Podcast appearances and mentions of Barry Hannah

Back from a short hiatus, Jared and Cameron discuss a range of political, economic, and creative topics, including Joe Biden's recent cancer diagnosis and the scrutiny he is facing, Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” and Moody's US credit downgrade, gold versus Bitcoin for the remainder of 2025, whether companies such as Walmart will eat Trump's tariffs, Jared's recent writing retreat, and his upcoming DJ gig in Las Vegas. If nothing else, you should get some good book recommendations here—i.e., check out Barry Hannah, Raymond Carver, et al.

To kick off the new year, Cameron and Jared discuss a variety of topics ranging from the joy of Barry Hannah to the intricacies of the current job market and economic trends. They dive into Jared's upcoming writing projects—including The Awesome Portfolio, a novel to rival The Hunger Games, and an essay collection due out this summer—while also analyzing market dynamics, with an emphasis on tech stocks such as Nvidia and Apple. The discussion extends to the implications of Trump's economic policies and the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions, as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent resignation and whether now is the time to accumulate a position in Canadian assets.

A Reading from Salvage This World By Michael Farris Smithhttps://www.michaelfarrissmith.com/Recommended Books by Michael Farris Smith:RiversThe FighterNickSalvage This WorldBlackwoodThe Hands of StrangersIn the Beginning (Short Story -Prequel to Rivers)Other Southern Authors that I like: Larry Brown, Pat Conroy, Barry Hannah, Brad Watson, Harry Crews.Join my Supporters Club for $4.99 per month for exclusive stories:https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-if-it-s-true-podcast--5445587/support

Yoknapatawpha and Faulkner Conference in Oxford, Mississippi This is the longest continually running literary conference in the United States dedicated to the work of one author. This is the 50th Anniversary of the Conference, first held in 1974. Square Book Store, Oxford, Mississippi Square Books is a general independent bookstore in three separate buildings (about 100 feet apart) on the historic town square of Oxford, Mississippi, home of the University of Mississippi and many great writers, including William Faulkner, Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, and, for a time, both Willie Morris and John Grisham. The main store, Square Books, is in a two-story building with a cafe and balcony on the second floor; Off Square Books is a few doors down from the main store and has lifestyle sections such as gardening and cookbooks; Square Books, Jr., the children's bookstore, is in a building on the east side of the square; above it (in the site of the original bookstore) is the more recently opened Rare Square Books, which feature collectible, vintage, first edition books across a broad price range. Square Books is known for its strong selection of literary fiction, books on the American South and by Southern writers, a large inventory of reduced-price remainders, and its emphasis on books for children. The store hosts the popular Thacker Mountain radio show and over 150 author events a year.University Press of MississippiUniversity Press of Mississippi tells stories of scholarly and social importance that impact our state, region, nation, and world. We are committed to equality, inclusivity, and diversity. Working at the forefront of publishing and cultural trends, we publish books that enhance and extend the reputation of our state and its universities.Dr. Jay WatsonHowry Professor of Faulkner Studies Jay Watson, a native of Athens, Georgia, received his B.A. degree from the University of Georgia (1983) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University (1985, 1989). He joined the English department at the University of Mississippi in 1989, was promoted to Professor of English in 2007, and became UM's second Howry Professor in 2010. During the 2002-2003 academic year he served as Visiting Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, and he has since been honored with the UM Faculty Achievement Award (2012), the UM Liberal Arts Professor of the Year award (2014), and the UM Humanities Teacher of the Year award (2014). In 2013 he was a finalist for the Southeastern Conference Professor of the Year Award, and in 2018 he was the fall convocation speaker at UM.  Elizabeth Howard, Producer and Host of the Short Fuse Podcast Elizabeth Howard is the producer and host of the Short Fuse Podcast, conversations with artists, writers, musicians, and others whose art reveals our communities through their lens and stirs us to seek change. Her articles related to communication and marketing have appeared in European Communications, Investor Relations, Law Firm Marketing & Profit Report, Communication World, The Strategist, and the New York Law Journal, among others.  Her books include Queen Anne's Lace and Wild Blackberry Pie, (Thornwillow Press, 2011), A Day with Bonefish Joe (David Godine, 2015) and Ned O'Gorman:  A Glance Back (Easton Studio Press, 2016). She leads reading groups at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, New York.  @elizh24 on Instagram  

Sam Lipsyte is the author of many beloved books, a regular contributor to The New Yorker, and faculty member at Columbia University's MFA program. Gabe and Sam dig into his recent non-fiction piece in The New Yorker which is, in part, about the classes he took from the legendary editor Gordon Lish.* They also discuss Sam's recent novel, No One Left To Come Looking for You, which is a Gen X masterpiece. Gabe and Sam also talk about Public Enemy, his father's relationship with Muhammad Ali, and Sam's love of the word Antwerp. *Gordon Lish, as editor, is responsible for helping launch many of your favorite writers, including: Amy Hempel, Barry Hannah, Diane Williams, Ben Marcus, Garielle Lutz, Raymond Carver, Christine Schutt, Will Eno, and Brian Evenson. Jude Brewer was executive producer and editor for this episode Buy Sam Lipsyte's recent novel No One Left to Come Looking For You Buy Sam's recent novella Friend of the Pod Read Sam's recent nf piece in The New Yorker, “A Lesson for the Sub” Listen to Sam's noise-punk band Dungbeetle from early 90's Read Sam's By the Book interview in NYT Read Sam's essay about his father, the legendary sportswriter Rate/review Kurt Vonnegut Radio (this is how you help our show live) Find Gabe on Twitter and Instagram and email More episodes: Sinead O'Connor George Saunders Kurt Vonnegut Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David James Poissant interviews fiction writer Andrew Porter about peripheral characters, quiet stories, writerly influences, the theme of disappearance, the importance of music, the teaching of writing, Barry Hannah, and many other matters.

The Quarterly was a literary magazine edited by Gordon Lish from 1987 to 1995. (I was Mr. Lish's editorial assistant in the early '90s.) I'll read just one story from the Spring 1988 issue of the journal: "Darling" by Willam Tester. Gordon Lish is an acclaimed author and editor. A former editor at Esquire and Alfred A. Knopf, he is celebrated for his notable work with authors including Raymond Carver, Denis Donoghue, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Gary Lutz, Ben Marcus, and Christine Schutt, among many others. His books include Dear Mr. Capote, What I Know So Far, Mourner at the Door, Extravaganza, White Plains, Peru, Zimzum, The Selected Stories of Gordon Lish, and more. He is married and lives in New York. He is 89 years old. Support the showRead Me to Sleep, Ricky is hosted by Rick Whitaker and produced in New York City. Contact: rickawhitaker@gmail.comhttps://readmetosleepricky.com

For the fifth episode of Season Three, host Rick Whitaker reads a strange and disturbing story by Barry Hannah. First published in Esquire Magazine in the summer of 1976, reprinted in the collection All Our Secrets Are the Same: New Fiction from Esquire,  again in Hannah's 1978 book Airships, and a fourth time in Barry Hannah's 2010 Long, Last, Happy: New and Selected Stories. Here's Barry Hannah's “Behold the Husband in His Perfect Agony,” edited by Gordon Lish. Support the showRead Me to Sleep, Ricky is hosted by Rick Whitaker and produced in New York City. Contact: rickawhitaker@gmail.comhttps://readmetosleepricky.com

The Quarterly was a literary magazine edited by Gordon Lish from 1987 to 1995. (I was Mr. Lish's editorial assistant in the early '90s.) I'll read three stories from the Spring 1987 first issue of the journal: "The Harvest" by Amy Hempel, "Sea Animals" by Tom Spanbauer, and "The Slit" by Yannick Murphy. Gordon Lish is an acclaimed author and editor. A former editor at Esquire and Alfred A. Knopf, he is celebrated for his notable work with authors including Raymond Carver, Denis Donoghue, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Gary Lutz, Ben Marcus, and Christine Schutt, among many others. His previous books include Dear Mr. Capote, What I Know So Far, Mourner at the Door, Extravaganza, White Plains, Peru, Zimzum, The Selected Stories of Gordon Lish, and more. He is married and lives in New York. He is 89 years old. Literary Guise Podcast: A Book Club for Modern MenA cocktail-infused book podcast, examining positive and toxic portrayals of masculinity.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showRead Me to Sleep, Ricky is hosted by Rick Whitaker and produced in New York City. Contact: rickawhitaker@gmail.comhttps://readmetosleepricky.com

Tyler took writing classes at the University of Mississippi under the infamous Barry Hannah and has written a stage play titled "The Outlaw Biker" as well as a new novel that's set to come out on November 11, 2022 titled "The Mark of Cain".We talk about his experiences growing up in Florida, moving to Mississippi, studying under Hannah, and how he got started playing music. We also talk a good deal about his book and his songs and I play a lot of music along the way.Strap in because Tyler's old Datsun ain't got any breaks and there's a Stooges tape stuck in the deck.

Don sits down with author Taylor Brown to discuss his new book "Wing Walkers" which features William Faulkner as one of the characters

An interview with author Barry Hannah, author of 11 volumes of fiction, about his newest novel Sixth Soldier At Your Door.

It's the birthday of the American writer Barry Hannah (1942). He said, “I loved the life, the secret life, of the typewriter when the house was quiet.”

For the first episode in my horror film series, M.C. Smith and I sat down to discuss a mutual favorite: Scream (1996) dir. by Wes Craven. M.C. Smith lives in Mississippi with her three-legged cat, Barry Hannah. Her work has appeared in Twin Pies Lit, HAD, and Autofocus Lit. You can find her on Twitter at @mistressofcrass, where she rants waxes poetic about SVU and all the weird things men have said to her in bed. This will be an ongoing series of episodes involving discussions with writers about the horror films that influenced them.

On this episode of the Apology podcast, the songwriter, musician, writer, and artist Bill Callahan speaks with Apology founder and editor Jesse Pearson about many bookish and non-bookish topics including the brilliance of the writer Barry Hannah, Bill’s codebreaker parents, DC hardcore heroes Void, dropping out of college to focus on music, the Scottish writer James Kelman, Studs Terkels’s oral histories, the dogged grind of songwriting, the brilliance of Emily Dickinson, and way more.

Season 2, Ep. 12: excerpt from ARBOR FALLS by Caridad Svich, and excerpt from short story "Water Liars" by Barry Hannah. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caridad-svich/support

***FREE COURSE, https://www.bennewman.net/pfdfree ***  This week on The Burn Podcast we wanted to introduce you to a few of our coaches on the BNC Coaching team and have them talk about THEIR Burn

Impeachment hearings continue in the House Judiciary Committee. We hear from Mississippi delegates on both sides of the aisleAlso, a federal appeals court is deciding whether felons in Mississippi should have the right to vote.Plus a new Book Club.Segment 1:The impeachment proceeding are moving closer to Senate action as the House Judiciary Committee considers Articles of Impeachment. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is part of the congressional body that will be responsible for voting on the President's removal from office if articles are presented. Representative Bennie Thompson is Mississippi's lone Democrat in Congress. He has also been following the impeachment hearings closely. Both lawmakers give their take on the impeachment.Segment 2:A group of six felons is pushing to have their right to vote in Mississippi restored. A federal appeals court will decide whether it is constitutional for Mississippi to limit voting rights of felons after their sentence is complete. These limits disproportionately affect communities of color. MPB's Kobee Vance speaks with Dr. Corey Wiggins, Executive Director of the Mississippi NAACP and Paloma Wu, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center,Segment 3:Mississippi writer, Larry Brown, had great fans in John Grisham, Pat Conroy, Barry Hannah and Willie Morris … Yet, Larry Brown doesn't share in the notoriety of the other authors. Perhaps it's because he died 15 years ago and his writing career was cut short. But now, thanks to Jonathan Miles, the complete stories of Larry Brown have been compiled in the book “Tiny Love.” Miles talked with us about his friend. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode six features three short stories: One I wrote, one my buddy wrote, and one Barry Hannah wrote. This is not a poetry podcast. This is a podcast about sharing high-caliber works of art. If you would like to be featured please hit me up on Instagram.You can also find me on: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truman-rights/id1484727550YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLLx-rW4iSSQVs8w4tPV2wInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/trumanrights/

Welcome to Season 2 of the "7 Minutes With" podcast, brought to you by DoSomeDamage.com, with your host Steve Weddle. This is episode 11 of the second season. Jedidiah Ayres talks about film and Holly West discusses TV. Chris F. Holm is unavailable, and we're fortunate to have the lovely William Boyle on music. William Boyle: https://williammichaelboyle.com/ Holly West: hollywest.com/ Jedidiah Ayres: spaceythompson.blogspot.com/ Chris F. Holm: chrisfholm.com/ ----------- William Boyle on music: Water Liars is an American rock band from Water Valley, Mississippi, that includes songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster, drummer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bryant, and bassist GR Robinson. Their name is derived from the first story in Barry Hannah's collection Airships. (wikipedia) Water Liars: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/water-liars-mn0002849245/biography ------------------ Jedidiah Ayres on movies: FIRST LOVE (2019) Official US Trailer | Takashi Miike Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f-dyjACbB0 Audition (1999) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX746b8pDVg PIERCING - Written and Directed by Nicolas Pesce Starring Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa, Marin Ireland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pj5u4r_eSE STOKER: Official Trailer After India's (Mia Wasikowska's) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), who she nev... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJWrXKoTpL0 SHADOW OF A DOUBT trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ83eNpGaKQ ---------------- Holly West on Mindhunter https://www.netflix.com/title/80114855 Emo Philips: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Emo_Philips This episode's music: C-Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one's own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.  - Christian Kiefer: https://www.facebook.com/christian.kiefer.9/ Buy PHANTOMS: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871404817 Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.  Christian and James discuss:  Matt Salesses  MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden  SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson  Jamil Zaki  Deena Drewis  Nouvella Books  ORIENTALISM by Edward Said  CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said  NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen  Vintage Contemporaries  Tobias Wolff  Robert Stone  Richard Ford  Tim O'Brien  SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron  ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner  Henry James  Nathaniel Hawthorne  Emile Zola  Lauren Groff  San Francisco Zoo  GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure  Benjamin Percy  Ingmar Bergman  Andrei Tarkovsky  THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses  THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday  HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio  IF YOU'RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki  FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub  A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos Miles Davis  John Coltrane  WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English Nicholas Brittell  THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi  Lyle Lovett  George Jones JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt  Barry Hannah  GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)  John Keene  Magnolia Electric Company  Jason Molina  CANADA by Richard Ford  Sewanee  - Christopher Boucher: http://www.christopherboucher.net/ Buy BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197579 Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.  James and Christopher discuss:  Melville House  Kurt Vonnegut  THE PARIS REVIEW  Ben Greenman  Boston College  Oregon State  "People Like That Are The Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore  "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  "Araby" by James Joyce  Looney Tunes  Elmer Fudd Bugs Bunny  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In our final episode of our Sewanee Writers' Conference series recorded in the summer of 2018, James is joined by Christine Schutt, one of our greatest authors, to discuss her career from FLORIDA to her latest, PURE HOLLYWOOD. They cover a lot of books, and a lot of ground, from nerves about reading to insecurity about writing, in an honest and illuminating conversation. Plus, friend and (relatively) new PARIS REVIEW editor Emily Nemens.  -  Christine Schutt: https://www.christineschutt.com/  Christine and James discuss:  Christine's books: FLORIDA; A DAY, A NIGHT, ANOTHER DAY, SUMMER; NIGHTWORK; ALL SOULS; PROSPEROUS FRIENDS; PURE HOLLYWOOD: AND OTHER STORIES  Amy Hempel  Barry Hannah  Gordon Lish  Lucy Corin  UC Davis  Mary Jo Salter  John Casey Cheri Peters  William Gay  Wyatt Prunty  Jill McCorkle  AWP  Donald Justice  Elizabeth Bishop  BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  TRIQUARTERLY  National Book Award  Kathryn Davis  SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Elizabeth Hardwick TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson CHILD OF GOD by Cormac McCarthy  AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner  TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf  Diane Williams  NOON  Josh Weil  UC Irvine  The Nightingale-Bamford School  Wesleyan University  Mills College  Elizabeth Winthrop  GOSSIP GIRL by Cecily von Ziegesar Laura van den Berg  Elisabeth Schmitz   Margot Livesey  Alfred Hitchcock "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  Alice Munro  Dan O'Brien  Maurice Manning  Clare Beams  - Emily Nemens: https://www.theparisreview.org/ Emily and James Discuss: THE PARIS REVIEW  THE SOUTHERN REVIEW  Diane Williams  WRITERS AT WORK  Pulitzer Prize  WOMEN AT WORK, INTERVIEWS FROM THE PARIS REVIEW  Francois Mauriac  Nadine Gordimer  Hernan Diaz  Kelli Jo Ford  Emily Bell  AWP  THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

“A terrific collection of stories. There are echoes here of Flannery O’Connor, Barry Hannah, and Denis Johnson, but Genevieve Hudson is her own writer—impressively and gloriously so. Her eye for the clinching detail is unnerving and her sympathies are fascinatingly conflicted. I hope, and suspect, this book will be the start of a long and […] The post Genevieve Hudson : Pretend We Live Here appeared first on Tin House.

This fall we're reading authors' final works, and talking about whether it's better to burn out, or to fade away. Barry Hannah is often described as a "writer's writer," and while he never had any huge commercial success, he continues to have a fiercely devoted following. A following which might be kind of annoyed when they hear our reaction to this story.

This week we've got a real scandal to unpack: the strange case of a writer named Robert Clark Young, who apparently "revenge-edited" the websites of several authors connected to the Sewanee Writers Conference, including Barry Hannah. He was eventually outed by a reporter for Salon, but there are still several lingering questions. A few of those revolve around the writer Brad Vice, who was the subject of a rather vitriolic takedown by Young, after Vice had been accused of plagiarizing elements of his story collection, The Bear Bryant Funeral Train, which was eventually pulped by the University of Georgia Press. Though Vice maintained his story was an intentional homage, not a plagiarism. If you like the show, please consider subscribing to our Patreon, which helps offset our costs and allows us to keep doing the podcast each week. In exchange for $5, you'll also get access to a monthly bonus episode, Book Fight After Dark, in which we explore some of the weirder reaches of the literary universe: Amish mysteries, caveman romances, end-times thrillers and more!

M.O. Walsh's novel My Sunshine Away made it to the NY Times bestseller list and was translated into 11 languages. But writing it was a long 7 years journey that included two other failed starts at different novels. Walsh sits down with Adam to discuss his own creative process, his journey to completing his novel and even dishes on his favorite New Orleans restaurants!   * Purchase My Sunshine Away at Amazon or B+N. * Get the 2018 NOYN Creative Workbook at www.notesonyournotes.com/2018 * Study with Joshua at Hollyhock this summer! -------- Show Notes * University of New Orleans Graduate Creative Writing Workshop * Barry Hannah * Commander's Palace * Antoine's -------- *Rate us on iTunes!* *Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* *Find us on Instagram!* *Join our Facebook Group* *Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* *All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com* *We have a Youtube Channel!*  

This week, we read and discuss "Testimony of Pilot," from Airships, Barry Hannah's enduring book of short stories. We celebrate his electric, otherworldly prose and lament the needless and careless racist language that corrodes the collection. We're sticking in the south next week, when we turn to Flannery O'Connor's famous story "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Find it online (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~drbr/goodman.html) and join us!

This week we discuss several stories from Joshua Ferris' new collection The Dinner Party, beginning with one called "In The Heart of the Dead." We keep it short and sweet on the basketball side, since this was the first slow week we've had in a while. Join us next week when we focus in on the great Barry Hannah; grab a copy of Airships and dig into "Testimony of Pilot."

Southern drinking mythology includes many larger-than-life stories about famous authors such as William Faulkner and Barry Hannah. However, according to American Literature scholar Matt Dischinger, this mythology leaves out important aspects of southern drinking culture. Today we sit down with Matt to talk about the impact of temperance as well as the current craft cocktail and local brewery boom in the South. We discuss “southern” spirits as well as regionally inflected drinking experiences. Our conversation explores how regional drinking culture is created and maintained through a combination of lived experiences and creative imaginings. Learn more about this episode at www.aboutsouthpodcast.com. | Co-Producers: Gina Caison & Kelly Vines | | Music: Brian Horton | | www.brianhorton.com |

Actor and writer Drew Spears joins us to talk about his love of Southern Gothic Fiction. What is it? What is it not? Who gets defensive about that label? Co-host Anthony King joins Drew in a brief discussion of what they think of the title "Southern" since they are in fact from the south! We read some great excerpts from Flannery O'Connor, Barry Hannah and Charlie Smith! Also Will talks about the problematic nature of comics writer Alan Moore, and Anthony discusses the joy of the audiobook version of Rob Lowe's memoir "Stories I Only Tell My Friends!"

George Saunders joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Grace Paley’s “Love,” from a 1979 issue of the magazine, and Barry Hannah’s “The Wretched Seventies,” from a 1996 issue.

(Originally Broadcast 02/28/14) - Begun as an open letter to strangers and fellow misfits, The Minus Times grew to become a hand-typed literary magazine that showcased the next generation of American fiction. Contributors include Sam Lipsyte, David Berman, Patrick DeWitt, and Wells Tower, with illustrations by David Eggers and Brad Neely as well as interviews with Dan Clowes, Barry Hannah, and a yet-to-be-famous Stephen Colbert. With sly humor and striking illustrations, The Minus Times has earned a fervent following as much for its lack of literary pretension as its sporadic appearances on the newsstand. All thirty of the nearly-impossible-to-find issues of this improvised literary almanac are now assembled for the first time, typos and all, in The Minus Times Collected, by Hunter Kennedy (Featherproof Books, 2012).

It's been a while since Ed and John have recorded a conventional episode of the podcast, and it's good to be back. Not that you'd know it from this overly serious discussion of experimental writing, earbud loss, cannibalism, and failing to get Barry Hannah's signature.

In the Wells Tower profile of Barry Hannah I reference in the spoken introduction to today's story (which you should treat yourself to), written before Hannah's 2010 death, the following is offered:

In the Wells Tower profile of Barry Hannah I reference in the spoken introduction to today's story (which you should treat yourself to), written before Hannah's 2010 death, the following is offered: