Ep. 46: Matthew Lansburgh & Christopher Rhodes

After studying Spanish literature and embarking on a career as a lawyer, Matthew Lansburgh found fulfillment in writing. He won the Iowa Short Fiction Award for his linked short short story collection, OUTSIDE IS THE OCEAN. He and James discuss the spiritual fulfillment of writing, the need for dissatisfaction, the joys of close reading, and their shared love of outsiders in fiction. Plus, agent Christopher Rhodes. 

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Matthew Lansburgh: http://www.matthewlansburgh.com/

Matthew and James discuss:

Princeton University

Middlebury College 

POET IN NEW YORK by Federico Garcia Lorca 

RESIDENCIA EN LA TIERRA by Pablo Neruda 

WISE BLOOD by Flannery O'Connor 

TOWARDS ANOTHER SUMMER by Janet Frame 

92nd Street Y 

"The Bear Came Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro 

Darin Strauss 

Hannah Tinti

Josh Weil 

Carmen Maria-Machado 

Iowa Short Fiction Award 

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Christopher Rhodes: https://christopherrhodes.net/

Christopher & James discuss:

Borders Books at World Trade Center 

Simon & Schuster 

Michael Selleck 

The Carol Mann Agency 

Paul Auster 

University and North Carolina at Wilmington 

Emily Smith 

ECOTONE 

James Fitzgerald 

BRASS by Xhenet Aliu 

Random House 

Gwendolyn Knapp 

The Stuart Agency 

Andrew Stuart 

Scottie Jones 

Taylor Brown 

Garth Risk Hallberg 

Emma Cline 

MARLENA by Julie Buntin 

THE NIX by Nathan Hill 

W.B. Belcher 

Jared Yates Sexton 

LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE by W.B. Belcher 

Beth Staples  

THE SCAMP by Jennifer Pashley 

ONE STORY 

"World's End" by Clare Beams  

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