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Paraphrase

Stephen Fishbach

Paraphrase is a podcast all about literary beginnings, from the first words in novel to the first steps in a career. Host Stephen Fishbach asks novelists to discuss the craft and thematic de...

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Listen to Paraphrase, a Arts podcast by Stephen Fishbach. Stream 19 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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19 episodes are available for this podcast.

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19 episodes

Lincoln Michel on 'Metallic Realms'

Lincoln Michel joins me to discuss his second novel Metallic Realms. Perennially single, socially awkward, and drowning in debt, Michael Lin...

24:52Aug 27, 2025

Sara Levine on 'Treasure Island!!!'

Sara Levine joins me to discuss her novel 'Treasure Island!!!' When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper, gi...

30:43Dec 23, 2024

Johannes Lichtman on 'Calling Ukraine'

Johannes Lichtman joins me to discuss his novel "Calling Ukraine." National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and author of Such Good Work...

36:06Jul 21, 2023

Lauren Oliver on 'Panic'

Lauren Oliver joins me to discuss her novel 'Panic.' Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating...

31:57Oct 20, 2022

Lincoln Michel on 'The Body Scout'

Lincoln Michel joins me to discuss his novel 'The Body Scout.' In the future you can have any body you want—as long as you can afford it. Bu...

33:34Oct 24, 2021

Teddy Wayne on 'Apartment'

Teddy Wayne joins me to discuss his novel 'Apartment.' In 1996, the unnamed narrator of Teddy Wayne's Apartment is attending the MFA writing...

27:20Oct 5, 2020

Ryan Chapman on 'Riots I Have Known'

Ryan Chapman joins me to discuss his debut novel 'Riots I Have Known.' An unnamed Sri Lankan inmate has barricaded himself inside a prison c...

28:37Jun 18, 2019

Namwali Serpell on 'The Old Drift'

Namwali Serpell joins me to discuss her debut novel 'The Old Drift.' 1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic...

37:28May 15, 2019

Nathan Englander on 'Kaddish.com'

Nathan Englander joins me to discuss his new novel 'Kaddish.com.' Larry is the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews. When his f...

28:22Apr 3, 2019

Sam Lipsyte on 'Hark'

Sam Lipsyte joins Stephen to discuss his new novel 'Hark.' In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental co...

23:08Mar 12, 2019

Lauren Wilkinson on 'American Spy'

Lauren Wilkinson joins Stephen to discuss her debut novel 'American Spy'. It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an int...

24:41Feb 26, 2019

Garth Greenwell on 'What Belongs to You'

Garth Greenwell joins Stephen to discuss his debut novel 'What Belongs to You. 'What Belongs to You' follows an American teacher who enters...

39:06Feb 12, 2019

Ling Ma on 'Severance'

Ling Ma joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss her debut novel 'Severance.' 'Severance' follows Candace Chen, a 20 something New Yorker who...

29:35Feb 1, 2019

Teddy Wayne on 'Loner'

Teddy Wayne joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Loner.' 'Loner' follows Harvard freshman David Federman, who becomes increasin...

26:20Jan 18, 2019

Jaclyn Gilbert on 'Late Air'

Jaclyn Gilbert joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss her debut novel 'Late Air.' When Murray - a Yale college running coach - finds his sta...

32:19Jan 4, 2019

Joshua Max Feldman on 'Start Without Me'

Joshua Max Feldman joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Start Without Me.' Joshua Max Feldman is a writer of fiction and theate...

21:51Dec 21, 2018

Jeff VanderMeer on 'Annihilation'

In the debut episode, author Jeff VanderMeer joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Annihilation.' Jeff is the author dozens of n...

31:08Dec 4, 2018

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