Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
We found 10 episodes of Weird Era with the tag “bookish”.
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Episode 47: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Sean Thor Conroe
September 8th, 2022 | Season 1 | 47 mins 22 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, fuccboi, interviews, literature, montreal, sean thor conroe, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Sean Thor Conroe about the line between mimicry and influence, white fuck boys vs ethnic fuck boys, and if fiction, like fuck boys, can manipulate.
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Episode 46: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Justin Ling
August 25th, 2022 | Season 1 | 43 mins 49 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, interviews, justinling, literature, montreal, mtl, the village, weirdera, weirderapod
Provide Daphnee with social media one liner
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Episode 44: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Elif Batuman
July 28th, 2022 | Season 1 | 41 mins 33 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, elif batuman, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti sits down with Elif Batuman to talk about what it means to ~feel~ intelligent, to over-intellectualize a crush, the normalized expectations of heterosexuality, how it feels to forefront Immigrant stories in North American canon, and what she thinks about The Idiot developing into film.
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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 42: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Lillian Fishman
July 7th, 2022 | Season 1 | 44 mins 55 secs
2021books, acts of service, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, lillian fishman, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Lillian Fishman about her favourite book of 2022 (Acts of Service), and how a conversation on Queerness led her to an investigation of Heterosexuality, why desire conflates with our personal politics, and if freedom necessitates radicalism.
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Episode 41: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Naben Ruthnum
June 30th, 2022 | Season 1 | 39 mins 22 secs
2021books, a hero of our time, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, naben ruthnum, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Naben Ruthnum about heterosexual male desire, South East Asian narratives in fiction, and how a kind of self-deprecation can ironically involve a heightened ego.
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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 39: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon
June 16th, 2022 | Season 1 | 40 mins 14 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, cadence weapon, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, rollie pemberton, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Rollie Pemberton about his debut memoir Bedroom Rapper, the 2000s Montreal DIY scene, conscious rap vs gangster rap, what it means when an album is just trash tho, and navigating a Canadian Black identity throughout his career.
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Episode 38: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Bud Smith
June 9th, 2022 | Season 1 | 39 mins 42 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, bud smith, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, teenager, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Bud Smith about his debut novel Teenager, contemporary manifestations of patriarchy, the difference between America and Americans, and why it's embarrassing to be alive.
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Episode 37: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Mayukh Sen
December 3rd, 2021 | Season 1 | 43 mins 29 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, mayukh sen, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, tastemakers, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Mayukh Sen about Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, how our own relationship to immigrant mothers inform an interest in this text, "the food establishment/media", and culinary lexicon—curry is a real word!