Literary Friction

Year in Review 2025 (and mother of all catch-ups)

Literary Friction - Year (and Decade) in Review 2023

Literary Friction - A Life of One's Own with Xialou Guo

Minisode Forty-Five: Friendship

Literary Friction - Desire with K Patrick

Minisode Forty-four: Parenthood

Literary Friction - Doppelgangers with Naomi Klein

Minisode Forty-Three: Sad Girl Novels

Literary Friction - Short Stories with Arinze Ifeakandu

RE-RUN: Author Special with Ocean Vuong

Minisode Forty-Two: Artificial Intelligence

Literary Friction - Dark Comedy with Lorrie Moore

RE-RUN - Minisode Three: Red Flags

Literary Friction - Romantic Comedy with Curtis Sittenfeld

Minisode Forty: Author Special with Octavia Bright

Literary Friction - Writing about Writers with Tan Twan Eng

Minisode Thirty-nine: Cities

Literary Friction - Feminism with Sara Ahmed

Minisode Thirty-Eight: Book covers

Literary Friction - Dancing Time with Jacqueline Crooks

Minisode Thirty-Seven: Etiquette

Literary Friction - Journalism with Tania Branigan

Minisode Thirty-six: Money

Literary Friction - The Lives of Others with Kathryn Scanlan

Minisode Thirty-Five: Food and Feasting

Literary Friction - RE-RUN: Abstract Romanticism with Chris Kraus

Literary Friction - Year in Review 2022

Minisode Thirty-Four: Swearing

Literary Friction - Deception with Yiyun Li

Literary Friction - Graphic Novels with Lizzy Stewart

Literary Friction - Playing Games with Gabrielle Zevin

Rediscovery with Jamaica Kincaid and Stu Wilson (Picador Sponsored Episode)

Minisode Thirty-Three: Correspondence

Literary Friction - RE-RUN: a Spoonful of Sugar with Leïla Slimani

Fandom with Sheena Patel

Minisode Thirty-Two: A Short History of Literary Friction (Patreon Sneak Peek)

Literary Friction Special - Elif Batuman

Minisode Thirty-One: Parties

Rediscovery with Lauren Elkin

Minisode Thirty: Libraries