Bookin’

121--Bookin' w/ S.B. Divya

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by S.B. Divya, author of Machinehood, which is published by our friends at Saga Press.  Topics of discussion include equality between humans and sentient machines, life as performance, performance enhancing drugs, the current state of the dystopian novel, and much more. Copies of Machinehood can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.  

120--Bookin' w/ Melanie Finn

This week, Melanie Finn joins host Jason Jefferies to talk about her new novel The Hare, which is published by our friends at Two Dollar Radio.  Topics of discussion include the intersection between (visual) art and literature, celebrity encounters, Steely Dan, Donald Trump, victims of sexual assault, money, whether James Joyce is just Hemingway in a frilly shirt, the Two Dollar Radio tattoo club, and much more.  Copies of The Hare can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

119--Bookin' w/ Kate Russo

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Kate Russo, author of Super Host, which is published by our friends at G.P. Putnam's Sons.  Topics of discussion include Air BnB, Roots Manuva, whether older men should be embarrassed to listen to hip hop, how artists are supposed to survive if their art can't be sold until after their death, D.A.R.E., and much more.  Copies of Super Host can be purchased here with FREE DELIVERY.

118--Bookin' w/ Katherine Seligman

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Katherine Seligman, winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.  Her new novel is At the Edge of the Haight, which is published by our friends at Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.  Topics of discussion include homelessness at the border of Golden Gate Park and the Haight, how tech companies have affected the wealth gap in San Francisco, what happens when people don't trust the police, Amoeba Music and the Booksmith, social work, how trauma can influence one to drop out of society, and much more. Copies of At the Edge of the Haight can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.

117--Bookin' w/ Lucie Elven

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lucie Elven, author of The Weak Spot, which is published by our friends at Soft Skull Press.  Topics of discussion include character driven novels, the gravitational presence of a strong personality in a small town, whether pharmacies inspire soul-bearing honesty from their patrons, job interviews where women are asked about their plans for motherhood (or lack thereof), politics as a primary interest, and much more.  Copies of The Weak Spot can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

116--Bookin' w/ Natasha Wimmer

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning translator Natasha Wimmer, who has translated some of the greatest works of literature of the past century, including Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives and 2666.  Her latest translation is Cowboy Graves by Roberto Bolaño, which is published by our friends at Penguin Press.  Topics of discussion include translating methodology, The Savage Detectives and 2666, alien ant farms, solar eclipses, how a Roberto Bolaño novel is like a Harry Potter novel, and much more.  Copies of Cowboy Graves can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

115--Bookin' w/ Rian Hughes

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Rian Hughes, author of the sensational new novel XX, which is published by our friends at The Overlook Press.  Topics of discussion include comparisons to Moby Dick and Ulysses, design, pulpy sci-fi novels (and the novel within this novel, Ascension), how binary code is like an alien, DJ Food and Ninja Tunes records, memetic pandemics, and much more.  Copies of XX can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.

114--Bookin' w/ Tom Vanderbilt

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Tom Vanderbilt, who discusses his new novel Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning, which is published by our friends at Knopf.  Topics of discussion include chess, The Queen's Gambit, beginner's mind, the correlations between learning a new skill and alleviating stress, whether 50 is too old to learn the guitar, and much more.  Copies of Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.  

113--Bookin' w/ Lucy Britsch

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Lucy Britsch, whose debut novel Sad Janet is published by our friends at Riverhead Books.  Topics of discussion include COVID-19 in the UK, the Greater Depression, John Waters, Christmas as a year-round concern, what reality shows featuring interventions tell us about present day pop culture, Bono, and dogs.  Copies of Sad Janet can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.  

112--Bookin' w/ Kevin Lambert

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Marquis de Sade Prize winner Kevin Lambert, who discusses his novel You Will Love What You Have Killed, which is published by our friends at Biblioasis.  Topics of discussion include the challenges of writing a narrator who is in grade school, towns that identify themselves by the corporate chain businesses they contain, elementary school pop culture, repressed sexuality, authors who name characters after themselves, tarot cards, what September 11th looked like from Canada, and much more.  Copies of You Will Love What You Have Killed can be ordered here with FREE SHIPPING.