J. Ryan
Stradal is the guest. His new novel, The Lager
Queen of Minnesota, is available from Viking / Pamela Dorman
Books.
This is Stradal's second time on the podcast. He first
appeared in Episode 376 on August 19,
2015.
His first novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, reached the New
York Times Hardcover Best Seller list at #19 on its third
week of release. His shorter writing has appeared in Hobart, The
Rumpus, The Wall Street Journal, Granta, The
Guardian, Electric Literature, The Nervous Breakdown, and
more.