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Liz Moore (BSS #434) Updated: 2012-02-14 14:04:09 Description: Liz Moore is most recently the author of Heft. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Swelling with untapped emotional weight. Author: Liz Moore Subjects Discussed: Emotional sincerity through a twin narrative, Mary Gordon, McNally Jackson, “grotesque”...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Agnieszka Holland (BSS #433) Updated: 2012-02-09 14:36:39 Description: Agnieszka Holland is most recently the director of In Darkness, which has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award and opens in limited release on Febraury 10, 2012. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Fumbling in the dark for the Zippo....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stephen Fry (BSS #432) Updated: 2012-02-07 18:09:22 Description: Stephen Fry is most recently the author of The Fry Chronicles. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Basking in a pleasant tsunami of erudition. Author: Stephen Fry Subjects Discussed: Journalists who attack morally and spiritually, capitulating an iPhone, the n...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deborah Scroggins (BSS #431) Updated: 2012-02-03 13:52:05 Description: Deborah Scroggins is most recently the author of Wanted Women: Faith, Lies & The War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui. My response to Dwight Garner’s New York Times review, which contains more links and informatio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Susan Cain (BSS #430) Updated: 2012-01-31 06:33:37 Description: Susan Cain is most recently the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts. SPECIAL BOOK GIVEAWAY: Are we all prone to the malady of the introvert who turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within? Perhaps this conversation about introverts will ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Elliot Perlman (BSS #429) Updated: 2012-01-10 16:07:17 Description: Elliot Perlman is most recently the author of The Street Sweeper. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Collecting the dregs of his spatulate ambitions. Author: Elliot Perlman Subjects Discussed: Perlman living across the street from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Can...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thomas Frank (BSS #428) Updated: 2012-01-05 23:57:51 Description: Thomas Frank is most recently the author of Pity the Billionaire. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering why Grover Norquist keeps leaving voicemails about tax pledges. Author: Thomas Frank Subjects Discussed: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s n...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD William Kennedy (BSS #427) Updated: 2011-12-09 15:31:39 Description: William Kennedy is most recently the author of Changó’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes. For related material, you can read my Modern Library Reading Challenge essay on Ironweed. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Caught in a migratory comedy of errors. Author: W...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Joyce Carol Oates (BSS #426) Updated: 2011-12-08 03:39:17 Description: Joyce Carol Oates is most recently the author of The Corn Maiden and the editor of New Jersey Noir. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Contending with needless tempers and false heaters. Author: Joyce Carol Oates PROGRAM NOTE: For many years, I had hoped to s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dennis Cooper (BSS #425) Updated: 2011-12-07 01:02:48 Description: Dennis Cooper is most recently the author of The Marbled Swarm. Subjects Discussed: Cannibalism, worming, BDSM, “industriously garbled syntax,” reconciling confusion within literature, being a Francophile, Rimbaud, irritating certain read...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Charles Yu (BSS #424) Updated: 2011-12-05 21:00:10 Description: Charles Yu is most recently the author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Saying goodbye before saying hello. Author: Charles Yu Subjects Discussed: Accusations of egomania, Abbott and Costello, the real ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wayne Koestenbaum (BSS #423) Updated: 2011-12-05 05:00:41 Description: Wayne Koestenbaum is most recently the author of Humiliation. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Fully considering the witnesses. Author: Wayne Koestenbaum Subjects Discussed: Whether a deliberate slander of a surname is a humiliation, the three components of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alan Hollinghurst (BSS #422) Updated: 2011-11-23 13:19:33 Description: Alan Hollinghurst appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #422. He is most recently the author of The Stranger’s Child. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Pondering a new career that has nothing to do with literary biography. Author: Alan Hollinghurst Subjects...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Téa Obreht (BSS #421) Updated: 2011-11-14 17:15:18 Description: Téa Obreht is most recently the author of The Tiger’s Wife, winner of the Orange Prize and finalist for the National Book Awards (to be announced on Wednesday: check out Reluctant Habits and the Twitter feed for live coverage from the floor th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lawrence Weschler (BSS #420) Updated: 2011-11-11 17:26:40 Description: Lawrence Weschler is most recently the author of Uncanny Valley. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Feeling 95% himself, wondering why he recoils at his mirror image. Author: Lawrence Weschler Subjects Discussed: Masahiro Mori’s “uncanny valley,&#...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Diana Abu-Jaber (BSS #419) Updated: 2011-11-07 14:51:04 Description: Diana Abu-Jaber is most recently the author of Birds of Paradise. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Salivating in tandem with his diminishing wallet. Author: Diana Abu-Jaber Subjects Discussed: The dangers of French pastries, Abu-Jaber’s propensity for...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Weird Al Yankovic (BSS #418) Updated: 2011-11-02 05:54:28 Description: Weird Al Yankovic’s most recent album is Alpocalypse. Many thanks to Jay Levey for helping to make this unlikely conversation happen. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Got skills, he’s a champion of D&D. Guest: Weird Al Yankovic Subjects Dis...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anne Enright (BSS #417) Updated: 2011-10-27 15:28:55 Description: Anne Enright is most recently the author of The Forgotten Waltz. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Troublesomely willing to sign on the dotted line. Author: Anne Enright Subjects Discussed: Writing a novel as a minute allegory of the Celtic Tiger, Gresham...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roger Corman (BSS #416) Updated: 2011-10-25 14:30:53 Description: In addition to directing some of the most memorable and entertaining drive-in movies of the 20th century (among many other accomplishments), Roger Corman is most recently the subject of a new documentary called Corman’s World, which is now play...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Susan Orlean (BSS #415) Updated: 2011-10-14 04:42:39 Description: Susan Orlean is most recently the author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Pondering an alternative timeline with the golden retriever rising as the heroic dog of choice. Author: Susan Orlean Subjects Discussed: Rin T...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yannick Murphy III (BSS #414) Updated: 2011-10-13 21:59:44 Description: Yannick Murphy’s most recent novel is The Call. She has previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #158 and The Bat Segundo Show #41. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Terrified of picking up the telephone. Author: Yannick Murphy Subjects Discussed: C...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nick Broomfield (BSS #413) Updated: 2011-09-30 15:07:44 Description: Nick Broomfield is most recently the co-director of Sarah Palin: You Betcha. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if he has gone rogue or rouge. Guest: Nick Broomfield Subjects Discussed: Being attracted to conservative politicians with big hair, Chri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sheila McClear (BSS #412) Updated: 2011-09-30 00:45:11 Description: Sheila McClear is most recently the author of The Last of the Live Nude Girls. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Embracing the diminishing returns of Old New York. Author: Sheila McClear Subjects Discussed: Peter Pan Donuts as a point of meaning in one’...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alexander Maksik (BSS #411) Updated: 2011-09-14 14:06:35 Description: Alexander Maksik is most recently the author of You Deserve Nothing. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Staring into unreliable news outlets for confirmation of existence. Author: Alexander Maksik Subjects Discussed: Writing an anti-Parisian novel in Paris, e...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alex Shakar (BSS #410) Updated: 2011-09-06 14:29:20 Description: Alex Shakar is most recently the author of Lumanarium. Condition of Mr. Segundo: In search of a zendo to teach him a few cheap tricks. Author: Alex Shakar Subjects Discussed: Splitting novelists into scientists and mystics, how location and character...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lauren Beukes (BSS #409) Updated: 2011-09-01 20:54:38 Description: Lauren Beukes is most recently the author of Zoo City. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Avoiding roaming urban animals. Author: Lauren Beukes Subjects Discussed: Jet lags and hangovers, cultural references, I Can Haz Cheeseburger, whether or not books shoul...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dana Spiotta II (BSS #408) Updated: 2011-08-24 13:36:18 Description: Dana Spiotta is most recently the author of Stone Arabia and previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #28. This particular conversation was recorded before a packed audience at McNally Jackson on July 20, 2011. My thanks to Michele Filgate and Kat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Banville/Benjamin Black (BSS #407) Updated: 2011-08-15 13:44:03 Description: John Banville is most recently the author of The Infinities. Benjamin Black is most recently the author of A Death in Summer. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Doubting that his alter ego is the work of a craftsman. Author: John Banville (aka Benjamin Black)...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jesús Ángel García (BSS #406) Updated: 2011-08-02 05:00:11 Description: Jesús Ángel García appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #406. He is most recently the author of badbadbad. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Hoping not to confuse his relationship pursuits with his research ones. Author: Jesús Ángel García Subjects Discuss...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Miranda July (BSS #405) Updated: 2011-07-26 14:00:29 Description: Miranda July is most recently the writer, director, and star of The Future, which opens in theaters on July 29, 2011. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Seeking further bifurcations between art and commerce. Guest: Miranda July Subjects Discussed: People in t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Megan Abbott (BSS #404) Updated: 2011-07-20 13:53:33 Description: Megan Abbott is most recently the author of The End of Everything. For more on Megan Abbott, you can read Edward Champion’s essay “Megan Abbott: Literary Criminal” at The Millions, Condition of Mr. Segundo: Pondering unanticipated c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Emma Forrest (BSS #403) Updated: 2011-07-14 13:29:28 Description: Emma Forrest is most recently the author of Your Voice in My Head. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Fearing the arrival of kneeling supplicants. Author: Emma Forrest Subjects Discussed: Occupying the insides of planes, positive mania, Ben Yagoda’s Mem...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Edie Meidav (BSS #402) Updated: 2011-07-08 14:21:19 Description: Edie Meidav previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #51 in a tag-team interview with Scott Esposito. She is most recently the author of Lola, California. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Been all around this great big world. Author: Edie Meidav Subjects...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD James Marsh (BSS #401) Updated: 2011-07-05 23:14:19 Description: James Marsh is most recently the director of Project Nim, which opens in theaters on July 8, 2011. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Pondering unethical experiments that might slide by today’s authorities. Guest: James Marsh Subjects Discussed: States ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aimee Bender (BSS #400) Updated: 2011-07-01 12:24:19 Description: Aimee Bender is most recently the author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. She previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #16. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Feeling his inner cake and eating it too. Author: Aimee Bender Subjects Discussed: Fantas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Janet Reitman (BSS #399) Updated: 2011-06-27 14:33:03 Description: Janet Reitman is most recently the author of Inside Scientology. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Always on the run. Author: Janet Reitman Subjects Discussed: Scientology and cults, the way Scientology works, Orthodox Judaism, Michael Sklar, tax-exempt reli...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mara Hvistendahl (BSS #398) Updated: 2011-06-23 15:36:55 Description: Mara Hvistendahl is most recently the author of Unnatural Selection. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Considering cold water solutions if he attempts to sire sons. Author: Mara Hvistendahl Subjects Discussed: Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 address on the occas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD James Gleick (BSS #397) Updated: 2011-06-07 14:38:30 Description: James Gleick is most recently the author of The Information. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Giving little bits of your entropy. Author: James Gleick Subjects Discussed: Claude Shannon, the origin of the byte, Charles Babbage and relay switches, measuring ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adam Hochschild (BSS #396) Updated: 2011-06-01 11:35:37 Description: Adam Hochschild is most recently the author of To End All Wars. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Conscientiously objecting and objectifying consciousness. Author: Adam Hochschild Subjects Discussed: What is considered morally permissible in war, mustard gas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tayari Jones II (BSS #395) Updated: 2011-05-24 13:19:31 Description: Tayari Jones is most recently the author of Silver Sparrow. She previously appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #99. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Resisting the creative death knell kickstarted by marketing forces. Author: Tayari Jones Subjects Discussed: Th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Daniel Clowes (BSS #394) Updated: 2011-05-11 15:28:17 Description: Daniel Clowes recently appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #394. He is most recently the author of Mr. Wonderful. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Uniting with the bald community. Author: Daniel Clowes Subjects Discussed: Moments of simultaneous consciousness,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ross Perlin (BSS #393) Updated: 2011-05-04 12:36:42 Description: Ross Perlin is most recently the author of Intern Nation. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if he somebody signed him up for an unpaid internship. Author: Ross Perlin Subjects Discussed: Economic origins of the intern, Gary Becker and human capital...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lynne Tillman (BSS #392) Updated: 2011-04-28 00:05:27 Description: Lynne Tillman is most recently the author of Someday This Will Be Funny. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if he should laugh today or five years from now. Author: Lynne Tillman Subjects Discussed: Giddy book titles, William S. Burroughs as a slob,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jaimy Gordon (BSS #391) Updated: 2011-04-20 15:43:24 Description: Jaimy Gordon appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #391. She is most recently the author of Lord of Misrule. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Praying to equine gods for a better motel room. Author: Jaimy Gordon Subjects Discussed: Dancing with award winners, the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ian Rankin (BSS #390) Updated: 2011-04-14 17:00:35 Description: Ian Rankin is most recently the author of The Complaints. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Playing good cop and bad cop with his interlocutory approach. Author: Ian Rankin Subjects Discussed: The benefits of talking with a Scotsman on St. Patrick’s Da...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Carol Emshwiller & Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts (BSS #389) Updated: 2011-04-12 17:08:08 Description: Today is Carol Emshwiller’s 90th birthday. She is the author of Carmen Dog, The Mount, and numerous stories. Nonstop Press has recently issued The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller. Her work can be thoroughly investigated through The Carol ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holly Tucker (BSS #388) Updated: 2011-04-08 21:00:23 Description: Holly Tucker is most recently the author of Blood Work. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering why his bank statements come back bloody. Author: Holly Tucker Subjects Discussed: Early philosophical notions of blood, ill humors, whether science without t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Michael Crummey (BSS #387) Updated: 2011-03-29 16:32:11 Description: Michael Crummey is most recently the author of Galore. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wondering if you can rent a motel room in the whale of a belly. Author: Michael Crummey Subjects Discussed: Childbearing in poor families, grisly deaths and irresponsibl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deb Olin Unferth (BSS #386) Updated: 2011-03-23 14:14:31 Description: Deb Olin Unferth appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #386. She is most recently the author of Revolution. PROGRAM NOTE: Just before the tape rolled, Our Correspondent, who met with Deb Olin Unferth at a Vegan restaurant, had casually mentioned (in an en...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD TC Boyle IV (BSS #385) Updated: 2011-03-16 14:51:58 Description: TC Boyle is most recently the author of When the Killing’s Done. This is his fourth appearance on the program. He has previously appeared on The Bat Segundo #273, The Bat Segundo Show #70, and The Bat Segundo Show #10. Condition of Mr. Segundo:...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Insulted by Authors (BSS #384) Updated: 2011-03-08 16:05:49 Description: Bill Ryan is the proprietor of the website Insulted by Authors. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Insulted by humorless people. Guest: Bill Ryan Subjects Discussed: Taking unexpected tumbles in life, why insults are the best way to pop the cherry of the auth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aminatta Forna (BSS #383) Updated: 2011-03-01 13:32:42 Description: Aminatta Forna is most recently the author of The Memory of Love. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Trying to remember where his lost car keys are so he can learn to love again. Author: Aminatta Forna Subjects Discussed: Writing about Sierra Leone without na...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adrian Tomine (BSS #382) Updated: 2011-02-18 21:18:44 Description: Adrian Tomine is most recently the author of Scenes from an Impending Marriage. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Attempting to reconcile the impending with illustrations depicting events from years ago. Author: Adrian Tomine Subjects Discussed: Doing time i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eduardo Porter (BSS #381) Updated: 2011-02-17 21:28:37 Description: Eduardo Porter is most recently the author of The Price of Everything. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Shopping for a new religion. Author: Eduardo Porter Subjects Discussed: Faith and the Pascalian wager, whether or not Americans perceive faith in fair pr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Toby Ball (BSS #380) Updated: 2011-02-11 20:23:23 Description: Toby Ball is most recently the author of The Vaults. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Spilling green ink all over the public records. Author: Toby Ball Subjects Discussed: The descriptive connection between sound and voice, Ball’s background in teachi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Karen Rusell (BSS #379) Updated: 2011-02-04 14:17:58 Description: Karen Russell is most recently the author of Swamplandia! Condition of Mr. Segundo: Wrestling alligators that the mean men left in his motel room. Author: Karen Russell Subjects Discussed: How “Ava Wrestles the Alligator” transformed into...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jessie Sholl (BSS #378) Updated: 2011-02-01 14:45:42 Description: Jessie Sholl is most recently the author of Dirty Secret. Ms. Sholl will also be appearing at the Barnes & Noble Tribeca on Wednesday, February 2nd, at 7:00 PM. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Packing his rats before they rat his pack. Author: Jessie ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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