2018 Summer Reading List

2018 Summer Reading List

Update: 2018-06-13

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In this episode, in lieu of an author interview, Jeff and Kyle talk about the books they're currently reading, as well as the books that are on their respective reading lists for this summer. Kyle's fantasy heavy list includes The Kingkiller Chronicles from Patrick Rothfuss, The Codex Alera and the Dresden Files from Jim Butcher, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, among others. Jeff's list includes Little Fires Everywhere from Celeste Ng, some newspapers from the 1940s for a show he's working on for Podglomerate, and Solo by Kwame Alexander, among others.

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V.E. Schwab

Victoria “V.E.” Schwab is the #1 NYT, USA, and Indie bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Vicious, the Shades of Magic series, and This Savage Song. Her work has received critical acclaim, been featured by EW and The New York Times, been translated into more than a dozen languages, and been optioned for TV and Film. She talks to WWDW about how she became such a prolific writer, dealing with anxiety while a critically acclaimed writer, and one story she always struggled to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

V.E. Schwab

2018-10-1700:53:511

Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 28 books, including SWING, SOLO, and REBOUND, the follow-up to his, NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. Some of his other works include BOOKED, a NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Nominee, THE PLAYBOOK: 52 RULES TO HELP YOU AIM, SHOOT, AND SCORE IN THIS GAME OF LIFE, and the picture books, OUT OF WONDER, SURF'S UP, and THE UNDEFEATED. He talks to WWDW about how he became a writer, and one story he always struggled to tell. Find more info at www.thepodglomerate.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kwame Alexander

2018-10-0300:35:051

Camille Perri is the author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy, and former books editor at Cosmo and Esquire. We sat down to talk with her about how her role as a books editor informed her writing, how she got her start, and what happened when her latest book took off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camille Perri

2018-09-1900:49:481

Matthew Pearl

This week we sat down with author Matthew Pearl to discuss his path from studying law to writing and researching six(!) novels including The Dante Chamber, The Last Bookaneer, The Technologists, The Last Dickens, The Poe Shadow, and The Dante Club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Pearl

2018-09-0500:54:46

We chat with journalist and author Jeff Pearlman about writing profiles, writing about sports and the people who play them, and what it takes to do great research. Jeff has written several books including but not necessarily limited to Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL, Brett Favre: Gunslinger, Showtime, Sweetness, and The Bad Guys Won! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Pearlman

2018-07-2500:58:43

Jennifer Wright

Jennifer Wright is the Author of Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, and It Ended Badly: Thirteen of The Worst Break-Ups In History, is a political editor at Harper's Bazaar, and has written for publications like Cosmopolitan, Maxim, and Glamour. We sat down to talk with her about the terrifying reality of plagues, the moral fortitude of the house that Hufflepuff built, and writing about politics at a time like this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Wright

2018-07-1101:05:10

Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and the Cinder Spires. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. He came on the show this week to discuss his career, his most recent book Brief Cases, which is a collection of all of his Harry Dresden short stories, and the one story he always struggled to tell. Find out more about Jim online at www.jim-butcher.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Butcher

2018-06-2700:45:551

2018 Summer Reading List

In this episode, in lieu of an author interview, Jeff and Kyle talk about the books they're currently reading, as well as the books that are on their respective reading lists for this summer. Kyle's fantasy heavy list includes The Kingkiller Chronicles from Patrick Rothfuss, The Codex Alera and the Dresden Files from Jim Butcher, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, among others. Jeff's list includes Little Fires Everywhere from Celeste Ng, some newspapers from the 1940s for a show he's working on for Podglomerate, and Solo by Kwame Alexander, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2018 Summer Reading List

2018-06-1300:22:56

John Green via Off Track

This week on the show we're trying something a little bit different. Another podcast Jeff produces via The Podglomerate was able to get an interview with legendary author John Green, so we decided to play it for you. This was a two parter, so if you enjoyed it you can search for Off Track with Hinch and Rossi on your podcast app of choice and listen to part 2. We'll see you in a couple weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Green via Off Track

2018-05-3000:29:18

This week on the show we speak with NYT bestselling author Melissa Albert, who's new novel The Hazel Wood is out now. We discuss what it's like to write your first novel, to write without knowing quite where you're going (at least at first) and about how much more relevant and poignant all those famous quotes about writing are once you start doing it yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melissa Albert

2018-05-1600:49:28

Born to the Blade: Michael R. Underwood, Marie Brennan, and Cassandra Khaw

We sat down with Michael R. Underwood, Marie Brennan, and Cassandra Khaw; three of the four authors of Born to the Blade. Born to the Blade is a new serialized fiction offering from Serial Box - a company that specializes in serialized fiction in audio/e-book formats delivered weekly. We speak with the authors about the process of writing serialized fiction, writing in a Hollywood-style writers' room, and about the challenges of dividing and conquering a fantastic world through multiple viewpoints and writing styles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born to the Blade: Michael R. Underwood, Marie Brennan, and Cassandra Khaw

2018-05-0200:38:30

Tom Rachman

Tom Rachman is the author of four books, including The Imperfectionists, The Rise & Fall of Great Powers, Basket of Deplorables, and his most recent work The Italian Teacher. We spend a lot of time discussing Tom's writing and revising process, we get into different aspects of his newest novel, and he tells us the story of the first novel he never published. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Rachman

2018-04-1800:45:43

Stina Leicht is the author of four novels: Blackthorne, Cold Iron, Of Blood and Honey and And Blue Skies From Pain. Her Feminist essays were featured in the Hugo Award winning Women Destroy Science Fiction! Issue of Lightspeed Magazine. She is currently working on the novel, Persephone Station, a Feminist SF Space Opera to be published by Saga Press in 2018. We speak with Stina about all things fantasy, and she tells us about how she worked through the pressure she felt while writing Of Blood and Honey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stina Leicht

2018-04-0400:41:27

Paul Cantor is a Writer and Music Producer who's written for major publications like Vice, Rolling Stone, Esquire, NY Mag, Fader, Vulture, and many many more. He's recently focused on publishing stories to Medium while he finishes his first book and we talk to him about his life, his career, and the one story he's always struggled to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Cantor

2018-03-2101:03:34

Michael Finkel

Michael Finkel is a journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men's Journal, The Atlantic, and Skiing Magazine, among others. He is the author of Stranger in the Woods and True Story, which was turned into a major motion picture starring Jonah Hill and James Franco. He sat down with Writers Who Don't Write to discuss his work, his career, and one story he's always struggled to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Finkel

2018-03-0701:10:55

Dara Horn

Dara Horn is the award winning author of Eternal Life, as well as four other novels: A Guide For The Perplexed, All Other Nights, The World To Come, and In The Image. She's also written a non-fiction book called The Rescuer, as well as pieces for major news outlets like The Washington Post. Though the story of Eternal Life spans thousands of years, Dara has called it her most autobiographical work for reasons we get into in the show. She tells us the story of the art heist that inspired her second book The World To Come, and about the strange encounter with a fan that followed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dara Horn

2018-02-2100:59:45

John August

John August is the author of Arlo Finch and the Valley of Fire and the host of Scriptnotes and Launch. He’s mostly known as a screenwriter. His credits include Go, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, Titan A.E., Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie. He also owns the company Quote-Unquote Apps, where he has released several popular apps and doodads, including Highland, Weekend Read, Bronson Watermarker, and Less IMDb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John August

2018-02-0701:09:16

Neel Mukherjee

Neel Mukherjee is a Calcutta born author living in London. His third book, A State of Freedom, was just published by WW Norton in January 2018 and is available wherever books are sold. The music at the top and the bottom of the hour is brought to you by Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library. You can find him online at wwwhollandpatentpubliclibrary.com. The music in the middle of the show is from Ben Sound. You can find him online at www.bensound.com. Writers Who Don’t Write is brought to you by Sudio Sweden headphones. You can get your own pair of headphones by using discount code 'WWDW' which will give you 15% off any purchase! Go to www.sudiosweden.com and enter the code 'WWDW' at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neel Mukherjee

