Podcast appearances and mentions of Ann Beattie

Welcome to Episode 213! BookTuber Shawn Breathes Books joins us to celebrate Jenny Colvin and “I'll Have What You're Reading,” the memorial buddy read we jointly hosted with him the last few months. We also discuss Andrea Robbin Skinner's recent revelation about her mother, Alice Munro, and how it has impacted us as readers. Some other highlights: In #CurrentlyReading, we are each reading another chunkster for Sue Jackson's #BigBookSummer: Emily is cooling off with THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey, and Chris is going back in time with MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS by Antonia Fraser. We have a spoiler-free conversation about FELLOWSHIP POINT by Alice Elliot Dark which we both enjoyed. Short stories read since the last episode: “Janus” by Ann Beattie and “In the Gloaming” by Alice Elliott Dark both from the collection THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY edited by John Updike and Katrina Kenison. “A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You” by Amy Bloom from the collection A BLIND MAN COULD SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU: STORIES. “Uncle Valentine” by Willa Cather in UNCLE VALENTINE AND OTHER STORIES, edited by Bernice Slote “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier from the collection THE BIRDS AND OTHER STORIES [This collection was first published in the UK in 1952 with the title, THE APPLE TREE: A SHORT NOVEL AND SEVERAL LONG STORIES] In Biblio Adventures, we recap the great day we had on Long Island, NY We took a ferry from New London, CT, to Orient Point, NY, then drove south to the Barnes and Noble in Bridgehampton to check out their new store layout. Then we headed north to Sag Harbor, where we were delighted by a John Steinbeck and Charley sculpture (“Assistant Editor” by Seward Johnson) and explored Sag Harbor Books. Other stops included Black Cat Books on Shelter Island and the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport. Check out our vlog of the day on our YouTube channel Emily had a Couch Biblio Adventure, thanks to our listener Kathy who told us about a conversation with Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson, and Jelani Cobb via City Arts & Lectures Chris watched LETTERS TO JULIET, a rom-com inspired by the book of the same name by Eve Friedman and Ceil Jann Friedman. She also went on a quick shopping spree at McNally Jackson Books at Rockefeller Center. A reminder that our third quarter readalong is ENVY, by Sandra Brown. There are a few spots left for our Zoom discussion on Sunday, 9/15, at 7 pm ET. Email us if you'd like to join us. bookcougars at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening, and Happy Reading! https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2024/episode213

SPECIAL SUMMER EPISODE: A Conversation w/ Ann Powers, author of Traveling: On the Path of Joni MitchellFor Part Two of our celebration of Joni Mitchell, the great ANN POWERS, esteemed rock writer and NPR music critic, joins Mark for a conversation about her brilliant new book Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell. Topics include: the question of critical enthusiasm, Ann Beattie, Don DeLillo & Don Henley, Joni's plug into the pulse of the culture, Joan Didion and Play It As It Lays, Roberta Flack, Miles Davis, Art Nouveau and Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Joni's evolving obsession with rhythm (and percussionists), Los Lobos, Chaka Khan, Prince's song for Joni, the Jazz Fusion scene of the mid-1970s, Jaco Pastorius, Brandi Carlisle and the Joni Jams, Taylor Swift and a celebration of the studio nerd, the underrated Larry Klein, Joni's relationship with the press, Joni's live performances, Michelle Mercer, and what moment in music Ann would travel in a time machine. Plus, a passionate reappraisal of Joni's four 1980s albums on Geffen Records and the value of meeting (and not!) your musical heroes. Special thank you to Dey Street Books and Mr. Brian Ulicky for his assistance with this conversation.Order Ann's book at your local independent bookstore here!

Weekly Shoutout: Cruznotes is back! One email a month to bring you everything happening across the cruzfolio network, join Jaime's newsletter here: cruzfolio.com/cruznotes. -- Hi there, Today I am so excited to be arts calling author David Winner! (david-winner.com) About our guest: David Winner is the author of three novels, Enemy Combatant, Tyler's Last and The Cannibal of Guadalajara, winner of the 2009 Gival Press Novel Award and nominated for the National Book Award. His work has appeared in The Village Voice, Fiction, The Iowa Review, The Millions, The Kenyon Review and other publications in the U.S. and the U.K. He is the fiction editor of The American (www.theamericanmag. com), a monthly magazine based in Rome, a senior editor at Statorec magazine and a regular contributor to The Brooklyn Rail. Most recently, he is the co-editor of Writing the Virus: Work from Statorec magazine. Learn more at david-winner.com Thanks for this wonderful conversation, David! All the best! -- MASTER LOVERS is now available from Outpost 19! https://bookshop.org/p/books/master-lovers-david-winner/20232214?ean=9781944853884 ABOUT MASTER LOVERS: While clearing out his great aunt's midtown apartment after her death, author David Winner discovered artifacts of her storied existence: notes from opera stars, love letters and artifacts from the Middle East of the 1930's. His Aunt Dorle Soria had been a co-founder of Angel Records and a prominent figure in the mid-century classical music world. But the more he learned about her world, the more complicated her story became, a twisted puzzle full of love and fascism, a record of a young woman grappling with her attraction to lovers with hair-raising political ties. A powerful work of family discovery, rooted in a bygone Midtown Manhattan and involving artists and politicians from around the world.  BOOKLIFE STARRED REVIEW! "An engrossing story about the life and times of a singular woman who lived life to the fullest... A fascinating 'fictional memoir' memoir of a trailblazing great aunt and her mysteries." KIRKUS RAVES! "A fascinating blend of the personal and the historical, and a provocative comment on the ways in which both resist interpretive finality." Full reviews and advance praise from Ann Beattie, Clifford Thompson and Sean O'Driscoll. -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). HOW TO SUPPORT ARTS CALLING: PLEASE CONSIDER LEAVING A REVIEW, OR SHARING THIS EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! YOUR SUPPORT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN. Much love, j

Andrea Chapela, escritora mexicana y una de las autoras más relevantes de la literatura contemporánea escrita en español, lee y comenta el cuento titulado: “Janus” de la escritora estadounidense Ann Beattie.

