TSR returns with a conversation with Writer of Things/Maker of Films, MJ Slide, about the first year of their amazing zine, PRISMATIC SLANT, and the juxtapositions, processes, and expressions behind it. Check out the full conversation here.
Recording a new TSR interview tonight so I thought I’d provide a quick recap of the last quarter:
First up, Abbott Kahler and I discussed writing and selling her debut novel, WHERE YOU END, as well as her next work of narrative non-fic, THEN CAME THE DEVIL, 200-page outlines, and more: listen
Next, Christina Rice returned to wax ecstatic with me over our shared love of all things THE GODFATHER: Pacino's menace, Puzo's original novel, the underrated, the overrated, and the essential magic of James Caan's James Caan-ness: listen
In episode 0011, Justin Duke, the creator and resident plate-spinning human behind Buttondown, joined me to not only talk all things newsletters, longevity in the digital age, and what makes it all worth it, but also solved a mystery I couldn't figure out for 15 years: listen
And finally, Wallace Stroby, author of one of my favorite novels of last year, HEAVEN'S A LIE, returned to discuss my favorite film of all time, Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, as well as the music of Ennio Morricone, the history and impact of spaghetti westerns, and OUATITW's influence on his work: listen
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Wallace Stroby, author of one of my favorite novels of last year, HEAVEN’S A LIE, returns to TSR to discuss my favorite film of all time, Sergio Leone’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, and all things in its orbit – history, beginnings, endings, duels, landscapes, influences, restraint (or the lack thereof), characters – and Leone himself as well as a broad look at spaghetti westerns (and their heirs apparent), the music of Ennio Morricone, the impact of the film on Wallace's writing, and more. Our full conversation lives here.
(Delivered with four minutes remaining on my self-imposed deadline): TSR returns with a conversation with the creator and resident plate-spinning human behind Buttondown, Justin Duke, on the past, present and future of Buttondown in which we tackle newsletters at their best, tools v. ecosystems, longevity in the digital age, the art of spinning plates, breathing space, Super Mario Bros., and the reasons that I started my own newsletter. Check out the full episode here.
A return to socialization with Abbott Kahler, the New York Times best-selling author (as Karen Abbott) of SIN IN THE SECOND CITY, AMERICAN ROSE, LIAR TEMPTRESS SOLDIER SPY, and THE GHOSTS OF EDEN PARK, in which we discuss her first (professional) foray into fiction with WHERE YOU END, working titles, the process of forming a blueprint via 200+-page outlines (for the upcoming THEN CAME THE DEVIL) to harness the proliferation of weird across the page, living vicariously through characters you'd better find fascinating for four+ years, milk, cookies, ferociousness, convention-defying, and knowing upon whose blood you're stepping. Full episode here.