Podcast appearances and mentions of hilary leichter

Hilary Leicther's particular brand of surrealist fiction takes metaphors and makes them tangible. Her debut novel, Temporary, followed a nameless, archetypal temp worker from one gig to the next. As the jobs grow progressively stranger, their strangeness bleeds into her personal life. In this episode, I talk to Leichter about her new novel, Terrace Story, in which a struggling family find a spacious terrace — one that seems to defy the laws of physics — behind the linen closet of their tiny, New York apartment. It is a novel about the impact each of us has on the world around us, and the hidden depths we all contain.

In publishing, we spend a lot of time talking about genre, and a lot of authors know exactly what genre they're interested in writing in. But what about writers who have story ideas that don't easily fit into any one genre category? Should they shift the story to better fit a marketing mold, or should they just keep writing and faith that their unique story will find the right home? In this episode of "Writer's Digest Presents," content editor Michael Woodson chats with author Hilary Leichter, author of Temporary and Terrace Story, about ignoring craft rules, not thinking about your readers, and when to ask yourself what you're afraid of.

Stephanie liebt diese kleine Familie. Sie will ihr etwas Gutes tun. Und so setzt sie ihre Gabe ein. Diese Gabe, die wundervoll und erschreckend zugleich ist. – Stephanie ist eine der Hauptfiguren in Hilary Leichters Roman "Luftschlösser", der sich um Verlust, Trauer und Liebe dreht.**********Weitere BeiträgeLiteratur: "Views" von Marc-Uwe KlingLiteratur: "Haha Heartbreak" von Olivia KuderewskiLiteratur: Mord auf der Insel Gokumon von Seishi Yokomizo**********Den Artikel zum Stück findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.

La Barra Libre de Aloma Rodríguez la protagoniza Hilary Leichter con su última novela: 'Historia de una terraza'. Escuchar audio

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Die Amerikanerin Hilary Leichter schreibt Romane über die Grenzen dessen, was wir uns vorstellen können. Das ist unsere Realität, sagt sie. Nehmt es hin. Es geht um Arbeitsbedingungen, um Wohnverhältnisse – und die Liebe in Gefahr. Ein Gespräch über das Sonderbare im Alltäglichen

La poeta, escritora y editora Andrea Toribio publica 'Niños del futuro', un diario que escribió entre Madrid y Las Palmas de Gran Canaria durante 7 años (2016-2023). Guarda en él recuerdos de la librería donde empezó, de casas ajenas, la piscina de la Complutense o una fiesta que acabó en tragedia. Nos visita Inés Martín Rodrigo para abrir la libería de Stars Hollow de la mano de Carme Vendrell, Hilary Leichter y Milena Busquets. Seguimos de visita por Gipuzkoa porqu allí se unen el modisto del espacio y el escultor del aire, Cristobal Balenciaga y Eduardo Chillida, para la exposición 'Plegar la forma'.De ahí nos vamos con Ángela Núñez a Móstoles para visitar el Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo donde se presentan 3 muestras de creadoras como Teresa Solar Abboud, Ana Gallardo y Asunción Molinos. Nos despedimos con la Pequeteca de Leticia Audibert que nos recomienda 'La Luna de Juan', un clásico reeditado por Kalandraka, de Carme Solé Vendrell.Escuchar audio

On today's episode of The Lives of Writers, Sara Rauch interviews Hilary Leichter.Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels Terrace House, which came out from Ecco early this fall, and Temporary, which came out, to much acclaim, from Coffee House Press in 2020. Hilary's writing has appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, Conjunctions, and elsewhere. Her work in Harper's Magazine won the 2021 National Magazine Award in Fiction.Sara Rauch is the author of the book-length essay XO, from us at Autofocus Books. She's also the author of the story collection, What Shines from it, from Alternating Current Press. Her book reviews and author interviews have been featured in the LA Review of Books, Newcity Lit, Lambda Literary, The Rumpus, and elsewhere.____________PART ONE, topics include:-- boredom and daydreaming-- the internal/external nature of writing-- teaching undergrad at Columbia after doing their MFA-- screenwriting and starting as a playwright-- writing her first novel Temporary____________PART TWO, topics include:-- drafting novels in a month-- writing her new novel Terrace Story-- book length and access-- indicating space in fiction-- an unspoiled emotional experience____________PART THREE, topics include:-- space and limited space-- short stories turning into novels-- the unintentional and intentional parts of writing--  loneliness and aloneness ____________Podcast theme music provided by Mike Nagel, author of Duplex. Here's more of his project: Yeah Yeah Cool Cool.The Lives of Writers is edited and produced by Michael Wheaton.

