All Episodes
Literary Friction — 40 episodes
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