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Pete of The Chills at Will Podcast
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The Chills at Will Literary Podcast is a discussion of the visceral beauty of literature, w/ Pete. Ep 275 up now on all platforms!-join the Patreon!

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Excited to share Episode 309 with @kailayu.bsky.social. Thanks to her for a generous conversation!

Buy Fetishized from @crownpublishing.bsky.social: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738645...

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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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We interviewed Jazmina Barrera and Christina MacSweeney on the process of writing and translating THE QUEEN OF SWORDS! It's a great book to add to your TBR pile. Check it out here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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In an Ep308 clip, @jeffpearlman.bsky.social talks about his philosophy of deep, layered research, and expectations for writerly research.

The superb, nuanced Only God Can Judge is available @marinerbooks.bsky.social: www.harpercollins.com/products/onl...

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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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such a treat to talk lowriders, Art Laboe, and SoCal history w/ Susan Straight, author of SACRAMENT, for @altajournal.bsky.social 🏥

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Nurses and Lowriders
Susan Straight’s Sacrament depicts the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Southern California.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Today on the program, a conversation w author Chris Kraus.

Her new novel, THE FOUR SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER, is available now from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social.

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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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@nicolethecuffy.bsky.social recounts immersing herself in the disenfranchisement and desperation of the Vietnam War generation while writing a novel.
Fictionalizing the Disenfranchisement and Desperation of the Vietnam War Generation
I don’t like coffee, but I find myself repeatedly seduced by it anyway. Especially when I am trying to write. It could be the weight of its warmth, its smell a sister smell to that of book pages, t…
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March 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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In an Ep305 clip, @lesbrains.bsky.social‬⁩ talks about the power of renaming, as her book so brilliantly interrogates colonial land grabs and revisionist and erased histories.

Buy Poppy State @timberpress.bsky.social‬⁩: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/myria...

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October 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Today’s newsletter post is a conversation with @somers.bsky.social, whose book THE TEN YEAR AFFAIR is out today!

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Interview with Erin Somers
Millennial moms on Millennial moms in the multiverse
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October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Author Jazmina Barrera and translator Christina MacSweeney discuss The THE QUEEN OF SWORDS, longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Read the full interview here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The National Book Award Interviews: Jazmina Barrera and Christina MacSweeney - Words Without Borders
Jazmina Barrera and Christina MacSweeney discuss The Queen of Swords, longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Me, when I inexplicably follow the convoluted directions from a guy, instead of going with GPS directions
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Tomorrow, I'll be in conversation w Jade Chang, whose new novel is called WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.

🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.

✌🏼Stay tuned...
October 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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In an Ep300 clip, ⁦‪Nathan Thrall talks about how his book as a primer on the Gaza/Israeli conflict not starting on October 7 and how the ghettos Palestinians live in are instructive.

Buy A Day in the Life of Abed Salama from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social

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October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Y'all, you get a free registration for AWP if you volunteer for ONE SHIFT. That's incredible, considering the $$$ of entrance!

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Work Exchange
Are you a current student, adjunct professor, or someone needing assistance to cover the cost of the conference? Sign up to participate in our work-exchange program for the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookf...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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It's an honor and a privilege to share Episode 300, a conversation with Nathan Thrall, 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner.

Buy A Day in the Life of Abed Salama from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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October 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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September 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Tomorrow on the Otherppl show, a special sneak preview of 'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction,' the new course from @deepdive.audio, avail 10/1 & taught by author Hannah Pittard, whose most recent novel is called 'If You Love It, Let It Kill You.'

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September 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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James Gandolfini would have been 64 years old today. It was my great pleasure to write this book about him: mzs.press/SIGNED-Gando...
September 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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In this Ep296 clip, Ursula Villarreal-Moura talks about how using an epistolary format unlocked new paths and profundity for her stirring, subtly beautiful Like Happiness.

Buy from @celadonbooks.bsky.social‬⁩: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Sometimes I get asked if there is an equivalent to Roger Ebert today. I tell them yes, there is, but he's in television criticism, and his name is Alan Sepinwall.
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Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:
Don't stop believing
Some news, as they say
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September 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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In an Ep295 clip, master chronicler & storyteller Wright Thompson discusses the interconnectedness of the world & the need to "go back across the ocean" to truly understand all that led to Emmett Till's horrific murder.

Buy The Barn @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

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September 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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In an Ep290 clip, Adnan Virk‬⁩ talks about having the freedom to riff in his book's chapter, while also having material for even more essays, and maybe another book.🤞

Buy Cinephile, a passionate addition to the movie fandom and criticism canon, from Mango Pub

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September 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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‘He tried to think about what sort of person he wanted to be in this world and how he might bring that about.’

A story by Brandon Taylor.

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Stalin, Lenin, Robespierre
‘He tried to think about what sort of person he wanted to be in this world and how he might bring that about.’ Fiction from Brandon Taylor.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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In this Episode 289 clip, @jahmalmayfield.bsky.social⁩ describes the dynamic opening of his thoughtful and action-packed novel.

Buy the riveting Smoke Kings from @melvillehouse.bsky.social: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743062...

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August 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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In an Ep290 clip, ⁦Adnan Virk‬⁩ talks about the atmosphere and iconic announcement at the 2017 Academy Awards.

Buy Cinephile, a passionate addition to the movie fandom and criticism canon‬⁩: bit.ly/41oiik7

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August 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM