All Episodes

1054. Salman Rushdie & Rachel Eliza Griffiths

15 Years of Otherppl: What 1,000+ Conversations with Writers Have Taught Me

REPLAY: Chuck Klosterman on Journalism, Expertise, & the Complexities of Progress

Poems from 'Elegy for Pangaea,' by Mark Leidner

Thanks for Not Talking

1053. Mark Leidner

REPLAY: Jonathan Franzen on Fame, Techno-Optimism, and David Foster Wallace

Excerpt from 'All That Is Left of Life,' by Roberta Recchia

Is It Illegal to Smell Someone in California?

1052. Marlon James

REPLAY: Terry Tempest Williams on Grief, Art, Absence, and Presence

Excerpt from 'Earth 7,' by Deb Olin Unferth

Dolly Parton 4Ever

1051. Roberta Recchia

REPLAY: Madelaine Lucas on Love, Longing, and the Art of the Sad, Horny Novel

1050. Beowulf Sheehan

Escape from Statin Island

1049. Deb Olin Unferth

REPLAY: Cara Blue Adams on Writing, Privilege, and Connected Stories

100 Disgraceful Episodes

1048. Julie Buntin

REPLAY: Bill Clegg on Writing, Modern Publishing, and Being a Literary Agent

Excerpt from 'A Marriage at Sea,' by Sophie Elmhirst

Mira vs. Jonah Hill

1047. Sophie Elmhirst

REPLAY: Alexandra Kleeman on Hollywood, Climate Catastrophe, and the Ghosts of the Future

Private Equity Hoes

1046. Claire Vaye Watkins

How Meditation Can Help You Write

Excerpt from 'Freedom,' by Zinzi Clemmons

Alpha Males in Kitten Heels

1045. Hal Ebbott

Carmen Maria Machado on Early Success, Haunted Residencies, and the Joy of Video Games

Explosive Diarrhea in Trump's America

1044. Scott McClanahan

REPLAY: Candace Jane Opper on Suicide, Obsession, and Radical Unforgetting

Excerpt from 'The Radiant Dark,' by Alexandra Oliva

More Mira Mayhem

1043. Alexandra Oliva

REPLAY: Elizabeth Ellen on the Midwest, Indie Lit, and Being an Outsider

1042. Zinzi Clemmons

REPLAY: Mike DeCapite on Midlife Romance in New York City

1041. Erin Van Der Meer

REPLAY: Chantal V. Johnson on Trauma, Adulthood, and Contemporary Survival

Excerpt from 'The Scoop,' by Erin Van Der Meer

The Golden Sacrifice

1040. Ben Fountain

REPLAY: Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz and the Secret History of LA

Brad vs. The Volcano

1039. Anne Enright

REPLAY: Rex Pickett on 'Sideways,' Hollywood, and Adventures in Wine Country

1038. Tracy Lynne Oliver

Nobody Puts Mira in a Corner

1037. Luke Goebel

REPLAY: Timothy Willis Sanders on Anxiety, Stalin, and Male Vulnerability

Excerpt from 'Kill Dick,' by Luke Goebel

Who's Got the Crack?

1036. Kyle McCarthy

REPLAY: Nick Flynn on Hard Writing, Compassion, and Confronting the Ghosts of the Past

Excerpt from 'Immersions,' by Kyle McCarthy

Vive la Travolta

1035. Sonya Walger

REPLAY: Clancy Martin on How Not to Kill Yourself

1034. Daniel Kraus

Mira Didn't Die

1033. Patrick Radden Keefe

REPLAY: Susan Choi on the Pandemic, Winning the National Book Award, and the Lasting Effects of Childhood

Excerpt from 'I Am the Ghost Here,' by Kim Samek

What Does It Really Mean to ‘Make It’ As a Writer? On Leaving Corporate Publishing, Becoming a Hack, and Deciding to Self-Publish

1032. Kim Samek

REPLAY: Kimberly King Parsons on Texas, Despicable People, and Finding Complexity in the Darkness

Russell Brand Bible Study

1031. Julian Zabalbeascoa

REPLAY: Sarah Kendzior on Donald Trump and American Decline

Federal Bureau of Inebriation

1030. Willy Vlautin

REPLAY: Kate Durbin on Poetry, Hoarders, and American Loneliness

Gothchella

1029. Ada Limón

REPLAY: Roger McNamee on Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook Catastrophe

Fear and Loathing in the Cheese Castle

How Literary Awards Work: A Conversation with PEN/Faulkner Executive Director Gwydion Suilebhan

REPLAY: Andrea Bajani on the Mysteries of Death and the Search for Renewal

REPLAY: Lorrie Moore on Writing, the Afterlife, and Ghost Stories

1028. Jung Yun

REPLAY: Ned Vizzini on Early Success, Mental Illness, and Writing for Young People

Excerpt from 'Black Bag,' by Luke Kennard

A Few Good Afromen

1027. Luke Kennard

REPLAY: Anakana Schofield on Voice, Violence, and Building a Fictional Universe

Excruciating Oscars Recap

1026. Naeem Murr

REPLAY: Samantha Irby on Finding Humor in the Darkness

Excerpt from 'He's the Devil,' by Tobi Coventry

AWP, DUI, DOA, JFK, WW3, WTF, SMH

1025. Namwali Serpell

REPLAY: Mark Leidner on Aphorisms, Belief, Purpose, and Loss

REPLAY: Michael Finkel on The Last True Hermit

1024. Tobi Coventry

REPLAY: Tess Gunty on Mysticism, the Midwest, and Winning the National Book Award

Excerpt from 'Clutch,' by Emily Nemens

The 400 Bros

1023. Emily Nemens

Clavicular Manslaughter

1022. Eric Lichtblau

Excerpt from 'The End of Romance,' by Lily Meyer

Bad Bunny Saves America

1021. Lily Meyer

Elmo is in the Epstein Files

Peter Schmidt on Attention Activism, Corporate Greed, and Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Digital Age

Erika Kirk Free Solos Trump Tower

1020. Kathleen Boland

Emily Witt on ICE Raids, Protests, and the Battle for Minneapolis

1019. Brenda Navarro and Megan McDowell

Mira's Screaming Nude Father Scares Away Intruders

1018. Karl Ove Knausgaard

We Have Been Snubbed by the Golden Globes

What Needs to Change in the Publishing Industry

Toxic Celebrity Mom Group

1017. Gerald Howard

1016. Jim Newton

Best of 2025 - Part 2

Best of 2025 - Part 1

1015. Carla Kaplan

Excerpt from 'A Silent Treatment,' by Jeannie Vanasco

We're Already in Hell: Our Year in Review

1014. Susan Straight

1013. Jeannie Vanasco

Excerpt from 'Only Way Out,' by Tod Goldberg

Don't Take Your Shoes Off

1012. Jordan Castro

1011. Lauren Rothery

Excerpt from 'Empire of Orgasm,' by Ellen Huet

Kevin Spacey: Live from the Congo

1010. Laura K. Field

1009. Tod Goldberg

Excerpt from 'Open Wide,' by Jessica Gross

A Badussy Thanksgiving

1008. Ellen Huet

1007. Joseph O'Neill

Bustin' a Nuzzi

1006. Jennifer Eli Bowen

1005. Jessica Gross

70 is the New 35

1004. Chris Kraus

1003. Aja Gabel

Six Seven Eleven Frozen Burrito

1002. Jonathan Lethem

1001. Donika Kelly

Space Mountain Death Trip

1000. Susan Orlean

999. Francesca Wade

Me Love You, J-Lo

998. Amber Sparks

997. Vincenzo Latronico

Where in the World Are Mira's Psych Meds?

996. Angela Flournoy

What Does It Mean to Be a Minor Writer?

The Life of a Showboy

995. Jade Chang

994. Melissa Febos

Brad Bunny

993. Jason Diamond

Special Episode: DeepDive Sneak Preview!

Dancing with the Stars on 300mg of THC

992. Leigh Stein

Kyle Spencer on the Dangers of Political Extremism, the Tragedy of Charlie Kirk, and the Future of American Democracy

The Everything is Bad Episode

991. Elaine Hsieh Chou

Rachel, 32, Director of Content and Engagement

The Dawn of the Sheenaissance

990. Hala Alyan

Jennifer Pastiloff on Grief, Creativity, Shame Loss, Sobriety, and Connection

The Legend of Young Beaver

989. Susannah Cahalan

988. Sylvia Jones

Ken Burns Presents 'The Swiftie Civil War'

987. Lydi Conklin

986. Donald Berger

Billionaire Death Party

985. Chelsea Bieker

A Conversation with a Witch: Amanda Yates Garcia on Empire, Resistance, Contemporary Culture, and Radical Enchantment

Our Lives Are Brilliant, Our Love is Pure

984. Michael Clune

983. Jane Borden

Mira is Hallucinating Bugs

982. Shelby Hinte

981. Claire Jia

It's Hot Down Here, Brother

980. Hannah Pittard

979. Ken Baumann

52 Weeks of Brad & Mira

978. Megan Abbott

Exploring Hybrid Literary Forms

Slap Me and Call Me Mommy

977. Kashana Cauley

Special Episode: DeepDive Sneak Preview!

Seventy Hot Dogs in Ten Minutes

976. Jessa Crispin

975. Geoff Dyer

I Will Show You My Body

974. Lynn Steger Strong

Kirsten, 40, Pen and Ink Artist

Foam Party with My New Stepdad

973. Jess Walter

Rebecca, 35, Human Being

The Little Horny Pop Star Who Could

972. S. A. Cosby

David, 44, Painter

Cazando Esteban

971. Claire Hoffman

John, 36, Graduate Student

For Sale: Knicks Lingerie, Never Worn

970. Andrew Lipstein

Sam, 40, Filmmaker and Visual Strategist

969. Vauhini Vara

968. Kate Folk

967. J. Robert Lennon

The Prostate Episode

966. Honor Jones

Kalen, 47, Blue Man Group Performer

Rosanna Norton 4Ever

965. Ocean Vuong

Vanessa, Age??, Vegan Activist

964. Katie Kitamura

963. Jonathan Evison

Tyler, 38, Social Worker

A Pep Talk for Writers, with Maggie Smith

How to Make a Living As a Writer

Nancy, 56, Mother and Artist

Dead Pope Society

962. Stephen Graham Jones

Bonny, 61, Geospatial Scientist

The Last Temptation of The Baldwins

961. Emma Pattee

Chase, 28, Musician

This is a Total Disaster

960. Sonya Walger

Dave, 49, Entrepreneur

Gail the Lesbian Dog Trainer with Magnificent Hair

959. Sanjena Sathian

Jessa, 25, Packaging and E-Commerce Designer

'Future Nostalgia' is a Dance Pop Masterpiece

958. Paul Lisicky

Michael, 54, Housing Entrepreneur

There's Cheese on the Range Rover

957. Sarah Chihaya

Cody, 24, Commercial Cleaner

Miserable Middle-Aged Men

956. Lidia Yuknavitch

Sophia, 34, Customer Success Manager

Getting Into a Fistfight in West Hollywood at Age 72

955. Curtis Sittenfeld

Brad and Mira OnlyFans

954. Virginia Feito

Special Announcement

How to Train Your Dragon

953. Gabrielle Bates

Eat Your Heart Out

952. Mark Leyner

Grammys Recap: Beyonce Triumphs, Taylor Swift Meets Bob Weir, Best and Worst Dressed, Etc.

Can AI Change Reading for the Better?

Rumpelforeskin

951. Heather O'Neill

Consider the Lobster

950. Kevin Maloney

The Podcast Must Go On

949. Zahid Rafiq

Golden Globes Recap

How to Write Revisionist History

My Favorite Nonfiction of 2024

My Favorite Fiction of 2024

Holiday Spectacular

948. Tony Tulathimutte

Dead Like a Dog in the Street

947. Jeff VanderMeer

Pay Mira's Rent

The Black List Goes Literary

Thanksgiving Colonoscopy Episode

How to Launch a Book

946. Sarah LaBrie

Martha Stewart Gun Kelly

How to Write a Poem

World-Building 101

945. Sebastian Smee

Election 2024 Special with A.M. Homes

Corn vs. Kale

944. Sarah Gerard

Pink Cocaine (Taylor's Version)

943. Mark Haddon

The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Chewing

942. Betsy Lerner

The Midlife Crisis Episode

941. Emily Witt

Lawyers, Nudes, and Money

Sexting with a 70-Year-Old Man on Steroids

What Sells a Book?

'Reservoir Bitches' and the Art of Literary Translation

Martin Short [Bleeped] at the Beverly Hills Hotel

940. Regina Porter

Mira Took a Very Strong Edible

939. Elizabeth Strout

Don't Eat While Listening

938. Kerry Howley

Whale Juice

937. Lena Valencia

A Hundred Pounds of Weed

936. Keziah Weir

935. Francine Prose

Bear With Us

934. Kevin Barry

Cannibals, Constipation, and the Trad Wife Blues

933. Elisa Gabbert

Mira Lived

932. Nina Sharma

931. Juliet Escoria

930. Aleksandr Skorobogatov

Can Fasting Feed Creativity?

It's Hard to Talk About

929. Porochista Khakpour

Tori Spelling's Placentas

The Errors Tuah

How to Write from the Inside Out

Big Asses, Plane Crashes, & Donald Sutherland's Ashes

Kathryn Miles on the 90s, the Shenandoah Murders, LGBTQ Rights, Finding Refuge in Nature, and Wilderness Crime

Down Bad Cruising at the Gym

928. Ayana Mathis

We Need to Talk About Kevin

927. Teddy Wayne

Richard Chiem on Joy Williams, Tonal Struggles, Kristin Iversen, Hippo Attacks, Mountain Lions, Depression, Pot, Childhood, and the Joy of Being a Sad Person

926. Kimberly King Parsons

Schrödinger's Kate Middleton

925. Morgan Talty

Tony Tulathimutte on Book Reviews, Literary Omertà, Writing for Oneself, Attention Problems, Page Layout, and Permanence

924. Max Porter

The Real Podcasters of Los Angeles

923. Rita Bullwinkel

Bill Clegg on Literary Agents, Humility, Excellence, Fame, Sales, and the Mysteries of Publishing

922. R.O. Kwon

921. Colombe Schneck

Mark Leidner on Aphorisms, Writing, Risk, Memory, Parables, Myth, Poetry, Religion, Miracles, Nature, Childhood, and Church

920. Hari Kunzru

919. Myriam Lacroix

Sam Tallent on Publishing, Comedy, Community, Doug Stanhope, Vegas, Reading, Self-Education, Writing, Weed, and Panic Attacks

918. Carvell Wallace

The Life of a Bookseller

Garth Greenwell on Style, Opera, Kentucky, Mentors, Poetry, Bulgaria, Prose, Good Art, and Magnetism in Language

917. Hanif Abdurraqib

916. Helen Tworkov

Alexandra Kleeman on Los Angeles, Filmmaking, Boredom, Adaptation, Todd Haynes, Writing, Idealism, Cynicism, Hamlet, Climate Change, and Public Breakdowns

The Power of Names in Writing and Real Life

915. Alejandro Zambra and Megan McDowell

Bud Smith on Jersey, Childhood, Cop Cars, Libraries, Heavy Construction, Suburbs, Bands, Vonnegut, Rage, Seinfeld, Boredom, Blogs, and Universality

How to Structure a Novel

914. Annell López

Karolina Waclawiak on Beverly Hills, Headhunters, Money, Helping, The Believer, Being a Creative Person, Tangerine, Hollywood, Walk of Fame, and Do It Yourself

How to Build a Rewarding Creative Life

913. José Vadi

Min Jin Lee on Writing Slowly, Confidence, Rejections, 19th Century Social Novels, Outlining, Big Frank, Despondency, Neurotic Lawyering, Cirrhosis, and Mortality

How to Write Good Stories

912. Lydia Millet

Tommy Pico on Touring, Performing, Alter Egos, Tricking Yourself, Poetry, Voice, Longform, Improv, Daily Writing Practice, Beyonce, Bird Songs, Purpose, and Building Community

How to Get Somewhat Better at Art

911. Alexandra Tanner

John Keene on Ghost Books, Song Cave, Publishing, Reading Poetry, Delayed Gratification, Language, Meaning, Youth, Freedom, Identity, Memories, Stories, History, and Punks

910. Catherine Lacey

909. Rowan Beaird

Stephen Graham Jones on Stephen King, Slasher Movies, Fear, Writing Fast, Being Physical, the Mechanics of a Joke, Dilating the Moment, Imaginary Safe Places, Screenwriting, Caffeine, and the Perfect Horror Novel

908. Téa Obreht

907. Adelle Waldman

Tao Lin on Iced Coffee, Cannabis, Eating Tobacco, Beta-Carbolines, Kathleen Harrison, Terence McKenna, Tripping, Taking Notes, Autobiographical Writing, MDMA Films, Memory, and Leave Society

906. Katya Apekina

905. Tana French

Sebastian Castillo on Teaching, Creative Constraints, Oulipo Writing, Edouard Leve, Hybrid Forms, Warhol, GIF Novels, Dennis Cooper, Boredom, Emotion, Imitation, and Philip Roth

904. Tommy Orange

How to Write Flash Fiction

Leland Cheuk on Success, Rejection, Persistence, Bad Luck, Denial, Near-Death Experiences, Rebirth, Freedom Swimmers, and Good Luck

903. Sloane Crosley

902. Lauren Markham

Ben Loory on Needles, Doctors, Nighttime, The Sun, Endings, Dennis Etchison, Screenwriting, Growing Up Without a TV, Writing Mathematically, and The Twilight Zone

901. Vanessa Chan

900. Leslie Jamison

Jacinda Townsend on Music, Kentucky, Childhood, Greyhound Buses, Getting Taken Seriously, Siblings, Skipping Grades, Leaving Home, and Harvard

899. Sarah Tomlinson

898. Paul Theroux

Bethany C. Morrow on Air Travel, Basic Human Manners, Throat Chops, Self-Soothing, Pretzels, Mindful Eating, California Produce, The Obscenity of Vegetarians, and Her Sister’s Potato Salad

897. Margot Livesey

896. Brandi Wells

Megan Boyle on Tao Lin, Marriage, Media Coverage, Blogging, Me Fatigue, Isolation, Hippie Siblings, Moving, Shyness, and Alien Abductors

895. Christina Cooke

894. Annie Liontas

Lidia Yuknavitch on Artistic Responsibility, Life and Death Moments, The Savior Complex, Understanding Others, Ideology, Direct Action, Rage, and Change

893. Venita Blackburn

892. Ishmael Reed

Atticus Lish on Book Reviews, Expectations, Isolation, Chinese, New York, Family, Drawing, Phillips Exeter, and Don DeLillo

891. Marie-Helene Bertino

890. De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Jean Kyoung Frazier on New York City, Bartending, Crushtomers, Not Caring, Dead Flies, First Lines, Reconnecting, and Ambivalence About Ambition

Publishing Industry Predictions: 2024

889. Julie Myerson

Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi on Moving, Revolution, Sai Baba, Transnational Personhood, Sea Captains, and the Upper Midwest

888. Susannah Breslin

My Favorite Books of 2023

Best of 2023 - Part 3

Best of 2023 - Part 2

Best of 2023 - Part 1

Alexander Chee on Titles, Endings, Writer Types, Anger, Patience, Deadlines, and the Messiness of the Creative Process

887. Lauren Elkin

How Meditation Can Inform Creative Writing

Michael Earl Craig on Shoeing Horses, Poetry, Grad School, Feedback, Raymond Carver, Family, and Creative Inheritance

886. E.J. Koh

885. Rumaan Alam

Chuck Klosterman on Brooklyn, Book Tour, Time, Predictions, Identity Politics, Farming, High School, Dreams, and Heavy Metal

884. Blake Butler

883. Wendy Chin-Tanner

Elizabeth Ellen on Whiskey, Childhood, Shyness, Florida, House Parties, Panic Attacks, and The Hills

How to Think Like a Publicist

How to Be a Ghostwriter

Susan Choi on Adolescence, Motherhood, Teaching, Me Too, Power, Abuse, and High School

882. Lindsay Hunter

881. Lexi Freiman

Jonathan Ames on Insecurity, Writing, Youth, Time, Choices, Failure, Letting Go, Luck, David Letterman, and Hollywood Meetings

880. Michael Cunningham

879. Jami Nakamura Lin

Megan Fernandes on Edmonton, Poetry, Immigration, Patriotism, Language, Bernie, and Covid

878. Thurston Moore

877. Justin Torres

Wendy C. Ortiz on Dreams, Ghosts, Tori Amos, Belief, Machine Elves, and Jungian Analysis

How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature

876. Athena Dixon

Brad Phillips on The Name Brad, Heroin, Divorce, Suicide, Friendship, the Art World, and Instagram

How to Fight for Truth in an Age of Disinformation

875. Eliza Clark

Hilton Als on Writing on the Floor, Time Between Projects, Andre Leon Talley, and Creative Evolution

874. Elle Nash

873. Claudia Dey

Douglas Coupland on Insomnia, Thursdays, Work Habits, News, Visual Thinking, and Early Writing

872. Roxane Gay

871. David L. Ulin

Frederick Barthelme on Family, Architecture, Red Krayola, Writing, and Getting Kicked Out of School

870. James Frankie Thomas

869. C Pam Zhang

Susan Straight on Riverside, Family, Ross Macdonald, and Writing in Your Car

868. Vauhini Vara

867. Mona Awad

Natalie Baszile on Time, Writing, Big Decisions, Creative Community, and Motherhood

866. Anne Enright

865. Karl Ove Knausgaard

Joyce Johnson on Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, the Beat Generation, Ecstatic Writing, and Québécois Culture

How to Write an Anti-Hero

864. Lauren Groff

Matt Sumell on Writing, Self-Editing, Billy Joel, Long Island, Family, Drinking, and Anxiety

863. Yiyun Li

862. Myriam Gurba

Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Anxiety, Attention, Astrology, Vanity, and Writing in a Notebook

How to Be a Travel Writer

861. Rebekah Bergman

Remembering Tom Hansen, 1961-2023

Charles Shields on Kurt Vonnegut, WWII, Dresden, Suicide, and The Great Depression

860. Maya Binyam

How to Approach "Truth" in Creative Nonfiction

Mat Johnson on Failure, Despair, Persistence, Reviews, and Stealing Time to Write

859. Brando Skyhorse

Why Publishing is Broken

Melissa Febos on Hollywood, Bullshit, Extroversion, Celibacy, Loneliness, and Relationships

858. Lydia Kiesling

857. Khashayar J. Khabushani

Michael Schumacher on Allen Ginsberg, New York City, Poetry, Kindness, Controversy, and Writing a Biography

856. Jamel Brinkley

855. Edan Lepucki

Viet Thanh Nguyen on History, War Movies, Race, Refugees, Vietnam, and the Need for Political Literature

