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Episode 641: Catching up with Samantha Nickerson
On today’s show, John and Samantha Nickerson catch up and discuss Miami Book Fair, Celebrity Poetry, the comic mask, and the acting careers of James Franco, Jack Nicholson, and Robin Williams in a totally linear conversation. NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate… Continue reading
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Episode 640: Alex Gurtis!
On today’s show, John talks about poetry and bookselling and MFA programs and AWP conferences with Alex Gurtis, whose latest chapbook, When the Ocean Comes to Me, is now out with Bottlecap Press. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link,… Continue reading
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Episode 639: An Introduction without an Interview, plus Fred Lambert’s Booze News Roundup!
On today’s show, John talks about NaNoRiMo’s new AI policy, the lameness of relatability as a value, and Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules for writing, plus Fred Lambert shares a booze news roundup! NOTES NaNoRiMo on AI. Read Rebecca Mead’s “The Scourge of Relatability.” Read Elmore Leonard’s “Ten Rules for Writing.” If you are an amazon… Continue reading
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Episode 638: Jennifer Manocherian!
On this episode, John speaks with the screenwriter and novelist Jennifer Manocherian about building characters, planning stories, and the discoveries made while drafting. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on… Continue reading
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Episode 637: Tiffany Midge!
On this episode, John speaks with the poet Tiffany Midge about the vibrant, often overlooked roles of humor and entertainment in poetry. They also talk about James Cameron’s Aliens, popular culture as metaphor, and serial killers. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping… Continue reading
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Episode 636: Jeff Alessandrelli!
On this week’s show, John talks to Jeff Alessandrelli about his new novel, And Yet. We discuss the existential torment of desire, the problem of overthinking the problem of overthinking, and the role of desire in literature, psychology, and history. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show… Continue reading
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Episode 635: Michael Wheaton!
On this week’s show, John talks to his friend Michael Wheaton about how to live in think in a media-saturated American life, which is the subject of his new book, Home Movies, available through Bunny Books. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my previous interview with Michael back on episode 537, or our commentary on Children… Continue reading
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Episode 634: A Discussion of Jewel’s A Night Without Armor!
On this week’s episode, Rachael Tillman, Samantha Nickerson, and John King join the nocturnal jousting in a conversation about Jewel’s A Night Without Armor. This is a taste of what will be coming to my Patreon content, once I launch a Patreon page for this podcast. NOTES If you are an amazon customer, one way… Continue reading
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Episode 633: Todd James Pierce!
On this week’s show John speaks with Todd James Pierce about Larry Watkin and his history with Walt Disney as a novelist, screenwriter, and producer. They explore the 1940s to the 1960s of Watkin’s career and the common themes present throughout his risky live-action Disney projects such as Darby O’Gill, Robin Hood, and Treasure Island.… Continue reading
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Episode 632: A Discussion of Nicholson Baker’s The Anthologist
In this week’s episode, Rachael Tillman and I break some standards of academia as we discuss the poetry insights of Paul Chowder, the narrator of Nicholson Baker’s 2009 comic novel, The Anthologist. Since this is novel is a novel and not, strictly speaking a craft book or a scholarly treatise, we shouldn’t be treating this… Continue reading
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