Lit Hub Radio Dispatch: Celeste Ng on the Unabashed Joy of the Muppets
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THE BEST IN BOOK WORLD PODCASTS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 5, 2021
On the Unabashed Joy of the Muppets Mychal Denzel Smith welcomes Celeste Ng to the podcast to talk about the 1987 film she can’t stop watching.
Kelsey McKinney on Megachurches and Girlhood Kelsey McKinney, author of God Spare the Girls, talks to Maris Kreizman about staying faithful to the vision of her novel. 
How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell Jordan Kisner talks to the Aftershocks author about the familial revelations behind her book and embracing the forces that have shaped her life.
The Unconventional Morality of East of Eden Julia, Rider, and Tod take on the shades of grey in John Steinbeck’s classic, multigenerational epic. 
Searching for My Great-Grandfather’s Grave in a Segregated Cemetery Natalie Rose Richardson confronts the American notion of paradise as an ideology that imposes walls of separation.
Stones for Goliath: On Biden’s Fight Against Digital Monopolists After Joe Biden signed an executive order to redesign an unregulated digital playing field, Christopher Lydon asks how bad bigness is and if Biden’s remedies meet the Ralph Nader test.
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From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research S. Kirk Walsh joins host Mitzi Rapkin to discuss her new novel and everything that went into it. 
On the Life and Works of “King of the Beats” Jack Kerouac Jacke Wilson considers how to read literature from the past, even when the world progresses past some (but not all) of the ideas within.
Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman on the “Small Crimes” (Landlord Texts!) That Inspired Their Work Writing duo Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman, creators of the inventive rom-com thriller The Very Nice Box, get into how their partnership started and the joys of creating a sideways satire.
Also This Week on Lit Hub Radio On Storybound, Ruth Wariner reads from The Sound of Gravel • On The Literary Life, Kathie Klarreich on how working with prisoners changed her life • On Keen On, Jonathan Rapping on how to end mass incarceration, Sarah Damaske on how unemployment shapes families, Michael Knox Beran on the rise and fall of WASP culture, and Edward J. Watts on the eternal fall of Rome • Book Dreams seeks advice on breaking out of the anxiety spiral • On Reading Women, why nature writing makes for essential reading • On The Common, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri talks about exploring the mixed-race experience through literature • On Big Table, Geoff Dyer discusses the cult war film Where Eagles Dare • On The Literary Salon, Harriet Evans reads from The Beloved Girls • Behind the Mic explores the audiobooks of Castle Shade by Laurie R. King, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green, Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza, and The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
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