Episode 4 - Genre Switch: Mac Crane

On the first ever Genre Switch episode of the QT Nonfiction pod, Mac Crane and I discuss their novel A Sharp Endless Need, as well as experimenting with form as a way to access deeper truths, interpersonal stakes in CNF, autofiction, non-traditional book structure, writing the friends-to-more-than-friends queer pipeline, the inherent eroticism of sports, shame vs. guilt, sex scenes, the motivations of secondary characters, the popularity of Heated Rivalry, Delco accents, and early 2000s emo and pop punk.   Writers/Books/Things to Watch mentioned in this episode: Hanif Abdurraqib (and his column "Notes on Hoops" in The Paris Review), Marina Mabrey at Unrivaled Philadelphia, Heated Rivalry (obviously), Task, Mare of Easttown, Long Bright River, Catcher in the Rye, Perverts (forthcoming July 2026).   Links: Mac's Website Purchase A Sharp Endless Need Intro/Outro Music by Lin Lin's Bandcamp Lin's Spotify