Ep. 43: Josh Weil & Cheston Knapp

The legends of Josh Weil's unique writing process precede him, but he and James try to get to the bottom of it, including how he comes up with his ideas, how he challenges himself, and whether his lucky slippers and mug travel with him. They touch on Josh's award-winning books THE NEW VALLEY and THE GREAT GLASS SEA, but dive deep into his new collection THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT. Plus Cheston Knapp, editor at TIN HOUSE magazine, and an extra bonus with poet Javier Zamora, whose new poetry collection is UNACCOMPANIED. 

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Josh Weil: http://www.joshweil.com/site/home.html

Josh and James discuss: 

THE AGE OF PERPETUAL LIGHT by Josh Weil 

Leon Uris 

Frederick Forsythe 

"Angle of Reflection" 

Steven Spielberg 

STAND BY ME

STRANGER THINGS 

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference 

Jhumpa Lahiri 

Grove Press 

THE GREAT GLASS SEA by Josh Weil 

"The Point of Roughness" 

"No Flies, No Folly" 

"Long, Bright Line" 

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY 

Hannah Tinti

ONE STORY

"The First Bad Thing"

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN by Cormac McCarthy

Yaddo

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Cheston Knapp: https://www.chestonknapp.com/

Cheston and James Discuss:

"The Point of Roughness" by Josh Weil

"Drummond and Son" by Charles D'Ambrosio

Tin House Summer Writers' Workshop

Lance Cleland

Jim Shepard  

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