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116. Catherine Lacey, "The Möbius Book"
22 Jul 2025
00:43:31
Catherine Lacey returns to the podcast to talk about The Möbius Book; reportedly, Patricia Highsmith was a hard boss; Lori is interviewed on Beyond the Zero podcast; kudos to the second annual Inside Literary Prize, judged by 300 men and women incarcerated in the US.
Author Jonathan Gibbs joins us to talk about his novel Randall, published in the UK by Sam's Galley Beggar Press eleven years ago but just now making it to the US thanks to new independent publisher, Tivoli Books. The fictional Randall is a visual artist in 1990s London during the reign of the provocative Young British Artists (YBAs).
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Author Megan Hunter joins us to talk about her new novel, Days of Light, that depicts fifty years in the life of a British woman who learns to find value and purpose within the deepest mysteries of her life.
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Galley Beggar Press's own Mark Bowles is shortlisted for a first novel prize; Sam stays up too late celebrating. We talk to writer Seán Hewitt about his novel Open, Heaven, an exquisitely written, first love narrative set in the English countryside.
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Are male literary writers underrepresented in today's publishing scene? And we talk to Vijay Khurana about his timely first novel, The Passenger Seat, which explores contemporary masculinity.
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French author Laurent Binet joins us to talk about his latest novel Perspective(s), translated by Sam Taylor, a murder mystery set in the art world of Renaissance Florence.
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We are joined by the brilliant writer Jonathan Coe to discuss his latest novel, The Proof of My Innocence, a pastiche of genre fiction and insightful critique of contemporary politics.
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108. "The Frog in the Throat" by Markus Werner with translator Michael Hofmann
01 Apr 2025
00:38:03
We brag about having poet, critic, and translator extraordinaire Michael Hofmann on the show, and then we talk to him about his latest work in translation, The Frog in the Throat by Markus Werner, out now from New York Review of Books Classics.
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107. House of Fury by Evelio Rosero with translator Victor Meadowcroft
18 Mar 2025
00:46:02
We celebrate prize winners: Galley Beggar Short Story Prize and Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada!! And translator Victor Meadowcroft joins us to talk about House of Fury by Evelio Rosero out now from New Directions.
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It's prize shortlist season! And, we have a fascinating discussion with author Jón Kalman Stefánsson about Heaven and Hell, the first novel in his Icelandic trilogy, Heaven and Hell.
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Author Steve Stern joins us for his second appearance on the pod to talk about his latest novel, A Fool's Kabbalah, about one man's quest to recover Judaic texts following the ravages of WWII.
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We talk about our 2025 literary projects, and writer Holly Pester joins us to discuss her novel on the precarity of temporary living spaces, The Lodgers, Assembly Press's submssion for the 2024 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.
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Sam and Lori discuss Emily Brontë's classic novel of revenge on the moors--Wuthering Heights! Does this novel live up to its reputation? We have a friendly difference of opinion.
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A Doestoevsky short story goes viral on Tik-Tok, and we talk to A Case of Matricide author Graeme Macrae Burnet about proxies, accomplices, and doppelgangers in the not-so-quiet French town of Saint Louis.
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We celebrate this, our 100th episode! Thank you for listening! And we chat with publisher and book store owner, Dan Wells, to mark the occassion of the 20th anniversary of his wonderful literary press, Biblioasis.
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The dying art of the honest book review; and Rita Bullwinkel is our guest to talk about her novel Headshot, which takes us into the lives and minds of eight young women competing at a boxing tournament in Reno, Nevada.
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The Cure's Robert Smith continues legacy of writing songs rich with literary references; and we talk to author Rodrigo Fresán about his new novel Melvill, imagining the interior lives of Herman Melville and his father Allan, who had a significant influnece on his son's work.
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The release of "Patriot,," Alexei Navalny's collected prison diaries; do book festivals still have value? And we are joined by Mark Haber, whose latest novel, Lesser Ruins, is a wonderfully funny and heartfelt story about a middle-aged college professor who spends a lot of time thinking about yet never writing, what is supposed to be his life's work.
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Our recent guest, Mark Bowles, makes the Goldsmiths Prize shortlist; reading, or not, at elite US colleges; and Sam Mills is our guest to talk about her very meta literary adventure novel.
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Publishers' costs: printing vs AI; even more love for libraries; we chat with Mark Bowles about the erudite, grumpy narrator of his captivating new novel, All My Precious Madness.
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National Novel Writing Month takes a hit for its position on AI; the 20th anniversary of a novel we love: Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell; and we visit with writer Jamie Quatro on her novel Two-Step Devil about an outsider artist in Appalachia who professes to be a prophet of God.
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A home robbery is thwarted when the thief gets distracted by a book; what's the latest trend in book cover art?; and we talk to writer Noémi Kiss-Deáki on her novel Mary and the Rabbit Dream, based on the true story of Mary Toft, a woman believed to have given birth to rabbits.
