Ep. 1: Laura van den Berg & Emily Bell

In this double-LP episode one spectacular, James and Laura discuss her latest novel, FIND ME, her unusual path to becoming a writer, why Florida wants to murder you, and why she's not smiling. Plus Emily Bell, senior editor at FSG, chats about her job and upcoming titles. 

 

Laura and James mention: 

THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER 
Kurt Cobain 
Courtney Love 
riot grrrls 
"In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried" by Amy Hempel 
Lorrie Moore 
Edward P. Jones 
Charles Baxter
Flannery O'Connor
Alice Munro 
Philip F. Deaver 
Margot Livesey 
REVENGE by Yoko Ogawa 
SHIP FEVER by Andrea Barrett 
L'AVVENTURA directed by Michelangelo Antonioni 
THE PASSENGER directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
FARGO directed by the Coen brothers 
Robert Frost 
EVERYDAY-GENIUS.COM
LAST LAST CHANCE by Fiona Maazel 
THE FLAME ALPHABET by Ben Marcus
THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS by Grace Krilanovich
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by Lewis Carroll 
THE SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY by Jeff VanderMeer
THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING by Melissa Bank
Nayon Cho
 
 
Emily and James mention:
THREATS by Amelia Gray
AM/PM by Amelia Gray 
Featherproof Books 
Riverhead Books 
Laura van den Berg 
Margot Livesey 
NOBODY IS EVER MISSING by Catherine Lacey 
Sean McDonald
PULPHEAD by John Jeremiah Sullivan 
Frank Bill  
Lindsay Hunter 
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD by Joy Williams 
PURITY by Jonathan Franzen 
PULL ME UNDER by Kelly Luce 
A Strange Object 
THREE SCENARIOS IN WHICH HANA SASAKI GROWS A TAIL by Kelly Luce 
HURT PEOPLE by Cote Smith
ONE STORY 
 
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