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Ben Tanzer

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A talk with Chicago/New York writer Ben Tanzer about his After Hours book and a lot more.

Moby Dick book-release

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A talk between publisher Mallory Smart and designer Dmitry Samarov on the occasion of the release of a new illustrated edition of Herman Melville’s classic by Maudlin House. The event took place at Tangible Books in Chicago on May 10th, 2025.

The Incognito Lounge by Denis Johnson

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I read the title poem from a 1994 Denis Johnson collection.

Nathan Knapp

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A talk with writer Nathan Knapp. Read my review of Daybook and listen to me read its first few pages and, most importantly, buy yourself a copy!

Daybook by Nathan Knapp

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I read the first few pages of Nathan Knapp’s Daybook.

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Avner Landes

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A talk with writer Avner Landes about his forthcoming novel, The Delegation, and other matters.

Preorder the new book and read my review of his first one.

Cathedral by Raymond Carver

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I read the title story from Carver’s great book.

Dmitry Samarov & Jasmon Drain at Tangible Books

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A conversation between Dmitry Samarov and Jasmon Drain about Samarov’s Making Pictures is How I Talk to the World at Tangible Books in Chicago, 8/24/24.

Eugene Marten

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A talk with writer Eugene Marten about the re-release of Layman’s Report and other matters.

Maggie Umber

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A talk with artist/writer Maggie Umber about her nearly-wordless book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves.

Truth Serum

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A couple pages from Eugene Marten’s Layman’s Report.

Read my review of the book.

Background music by Emily Robb.

Bruce Wagner

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A wide-ranging talk with novelist/screenwriter Bruce Wagner.

Order his new book and read my review of his previous one.

De Kooning on the Renaissance

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I read an essay Willem De Kooning wrote in 1950 that is included in a tiny book I bought from the collection of Tom Verlaine.

Scott Schaaf

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A talk with Scott Schaaf about growing up in the Quad Cities and ending up in Chicago to eventually open his great record store, Pinwheel Records, in Pilsen.

A Georges Perec list

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A hundred-seventy-nine-line list from Georges Perec’s Life: A User’s Manual that is a kind of skeleton key or cheat sheet for the whole book.

Lucy Sante (2024)

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A talk with Lucy Sante about her new memoir, a lifetime of writing, and her unexpected newfound fame.

Dmitry Samarov

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Skyler Rowe interviews Dmitry Samarov about childhood, art, and the rest of it.

Katherine Eremia

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A talk with artist Katherine Eremia about growing up in the South, coming up to Chicago, and a whole lot more.

Tyler Dempsey

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A talk with writer/podcaster/lover of remote locales, Tyler Dempsey.

Read my review of his novel, Will We All Still See Each Other Afterward.

Bartlebooth learns to watercolor

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A few more pages from Georges Perec’s Life: A User’s Manual.

Preamble to Life: A User’s Manual

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I read the intro to Georges Perec’s 1978 novel.

Coyle & Bandini

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I read the first few pages from George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle and John Fante’s Wait Until Spring, Bandini.

It’s Because We’re So Poor

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I read a story from Juan Rulfo’s The Plain in Flames.

Pedro Páramo

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The first couple pages from a new translation of Juan Rulfo’s 1955 novel.

The Story of RR 1: Father Frost

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The fifth conversation in an ongoing series about one woman’s childhood.

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