Episode Fifty: Teddy Wayne

In This Episode:

Just in time for school to start up again, Teddy Wayne swings by the Damn Library with his novel of dark times in higher education, Loner - and brings along Rebecca Schiff's collection of more easygoing times, The Bed Moved. Christopher geeks out, Drew plays it cool, and there's a fake Negroni to boot.

Other highlights:

* Sex: either a big deal or super-chill
* Pop music gets its due
* Complicity (not Complicité)
* It's our 50th episode! As a gift, would you rate us on iTunes? Pleaseee?

LISTEN:

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THE EP. 50 BOOKSHELF

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Loner by Teddy Wayne
The Bed Moved: Stories by Rebecca Schiff

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Cannibals in Love by Mike Roberts and How to Tell Toledo From the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer
Christopher: The Selfishness of Others by Kristin Dombek and A Mickey Mouse Reader, edited by Garry Apgar
Teddy: Saturday by Ian McEwan

ALSO MENTIONED:

Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne
The Love Song of Johnny Valentine by Teddy Wayne
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook
Underworld by Don DeLillo
Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen, and Noelle Stevenson

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute and Animal Money by Michael Cisco
Christopher: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore and Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Teddy: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and the HBO miniseries of the same name