Reading the Room
A podcast by Jaylen Lopez (@thebarandthebookcase) - Tuesdays
66 Episodes
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Sheila Heti, "Alphabetical Diaries"
Published: 2/6/2024 -
Alice McDermott, "Absolution"
Published: 11/7/2023 -
Beauty, Drag, & Halloween w/ Mona Awad ("Rouge")
Published: 10/31/2023 -
Bryan Washington, "Family Meal"
Published: 10/24/2023 -
Justin Torres, "Blackouts"
Published: 10/10/2023 -
Body Horror, Religion, & Working Class Narratives w/ Elle Nash ("Deliver Me")
Published: 10/3/2023 -
Body-Swapping, Marriage, & Art w/ Isle McElroy ("People Collide")
Published: 9/26/2023 -
Monstrous Women w/ Deesha Philyaw, Chana Porter, Chantal V. Johnson & Kristel Buckley ("Peach Pit")
Published: 9/19/2023 -
Survival, Solitude, & Middlemarch w/ Lauren Groff ("The Vaster Wilds")
Published: 9/12/2023 -
Sacred Queer Books & Merch Collab w/ CJ Reads
Published: 9/8/2023 -
Superpowers and Extinction w/ Hilary Leichter ("Terrace Story")
Published: 8/29/2023 -
Mating by Norman Rush with Lauren Oyler
Published: 8/15/2023 -
Trauma Plots & Lana Del Rey w/ Kyle Dillon Hertz ("The Lookback Window")
Published: 8/8/2023 -
Memory & Child Narrators w/ Khashayar J. Khabushani ("I Will Greet the Sun Again")
Published: 8/1/2023 -
Family Dramas, Autofiction, & Humor w/ Andrew Ridker ("Hope")
Published: 7/25/2023 -
Vampires & Silicon Valley w/ Daniel Hornsby ("Sucker")
Published: 7/18/2023 -
Workplace Horror & Black Holes w/ Sarah Rose Etter ("Ripe")
Published: 7/11/2023 -
Absurdity in Fiction w/ Matthew Binder ("Pure Cosmos Club")
Published: 6/27/2023 -
The Brandon Taylor Interview | Reading the Room Podcast
Published: 5/23/2023 -
Heavy Metal & Coming of Age Tales w/ John Wray ("Gone to the Wolves")
Published: 5/2/2023
A literary podcast featuring author interviews and discussions with bookish content creators, hosted by Jaylen (aka @thebarandthebookcase on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok).