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It's episode 208 and time for us to talk about our Reading Resolutions for 2025! We discuss our love of spreadsheets, the churn of books in public libraries, literacy, unschooling, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray
Amuse bouche: Crass Popculture Corner (CPC) with Ye, an Italian-American troglodyte, Rid Kock, juggalos, Boebert. /§/ Russia-Ukraine-related USA's hard turn into throwing the proxy to the Azov wolves, Trump openly declares a protection racket project RE "rare earths," and Putin puppetry of the penis confessionals after dark. /§/ Trump claims he'll cut the Defense budget in half and that he'll halt nuclear weapons programs (as long as Russia and China follow suit regarding both). /§/ Joe Brandon was "boring" ackshully. /§/ Ceasefire turbulence and the politely euphemized "Gaza real estate plan." /§/ Eve Shartlow Continues to Lose Her Shit /§/ Grimes gets the dumbest award in Dubai for even dumber reasons. /§/ A whale swallows a man for the second time in our podcast history. /§/ China is Chinese...BUT AT WHAT COST?!? /§/ Technofeudalism continues to ascend and degrade at more or less the same pace. /§/ Labor unions meet Valuetainment. /§/ Democrats continue to purposely show off their impotence in hilarious ways. /§/ Our geriatric politicians continue to physically unspool before our eyes. Recorded on Saturday, February 15th, 2025 around 11.00 AM Korea Standard TimeCommiserate on Discord: discord.gg/aDf4Yv9PrYSupport: patreon / buzzsproutNever Forget: standwithdanielhale.orgGenral RecommendationsJosh's Recommendations: 1) Rejected by Tony Tulathimutte 2) Audiobooks 3) Whalefall 4) The Talented Mr. Ripley Tim's Recommendation: RipleySpecial Joint Recommendation: 95 to LifeFurther Reading, Viewing, ListeningShow notes + Full list of links, sources, etcMore From Joshua Nomen-MutatioSome Fiction WritingLydia's DriveThe Form AwardsMore From Timothy Robert BuechnerPodcast: Q&T ARE / violentpeople.co Tweets: @ROHDUTCHLocationless Locationsheatdeathpod.comEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Twitter: @heatdeathpodPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathodtheuniversepodcast@gmailSend us a textSupport the show
Back in October, before the 2024 election, we had on our friend—and brilliant screenwriter and playwright—Dorothy Fortenberry to talk about gender and the presidential campaign. Amid all the postmortems and Democratic soul searching, we wanted to have Dorothy back on to revisit some of those questions, starting with the difficulties women face in running as "outsiders" or against "The System"—an especially relevant consideration given the prevailing anti-incumbent, burn-it-down sentiment among voters across Europe and the Americas. Along the way we discuss Sarah Palin, Trump's "bad sex" cabinet and administration, how "having fun" is coded in American culture, and more.Sources:Dorothy Fortenberry, "The J.D. Vance sperm cups were probably a troll. But they got me thinking," Slate, Aug 23, 2024— "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore," Commonweal, Nov 5, 2020Martin Pengelly, "RFK Jr sexual assault accuser says she chose to speak out after Super Bowl ad," The Guardian, Nov 21, 2024. Eric Lutz, "Matt Gaetz Accused of Sex With Minor in House Ethics Report," Vanity Fair, Dec 21, 2024. Eric Tucker, "Trump's Pentagon pick paid woman after sex assault allegation but denies wrongdoing, his lawyer says," AP, Nov 17, 2024.Tony Tulathimutte, "Our Dope Future" in Rejection (Sept 2024)Robert Hanley, "Donor Apologized to Sister for Seduction of Husband," NYTimes, Jan 13, 2005.Damon Linker, "The Bestial Politics of Masculine Self-Assertion," Notes from the Middleground, Nov 22, 2024.Sam Adler-Bell, "MAGA Misfits vs. Nationalists vs. Reaganites vs. Dorks: The battle of the Trump transition," NY Mag, Dec 14, 2024.Listen again:"Suburban Woman," Oct 29, 2019"Living at the End of Our World" (w/ Daniel Sherrell), Sept 2, 2021"'Succession,' 'Extrapolations,' & TV Writing Today" (w/ Will Arbery), May 4, 2023"Boys and Girls in America," Oct 3, 2024...and don't forget to subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to all of our bonus episodes!...or give the gift of a KYE Patreon subscription to your loved on
Tony Tulathimutte is the author of the novel-in-stories Rejection (William Morrow & Co.). Tulathimutte is also the author of the debut novel Private Citizens. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, N+1, The Nation, The New Republic, and The New York Times. The recipient of an O. Henry Award and a Whiting Award, he runs the writing class CRIT in Brooklyn. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Charlotte and Jo enthuse briefly but ardently about friend of the pod's Tony Tulathimutte's Rejection and Helen Humphreys' Followed By The Lark before the powerhouse Shon Faye joins for a rollicking take on Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch.Shon Faye is an advice columnist for Vogue dot com and the author of two books The Transgender Issue published by Verso in 2022 and the forthcoming Love in Exile a memoir to be published by FSG in May 2025.Send questions, requests, recommendations, and your own thoughts about any of the books discussed today to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Charlotte's most recent book is An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Learn more at charoshane.comJo co-edits The Stopgap and their writing lives at jolivingstone.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welp...we recorded this one before the election. But don't worry we cut out all the hopeful parts! (booklist coming asap)
There was something distinctly unrelaxed about the way that Tony Tulathimutte, one of the more talented young writers at work in America today, announced the publication of “The Feminist,” a new short story, back in the fall of 2019.“To be clear in advance,” Tulathimutte wrote on Twitter, “feminism is good, this character is not good.”These days, when the faintest gust of heterodoxy is enough to start an internet stampede, it may be wise to put some moral distance between yourself and your protagonists, but as Tulathimutte soon found out, it's no guarantee you won't be caught in the crush. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
On Monday, the embattled rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. He's been denied bail twice, and is facing a sentence of 15 years to life in prison. Host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR Music editor Sidney Madden and legal affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff to understand what this indictment means for Combs and if this could be the beginning of a #MeToo movement in hip-hop.Then, Brittany is joined by Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection, to talk about a rising culture around rejection, his book and why online life can enable rejections to curdle inside us.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 409, my conversation with author Tony Tulathimutte. It first aired on April 13, 2016. Tulathimutte is the author of the debut novel Private Citizens and the forthcoming novel-in-stories Rejection (September 2024). His work has appeared in The Paris Review, n +1, The Nation, The New Republic, and The New York Times. The recipient of an O. Henry Award and a Whiting Award, he runs the writing class CRIT in Brooklyn. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jo (The Shipping News) and Charlotte (“Brokeback Mountain”) share notes on Iva Dixit-endorsed Annie Proulx before incendiary fiction writer Tony Tulathimutte (22:30) shocks by revealing that Alasdair Gray has written more books than just Lanark.Tony Tulathimutte is the author of Private Citizens and the forthcoming Rejection. He has received an O. Henry Award and Whiting Award, and teaches the independent writing class CRIT in Brooklyn.Send questions, requests, recommendations, and your own thoughts about any of the books discussed today to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Charlotte is on Instagram and Twitter as @Charoshane. She has a newsletter called Meant For You, with additional writing at charoshane.comJo co-edits The Stopgap and their writing lives at jolivingstone.com.Learn more about our producer Alex at https://www.alexsugiura.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Discussing aesthetic renewal, eschatology, cat person person, and meme literary beef Featuring Manuel Marrero (@manwellexists) of Expat Press and Scott Litts (@cafeviolenza) of Violence Cafe
Theme: Bounce by Charles CrouchShort stories and articles referenced: Cat Person by Kristen RoupenianThe Bad Boy by Kristen Roupenian is not available outside of You Know You Want This; read an analysis of it here.The Feminist by Tony Tulathimutte The Inverse of the Fuck Boy by Default FriendDiscussion time stamps: Cat Person: 10:34The Bad Boy: 59:37Summary of Kristen Roupenian's work: 1:19:13The Feminist: 1:12:18Spoiler for Full Moon Over Paris (Rohmer): 1:21:20-1:22:03
Our story today addresses, or should I say undresses - why snacking on your underwear might not be all that’s promised on the box. In this hilarious story written by Tony Tulathimutte, the narrator, played by actor Maulik Pancholy, is taking on the edible underpants industry. Later host Aparna Nancherla talks to the author about the inspiration for his story. Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=Splashpage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Unverifieds, minus Liza for this episode, talk about the need to write and read more about despicable Asian American characters, and why a lot of Asian American writers seem to shy away from that. Holding up Tony Tulathimutte's novel Private Citizens as a refreshing break from that tendency, Chris and Filip delve deeper into Will and the toxic Asian American male archetype he represents.Follow us on Twitter at @unver1fiedaccts!Intro Song: "Chairman Mao" by BambuTWITTER:Chris: @JesuInToastFilip: @filipgwritingREFERENCED RESOURCES:Tin House interview with Tony Tulathimutte (on writing Asian characters)EMAIL:unverifiedaccts@gmail.com
In this episode, we discuss “The Feminist” by Tony Tulathimutte. What can we learn from a story that delves so deeply into contemporary social issues? What can we learn from a protagonist that confidently refuses to acknowledge his own shortcomings? How does he nevertheless remain sympathetic? What can we learn from a story that spans […]
This episode is the third episode of our podcast series diving back into our 2016 Publishing Conference, which we held at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn. The panel we’re sharing this week is titled “Finding Your Community”, featuring Jenny Zhang, Alice Sola Kim, Tony Tulathimutte, and moderated by Jarry Lee. Jenny Zhang is the author of Sour Heart and the recently published My Baby First Birthday-- Alice Sola Kim was a 2016 Whiting award winner and has published in Tin House, The Village Voice, and McSweeney’s among others. Tony Tulathimutte is the author of the novel Private Citizens, and runs a really great writing workshop called Crit, which we’ll link to in the episode notes. Jarry Lee is a model and actor, and former deputy editor at Buzzfeed. Keep in mind this audio is from 2016, but we think it still has lots of relevant and helpful advice for writers looking for a writing community. Tony Tulathimutte's writing workshop in Brooklyn: https://crit.works/
For those who prefer their chaos aurally, our discussion of Tony Tulathimutte's "The Feminist." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Two years ago, the country was gripped by, of all things, a New Yorker short story called "Cat Person" by Kristen Roupenian, which dealt with the murky boundaries of sexual consent in modern dating. Recently, in n+1, Tony Tulathimutte published a short story, "The Feminist," about the dangerous rage of a male feminist whose good deeds go sexually unrewarded. Diana, Millie, and Oxford talk about both stories (as well as other books like "The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf, "Loner" by Teddy Wayne, and "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P." by Adelle Waldman) and the heightened emphasis our society places on dating. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Diana (@discoveryduck) Millie (@onemillicentcho) Oxford (@JesuInToast) REFERENCED RESOURCES: The Feminist by Tony Tulathimutte: https://nplusonemag.com/issue-35/fiction-drama/the-feminist/ Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person Vox article on The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/6/20995542/love-affairs-of-nathaniel-p-adelle-waldman The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf: https://www.strandbooks.com/fiction/the-beauty-myth-0099595745/_/searchString/beauty%20myth Loner by Teddy Wayne: https://www.strandbooks.com/fiction/loner-a-novel/_/searchString/loner The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.: https://www.strandbooks.com/fiction/the-love-affairs-of-nathaniel-p SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)
We've got high high hopes -- and that's not a Joe Biden stutter joke! Overtime's back and overly literary. This week we talk about Tony Tulathimutte's "The Feminist"!: www.patreon.com/thenewsneverends Links: The King's Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHY2UzOonig Raprock Obama https://twitter.com/BetaODork/status/1166808746544250882 King's Speech Music (aka Beethoven Symphony No. 7 - II) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlljoJ5lovQ The Mayor Pete dance https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/the-pete-buttigieg-high-hopes-dance-has-become-a-meme Stutterer Like Me https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/joe-biden-stutter-profile/602401/ Biden cites the "only African-American woman" ever elected to the Senate... next to the second one who was (1:10ish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP7bQ3cSvLg Healthcare "stutter" (a little after 20:00) https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/07/31/democratic-primary-debate-night-two-part-one-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/night-two-full-cnn-2020-democratic-primary-debate/ Go to Joe 30330 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZmUnR9TOmo Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy's Demosthenes Practicing Oratory https://www.artrenewal.org//secureimages/artwork/110/110/6901/demosthene_sexerce_a_la_parole-large.jpg?w=1000&h=1000
In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, fiction writers Elizabeth McCracken and Tony Tulathimutte and poets Kathryn Nuernberger and Hadara Bar-Nadav talk about graduate programs in creative writing with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. Readings for the episode: · The Program Era by Mark McGurl· “MFA vs POC,” The New Yorker, Junot Diaz· “The Writers' Workshop,” by Frank Conroy, from Dogs Bark but the Caravan Rolls On· POC Mentorship: Graduate Faculty Writers of Color (from de-canon)· Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte· Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken (forthcoming in February) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Well this is timely! In the year that has come and gone since the start of Plan A, we’ve broached