Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
Displaying items 11-20 of 36 in total of Weird Era with the tag "#literary".
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Episode 109: Weird Era feat. Katie Kitamura
April 11th, 2025 | Season 1 | 28 mins 51 secs
#audition, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #katiekitamura, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti welcomes Katie Kitamura back to the pod to talk about Audition, "to be young and seen in the fulfillment of an older person’s desires," aging as a woman, and the cruelty we all enact as judges.
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Episode 108: Weird Era feat. Kevin Nguyen
April 4th, 2025 | Season 1 | 41 mins 45 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #kevinnguyen, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #mydocuments, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to with Kevin Nguyen and dive into his novel My Documents, exploring themes of digitization, detainment, tech power, family dynamics, and the complexities of solidarity in today’s world.
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Episode 107: Weird Era feat. Laurie Woolever
March 28th, 2025 | Season 1 | 46 mins 18 secs
#anthonybourdain, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #careandfeeling, #lauriewoolever, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Alex sits down with Laurie Woolever to talk about how she deals with the imposing shadow of being the last assistant to the late Anthony Bourdain, her new memoir Care and Feeding, 90s food trends, excess, food cities, and much more.
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Episode 106: Weird Era feat. Andrew Lipstein
March 21st, 2025 | Season 1 | 46 mins 50 secs
#andrewlipstein, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #somethingrotten, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
This week, Alex is joined by Andrew Lipstein to discuss his latest novel, Something Rotten, models of masculinity, Danish VS American politics, whether or not truth is subjective, why shaving your head feels like an extreme act, and so much more
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Episode 105: Weird Era feat. Haley Mlotek
March 14th, 2025 | Season 1 | 41 mins 55 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore, #haleymlotek, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #nofault, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Haley Mlotek about her divorce memoir, the enduring appeal of marriage, the persistent social stigma of divorce, the relationship between glamour and divorced women, and even asks—would Haley get married again?
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Episode 104: Weird Era feat. Torrey Peters
March 7th, 2025 | Season 1 | 55 mins 8 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #stagdance, #torreypeters, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Torrey Peters returns to the podcast to talk with Sruti about being, "too woke" vs being annoying, to interrogate a commitment to finite definitions of personhood, inner rivalry in a collectively oppressed tribe, and so much more.
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Episode 101: Weird Era feat. Fawn Parker
November 29th, 2024 | Season 1 | 36 mins 39 secs
#alexnierenhausen, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #canadianlit, #canlit, #fawnparker, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #srutiislam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Alex is joined by Fawn Parker to discuss her latest novel, Hi, It's Me, how grief and humour relate, writing poetry VS writing a novel, experiencing the natural world as a city kid, and why PHD students are not (always) sexy.
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Episode 102: Weird Era feat. Sofia Ajram
November 25th, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 10 secs
#alexnierenhausen, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #canadianlit, #canlit, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #sofiaajram, #srutiislam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Alex sits down with author and artist Sofia Ajram this week to discuss their novella, Coup De Grâce, urban legends, queer tragedies, mental health struggles as body horror, and our favourite Montreal metro stations.
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Episode 100: Weird Era 100th Episode!
November 22nd, 2024 | Season 1 | 57 mins 47 secs
#100th, #alexnierenhausen, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #canadianlit, #canlit, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #srutiislam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
In celebration of our 100th episode, Alex and Sruti reflect on just a few of their favourite conversations throughout the years.
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Episode 99: Weird Era feat. Nora Lange
November 15th, 2024 | Season 1 | 39 mins 28 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #norajeanlange, #usfools, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Nora Lange about horny parents, how revenge is a desperate mode of imitation, mythology, bodies, femininity, and asks: where are the eyes?