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Sep 30, 2015

Jonathan Evison is the guest. His new novel, This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!, is now available from Algonquin Books. It was the official August pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.

A little late getting to this one, considering that Harriet was the August pick for the book club, but as most of you know, my new...


Sep 23, 2015

Bill Clegg is the guest. His debut novel, Did You Ever Have a Family?, is available now from Scout Press. It has been long-listed for both the Man Booker Award and National Book Award.

Bill and I talked on the hottest day of the year in LA, or one of the hottest days of the year. It was sweltering in the garage and it...


Sep 16, 2015

Carmiel Banasky is the guest. Her debut novel, The Suicide of Claire Bishop, is now available from Dzanc Books. It is the official September selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.

Carmiel and I talked about Los Angeles and New York and Judaism and her dad. We also talked about Portland; she grew up in...


Sep 9, 2015

Jennifer Pashley is the guest. Her debut novel The Scamp is available now from Tin House Books.

Jennifer and I had a mix-up on time. She thought we were scheduled for a different day. She also had a migraine headache. She got into an Uber with a migraine and raced across Los Angeles to be here. Shanna Mahin (my guest in...


Sep 2, 2015

Joshua Mohr is the guest. His new novel, All This Life, is available now from Soft Skull Press.

This is, I think, the third time I've talked to Josh on the program. The first time we did a full hour and the second time we did a few minutes at the top of a show and now we've done another hour. Always great talking with...