Ep. 49: Claire Fuller & Year-End Recommendations

Claire Fuller started writing to compete in a local short story slam. Then she started to win. Soon after, she earned an MA and has since written two novels, OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS and SWIMMING LESSONS. She and James talk about the torture of writing new material, the joy of editing, the reader response theory, and the practice of listening to music while writing. Plus, year-end reading recommendations from some of 2017's guests! 

Claire Fuller: https://clairefuller.co.uk/

Claire and James discuss:

Penguin Books 

Tin House Books 

Masie Cochran 

Fuzzy Felt Green 

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson 

THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien 

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers 

HOUSEKEEPING by Marilynne Robinson 

LEGEND OF A SUICIDE by David Vann 

Iron & Wine 

Sam Beam 

Townes van Zandt 

TURN OUT THE LIGHTS (album) by Julien Baker 

Margot Livesey 

SOY SAUCE FOR BEGINNERS by Kirstin Chen

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (dir by Coens)

THERE WILL BE BLOOD (dir by PT Anderson) 

MICHAEL CLAYTON (dir by Tony Gilroy) 

ZODIAC (dir by David Fincher) 

IDAHO by Emily Ruskovich  

A SEPARATION by Katie Kitamura 

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Year-End Recommendations from:

Annie Hartnett, author of RABBIT CAKE: 

THE HISTORY OF WOLVES by Emily Fridlund

THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti 

BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer 

MOTHERIST by Kristen Iskandrian 

THE MOTHERS by Brit Bennett 

PERFECT LITTLE WORLD by Kevin Wilson 

GOD, THE MOON, AND OTHER MEGAFAUNA by Kellie Wells 

ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy 

Anne Valente, author of OUR HEARTS WILL BURN US DOWN:

THE ANIMATORS by Kayla Rae Whitaker

SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward 

THE HOUR OF LAND by Terry Tempest Williams 

Tim Weed, author of A FIELD GUIDE TO MURDER AND FLY FISHING:

ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy 

HAVANA GOLD by Leonardo Pedura 

Robert Repino, author of D'ARC:

THE ART OF COMIC BOOK WRITING by Mark Kneece 

THE NEST by Kenneth Oppel 

Amy P. Knight, author of LOST, ALMOST: 

STEPHEN, FLORIDA by Gabe Habash

THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt 

OUTLINE by Rachel Kusk 

Rachel Cantor, author of GOOD ON PAPER:

WE THE DROWNED by Carsten Jensen 

THE LONG DRY by Cynan Jones 

HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD by Ottessa Moshfegh 

THE OLD FILTH TRILOGY by Jane Gardham

TUESDAY NIGHTS IN 1980 by Molly Prentiss 

STORIES OF YOUR LIFE by Ted Chiang 

THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti 

MEMOIR OF A POLAR BEAR by Yoko Tawada 

Michael Farris Smith, author of DESPERATION ROAD: 

STONER by John Williams 

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD dir by Andrew Dominik

Kelly J. Ford, author of COTTONMOUTHS: 

THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich 

HERE COMES THE SUN by Nicole Dennis-Benn 

A SEAT AT THE TABLE (album) by Solange 

Daniel Wallace, author of EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES:

HEATING & COOLING: 52 MICRO-MEMOIRS by Beth Ann Fennelly

THE BOOK OF RESTING PLACES: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF WHERE WE LAY THE DEAD by Thomas Mira y Lopez 

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