Fan's Notes

Episode 52: Philip Roth

Philip Roth died last month at age 85. To help us make sense of his place in American writing,...

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Episode 51: 2018 NBA Draft Big Boards

For the first time in the history of the podcast, we agree on who is the best prospect in this...

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Episode 50: Roberto Bolaño

This week we differ on the merits of Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives, before wondering...

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Episode 49: NBA Playoffs Conference Finals edition

Another all-basketball pod, as former Tar Heel Lynwood Robinson joins us to say goodbye to the...

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Episode 48: Jorge Luis Borges

This week we go to infinity and beyond with literature's most beguiling librarian, Jorge Luis...

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Episode 47: The All Basketball edition

No booktalk this week. Instead, we are joined by Lynwood to run down the matchups and results...

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Episode 46: Lucia Berlin

We finally get around to discussing A Manual for Cleaning Women, the collection of exquisite...

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Episode 45: Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son

In part 2 of our series of linked story collections that you absolutely must read, we revisit...

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Episode 44: Sweet Talk by Stephanie Vaughn

Do you own this book? Because you should. Everyone should, really. It's exquisite, and it's...

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Episode 44: Sweet Talk by Stephanie Vaugh

Do you own this book? Everyone should, really. It's exquisite, and it's back in print now, and...

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Episode 43: LeBron in the Bardo

We're split on George Saunders' novel Lincoln In the Bardo: is it a heavenly masterpiece or a...

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Episode 42: The Idiot & NBA Rookies

While the year is still young we thought we'd celebrate youth and all its triumphs,...

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Episode 41: Martin Amis' Money

We're back after a short hiatus to talk about Martin Amis' scandalously funny novel Money, as...

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Episode 40: The Sellout / Lynwood Returns

We discuss Paul Beatty's Booker Prize-winning satire The Sellout for the first 45 minutes, then...

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Episode 39: Lydia Davis & pre-season excitement

We kept it short this week in honor of the brilliant concision of Lydia Davis's fiction. After...

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Episode 38: Independence Day / Melo trade

Come along with us as we enter Frank Bascombe's beguiling and irreconciled Existence Period,...

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Episode 37: White Noise (The Book!)

A basketball-free discussion of Don DeLillo's White Noise. We read it! If you haven't, why not...

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Episode 36: The Moviegoer / Kyrie-IT trade

In this episode we discuss Walker Percy's wonderfully vexing novel The Moviegoer, before...

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Episode 35: Flannery O'Connor and Offseason Losers

This week we at long last delve into the Bard of Contempt herself, Flannery O'Connor, and her...

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Episode 34: Barry Hannah and Offseason Winners

This week, we read and discuss "Testimony of Pilot," from Airships, Barry Hannah's enduring...

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