In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 708, my conversation with author and comedian Sam Tallent. It first aired on May 26, 2021.Tallent is a comedian, novelist and host of the Chubby Behemoth Podcast. For the last decade, he has performed more th

Carvell Wallace is the author of the debut memoir Another Word for Love, available from MCD Books.Wallacegrew up between Southwestern PA, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. He attended Tisch School for the Arts and worked as a stage actor before spending f

A new 'Craftwork' episode entitled 'The Life of a Bookseller.' My guest isPaul Yamazaki, principal book buyer for City Lights Bookstore. His new book is called Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale, available from Ode Books.Yamazakihas been the princip

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 626, my conversation with author Garth Greenwell. The episode first aired on February 26, 2020. Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year, was long

Hanif Abdurraqib is the bestselling author of the memoir There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, available from Random House.Abdurraqibis a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio, and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundati

Helen Tworkov is the author of the debut memoir Lotus Girl, available from St. Martin's Essentials.Tworkov is founding editor ofTricycle: The Buddhist Review, the first and only independent Buddhist magazine, and author ofZen in America: Profiles of Fi

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 732, my conversation with author Alexandra Kleeman. The episode first aired on October 13, 2021. Kleemanis the author of the novel Something New Under the Sun (Hogarth Press). Her other books include the sto

A new 'Craftwork' episode, about the power of names in writing and real life. My guest is Ethel Rohan, author of the novel Sing, I, available from Triquarterly Books.Rohan is an award-winning essayist, novelist, and short story writer whose work has appe

Alejandro Zambra is the author of the story collection My Documents, available from Penguin Books. Official April pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Megan McDowell is the book's translator. Zambrais the author of ten books, most recentlyChilean Poetand

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 373, my conversation with author Bud Smith. The episode first aired on July 29, 2015.Bud Smith works heavy construction and lives in Jersey City, NJ. He is the author of Teenager (Vintage), Double Bird (Maudl