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Feeling literary and thinking about the election? Just in time, it’s Steve Elliott on Pinky’s Paperhaus. He talks about Stumbling and Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction, which he edited, and…

It’s the final installment of the three-part Aimee Bender podcast! In this final podcast with the author of Willful Creatures, Aimee talks about being a professor at the University of…

Aimee Bender is back! It’s podcast part 2 of three of the author of the short story collection Willful Creatures, out in paperback in just a few weeks. In part…

As promised, Aimee Bender is here in the form of a podcast. There is more to come, of course; to facilitate bite-sized downloading I think we’re looking at 3 or…

Aha! It’s the Jonathan Ames podcast Part II; Jonathan is the author of, most recently, I Love You More Than You Know, a book of hilarious, overexposed personal essays. In…

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Jonathan Ames, all a-podcast-y. In the first half of our conversation, Jonathan answers questions about his novel Wake Up, Sir!, his new book of…

Simon & Schuster launched a weekly podcast last fall. Typically they take 3 authors, throw parts of their audiobooks together, and voila! It’s a smart repurposing of content. Although next…

Liza Palmer visits Pinky’s Paperhaus to talk about her debut novel, Conversations With the Fat Girl. It’s the story of two best friends who bond over being fat; as they…

Brothers Lee and Tod Goldberg talk about their new books, what their mother sells on eBay and bears without pants. In case you’re thinking, wow, how can I tell two…

Moorishgirl Laila Lalami continues discussion of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, talking about language and the dialogue of her Moroccan characters, writing with music, and litblogging. The complete interview is…