We talk with J. Arthur Boyle about his piece, “The Artist’s Self Interest: On Capitalist Fiction.” Stay in touch with us by subscribing to our newsletter. Find subscription plans, print issues, and merch at our online store. Music/beats by prod

The Cook, The Surrealist, Her Husband-Thief, and His Manifesto: Emmeline Clein on Literary Cookbooks

Jan 19th, 2024 42m 35s

Joined by special guest, fellow editor Alana Pockros, we talk with Emmeline Clein about her piece, “Recipes, Rumors, and Reminiscence: A Literary Cookbook Gift Guide.” “We talk about opulence, decadence, intransigence, dinner parties, the list

The Novel as Résumé: Chapman Caddell on Ben Lerner and Frederick Exley

Jan 1st, 2024 42m 6s

Buy Volume 1, out now, here :) (https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/store/p/volume-01) We talk with Chapman Caddell about his piece “View from the Couch: Success, “The Topeka School,” and “A Fan’s Notes.” Fiction-criticism, criticism-fiction, a

Andy Warhol Has Been Shot: Rafaela Bassili on Nicole Flattery's "Nothing Special"

Dec 18th, 2023 38m 42s

We talk with Rafaela Bassili about her piece “Andy Warhol Has Been Shot: On Nicole Flattery’s “Nothing Special". It Girls, Invisible yet omnipresent Warhol, Edie Sedgwick (tormenter and tormented), hierarchies of attention-value, fleeing the su

Philip Metres on Sergey Gandlevsky and the Task of the Translator

Oct 6th, 2023 36m 57s

We talk with Philip Metres about his upcoming award winning book of translated poems: “Ochre and Rust: New Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky.” Russian Literature as homeland, (self-)imposed exile, close readings, mothers, slant rhyme being co

Still, Observing: Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo on Christine Kwon's "A Ribbon the Most Perfect Blue"

Sep 22nd, 2023 32m 49s

We talk with Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo about her piece “Still, Observing: On Christine Kwon’s A Ribbon the Most Perfect Blue”. Labor’s relation to and intertwinement with domestic life, femininity, and craft; upper-level seminar close reading mod

Deaths Plural: Guillermo Rebollo Gil on Pro Wrestling and Poetry

Aug 4th, 2023 30m 51s

We talk with Guillermo Rebollo Gil about his piece “Deaths Plural: On Pro Wrestling and Poetry.” Performance, grief, Roland Barthes, the stone cold stunners of Steve Austin, high brow snobbery, low brow elevation, bros, drag, Puerto Rico, and n

To Be Modern: Micah Cash on Osamu Dazai's "The Flowers of Buffoonery"

Jul 21st, 2023 27m 5s

*Trigger Warning: Extended discussion about Suicide.* We talk with Micah Cash about his review of Osamu Dazai’s “Flowers of Buffoonery.” Convalescence, the “I” novel, Western influence on Japanese mores and aesthetic practices, “the fellas” nov

A Servant to Sound: Will Harrison on McKenzie Wark's "Raving"

Jul 14th, 2023 34m 45s

We talk with Will Harrison about his review of McKenzie Wark’s “Raving.” Not selling out the scene, Detroit techno, Chicago footwork, k-time, situationism, style extraction, “Punisher” types, and theorizing as a way to both clarify and escape t

The Adolescent Gaze: Erika Dirk on Dizz Tate's "Brutes."

Jul 7th, 2023 18m 53s

We talk with Erika Dirk about Dizz Tate’s novel, “Brutes.” We discuss Florida, attractiveness as a means of social mobility, adolescent gazes, the novel's “adaptable to the screen”-ness, Jeffrey Eugenides, and first-person plural narration. Sta

Fidelity to Refusal: Cary Stough on Michael Palmer's "The Danish Notebook"

Jun 30th, 2023 25m 8s

We talk with Cary Stough about his review of Michael Palmer’s “The Danish Notebook.” Paratactic poetics, diaristic writing, “Harvard,” post-Imagism, anti-confessionalism, and friendship. Stay in touch with us by subscribing to our newsletter. F

Kameryn Alexa Carter on Artemesia Gentileschi's Mary Magdalene Paintings

Jun 23rd, 2023 22m 2s

We talk with Kameryn Alexa Carter about her piece “That Which We Call Ecstasy: On Artemesia Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalenes.” Gendered power dynamics embedded in artistic technique itself, the Italian Renaissance, proto-feminism, color theory, pu

Paranoid Reading: Devin Thomas O'Shea on Steamshovel Press

Jun 16th, 2023 32m 20s

We talk with Devin Thomas O’Shea about his piece “Paranoid Reading: Steamshovel Press and the American Conspiracy Canon.” Midwestern paranoia, our favorite conspiracies, Pynchon, St. Louis’ literary history, etc.Piece: https://www.clereviewofb

Maximally Likable: Caroline McManus on Stay-at-Home Girlfriends

Jun 9th, 2023 28m 5s

We talk with Caroline McManus about her piece “Maximally Likable: The Stay-at-Home Girlfriend and the White-Collar Woman.” Refracted identities, TikTok, 21st century ressentiment, and wellness routines. Stay in touch with us by subscribing to o

10.2 - Helicopter Money and M4A (w/Anand Bhat)

Apr 29th, 2020 26m 52s

On episode 10.2 of the CRB Podcast, we talk with our Health and Society Editor Anand Bhat about his recent piece, "Love in the Time of Corona." Major topics include the right-wing's sudden seizure of a left populist movement, "helicopter money,

10.1 - A Reading of Anand Bhat's "Love in the Time of Corona."

Apr 27th, 2020 15m 28s

Episode 10.1 of the CRB Podcast is a reading of a piece by Dr. Anand Bhat, our health and society editor. He describes the present and post-covid epidemic from political, economic, and medical lenses, focusing specifically on how we will deal w

9.1 - A Conversation with Philip Metres prior to the publication of his "Shrapnel Maps"

Apr 22nd, 2020 42m 27s

9.1 -On this Episode, CRB interviews Philip Metres, whose book "Shrapnel Maps" comes out on April 24. We jump off of J. David's review of the book(https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/home/2020/4/7/why-do-you-laugh-on-philip-metress-shrapnel-maps)

8.2 Disaster, Chance, and Possibility (Eric Sandy on Jon Mooallem)

Apr 20th, 2020 36m 58s

On this episode, our eic talks to contributing writer Eric Sandy about his piece "When Disaster Strikes: on Jon Mooallem's 'This is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together.'We discuss how Genie Chance simul

7.2 - Stress Holds Everything Around Me

Apr 17th, 2020 16m 16s

Our eic (Billy Lennon) talks to CRB's Visual Arts Critic Tony Mastromatteo in the first part of a two part series about his piece "Stress and Fear," which is amongst other things a commentary on Peter Sloterdijk's "Stress and Freedom." We unpac

7.1 - A Reading of Anthony Mastromatteo's "Art and Fear"

Apr 14th, 2020 9m 48s

An audio version of Anthony Mastromatteo's "Art and Fear: On Peter Sloterdijk's 'Stress and Freedom', Coronavirus, and the Media's Production of Panic".Actual Reading doesn't begin until around 2:30.Read article here:https://www.clereviewo

6.2 - A Reading of Eric Betts' "Anti-Panic: On Svetlana Alexievich's 'Voices from Chernobyl'"

Apr 5th, 2020 13m 46s

An audio version of Eric Betts' article "Anti-Panic: On Svetlana Alexievich's 'Voices from Chernobyl.'" Actual Reading doesn't begin until like 3 minutes in.Read article here:https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/home/2020/3/30/anti-panic-on-sv

6.1 - Anti-Panic w/Eric Betts on Svetlana Alexievich, or: the chernobyl level in cod

Apr 1st, 2020 31m 11s

Billy Lennon (eic of the journal) and Berlin-based writer Eric Betts discuss the latter's article: Anti-Panic: On Svetlana Alexievich's "Voices From Chernobyl."We discuss the disaster itself in relation to the covid-19 epidemic now, how peopl

5 - Art of Podcasting 1: Bryan Quinby of Steet Fight Radio

Mar 18th, 2020 20m 46s

This is the first installment of of our "Art of Podcasting" interview series (which is a play on the Paris Review's (whom we greatly admire) "Art of Fiction" interview series .We sat down with Bryan Quinby, one half of Street Fight (the othe