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EPISODE · Feb 8, 2026 · 44 MIN

Ep. 293 - Tom Lutz

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 293rd episode, our guest is Tom Lutz. Tom Lutz is the author of many books on literature and culture, as well as several books of travel writing and two novels. He is an American Book Award-winning cultural critic, University of California Riverside Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and the founder of Los Angeles Review of Books. In addition to UC Riverside, he also taught at the University of Iowa, CalArts, University of Copenhagen and Stanford. He now lives in the French countryside with his wife, the writer and critic Laurie Winer, and their two expatriate cats. His latest book, “Chagos Archipelago” was published by Red Hen Press in October 2025 and is the follow-up to his novel “Born Slippy,” which was published by Repeater Books in 2020. Follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robaburg.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon: newsie.social/@therobburgessshow Check out my Linktree: linktr.ee/therobburgessshow Subscribe to my Substack: therobburgessshow.substack.com/

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Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 293rd episode, our guest is Tom Lutz. Tom Lutz is the author of many books on literature and culture, as well as several books of travel writing and two novels. He is an American Book Award-winning cultural critic, University of California Riverside Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and the founder of Los Angeles Review of Books. In addition to UC Riverside, he also taught at the University of Iowa, CalArts, University of Copenhagen and Stanford. He now lives in the French countryside with his wife, the writer and critic Laurie Winer, and their two expatriate cats. His latest book, “Chagos Archipelago” was published by Red Hen Press in October 2025 and is the follow-up to his novel “Born Slippy,” which was published by Repeater Books in 2020. Follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robaburg.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon: newsie.social/@therobburgessshow Check out my Linktree: linktr.ee/therobburgessshow Subscribe to my Substack: therobburgessshow.substack.com/

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