2018-01-2401:07:05

Jeff and Kyle sit down to recap the books they read in 2017, what they're looking forward to in 2018, and where some of our previous guests are at in life and their careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2017 Recap

2018-01-1000:34:58

Rerun: Lillian Cunningham

Writers Who Don't Write interviewed Lillian Cunningham in March of 2017 regarding her role as the editor of the Washington Post's On Leadership section and host of the popular Presidential podcast. She sat down with us to chat about writing, producing and hosting a poiltical podcast during the 2016 election, what comes next, and the presidency of Chester Arthur, America's most forgotten president. Since we interviewed her, she has launched Constitutional, an excellent podcast looking back at various constitutional issues throughout America's history. Writers Who Don’t Write is supported by CastBox, the fastest growing podcast app around. Try it for yourself today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rerun: Lillian Cunningham

2017-12-2700:58:01

The Star Wars (Novelist) Episode

Claudia Gray, Delilah Dawson and Ken Liu have authored nearly a dozen original Star Wars stories between them. They join the Writers Who Don’t Write this week to discuss writing within the Star Wars universe and everything that encompasses. Claudia Gray is the author of Lost Stars, Bloodline, and Leia; Princess of Alderaan in addition to 13 other novels. Find more at www.claudiagray.com. Delilah Dawson is the author of Phasma and The Perfect Weapon, as well as more than twenty other novels and comics. Find more at www.whimsydark.com. Ken Liu is the author of Legends of Luke Skywaker as well as The Paper Menagerie and The Grace of Kings. Find more at kenliu.name. Writers Who Don’t Write is brought to you by Sudio Sweden headphones. You can get your own pair of headphones by using discount code 'WWDW' which will give you 15% off any purchase! Go to www.sudiosweden.com and enter the code 'WWDW' at checkout. Writers Who Don’t Write is supported by CastBox, the fastest growing podcast app around. Try it for yourself today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Star Wars (Novelist) Episode

2017-12-1301:03:31

Andy Weir

Andy Weir is the author of The Martian and, most recently, Artemis. Though he's wanted to be a writer his whole life, it was just a few years ago with the runaway success of The Martian that he was able to do so. He's a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. This week, he chats with us about his career, his work, and the one story he's always struggled to tell. The music at the top and the bottom of the hour is brought to you by Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library. You can find him online at wwwhollandpatentpubliclibrary.com. The music in the middle of the show is from Ben Sound. You can find him online at www.bensound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Weir

2017-11-1501:05:261

Amy Rose Spiegel

Amy Rose Spiegel is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. Currently, she’s the editor-in-chief of Talkhouse Music, where musicians become critics and essayists. Previously, she was a story editor at Rookie and an associate editor at BuzzFeed. She is the creator behind Enormous Eye. Her first book, Action: A Book About Sex, was published by Grand Central in 2016. She speaks with the Writers Who Don’t Write about her career, her writing, and the one story she always struggled to tell. The music you hear at the top and the bottom of the episode is from Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library. The music you hear in the middle of the show is from Ben Sound. You can find Amy Rose Spiegel at her website or on Twitter and Instagram This episode was brought to you by Care/of. Go to takecareof.com and take the quiz to get your personalized vitamin recommendation. Use offer code “WRITE” to get 50% off your first month of Care/of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Rose Spiegel

2017-11-0101:04:03

Elliot Ackerman

Elliot Ackerman is an American author and journalist, currently based in Istanbul. Prior to his writing career, he served five distinguished tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. His books are Green on Blue and Dark at the Crossing, and he’s written for Esquire, GQ and The New Yorker, among others. Dark at the Crossing is currently one of five books nominated for the National Book Award for fiction. He speaks with us today about the one story he struggled to tell. The music you heard at the top and bottom of the hour was from Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library, who you can find online at http://hollandpatentpubliclibrary.com/. The music you heard in the middle of the show was from Ben Sound, who you can find at https://www.bensound.com/. Don’t forget to head to www.takecareof.org and use offer code ‘WRITE’ for 50% off your first order of curated, customized vitamins from Care/of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elliot Ackerman

2017-10-1801:01:00

Doug Stanton

Doug Stanton is a journalist, lecturer, screenwriter, and author of the New York Times bestsellers In Harm’s Way and Horse Soldiers. Horse Soldiers is the basis for a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie by the same name, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, to be released by Warner Bros. in 2018. In Harm’s Way, the definitive account of the sinking, rescue, and valor of the USS Indianapolis crew, spent more than six months on the New York Times bestseller list and became required reading on the U.S. Navy's reading list for officers. The unabridged audiobook edition of In Harm’s Way is the winner of the 2017 Audie Award in the History category. His new book, The Odyssey of Echo Company, tells the story of the 1968 Tet Offensive and the soldiers who fought in those battles. He speaks with us today about his career and the stories he’s struggled to tell. This week’s episode was sponsored by Care/of. Go to takecareof.com and take the quiz to get your personalized vitamin recommendation. Use offer code WRITE to get 50% off your first month of Care/of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Stanton

2017-10-0401:11:37

Claire Messud

Claire Messud is a recipient of Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Author of five previous works of fiction including her most recent novel, The Burning Girl. She chats with us about place, story, YA and chick lit, and growing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claire Messud

2017-09-2001:10:25

Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy from My Brother, My Brother and Me have recruited their dad Clint for a campaign of high adventure. Join the McElroys as they find their fortune and slay an unconscionable number of ... you know, kobolds or whatever in ... The Adventure Zone. We chat with the McElroy clan to celebrate the finale of the first campaign arc in The Adventure Zone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The McElroys

2017-09-0600:36:58

Sara Novic is the author of Girl At War, a critically acclaimed novel about the Croatian Civil War, told through decades and perspectives. Sara is also the fiction editor of Blunderbuss Magazine, a Professor at Stockton University, and deaf. We jump into all these topics and more in this episode of Writers Who Don't Write. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sara Novic

2017-08-2300:51:15

Jennifer Brody

Jennifer Brody is the author of the award-winning Continuum Trilogy and chats with us about YA, science fiction, world building and the film and book industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Brody

2017-08-0900:58:05

Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O’Connor is a reporter for the Special Projects unit at Gizmodo. In the past he’s written for The Awl and was a staff writer at Gawker (RIP). He discusses his career, his research habits, the Hulk Hogan fiasco, and Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan O'Connor

2017-07-2601:08:53

Dave Weigel is a National Reporter for the Washington Post and author of the book The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock. He chats with us today about writing about politics in the current political atmosphere, his career trajectory, and one story he always strugged to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Weigel

2017-07-1301:07:51

A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, Ken Liu is the author of The Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, a collection of short stories. He's currently working on a Star Wars novel, which will become cannon. He joins us on the show this week to discuss all of this and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Liu

2017-06-2801:11:541

Aaron Lammer is a proprietor of Longform.org and a host of the popular Longform Podcast. He writes songs with the artist Francis and the Lights, who in 2016 alone worked collaboratively with Bon Iver, Kanye West, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean and Chance the Rapper. Earlier this year, Aaron released a new podcast called Stoner, where he explores the culture behind Marijuana. He chats with us about all of this, plus some very particular moments from his childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Lammer

2017-06-1401:03:12

Doree Shafrir is a Senior Tech Writer at BuzzFeed News and has worked as an editor or staff writer at Rolling Stone, the New York Observer, Gawker, and Philadelphia Weekly, and has contributed to publications including the New York Times, The New Yorker, Slate, TheAwl, Daily Beast, Marie Claire, and Wired. She is the host of Matt and Doree's Eggcellent Adventure with her husband Matt Mira, and her first novel, Startup, was published by Little, Brown in April. She speaks with us about her career, the evolution of writing, and the hipster grifter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doree Shafrir

