Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
We found 10 episodes of Weird Era with the tag “books”.
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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 66: Weird Era feat. Sean Michaels
September 14th, 2023 | Season 1 | 49 mins 6 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, do you remember being born, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, sean michaels, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Sean Michaels about tech novels, what having kids does to the passing of time, what happens to art when commodified, and the nap ministry.
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Episode 65: Weird Era feat. Jessica Campbell
September 8th, 2023 | Season 1 | 45 mins 11 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, d&q, drawn and quarterly, fiction, interviews, jessica campbell, literature, montreal, mtl, rave, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Jessica Campbell about Christian Raves, shame, what to do with a unibrow, and what is so often misunderstood about the graphic novel form.
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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 63: Weird Era feat. Emerson Whitney
August 24th, 2023 | Season 1 | 38 mins 36 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, daddy boy, emerson whitney, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti sits down with Emerson Whitney to discuss Daddy Boy, how elders are a map, the appeal of masculinity and the simultaneous disdain for toxic masculinity, storm chasing, and how to foster independence without it resulting in isolation.
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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 60: Weird Era feat. Deborah Willis
August 3rd, 2023 | Season 1 | 34 mins 27 secs
2023books, authors, bookclub, books, deborahwillis, fiction, girlfriendonmars, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to author Deborah Willis about monogamy, megalomaniac CEOS, how, "a human being is a mystery, as dark and expanding as the universe," and why on earthlings themselves love reality TV so much.
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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 57: Weird Era feat. Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
June 28th, 2023 | Season 1 | 21 mins
2022books, alice sadie celine, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, sarah blakley-cartwright, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Sarah Blakley-Cartwright about her novel Alice Sadie Celine, how mid-life crises can come for older lesbians, the cons of being overeducated, and what about goodness threatens eroticism.