Podcasts about poxl west

With characters situated in surreal, Twilight Zone-esque, yet all-too-familiar positions of oppression within our most venerable institutions, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's 2018 debut fiction collection, Friday Black, was praised as a "vivid, original'' portrait of ''America in all its racism, weirdness and abject consumerism'' (People). The winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the Saroyan Prize and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for Best First Book, Adjei-Brenyah has contributed work to some of the country's most prestigious publications, including Guernica, Esquire, The New York Times Book Review, and The Paris Review. In Chain Gang All-Stars, his debut novel, he follows the gladiatorial fortunes of two women inmates who compete for their freedom in highly profitable and popular officially sanctioned prison death matches. Praised by George Saunders as ''a prodigiously talented writer, with a huge heart,'' Daniel Torday won the National Jewish Book Award for both his debut novel The Sensualist and his follow-up, The Last Flight of Poxl West. His other work includes the novel Boomer1 as well as articles and essays published in Esquire, n+1, Tin House, and The New York Times, among other publications. A professor of creative writing at Bryn Mawr College, Torday is also the winner of the Sami Rohr Choice Prize. The 12th Commandment delves into the sins, redemptions, and secrets of an Ohio-based Jewish-Islamic religious sect grappling with the murder of its prophet's son. (recorded 5/8/2023)

In conversation with Daniel Torday, Director of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West, Boomer1, and The Sensualist, and two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award. ''One of the most gifted, wickedly entertaining story writers around'' (New York Times Book Review), George Saunders won the Man Booker Prize for Lincoln in the Bardo, a kaleidoscopic tale of the 16th President's son's death and purgatorial afterlife. His surreal short story collections include the New York Times notable books Pastoralia and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline; and Tenth of December, a National Book Award finalist. A professor of creating writing at Syracuse University, Saunders is the recipient of Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships and has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Pairing iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol with seven corresponding essays, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is a meditative master class on what makes great fiction click.  A signed book is included with the price of your ticket. Books will be mailed after the event. Please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery. (recorded 1/18/2021)

Exploring the nature of family and loss through the derring-do of a Czechoslovakian war hero, Daniel Torday's novel The Last Flight of Poxl West won the National Jewish Book Award, as did his debut novella The Sensualist. The Director of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College, Torday's work has appeared in Esquire, Tin House, The New York Times, and other publications. His new novel pits a disaffected and desperate 30-something with no job prospects against his Baby Boomer mother and successful punk bassist ex-girlfriend. Praised by writer's writer George Saunders as ''strange, crazed, urgent and funny,'' Nana Kwamei Adjei-Brenyah's explosive debut fiction collection, Friday Black, situates characters in extraordinarily surreal, Twilight Zone-esque, yet all-too-familiar positions of oppression within our criminal justice, consumerist, and pop cultural institutions. Adjei-Brenyah's work has been published in some of the country's most prestigious publications, including Guernica, Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing, and The Breakwater Review, where he was selected as the winner of the 2nd Annual Breakwater Review Fiction Contest. Watch the video here. (recorded 11/14/2018)

James and Daniel Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West, discuss working on second novels, getting the facts right, writing about World War II, magnetic people, and, of course, Carrot Top. Plus, Deena Drewis discusses publishing novellas at Nouvella Books.    Dan and James Discuss:  In Cold Blood by Truman Capote  Thucydides N+1  The Rumpus Gay Talese Wells Tower   McSweeney's Dan Shaughnessy Will McDonough Peter Gammons  Elizabeth Kolbert  Tim Junod  Mary Karr Jim Shepard  The Martian by Andy Weir David Foster Wallace  John Jeremiah Sullivan  Jay Kirk  George Saunders  Eric Rosenbloom  Rebecca Curtis  Adam Levin  The Monkey Mind by Daniel Smith  The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky  "17 Things You Learn When You Interview Carrot Top" by Chris Jones  Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare  Philip Roth  Captain Ahab  Humbert Humbert  Iago  The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy by Masha Gessen  Sam Lipsyte  Lauren Goodwin Slaughter  Laura Farmer    Deena and James Discuss: The Sensualist by Daniel Torday   A Familiar Beast by Panio Gianopoulos The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink  Elena Ferrante  One Day Soon Time Will Have No Place Left to Hide by Christian Kiefer Zyzzyva Glimmer Train Five Chapters Redivider Pank Hobart   Ploughshares  One Story  How to Shake the Other Man by Derek Palacio  Ciao, Suerte by Annie McGreevy The Last Repatriate by Matthew Salesses  Graywolf Press    web: http://tkpod.com //  email: tkwithjs@gmail.com //  instagram: tkwithjs //  Facebook.com/tkwithjs //

Daniel Torday is the author of the novel The Last Flight of Poxl West, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and an Amazon.com Best Debuts of 2015. His novella, The Sensualist, won the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for debut fiction. Torday’s stories and essays have appeared in Esquire Magazine, n+1, The New York Times, The Paris Review Daily and Tin House. A former editor at Esquire, Torday serves as an editor at The Kenyon Review. He is Director of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College. At the event, Torday will read from his most recent novel The Last Flight of Poxl West. The event, co-sponsored by Falvey Memorial Library and the Department of English, was free and open to the public.

Daniel Torday is the author of the novel The Last Flight of Poxl West, a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, and an Amazon.com Best Debuts of 2015. His novella, The Sensualist, won the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for debut fiction. Torday’s stories and essays have appeared in Esquire Magazine, n+1, The New York Times, The Paris Review Daily and Tin House. A former editor at Esquire, Torday serves as an editor at The Kenyon Review. He is Director of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College. At the event, Torday will read from his most recent novel The Last Flight of Poxl West. The event, co-sponsored by Falvey Memorial Library and the Department of English, was free and open to the public.

This week, Daniel Torday discusses “The Last Flight of Poxl West”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Frank Bruni talks about Barney Frank’s new memoir; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.