A Phone Call From Paul
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A Phone Call From Paul
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A Conversation with Parul Sehgal
Parul Sehgal is a book critic at The New York Times. She was previously a columnist and senior editor at The New York Times Book Review. Her work has...
A Conversation with Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth W...
A Conversation with Garth Greenwell
Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year, was longlisted for the National Book Awa...
A Conversation with Lewis Hyde
Lewis Hyde is the author of Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art and The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, as well a...
A Conversation with Imani Perry
Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where she also teaches in the Programs in Law and Publ...
A Conversation with Maaza Mangiste
Maaza Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and professor in the MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation program at Q...
A Conversation with Sarah Broom
In this week's episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber and Sarah Broom discuss her memoir, The Yellow House, the Kei Miller and Peter Tur...
A Conversation with John Waters
In this week's episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber and John Waters discuss his new memoir, Mr. Know-It-All (or as he describes, a "se...
A Conversation with David Ulin
In this episode of A Phone Call With Paul, Paul Holdengraber speaks with David Ulin about the dramatic changes in Los Angeles, the literature of the c...
A Conversation with Robert Macfarlane
In this episode of A Phone Call With Paul, Paul Holdengraber speaks with Robert Macfarlane about his new book, Underland, the pleasures and necessitie...
A Conversation with Nathaniel Kahn
In this episode of A Phone Call With Paul Paul Holdengraber speaks with Nathaniel Kahn about Larry Poons, playing dumb while interviewing documentary...
A Conversation with Deborah Eisenberg
In this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber speaks with Deborah Eisenberg on "Bartleby the Scrivener," the dire political state we li...
A Conversation with Sameen Rushdie
In this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber speaks with Sameen Rushdie about racist attitudes towards food, food as language and a me...
A Conversation with Terry Tempest Williams
In this episode of A Phone Call With Paul, Paul Holdengraber plays music from Terry Tempest Williams' childhood and talks to her about beauty, the twi...
A Conversation with Alexander Chee
In this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber reaches Alexander Chee in Italy and asks him about mentors (and mentoring), his favorite...
A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the American writer about skipping high school and growing up in California. For more, visit LitHub.com.
A Conversation with Susan Orlean
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the American journalist and author about her new book on the 1986 Los Angeles Public Library fire, the fut...
A Conversation with Eileen Myles
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the American poet about the #MeToo movement, why they applaud hating poetry, and the beautiful devastation...
A Conversation with Alberto Manguel
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the Argentine-Canadian translator and essayist about his library, his relationship with Jorge Luis Borges,...
A Conversation with Wayne Koestenbaum
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the American poet and cultural critic about Susan Sontag, Marcel Proust, and quote-o-mania. For more, visi...
A Conversation with Joyce Carol Oates
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber and the American writer Joyce Carol Oates discuss writing about politics, future dystopias, and boxing (a favorite...
A Conversation with Ursula K Le Guin
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin on the blurring of fact and fiction, the problem with celebriti...
A Conversation with Maggie Nelson
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the writer Maggie Nelson about how Proust inspires guilt, the disillusionment of youth, and how aging is a...
A Conversation with Simon Winchester
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the writer and historian Simon Winchester about his latest book on turbines, how Jan Morris changed his li...
A Conversation with Chris Abani
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the writer Chris Abani about the refugee experience, the timelessness of James Baldwin, and the paradox of...
A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the writer Jesmyn Ward about her latest book, "Sing, Unburied, Sing," the art of the profile, and reading...
A Conversation with Marlon James
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the writer Marlon James about why he hates the word inspiration, why writing is work, and xxx. For more, v...
A Conversation with Wallace Shawn
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the playwright Wallace Shawn about his new book, Night Thoughts, the infinite appetites of Donald Trump an...
A Conversation With Pico Iyer
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the essayist and novelist Pico Iyer about the attention economy, the depth and graciousness of Leonard Coh...
A Conversation With Pamela Paul
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul about her new book, "My Life With Bob," the relationship bet...
A Conversation With Derren Brown
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the mentalist Derren Brown about his new show, "Secret," the skeptical mindset of his profession, and read...
A Conversation With Michael Frank
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the memoirist Michael Frank about his new book, "The Mighty Franks," the lives we could have led, and sear...
A Conversation With Sjon
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the poet Sjon about the importance of travel, keeping your audience awake, classical Nordic literature, th...
A Conversation With Dani Shapiro
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to Dani Shapiro about the grueling nature of book tours, the difficult task of writing while reading, the “un...
A Conversation With Geoff Dyer
In this wonderful conversation from the podcast vault, Geoff Dyer and Paul Holdengraber travel back to a time before President Trump (summer 2016) to...
A Conversation With Stephen Karam
Stephen Karam talks to Paul Holdengraber about pain, despair, and the enduring power of great writing..
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A Conversation with Maira Kalman
Maira Kalman talks to Paul Holdengraber about the search for meaning, finding your limits, and the pleasures of being a mother and a grandmother.
A conversation with Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal and Paul Holdengraber discuss the uses of darkness, the necessity of bravery in art, and much more. For more, visit LitHub.com.
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A conversation with Paul Auster
Paul Auster talks to Paul Holdengraber about the nature of the unexpected, the nature of the self, and the cruel nature of Donald Trump. Auster's new...
A Conversation with Bryan Stevenson
Civil rights lawyer and activist talks to Paul Holdengraber about justice, race, America, and the importance of books.
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