2017-05-3001:01:48

Beau Lotto is one of the few speakers to have given two TED talks, which have amassed over 5 million views combined. He has also spoken at Google’s Zeitgest Minds, Wired, G8 and made significant programme contributions to BBC's Horizon, National Geographic Channel and PBS in the US. Today, we speak to him about his new book, Deviate, and discuss science writing, perception, and his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beau Lotto

2017-05-1701:00:42

Nathan Hill

Nathan Hill’s debut novel The Nix was named the #1 book of the year by Audible and Entertainment Weekly, as well as one of the year’s best books by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Slate, Amazon, and many others. Hill’s short stories have been published in The Iowa Review, Agni, The Gettysburg Review, The Denver Quarterly, and Fiction, which awarded him its annual Fiction Prize. On this episode, he discusses his career trajectory, meeting John Irving, and how to maintain humor in his writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan Hill

2017-05-0301:06:55

Colin Barrett is an Irish short story writer and the author of the critically acclaimed Young Skins. He’s won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, The Guardian First Book Award, and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His work has been published in The New Yorker, Granta, and The Stinging Fly. In 2015, he was named a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35.” He chats with us about his career, writing short stories, and the unconscious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colin Barrett

2017-04-1901:11:03

Bonus: Alyssa Cowit & Greg Dunbar of Live From Snack Time

Alyssa Cowit teaches at an elementary school in New York City. In May 2015, she started the Instagram account Live from Snack Time with Greg Dunbar, a digital marketing manager with Walt Disney Studios. Together they have grown Live from Snack Time to a huge success with kudos from the media-elite. This week we chat about how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus: Alyssa Cowit & Greg Dunbar of Live From Snack Time

2017-04-1200:36:31

Corinne Fisher

Corinne Fisher is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor. She co-hosts the wildly popular Guys We F**cked: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast with Kyrstyna Hutchinson, which now boasts a million+ listeners worldwide. Their book, FUCKED, will be published in October. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corinne Fisher

2017-04-0500:53:06

Lillian Cunningham

Lillian Cunningham is the editor of the Washington Post's On Leadership section and host of the popular Presidential podcast. She sat down with us to chat about writing, producing and hosting a poiltical podcast during the 2016 election, what comes next, and the presidency of Chester Arthur, America's most forgotten president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lillian Cunningham

2017-03-2201:01:39

Louise O'Neill

Louise O'Neill is the Irish young adult author of Asking For It and Only Ever Yours. The Guardian called her the "best YA fiction writer alive today" and the New York Times called Asking For It "riveting and essential." She has won all the awards, and Asking For It was a top-ten bestselling book in Ireland in 2016. This week on the show she chats with us about Irish writers, writing for an American audience, maintaining focus while writing about serious issues for younger readers, and her own struggles with eating disorders growing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louise O'Neill

2017-03-0800:59:54

Mike Brown is a standup comic and writer based in Harlem, New York. He was named one of Rooftop Comedy’s Comics to Watch, Caroline’s Best of New Talent, has performed at Comedy Central’s New York Comedy Festival, The San Francisco Sketchfest, The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, and has appeared on Adult Swim, MTV, TruTV, and Funny or Die. Along with stand-up, Mike Brown produces COMEDY OUTLIERS (a podcast and comedy showcase) and writes the comedy web series Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop (featured on Splitsider & ComedyHype.com). This week on the show he chats with us about the New York comedy scene, making people laugh on any platform and a story about making jokes out of a terrible experience. Mike will be on tour with his group #DECEPTICOMICS in April. He's doing over 20 shows in 30 days. More info at decepticomics.com/tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Brown

2017-02-2201:00:03

Alana is a writer covering identity, culture, virtue and vice for basically every outlet there is, save The New Yorker which she gets into in this interview. This week on the show she discusses what it’s like to write with an audience in mind, One Direction, and her experience in AA. Alana has a new book out called All The Lives I Want, a collection of essays reimagining the lives and legacies of famous women. You can pick it up wherever books are sold. This episode brought to you by My Lit Box (www.mylitbox.com), a subscription book service that will deliver a book written by an author of color to your inbox once a month. Get 10% off your first box using code 'WWDW' upon checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alana Massey

2017-02-0801:03:07

Bonus: Sanura Williams from MyLitBox.com

Writers Who Don't Write is brought to you this week by My Lit Box. Each month you’ll receive a newly released novel by a writer of color as well as some book related goodies. A book lover’s dream, delivered straight to your mailbox. Listeners of the show will receive 10% off by using code WWDW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonus: Sanura Williams from MyLitBox.com

2017-02-0300:09:42

Margaret Eby is a journalist and critic who writes about books, movies, music, television, and various cultural ephemera. She currently works as culture editor at ExtraCrispy, a new Time Inc. food site. Previously, she was the features and essays editor at HelloGiggles, associate editor at Brooklyn Magazine and The L Magazine, and an online books editor and entertainment reporter for The New York Daily News. In this episode she discusses breakfast, her understanding of the concept of home, and a crazy story about how her grandparents fell in love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Margaret Eby

2017-01-2501:14:22

Phil Klay is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Iraq’s Anbar Province from January 2007 to February 2008 as a Public Affairs Officer. After being discharged he went to Hunter College and received an MFA. His story “Redeployment” was originally published in Granta and is included in Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Granta, Tin House, and elsewhere. Oh, and in 2014 Klay’s short story collection Redeployment won the National Book Award for Fiction. He's won so many awards that I literally had to delete a paragraph from his bio, so if you're interested in learning more, head to his website, www.philklay.com. This week on Writers Who Don’t Write Phil speaks to us about writing as a veteran in America, the lens he uses to approach identity politics, and the good accomplished by troops overseas that is so often ignored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phil Klay

2017-01-1101:11:15

Blair Braverman

Blair Braverman is a nonfiction writer and dogsledder whose work has appeared in This American Life, The Atavist, Buzzfeed, Orion, The Best Women's Travel Writing and elsewhere. She is training for the Iditarod, a 1100-mile dogsled race across Alaska. Her first book, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube, was released from Ecco/HarperCollins in July. This week on Writers Who Don't Write Blair speaks to us about writing while traveling the world as a dogsledder and the isolating factors of both, adapting a piece of longform writing for radio, how and why she structured her book the way she did, her process for some of her longform nonfiction journalism, and what it was like to write the story of her transgender partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blair Braverman

2016-10-1201:08:22

Mychal Denzel Smith

Mychal Denzel Smith is a Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute and a contributing writer for The Nation magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Salon, Feministing.com, The Guardian, The Root, theGrio, ThinkProgress, and The Huffington Post, and he has been a featured commentator on NPR, BBC radio, CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera America, HuffPost Live, and a number of other radio and television programs. He is the author of Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching. In this episode of Writers Who Don't Write, Mychal discusses his experience growing up black in America, and what that meant for him, his friends and his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mychal Denzel Smith

2016-10-0501:16:10

Hollie Overton is an author and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. She writes for or has written for the show's Shadowhunters and The Client List, and her new book Baby Doll was out this summer. She sat down with us this week to discuss her history in acting, writing about twins while being a twin herself, and her father, an infamous member of the Texas-based Overton Gang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollie Overton

2016-09-2800:54:35

Mark Manson is an author, blogger and entrepreneur. He writes personal development advice that doesn't suck. His new book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, was released last week. He's written essays about self improvement, life choices, dating and relationships, and culture. He sat down to speak with us about his work and how he got here, what happens when he gives advice he no longer stands by, how he writes self-help for people who don't read self-help, and how he dealt with a fan who liked him a little too much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Manson

2016-09-2101:04:42

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2018 Summer Reading List

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