Episode Twenty-Four: Will Chancellor Strikes Back

In This Episode:

Drew is sick with the plague, so friend of the show Will Chancellor steps up as guest co-host. He and Christopher talk Jesse Ball's latest, A Cure of Suicide.

Other Highlights:

* Ghosts
* Excellent hair
* "Craft Talk Nobody Asked For" by Justin Taylor
* "Nom de Vie: Literary Social Media in the Age of Ferrante" by Alexander Chee

Listen:

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The Ep. 24 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOK:

A Cure for Suicide by Jesse Ball

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Christopher: The Flytrap by Fredrick Sjöberg and The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker
Will: The Suicide of Claire Bishop by Carmiel Banasky, I Love Dick by Chris Kraus, The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, The Revelator by Robert Klaus, The Visiting Privilege by Joy Williams, and Ruin the Sacred Truths by Harold Bloom

ALSO MENTIONED:

A Brave Man Seven Stories Tall by Will Chancellor
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Cow Country by XXXX
Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball
Samedi the Deafness by Jesse Ball
The Way Through Doors by Jesse Ball
The Curfew by Jesse Ball
Remainder by Tom McCarthy

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Christopher:
Will: