Christian Kiefer had great reservations about writing his beautiful new book, PHANTOMS. He tells James how he found the story, and the steps he took to tell it. They also talk about capturing bear consciousness, being haunted by one’s own work, finding joy in music and writing, and those troublesome flugelhornists. And then our old friend Christopher Boucher discusses his new novel, BIG GIANT FLOATING HEAD.
Also by: THE INFINITE TIDES, THE ANIMALS, ONE DAY SOON TIME WILL HAVE NO PLACE LEFT TO HIDE.
Christian and James discuss:
Matt Salesses
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS by David Guterson
Jamil Zaki
Deena Drewis
Nouvella Books
ORIENTALISM by Edward Said
CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM by Edward Said
NOTHING EVER DIES by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Vintage Contemporaries
Tobias Wolff
Robert Stone
Richard Ford
Tim O’Brien
SOPHIE’S CHOICE by William Styron
ABSALOM, ABSALOM by William Faulkner
Henry James
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Emile Zola
Lauren Groff
San Francisco Zoo
GHOST TANTRAS by Michael McClure
Benjamin Percy
Ingmar Bergman
Andrei Tarkovsky
THE WHITE DEATH by Gabriel Urza
THE LAST REPATRIATE by Matthew Salesses
THE SENSUALIST by Daniel Torday
HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio
IF YOU’RE NOT YET LIKE ME by Eden Lepucki
FLY-OVER STATE by Emma Straub
A FAMILIAR BEAST by Panio Gianopoulos
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS, Lawrence English
Nicholas Brittell
THE DISINTEGRATION LOOPS, William Basinksi
Lyle Lovett
George Jones
JESUS’ SON by Denis Johnson
PURE HOLLYWOOD by Christine Schutt
Barry Hannah
GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING (documentary)
John Keene
Magnolia Electric Company
Jason Molina
CANADA by Richard Ford
Sewanee
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Also by: HOW TO KEEP YOUR VOLKSWAGEN ALIVE, GOLDEN DELICIOUS.
James and Christopher discuss:
Melville House
Kurt Vonnegut
THE PARIS REVIEW
Ben Greenman
Boston College
Oregon State
“People Like That Are The Only People Here” by Lorrie Moore
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor
“Araby” by James Joyce
Looney Tunes
Elmer Fudd
Bugs Bunny