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Perennially single, socially awkward, and drowning in debt, Michael Lincoln finds his life has turned out nothing like the interga…

Sara Levine joins me to discuss her novel 'Treasure Island!!!'

When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper, gift wrapper, laziest ever part-time clerk at The Pet Library…

Johannes Lichtman joins me to discuss his novel "Calling Ukraine."

National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and author of Such Good Work Johannes Lichtman returns with a novel that is strikingly r…

Lauren Oliver joins me to discuss her novel 'Panic.'

Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even …

Lincoln Michel joins me to discuss his novel 'The Body Scout.'

In the future you can have any body you want—as long as you can afford it. But in a New York ravaged by climate change and repeat pande…

Teddy Wayne joins me to discuss his novel 'Apartment.'

In 1996, the unnamed narrator of Teddy Wayne’s Apartment is attending the MFA writing program at Columbia on his father’s dime and living in an …

Carmen Maria Machado joins me to discuss her memoir 'In the Dream House.'

'In the Dream House' is Machado’s wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanis…

Ryan Chapman joins me to discuss his debut novel 'Riots I Have Known.'

An unnamed Sri Lankan inmate has barricaded himself inside a prison computer lab in Dutchess County, New York. A riot rages outs…

Namwali Serpell joins me to discuss her debut novel 'The Old Drift.'

1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The O…

Nathan Englander joins me to discuss his new novel 'Kaddish.com.'

Larry is the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews.  When his father dies, it’s his responsibility to recite the Kaddish,…

Sam Lipsyte joins Stephen to discuss his new novel 'Hark.'

In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse, and spiritual confusion, many folks are searching f…

Lauren Wilkinson joins Stephen to discuss her debut novel 'American Spy'.

It’s 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's …

Garth Greenwell joins Stephen to discuss his debut novel 'What Belongs to You.

'What Belongs to You' follows an American teacher who enters a public bathroom in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he meets the ch…

Ling Ma joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss her debut novel 'Severance.'

'Severance' follows Candace Chen, a 20 something New Yorker who works as a production coordinator at a Bible manufacturer -…

Teddy Wayne joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Loner.'

'Loner' follows Harvard freshman David Federman, who becomes increasingly obsessed with his classmate Veronica. Published in Sept…

Jaclyn Gilbert joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss her debut novel 'Late Air.'

When Murray - a Yale college running coach - finds his star athlete crumpled and unresponsive during a routine practi…

Joshua Max Feldman joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Start Without Me.'

Joshua Max Feldman is a writer of fiction and theater. Start Without Me - his second novel - explores questions…

In the debut episode, author Jeff VanderMeer joins host Stephen Fishbach to discuss his novel 'Annihilation.'

Jeff is the author dozens of novels, short stories, literary criticism, nonfiction, and b…