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Andrew Wittstadt is joined by author and scholar, Steven Powell, to talk about his award-winning biography of the American crime writer James Ellroy, Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy. Topics include: Crime fiction–mystery in novels–the work of writing a biography–scholarship around crime and noir–and more!

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Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powell: https://amzn.to/4dtAPjg (Amazon)
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction by Steven Powell: https://amzn.to/3JZkKVe (Amazon)
Conversations with James Ellroy by Steven Powell: https://amzn.to/4ah9he0 (Amazon)
The L.A. Quartet by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/3PBNDd3 (Amazon)
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4ap0bwh (Amazon)
The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4cvs3ks (Amazon)
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4a6ew0X (Amazon)
White Jazz by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4a9rmMa (Amazon)

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Andrew Wittstadt goes into the viral article by Elle Griffin, “No One Buys Books,” and the revealing truths about the publishing industry and the state of the literary world as a culture and a business.

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Poet and artist, Sarah Fletcher, returns to the podcast to join Andrew as they go into The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton in a deep dive extravaganza that veers from contemporary mental illness aesthetics to above ground pools to Sexton’s allure and beauty. Topics include: Sexton’s Beauty–The Confessional Poets–Sexton vs Plath–Daddy Robert Lowell–Maxine Kumine’s Defensive Introduction–Mentorship in Poetry–Identity Politics–Harold Bloom–Literary It Girls–and more! (part 1)

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Plus Ultra by Sarah Fletcher: https://amzn.to/4bbvPyF (Amazon)

Collected Poems of Robert Lowell: https://amzn.to/3SeKbWu (Amazon)

Elizabeth Bishop: The Complete Poems (1927-1979): https://amzn.to/3u8VbN2 (Amazon)

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Words in the Air: The Complete Letters of Robert Lowell & Elizabeth Bishop: https://amzn.to/3SzOvAU (Amazon)

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Andrew Wittstadt reads and reviews Sharon Olds' collection of poems, Odes. Going into bad line breaks, the state of contemporary poetry, aging as a writer and still writing teenage material, and more.

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Andrew goes into everything he read in January, February, and March of 2024

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Andrew Wittstadt reviews seasons three and four of HBO’s True Detective. Part 2 of 2.

True Detective–season three (2019)
True Detective: Night Country (2024)

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The L.A. Quartet by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/3PBNDd3 (Amazon)
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4ap0bwh (Amazon)
The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4cvs3ks (Amazon)
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4a6ew0X (Amazon)
White Jazz by James Ellroy https://amzn.to/4a9rmMa (Amazon)

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True Detective seasons 1 & 2 https://amzn.to/3TMG5H2 (Amazon)
True Detective season 3 https://amzn.to/3VrlYPS (Amazon)
True Detetctive: Night Country https://amzn.to/3vgZjv4 (Amazon)

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