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Demise of the Podcast

A literary deep dive into great books—where critical analysis meets personal reflection and original writing. Author and musician Patrick Attaway talks about books, analyzes writing through a sophisticated literary lens, and discusses the struggles of being an aspiring writer.

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    Episode 378 - JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye

    Mind you, this is a grown man who wrote this.

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    Episode 377

    Doin' some readin', rantin', and droolin'.

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    Episode 376 - Sophie Lucido Johnson's Many Love

    If you like this book, don't listen.

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    Episode 373 - Nikki Sloane's The Doctor

    Patrick reads two new poems, a surprise indie author hit, and tries not to have a panic attack.

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    Episode 372 - David Sedaris's Buddy Can You Spare a Tie

    For once I don't need an explicit warning unless you don't appreciate urination.

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    Episode 371 - David Sedaris's Road Trips

    Cover your children's ears.

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    Episode 369 - Henry, a Short Story

    Patrick reads and cringes at his own writing.

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    Episode 368 - David Sedaris's Theft by Finding

    The real theft is the time we lost.

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    Episode 366 - Writing Q&A

    Demise of Demise of Demise of Demise

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    Episode 365 - Stephen King's The Gunslinger

    There's nothing positive to say.

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    Episode 362 - The Eye Never Stops Looking VI

    Chapters 6 - 8 (2026) and a brief Supergirl review.

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    Episode 358 - The Eye Never Stops Looking Part II

    Trigger Warning for everything. Chapters 2 - 5.

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    Episode 357 - The Eye Never Stops Looking Part I

    Chapter One! Yay. Steve Sebastian meets the Beckers, a polyamorous couple from Los Angeles who recently moved to Douglasville Georgia.

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    Episode 356 - The Eye Never Stops Looking Coming Soon!

    New novel, trauma, and AI perversion.

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    Episode 354 - Bret Easton Ellis Retrospective

    Reading the endings for four books: Less Than Zero, Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, and More.

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    Episode 351 - Bret Easton Ellis's The Informers

    Way to rush to The Shards, Bret.

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    Episode 350 - My Favorite Guest

    Missus Attaway joins us to celebrate the 350th episode of Demise of the Podcast.

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    Episode 348 - David Sedaris's Cyclops

    More from Naked, and lots of writing talk.

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    Episode 346 - Molly Roden Winter's More Finale

    There's more to explore in More!

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    Episode 344 - Molly Roden Winter's More Part I (With Special Guest)

    Patrick reads and introduces More, and Missus Attaway talks about monogamy, open relationships, and polyamory.

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    Episode 342 - Charles Bukowski's The Continual Condition

    Reading edited and original versions of Bukowski poems before discussing AI and Ex Machina.

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    Episode 341 - Failing as an Author

    We discuss the myths of writing careers, Capitalist expectations versus academic writing, and the importance of bad writing.

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    Episode 339 - The Satisfying Lies of Dr. Salome Kamaria Part XIII

    Holy 2016, Batman!!! We talk HBO's Girls and Hannah X's This is Not a Test. And I almost collapse while reading my own book!

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    Episode 335 - Richard Zacks's An Underground Education Part I

    We discuss early American history, presidential affairs, Crossroads, protagonists, and a little writing.

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A literary deep dive into great books—where critical analysis meets personal reflection and original writing. Author and musician Patrick Attaway talks about books, analyzes writing through a sophisticated literary lens, and discusses the struggles of being an aspiring writer.

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A literary deep dive into great books—where critical analysis meets personal reflection and original writing. Author and musician Patrick Attaway talks about books, analyzes writing through a sophisticated literary lens, and discusses the struggles of being an aspiring writer.

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