Katherine Heiny has traveled one of the more interesting and bonkers roads into publishing we've heard in a while. She was published by The New Yorker at the incredible age of 25. Praised as a prodigy, her work appeared in an anthology alongside Alice Munro, Raymond Carver and Ann Beattie. And then she disappeared. She popped back up two decades later when she published her first story collection, Single, Carefree, Mellow – followed by two novels, Early Morning Riser and Standard Deviation, and now she's back with another story collection. In those intervening years, she married a former spy, wrote 25 young adult books under a pen name, and emerged the hilarious and gut-punching writer she is today. Games & Rituals came out last year. Katherine joins Marrie Stone to talk about the collection, what writing YA brought to her fiction, the situation versus the story and finding the aboutness of your story, what the short story form allows her to do that the novel does not, how to weave backstory into your short stories, fictionalizing real life events, Katherine's thoughts about publishing and so much more. For more information on Writers on Writing and extra writing perks, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, visit our website. You can also support the show by buying books at our bookstore on bookshop.org. We've stocked it with titles from our guests, as well as some of our personal favorites. You'll support independent bookstores and our show by purchasing through the store. Finally, on Spotify you can listen to an album's worth of typewriter music like what you hear on the show. Look for the artist, Just My Type. Email the show at writersonwritingpodcast@gmail.com. We love to hear from our listeners. (Recorded on March 20, 2024) Host: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Host: Marrie Stone Music and sound editing: Travis Barrett (Stream his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.)

This week, Joel dives into the oldest book so far. From 1976, it's Ann Beattie's 'Chilly Scenes Of Winter' - a book in which a pretty normal guy called Charles - deliberates over whether he's zipping up his coat too quickly. Is it good? Let's find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merridawn Duckler is a writer from Oregon, author of INTERSTATE (dancing girl press) and IDIOM (Washburn Prize, Harbor Review) She won the Jewish in Seattle fiction contest and the Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award from Woven Tale Press, judged by Ann Beattie. Recent work in Hobart, New Flash Fiction, Penn Review, No Contact, Cheat River Review. She's an editor at Narrative and the international philosophy journal Evental Aesthetics.

Longtime friend and editor of Bookworm, Alan Howard, returns to host this episode, the last of 10 shows to journey through Bookworm's 33 years and offer a retrospective look at Michael's accomplishments on behalf of writers and readers. For decades Michael has read almost all of a writer's work, not just the book which has been most recently published. Howard has watched writers glow as they realize that they've been seriously witnessed by the ultimate Bookworm. All of the writers on today's show have become friends of Michael's and of Bookworm. We'll hear from rock band Sparks (brothers Ron and Russell Mael), Art Spiegelman, Françoise Mouly, Ann Beattie, Susan Sontag, and Dennis Cooper.

Actors Griffin Dunne, Mark Metcalf, and Amy Robinson were looking for film projects for their fledgling production company and all agreed that Ann Beattie's novel Chilly Scenes of Winter was ripe for adaptation.  Indie director Joan Micklin Silver came on board with John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt leading the cast.  The film struggled at the box office in 1979 under the new United Artists imposed title Head Over Heels.  When it was re-released in 1982 as Chilly Scenes of Winter, the film fared better and has since become a cult title. Dan and Vicky discuss the romantic "comedy" along with their thoughts on the end of Netflix's DVD service, the women of Sex and the City sequel And Just Like That, and Dan's planned trip to Spain.  Recently seen inlcudes The Equalizer 3, Blue Beetle, Bottoms, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, No Hard Feelings, Oppenheimer and The Pope's Exorcist. Follow us here: hotdatepod.com FB:  Hot Date Podcast Twitter: @HotDate726 Insta:  hotdatepod  

Zibby speaks to award-winning short story writer Ann Beattie about Onlookers, a brilliant collection of stories set in Charlottesville, Virginia, all linked by contentious monuments in a moment of unrest. Ann shares the inspiration behind this collection, her nontraditional path into this career, her fascinating writing process, the best books she's read recently, and how her stunning cover came to be. Purchase on Bookshop: https://bit.ly/45RHWxqShare, rate, & review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram @zibbyowens! Now there's more! Subscribe to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books on Acast+ and get ad-free episodes. https://plus.acast.com/s/moms-dont-have-time-to-read-books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Thomas drops in to help preview Mark Stoops' 2023 edition of Kentucky Wildcats football. The "Toccopola Storyteller," Jerry Short, returns to reminiscence about eventful western travels. A deadly August storm front takes the lives of an Alabama man and a South Carolina teenager. Also, we learn all about Southern novelist Ann Beattie.

