Episode 690 - Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames returns to celebrate his fantastic new crime novel, A PAST WITHOUT PICTURES (Mysterious Press). We talk about his obsession wi...
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A weekly conversation about books and life -- not necessarily in that order. Hosted by Gil Roth
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Episode 689 - Dash Shaw
With his new book, LIKE SWIMMERS (New York Review Comics), Dash Shaw brings us a supernatural murder mystery set in COVID-era Richmond, VA....
Episode 688 - Phillip Lopate
Five-Timer Club Alert! Essayist Phillip Lopate rejoins the show as we celebrate his wonderful new book, A WASHINGTON IRVING SKETCH BOOK (Pri...
Episode 687 - Ida Kao
"There are ways to downsize a college, but with Hampshire it felt more like a hollowing-out." Our latest installment of The Hampshire Tapes...
Episode 686 - Halstead York
"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...
Episode 685 - Sarah Minor
With her amazing new book, CAROUSEL: An Essay On Seeing (Yale University Press), Sarah Minor offers a multi-threaded exploration — lecture,...
Episode 684 - Ali Trotta
With her debut poetry collection, OFFERINGS FOR ORDINARY GODS (Clash Books), Ali Trotta brings myth, magick, tarot, and ritual to bear on th...
Episode 683 - R Sikoryak
Let's celebrate/commemorate America's independence with an amazing new double book, DECLARATION ILLUSTRATED / EMANCIPATION ILLUSTRATED (Draw...
Episode 682 - Katie Skelly
After a 12-year Virtual Memories gap, Katie Skelly is back to celebrate her fantastic new graphic novel, HEAVEN (Fantagraphics)! But that's...
Episode 681 - Colin Asher
With his amazing new book, THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL: The Secret Prison History of American Music (WW Norton), author Colin Asher explores how th...
Episode 680 - Kate Maruyama and Me
During my recent LA weekend, I asked author, pal, and past guest Kate Maruyama if she'd be interested in interviewing me , and for some craz...
Episode 679 - Heather Cass White
"A letter is a joy of Earth — It is denied the Gods —," sez Emily Dickinson (#1672), and THE MAN WHO READ EVERYTHING: The Literary Letters o...
Episode 678 - Paul Gravett
Happy Pride! Let's get Queer As Comics! Writer, critic, curator, publisher and broadcaster Paul Gravett rejoins the show to talk about curat...
Episode 677 - Luis Mendo
Welcome to Mundo Mendo! I visited artist and writer Luis Mendo in Karuizawa, Japan for a wide-ranging conversation about art, creativity, co...
Episode 676 - Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Can people change? How continuous is identity? With YOU'VE CHANGED: The Promise and Price of Self-Transformation (William Morrow), Benoit De...
Episode 675 - Clare Carlisle
Philosopher and biographer Clare Carlisle converses & communes with me over her new book, TRANSCENDENCE FOR BEGINNERS: LIFE WRITING AND PHIL...
Episode 674 - Josh Alan Friedman
Pull up a chair, enjoy a kasha varnishke, and listen to me and Josh Alan Friedman talk about his kaleidoscopic novel, ALL ROADS LEAD TO GREA...
Episode 673 - Andrew Durbin
With THE WONDERFUL WORLD THAT ALMOST WAS: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek (FSG), Andrew Durbin brings us a masterful biography of a pair...
Episode 672 - Dean Haspiel and Doug Latino
With REAL LIFE COMIX: ONLY IN NEW YORK (Cosmic Lion Productions), editors Dean Haspiel and Doug Latino bring together 66 fantastic cartoonis...
Episode 671 - Rachel Tzvia Back
With The Dark-Robed Mother: A Memoir (Wesleyan University Press), poet-translator-professor Rachel Tzvia Back explores her life with high-fu...