Melissa Broder is the author of Milk Fed, the ''sensuous and delightfully delirious tale'' (O, The Oprah Magazine) of a calorie-obsessed lapsed Jewish woman who falls under the spell of a zaftig Orthodox frozen yogurt store employee. Her other work includes the novel The Pisces, an essay collection titled So Sad Today, and four collections of poetry. Her poems have appeared in a multitude of publications, including Tin House and Guernica, and she is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize. In Death Valley, Broder weaves the tale of a woman who finds refuge from her sorrows through a mystical cactus in the high California desert. Hilary Leichter's novel Temporary, longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award and a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Prize, tells the tale of a young woman who fills increasingly bizarre temp job positions. It was named one of 2020's best books by NPR, Vulture, and Elle, and was a New York Times Editors' Choice. A creative writing professor at Columbia University, Leichter has earned fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, and Harper's Magazine, among other places. Her latest novel, Terrace Story, tells the story of a family living in a cramped apartment who finds a miraculous and inexplicable terrace in their closet. Because you love Author Events, please make a donation to keep our podcasts free for everyone. THANK YOU! (recorded 10/25/2023)

Kate Wolf speaks to author and translator Lydia Davis about her latest collection of stories, Our Strangers. The book, which is notably not available for sale on Amazon, includes well over 100 stories, with many measuring at just a few lines. The stories take a variety forms: sketches of interactions from daily life, letters of complaint, recorded anecdotes, sequential interludes, grammatical inquires, meditations on passing thoughts and fantasies, as well as more sustained looks at life in a small country town and the intimacies we share with neighbors. Davis returns to abiding themes of aging, friendship, illness, death, mutual care, melancholy, nature, and the life of women with singular insight, humor, rigor, and an ever-present curiosity.  Also, Hilary Leichter, author of Terrace Story, returns to recommend Worry: A Novel by Alexandra Tanner.

Kate Wolf speaks to author and translator Lydia Davis about her latest collection of stories, Our Strangers. The book, which is notably not available for sale on Amazon, includes well over 100 stories, with many measuring at just a few lines. The stories take a variety forms: sketches of interactions from daily life, letters of complaint, recorded anecdotes, sequential interludes, grammatical inquires, meditations on passing thoughts and fantasies, as well as more sustained looks at life in a small country town and the intimacies we share with neighbors. Davis returns to abiding themes of aging, friendship, illness, death, mutual care, melancholy, nature, and the life of women with singular insight, humor, rigor, and an ever-present curiosity. Also, Hilary Leichter, author of Terrace Story, returns to recommend Worry: A Novel by Alexandra Tanner.

In the first half of the show, Medaya Ocher speaks with Hilary Leichter about her novel Terrace Story. It follows a young family who live in cramped quarters in a big city, surviving but financially strapped. One day, a woman named Stephanie comes over and when she opens the closet door they discover a magic terrace, which immediately disappears once Stephanie leaves, and only appears again when she returns. Suddenly, the family's tight, mediumrestricted lives take a turn for the magical—and the tragic. Then, Kate Wolf is joined by writer, artist, and beloved former LARB senior editor Lisa Teasley to talk about her latest book of gripping short stories, Fluid, her first in two decades.

Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world. Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death? Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story (Ecco, 2023) is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next. Hilary Leichter is the author of the novel Temporary, which was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Prize, and was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Hilary's other writings have appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, Conjunctions and Harper's Magazine. She has been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches at Columbia University where she is the Undergraduate Creative Writing Adviser in Fiction. Recommendations: Alexandra Chang, Tomb Sweeping Yuri Herrara, Ten Planets  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world. Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death? Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story (Ecco, 2023) is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next. Hilary Leichter is the author of the novel Temporary, which was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Prize, and was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Hilary's other writings have appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, Conjunctions and Harper's Magazine. She has been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches at Columbia University where she is the Undergraduate Creative Writing Adviser in Fiction. Recommendations: Alexandra Chang, Tomb Sweeping Yuri Herrara, Ten Planets  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In the first half of the show, Medaya Ocher speaks with Hilary Leichter about her novel Terrace Story. It follows a young family who live in cramped quarters in a big city, surviving but financially strapped. One day, a woman named Stephanie comes over and when she opens the closet door they discover a magic terrace, which immediately disappears once Stephanie leaves, and only appears again when she returns. Suddenly, the family's tight, mediumrestricted lives take a turn for the magical—and the tragic. Then, Kate Wolf is joined by writer, artist, and beloved former LARB senior editor Lisa Teasley to talk about her latest book of gripping short stories, Fluid, her first in two decades.

Annie, Edward, and their young daughter, Rose, live in a cramped apartment. One night, without warning, they find a beautiful terrace hidden in their closet. It wasn't there before, and it seems to only appear when their friend Stephanie visits. A city dweller's dream come true! But every extra bit of space has a hidden cost, and the terrace sets off a seismic chain of events, forever changing the shape of their tiny home, and the shape of the world. Terrace Story follows the characters who suffer these repercussions and reverberations: the little family of three, their future now deeply uncertain, and those who orbit their fragile universe. The distance and love between these characters expands limitlessly, across generations. How far can the mind travel when it's looking for something that is gone? Where do we put our loneliness, longing, and desire? What do we do with the emotions that seem to stretch beyond the body, beyond the boundaries of life and death? Based on the National Magazine Award-winning story, Hilary Leichter's profound second novel asks how we nurture love when death looms over every moment. From one of our most innovative and daring writers, Terrace Story (Ecco, 2023) is an astounding meditation on loss, a reverie about extinction, and a map for where to go next. Hilary Leichter is the author of the novel Temporary, which was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Prize, and was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Hilary's other writings have appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, Conjunctions and Harper's Magazine. She has been awarded fellowships from Yaddo, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches at Columbia University where she is the Undergraduate Creative Writing Adviser in Fiction. Recommendations: Alexandra Chang, Tomb Sweeping Yuri Herrara, Ten Planets  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

This week on The Maris Review, Hilary Leichter joins Maris to talk about her new novel Terrace Story, out now from Ecco. Hilary Leichter is the author of Temporary, which was a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her writing has appeared in Harper's, the New Yorker, and the New York Times. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her new novel is called Terrace Story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Critically acclaimed author, Hilary Leichter, spoke to me about why she thinks of herself as a realist, how her life imitates art, finding a novel hidden in her closet, and her latest, TERRACE STORY. Hilary Leichter is an award-winning short story writer, and author of the novel Temporary, which was a finalist for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and an NYPL Young Lions Fiction Prize, that was also longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, was named a New York Times Editors' Choice as well as a Best Book of 2020 by NPR, Elle, Vulture, and Publishers Weekly. Her latest novel, Terrace Story (Ecco; on sale: August 29, 2023), is described as “... an intimate exploration of time, a fable about love,[and] an epic daydream for a broken-hearted world.” Booklist said of the book, “Terrace Story is fun and profound, fickle and erudite. It is an irresistibly cool book.” Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust, said of the author, ”Hilary Leichter, [is] one of our most original novelists, [and] amazes us again with a beautifully unclassifiable novel. Step out onto the terrace, where space and time, cause and effect, and fiction and reality have been redefined and gorgeously subverted. Terrace Story isn't a novel you merely read; it's a book you inhabit.” Hilary teaches at Columbia University where she is the Undergraduate Creative Writing Adviser in Fiction. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, Conjunctions, and elsewhere. Her work in Harper's Magazine won the 2021 National Magazine Award in Fiction. [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Hilary Leichter and I discussed:   Why it never seems to get easier Sling-shotting from rejection to literary darling Why her first book was about a woman with many jobs set in the gig economy The writing habits she fears are unhealthy Revisiting The Poetics of Space The definition of “reverse research” And a lot more! Show Notes: hilaryleichter.com Terrace Story: A Novel By Hilary Leichter (Amazon)  Andrea Bartz Amazon Author Page How Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Hernan Diaz Writes: Redux Hilary Leichter on Instagram Hilary Leichter on Twitter Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in February, Alison hosted an evening of Selected Shorts, a program that curates a selection of short stories, and brings together world class performers to read them aloud. The event featured stories by Louise Erdrich, Hilary Leichter, Carmen Maria Machado, and Bryan Washington, with readings from Molly Bernard (Younger), Sarah Mezzanotte (The Wolves), Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That ...), Petronia Paley (On the Way to Timbuktu), and Michael Potts (Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom). Check out the rest of Selected Shorts' programming here.

