Alex Nierenhausen
Co-Host of Weird Era
Alex Nierenhausen is a born and raised Montrealer, and has been managing and directing Librairie St-Henri Books since its inception in 2017. He is a curator of literature and an avid reader, with a particular fondness for science fiction and queer lit.
Chat with Alex via the St-Henri Books instagram DMs for recommendations!
Alex Nierenhausen has hosted 44 Episodes.
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Episode 69: Weir Era feat. Chris Oliveros
October 6th, 2023 | Season 1 | 42 mins 33 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, chris oliveros, drawn and quarterly, fiction, flq, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, quebec, weirdera, weirderapod
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Episode 67: Weird Era feat. Paola Ferrante
September 21st, 2023 | Season 1 | 45 mins 17 secs
2023books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, her body among animals, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, paolo ferrante, weirdera, weirderapod
This week on the pod, Alex sits down with Paola Ferrante to discuss her short story collection Her Body Among Animals, how motherhood affects artists, toxic masculinity, animal behaviour, and writing short fiction vs writing novels.
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Episode 64: Weird Era feat. Mona Awad
August 31st, 2023 | Season 1 | 38 mins 45 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, mona awad, montreal, mtl, rouge, weirdera, weirderapod
This week, Alex talks with Mona Awad about her latest novel Rouge, immortal jellyfish, Tom Cruise, fairytales, and what the ultimate lie of the beauty industry is.
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Episode 62: Weird Era feat. Hilary Leichter
August 18th, 2023 | Season 1 | 39 mins 9 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, hilary leichter, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, terrasse story, weirdera, weirderapod
This week, Alex talks to Hilary Leichter (in her sophomore Weird Era interview!) about her latest novel Terrace Story, how time and space can be manipulated in writing, what constitutes magical realism, creating space vs taking up space, and so much more.
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Episode 61: Weird Era feat. Kyle Dillon Hertz
August 11th, 2023 | Season 1 | 46 mins
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, kyle dillon hertz, literature, montreal, mtl, the lookback window, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Kyle Dillon Hertz to discuss his debut novel, The Lookback Window, trauma narratives, bad MFA writing, and why it’s so easy to focus on the past and ignore the present.
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Episode 59: Weird Era feat. Ottessa Moshfegh
June 29th, 2023 | Season 1 | 46 mins 49 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, lapvona, literature, montreal, mtl, ottessa moshfegh, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with the legend herself, Ottessa Moshfegh, to talk about Lapvona, whether or not her novels exist in one shared literary universe, what makes her stories so appealing to different types of readers, and what she thinks about happy endings.
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Episode 56: Weird Era feat. Andrew Sullivan
June 15th, 2023 | Season 1 | 44 mins
andrew sullivan, author, books, bookstagram, fiction, lit, literature, the marigold, weird era, weird era pod, weird era podcast, weirdera, writers
Alex talks to Andrew about his latest novel, The Marigold, the illusion of choice when it comes to ordering takeout, body horror, conspiracy theorists, and finding optimism about the future.
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Episode 53: Weird Era feat. Henry Hoke
May 26th, 2023 | Season 1 | 40 mins 19 secs
author, books, bookstagram, fiction, henry hoke, lit, literature, open throat, weird era, weird era pod, weird era podcast, weirdera, writers
Alex sits down with Henry Hoke to discuss Open Throat, fight or flight mentalities, existentialism as a tool, and the labels we impose on queer characters.
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Episode 50: Weird Era feat. Lindsay Wong
April 27th, 2023 | Season 1 | 36 mins 15 secs
author, books, bookstagram, era, fiction, lindsay wong, literature, novel, stories, weird, weird era, weird era podcast
Alex sits down with Lindsay Wong to talk about family dynamics, the difference between Eastern and Western trauma narratives, possessing characters versus haunting them, and what constitutes genre literature.
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Episode 49: Weird Era feat. Michael DeForge
April 18th, 2023 | Season 1 | 37 mins 30 secs
alex nierenhausen, birds of maine, book podcast, books, bookstagram, literary, literature, michael deforge, reading, sruti islam, weird era, weird era podcast
Alex talks to Michael DeForge about Birds of Maine, as well as his general body of work, illustrating the cover of Weird Era Issue 2, how an email to Seripop started it all, and the appeal, though not promise, of building Utopian worlds.
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Episode 45: Weird Era feat. Joshua Whitehead
August 19th, 2022 | Season 1 | 45 mins
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, joshua whitehead, literature, making love with the land, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
This week, Alex sits down with Joshua Whitehead to discuss his new essay collection, Making Love With The Land, the pits and pearls of academia, what it means to reject categorization, and Brandi Carlile.
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Episode 43: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Jackson Howard
July 14th, 2022 | Season 1 | 48 mins 27 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, jackson howard, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Jackson Howard, an editor at the forefront of queer literature, to discuss the current state of the publishing industry, bad reading habits, Brontez Purnell's tattoos, and the Pitchfork rating system.
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Episode 40: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Heather O'Neill
June 23rd, 2022 | Season 1 | 37 mins 33 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, heather o'neill, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod, when we lost our heads
Alex talks with Montreal legend Heather O'Neill about her newest novel, When We Lost Our Heads. They talk about adult fairy tales, gritty underworlds, literary erotica, and what it means to get revenge.
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Episode 34: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Todd Babiak
November 11th, 2021 | Season 1 | 46 mins 52 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, the spirits up, todd babiak, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Todd to discuss his new novel, The Spirits Up, Charles Dickens, pandemic writing, financial malfeasance, and whether or not babies and animals can ACTUALLY see ghosts.
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Episode 33: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Eli Tareq el Bechelany Lynch
November 4th, 2021 | Season 1 | 42 mins 52 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, eli tareq el bechelany-lynch, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and EIi talk about activism in writing, the garbage crisis in Lebanon, queerness and Arabness, and what makes Montreal such an intimate city.
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Episode 32: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Brian Evenson
October 28th, 2021 | Season 1 | 33 mins 17 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, brian evenson, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and Brian sit down to talk about his latest collection, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, short stories as a format, universe-building, horror writing, and fearing the self.