Acclaimed fiction writer Ann Beattie joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her recent LitHub essay about Donald Barthelme's short story “The Balloon” and the Chinese spy balloon. She also talks about her recently published first collection of essays, More to Say: Essays and Appreciations, in which she writes about the work of authors, photographers, and artists she admires, including Elmore Leonard, Sally Mann, John Loengard, and her own husband, visual artist Lincoln Perry. Beattie explains why as a nonfiction writer, she prefers close looking and reading; considers defamiliarization in the hands of Barthelme and Alice Munro; analyzes former visual artist John Updike's depiction of the natural world; and reflects on developing increased comfort with writing about visual art. She also reads excerpts from both her LitHub piece and the essay collection. To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This podcast is produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Selected Readings: Ann Beattie More to Say (Moon Palace Books) More to Say (Godine) The State We're In (Moon Palace Books) “Richard Rew's Sculpture,” by Ann Beattie | The New Yorker “John Updike's Sense of Wonder,” by Ann Beattie “Ann Beattie Wonders What Donald Barthelme Would Have Made of the Spy Balloon” | Literary Hub   Others: “The Balloon,” by Donald Barthelme | The New Yorker  “On Not Knowing,” Not-Knowing, by Donald Barthelme “Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage,” by Alice Munro “Couples,” by John Updike “Spring Rain,” by John Updike | The New Yorker “As I See It,” by John Loengard (ThriftBooks) “The Runaways,” by Elizabeth Spencer | Narrative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The novelist Jonathan Lethem listens here to recordings of his own New York State Writers Institute events over the past two decades. This propels conversation into wild places. It turns out that going into familiar moments—even listening to one's own voice—can prompt discoveries. There's a chance to find, as Lethem puts it, “worlds within the world.” William Kennedy describes a similar discovery here. Going back as a journalist to his hometown of Albany, NY, was “a revelation,” he says. The city that once bored him became, to the writer in search of stories, a place of proliferating character, of drama—a world full of worlds. You'll hear in this episode the reward of applying mind to matter. Says Lethem: “We have tables and chairs and apples and cherries and shirts and pants and socks, but everything else seems to me pretty much up for grabs. Once you put subjectivity and consciousness in the mix, it all gets pretty strange.” On this episode: Jonathan Lethem (conversation with Adam Colman). Books: Motherless Brooklyn and The Arrest. Samuel Delany (from the archives). Books: Dhalgren and Nova. Ann Beattie (from the archives). Books: What Was Mine and Another You. Denis Johnson (from the archives). Books: Jesus' Son and Train Dreams. William Kennedy (conversation with Adam Colman). Books: Very Old Bones and The Flaming Corsage. Find out more about the New York State Writers Institute at https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

n this episode 250, we visit with Craig Nova, award-winning author of “Double Solitaire,” the first in a new series of LA-based thrillers featuring modern-day fixer Quinn Farrell. As a fixer, Quinn is hired by Hollywood moguls, celebrities, and other LA professionals to clean up their messes, a job that requires moral ambiguity. After falling in love with his lovely new neighbor and her terminally ill patients, his morals are tested, and his ethical house of cards comes crashing down. Ann Beattie, author of “A Wonderful Strike of Luck” and “The Accomplished Guest,” had this to say about the book, “Reading a new Craig Nova novel is thrilling. He's one of our very best writers, creating characters who walk a knife blade sharpened with bleak humor as they simultaneously act out their dangerously excessive plans. The figurative language in Double Solitaire sometimes immerses us more deeply, sometimes lifts us out of a creepy, convincing nightmare; it's up to us where we land. When Craig's not looking at America head-on, it's in his peripheral vision. He's amazing.” Engage with the show here: https://linktr.ee/CharlotteReadersPodcast Detailed show notes here: https://charlottereaderspodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlottereaderspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlottereaderspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlottereader Charlotte Readers Podcast is a proud member of the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and the Queen City Podcast Network. © Charlotte Readers Podcast and Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

n this episode 250, we visit with Craig Nova, award-winning author of “Double Solitaire,” the first in a new series of LA-based thrillers featuring modern-day fixer Quinn Farrell. As a fixer, Quinn is hired by Hollywood moguls, celebrities, and other LA professionals to clean up their messes, a job that requires moral ambiguity. After falling in love with his lovely new neighbor and her terminally ill patients, his morals are tested, and his ethical house of cards comes crashing down. Ann Beattie, author of “A Wonderful Strike of Luck” and “The Accomplished Guest,” had this to say about the book, “Reading a new Craig Nova novel is thrilling. He's one of our very best writers, creating characters who walk a knife blade sharpened with bleak humor as they simultaneously act out their dangerously excessive plans. The figurative language in Double Solitaire sometimes immerses us more deeply, sometimes lifts us out of a creepy, convincing nightmare; it's up to us where we land. When Craig's not looking at America head-on, it's in his peripheral vision. He's amazing.” Engage with the show here: https://linktr.ee/CharlotteReadersPodcast Detailed show notes here: https://charlottereaderspodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlottereaderspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlottereaderspodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlottereader Charlotte Readers Podcast is a proud member of the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and the Queen City Podcast Network. © Charlotte Readers Podcast and Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

A glamorous social history of the women-only New York hotel that changed the world. WELCOME TO THE BARBIZON, NEW YORK'S PREMIER WOMEN-ONLY HOTEL Built in 1927, New York's Barbizon Hotel was first intended as a home for the 'Modern Woman' seeking a career in the arts. It became the place to stay for ambitious, independent women, who were lured by the promise of fame and good fortune. Sylvia Plath fictionalized her time there in The Bell Jar, and over the years, its 688 tiny pink 'highly feminine boudoirs' also housed Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly (notorious for sneaking in men), Joan Didion, Candice Bergen, Charlie's Angel Jaclyn Smith, Ali McGraw, Cybil Shepherd, Elaine Stritch, Liza Minnelli, Eudora Welty, The Cosby Show's Phylicia Rashad, and writers Mona Simpson and Ann Beattie, among many others. Mademoiselle boarded its summer interns there - perfectly turned-out young women, who would never be spotted hatless - as did Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School its students - in their white-gloves and kitten heels - and the Ford Modelling Agency its young models. Not everyone who passed through the Barbizon's doors was destined for greatness - for some it was a story of dashed hopes and expectations - but from the Jazz Age New Women of the 1920s, to the Liberated Women of the 1960s, until 1981 when the first men checked in, The Barbizon was a place where women could stand up and be counted. THE BARBIZON is a colourful, glamorous portrait of the lives of these young women, who came to New York looking for something more. It's a story of pushing the boundaries, of women's emancipation and of the generations of brilliant women who passed through its halls.

Ben’s life falls down around him, and he’s the protagonist, in A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, by master writer Ann Beattie.

Guest host Maulik Pancholy presents two works about how we look at things.  An independent woman, an IRS auditor, and a dog share a moment—and a poem--in “Yancey,” by Ann Beattie, read by Mia Dillon.  In “The Mappist,” by Barry Lopez, a geographer is on the trail of a mysterious map maker.  Joe Spano reads. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

COLLEGE PARK–HARLEM — Jordan Castro is the editor of New York Tyrant Magazine and PETS: An Anthology, recently out from Tyrant Books https://store.nytyrant.com/products/pets . I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Writers included are Patty Yumi Cottrell, Tao Lin, Ann Beattie, Sarah Manguso, Scott McClanahan, Kathryn Scanlan, Nicolette Polek, Chelsea Hodson, Blake Butler, Precious Okoyomon, Mark Leidner, Sam Pink, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, David Nutt, Reagan Bird, Michael W. Clune, Christine Schutt and Mallory Whitten. I recommend it for anyone who has or had or wants pets. Cop PETS now !! – https://store.nytyrant.com/products/pets http://1storyhaus.com

Announcements and links: Bay Area Book Festival Live Event: Anthony Doerr, RO Kwon, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Saturday May 2, 7 pm Pacific. The Booksmith May on-line schedule. Mikel Jollet, author of Hollywood Park, May 2, 2020. Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, live from Italy. Berkeley Rep and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Mothers Day, May 10th, at 5 pm Pacific. Magic Theatre: Don't Eat The Mangos by Ricardo Perez Gonzalez. Video of the Magic Theatre production. Streaming April 28-May 11. National Theatre Live: Frankenstein, April 30; Antony and Cleopatra, May 7. Theatre Rhino: on-line plays through Facebook live. New Conservatory Theatre Center: Off-stage to On-line. Public Theater New York: What Do We Need To Talk About?, world premiere play by Richard Nelson, through May 3rd. Bookwaves: Ann Beattie, author of the novel, A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, released this month in trade paperback, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Known primarily as one of the finest short story writers alive today, Ann Beattie also has a long and distinguished career as a novelist. Her latest work, A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, follows a group of millennials, and one in particular, as they (and he) negotiate the aftermath of 9/11 on their lives, through the following two decades of the 21st Century. Special thanks to Cherilyn Parsons and the Bay Area Book Festival. Complete 43-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast. Arts-Waves: Peter Carey, author of True History of the Kelly Gang, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded March 7, 2001. On Aprll 24, 2020, the film True History of the Kelly Gang, starring George McKay, Russell Crowe, Charlie Hunnam and Nicholas Hoult was supposed to land in theatres. Instead it's gone directly to On Demand viewing. So today's Arts-Waves features an interview recorded in 2001 with Peter Carey about his then new novel, True History of the Kelly Gang, which puts the story of Ned Kelly in the context of modern Australian mythology. This interview was digitized and reedited in April 2020, and has not been heard in nearly two decades. Peter Carey is the author of several novels, including Jack Maggs, My Life as a Fake, Parrot and Olivier in America, and most recently A Long Way from Home. He is a two-time winner of the Booker Prize. The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – April 30, 2020: Ann Beattie; Peter Carey appeared first on KPFA.

Greg Jackson joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Where You’ll Find Me,” by Ann Beattie, which appeared in a 1986 issue of the magazine. Jackson is the author of “Prodigals,” a story collection published in 2016, for which he won the Bard Fiction Prize and the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award. 

Ann Beattie joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Dédé,” by Mavis Gallant, which appeared in a 1987 issue of the magazine. Beattie has published eleven story collections and nine novels, including “Mrs. Nixon” and this year’s “A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.” She was also a winner of the 2005 Rea Award for the Short Story, as well as the PEN/Malamud Award. She has been publishing fiction in The New Yorker since 1974. 

Ann Beattie is known for casting a gimlet eye on her generation’s ambivalence and ambition. “A Wonderful Stroke of Luck,” her 21st book, explores the complicated relationship between a charismatic teacher and his students and the secrets people keep from those they love. She’ll talk with her friend Carol Edgarian, author, publisher and cofounder of Narrative. With the support of Women Lit Members.

First Draft Episode #208: David Yoon David Yoon, debut author of Frankly in Love, talks about how writing a rom-com turned into writing about his greatest fears; portraying aspirational male friendships; and working to be able to write from a place of unconditional love. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode The term “latchkey kid” refers to a child who returns from school to an empty home, or a child who is often left at home with little parental supervision, because their parent or parents are away at work. David was reading Stephen King at an early age, as well as The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway and Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence were some of the books David read at an early age, at his dad’s behest David is married to fellow YA author, Nicola Yoon, writer of New York Times bestselling books Everything Everything and The Sun is Also a Star (listen to her episode of First Draft here) BTS is the only Kpop David knows The TV show VEEP can be mean-spirited, but it’s so good at it that people still love it David did the JET Program, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, for three years after college David and Nicola both attended Emerson college to get their MFA David was channeling Haruki Murakami (author of Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore) in that program, and Nicola was channeling Ann Beattie (author of Chilly Scenes of Winter and Walks With Men) David was in the Emerson MFA program with Gregg Rosenblum author of the Revolution 19 series I share my fav quote from Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of the books in the Grishaverse, including the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and the King of Scars duology, as well as author of forthcoming adult novel, Ninth House (listen to her episodes of First Draft here and here)   The addictions of writers like Truman Capote and Gertrude Stein are often romanticized. In Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert tackles the masculine language of pain and suffering surrounding art, dispelling the myth that writers need those things to be creative When David watched Frozen, he wanted to know what happened with the parents   David’s favorite advice is from Margaret Atwood: “Read, read, read. Write, write, write.” He adds: Go to therapy. I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998. You can also email the podcast at firstdraftwithsarahenni@gmail.com.    Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

Ann Beattie, author of the novel, A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Known primarily as one of the finest short story writers alive today, Ann Beattie also has a long and distinguished career as a novelist. Her latest work, A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, follows a group of millennials, and one in particular, as they (and he) negotiate the aftermath of 9/11 on their lives, through the following two decades of the 21st Century. Special thanks to Cherilyn Parsons and the Bay Area Book Festival for making this interview possible. The post Ann Beattie: “A Wonderful Stroke of Luck” appeared first on KPFA.

Listen to some excerpts from interviews between Seth Meyers and authors David Sedaris, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Judy Blume, Simon Rich, Marlon James, Ann Beattie and Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Late Night writers Ally Hord and Mike Scollins interview Amber Ruffin in their new podcast segment, Late Night Legends of Comedy.Then, hear some summer reading recommendations from Ann Beattie, Jason Mantzoukas and John Waters.Finally, Late Night writer Ben Warheit and field producer Amanda Cowper debate the merits of consuming entertainment week-to-week versus binging in one sitting.

Ben's life falls down around him, and he's the protagonist, in A Wonderful Stroke of Luck, by master writer Ann Beattie.

Seth takes a closer look at the president threatening Iran on Twitter as the people around him push for a conflict.Then, Ann Beattie discusses her writing process, reveals how she came up with the title for her book A Wonderful Stroke of Luck and talks about getting mistaken for other writers.She also takes a few more questions backstage at Studio 8G.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we preview two new novels that are set in high school. Marion Winik shares her thoughts on Susan Choi's Trust Exercise and Ann Beattie's A Wonderful Stroke of Luck. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En este nuevo programa de La vida privada del Señor Darth hablo de una novela que me encanta y que describe a la perfección el desamor y el duro paso a la madurez, Postales de invierno de Ann Beattie. Aunque fue publicado en los años setenta cada generación que va leyendo este libro sigue sintiéndose totalmente identificada por la situación y su maravilloso protagonista, Charles. ¿Quien no ha sido rechazado alguna vez y se ha obsesionado con ello?

Listen NowFor this, my 168th interview, David Wallace Wells discusses his just-published book, "The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming."  Listeners may recall I interviewed Mr. Wallace Wells on August 2, 2017 shortly after his published his July 2017 New York Magazine article by the same title, "The Uninhabitable Earth."  (At: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html.)   (In the recent past, or since last October, I've also interviewed Jessica Wolff, Kris Ebi and Jeremy Hess all on climate change.)   Currently, the earth has warmed to approximately 1 degree Celsius (1.8 F).  Our atmosphere presently contains over 400 parts per million of CO2, more than anytime over upwards of the past 15 million years.  According to the United Nations we are on course to pass 1.5C by 2040.  We learned last October the difference between 1.5C and 2.0C, per the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is cataclysmic.  (We are after all the Goldilocks planet.)  As one commenter of Wallace's Wells work has noted, "the impacts of climate change will be much graver than most people realize and he is right." Another stated, Wallace Wells " doesn't sugarcoat the horror."  As I note in the introduction to this interview, younger listeners (say under 40) are particularly encouraged to listen since you will inherit the full consequences of climate change.     During this 35-minute conversation Mr. Wallace Wells begins by describing what explains the planet's five great extinctions and what effect they had on species survival.  (Scientists believe we are presently experiencing our sixth great extinction.)  Based on his intensive study he offers the most likely scenario relative to the current and near-term emissions of global warming greenhouse gas emissions.  He discusses current science on global warming feedback loops, e.g., the albedo effect, James Hansen's "scientific reticence" critique, the value of exploiting hope versus fear in addressing global warming, the promise of carbon capture technology or negative emissions technology and creating hydrocarbon fuels from carbon capture and a general assessment of current US politics, including the recent "Green New Deal," in re: remedying climate change/global warming.       David Wallace-Wells is deputy editor at New York Magazine, where he also writes about science and his  recurring “Tomorrow” column on the future of science and technology, e.g., his 2015 cover story about the epidemic of honey-bee deaths (the first magazine story to put the blame on neonicitinoid pesticides, which is now accepted science).  He joined the magazine as literary editor in 2011, became features director in 2016, and has overseen the magazine's family of podcasts in addition to his writing and editing.   Before joining New York magazine, David was deputy editor at The Paris Review, where he edited and published writers such as Ann Beattie, Werner Herzog, Jonathan Franzen, Janet Malcolm, among others, and interviewed William Gibson as part of the magazine's “Writers at Work” series.  He previously served as "The New York Sun's" book editor.  Mr. Wallace Wells was graduated from Brown University.Listeners are again encouraged to read the IPCC's recent, "Global Warming of 1.5C," a 32-page summary of the report is at: https://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

"My habits are simple, my tastes banal." - Nabokov "When we let our minds wander, we set our brains free. Our brains are most productive when there is no demand that they be reactive.” -Sherry Turkle "I wonder if I have enough Kleenex with lotion to get me through this sinus infection?" - Me LINKS: Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt and all proceeds go to The Trevor Project! https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s Buy "Daily Rituals" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/198763/daily-rituals-by-mason-currey/9780307273604/ Read Anne Carson's "Shade" piece here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/each-day-unexpected-salvation-john-cage Listen to her UCLA lecture here: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2016/10/anne-carson/ Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313732/reclaiming-conversation-by-sherry-turkle/9780143109792/ Info on my upcoming NYC show here: http://www.inglettgallery.com/exhibitions/upcoming Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en

