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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, author and illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and science fiction writer Mary Anne Mohanraj talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and how space exploration has been rendered in images, nonfiction, and fiction. What has been erased from the history of space exploration, and what might the future hold?Guests:Jonathan Fetter-VormMary Anne MohanrajReadings for the Episode:By Jonathan Fetter-VormMoonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of SpaceflightTrinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic BombBattle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War“To the Moon, but Not Back: You might be surprised what humans left behind on the lunar surface,” The New York Times, July 19, 2019By Mary Anne MohanrajLinks to Mary Anne Mohanraj’s Jump Space stories, minus The Stars Change:The Stars ChangeOthers:Carrying the Fire by Michael CollinsHidden Figures by Margot ShetterlyThe Right Stuffby Tom WolfeApollo 13 (film)Apollo 13 by James Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger“To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias,” by Mary Robinette KowalMary Robinette Kowal on Twitter about peeing in space“Captain Marvel,” (film)“Star Wars (A New Hope)” (film) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelist Elliot Ackerman and memoirist Anuradha Bhagwati talk about how the military has—and hasn’t—changed during Donald Trump’s time as Commander in Chief. They also discuss their own experiences as Marines, the history of the American military, and how its future may affect the country and the world.To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (make sure to include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below.Guests:Elliot AckermanAnuradha BhagwatiReadings for the Episode:Waiting for Eden: a novel, by Elliot Ackerman Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning, by Elliot Ackerman Dark at the Crossing: A Novel, by Elliot Ackerman Green on Blue: A Novel, by Elliot Ackerman Unbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedience, by Anuradha Bhagwati “What to Make of Military Endorsements,” by Elliot Ackerman, The New Yorker, Sept. 8, 2016 “A Former Marine Looks Back on Her Life in a Male-Dominated Military,” by V. V. Ganeshananthan, The New York Times, April 21, 2019 The Good Lieutenant, by Whitney Terrell“Donald Trump’s ‘Salute to America’ Was Not a Complete Authoritarian Nightmare,” by Joshua Keating, July 4, 2019, Slate.comFields of Fire by Jim WebbThe Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, New York Magazine senior correspondent Irin Carmon (co-author of Notorious RBG) and novelist and Boston University law professor Jay Wexler (author of Tuttle in the Balance) talk about news coverage and fictional depictions of the Supreme Court. How partisan is the Court becoming? Why use humor to write fiction about the nine Justices? Ruth Bader Ginsburg was Vladimir Nabokov’s student—what effect has this had on her writing, and how are she and other liberal justices contending with their Trump-appointed colleagues?Guests:●   Irin Carmon●   Jay WexlerReadings for the Episode:●   Irin Carmon’s archive at New York Magazine●   “Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas Are Officially at War Over Abortion,” The Cut, May 28, 2019, by Irin Carmon●   “The big cases: Here are the U.S. Supreme Court’s most consequential cases in its current term, which runs from Oct. 2018 to June 2019.” By Han Huang, Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung, Reuters Graphics●   Tuttle in the Balance, by Jay Wexler●   The Adventures of Ed Tuttle, Associate Justice, and Other Stories, by Jay Wexler●   Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburgby Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik●   Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley●   Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others Are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Lifeby Jay Wexler●   Ari Richter, artist●   “The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore,” by Richard L. Hasen, Slate, June 25, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan share how they started the podcast, and offer podcasting tips with some help from friends who host their own shows. Then LitHub.com editor-in-chief Jonny Diamond speaks about the launch of LitHub Radio and his five-year anniversary as LitHub.com’s content czar, as well as his own writing.To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (make sure to include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below.Guests:●   Jonny Diamond●   Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, David Naimon, Zahir Janmohamed, and Connor Stratton (via AWP) Readings for the Episode:●   The Power of Facebook: How Big is Too Big? Alexis C. Madrigal and Alexander Chee on the Darker Side Social Media, Fiction/Non/Fiction Episode 3, Season 1●   What Facebook Did to American Democracy by Alexis C. Madrigal●   The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges●   Exploring What an Interruption is in Conversation, by Katherine Hilton, Stanford University Doctoral Student●   How Luminary’s Messy Debut Ended Up Roiling the Podcast Industry, Vulture●   Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime by Jonny Diamond, Longreads●   Close Talking: A Poetry Podcast hosted by Connor Stratton and Jack Rossiter-Munley   ●   #GoodMuslimBadMuslim hosted by Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed and Zahra Noorbakhsh●   Between the Covers hosted by David Naimon●   The Racist Sandwich Podcast hosted by Soleil Ho and Zahir Janmohamed●   The Maris Review hosted by Maris Kreizman●   Otherppl hosted by Brad Listi●   Slate's Political Gabfest hosted by Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz●   So Many Damn Books hosted by Christopher Hermelin and Drew Broussard●   538 Politics Podcast hosted by Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, Anjali Enjeti and Lacy Johnson speak with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about recent news and legislation about abortion, as well as its depiction in literature and film.Guests:●   Lacy Johnson●   Anjali EnjetiReadings for the Episode:●   “Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology? Lacy Johnson on Rachel Louise Snyder and the Ways We Name Violence,” on LitHub●   The Reckonings by Lacy Johnson●   “Governor Kemp Is Turning Georgia Into Gilead,” by Anjali Enjeti in Dame Magazine, April 1, 2019●   “Borderline,” by Anjali Enjeti, from Prime Number Magazine No. 79●   Abortion Bans: 8 States Have Passed Bills to Limit the Procedure This Year●   “Embryos Don’t Have Hearts,” by Katie Heaney●   Invisible Sisters by Jessica Handler●   Dirty Dancingdir. Emile Ardolino (1987)●   The Mothers by Brit Bennett●   The Cider House Rules by John Irving●   Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates●   “Hills Like White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemingway from Men Without Women●   Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” from “The Girl’s” Point of View by Rachel Klein from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, July 21, 2017●   “Missouri could become first US state without an abortion clinic,” by Jessica Glenza, May 28, The Guardian.●   “The Real Origins of the Religious Right” by Randall Balmer in Politico Magazine May 27, 2014●   Gwendolyn Brooks, “the mother”●   Pro, by Katha Pollitt●   The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood●   Our Bodies, Ourselves ●   “An Abortion That Saved My Life,” by Susan Ito, in Refinery 29, January 22, 2015.●   The Bible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, taped live at the inaugural Wordplay in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Marlon James and Daniel José Older speak with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the politics of literary categories. They talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the history of queerness in Africa, the importance of plot, the Wookieepedia, writing violence and respecting readers, and the details of dinosaurs.Guests:●   Marlon James●   Daniel José OlderReadings for the Episode: ●   Black Leopard, Red Wolfby Marlon James●   Dactyl Hill Squad & Dactyl Hill Squad: Freedom Fireby Daniel Jose Older●   Hollywood Wivesby Jackie Collins●   Buffy the Vampire Slayer●   The Iliadby Homer●   All the President’s Menby Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein●   Madame Bovaryby Gustave Flaubert●   Octavia Butler●   The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringby J.R.R. Tolkien●   100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia Marquez●   The Stand & It by Stephen King●   Shogunby James Clavell●   Avatar: The Last Airbender●   Star Wars: A New Hope●   The Harry Potter Seriesby J.K. Rowling●   Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls●   Pokémon Detective Pikachu●   Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson●   Jesmyn Ward●   Nicholson Baker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, taped live at the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, George and Paula Saunders talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about writing, politics, class, and the contenders for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election.To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (make sure to include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below.Guests:●   George Saunders●   Paula SaundersReadings for the Episode: ●   10th of Decemberby George Saunders   ●   Lincoln in the Bardoby George Saunders   ●   Pastoralia by George Saunders●   CivilWarLandin Bad Decline by George Saunders●   The Distance Homeby Paula Saunders●   War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy ●   “Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning” by Donald Barthelme●   The Unpopular Mr. Lincolnby Larry Tagg●   American Pastoral by Philip Roth●   "Grief" by Anton Chekhov●   Beto O’Rourke on Medium●   Books by Curtis Sittenfeld ●   The Source of Self-Regard by Toni Morrison ●   Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden   ●   “E Pluribus Unum?” by Stacey Abrams●   Bob Hillman, "Carveresque," from the album Some of Us Are Free, Some of Us Are Lost  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelists Emily Raboteau and Omar El Akkad discuss telling the stories of climate change with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. Raboteau talks about her recent NYRB article, "Climate Signs," and El Akkad shares how his history as a journalist connects to his novel, American War,  Readings for the Episode:●   “Climate Signs” by Emily Raboteau, New York Review Daily●   The Professor's Daughter by Emily Raboteau●   Searching for Zion by Emily Raboteau●   American War by Omar El Akkad●   Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins●   “Flying Cars Could Save us from Climate Change,” by Jen Christensen, CNN●   “Climate Change: European Team to drill for ‘oldest’ ice in Antarctica” by Jonathan Amos, BBC●   “Atchafalaya” by John McPhee, The New Yorker●   The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells●   “There's so much CO2 in the atmosphere that planting trees can no longer save us,” by Rob Ludacer and Jessica Orwig, Business Insider●   "Young Readers Ask: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells," by Geronimo LaValle, Orion Magazine●   “As We Approach the City,” by Mik Awake, The Common●   “The Climate Museum Launches Pun-Filled Art Installations Across the City,” by Katie Brown, Medium/NYU Local●   “‘Hand that’s feeding the world is getting bit.’ Farmers cope with floods, trade war” by Crystal Thomas and Bryan Lowery, The Kansas City Star●   “Senator uses Star Wars posters, image of Reagan riding a dinosaur to blast Green New Deal,” by Christal Hayes, USA Today●   Learning to Die in the Anthropocene by Roy Scranton●   Horizon, by Barry Lopez●   The End of Nature, by Bill McKibbenGuests: ·    Emily Raboteau·    Omar El Akkad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, editors Brigid Hughes of A Public Space and Jennifer Baker of Electric Literature and the Minorities in Publishing podcast discuss the world of literary journals with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. What gets an editor’s attention? How much editing do they really do? And where was the AWP hotel bar in Portland? This episode, recorded during the annual AWP conference, has the answers.Readings for the Episode: ·    A Public Space, Issue 27, ed. Brigid Hughes·    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette Howland (forthcoming, APS Books)·    Everyday People: The Color of Lifeed. Jennifer Baker·    Acentos Review·    As/Us·    Kweli Journal·    Callaloo·    Lambda Literary·    Papercuts·    Paper Darts·    Tayo Literary Magazine·    Tin House·    Copper Nickel·    The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling·    The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon·    Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans·    The Bible of Dirty Jokes by Eileen PollackGuests: ·    Brigid Hughes·    Jennifer BakerLive from the FSG Originals Party  ·   Jessica Eckerstorfer·   Danielle Evans·   Lydia Kiesling·   Dan Kois·   R.O. Kwon·   Wayne Miller·   Eileen Pollack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelist Marcus Burke and sportswriter Shira Springer discuss writing and basketball with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. As March Madness rages on, we talk buzzy topics in the sports world: apprenticeship in college basketball, the need for consistent coverage of women athletes, and the importance of women sportswriters.Readings for the Episode:·      Team Seven by Marcus Burke·      Hennessy and Red Lightsby Marcus Burke·      “7 Ways to Improve Coverage of Women’s Sports,” by Shira Springer, Nieman Reports·      “WNBA superstar Sue Bird rates sports coverage and finds room for improvement,” by Shira Springer, Nieman Reports·      "La Liga turning heads with women’s soccer," by Shira Springer, Sports Business Daily·      “What If the United States Had Boycotted Hitler’s Olympics?” by Shira Springer from Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History, edited by Mike Pesca·      One on One by Tabitha King·      The Crossover by Kwame Alexander·      A Sense of Where You Are, by John McPhee·      Burn it All Down Podcast·      The Meaning of Serena Williams by Claudia Rankine·      Citizen by Claudia Rankine·      R. R. Knudson, a Writer Whose Subject Was Sports, Dies at 75, The New York Times·      “Grant Hall,” in A Region Not Home, by James McPherson ·      The Bad News Bears, dir. Michael Ritchie·      The Girl Who Wanted to Run the Boston Marathon, by Robert McKay·      Champion’s Choice, by John R. TunisGuests:·      Marcus Burke·      Shira Springer  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices