Reading the Room Podcast
1) Sheila Heti, "Alphabetical Diaries"
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.
2) Alice McDermott, "Absolution"
Alice McDermott, National Book Award winner and three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, joins me to discuss her new novel, "Absolution," available now from FSG.
3) Beauty, Drag, & Halloween w/ Mona Awad ("Rouge")
A Halloween special! Mona Awad returns to the pod to discuss her new novel, "Rouge," available now from Marysue Rucci Books.
4) Bryan Washington, "Family Meal"
An interview with Bryan Washington about his new novel, "Family Meal," available now from Riverhead Books.
5) Fact vs. Imagination w/ Justin Torres ("Blackouts")
An interview with Justin Torres about his new novel, "Blackouts," a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction, available now from FSG.
6) Body Horror, Religion, & Working Class Narratives w/ Elle Nash ("Deliver Me")
An interview with Isle McElroy about her new novel, "Deliver Me," available now from Unnamed Press.
Body Horror, Religion, & Working Class Narratives w/ Elle Nash ("Deliver Me")
47:31 | Oct 3rd, 2023
7) Body-Swapping, Marriage, & Art w/ Isle McElroy ("People Collide")
An interview with Isle McElroy about their new novel, "People Collide," available now from HarperVia.
8) Monstrous Women w/ Deesha Philyaw, Chana Porter, Chantal V. Johnson & Kristel Buckley ("Peach Pit")
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.
9) Survival, Solitude, & Middlemarch w/ Lauren Groff ("The Vaster Wilds")
An interview with Lauren Groff about her new novel, "The Vaster Wilds," available now from Riverhead Books.
10) Sacred Queer Books & Merch Collab w/ CJ Reads
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 favo...Show More