"Living Your Life With Dignity..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 291 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." This week we have an earnest and important conversation with Regular Contributor Dwayne Heisler. Dwayne is a Political Activist, the Chair of the Pennsylvania State Progressive Caucus, and a Union Organizer. He has with him a colleague in Union work & Voter Canvassing Tonya Morrow of the S.E.I.U. We three discuss Pennsylvania As A Swing State, the Democratic Party, the Importance of Unions in the U.S., Why People Vote Against Their Own Self Interest, the American Dream, How Our Democracy Is Under Attack, Everyone Being Able to Live Life With Dignity... Episode 291 includes an EW Essay titled "What Is Real." We share an essay by Ann Beattie published in the New Yorker magazine titled "How to Think Through Finding a Lost Shoe." We have a poem called "Catalytic." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Jason Isbell, Courtney Barnett, Suzanne Vega, the Beatles, Bedouine, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

In this installment of "Leonard Lopate at Large" on WBAI, revered author Ann Beattie joins Leonard for the second installment in our Underread Book Club, the short stories of Jean Stafford. Though her first novel, “Boston Adventure” was a national best seller, earning her national acclaim, it was Stafford’s short stories—first published in The New Yorker and various literary magazines—that earned her a Pulitzer Prize. In this installment of “Leonard Lopate at Large,” Leonard and Ann will focus on this revered body of work that often doesn’t receive the level of attention it deserves in the modern era.

A solid routine fosters a well-worn groove for one’s mental energies and helps stave off the tyranny of moods. In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and I discuss​ Daily Rituals by Mason Currey. In this book, Currey edits together first-hand accounts from different artists and creative thinkers of how they went about their everyday lives. “I write when the spirit moves me,”  said, “and the spirit moves me every day.” – Faulkner. We cover a wide range of topics, including: The problem with lifestyle gurus. Whether drugs enhance genius. Coffee’s role in causing the Renaissance. How people in far-off countries let each other know they were alive before the internet. Beethoven’s perfect cup of Joe. Why you should pin notes to your clothes' Night Owls vs. Early Birds - who gets more worms. Hacks to become an morning person. And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episode on 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson for more tips on how to order your day, as well as our episode on Elon Musk to discover what rituals a modern-day success keeps. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show: Sleep debt [8:00] Dymaxion sleep [8:46] Polyphasic sleep [9:05] Alt-right [11:55] Benzedrine [12:58] Ritalin [18:34] The Renaissance [22:26] Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – OCD [29:10] Franklin’s 13 Virtues [32:21] How to Plan your Ideal Day by Taylor Pearson [39:48] Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule by Paul Graham [40:05] Growth Machine [40:10] On-demand economy [44:58] 1099 economy [44:58] Peterson’s guide to essay writing [51:44] Mnemonics [57:10] Keto-adaptation [59:50] Hormetic stress [1:07:55] Night Owl Mutation [1:12:36] Gilgamesh Platform [1:20:50] Books mentioned: Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb [12:28] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Come Again? by Nat Eliason [19:26] Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson [32:21] The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss [34:36] Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb [34:47] Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller [48:42] The War of Art - Steven Pressfield [50:44] The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath [1:02:18] Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway [1:07:55] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand [1:10:50] Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand [1:11:10] People mentioned: Francis Bacon [2:30] Nassim Nicholas Taleb [3:54] (Antifragile episode) Tim Ferriss [5:00] Jocko [5:08] Buckminster Fuller [8:46] Steve Pavlina [10:00] V. S. Pritchett [11:30] W. H. Auden [12:58] Immanuel Kant [13:58] Michel Foucault [13:58] Ryan Holiday [14:44] Beethoven [29:16] Nikola Tesla [29:34] Tom Cruise [30:37] Benjamin Franklin [32:32] Charles Darwin [36:30] (on this podcast) Henry Miller [48:42] William Faulkner [50:27] Ann Beattie [50:58] Haruki Murakami [52:37] Scott Britain [53:11] Ramit Sethi [53:11] Jonathan Edwards [57:10] Sylvia Plath [1:02:12] Woody Allen [1:02:37] Jean Paul Sartre [1:03:00] David Lynch [1:06:20] Paul Erdős [1:10:25] Ayn Rand [1:10:50] Show Topics 00:50 – Book covers daily rituals of a bunch of people, not just artists. Broad interpretation of artists, anyone who does creative or critical thinking work. 01:24 – There’s a surprising amount of drug-use in this book, lots of alcohol, and not sleeping. On the one hand this seemed undisciplined, but on the other these people did have very regular schedules. There was discipline to keep these activities in a well-worn groove. 01:53 – A hangover can make it easier to write – your brain can be more focused. In some ways it’s like the opposite of being caffeinated. 03:10 – The book has an interesting layout, there’s no attempt at narrative, each chapter is about a new person’s routine. 03:54 – Taleb keeps no routine, he doesn’t even use a calendar. 04:00 – Small gripe with books like this as these are idealized and narrativized versions of these rituals. None of them get drunk and yell at people on Twitter. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re only true 20-50% of the time. 04:55 – Problem with a lot of the lifestyle guru type people. They don’t do all of that stuff everyday. Except Jocko, he’s never overslept in the last 15 years. His morning routine seems to be the same wherever he is. 06:02 – Maintaining a normal schedule when you travel across time zones helps you adapt way faster. The minute you go back to your hotel you’ll crash, it’s game over! Jet lag is a strange tiredness, especially if you drink coffee, like you’re wired and drunk at the same time. 08:00 – Questioning whether you can save up a store of sleep for a rainy day. Apparently you can’t front load it, but when you get into debt you need to pay it back! 08:46 – Types of polyphasic sleep. Buckminster Fuller developed dymaxion sleep, he did it for two years and he’s the only one who’s ever been able to do it. 5-10% of the population legitimately need less sleep. Everyone else thinks they’re in that group but they’re not. 09:05 – When they tried one study on polyphasic sleep the subject just crashed and they could not wake him up. 11:43 – Is it quote or quotation? Don’t want to anger the grammar people! 11:55 – Download all of our episodes to find out whether one of our team is part of the alt-right. 12:58 – Auden was popping Benzedrine all the time. He regarded it as a “labor saving device,” a daily multivitamin. In the mental kitchen alongside alcohol, coffee and tobacco. 13:40 – Were these people great producers because of these habits or despite them? Question of whether the live-fast, die-young lifestyle enhances genius. 16:22 – Personal experiences and use of some drugs. Coffee for work and productivity, micro-dosing LSD for the same. Marijuana for an after wine session. Fear of getting hooked with tobacco vs alcohol. 18:34 – Ritalin/Aterol for effortless full-speed ahead concentration. 20:12 – Doctors overprescribe Aterol – 90% of people taking it don’t need it. It’s very hard to quit, people get frustrated at never hitting the same level of quality. In some ways similar to steroids. 22:26 – The Renaissance happened when people stopped drinking beer all day and switched to coffee. 22:36 – Drinking habits around the world. Beer used to be brewed as water wasn’t safe to drink. They would steep the same grains up to four times. In Asia they would drink tea all day, which is probably why they were historically more productive than Europe. 24:55 – In sushi bars in Tokyo they have a tap of green tea. In Germany they give you beer, Americans drink water and now they’re more productive because they’re hydrated. 25:53 – Tangent – Most people who are in America now, their ancestors were the risk-takers. The people who took the initiative to leave behind everything they knew. So culturally this is ingrained. 26:59 – People used booked calls to let family on the other side of the world know they were alive before Skype. 27:40 – The history of pokes on Facebook – they would let a non-friend see your profile for a few days without actually becoming your friend. 29:10 – A significant number of people featured in the book seemed to have OCD, they were trying to control chaos. Beethoven’s coffee had to have 60 beans a cup. Kant had an extremely orderly schedule. The clock tower in town stayed on time less passionately than Kant. 32:00 – Everyone has odd habits, especially artists who spend a lot of time in their heads. 32:21 – The general impression of Benjamin Franklin is “early to bed, early to rise” but he seemed to set his 13 virtues up as goals rather than things he’d achieved. Comparing Ben Franklin to Tim Ferriss. People disapprove of others not following their own advice to the letter. 35:53 – Controversy when one updates his opinions. 36:16 – It’s surprising how few hours people worked – the bulk of the creative work was 5-6 hours a day, max. Darwin was famous for having two 3 hour work blocks. It’s hard to do creative work for longer. But good for mental energy. 38:00 – Tangent. It’s hard to be spontaneous in New York. Phone calls are scheduled a week in advance.  Time management tips: set regular stand-ups, only book meetings at certain times. Color-code your calendar. 40:30 – Work environments are moving towards being more results orientated, moving away from people just sitting at their desks doing nothing. A relic of the production line. Schedule Tetris in large corporations. 43:26 – Hack. Schedule hour meetings for 40 minutes, or half hour meetings for 20 minutes. It forces people to condense. 44:58 – Data should make it easier for people to get paid based on productivity rather than time. For consulting jobs, it doesn’t make sense to charge based on time. Historically, time was the best way of measuring output and so this made sense. 47:43 – Education is also stuck in this time loop since it was originally influenced by factory organization. Most interesting ideas that end up leading somewhere come from play, from free time. 49:21 – After unsuccessfully trying for ten years in New York, Henry Miller had given up writing, when he finally wrote a novel in Paris it was published without editing, there’s sentences that just stop mid-way. Seeing from outside, it seems these creatives are able to follow a routine without anyone forcing them. 51:44 – Jordan Peterson says there’s no such thing as writer’s block. If you’re stuck it’s because you have run out of things to say, you need to unblock yourself. 53:10 – Sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends, may make you feel much more energized. Sleeping in on the weekend it’s almost like changing time zones every five days. 56:41 – Giveaways are coming, sign up for the email list. 57:03 – To remember to do important things pin a piece of paper on a different piece of your clothing, a form of mnemonics. 58:15 – When you first wake up, that’s a different person. You have to find ways of tricking him into not hitting snooze. Routines and replacement can help you get past undesirable behavior. 59:04 – Sponsor time. Mushroom elixir from Four Sigmatic and bone broth from Kettle & Fire along with Perfecto Keto collagen. Use them to replace alcohol in the evening! 1:01:38 – Despite living in climate controlled environments, we still feel like it’s cold outside when it’s winter, even though it’s the same temperature where we are. 1:03:30 – Some people’s capacity for alcohol is so far beyond the average. If you’re regimented and disciplined you could physically drink a bottle of spirits a day. 1:07:15 – Sugar is like a mild form of cocaine. It’s a stimulant followed by a crash. Hormetic stressors are only “natural”. 1:09:20 – Psycho-active drugs don’t make your brain do things it can’t do, they mimic neural pathways. Maybe adaptation is down-regulating the amount of neurochemicals being released in response to the trigger. If you know, write in! 1:11:36 – Morning Working vs Night-time working theme. More of the creators were geared towards mornings but it wasn’t across the board. Evolutionarily, it doesn’t make sense for humans to want to work at night. 1:14:20 – Waking up hack. Trick yourself into getting up by telling yourself you can go back to bed in 30 minutes if you’re still tired. 1:14:45 – Wrap-up and sponsor time. Perfecto Keto is perfect for all your ketogenic diet needs. Exogenous coffee-flavored ketones. Their matcha MCT oil powder is highly recommended for focusing. You can use the MCT oil with a Four Sigmatic mushroom coffee or your hot chocolate, all 15% OFF through our sponsored link or use the coupon code mentioned. Kettle & Fire will give you 20% OFF on their delicious bone broths –beef recommended for cooking, and chicken for a good, hot wintery drink– and free shipping! Listen to know how to get a mushroom-flavored bone broth. And you can always support us by going through our Amazon sponsored link and checking out our Support page. 1:20:50 – The new Gilgamesh cryptocurrency is building a social network built on knowledge sharing. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com

Two brilliant writers talk about a brilliant writer: Ann Beattie and Richard Bausch discuss the haunted dreamscapes of the short fiction of Peter Taylor.

We've decided to dive into some holiday-related stories, essays and books to close out the year. First up is "The Women of This World," a short story by Ann Beattie that was first published in The New Yorker in November 2000. Mike read a lot of Ann Beattie stories when he was first taking creative-writing classes in college, and was interested in revisiting some of her work to see if he'd still connect with it in the same ways. We also dive back into the NaNoWriMo forums to see what kinds of questions this year's crop of contestants has about novel writing.  

Listen NowApproximately three weeks ago New York Magazine published David Wallace-Well's 7,500 word essay "The Uninhabitable Earth, Famine, Economic Collapse, A Sun That Cooks Us: What Climate Change Could Wreak - Sooner Than You Think."  The article has to date been downloaded over 4.5 million times.  It is the most read essay the magazine has ever published.  The essay begins with, "If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today."  The work goes on to discuss worst case effects by the end of this century should carbon emissions or global warming not be successfully addressed.   During this 36 minute conversation Mr. Wallace-Wells discusses what prompted him to write the essay.  He summarizes his findings, discusses Jim Hansen's concern climate scientists may be undermining their ability to effectively communicate the threat via what Hansen terms "scientific reticence," what, if any, edits he would make after learning the scientific community's response to the essay, and how hopeful he is whether carbon tax, carbon capture and other policies will avoid atmospheric warming by four, five or more degrees Celsius over the next several decades.David Wallace Wells is deputy editor at New York Magazine.  His 2015 cover story about the epidemic of honey bee deaths, the first magazine story to put the blame on neonicitinoid pesticides, is now accepted science.  He joined the magazine as literary editor in 2011 and became features director in 2016.  Before joining the magazine he was deputy editor at The Paris Review where he edited and published writers including Ann Beattie, Werner Herzog and Jonathan Franzen.  Previously Mr. Wallace-Wells served as The New York Sun's books editor.  Mr. Wallace-Wells graduated from Brown University with a degree in history.    Mr. Wallace-Wells essay is at: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html.   The noted Popovich and Pearce article, "It's Not Your Imagination Summers Are Getting Hotter," in the July 28 issue of The New York Times is at:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/07/28/climate/more-frequent-extreme-summer-heat.html.Listeners may recall my March 31 interview with Professor Jonathan Patz regarding this past February's "Climate and Health Conference" at the Carter Center and links to two related essays by me posted this past June 13 concerning the medical community's non-response to the the Trump administration withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and one posted May 25, 2016 reviewing the Obama's administration's, "The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the US."   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

Join us for an evening with one of the masters of the short story, Ann Beattie, reading from her extraordinary new collection The State We’re In.

In The State We're In: Maine Stories, Ann Beattie deftly and effortlessly takes the ingredients that make up short stories and shakes them up to create something new and beautiful. 

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Ann Beattie, Kate Harding and Elissa Altman. 

An interview with Ann Beattie; Ken Waldman, Alaska's Fiddling Poet; a performance by Parneshia Jones; and more.

Lorin Stein is the guest.  He is the editor of The Paris Review and the co-editor (with Sadie Stein) of a new anthology called Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story, now available from Picador Paperback Originals.  From the Editors' Note: Some chose classics. Some chose stories that were new even to us. Our hope is that this collection will be useful to young writers, and to others interested in literary technique. Most of all, it is intended for readers who are not (or are no longer) in the habit of reading short stories. We hope these object lessons will remind them how varied the form can be, how vital it remains, and how much pleasure it can give. And Publishers Weekly says: A selection of fiction culled from the influential journal’s archive with a twist: writers often featured in the journal’s pages—Lorrie Moore, David Means, Ann Beattie, Wells Tower, Ali Smith, among others— offer brief critical analyses of their selections, elevating this book from a greatest hits anthology to a kind of mini-M.F.A. Sam Lipsyte’s take on Mary Robison’s “Likely Lake” is as much a demonstration of the economy of powerful writing as the story itself and Ben Marcus’s tribute to Donald Barthelme’s “magician... language” in “Several Garlic Tales” illustrates how learning can occur when one writer inhabits another writer’s mind to geek out over what they both love. Monologue topics:  certainty, uncertainty, strong thinkers, certainty about uncertainty, uncertainty about certainty, the articulation of confusion, a posture of cosmic ambivalence. Please remember to subscribe to the show over at iTunes, or at Stitcher. It's free. Or just push PLAY below. Like the podcast? Please take a moment to rate and review it on iTunes. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With little known about Pat Nixon, Ann Beattie decided to write a novel in the form of a writer's manual, she used Mrs. Nixon as a model of how to create a character.

Ann Beattie has been included in four O. Henry Award collections and in John Updike’s Best American Short Stories of the Century. In 2000, she received the PEN Malamud Award for achievement in the short story form. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. In a review of her most recent novella, , Jay McInerney described Beattie as

The New Yorker Stories (Scribner)This collection, which spans the years 1974-2006, contains all of the Anne Beattie stories published in the New Yorker – from the very first one, accepted after 17 rejections....

Expressing outright admiration for this new collection of stories, Bookworm attempts to pin down Ann Beattie's elusive techniques...

A selection of stories--classic and new--by Ann Beattie, a woman who changed the emotional color of American fiction...

Another You is Ann Beattie's richest, most-complex novel to date...

Picturing Will: Part II of a two-part conversation.

Picturing Will: Part I of a two-part conversation