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Nathan Knapp 26.03.2025 1:46:40 ↓

A talk with writer Nathan Knapp. Read my review of Daybook and listen to me read its first few pages and, most importantly, buy yourself a copy !

Daybook by Nathan Knapp 09.03.2025 12:05 ↓

I read the first few pages of Nathan Knapp's Daybook . Read my review .

Avner Landes 25.12.2024 1:39:31 ↓

A talk with writer Avner Landes about his forthcoming novel, The Delegation, and other matters. Order the new book and read my review of his first one.

Cathedral by Raymond Carver 17.09.2024 44:54 ↓

I read the title story from Carver's great book.

Dmitry Samarov & Jasmon Drain at Tangible Books 28.08.2024 1:07:30 ↓

A conversation between Dmitry Samarov and Jasmon Drain about Samarov's Making Pictures is How I Talk to the World at Tangible Books in Chicago, 8/24/24.

Eugene Marten 20.08.2024 1:00:23 ↓

A talk with writer Eugene Marten about the re-release of Layman's Report and other matters.

Maggie Umber 10.08.2024 2:13:06 ↓

A talk with artist/writer Maggie Umber about her nearly-wordless book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves .

Truth Serum 03.07.2024 10:01 ↓

A couple pages from Eugene Marten's Layman's Report . Read my review of the book . Background music by Emily Robb .

Bruce Wagner 01.06.2024 1:01:54 ↓

A wide-ranging talk with novelist/screenwriter Bruce Wagner. Order his new book and read my review of his previous one.

De Kooning on the Renaissance 05.05.2024 17:49 ↓

I read an essay Willem De Kooning wrote in 1950 that is included in a tiny book I bought from the collection of Tom Verlaine.

Scott Schaaf 16.04.2024 2:05:12 ↓

A talk with Scott Schaaf about growing up in the Quad Cities and ending up in Chicago to eventually open his great record store, Pinwheel Records , in Pilsen.

A Georges Perec list 03.04.2024 22:07 ↓

A hundred-seventy-nine-line list from Georges Perec's Life: A User's Manual that is a kind of skeleton key or cheat sheet for the whole book.

Lucy Sante (2024) 27.03.2024 1:15:17 ↓

A talk with Lucy Sante about her new memoir , a lifetime of writing, and her unexpected newfound fame.

Dmitry Samarov 20.03.2024 1:58:44 ↓

Skyler Rowe interviews Dmitry Samarov about childhood, art, and the rest of it.

Katherine Eremia 15.03.2024 2:13:18 ↓

A talk with artist Katherine Eremia about growing up in the South, coming up to Chicago, and a whole lot more.

Tyler Dempsey 06.03.2024 2:09:07 ↓

A talk with writer/podcaster/lover of remote locales, Tyler Dempsey . Read my review of his novel, Will We All Still See Each Other Afterward .

Bartlebooth learns to watercolor 29.02.2024 14:08 ↓

A few more pages from Georges Perec's Life: A User's Manual.

Preamble to Life: A User’s Manual 16.02.2024 9:50 ↓

I read the intro to Georges Perec's 1978 novel.

Coyle & Bandini 29.01.2024 38:52 ↓

I read the first few pages from George V. Higgins' The Friends of Eddie Coyle and John Fante's Wait Until Spring, Bandini.

It’s Because We’re So Poor 04.01.2024 12:25 ↓

I read a story from Juan Rulfo's The Plain in Flames .

Pedro Páramo 21.12.2023 11:46 ↓

The first couple pages from a new translation of Juan Rulfo's 1955 novel .

The Story of RR 1: Father Frost 11.12.2023 43:11 ↓

The fifth conversation in an ongoing series about one woman's childhood.

Castling 02.12.2023 16:55 ↓

The first few pages from Renata Adler's Speedboat.

Go 16.11.2023 9:47 ↓

A few pages from Benjamin Labatut's The Maniac.

Mallory Smart: I Keep My Visions to Myself 08.11.2023 1:59:41 ↓

A talk with writer Mallory Smart about her forthcoming book. Order it here .