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THE BEST IN BOOK WORLD PODCASTS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 15, 2021
Voyage Into Genre with T. L. Huchu, P. Djèlí Clark, and Kamau Ware Tor Books presents Voyage Into Genre! Tune in for conversations with Tor authors discussing their new books, the future, and the future of genre—kicking off with T. L. Huchu and P. Djèlí Clark, plus Black Gotham Experience founder Kamau Ware.
Matt Bell on Solving Crises Through Speculative Fiction Writing about climate change doesn’t always have to be dark (especially when there are car-chase scenes involved). What Professional Poker Taught Maria Konnikova About the American Dream The author of The Biggest Bluff talks about chance—in life, and at the poker table.
How Arif Naqvi Duped Bill Gates and the Global Elite Simon Clark, author of The Key Man, talks to Andrew Keen about what’s really going on in the finance industry and the effort to clean up global capital flows. Tia Williams on the Meta Experience of Writing About Black Authors in a White Publishing Industry The author of Seven Days in June on speaking the truth—in a “fun, fizzy, rom-com about glamorous Black people.”
Richard Flanagan on Writing His Novel Through the Devastating Bushfires in Tasmania and Australia The author of The Living Sea of Waking Dreams talks to host Mitchell Kaplan about trying to capture, in real time, the strangeness of how humans behave in times of crisis and confusion.
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Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing Kaveh Akbar talks to Jordan Kisner about using poetry to help him save his own life. On the Philosophy of the “Pool Read” Tod and Julia describe their ideal pool reads—and why they’ll read books at the pool that they’d never be caught reading anywhere else.
How The Baby-Sitters Club Influenced a Generation of Writers David Levithan talks about how the 300-book Baby-Sitters Club series has shaped storytelling, starting his career with the BSC as a 19-year-old intern, and working with Ann M. Martin, the original author.
Also This Week on Lit Hub Radio Fiction/Non/Fiction hosts Whit and Sugi celebrate their 100th episode with a retrospective featuring special guest Jabari Asim • On The Maris Review, Kristen Radtke describes the biology of loneliness • On Storybound, Tamara Winfrey-Harris reads from Dear Black Girl • On Keen On, David Potter on what Lenin and Luther can teach us about injustice, Peter Sterling on America’s lack of basic support structures, John Hagel on the psychology of fear for the future, and Mary Gauthier on songwriting as a form of healing • On New Books Network, Jessica Barksdale Inclán imagines a Shakespeare haunted by Jessicas • On The Quarantine Tapes, Rebecca Mead on finding ways to keep reporting through lockdown • On The History of Literature, German artist Charlie Stein discusses her series, 100 Paintings Imagined by Authors • On First Draft, Steven Pressfield’s theory on the artist as warrior • On Emergence Magazine, Kimberly Ruffin shares her guided practice of walking through the forest • On We Have Ways of Making You Talk, Hans Onderwater discusses the Hunger Winter in the German-occupied Netherlands • Behind the Mic explores the audiobooks of The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean, Revival Season by Monica West, The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story edited by John Freeman, The Vixen by Francine Prose, The Free World by Louis Menand
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