topics that have either been ignored or suppressed by the mainstream Asian American community. But it’s one thing to discuss them; it’s another to take positive actions to fix problems. So the question for discontent Asian American guys is: what steps are necessary to finally find a way out of the bog of anger that exists online and start improving our future? Oxford, Mark, Q, and Filip take a shot at answering this all-important question. Intro Song: "Work (Instrumental)" by The Quiett Intro Voice Track: Jeremy Lin's press conference, answering question by Kevin Kreider (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paSH0Ip9pcU) TWITTER: Oxford (@oxford_kondo) Mark (@snbatman) Q (@allyouneedis_q) Filip (@filipgwriting) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Ivan Krastev on European Meritocracy: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/opinion/the-rise-and-fall-of-european-meritocracy.html Hanh Nguyen's article on lack of Asian male characters in "To All The Boys I've Loved Before": https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-netflix-jenny-han-no-asian-male-love-interest-1201995975/ Vulture calls out "Master of None" for lack of non-white female love interests: http://www.vulture.com/2015/11/master-of-none-and-interracial-dating-on-tv.html Why Are Brown Men So Infatuated With White Women Onscreen?: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/imransiddiquee/why-are-brown-men-so-infatuated-with-white-women-onscreen Brown Men Have Reduced Brown Women To A Punchline: https://qz.com/india/1016554/aziz-ansari-hasan-minhaj-kumail-nanjiani-brown-actors-have-reduced-brown-women-to-a-punchline/ "Private Citizens" by Tony Tulathimutte: https://www.amazon.com/Private-Citizens-Novel-Tony-Tulathimutte/dp/0062399101 "The Dead Do Not Improve" by Jay Caspian Kang: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Do-Not-Improve-Novel/dp/0307953890/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535338166&sr=1-1&keywords=dead+do+not+improve "The Hundred-Year Flood" by Matthew Salesses: https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Flood-Matthew-Salesses/dp/1477829547
Author Tony Tulathimutte joins merritt to talk power sources, virtual assistants, and horned lizards.
I get over my insecurity about younger authors and talk with Tony Tulathmiutte about his debut novel, Private Citizens! We discuss his critique of the idea of voice-of-a-generation novels, the heavy and weird expectations of being an Asian-American writer, the impossibility of satire, what he got out of his years working in Silicon Valley, writing good bad sex, and his discovery that Jonathan Franzen thinks he uses "overly interesting verbs". • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal
This week's show features our final interviews from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. We talk with Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails. Tony Tulathimutte joins us to discuss his novel Private Citizens and how he overcame his fear of writing comedy. We also talk with Andrea Kleine about her deeply personal novel Calf, a story about a love affair between John Hinckley, Jr. (the failed Reagan assassin) and Leslie DeVeau, a woman who murdered her own daughter. This episode is sponsored by Otherppl with Brad Listi, a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading authors, poets, and screenwriters. Electric Literature calls it “one of the best podcasts on the web,” and Buzzfeed calls it “the perfect way to get the story behind your stories.” There are now more than 400 episodes available — and counting. Hear conversations with writers like George Saunders, Cheryl Strayed, Roxane Gay, Leslie Jamison, Hanya Yanagihara, Jonathan Lethem, Sheila Heti, Eileen Myles, and many more. Otherppl with Brad Listi has its own official app, available for free at your favorite app store. The show is also available for free at iTunes and Stitcher, and on the web at otherppl.com.
Tony Tulathimutte is the guest. His debut novel, Private Citizens, is available now from William Morrow. Had a good time talking with Tony. He's a smart guy. I feel like he has a lot of intensity to him. There's a coiled intensity thing happening. He doesn't miss much. He had a hard childhood. We talk about that. His novel has gotten the kinds of reviews that debut authors dream about. It's a promising beginning to a career. We talk about that, too. We talk about a lot of stuff. In today's monologue, I experiment with a groundbreaking new broadcasting technique and share a short conversation I had with Bud Smith, whose novella, I'm From Electric Peak, is the official April pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is not a Valentine's Day episode. But it is inappropriate for workplace listening, inappropriate for children, inappropriate for tender souls—wait, it's exactly right for tender souls. (Isn't all art?) Tony Tulathimutte and Belinda McKeon read from their new novels: on desire, longing, lust, shame, loneliness, family, and, yes, love. And porn. ~review The Catapult in iTunes~ CatapultPodcast.com // @CatapultPodcast // The Trebuchet