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
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