
Bookworm
Intellectual, accessible, and provocative literary conversations.
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Feb 18, 2021 • 30min
David Duchovny: “Truly Like Lightning”
David Duchovny speaks about his new novel, “Truly Like Lightning,” and its plot that matters.

Feb 11, 2021 • 30min
George Saunders “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life” (Part 2)
Part two of two: George Saunders speaks about his new book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life."

Feb 4, 2021 • 30min
George Saunders: “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life” (Part 1)
The first in a two-parter with George Saunders discussing his new book, "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life."

Jan 28, 2021 • 30min
Rebecca Sacks: “City of a Thousand Gates”
Rebecca Sacks discusses her novel, “City of a Thousand Gates,” which explores the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by testing its boundaries.

Jan 21, 2021 • 30min
Eileen Myles: “For Now (Why I Write)”
Those who read to write will want to hear Eileen Myles talk about “For Now,” which is part of the "Why I Write" series from Yale University Press.

Jan 14, 2021 • 30min
Alan Felsenthal and Peter Cole discuss Harold Bloom’s “Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader’s Mind over a Universe of Death”
Venerated critic Harold Bloom’s final book “Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader’s Mind over a Universe of Death” is discussed by the poets Alan Felsenthal and Peter Cole.

Jan 7, 2021 • 30min
Susan Taubes, introduction by David Rieff: “Divorcing”
David Rieff discusses “Divorcing” by Susan Taubes: the reimagined end of an autobiographical marriage.

Dec 31, 2020 • 30min
Garth Greenwell: Cleanness
Garth Greenwell discusses seeking human truths by writing into an abyss, and his new novel Cleanness.

Dec 24, 2020 • 30min
Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett pushes questions of race and color to their extremes in her new novel, The Vanishing Half.

Dec 17, 2020 • 30min
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: “The Freezer Door”
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s new book “The Freezer Door” explores the idea of radical visions not predicated on dominant forms.