O’Brien’s Short Story “On the Rainy River”, Flo from the Progressive commercials and how to find authenticity as an artist, John Travolta from Look Who’s Talking to Pulp Fiction, Knut Hamsun and traveling through Norway, snd so much more. November 2024  –  Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfr...

Diego Gerard Morrison is the author of Pages of Mourning. We chat the ups and downs of translating novels, the literary scene in Mexico City, how living on a remote farm as a kid made him an insatiable reader, and so much more. November 2024  –  Read Along with Tony Book: The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek Online meeting time: November 30th 9am PT/ 12pm ET Reserve your spot now. Subscribe to th...

Jean-Paul L. Garnier is the author of Cardboard Spaceship. He also owns Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree. We talk Czech writers, starting a bookstore and publishing company, why living in the desert reminds you of how insignificant we are in the universe, how quantum physics can help you find god, and so much more. Read Along with Tony DuShane October 11 – 26, 2024 Last Summer in the City by Gian...