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  • Episode 694 - Nate Powell

    October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

    With DIANA (Abrams ComicArts), Nate Powell has completed his "accidental triptych" of Ozark horror & the punk scene. During SPX weekend, he returned to the show to talk about the creative leap he took with this book, the ways that DIANA…

  • Episode 693 - Karl Christian Krumpholz

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    With his amazing IN THE CITY comics (self-published), cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz manages to capture the ephemerality and dynamism of urban life, fueled by the stories of bar and club patrons. We talk about how he began In The City…

  • Episode 692 - Alison Fensterstock and Michael Tisserand

    September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

    Let's celebrate a New Orleans legend with Alison Fensterstock and Michael Tisserand's fantastic new book, BUNNY MATTHEWS: HIS LIFE, ART, AND OBSESSIONS (Historic New Orleans Collection)! We talk about the role Bunny Matthews played in…

  • Episode 691 - Emil Wilson

    September 19, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    With his fantastic debut graphic novel, THE NIGHTINGALES (Avid Reader Press), Emil Wilson tells a heartbreaking and beautiful coming-of-age story of the AIDS era. We talk about his father's decision in 1985 to bring a work-friend with AIDS…

  • Episode 690 - Jonathan Ames

    September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    Jonathan Ames returns to celebrate his fantastic new crime novel, A PAST WITHOUT PICTURES (Mysterious Press). We talk about his obsession with pulp fiction, how he found the character of Maria Cole and her tortured relationship with her…

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  • Episode 689 - Dash Shaw

    September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

    With his new book, LIKE SWIMMERS (New York Review Comics), Dash Shaw brings us a supernatural murder mystery set in COVID-era Richmond, VA. We talk about how he uses that story to explore memory, identity, art, marriage, and the social…

  • Episode 688 - Phillip Lopate

    August 24, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    Five-Timer Club Alert! Essayist Phillip Lopate rejoins the show as we celebrate his wonderful new book, A WASHINGTON IRVING SKETCH BOOK (Princeton)! We talk about the origins of the biography, incl. how he wound up with a 12-volume set of…

  • Episode 687 - Ida Kao

    August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    "There are ways to downsize a college, but with Hampshire it felt more like a hollowing-out." Our latest installment of The Hampshire Tapes features a conversation with Ida Kao (F18) about having a ringside seat for Hampshire College's…

  • Episode 686 - Halstead York

    August 3, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    "The core Hampshire experience was figuring out how to do things for myself and figuring out how to excite other people about what I wanted to do." It's time for the first installment of The Hampshire Tapes! Halstead York (F88) joins the…

  • Episode 685 - Sarah Minor

    July 27, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    With her amazing new book, CAROUSEL: An Essay On Seeing (Yale University Press), Sarah Minor offers a multi-threaded exploration — lecture, memoir, and art criticism — of how we see and are seen, how our language changes with our vantage…

  • Episode 684 - Ali Trotta

    July 21, 2026 · 55 min

    With her debut poetry collection, OFFERINGS FOR ORDINARY GODS (Clash Books), Ali Trotta brings myth, magick, tarot, and ritual to bear on the eternal & primal struggle of women. We talk about those roots and how tarot and ancient myth…

  • Episode 683 - R Sikoryak

    July 14, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

    Let's celebrate/commemorate America's independence with an amazing new double book, DECLARATION ILLUSTRATED / EMANCIPATION ILLUSTRATED (Drawn & Quarterly). R. Sikoryak rejoins the show to talk about adapting foundational American documents…

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A weekly conversation about books and life, not necessarily in that order.