The Process with Jude Brewer

Amanda Stern reads an excerpt from her memoir "Little Panic," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Hayley Lynn. Amanda Stern is the host of the Bookable podcast and the founder of the popular literary event series Happy Ending at Joe’s Pub in New York City, Stern is also a writer. Happy Ending ran for more than a decade and was selected as New York’s best book-related series...

Megan Angelo reads an excerpt from "Followers," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tim Karplus. Megan Angelo has written about television, film, women and pop culture, and motherhood for publications including The New York Times (where she helped launch city comedy coverage), Glamour (where she was a contributing editor and wrote a column on women and television), Elle, Th...

Garth Greenwell reads an excerpt from "Cleanness," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library. Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year, was longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a finalist for several other prizes, including the PEN/Faulkner Award and the LA Ti...

Chloe Caldwell reads her essay "The Opposite of Light," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tony Kieraldo. Chloe Caldwell is the author of three books: novella Women and essay collections I'll Tell You in Person and Legs Get Led Astray. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Vice, Salon, New York Magazine, Nylon, and half a dozen anthologies includi...

Sopan Deb reads an excerpt from "Missed Translations," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Jordan Holloman. Sopan Deb is a basketball writer and a contributor to the culture section for The New York Times. Before joining The Times, he covered Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign for CBS News. He is also a New York-city based comedian. He is the author of the memoir "Miss...

Lauren Groff reads her short story "Flower Hunters" from her short story collection Florida, with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Naomi LaViolette. Lauren Groff is the author of five books. Her latest, Florida, a story collection, and Fates and Furies, a novel, were both finalists for the National Book Award. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and was named one of Granta‘s Best of...

Tommy Orange reads his short story "Copperopolis" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library. Tommy Orange is faculty at the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA program. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland, California, and currently lives in Angels Camp, California....

Stephanie Danler reads an excerpt from her memoir "Stray" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Naomi LaViolette. Stephanie Danler is a novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter. Her memoir, Stray, was just published by Knopf on May 5, 2020. She is the author of the international bestseller, Sweetbitter, and the creator and executive producer of the Sweetbitter series on Starz. H...

Ten new stories, one new season. Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by Jude Brewer and with original music composed for each episode, the podcast features the voices of today’s top literary icons reading their essays, poems, and fiction. Season 2 will begin publishing next Tuesday, July 14th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitchell S. Jackson reads an excerpt from his memoir "Survival Math" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Zane featuring Stephanie Strange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caitlin Doughty reads an excerpt from her novel "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Stephanie Strange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diksha Basu reads an excerpt from her novel "The Windfall" with sound design by Jude Brewer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan Hill reads an excerpt from his novel "The Nix" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tim Karplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adelle Waldman reads an excerpt from her novel "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Haley Johnsen and Tim Karplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Rhysider reads his story "The Old Church of St. Louis" with original composition from Shane Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Barnes reads an excerpt from her memoir "Hungry for the World," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Pretty Gritty and Bryan Daste. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Gallagher reads his short story "Know Your Enemy: Celebrating 50 Years of the Forever War" from the 2016 fiction issue from Wired magazine, with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Colin Hogan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lidia Yuknavitch reads her powerful short story “Street Walker," from her upcoming collection Verge, with sound design and music composition from Whiston & Warmack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitch Albom reads an excerpt from his new book Finding Chika. Musical compositions by Maiah Wynne & Aliephant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by Jude Brewer and with original music composed for each episode, the podcast features the voices of today’s top literary icons reading their essays, poems, and fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices