Podcast appearances and mentions of Darin Strauss

Part One: - In celebration of what would have been Rod Serling's 100th birthday on December 25th, 2024, we speak with Anne Serling, author of "As I Knew Him: My Dad Rod Serling." Joining her is Marc Scott Zicree, author of "The Twilight Zone Companion," which has just been re-released in its third edition. Part Two: From 2020... Award-winning writer Darin Strauss talks about his novel "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story." The book, which is a work of fiction, imagines a romantic affair between Ms. Ball and the author's grandfather, Isidore Strauss.

Before I Love Lucy, television was the risky new medium no one was sure about. It was made in New York, 3,000 miles away from Hollywood. And it certainly didn't feature funny women. But Lucy and Desi changed all that. Today, author and Lucille Ball superfan Darin Strauss breaks down the incredible legacy of Lucille Ball, and tells us why he wanted to blend his family history with hers in his novel The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story.Binge the full season early and ad free with Wondery+ in the Wondery App. https://wondery.app.link/eventherichAnd check out the brand new Even the Rich merch store at wonderyshop.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On the latest episode of Audacious, I spoke with Maryann Gray, and author Darin Strauss, about what it is like living with the aftermath of accidentally killing someone. You can visit Maryann's website at AccidentalImpacts.org. Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest this week is best selling author Darin Strauss. His book Half a Life received the National Book Critics Circle award for memoir. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing and numerous other awards. Darin is an Associate Professor of writing at NYU.  Darin's Books Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 1877 Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov, 1957 Like Life by Lorrie Moore, 1990 Collected Stories by VS Pritchett, 1990 Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett, 1978 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Episode 82 - How Darin Strauss Writes, Part TwoI'm so excited to welcome Darin Strauss back to the show. The first time I've ever had a guest on the show for a second time.Darin is an award-winning novelist, facility at New York University's creative writing program, and just a wonderful human. Darin is humble and open and honest about the writing life. This episode is a deep dive on nuance of storytelling.I want to say a special thank you to Darin. I'm grateful to have him a second time.And now, here is the episode with Darin Strauss.Support the show (http://www.howwriterswrite.com)

I love Lucy! And so does Darin Strauss! Lucille Ball is the focus of his latest work, THE QUEEN OF TUESDAY, a part-biography, part-novel, part-memoir creation that fuses Lucy's life with a mystery from the author's own past. Darin chats about the book and its origins with AMB cofounder and bestselling author Caroline Leavitt, who just released the paperback version of her own latest novel, WITH OR WITHOUT YOU. Hosted by Trisha Blanchet.

I interview Darin Strauss and discuss his life, career, and approaches to writing fiction. Darin's latest book, The Queen of Tuesday, was just released in paperback. The book, Darin's follow-up to his best-selling National Book Critics Circle Award-winner, Half a Life, is highly acclaimed and was a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Award in Fiction. Darin's also a professor of creative writing at the New York University Creative Writing Program. I'm lucky enough to have studied under him. He's a phenomenal teacher and writer and mentor and friend. You can follow him on twitter at @darinstrauss. A few announcements: You can now support us on Patreon at Patreon.com/selectedprose and access cool (and exclusive) stuff like signed books and newsletters and promotions for your work.  I'm giving away a free (and new) copy of David Nutt's The Great American Suction, from Tyrant Books. To win, just tweet @selectedprose with a comment about your favorite interview so far, or someone you'd like to see on the show. See you next time. ***Music by Tom Laplaige (@sighpilot)***

Rachel Beanland writes essays and fiction and is the author of the debut novel, Florence Adler Swims Forever, which was released by Simon & Schuster (July 2020). The book was selected as the Barnes & Noble Book Club pick for July, and was named a Featured Debut by Amazon and an Indie Next pick by the American Booksellers Association. It was also named a New York Times Editors’ Choice and one of the best books of 2020 by USA Today. Rachel’s essays have appeared in Lit Hub, Business Insider, Creative Nonfiction, and Broad Street, among other places. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and earned her MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. Rachel lives in Richmond, Virginia with her family. In this episode, we chat about the story behind Florence Adler Swims Forever. Rachel decided to write the story as it was based on real life evens that happened in  her family. We also talk about Atlantic City in the 1930's and the extraordinary achievements of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel. You can purchase Florence Adler Swims Forever here. You can follow Rachel here. Learn more about Martin Couney and his boardwalk incubators. Rachel's current favorite reads are: Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks Half A Life by Darin Strauss

What is the thread that connect us to the story behind the story? In this episode, Larry speaks with author Craig Unger who discusses his latest work American Kompromat, which touches on Opus Dei, how it has penetrated American government especially in the Trump presidency and how Russia has manipulated Trump since the 1980’s.  There is also a … Continue reading Episode 16 – What is the Thread that Connects Us to the Story Behind the Story: Craig Unger, Ray Rickman & Darin Strauss →

Lois Reitzes interviews author Darin Strauss about his new novel "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story"; and civil rights photographer Steve Schapiro and photographer, author, and activist Sheila Pree Bright about their work on display at Jackson Fine Art Gallery

Is there a thread that connects us to those that matter?  Joining Larry is former Washington DC police officer and Episcopal Reverend Gayle Fisher Stewart, the editor of Preaching Black Lives Matter.  Reverend Fisher-Stewart speaks about her experiences with segregation, the American caste system (and how the Nazi’s studied that system), empathy, Black Lives Matter … Continue reading Episode 12 – Is There a Thread that Connects Us to Those that Matter – Rev. Gayle Fisher Stewart & Author Darin Strauss →

This week on the Pop Life Podcast with Richard Crouse we meet best selling author Darin Strauss. "The Queen of Tuesday," about Lucille Ball, a thrilling love story starring Hollywood’s first true media mogul, it's Strauss’s follow-up to the National Book Critics Circle Award winner "Half a Life," mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to imagine the provocative story of a woman we thought we knew.  Then we ask the Pop Life panel, stand up comedian Debra DiGiovanni, Second City alum Darryl Hinds and Just for Laughs co-founder Andy Nulman, to discuss influences in comedy.  Remember, you can each Pop Life on television and twitter every Saturday night at 8:30 pm on the CTV NewsChannel and midnight on CTV.  

I LOVE LUCY! Lucile Ball is truly a choose yourself person, I even wrote about Lucille Ball in my upcoming book, Skip The Line, (Pre-Order it here: http://bit.ly/STHELINE. I have my friend Darin Strauss, a best-selling American writer, to talk about his new book, The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story, writing, the new trend in media, and all! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

Podcast: The James Altucher Show (LS 68 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: 654 - How to Lucy with Darin StraussPub date: 2020-11-05I LOVE LUCY! Lucile Ball is truly a choose yourself person, I even wrote about Lucille Ball in my upcoming book, Skip The Line, (Pre-Order it here: http://bit.ly/STHELINE. I have my friend Darin Strauss, a best-selling American writer, to talk about his new book, The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story, writing, the new trend in media, and all! I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook LinkedinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from James Altucher, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

I LOVE LUCY! Lucile Ball is truly a choose yourself person, I even wrote about Lucille Ball in my upcoming book, Skip The Line, (Pre-Order it here: http://bit.ly/STHELINE. I have my friend Darin Strauss, a best-selling American writer, to talk about his new book, The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story, writing, the new trend in media, and all!  I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darin Strauss's novel is titled "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story." This intriguing book is a work of fiction but carefully based on the life and career of the legendary Lucille Ball - and on what she was experiencing both professionally and personally in the difficult years immediately preceding the launching of "I Love Lucy."

On the heels of his National Book Critics Circle Award-winning memoir Half a Life, Darin Strauss, author of the New York Times bestseller Chang & Eng, presents us with a wild and indelible story based on the loves and losses of Lucille Ball, the woman who became Hollywood’s first true female mogul while navigating a tumultuous personal life. In The Queen of Tuesday, Strauss mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to bring us face-to-face with one of the world’s most remarkable entertainers. The novel begins with a daring conceit: that the author’s grandfather, Isidore Strauss, may have enjoyed—and suffered as a result of—a passionate affair with the legendary actress. As Strauss shows, Lucille is a singular character—the greatest screen idol the world has ever seen, and the most powerful woman in the history of Hollywood. She starred in America’s first big-time interracial marriage. She loved hard. She may or may not have been a Communist. And she more or less single-handedly came up with the modern television business. When she got pregnant, she convinced a network that viewers would accept warmed-over episodes, thus creating the “re-run.” While making millions laugh on the small screen, in private Lucille struggled. Her partner in that famously “happy marriage” that people tuned into, reliably, week after week, couldn’t stay faithful. And she found it difficult to balance her ever-ascending fame with the demands of being a mother, a creative genius, an entrepreneur, a media tycoon, and, most of all, a symbol. Did Strauss’s grandfather actually have a relationship with the First Lady of Television? Who’s to say he did, and who’s to say he didn’t? Regardless, The Queen of Tuesday vibrates with Lucy’s inspiring and surprisingly human story at the same time it interrogates celebrity, media, the role of gender, and the manufacturing of glamour, offering a fresh view of a woman America adored, and reminding us all that, sometimes, you have to create your own reality. Darin Strauss is the author of the bestselling novels Chang & Eng, The Real McCoy, More Than It Hurts You, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning memoir Half a Life, and a bestselling comic-book series, Olivia Twist. Together, they’ve been New York Times Notable Books and Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Amazon, and NPR Best Books of the Year. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an American Library Award, Strauss has been published in 14 languages and 19 countries. He has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS’s The Late Late Show, and has collaborated on screenplays with Gary Oldman and Julie Taymor. Films based on Half a Life and More Than it Hurts You are in progress, and the TV rights to Chang & Eng have been optioned to Ilene Chaiken, a creative force behind The “L” Word, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Empire. Clinical Professor of Fiction in the Graduate Writing Program at New York University, he lives in Brooklyn. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support

Hosted by long time radio reporter, anchor, editor, producer, director, and host, Larry Matthews, "Matthews and Friends" brings you the best interviews with guests from whom you want to hear! Join Larry Matthews today to hear his work with Darin Strauss on his book, "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story"; Meghan E. Herron, "DECODING YOUR CAT: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Cat Behaviors and Reveal How To Prevent Or Change Unwanted Ones"; Dr. Meyeon Park discussing Polycystic Kidney Disease, one of the most common forms of kidney problems in the U.S.; and MUSIC! "Matthews and Friends" can be heard at 8:00 am, ET, seven days a week on Impact Radio USA!

Darin Strauss discusses his new novel The Queen Of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story and Gerard Koeppel discusses Not A Gentleman’s Work: The Untold Story Of A Gruesome Murder At Sea And The Long Road To The Truth.

Lois Reitzes interviews author Darin Strauss about his new novel "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story"; and comedian Phoebe Robinson about her work.

In this episode Matt Crawford speaks with author Darin Strauss about his new book The Queen of Tuesday. Part biography, part novel this book is an absolute pleasure to read. While I grew up watching I Love Lucy, I never knew all the amazing things the real Lucy accomplished. The first interracial marriage on T.V, the first female head of a production company just to name a few. Strauss weaves in the real, with the unreal in a most enjoyable and unique way. This book is a real treat and I recommend it to all.

Author Darin Strauss on creating in a time of pandemic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Darin Strauss and I discuss the utility of outlines, the utility of abandoning outlines, love, pain, stream-of-consciousness, love, Lucille Ball, Fred Trump, Coney Island, the semiotic intimacy of television, and love.

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to Announced Events Bookwaves Robert Macfarlane, whose latest book is “Underland: A Deep Time Journey”, which comes out in trade paperback on August 18, 2020, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. The author of several books, including “Mountains of the Mind” and “The Old Ways,” Robert Macfarlane discusses his latest work, a travelogue through caves, glacial crevices, mines, and catacombs, as he examines the world below our feet. Extended 43-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast. Photos: Richard Wolinsky.   Artwaves Robert K. Massie, a journalist and historian whose focus was on the Russian House of Romanov, and who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for his biography of Peter the Great, died on December 2, 2019 at the age of ninety. Along with a well-received biography of Catherine the Great, he was also known for his books about Czar Nicholas, the Tsarina Alexandra, and the final days of the Romanov dynasty in Ekaterinaberg in Siberia. On November 4, 1995, Richard A. Lupoff and Richard Wolinsky had a chance to interview Robert K. Massie while he was on tour for his book, The Romanovs: The final Chapter, which dealt with events long after the Russian Revolution, from those claiming to be Romanov descendants to the disinterment of the Royal family's bones after the Soviet Union fell. Digitized, remastered and re-edited in August, 2020 by Richard Wolinsky. Extended 38-minute Radio Wolinsky podcast.   Announcement Links Book Passage. Conversations with authors features John Shea in conversation with Phi Cousinou on Saturday, August 15 at 4 pm Pacific, and Christine Montross in conversation with Susanna Calahan on Sunday August 16 also at 4 pm Pacific. And on Wednesday August 19, Darin Strauss in conversation with Kelly Corrigan. The Booksmith features Diane Cook and her novel The New Wilderness Thursday August 13 at 6 pm,and Monday August 15 at 11 am, Aya Gruber on the relationship between the feminist movement and mass incarceration. Theatre Rhino Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday August 13 is A Death in the Family. Rhino also presents a zoom performance of Sarah Ruhl's play Dear Elizabeth, an epistolatory journey through the lives of poet Robert Lowell and lesbian author Elizabeth Bishop, Tuesday August 18, 7 pm. San Francisco Playhouse presents a live stream fireside chat with playwright Rajiv Joseph Thursday August 13 at 7 pm, and Monday August 17, 7 pm, Zoomlet play is The Mommy Assumption by Gaetha Reddy. 42nd Street Moon. Full Moon Friday on-line concert August 14 at 8 pm Pacific is Super Songs from Not So Super Shows, Part Two. Shotgun Players.  A live stream performance of Quack by Eliza Clark, through August 15. Registration required. California Shakepeare Theatre (Cal Shakes) presents a panel discussion on addressing anti-blackness in non-black communities of color, Friday August 14, 5-7 pm. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more. LGBTQ Theatre, Different Stars Live, having its world premiere on You Tube Live, Saturday August 15 at 4 pm Pacific. Aurora Theatre's Aurora Connects series of interviews, every Friday at 4 pm. August 14: Artistic Director Josh Costello and Associate Artistic Director Dawn Monique Williams. Other interviews in the series are available streaming. Bay Area Playwrights Festival works streamed through Aurora's website. Marin Theatre Company Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website. Bay Area Book Festival. Various Unbound conversations available streaming. Kepler's Books presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required. Central Works The Script Club, where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The August script is Bamboozled by Patricia Milton. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on August 25. Theatreworks Silicon Valley. Interviews and educational videos. Lincoln Center Live Through September 8, 2020: Carousel, with Kelli O'Hara & Nathan Gunn. Public Theatre: The Line streams through the website. A radio recording of Richard II is also available through the website.   . The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – August 13, 2020: Robert Macfarlane – Robert K. Massie appeared first on KPFA.

