66 Episodes

  1. Sheila Heti, "Alphabetical Diaries"

    Published: 2/6/2024
  2. Alice McDermott, "Absolution"

    Published: 11/7/2023
  3. Beauty, Drag, & Halloween w/ Mona Awad ("Rouge")

    Published: 10/31/2023
  4. Bryan Washington, "Family Meal"

    Published: 10/24/2023
  5. Justin Torres, "Blackouts"

    Published: 10/10/2023
  6. Body Horror, Religion, & Working Class Narratives w/ Elle Nash ("Deliver Me")

    Published: 10/3/2023
  7. Body-Swapping, Marriage, & Art w/ Isle McElroy ("People Collide")

    Published: 9/26/2023
  8. Monstrous Women w/ Deesha Philyaw, Chana Porter, Chantal V. Johnson & Kristel Buckley ("Peach Pit")

    Published: 9/19/2023
  9. Survival, Solitude, & Middlemarch w/ Lauren Groff ("The Vaster Wilds")

    Published: 9/12/2023
  10. Sacred Queer Books & Merch Collab w/ CJ Reads

    Published: 9/8/2023
  11. Superpowers and Extinction w/ Hilary Leichter ("Terrace Story")

    Published: 8/29/2023
  12. Mating by Norman Rush with Lauren Oyler

    Published: 8/15/2023
  13. Trauma Plots & Lana Del Rey w/ Kyle Dillon Hertz ("The Lookback Window")

    Published: 8/8/2023
  14. Memory & Child Narrators w/ Khashayar J. Khabushani ("I Will Greet the Sun Again")

    Published: 8/1/2023
  15. Family Dramas, Autofiction, & Humor w/ Andrew Ridker ("Hope")

    Published: 7/25/2023
  16. Vampires & Silicon Valley w/ Daniel Hornsby ("Sucker")

    Published: 7/18/2023
  17. Workplace Horror & Black Holes w/ Sarah Rose Etter ("Ripe")

    Published: 7/11/2023
  18. Absurdity in Fiction w/ Matthew Binder ("Pure Cosmos Club")

    Published: 6/27/2023
  19. The Brandon Taylor Interview | Reading the Room Podcast

    Published: 5/23/2023
  20. Heavy Metal & Coming of Age Tales w/ John Wray ("Gone to the Wolves")

    Published: 5/2/2023

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A literary podcast featuring author interviews and discussions with bookish content creators, hosted by Jaylen (aka @thebarandthebookcase on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok).