Ep. 51: Cheston Knapp & Jaya Micelli

In his first essay collection, UP UP DOWN DOWN, Cheston Knapp attends skateboarding camp for adults, recalls his fraternity days, looks for UFOs, and checks out the local wrestling circuit, all in the name of learning more about himself. He and James talk about the art of the essay, the search for community, editing at Tin House, and the difficulty they have living in the moment. Plus Scribner art director and designer Jaya Miceli on book covers.  

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

Cheston and James discuss:

David Foster Wallace 

Charles D'Ambrosio 

W. G. Sebald 

HAMLET 

Joan Didion 

Zadie Smith 

Maurice Merleau-Ponty 

Edmund Husserl 

Leslie Jamison 

A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER by Tom Clancy 

Graham Greene 

John LeCarre 

Sarah Manguso

Maggie Nelson

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Jaya Miceli: https://jayamiceli.com/

Jaya and James discuss:

UP UP DOWN DOWN by Cheston Knapp

Anna Laytham (designer) 

Daniel Loedel 

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins

THE ANIMALS by Christian Kiefer 

THE READY MADE THIEF by Augustus Rose 

Marcel Duchamp 

Viking Penguin

Helen Yentus (art director, Riverhead/ designer) 

Riverhead Books 

INTO THE WATER by Paula Hawkins 

A SEPARATION by Katie Kitamura 

THE INCENDIARIES by R.O. Kwon 

MY ABSOLUTE DARLING by Gabriel Tallent 

SING, UNBURIED, SING by Jesmyn Ward 

Paul Buckley (art director, Penguin) 

WEST by Carys Davies 

Lauren Peters-Collaer (designer) 

I'D DIE FOR YOU by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

FLESH, BONE, WATER by Luiza Sauma

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