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Reading the Room — 66 episodes

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1

Sheila Heti, "Alphabetical Diaries"

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2

Alice McDermott, "Absolution"

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3

Beauty, Drag, & Halloween w/ Mona Awad ("Rouge")

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4

Bryan Washington, "Family Meal"

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5

Justin Torres, "Blackouts"

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6

Body Horror, Religion, & Working Class Narratives w/ Elle Nash ("Deliver Me")

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Body-Swapping, Marriage, & Art w/ Isle McElroy ("People Collide")

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Monstrous Women w/ Deesha Philyaw, Chana Porter, Chantal V. Johnson & Kristel Buckley ("Peach Pit")

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Survival, Solitude, & Middlemarch w/ Lauren Groff ("The Vaster Wilds")

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10

Sacred Queer Books & Merch Collab w/ CJ Reads

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11

Superpowers and Extinction w/ Hilary Leichter ("Terrace Story")

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12

Mating by Norman Rush with Lauren Oyler

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13

Trauma Plots & Lana Del Rey w/ Kyle Dillon Hertz ("The Lookback Window")

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14

Memory & Child Narrators w/ Khashayar J. Khabushani ("I Will Greet the Sun Again")

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15

Family Dramas, Autofiction, & Humor w/ Andrew Ridker ("Hope")

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16

Vampires & Silicon Valley w/ Daniel Hornsby ("Sucker")

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17

Workplace Horror & Black Holes w/ Sarah Rose Etter ("Ripe")

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18

Absurdity in Fiction w/ Matthew Binder ("Pure Cosmos Club")

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19

The Brandon Taylor Interview | Reading the Room Podcast

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20

Heavy Metal & Coming of Age Tales w/ John Wray ("Gone to the Wolves")

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21

Separating Art from the Artist w/ Claire Dederer ("Monsters")

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22

Domestic Fiction & Crafting a Story Collection w/ Andrew Porter ("The Disappeared")

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23

Fandom, Surrealism, & Literature w/ Esther Yi ("Y/N")

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24

The Jonathan Franzen Interview

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25

Book Club: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis

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26

Novelizing Reality & True Crime w/ Tiffany McDaniel ("On the Savage Side")

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27

Altering History & Metanarratives w/ Catherine Lacey ("Biography of X")

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28

Siblings, Queerness, & Literary Horror w/ Richard Mirabella ("Brother & Sister Enter the Forest")

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29

Crafting a Murder Mystery w/ Rebecca Makkai ("I Have Some Questions for You")

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30

Patreon & Book Club Updates

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31

Short Fiction About Real People w/ Kathryn Scanlan ("Kick the Latch")

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32

Love Stories with Noelle Gallagher

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33

Maggie Millner, "Couplets"

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34

Billy-Ray Belcourt, "A Minor Chorus"

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35

2023 Podcast Plans and Q&A!

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36

Most Anticipated Books of 2023 with CJ Reads

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37

Tom Crewe, "The New Life"

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38

Top 5 Books of 2022 with CJ Reads!

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39

The Secret History by Donna Tartt Live Discussion!

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40

Allie Rowbottom, "Aesthetica"

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41

Chantal V. Johnson, "Post-traumatic"

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42

Mona Awad, "All's Well" | The Halloween Special

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43

Amina Cain, "A Horse at Night"

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44

The Ottessa Moshfegh Interview

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45

Ainslie Hogarth, "Motherthing"

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46

Andrew Sean Greer, "Less is Lost"

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47

Tess Gunty, "The Rabbit Hutch"

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48

Sidik Fofana, "Stories from the Tenants Downstairs"

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49

2022 Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction w/ Bernie Lombardi

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50

Anna Hogeland, "The Long Answer"

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51

Books as Objects w/ CJ Reads

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52

Kayla Maiuri, "Mother in the Dark"

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53

Antonia Angress, "Sirens & Muses"

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54

Hernan Diaz, "Trust"
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Book Club: Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh (Live w/ Kiran @kiranreader)

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56

Book Club: Either/Or by Elif Batuman (Live w/ Alex @whatpageareyouon)

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57

K-Ming Chang, "Gods of Want"

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58

Paul Dalla Rosa, "An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life"

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59

Book Club: Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman (Live with CJ Reads)

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60

Lillian Fishman, "Acts of Service"

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61

Dystopian Fiction & Feminist Essays with Hannah May

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62

Literary Prizes with Hunter (@shelfbyshelf)

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63

Trauma Plot with CJ Reads

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64

Cara Blue Adams, "You Never Get It Back"

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65

Lauren Oyler, "Fake Accounts"

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66

Julia May Jonas, "Vladimir"

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