854. Geoff Rickly

853. Ruth Madievsky

Carmen Maria Machado on Anxiety, Death, Childhood, Sick Lit, Writing Letters, and Religion

852. Jenny Xie

851. Andrew Lipstein

D.T. Max on David Foster Wallace, Different Kinds of Intelligence, Bret Easton Ellis, Irony vs. Sincerity, and 12-Step Philosophy

850. Nicole Flattery

849. Sarah Rose Etter

Elif Batuman on Epistolary Relationships, Childhood, the Foolishness of Youth, Creative Humiliation, Perseverance, and Finding the Beauty in Yourself

848. Patrick deWitt

How to Start an Indie Press

Hanya Yanagihara on Big Books, Writing Quickly, Creative Immersion, Great Readers, Complex Interiors, and the Removal of Context

847. Tess Gunty

846. Lorrie Moore

Tim O'Brien on Death, Fatherhood, Child Wisdom, Pacifism, War, Memory, and the Illusion of Self

845. Leila Slimani

844. Alejandra Oliva

Pulitzer Special: Hernan Diaz and Ingrid Rojas Contreras

843. Molly Lynch

842. Tania James

Andre Dubus III on Family, Divorce, Fear, Poverty, Vigilante Justice, Writing as Salvation, and the Divine

841. Jasmin Iolani Hakes

840. Jim Ruland

Roxane Gay on Hateful Men, Twitter, Breaking Barriers, Selling Books, Channing Tatum, and Hunger

839. Bea Setton

How to Start a Literary Magazine

Jonathan Franzen on Ambition, Plot, Childhood, Birdwatching, and Life-Changing Advice

How the Horror Genre Works

838. Ivy Pochoda

Ottessa Moshfegh on Creative Inspiration, Mental Anguish, Substance Abuse, Sobriety, and Writing Into the Dark Places

837. Anne Elizabeth Moore

836. Samantha Irby

835. Isabella Hammad

834. Dave Eggers

How the Bestseller Lists Work

833. Hannah Pittard

832. Emily St. John Mandel

831. Claire Dederer

830. Matthew Zapruder

829. J. Ryan Stradal

828. Jinwoo Chong

827. Tara Conklin

826. Tiffany Clarke Harrison

Literary Agents 101

825. Clancy Martin

824. Alex Mar

823. Shannon McLeod

822. Madelaine Lucas

How to Use the Editorial Omniscient POV

821. Jennifer Michael Hecht

820. Camonghne Felix

819. Tracey Rose Peyton

818. V. V. Ganeshananthan

817. Delia Cai

816. Rebecca Makkai

815. Chetna Maroo

How to Write a Book Proposal

814. Ayobami Adebayo

813. Charmaine Craig

812. Wendell Steavenson

How to Write More Dynamic Scenes

811. David S. Wills

810. Kevin Maloney

How to Write Action

809. Matthew Salesses

808. Bruce Wagner

807. Kashana Cauley

806. Sean Adams

805. Dorthe Nors

Holiday Spectacular 2022

804. Sam Lipsyte

803. Allegra Hyde

802. Emily Pifer

801. Kyle Spencer

800. Pete Hsu

799. Rich Ferguson, Mary Kerr, S.A. Griffin

798. Lynn Steger Strong

797. Andrew Sean Greer

796. Jonathan Escoffery

795. George Saunders

794. Morgan Talty

793. A.M. Homes

792. Chelsea Martin

791. Elizabeth Strout

790. Jerry Stahl

789. Luke Dani Blue

788. Timothy Willis Sanders

787. Melissa Chadburn

786. Nada Alic

785. Ingrid Rojas Contreras

784. Lynne Tillman

783. Isaac Fitzgerald

782. David Koepp

781. Teddy Wayne

780. Chantal V. Johnson

779. Austin Kleon

778. Marcy Dermansky

777. Sloane Crosley

776. Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood

775. Hernan Diaz

774. Kathryn Miles

773. Mary Laura Philpott

772. Brad Listi

771. Darrel Alejandro Holnes

770. Steve Almond

769. Caren Beilin

Be Brief and Tell Them Everything - Sneak Preview

768. Zac Smith

767. Julia May Jonas

766. Anakana Schofield

765. Kate Folk

764. Mike Meginnis

763. Remembering Eve Babitz, with Lili Anolik

762. John Keene

761. Cara Blue Adams

760. Lan Samantha Chang

759. Sheila Heti

758. Antoine Wilson

From Well-Read Black Girl: Anita Hill on Advocacy and Writing

757. Debbie Millman

756. Rachel Krantz

755. Emmelie Prophète

754. Jami Attenberg

753. Claire Messud

752. Lejla Kalamujic

751. Lou Mathews

2021 Holiday Spectacular!!

750. Stacy D. Flood

749. Megan Milks

748. Robin McLean

747. Duncan Birmingham

746. Roisin Kiberd

745. Janice Lee

744. Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

743. Sarah Hall

742. Dennis Cooper

741. Larissa Pham

740. Mike DeCapite

739. Louise Erdrich

738. Marlowe Granados

737. Matthew Clark Davison

736. Emily Ladau

735. Lucy Corin

734. Kate Durbin

733. Catherine Raven

732. Alexandra Kleeman

731. Julie Poole

730. Jose Vadi

729. Louise Nealon

728. Rachel Long

727. Lucie Elven

726. Remembering Mark Baumer

725. Anna Qu

724. Leigh Stein

723. Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

722. Katie Crouch

721. Sam Cohen

720. Kendra Allen

719. Tao Lin

718. Matthew Specktor

717. Reginald Dwayne Betts

716. Matt Bell

715. Greg Gerke

714. Mark Leidner

713. Pedro Mairal

712. Forrest Gander

711. Lana Bastasic

710. Barrett Swanson

709. Melissa Febos

708. Sam Tallent

707. Courtney Zoffness

706. Elissa Washuta

Shanna Mahin 1963-2021

705. Gina Nutt

704. Mik Grantham

703. Patricia Engel

702. Andrea Bajani

701. Shannon McLeod

700. Gina Frangello

Giancarlo DiTrapano 1974-2021

699. Hari Kunzru

698. Tod Goldberg

697. Yamen Manai

696. Vesna Maric

695. Melissa Broder

694. David Tromblay

693. Candace Jane Opper

692. Ahmed Naji

691. Michael Bible

690. Te-Ping Chen

689. Rob Doyle

688. Gil Adamson

687. George Saunders

686. Holiday Spectacular

685. Alex Branson

684. Michael Schumacher

683. Travis Hoewischer

682. Darien Gee

681. Kasey Thornton

680. Andrew Weatherhead

679. Sebastian Castillo

678. Jared Yates Sexton

677. Anne Helen Petersen

676. Laura Bogart

675. Dean Koontz

674. Lynn Steger Strong

673. Steven Dunn

672. Amy Shearn

671. Kathleen Rooney

670. Matthew Salesses

669. David Goodwillie

668. Emerson Whitney

667. Nick Flynn

666. Stephen Graham Jones

665. Mesha Maren

664. Sabrina Orah Mark

663. Hilary Leichter

662. Leigh Stein

661. Raphael Bob-Waksberg

660. Maggie Downs

659. Jean Kyoung Frazier

658. Nikki Dolson

657. Genevieve Hudson

656. Wayne Koestenbaum

655. Joseph Di Prisco

654. Meredith Talusan

653. Brian Allen Carr

652. Natalie Diaz

651. Brady Hammes

650. Spring Washam

649. Ashleigh Bryant Phillips

648. Roxane Gay

647. Susan Choi

A Few Words

646. Kristen Millares Young

645. Chelsea Bieker

644. Chris Dennis

643. Mary South

642. Danielle Trussoni

641. Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

640. Kevin Bigley

639. Juliana Delgado Lopera

638. Amanda Goldblatt

637. Megan Boyle

636. Crissy Van Meter

635. Sarah Kendzior

634. Jenn Shapland

633. Deb Olin Unferth

632. Monika Woods

631. Sam Farahmand

630. Erin Eileen Almond

629. April Dávila

628. Emily Nemens

627. Megan Fernandes

626. Garth Greenwell

625. Katharine Coldiron

624. Nicolette Polek

623. Amina Cain

622. Elaine Kahn

621. Matthew Zapruder

620. Amanda Yates Garcia

619. Steffie Nelson, Heather John Fogarty, & Sarah Tomlinson

618. Milo Martin

617. Mark Guerin

616. Tim O'Brien

615. Abigail Tarttelin

614. Fiona Alison Duncan

613. Leland Cheuk

612. Adrienne Brodeur

611. Mimi Lok

610. Adam Mansbach

609. Ashley Wurzbacher

608. Steph Cha

607. Jarett Kobek

606. Madeline Stevens

605. Zulema Renee Summerfield

604. Elizabeth Cantwell

603. Adam Popescu

602. Robin Page

601. Belén Fernández

600. Sarah M. Broom

599. Dora Malech

598. Kimberly King Parsons

597. Josh Gondelman

596. R.O. Kwon

595. Chris L. Terry

594. Shane Jones

593. Juliet Escoria

592. Sarah Rose Etter

591. J. Ryan Stradal

590. Chip Cheek

589. Steve Almond

588. Erin Hosier

587. Bret Easton Ellis

586. Karen Stefano

585. Elvia Wilk

584. Kathryn Scanlan

583. Jennifer Pastiloff

582. Elisa Gabbert

581. Saskia Vogel

580. Lydia Fitzpatrick

579. Lilliam Rivera

578. Balli Kaur Jaswal

577. David Shields

576. T Kira Madden

575. Lori Gottlieb

574. Richard Chiem

573. Chloe Aridjis

572. Eva Hagberg Fisher

571. Roger McNamee

570. Steve Anwyll

569. Pam Houston

568. Sam Lipsyte

567. Sarah McColl

566. Madhuri Vijay

565. Peter Stenson

564. Brad Phillips

563. Duke Haney

562. Ingrid Rojas Contreras

561. Thomas Kohnstamm

560. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

559. Tommy Pico

558. Morris Collins

557. Brittany Ackerman

556. Katya Apekina

555. Anita Felicelli

554. John Wray

553. Christopher Zeischegg

552. Daniel Gumbiner

551. Lydia Kiesling

550. Leah Dieterich

549. Andre Dubus III

548. Meghan O'Gieblyn

547. Kristi Coulter

546. Laura van den Berg

545. Mark Leidner

544. Genevieve Hudson

543. Lisa Locascio

542. Joseph Grantham

541. T. Greenwood

540. Maggie Nelson

539. Victoria Patterson

538. Amber Tamblyn

537. Adam Greenfield

536. Amanda Stern

535. Allie Rowbottom

534. Robert Goolrick

533. Adrienne Celt

532. Ottessa Moshfegh

531. Bethany C. Morrow

530. Ruth Ozeki

529. Poe Ballantine

528. Jamel Brinkley

527. Chelsea Hodson

Re-post: Episode 238 — Jennifer Michael Hecht

526. Aja Gabel

525. Jonathan Evison

524. Michelle Dean

523. Adrian Todd Zuniga

522. Sloane Crosley

521. Tao Lin

520. Jonathan Ames

519. Melissa Broder

518. Susan Henderson

517. Lauren Grodstein

516. Sarah Kendzior

515. Natalia Sylvester

514. Elle Nash

513. Steve Almond

512. Shauna Barbosa

511. Jami Attenberg

510. Will Mackin

509. Lynne Tillman

508. Troy James Weaver

507. Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

506. Elif Batuman

505. Willy Vlautin

504. Rachel Lyon

503. Liska Jacobs

502. Debbie Graber

501. Tim Wirkus

500. Clay Byars

Episode 499 — Lauren Haldeman

Goodbye 2017 with Adam & Gene

Episode 498 — Daniel A. Hoyt

Episode 497 — Patty Schemel and Erin Hosier

Episode 496 — Bud Smith

Episode 495 — Ivy Pochoda

Episode 494 — Panio Gianopoulos

Episode 493 — Emily Geminder

Episode 492 — Elizabeth Ellen

Episode 491 — Carmen Maria Machado

Episode 490 — Jarret Middleton

Episode 489 — Will Dowd

Episode 488 — Tod Goldberg

Episode 487 — Vanessa Grigoriadis

Episode 486 — Chelsea Martin

Episode 485 — Ayobami Adebayo

Episode 484 — Karl Geary

Episode 483 — Lisa Lucas

Episode 482 — Chiara Barzini

Episode 481 — Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Episode 480 — Alex Gilvarry

Episode 479 — Ben Loory

Episode 478 — Jared Yates Sexton

Episode 477 — Matthew Zapruder

Episode 476 — Jarett Kobek

Episode 475 — Fiona Helmsley

Episode 474 — Siel Ju

Episode 473 — Scott McClanahan

Episode 472 — Julia Fierro

Episode 471 — Nathan Hill

Episode 470 — Jonathan Safran Foer

Episode 469 — Paula Priamos

Episode 468 — Charmaine Craig

Episode 467 — Amelia Gray

Episode 466 — Elizabeth L. Silver

Episode 465 — Erika Carter

Episode 464 — Brian McGreevy

Episode 463 — Annabelle Gurwitch

Episode 462 — Lidia Yuknavitch

Episode 461 — Michael Finkel

Episode 460 — Melissa Febos

Episode 459 — Ron Currie

Episode 458 — Abigail Ulman

Episode 457 — Kristin Dombek

Episode 456 — David Berenbaum

Episode 455 — Min Jin Lee

Episode 454 — David Shields

Episode 453 — Natashia Deón

Episode 452 — Sarah Manguso

Episode 451 — Jonathan Herman

Episode 450 — Tom McAllister

Episode 449 — Lindsey Lee Johnson

Episode 448 — Roxane Gay

Episode 447 — Vanessa Hua

Episode 446 — Masande Ntshanga