This one's a doozy! Shanon and Nolan discuss Rachel Kushner, Sally Rooney and Miranda July (All Fours lovers beware, Shanon goes on a tirade against Miranda July’s new novel and Nolan just doesn’t like her. Don’t hate us!) before being joined by critically acclaimed author and New York Mag feature writer, the wonderful Kerry Howley.  Books and Authors mentioned in the episode:  Rachel Kushner - Creation Lake Rachel Kushner - Mars Room Sally Rooney - Intermezzo Garth Greenwell - Small Rain Danzy Senna - Colored Television  Connie Chung - Connie Ta’Nehisi Coates - The Message Louise Erdrich - The Mighty Red Tony Tulathimutte - Rejection Mariana Enriquez - A Sunny Place For Shady People Garth Green-well - Small Rain Garth Greenwell - Cleanness Joan Didion Richard Rodriguez Rachel Yoder - Night Bitch Sarah Viren - Mine Somerset Maugham - A Razor’s Edge Edith Wharton - The Buccaneers  Sabine Hossenfelder - Existential Physics Christian Wiman - Zero At The Bone Herman Melville - Moby Dick Vladimir Nabokov - Pale Fire Michael Clune - White Out Monica Furlong - Wise Child  Sharon Creesh - Love That Dog Sara Pennypacker - Pax Follow Kerry: https://x.com/KerryHowley https://www.kerryhowley.com/