Ep. 40: Carolyn Murnick & Aaron Hicklin

In her memoir, THE HOT ONE, Carolyn Murnick follows the case of the murder of her childhood best friend while thinking back on how they drifted apart. As the pages turn, the book explores themes like sexuality, competitiveness, aging, and the male gaze without sacrificing its considerable momentum and pace. Plus, OUT editor-in-chief and owner of the beautiful ONE GRAND BOOKS, Aaron Hicklin. 

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James and Carolyn Discuss: 

THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS 

THE CUT 

HOW TO BE A PERSON IN THE WORLD by Heather Havrilesky 

PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY 

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 

Tom Beller 

MR. BELLER'S NEIGHBORHOOD 

FRENCH ROAST DIARY 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE 

BEFORE AND AFTER: STORIES FROM NEW YORK 

MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM by Lizzy Goodman

Larry Weissman 

THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 

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Aaron and James discuss:

THE FOUNDING FISH by John McPhee

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE 

THE BIBLE 

THE QURAN

Dianne Wiest

John Cameron Mitchell 

Samuel Beckett

Marlon James 

Michael Stipe

Kim Gordon

Michael Cunningham 

Carrie Brownstein

SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM by Joan Didion 

Maggie Nelson 

Lorrie Moore 

James Baldwin 

Virginia Woolf 

Raymond Pettibon

THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES by James Boswell 

URNE-BURIAL by Sir Thomas Browne 

Tilda Swinton 

"The Box" by Orbital video dir by Luke Losey 

UNE VIE EXEMPLAIRE by Floc'h

Jon Buono 

Alabama Booksmith 

Lemuria Books 

Turnrow Books 

Square Books

The Pixies 

Violent Femmes 

CBGB's

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