Jim Shepard discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Jim has written seven novels, including The Book of Aron, which won the Sophie Brody Medal for Jewish Literature, the PEN/New England Award for Fiction, and the Clark Fiction Prize, and five story collections, including Like You’d Understand, Anyway, a finalist for the National Book Award and Story Prize winner. Seven of his stories have been chosen for the Best American Short Stories, two for the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, and two for Pushcart Prizes. He’s also won the Library of Congress/ Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction and the ALEX Award from the American Library Association. He teaches at Williams College.

Paestum http://www.amalficoastdrivers.com/paestum.asp

Muddy Waters' album Fathers and Sons https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/fathers-sons-90263/

Maria Beig https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/10/16/no-judgment-no-message-no-mercy/

Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/books/review/command-and-control-by-eric-schlosser.html

Writer's Tears http://walshwhiskey.com/writers-tears-copper-pot/

Mike Leigh’s Topsy-Turvy https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2000/02/24/stompin-at-the-savoy/

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