It took Amanda Goldblatt eight years to write her debut novel, HARD MOUTH. The result is a brilliantly inventive work combining style with emotional impact and classic storytelling. She and James talk about their long friendship, cutting the apocalypse, summoning (or not) imaginary beings, making rules for novels, and remembering the books they read as kids. Plus, Amanda’s agent from Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Caroline Eisenmann.
Amanda Goldblatt
Amanda and James discuss:
Washington University
THE CUPBOARD
Eugene Pallette
Caroline Eisenmann
Turner Classic Movies
POND by Claire-Louise Bennett
MY MAN GODFREY
HATCHET by Gary Paulsen
THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann David Wyss
Harry Potter
THE HUNGER GAMES
E.T.
J Dilla
VOX
Notorious B.I.G.
Andre 3000
MF Doom
Talib Kweli
Kerri Webster
Gordon Lish
Gary Lutz
Amy Hempel
Sam Lipsyte
Christine Schutt
“The Sentence is a Lonely Place” by Gary Lutz
Jim Shepard
Mary Ruefle
Tim O’Brien
Marilynne Robinson
Denis Johnson
Cormac McCarthy
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Caroline Eisenmann
Caroline and James discuss:
NOON
James Salyer
Mary Gaitskill
Annie Proulx
Ottessa Moshfegh
Halle Butler
Claire Messud
Nell Zink
Garth Greenwell
Jack Kerouac
Ernest Hemingway
I KNOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM by Peter Kispert
ICM
GOING DUTCH by James Gregor
Simon & Schuster
THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF NATHANIEL P by Adelle Waldman
THE LONGING FOR LESS: LIVING WITH MINIMALILSM by Kyle Chayka