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Catherine Nichols Mar 30, 2021

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Today we talk to true luminary Catherine Nichols about her novel, which is based on Nijinsky's life and is an exploration of how someone could create something so powerful when they're not the one in power. If that hasn't blown your mind, then wait until you find out about all the research she did. Oh, still hemming and hawing? Get a load of this: Catherine wrote this book by writing every scene from every character who was part of it and then revising.

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Kristen Arnett and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya Mar 23, 2021

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In this ravioli of an episode, we talk with queer literary icons Kristen Arnett and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya! Do they show each other their WiP? Which writer talks to herself while writing? Did you know you could make your own writer's retreat in which you scare the shit out of yourself? Are there "trends" in queer writing right now? Most importantly, what cocktails go with their writing? And so much more!

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Adam O'Fallon Price Mar 16, 2021

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Today we chat with Adam O'Fallon Price (THE HOTEL NEVERSINK) on topics including: reading is terrifying; is The Hotel Neversink a novel in stories or is it something else?; what's it like being a "late bloomer" in the writing world?; "walking on the cliff of taste"; and so, so much more. Seriously we had a blast. Plus: Lindsay does a Robert Durst burp impression; Lindsay does a Micro Machines guy impression; and Adam uses the f word a lot but also says "mimetically" and "axiomatic" so,...

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Michael Zapata Mar 09, 2021

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Today our guest is Michael Zapata (THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU). Topics include: socialist librarians; New Orleans; storytelling vs. writing; teaching: not for Alex; how serving your community feeds your writing and vice versa; Chicago's jewelers' row; guess how many times Lindsay says "Peloton"?; Alex watches the 1996 Stanley Cup and takes notes oh my God Alex is in crisis NONETHELESS he reads a poem from Elisa Gabbert (heart eyes); and more!

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Erin Somers Mar 02, 2021

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Today we talk with Erin Somers (STAY UP WITH HUGO BEST), author, mom, and industry scribe! Erin's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, American Short Fiction, Tin House, and elsewhere. She is a reporter for the publishing industry newsletter Publishers Lunch, and lives in Beacon, New York with her husband and daughter.

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Chelsea Martin Feb 23, 2021

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Today we talk to Chelsea Martin (CACA DOLCE), writer, illustrator, and mother, about how reading is weird; writing before baby vs after baby; protecting new projects; PLUS: we invented the hottest new social media craze (it MIGHT be an MLM but it's fine!); showing stuff to spouses helps/sucks; Lindsay is an idiot!; we also invented a new section at bookstores calls "goes down easy"; and Chelsea is our first "wild card question" victim. Whew!

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Dmitry Samarov Feb 16, 2021

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The Butheads talk to artist and writer Dmitry Samarov (OLD STYLE) about self-publishing, how pig faces are the more human faces so they are less vegetarian, writing from life and making connections / composites, working in the service industry, fucking up your book in your own way, howling into the void without an agent, making books with art, being an artist/writer without social media, and more!

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Amber Sparks Feb 09, 2021

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Amber Sparks (AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU), author, employee, and mother, joins the Butheads to discuss what we thought writing while parenting would look like vs what it actually looks like, the endless pain of noveling, how loving your characters means you're doomed to see the thing through, why write a novel, and more! Later, the Butheads talk about giving up on a book you don't like, post-pandemic pipe dreams, what's a "crazy quilt" structure?!

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Matthew Salesses Feb 02, 2021

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Today we talk with Matthew Salesses (CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD), author, professor, and dad. Topics include: his amazing daughter, learning how to write what you want to write, the good news about these young bucks in today's workshops, how Matt gets work done as a single father, HOW MATT HAS SURVIVED THIS ENTIRE PANDEMIC ON ONE TANK OF GAS WE SH*T YOU NOT.

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Rumaan Alam Jan 26, 2021

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The Butheads talk to Rumaan Alam, author (LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND), critic, and father, about voice and cooking for children and POV and Willa Cather and Don DeLillo and Wigleaf and how writing short stories is cute.

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