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Alex and Lindsay talk with Hilary Leichter (Temporary) about turning a short story into a novel, transmuting the emotions the writer feels while writing into what the reader will read, the submission process, working with Emily Books, and more. 

Twenty-year-old Sibel thought she had concrete plans for the summer. She would care for her grandmother in Istanbul, visit her father's grave, and study for the MCAT. Instead, she finds herself watching Turkish soap operas and self-diagnosing her own possible chronic illness with the four humors theory of ancient medicine.   Also on Sibel's mind: her blond American boyfriend who accompanies her to Turkey; her energetic but distraught younger sister; and her devoted grandmother, who, Sibel comes to learn, carries a harrowing secret.   Delving into her family's history, the narrative weaves through periods of political unrest in Turkey, from military coups to the Gezi Park protests. Told with pathos and humor, Sibel's search for strange and unusual cures is disrupted as she begins to see how she might heal herself through the care of others, including her own family and its long-fractured relationships.   In this episode of Skylit, author Mina Seckin discusses her novel Four Humors with Hilary Leichter. _______________________________________________   Produced by Maddie Gobbo, Lance Morgan, Natalie Freeman, & Michael Kowaleski. Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

Die namenlose Heldin der Geschichte ist Zeitarbeiterin in New York. Sie arbeitet als Aushilfe in einem großen Büro, als Hochhausputzerin, als Verkehrspolizistin, auf einem Piratenschiff, als Assistentin eines Mörders und schließlich als Mutter eines einsamen Jungen, der erzogen werden möchte. Ihr Alltag ändert sich von Woche zu Woche, und auch ihr Privatleben muss Schritt halten, in dem es für jede Lebens- und Gemütslage den passenden Partner gibt, achtzehn an der Zahl. Mit jedem neuen Job, den die Protagonistin durch ihre Agentur vermittelt bekommt, wird deutlicher, wie absurd ihre Anstellungen sind – ebenso wie der ewige Versuch, dem Leben über die Arbeit einen Sinn zu geben. Denn: »Nichts ist so persönlich wie unser Job.«Quelle: Verlagstext

Hilary Leichter, whose debut novel Temporary, is getting rave reviews from everywhere, joined me on July 16, 2021. We talk writing, temporary jobs and the value of cashmere. 

Wie wollen wir arbeiten und leben? Ist der Traumjob ein Mythos und die perfekte Balance eine Utopie? Lisa Kreißler und Juliane Bergmann suchen Antworten in Büchern und sprechen mit der Journalistin Greta Taubert. Es geht um den Kapitalismus und alternative Arbeits- und Lebensmodelle, um Sinnsuche und die Frage nach dem Wert der Zeit. Um diese Bücher geht es in der Folge: 00:06:33 Hilary Leichter: "Die Hauptsache" (Arche) // 00:22:22 O-Ton von Satiriker und Schriftsteller Ephraim Kishon aus dem NDR-Archiv (1984) // 00:27:55 Gespräch mit Greta Taubert, Autorin des Sachbuchs "Im Club der Zeitmillionäre" (Eichborn) // 00:48:44 Andrej Platonow: "Die Baugrube", Neuübersetzung von Gabriele Leupold (Suhrkamp) // Wenn Sie Ideen, Anregungen oder Feedback zum Podcast "Land in Sicht" haben, schicken Sie gerne eine Mail an landinsicht@ndr.de.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Faber.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Faber.

Hilary Leichter is the author of the novel Temporary, which was shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her writing has appeared in n+1, The New Yorker, Harper's, The New York Times, and New York Magazine's The Cut. She teaches fiction at Columbia University and has been awarded fellowships from the Folger Shakespeare Library and the New York Foundation for the Arts. For more Thresholds, visit www.thisisthresholds.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Die 34-jährige New Yorkerin Hilary Leichter legt einen fantastischen Roman über das Arbeitsleben der Zukunft vor. In "Temporary", wie "Die Hauptsache" im amerikanischen Original heißt, stellt sie den ins Absurde überspitzten Alltag moderner Gig-Arbeiterinnen dar. Rezension von Brigitte Neumann. Aus dem Englischen von Gregor Runge Arche Verlag, 224 Seiten, 20 Euro ISBN 978-3-7160-2795-0

Hilary Leichter is the author of the novel Temporary, which was shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her writing has appeared in n+1, The New Yorker, Harper's, The New York Times, and New York Magazine's The Cut. She teaches fiction at Columbia University and has been awarded fellowships from the Folger Shakespeare Library and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

This week's guest is Morgan Jerkins, author of CAUL BABY. This novel combines folklore and Black womanhood with gentrification and healthcare disparity, creating an unforgettable work of magical realism. The book follows the Melancon family, born with a layer of skin (the caul) that protects them from harm and imparts good fortune on those that carry it. The Melancons choose to sell pieces of their caul to ensure their safety and social standing, and for years this occurs without issue. Until the day they refuse sale to a pregnant Black woman and she loses her pregnancy. This sets into motion a series of events, including the adoption of a caul-bearing girl, that shakes the Melancon family and the Harlem community to its core. In this pandemic, with our society questioning the nature and importance of employment, Morgan's mind went to TEMPORARY by Hilary Leichter as an all-time favorite book. This short, idiosyncratic novel follows an unnamed narrator that exists as a temporary worker. She fills in for roles that need filling, everything from a barnacle on a rock to Chairman of the Board. Jobs, relationships, friendships, these are as fleeting as a few hours of PTO. The goal is steadiness, but as the novel progresses, we wonder if steadiness is a reality or just a means to an end. Morgan shares her thoughts on moving from nonfiction to fiction, the status of gentrification in Harlem, millennial work culture, and so much more. And as always, the episode is spoiler-free. Buy the book: https://bookshop.org/books/caul-baby/9780062873088 Follow Morgan on twitter @morganjerkins and on instagram @_morganjerkins Follow Your Favorite Book on instagram and twitter @yfbpodcast

In ihrem Roman "Die Hauptsache" führt die Autorin Hilary Leichter die Jobwechsel ihrer namenlosen Ich-Erzählerin ad absurdum. Jeder Job ist eine Metapher, surreal, komisch, aber teils alles andere als lustig.

About Hilary Leichter: Hilary Leichter's writing has appeared in n+1, the New Yorker, the Cut, the Southern Review, and elsewhere. She has taught fiction at Columbia University and has been awarded fellowships from the Folger Shakespeare Library and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. About Temporary: In Temporary, a young woman's workplace is the size of the world. She fills increasingly bizarre placements in search of steadiness, connection, and something, at last, to call her own. Whether it's shining an endless closet of shoes, swabbing the deck of a pirate ship, assisting an assassin, or filling in for the Chairman of the Board, for the mythical Temporary, “there is nothing more personal than doing your job.” This riveting quest, at once hilarious and profound, will resonate with anyone who has ever done their best at work, even when the work is only temporary.

Oh, Should-Heads! If you haven't read Temporary, you are doing yourself a real disservice. It's clever and funny, but don't take our word for it. It's also received excellent reviews from The New York Times, The Washington Post and made Best Of 2020 lists from NPR and Publisher's Weekly and many more outlets. As we approach the first anniversary of quarantine, this is a book that will be the best possible distraction. Thank you so much for author Hilary Leichter, who is well versed in the rule of threes, for joining us! (Also in this episode: we all bought a lot of books and learned we didn't know anything about the Dust Bowl.)Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their February selections:      https://www.bookofthemonth.com/the-best-new-books  Rachael Reads on Youtube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYcyAEteFiL-sLHZVLX6nw Kelly's blog! https://kellyvision.wordpress.com Currently Reading:  Julia: A Blade So Black (L.L. McKinney) Kelly:  The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah). Recently finished Later (Stephen King) and Float Plan (Trish Doller) Rachael: Temporary (Hilary Leichter), The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah) and Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine ). Recently finished Ask Again, Yes (Mary Beth Keane)  Recent Acquisitions: Julia: The Versions of Us (Laura Barnett),  God Spare the Girls (Kelsey McKinney), The Duke and I (Julia Quinn), Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron), Much Ado About You (Samantha Young), In the Quick (Kate Hope Day)  Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro) Kelly: Later (Stephen King), Float Plan (Trish Doller), Accidentally Engaged (Farah Heron), Who is Maud Dixon (Alexandra Andrews), I Think I Love You (Aurianne Desombre), Yolk (Mary H.K. Choi), Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)  That Summer (Jennifer Weiner)  The Cost of Knowing (Brittney Morris). Rachael: Gilead (Marilynne Robinson), Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel), Whispers of Shadow and Flame (L. Penelope), Raybearer (Jordan Ifueko), Honey Girl (Morgan Rogers), The Lost Apothecary (Sarah Penner)  Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro).Hilary's recommendations: Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder), Pachinko (Min Jin Lee) and That Time of Year (Marie NDiaye) Follow Hilary Leichter: Twitter: @hilsaphina Website: https://www.hilaryleichter.com/  Buy Unscripted:  https://bookshop.org/books/unscripted/9780997552324  Follow What You Should Read: Twitter:     @wysr_podcast Instagram:     @wysr_podcast Goodreads:     https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115539912-what-you-should-read-podcast YouTube:     https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfNtid_b0R14otSPRZTkmQ www.whatyoushouldread.com Don't forget about our next book club! We're discussing Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro! Exact date TBD. Theme song by Violet Gray:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOQUkSoVPZkfsXtMWLoZV5Q

Our first pick for February's prompt is Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Coffee House Press. It gets us talking about the mundanity of office life and the strangeness of life under capitalism.   Next week we are reading Frontier by Can Xue. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

Alternate title: TRUST NO ONE! A list of sources for this episode can be found here. Next week we will be discussing Temporary by Hilary Leichter. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

Our January prompt for The Bookstore's 12 Month Challenge is "a book you think you really should have read by now." Becca's pick for that prompt is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.  February is indie publisher month, if you have a favorite indie pub book, we'd love to hear about it! Our first book for February is Temporary by Hilary Leichter. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

In the second of our all-new "Ten Minutes with..." series, Jonathan spends ten minutes (well, nearly twenty) with critic and reviewer Ian Mond talking about the book he's reading right now and the books he recommends for those with a little time on their hands (some of which he's reviewing for Locus). Books mentioned in this episode include: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Bubblegum by Adam Levin We All Hear Stories in the Dark by Robert Shearman Providence by Max Barry Ghost Species by James Bradley Pew by Catherine Lacey Temporary by Hilary Leichter