Episodes
Reading the Room is BACK. The first episode of 2024 is an interview with one of my all-time favorite writers: Sheila Heti. Her new book, “Alphabetical Diaries,” is available today from @fsgbooks.
Published 02/06/24
Published 02/06/24
Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, joins me to discuss her new novel, "Absolution," available now from FSG.
Published 11/07/23
A Halloween special! Mona Awad returns to the pod to discuss her new novel, "Rouge," available now from Marysue Rucci Books.
Published 10/31/23
An interview with Bryan Washington about his new novel, "Family Meal," available now from Riverhead Books.
Published 10/24/23
An interview with Justin Torres about his new novel, "Blackouts," a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction, available now from FSG.
Published 10/10/23
An interview with Elle Nash about her new novel, "Deliver Me," available now from Unnamed Press.
Published 10/03/23
An interview with Isle McElroy about their new novel, "People Collide," available now from HarperVia.
Published 09/26/23
A discussion with a handful of authors and a co-editor of PEACH PIT, an anthology of fierce and dangerous women, available now from Dzanc Books, edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley.
Published 09/19/23
An interview with Lauren Groff about her new novel, "The Vaster Wilds," available now from Riverhead Books.
Published 09/12/23
CJ Reads, owner of Sunny's Books, joins me to discuss the origin of our merch collab (the "I Got Saved by Queer Books" tee, available now!), opening a queer bookstore in Yuma, AZ, and some of our favorite queer books.
Published 09/08/23
An interview with Hilary Leichter about her mind-bending new novel, "Terrace Story," available now from Ecco.
Published 08/29/23
Lauren Oyler joins me to unpack the 1991 National Book Award-winning novel "Mating" by Norman Rush. Spoiler warning!
Published 08/15/23
An interview with Kyle Dillon Hertz, author of "The Lookback Window," available now from Simon & Schuster.
Published 08/08/23
An interview with Khashayar J. Khabushani, author of "I Will Greet the Sun Again," available now from Hogarth.
Published 08/01/23
An interview with Andrew Ridker, author of "Hope," available now from Viking.
Published 07/25/23
An interview with Daniel Hornsby, author of "Sucker," available now from Anchor Books.
Published 07/18/23
An interview with Sarah Rose Etter, author of "Ripe," available now from Scribner.
Published 07/11/23
An interview with Matthew Binder about his new novel "Pure Cosmos Club," available now from Stalking Horse Press.
Published 06/27/23
An interview with Brandon Taylor about his new novel, "The Late Americans," available now from Riverhead Books. We also discuss his Substack, Twitter, realism, romance novels, character, criticism, and the Internet.
Published 05/23/23
An interview with John Wray about his new novel "Gone to the Wolves," available now from FSG.
Published 05/02/23
An interview with Claire Dederer about her new book "Monsters," available now from Knopf.
Published 04/25/23
An interview with Andrew Porter about his story collection "The Disappeared," available now from Knopf.
Published 04/18/23
An interview with Esther Yi about her debut novel "Y/N," available now from Astra House.
Published 04/11/23
An interview with Jonathan Franzen author of Crossroads, The Corrections, Purity, Freedom, and more.
Published 04/04/23
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