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Join host Angela Ledgerwood as she chats to the authors she loves most about books, life, and what lights them up.
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Re-Release: Trent Dalton on Boy Swallows Universe and what makes a good man.
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Jan 23, 2024 |
Bianca Bosker on her unexpected wine obsession and how it upended (and enriched) her life.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
Re-release: Isaac Fitzgerald on Dirtbag, Massachussets.
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Nov 28, 2023 |
Re-release: Cody Keenan on Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America.
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Nov 14, 2023 |
Re-release: Esther Perel on rethinking infidelity (from 2018)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
Adriana Trigiani on how she's written over 20 books and why she reinvents herself every seven years.
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Oct 17, 2023 |
Shaina Feinberg and Julia Rothman on How We Got By.
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Oct 03, 2023 |
Anya Von Bremzen on the national dishes of Japan, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and more.
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Sep 19, 2023 |
Angie and Liam wrap up the summer by talking books, movies, and more!
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Sep 05, 2023 |
Prachi Gupta on 'They Called Us Exceptional.'
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Aug 22, 2023 |
Mattie Kahn on Young and Restless, the Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions.
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Aug 08, 2023 |
Angie and Helen Ellis chat in the Coral Lounge
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Jul 25, 2023 |
LIT UP presents: DIE HARD ON A BLANK!
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Jul 11, 2023 |
Gina Chung joins Angie to talk about 'Sea Change.'
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Jun 27, 2023 |
Max Porter returns to talk about his new novel 'Shy,' how we talk to our children, and Japanese socks.
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Jun 13, 2023 |
Hannah Goldfield on finding her way into food & restaurant criticism.
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May 30, 2023 |
Samantha Irby on liking what you like without apology.
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May 16, 2023 |
Adrienne Westenfeld returns to share what she’s reading (and watching) this spring.
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May 02, 2023 |
Natasha Pickowicz on why she bakes for pleasure and community.
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Lindsey Tramuta shares the new ideas shaping Paris.
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Apr 04, 2023 |
Catherine Lacey on crafting her multilayered fictional Biography of X, unknowability, and the mysterious forces that draw people together.
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Mar 21, 2023 |
Michael Cecchi-Azzolina on collecting a lifetime’s worth of New York City restaurant tales.
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Reid Mitenbuler on getting swept up in explorer Peter Freuchen’s larger-than-life stories.
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Revisiting our conversation with Elizabeth Day!
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Feb 07, 2023 |
Kate Baer on ‘And Yet’ speaking truth through poetry.
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Jan 24, 2023 |
Tarajia Morrell on collaborating with the late chef Fatima Ali and uncovering fascinating characters through food writing.
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Jan 10, 2023 |
2022 in books (plus a gift guide!) feat. Ruby Smith.
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Dec 20, 2022 |
The Cut’s Jen Ortiz on honing her editing skills and secret YouTube obsessions.
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Dec 13, 2022 |
Nimarta Narang, Literary Editor of Brown Girl Magazine, on creating space for a multitude of South Asian stories.
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Nov 29, 2022 |
The Bard Behind Bars: Introducing Where There’s a Will
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Nov 22, 2022 |
Susan Orlean on living with animals and following her curiosity.
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Alyssa Shelasky on 'This Might Be Too Personal.'
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Laura Warrell on the 20-year journey to write her new novel Soft, Sweet, Plenty Rhythm.
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Oct 18, 2022 |
Cody Keenan on his book, Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
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Oct 04, 2022 |
Belletrist's Karah Preiss stops to talk books, family, making TV , and a lot more.
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Sep 20, 2022 |
Kal Penn on his memoir You Can't Be Serious.
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Sep 06, 2022 |
A Labor Day rerelease: Stanley Tucci
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Aug 30, 2022 |
Natasha Sizlo on All Signs Point to Paris
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Aug 23, 2022 |
Isaac Fitzgerald on his memoir Dirtbag, Massachusetts.
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Aug 09, 2022 |
Safia Elhillo on her new book of poetry, GIRLS THAT NEVER DIE.
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Jul 26, 2022 |
Christopher Hermelin of So Many Damn Books on how to break out of a reading rut.
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Jul 12, 2022 |
Lisa Taddeo returns to talk GHOST LOVER.
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Jun 28, 2022 |
Abi Morgan on This Is Not A Pity Memoir.
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Jun 14, 2022 |
Elizabeth Day on on the struggles that define us and make us stronger, and her new novel MAGPIE.
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May 31, 2022 |
From Talk Easy: Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions
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May 22, 2022 |
Zarqa Nawaz on her career and making fun of ISIS in her new book Jameela Green Ruins Everything.
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May 17, 2022 |
Clemency Burton-Hill on surviving a brain injury and how it changed her relationship to music.
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May 03, 2022 |
Re-Release: Max Porter on love through grief.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
Pamela Paul on the art of boredom, buying a one-way ticket to Thailand, and what we've lost to the Internet.
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Apr 05, 2022 |
Stephan Lee on the phenomenon that is K-Pop.
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Mar 22, 2022 |
Jason Diamond on suburbs, cardigans, Russian literature, the Martini, and more.
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Mar 08, 2022 |
Sheila Heti on God's First Draft, social anxiety in the metaverse, and Feldman, the, loyal, snoring dog beside her.
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Feb 22, 2022 |
A Valentine's Day Re-release: Alain de Botton on keeping love alive
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Feb 14, 2022 |
Maeve Higgins on her big family, migration, and making fun of Angie.
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Feb 08, 2022 |
Wajahat Ali on 9/11, being American, and how his sense of humor landed him love.
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Jan 25, 2022 |
Book and TV critic Hillary Kelly on her most anticipated books of 2022, and why she doesn't *get* books about happy people.
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Jan 11, 2022 |
Angela got you a Christmas present! Plus an end-of-year review.
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Dec 21, 2021 |
Uli Beutter Cohen on subways, stillness, and the next 10 thousand years.
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Dec 07, 2021 |
Ann Patchett on a remarkable friendship, the importance of Snoopy in her life, and much, much more.
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Nov 23, 2021 |
Emily Ratajkowski on why writing feels like a feminist act.
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Nov 09, 2021 |
Brendan Borrell on the race to the Covid vacine
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Oct 26, 2021 |
Adrienne Westenfeld on Matrix, Harlem Shuffle, My Body, and other books you should read this Fall.
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Oct 19, 2021 |
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on interracial friendship, and their new book, We Are Not Like Them.
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Oct 12, 2021 |
Stanley Tucci on Taste, life's journeys, and wooing through food.
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Oct 05, 2021 |
Annie Daly on wellness, self-care, and what those words mean all over the world.
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Sep 28, 2021 |
Reeves Wiedeman on his obsessive viral article ‘The Spine Collector.’
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Sep 21, 2021 |
Liz Plosser on mornings, routines, and working from home.
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Sep 14, 2021 |
Parker Posey on her friendship with Nora Ephron, acting with integrity and the past lives of dogs.
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Aug 31, 2021 |
Min Jin Lee on the history of Korean families in Japan (from 2017).
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Aug 24, 2021 |
Katie Kitamura on the charismatic nature of power and her new novel, Intimacies.
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Aug 17, 2021 |
Meredith Westgate on guarding what we share with those we love, and her new book The Shimmering State.
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Aug 10, 2021 |
Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi on how history lives in our bodies and the joy of riding horses.
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Aug 03, 2021 |
Stephanie Danler on confronting the past and the value of gentleness.
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Jul 27, 2021 |
Raven Leilani on art & failure, writing to her past self, and Six Flags.
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Jul 20, 2021 |
Lisa Taddeo on obsessions with mothers and the wisdom of French Actresses
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Jul 13, 2021 |
Laura Dave on finding out who someone really is and different ways to be a mother.
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Jun 29, 2021 |
Gabriela Garcia on Cuba, mothers and daughters, and the link between cigars and literature.
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Jun 22, 2021 |
Trent Preszler on the healing power of building a boat with your hands.
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Jun 15, 2021 |
Hala Alyan on family secrets and the charged history of the Middle East.
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Jun 08, 2021 |
Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery in America
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Jun 01, 2021 |
Lauren Oyler on who we are on the internet.
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May 25, 2021 |
Te-Ping Chen on funeral strippers, and her collection of short stories, Land of Big Numbers.
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May 18, 2021 |
Nadia Owusu on the healing power of a rocking chair and her new memoir, Aftershocks.
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May 11, 2021 |
Elizabeth Gilbert on why being honest is better than being good, and her novel CITY OF GIRLS. (From the Archive)
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May 04, 2021 |
Jess Walter on the ‘She-Dog of Anarchy’ Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and his new novel The Cold Millions.
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Apr 27, 2021 |
Jen Silverman on the art of the post-scandal comeback and her novel, We Play Ourselves.
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Mar 31, 2021 |
Kaitlyn Greenidge on what freedom means in 2021 and her novel, Libertie.
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Mar 29, 2021 |
From Sugar23, this is Lit Up.
