All 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

The Instant with Amy Liptrot

Minisode Twenty-Nine: Bookshops

Satire with Pola Oloixarac

Minisode Twenty-Eight: Fathers

East Side Voices with Helena Lee and Will Harris

Minisode Twenty-Seven: Mothers

Literary Friction - Year in Review 2021

Literary Friction - Books About Books with Ruth Ozeki

Minisode Twenty-six: Twilight Knowing

Literary Friction - Climbing the Ladder with Natasha Brown

Minisode Twenty-Five: The Campus Novel

Literary Friction - Constraint with Maggie Nelson

Minisode Twenty-Four: Back to School

Literary Friction - Writing For Change With Shon Faye

Literary Friction - RE-RUN: Memoir with Viv Albertine

Minisode Twenty-Three: The Sea, the Sea!

Literary Friction - Grandparents with Anuk Arudpragasam

Minisode Twenty-Two: Pets

Literary Friction - Real Estate with Deborah Levy

Minisode Twenty-One: Book Criticism

Literary Friction - Hard Crowds with Rachel Kushner

Minisode Twenty: Books as Objects

Literary Friction - Magical Realism with Leone Ross

Literary Friction - Vulnerability with Katherine Angel

Literary Friction - Inside Publishing with Hannah Westland from Serpent's Tail (Sponsored Episode)

Literary Friction - Adaptation with Niven Govinden

Literary Friction - Minisode Eighteen: Winter Reads

Literary Friction Special - Raven Leilani

Literary Friction - Year in Review 2020

Literary Friction - The Political Essay with Otegha Uwagba

Minisode Seventeen: Optimism

Literary Friction - Complicated Love with Mary Gaitskill

Literary Friction - Sisters with Daisy Johnson

Minisode Sixteen: Audiobooks

Literary Friction - The Joy of Words with Eley Williams

Literary Friction - RE-RUN: Masculinity with Thomas Page McBee

Minisode Fifteen: Joy

Literary Friction - Luxury With Shola Von Reinhold

Literary Friction - Behind Closed Doors With Carmen Maria Machado

Literary Friction - RE-RUN: Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kishani Widyaratna

Minisode Fourteen: More Intimacy

Literary Friction - Intimacy With Garth Greenwell

Minisode Thirteen: Inside Our Minds

Literary Friction - Obligatory Note Of Hope With Jenny Offill

Minisode Twelve: Escapism In Quarantine

Literary Friction - Social Media with Kiley Reid

Literary Friction - Minisode Eleven: We Heart EU...ropean Literature

Literary Friction - On the Run with Eimear McBride

Minisode Ten: TS Eliot The Love Rat, And Other Tales

Literary Friction - New Beginnings With An Yu

Literary Friction - In Therapy With Ben Lerner

Minisode Nine: Year In Review

Literary Friction - Returning with Elizabeth Strout

Literary Friction - Minisode Eight: Set Reading, Good Or Bad?

Literary Friction - Live at Cheltenham Festival

Literary Friction - City of Voices with Zadie Smith

Literary Friction - Vanity with Deborah Levy

Minisode Seven: Jia Tolentino and Emilie Pine

RERUN Literary Friction - Down the Rabbit Hole with Kevin Barry

Literary Friction Special - Ocean Vuong