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Liverpool library defies riots and fire; the inaugural Inside Literary Prize; and writer Claire Kilroy joins us to talk about Soldier Sailor, her striking novel on the precarity and joy of early motherhood.
Scandal at the Hugo Awards; Do straight guys hate novels?; writer Kazim Ali is our guest to talk about his novel, Indian Winter, Coach House Books' submission for the 2024 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.
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That controversial NYT Top 100 List; should a writer's life affect our appreciation of their work; Sam and Lori love J. L. Carr's A Month in the Country and count the ways!
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Arundhati Roy faces prison for a speech made fourteen years ago; summer reading plans; and, we talk to writer Andrew O'Hagan about his wonderfully capacious novel of contemporary London, Caledonian Road.
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Are debut novels failing to launch? And we talk to writer Clare Pollard about her latest novel, The Modern Fairies, on female literary salons during the reign of Louis XIV and how the retellings of old stories for the salons became some of our most enduring fairy tales.
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86. Alex Pugsley, " The Education of Aubrey McKee"
28 May 2024
00:55:18
Previous guests win big awards; the high production costs for small presses; and we talk to writer and filmmaker Alex Pugsley about his new novel, The Education of Aubrey McKee.
Commemorating Paul Auster; praising Miss MacIntosh, My Darling; and we talk to writer Ada Zhang on the one year anniversary of her debut story collection, The Sorrows of Others.
Sam is a Swiftie; Rushdie's new memoir Knife is amazing; and we talk to writer and publisher Danielle Dutton about strangeness, attention and form in her new book, Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other.
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Finding a way to print books while sacrificing fewer trees; questioning if there aren't just too many books being published these days? We chat with the talented and engaging Scarlett Thomas about her thrilling new novel, The Sleepwalkers.
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82. Douglas Westerbeke, "A Short Walk Through a Wide World"
02 Apr 2024
00:55:30
It's the 50th anniversary of Stephen King's novel, Carrie; bad news for the distribution of small press literature in the US; and we talk to debut author Douglas Westerbeke about his imaginative new novel, A Short Walk Through a Wide World.
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81. Aron Aji and Selin Gökçesu (translators), "Lojman"
19 Mar 2024
01:08:47
Annoucements from our literary prizes; a new publishing model promises greater equity for authors; be a "reader-in-residence;" and we talk to Aron Aji and Selin Gökçesu,Turkish to English translators of the gripping novel of Eastern Anatolia, Lojman by Ebru Ojen, published by City Lights and a finalist for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.
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We talk to writer Lars Iyer about his smart, sophisticated, and very funny campus novel, My Weil, in which a group of Disaster Studies PhD students in Manchester befriend a modern-day Simone Weil.
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Reading IS sexy; Sendak estate publshes posthumous kid's book; and we talk to Sebastián Martínez Daniell about his novel, Two Sherpas, published by Charco Press and longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.
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Is streaming bad for audiobooks? We talk longlists for the Galley Beggar Press short story prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses in the US & Canada. And legendary Australian author Alexis Wright joins us to talk about her epic novel, Praiseworthy.
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Keanu Reeves moves from screen to page; Wolf Hall trilogy Collective Read; and Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch joins us to talk about his novel Prophet Song and winning the most coveted prize in literature!
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Irish author Mike McCormack joins Sam and Lori to talk about his latest novel, This Plague of Souls, the second novel of a triptych following his award-winning Solar Bones.
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We wrap-up the year with some 2023 highlights and talk to author Christine Coulson about her unique novel, One Woman Show, a life narrative told primarily through musuem art labels.
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We mark the death of poet and social activist Benjamin Zephaniah and talk about a new literary prize to be awarded by US prison inmates; author Don Gillmor joins us on his provocative new novel, Breaking and Entering, Canadian publisher Biblioasis' submission for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize.
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Reading Grace Paley's short story, "Wants;" and we talk to debut novelist Christine Lai about her novel Landscapes, submitted by Two Dollar Radio for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.
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Across the Pond guest Benjamin Myers wins the 2023 Goldsmiths Prize for Cuddy; literary agent Andrew Wylie has us talking; and we welcome writer and translator Kate Briggs to talk about her new novel, The Long Form, submitted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada by Dorothy, a publishing project.
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AI's Vesuvius Challenge; are reports of the death of our attentions greatly exaaggerated?; and, we talk to author Adam Biles about his novel Beasts of England, a clever and amusing sequel to Animal Farm.
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AI book theft; The White Review suspends publication; Amazon is sued; and we welcome writer Ben Fountain to the podcast to discuss his immersive and thrilling new novel, Devil Makes Three.
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Sam and Lori talk about the prescient, 1901 H.G. Wells short story, The New Accelerator, and our guest is Sheena Patel, who joins the podcast to discuss her very funny and very provocative new novel, I'm a Fan.
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Fall Books! And we talk to writer Paola Ferrante about her fantastic eco-horror story collection, Her Body Among Animals, published by Book*hug Press in Canada.
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