“And then all the emotions sort of flowed and I started crying in a way I don't think I have since or probably didn't before. I was just sort of heaving and then I thought, wow, this is going to ruin me. This is the end of my life. You know?” Darin lives in New York City. His memoir Half a Life won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography in 2011, and his latest book is called The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story. https://twitter.com/Darinstrauss

Darin Strauss is a best-selling American writer whose work has earned a number of awards. Strauss's most recent book -- his follow-up to the NBCC-winning Half a Life -- is The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story, a thrilling love story starring Hollywood's first true media mogul.  Before moving to Southern California in High School, Cantore grew up with Darin on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darin Strauss is a best-selling American writer whose work has earned a number of awards. Strauss's most recent book -- his follow-up to the NBCC-winning Half a Life -- is The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story, a thrilling love story starring Hollywood’s first true media mogul.  Before moving to Southern California in High School, Cantore grew up with Darin on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. 

In this episode Jennifer talks with author and speaker Darin Strauss about his memoir Half A Life. Darin shares his truth, power of time and perspective, his healing journey is truly inspirational and appreciated. If you have not read his work I invite you to,his new book The Queen of Tuesdays in August of 2020 and available for pre-order now. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/accidentalhope)

In this episode Jennifer talks with author and speaker Darin Strauss about his memoir Half A Life. Darin shares his truth, power of time and perspective, his healing journey is truly inspirational and appreciated. If you have not read his work I invite you to,his new book The Queen of Tuesdays in August of 2020 and available for pre-order now.

This week, I talk to fiction writer Nathan Englander about the pressurized form of fictional worlds, giving the reader something worth their time and money, getting to the pain as soon as possible, continuing to learn about one's craft deep into one's career, Judaism in literature, and the wisdom of our friend Darin Strauss. Nathan Englander and your humble host in The Confucius Institute at Miami Dade College.[/caption] Books Discussed  

Welcome to Episode 6 – How Darin Strauss Writes! Over the first month of publishing this podcast, I’ve learned that so many of the authors I’ve interviewed have taken their life story and fused it with the stories they put down on the page. This combination of real and imagined creates something powerful and timeless. I think this combination is what we love in the best of stories; the part of the storytelling that breaks from pure entertainment and into something deeper, more human. That was the thought I was left with as I prepared to publish this interview with Darin. Darin and I discuss a tragic car accident that happened when he was 18, and how that event has rippled through his life. He writes about this event directly in his memoir “Half a Life,” but we also discuss how this event has woven itself into all of his fiction. If I had to describe this interview with Darin in a single, inarticulate sentence, it’d be to “write from your emotional core.” But, like always, we also cover off on Darin’s working habits, on how he learned to write, and so much more. This is a fun episode for me because Darin was my thesis advisor for my MFA at NYU. This is the first of what is coincidently shaping up to be NYU month. The next two interviews after Darin are all NYU faculty that I met in the program that I deeply admire. Thank you so much to Darin for hosting me at his office in the NYU Creative Writing Townhouse in Greenwich Village. If you are in the New York area, there are always readings and public events at the townhouse that I could not recommend more. It is a place for writers. Through and through. Okay, without any further ado, here is the interview with Darin Strauss!Support the show (http://www.howwriterswrite.com)

Preston Vincent is joined by Darin Strauss, Dairy Operations Manager at Majestic Crossing Dairy. Majestic Crossing Dairy retrofitted their barns in 2017 and currently house 13 Lely robots. With data from almost three years backing them, Majestic Crossing Dairy is now able to make small tweaks and see the impact it has on their operation, allowing them to maximize their bottom line.

Top 500, Dec solicits, Batman Damned, Harley Quinn 50, Olivia Twist, Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive, Impossible Inc, Burnouts, Amazing Spider-Man Annual, Captain America Annual, Edge of Spider-Geddon 3, Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme, Marvel Super-Hero Adventures: Captain Marvel - First Day of School, Return of Wolverine, Patience! Conviction! Revenge!, Over the Garden Wall: Hollow Town, Go Go Power Rangers Back to School, Junior High Horrors   Reviews: Al Ewing’s Rocket, GL/GA   News: Captain Marvel trailer, Avatar live action from Netflix, Haunting of Hill House trailer, new Rocketeer comic, Allan Heinberg mystery Marvel show for ABC, Boom gets Buffy rights, Kevin Feige takes over X-Men movies, Bond director, Stargirl cast, Twilight Zone reboot, Batwoman crossover villain revealed, Soule Daredevil finale, Kelly Thompson controversy   Comics Details: Batman: Damned 1 by Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo Amazing Spider-Man Annual by Saladin Ahmed, Garry Brown, Lee Loughridge Captain America Annual by Tini Howard, Ron Lim, Chris Sprouse, Scott Hanna, Karl Story, Walden Wong, Jesus Aburto, Erick Arciniega, Israel Silva Edge of Spider-Geddon 3 by Jason Latour, Tonci Zonjic, Ian Herring Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme by Gerry Duggan, Adam Kubert, Matt Wilson Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Captain Marvel - First Day of School 1 by Sholly Fisch, Ty Templeton Return of Wolverine 1 by Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, Jay Leisten, Laura Martin Olivia Twist 1 by Darin Strauss, Adam Dalva, Emma Vieceli, Lee Loughridge Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive 1 by Mike Allred, Lee Allred, Laura Allred, Rich Tommaso Impossible Inc. 1 by JM DeMatteis, Mike Cavallaro Burnouts 1 by Dennis Culver, Geoffo, Lauren Perry Patience! Conviction! Revenge! 1 by Patrick Kindlon, Marco Ferrari Over the Garden Wall: Hollow Town 1 by Celia Lowenthal, Jorge Monlongo Go Go Power Rangers Back to School Special by Marguerite Bennett, Jim Towe, Derek Charm, Jordan Gibson, Xiao Tong Kong, Ilaria Catalani Junior High Horrors 1 by Rob Potchak, Rob Retiano   Comics Countdown, 25 Sep 2018: Mister Miracle 11 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads Black Hammer: Age of Doom 5 by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, Dave Stewart Harley Quinn 50 by Sam Humphries, Mirka Andolfo, Brett Booth, Jon Davis-Hunt, Agnes Garbowska, Tom Grummett, Kelley Jones, Dan Jurgens, Scott Kolins, Guillem March, John McCrea, While Portacio, Norm Rapmund, Cam Smith, Babs Tarr, John Timms, Andrew Dalhouse, Gabe Eltaeb, Romulo Fajardo Jr, John Kalisz, Michelle Madsen, Alex Sinclair Thor 5 by Jason Aaron, Christian Ward Impossible Inc 1 by JM DeMatteis, Mike Cavallaro West Coast Avengers 2 by Kelly Thompson, Stefano Caselli, Triona Farrell Venom 6 by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin Hit-Girl 8 by Jeff Lemire, Eduardo Risso, Trish Mulvihill Seven to Eternity 11 by Rick Remender, Jerome Opena, Matt Hollingsworth Ice Cream Man 7 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran

El programa de esta semana va algo más breve que andamos liados con nuestra excursión a la Heroes Con de Madrid, pero aún así tiene variedad: - Batman Damned #1 (de 3). Brian Azzarello (W), Lee Bermejo (A). (DC). - Burnouts #1. Dennis Culver (W), Geoffo (A). (Image). - Impossible Inc. #1. JM DeMatteis (W), Mike Cavallaro (A). (IDW). - Olivia Twist #1. Darin Strauss y Adam Dalva (W), Emma Vieceli (A), Lee Loughridge (C). (Dark Horse). - Return of Wolverine #1. Charles Soule (W), Steve McNiven (A), Jay Leisten (I), Laura Martin (C). (Marvel). Los Irresistibles: Batman #55, Ether Copper Golems #5 (final), Mr. & Mrs. X #3, Mr. Miracle #11, Pearl #2, Star Wars #54, The Immortal Hulk #6, The Wild Storm #17, Umami #8, Venom #6, West Coast Avengers #2.

El programa de esta semana va algo más breve que andamos liados con nuestra excursión a la Heroes Con de Madrid, pero aún así tiene variedad: - Batman Damned #1 (de 3). Brian Azzarello (W), Lee Bermejo (A). (DC). - Burnouts #1. Dennis Culver (W), Geoffo (A). (Image). - Impossible Inc. #1. JM DeMatteis (W), Mike Cavallaro (A). (IDW). - Olivia Twist #1. Darin Strauss y Adam Dalva (W), Emma Vieceli (A), Lee Loughridge (C). (Dark Horse). - Return of Wolverine #1. Charles Soule (W), Steve McNiven (A), Jay Leisten (I), Laura Martin (C). (Marvel). Los Irresistibles: Batman #55, Ether Copper Golems #5 (final), Mr. & Mrs. X #3, Mr. Miracle #11, Pearl #2, Star Wars #54, The Immortal Hulk #6, The Wild Storm #17, Umami #8, Venom #6, West Coast Avengers #2.

After studying Spanish literature and embarking on a career as a lawyer, Matthew Lansburgh found fulfillment in writing. He won the Iowa Short Fiction Award for his linked short short story collection, OUTSIDE IS THE OCEAN. He and James discuss the spiritual fulfillment of writing, the need for dissatisfaction, the joys of close reading, and their shared love of outsiders in fiction. Plus, agent Christopher Rhodes.  - Matthew Lansburgh: http://www.matthewlansburgh.com/ Matthew and James discuss: Princeton University Middlebury College  POET IN NEW YORK by Federico Garcia Lorca  RESIDENCIA EN LA TIERRA by Pablo Neruda  WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor  TOWARDS ANOTHER SUMMER by Janet Frame  92nd Street Y  "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro  Darin Strauss  Hannah Tinti Josh Weil  Carmen Maria-Machado  Iowa Short Fiction Award  - Christopher Rhodes: https://christopherrhodes.net/ Christopher & James discuss: Borders Books at World Trade Center  Simon & Schuster  Michael Selleck  The Carol Mann Agency  Paul Auster  University and North Carolina at Wilmington  Emily Smith  ECOTONE  James Fitzgerald  BRASS by Xhenet Aliu  Random House  Gwendolyn Knapp  The Stuart Agency  Andrew Stuart  Scottie Jones  Taylor Brown  Garth Risk Hallberg  Emma Cline  MARLENA by Julie Buntin  THE NIX by Nathan Hill  W.B. Belcher  Jared Yates Sexton  LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE by W.B. Belcher  Beth Staples   THE SCAMP by Jennifer Pashley  ONE STORY  "World's End" by Clare Beams   - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Virginia Gaskell, an underappreciated 66-year-old cult writer forced into a rest home, contends with mysterious voices summoned from her typewriter and an obscure literary interviewer named Ed Champion. (9 minutes) Written and directed by Edward Champion CAST: Virginia Gaskell: Chris Smith Ed Champion: Edward Champion Orderly: Zachary Michael Demon #1: Greta Christie Demon #2: Pete Lutz Edited by Edward Champion Foley Sources: Edward Champion, Superex1110 (CC license, slight changes), and nothayama (CC license, slight changes). Special thanks to Jonathan Ames, Sacha Arnold, Austin Beach, Erin Bennett, Matthew Boudreau, Jason Boog, Christopher Byrd, Emily Carding, Robert Cudmore, Devony DiMattia, Chris Fletcher, Claudia Berenice Garza, Sarah Golding, Daniel Handler, Jen Halbert, Gabriella Jiminez, Fred Kiesche, Matthew MacLean, John Osborne, Rina Patel, Michael Saldate, Paul Sating, Gary Shteyngart, Darin Strauss, Marc Stein, Scarlett Thomas, Georgette Thompson, Tim Torre, and many others I may have inadvertently forgotten for their invaluable help, feedback, kindness, inspiration, and support during the production of this episode.

In part one of the TK One Year Anniversary Jubilee, Mike Scalise discusses his phenomenal memoir, THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE. He talks with James about being diagnosed with the hormonal disorder acromegaly, the difficulties he encountered writing about it, the blind spots of memoir, what it's like to be a public representative of a rare condition, and the complexities of ordering middle grade Bobby "The Brain" Heenan bios through university inter-library loan. Will they discuss Mike's beloved Steelers? (Spoiler: No)   - Mike Scalise: http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc Mike and James Discuss:  Sarabande Books  THE TWO KINDS OF DECAY by Sarah Manguso Eddie Carmel  Rondo Hatton Andre the Giant  Tony Robbins   Agni  Yaddo  Ninth Letter  George Mason University  Bucknell University  Susan Orlean  Michael Paterniti  SEEK: REPORTS FROM THE EDGES OF AMERICA & BEYOND by Denis Johnson American Short Fiction  One Story  BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS  ANDRE THE GIANT: LIFE AND LEGEND by Box Brown  AS YOU WISH: INCONCEIVABLE TALES FROM THE MAKING OF THE PRINCESS BRIDE by Cary Elwes  Philip Roth  Bobby "The Brain" Heenan  Rick Flair  The Fabulous Moolah  Porochista Khakpour  G.C. Waldrep  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE by Lucy Grealy HAPPY: A MEMOIR by Alex Lemon  PATRIMONY: A TRUE STORY by Philip Roth   STOP-TIME: A MEMOIR by Frank Conroy  SPEAK, MEMORY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY REVISITED by Vladimir Nabokov  Laura van den Berg Jim Shepard   HALF A LIFE: A MEMOIR by Darin Strauss  -   http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

For the first time on the Disco, we discuss a book on the craft of writing. We delve into a new collection of essays by some of the world’s great memoirists. Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature is edited by Meredith Maran and includes pieces by Darin Strauss, Cheryl Strayed, Anne Lamott and more. These essays are brief, interesting glimpses behind the curtain; a chance to see how some writers approach their material. And, perhaps not surprisingly, the process and philosophy varies greatly from writer to writer. [No, it’s not your speakers, please excuse the horrible sound quality from Rider’s microphone] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Hi there Word Nerds! Thanks for joining me for today’s episode of DIY MFA Radio. Today I’m talking to Meredith Maran about her latest book: Why We Write About Ourselves. Following up on her previous collection: Why We Write, Meredith's most recent book is a collection of essays from memoirists, talking about why they write memoir in the first place. The lineup of authors featured in this book is a veritable who’s who of the memoir world, and the insights they share are no less awesome. Today I’m delighted to speak with Meredith and hear her take about writers love to write (and read) memoirs. In this episode Meredith and I discuss: Writing memoir and embellishing the truth How our perspective changes over the course of our lives, but our writing stays constant Pros and cons of being truly authentic in your writing The writer’s responsibility to protect the innocent (or the guilty) in their writing Plus, Meredith #1 tip for writers. About Meredith Maran: Meredith Maran is  a passionate reader and writer of memoirs, and the author of thirteen nonfiction books and the acclaimed 2012 novel, A Theory Of Small Earthquakes. Meredith writes book reviews, essays, and features for newspapers and magazines including People, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, Salon.com, and More. A member of the National Book Critics Circle, Meredith lives in a restored historic bungalow in Los Angeles. Her next memoir, about starting over in Los Angeles, will be out from Blue Rider Press in 2017. To learn more about Meredith and her work, follow her on Facebook and Twitter or visit her website. Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature is the follow-up to editor Meredith Maran’s last collection, Why We Write, this new book tackles one of the most popular literary genres: memoir. Meredith's new book features some of its most-read authors, including Cheryl Strayed, Anne Lamott, Nick Flynn, Sue Monk Kidd, and James McBride. Contributors candidly disclose the origins of their memoirs: a traumatic experience, like Darin Strauss or Ishmael Beah; family relationships, like Sue Monk Kidd, Edwidge Danticat, or Pat Conroy; or simply a knack for personal storytelling, like Sandra Tsing Loh or Anne Lamott. For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/081

The Sunlit Night (Bloomsbury Publishing)  From an exhilarating new voice comes a stunning debut novel which Jonathan Safran Foer calls as "lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller." In the beautiful, barren landscape of the Far North, under the ever-present midnight sun, Frances and Yasha are surprised to find refuge in each other. Their lives have been upended-Frances has fled heartbreak and claustrophobic Manhattan for an isolated artist colony; Yasha arrives from Brooklyn to fulfill his beloved father's last wish: to be buried "at the top of the world." They have come to learn how to be alone. But in Lofoten, an archipelago of six tiny islands in the Norwegian Sea, ninety-five miles north of the Arctic Circle, they form a bond that fortifies them against the turmoil of their distant homes, offering solace amidst great uncertainty. With nimble and sure-footed prose, Rebecca Dinerstein reveals that no matter how far we travel to claim our own territory, it is ultimately love that gives us our place in the world. Praise for The Sunlit Night: Praise for The Sunlit Night "Lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller, funny, dark, warm, and as knowing of place as any travel book or memoir, The Sunlit Night marks the appearance of a brave talent." --Jonathan Safran Foer "By turns ravishing and hilarious, The Sunlit Night is more than a shining debut--it's the work of a young master. Dinerstein writes of her two lovers with sensitivity and chutzpah: human drama, a nightless summer, the transformative power of nature. Here's an exciting new voice that sings perfectly in key." --Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life "[A] captivating debut novel . . . [Dinerstein] writes . . . with humor and compassion. Her prose is lyrical and silky, but it's also specific, with acute observations and precise detail, and she evokes the sun-stroked, barren Norwegian landscape with a striking sense of place. . . With provocative insights about the cruelty of abandonment, the concept of home, and the limits of parental and filial love, Dinerstein's novel is a rich reading experience." --Publishers Weekly, starred and boxed review "Dinerstein's much buzzed-about debut novel is a fanciful Arctic Circle romance between a Russian immigrant raised in a Brighton Beach bakery and a Manhattanite seeking refuge from family problems in a Norwegian artists' colony." --The Forward" Rebecca Dinerstein is the author of Lofoten, a bilingual English-Norwegian collection of poems. She received her B.A. from Yale and her M.F.A. in Fiction from New York University, where she was a Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow. She lives in Brooklyn. Follow her on Twitter @beckydinerstein. For more information on Rebecca and the book, please visit:www.rebeccadinerstein.com Maggie Shipstead is the author of two novels: Astonish Me and Seating Arrangements, which was a New York Times bestseller and the winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize and the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction. She is a graduate of Harvard and the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Her writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, The New Republic, and The Best American Short Stories.

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (Algonquin Books) Jonathan Evison, author of the novels West of Here and All About Lulu (both Skylight staff picks), returns to Skylight to read and sign his new book, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving. “The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving is the funniest and most tough-minded novel I've read in a long time. Jonathan Evison is a great lyrical talent who deserves to be better known, and this is his best novel yet. You owe it to yourself to read it.” —Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life “Jonathan Evison is a gifted raconteur with a wicked sense of humor and an unflagging empathy for humankind in all its sad, foible-filled magnificence. In The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, his myriad talents are displayed in full bloom.” —Patrick DeWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers Jonathan Evison is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel West of Here and All About Lulu, which won the Washington State Book Award. In 2009, he was the recipient of a Richard Buckley Fellowship from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. He lives on an island in western Washington. Books from the event can be purchased here: http://tinyurl.com/d8q86uu THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS SEPTEMBER 11, 2012.

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (Algonquin Books) Jonathan Evison, author of the novels West of Here and All About Lulu (both Skylight staff picks), returns to Skylight to read and sign his new book, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving. “The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving is the funniest and most tough-minded novel I've read in a long time. Jonathan Evison is a great lyrical talent who deserves to be better known, and this is his best novel yet. You owe it to yourself to read it.” —Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life “Jonathan Evison is a gifted raconteur with a wicked sense of humor and an unflagging empathy for humankind in all its sad, foible-filled magnificence. In The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, his myriad talents are displayed in full bloom.” —Patrick DeWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers Jonathan Evison is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel West of Here and All About Lulu, which won the Washington State Book Award. In 2009, he was the recipient of a Richard Buckley Fellowship from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. He lives on an island in western Washington. Books from the event can be purchased here: http://tinyurl.com/d8q86uu THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS SEPTEMBER 11, 2012.

On Episode 23, I talk to Lissette Mendez of Miami Book Fair International and the novelist Darin Strauss, plus Sarah Blakeley discusses Laura Ingalls Wilder, and then I answer some mail.

In our second podcast, we go back to our bookshelves again (or maybe put on our ipods, or maybe even just look at the back of the book). Then we take a deep dive into Darin Strauss’ memoir, Half a Life, which leads to a hot debate about the current challenges of nonfiction. Finally, Tod tries to stump Julia and Rider by reading things from the internet in the voice of a substandard poet. If you haven’t finished the book yet, don’t fret– you can revisit the episode any time. And there are no major spoilers– Half a Life is a meditative book so it’s more about style than plot, anyway. Feel free to leave your reaction to the book in our comments, or tweet us @LiteraryDisco. Happy listening, Literary Disco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claire Bidwell Smith is the guest.  She's the author of the memoir The Rules of Inheritance, available now from Hudson Street Press. Darin Strauss, the author of Half a Life, calls it "a perfectly crafted story — not about grief, ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darin Strauss is today's guest.  He is the author of three novels—Chang & Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You.  And his most recent book is a memoir called Half a Life (McSweeney's) which won the National ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Half a Life by Strauss; The Instructions by Levin (both books published by McSweeney's) Darin Strauss, author of More Than It Hurts You, will discuss and sign his heartbreaking memoir about how one outing in his father's Oldsmobile during his last month of high school resulted in the death of a classmate and the beginning of a different, darker life for the author. Joining him, Adam Levin will read and sign his new novel, The Instructions, which begins with a chance encounter with the beautiful Eliza June Watermark and ends, four days and 900 pages later, with the Events of November 17; this is the story of Gurion Maccabee, age ten: a lover, a fighter, a scholar, and a truly spectacular talker. Advance praise for Half a Life: “Half a Life is the best anything I've read—novel, memoir, story—in a very long time. Incredibly, it's also the most moving."  —David Lipsky, author of Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself “This book will break your heart. It's a great and moving book about a boy becoming a man, and it belongs on the shelf with just a precious few others—The Catcher in the Rye, The Moviegoer, Joe Gould's Secret. It should be read and re-read. It's a treasure.”  —Rich Cohen, author of Tough Jews and Sweet and Low Advance praise for The Instructions: "A great big novel, shaggy and undisciplined, but with moments of brilliance." —Publishers Weekly "The Instructions is a sizzling fire-cracker of a book. Readers beware: you will not be able to put this book down, you will not be able to get ten-year old Gurion Maccabee's fevered voice out of your head, and you will not be able to read anything else for like six months without thinking back to this book. The Instructions is a thrilling hurricane of an epic—1,000 pages that takes places over a mere four days—and it will chew you up and spit you out and you will be better for it." —Rachel Meier, Booksmith (San Francisco, CA) Darin Strauss is the best-selling author of Chang & Eng, The Real McCoy, and More Than It Hurts You. The recipient of a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing and -numerous other awards, Strauss's work has been translated into fourteen langauges, and published in over twenty countries. He is a Clinical Associate professor of Writing at New York University. Adam Levin's stories have appeared in Tin House, McSweeney's, and Esquire. Winner of the 2003 Tin House/Summer Literary Seminars Fiction Contest and the 2004 Joyce Carol Oates Fiction Prize, Levin holds an MA in Clinical Social Work from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. His collection of short stories, Hot Pink, will be published by McSweeney's in 2011. He lives in Chicago, where he teaches writing at Columbia College and The School of the Art Institute.