The Calamity Club
Brian and Kathryn discuss the seventeen years between "The Help" and "The Calamity Club," the publishing journey behind the novel, Depression-era Mississippi, and the "YES!" moment that unlocked the book.
Brian and Kathryn discuss the seventeen years between "The Help" and "The Calamity Club," the false starts and publishing changes behind the novel, Depression-era Mississippi, compulsory sterilization and eugenics, queerness in the 1930s South, and the "YES! moment" that finally unlocked the book.
TJ Klune on “We Burned So Bright,” Queer Love & His New Book, "The Stars Look Like Home"
We Burned So Bright; The Stars Look Like Home
TJ Klune talks with Brian about queer love at the end of the world in We Burned So Bright, revisiting Murmuration, and writing grief and companionship in The Stars Look Like Home.
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What should be on your reading radar as we head into the final stretch of 2026?
Brian shares his late-2026 reading radar, with a mid-episode conversation with Taylor Tomlinson about reading on tour, audiobooks, and creativity.
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Josh Silver on “Fruit Fly,” Sobriety, Queer Storytelling & Who Gets to Tell Our Stories
Fruit Fly
Josh Silver discusses Fruit Fly, the ethics of storytelling, sobriety, and the complicated relationship between addiction and social media.
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