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Isaac Fitzgerald on the Power of Pilgrimage
Sister Monica Clare on A Change Of Habit
Glynnis MacNicol on the pleasures of Paris.
Annabelle Hickson on living in regional Australia, Galah magazine, and why the kids are gonna be all right.
Cora Frazier (The New Yorker) on the beautiful strangeness of new motherhood.
Anna Funder on The Invisible Life of Mrs. Orwell
Katie Kitamura returns to talk about her new book Audition.
Lucy Jones on Matrescence and transformation of motherhood,
Bianca Bosker on Get The Picture
Cameron Russell on How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone
Re-Release: Trent Dalton on Boy Swallows Universe and what makes a good man.
Bianca Bosker on her unexpected wine obsession and how it upended (and enriched) her life.
Re-release: Isaac Fitzgerald on Dirtbag, Massachussets.
Re-release: Cody Keenan on Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America.
Re-release: Esther Perel on rethinking infidelity (from 2018)
Adriana Trigiani on how she's written over 20 books and why she reinvents herself every seven years.
Shaina Feinberg and Julia Rothman on How We Got By.
Anya Von Bremzen on the national dishes of Japan, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and more.
Angie and Liam wrap up the summer by talking books, movies, and more!
Prachi Gupta on 'They Called Us Exceptional.'
Mattie Kahn on Young and Restless, the Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions.
Angie and Helen Ellis chat in the Coral Lounge
LIT UP presents: DIE HARD ON A BLANK!
Gina Chung joins Angie to talk about 'Sea Change.'
Max Porter returns to talk about his new novel 'Shy,' how we talk to our children, and Japanese socks.
Hannah Goldfield on finding her way into food & restaurant criticism.
Samantha Irby on liking what you like without apology.
Adrienne Westenfeld returns to share what she’s reading (and watching) this spring.
Natasha Pickowicz on why she bakes for pleasure and community.
Lindsey Tramuta shares the new ideas shaping Paris.
Catherine Lacey on crafting her multilayered fictional Biography of X, unknowability, and the mysterious forces that draw people together.
Michael Cecchi-Azzolina on collecting a lifetime’s worth of New York City restaurant tales.
Reid Mitenbuler on getting swept up in explorer Peter Freuchen’s larger-than-life stories.
Revisiting our conversation with Elizabeth Day!
Kate Baer on ‘And Yet’ speaking truth through poetry.
Tarajia Morrell on collaborating with the late chef Fatima Ali and uncovering fascinating characters through food writing.
2022 in books (plus a gift guide!) feat. Ruby Smith.
The Cut’s Jen Ortiz on honing her editing skills and secret YouTube obsessions.
Nimarta Narang, Literary Editor of Brown Girl Magazine, on creating space for a multitude of South Asian stories.
The Bard Behind Bars: Introducing Where There’s a Will
Susan Orlean on living with animals and following her curiosity.
Alyssa Shelasky on 'This Might Be Too Personal.'
Laura Warrell on the 20-year journey to write her new novel Soft, Sweet, Plenty Rhythm.
Cody Keenan on his book, Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Belletrist's Karah Preiss stops to talk books, family, making TV , and a lot more.
Kal Penn on his memoir You Can't Be Serious.
A Labor Day rerelease: Stanley Tucci
Natasha Sizlo on All Signs Point to Paris
Isaac Fitzgerald on his memoir Dirtbag, Massachusetts.
Safia Elhillo on her new book of poetry, GIRLS THAT NEVER DIE.
Christopher Hermelin of So Many Damn Books on how to break out of a reading rut.
Lisa Taddeo returns to talk GHOST LOVER.
Abi Morgan on This Is Not A Pity Memoir.
Elizabeth Day on on the struggles that define us and make us stronger, and her new novel MAGPIE.
From Talk Easy: Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions
Zarqa Nawaz on her career and making fun of ISIS in her new book Jameela Green Ruins Everything.
Clemency Burton-Hill on surviving a brain injury and how it changed her relationship to music.
Re-Release: Max Porter on love through grief.
Pamela Paul on the art of boredom, buying a one-way ticket to Thailand, and what we've lost to the Internet.
Stephan Lee on the phenomenon that is K-Pop.
Jason Diamond on suburbs, cardigans, Russian literature, the Martini, and more.
Sheila Heti on God's First Draft, social anxiety in the metaverse, and Feldman, the, loyal, snoring dog beside her.
A Valentine's Day Re-release: Alain de Botton on keeping love alive
Maeve Higgins on her big family, migration, and making fun of Angie.
Wajahat Ali on 9/11, being American, and how his sense of humor landed him love.
Book and TV critic Hillary Kelly on her most anticipated books of 2022, and why she doesn't *get* books about happy people.
Angela got you a Christmas present! Plus an end-of-year review.
Uli Beutter Cohen on subways, stillness, and the next 10 thousand years.
Ann Patchett on a remarkable friendship, the importance of Snoopy in her life, and much, much more.
Emily Ratajkowski on why writing feels like a feminist act.
Brendan Borrell on the race to the Covid vacine
Adrienne Westenfeld on Matrix, Harlem Shuffle, My Body, and other books you should read this Fall.
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on interracial friendship, and their new book, We Are Not Like Them.
Stanley Tucci on Taste, life's journeys, and wooing through food.
Annie Daly on wellness, self-care, and what those words mean all over the world.
Reeves Wiedeman on his obsessive viral article ‘The Spine Collector.’
Liz Plosser on mornings, routines, and working from home.
Parker Posey on her friendship with Nora Ephron, acting with integrity and the past lives of dogs.
Min Jin Lee on the history of Korean families in Japan (from 2017).
Katie Kitamura on the charismatic nature of power and her new novel, Intimacies.
Meredith Westgate on guarding what we share with those we love, and her new book The Shimmering State.
Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi on how history lives in our bodies and the joy of riding horses.
Stephanie Danler on confronting the past and the value of gentleness.
Raven Leilani on art & failure, writing to her past self, and Six Flags.
Lisa Taddeo on obsessions with mothers and the wisdom of French Actresses
Laura Dave on finding out who someone really is and different ways to be a mother.
Gabriela Garcia on Cuba, mothers and daughters, and the link between cigars and literature.
Trent Preszler on the healing power of building a boat with your hands.
Hala Alyan on family secrets and the charged history of the Middle East.
Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery in America
Lauren Oyler on who we are on the internet.
Te-Ping Chen on funeral strippers, and her collection of short stories, Land of Big Numbers.
Nadia Owusu on the healing power of a rocking chair and her new memoir, Aftershocks.
Elizabeth Gilbert on why being honest is better than being good, and her novel CITY OF GIRLS. (From the Archive)
Jess Walter on the ‘She-Dog of Anarchy’ Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and his new novel The Cold Millions.
Jen Silverman on the art of the post-scandal comeback and her novel, We Play Ourselves.
Kaitlyn Greenidge on what freedom means in 2021 and her novel, Libertie.
From Sugar23, this is Lit Up.
Christopher Bollen on writing likeable characters who do bad things
Alain de Botton on keeping love alive