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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Brian Larson surveys upcoming fiction and nonfiction, including work by Min Jin Lee, Barbara Kingsolver, Hernan Diaz, V.E. Schwab, Robert Kolker, and Yiyun Li. Midway through, Taylor Tomlinson joins him to discuss what she reads on tour, the novel that kept her awake until 3 a.m., and the writing books she returns to.
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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Kathryn Stockett on “The Calamity Club,” 17 Years After “The Help”
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.
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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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