Episode Twenty-Two: Isaac Fitzgerald
In This Episode:
Skateboard aficionado/co-author of Pen & Ink/editor of BuzzFeed Books/Twitterer par excellence… all these terms and more could describe Isaac Fitzgerald, who rolled into the studio to talk with the guys about Kathleen Alcott’s Infinite Home and what it’s like to be a cheerleader for great reads.
Other highlights:
* Speculation confusion
* Homes
* Awesome books
The Ep. 22 Bookshelf
THIS EPISODE’S BOOKS:
PEN & INK BY ISAAC FITZGERALD & WENDY MACNAUGHTON
INFINITE HOME BY KATHLEEN ALCOTT
WHAT’D YOU BUY?
Christopher: This One Summer by Jillian & Mariko Tamaki and Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness by Jennifer Tseng
Drew: Railsea by China Miéville and You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Isaac: The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
ALSO MENTIONED:
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offil
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes
Young God by Katherine Faw Morris
Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
Tampa by Alissa Nutting
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Delicious Foods by James Hannaham
God Says No by James Hannaham
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Endgame: The Calling by James Frey
Binary Star by Sarah Gerard
Haints Stay by Colin Winette
The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato
Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec
The Danger of Proximal Alphabets by Kathleen Alcott
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Find Me by Laura van den Berg
Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Isaac: The Sellout by Paul Beatty, Delicious Foods by James Hannaham, and You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Drew: Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont and Who We Be by Jeff Chang
Christopher: I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson and The Log of the SS Mrs. Unguentine by Stanley Crawford