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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 .

The Story of RR 1: Healing Fantasies 01.11.2023 7:17 ↓

Another installment in the story of one woman's childhood.

The Story of RR 1: Against the Wind 25.10.2023 1:23:05 ↓

The story of one woman's childhood continues.

The Story of RR 1: Little Orphan Annie 18.10.2023 1:43:14 ↓

The second in a series of conversations about one woman's childhood.

The Story of RR 1: Stella Dallas 11.10.2023 7:17 ↓

The first in a series of conversations about one woman's childhood.

“to whom it may concern” book-release 20.09.2023 50:52 ↓

A recording of a book-release event at Tangible Books on September 16, 2023, featuring Mallory Smart and Annie Howard.

“Don’t Put No Hands on Me” 16.09.2023 5:28 ↓

A short reading from Don DeLillo's "Mao II" in honor of my own book-release.