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Mar 29, 2021 |
Christopher Bollen on writing likeable characters who do bad things
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Mar 26, 2021 |
Alain de Botton on keeping love alive
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Dec 18, 2020 |
Mira Jacob on drawing her family
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Dec 03, 2020 |
Veronica Roth on the consequences of fame
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Dec 03, 2020 |
Kate Elizabeth Russell on power
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Apr 21, 2020 |
Dolly Alderton on being comfortable being alone
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Feb 19, 2020 |
Lauren Mechling on being out of Vogue
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Feb 04, 2020 |
Leslie Jamison on turning animals into characters
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Jan 14, 2020 |
Jami Attenberg on dysfunctional families
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Dec 31, 2019 |
Vicki Laveau-Harvie on surviving her family
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Oct 30, 2019 |
Elaine Welteroth on having the perfect life
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Oct 16, 2019 |
Courtney Maum on heeding your own instincts
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Oct 10, 2019 |
Jia Tolentino on self-reflection
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Aug 07, 2019 |
Kathleen Alcott on searching for America
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Aug 01, 2019 |
Lisa Taddeo on the effects of past relationships
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Jul 24, 2019 |
Ocean Vuong on inheriting our values
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Jul 17, 2019 |
Elizabeth Gilbert on exploring our desires and sexual freedoms
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Jul 04, 2019 |
Mickey Rapkin on writing a Hollywood hit
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Jun 19, 2019 |
Ceridwen Dovey on the privilege and vulnerability of being a young woman
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Jun 12, 2019 |
Stan Grant reflects on the privilege of nostalgia
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May 29, 2019 |
Monica Tan on understanding Australia
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May 15, 2019 |
Bret Easton Ellis on the danger of so-called thought-crime
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May 08, 2019 |
Taylor Jenkins Reid on women not aspiring to be merely the muse
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May 01, 2019 |
Hermione Hoby is seeking to understand people
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Apr 24, 2019 |
Trent Dalton on what makes a good man
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Apr 17, 2019 |
Natalka Burian on writing about family dynamics
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Apr 10, 2019 |
Sheila Heti on the ties between female identity and motherhood
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Apr 03, 2019 |
Mary Gabriel on placing females artists back into art history
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Mar 27, 2019 |
Rachel Kushner on Understanding Stalkers
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Mar 20, 2019 |
Kerry O'Brien on the importance of investing in journalism
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Mar 13, 2019 |
Courtney Maum on the importance of touch
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Mar 06, 2019 |
Lucie Greene on forecasting desire through data
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Feb 27, 2019 |
Georgia Clark on representing someone else's experience
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Feb 20, 2019 |
Olivia Laing and dealing with the contradictions of the world
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Feb 13, 2019 |
R.O. Kwon and the cult of religion
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Feb 06, 2019 |
Rebecca Traister and the positive power of female rage
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Jan 30, 2019 |
Glory Edim on representation in literature
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Jan 23, 2019 |
James Frey wants to burn the world down
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Jan 16, 2019 |
Ingrid Fetell Lee and the aesthetics of Joy
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Jan 09, 2019 |
Parker Posey compares acting to writing
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Jan 02, 2019 |
Meg Mason on Motherhood's effect on her writing
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Dec 26, 2018 |
Neil Gaiman and Norse Gods
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Dec 19, 2018 |
Caitlin Moran on sexual shame and gender boundaries
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Dec 11, 2018 |
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Vietnamese-American refugee experience
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Jami Attenberg on being a woman in NYC and finding success
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Tom Perrotta on porn addiction, suburban America and exploring gender norms
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Trevor Noah live at NeueHouse
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Jennifer Egan on Manhattan Beach, gangsters and following her instincts
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Maggie Nelson reflects on her work
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Claire Messud on long-lost friendships
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Jul 22, 2018 |
The way forward with Lidia Yuknavitch
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Karl Ove Knausgaard on fate, shame, prolonging pleasure, and iconic memories
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Esther Perel on rethinking infidelity
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Maria Semple on friendship, city living, and coping mechanisms
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Max Porter on love through grief
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Min Jin Lee on the history of Korean families in Japan
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Salman Rushdie on how life is Stranger Than Fiction
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Mohsin Hamid on immigration, life in Pakistan, and Donald Trump
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Jul 22, 2018 |
The ever introspective Mary Louise Parker
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Samantha Irby on intentional dating, epic sexual mishaps and redefining family
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Stephanie Danler on coming of age in NYC
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Jul 22, 2018 |
The inimitable roxane gay
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Jul 22, 2018 |
Ann Patchett on opening up in fiction
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Jul 22, 2018 |