184: Elaine Hsieh Chou's DISORIENTATION and Matthew Salesses' CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD

In This Episode:

Elaine Hsieh Chou drops into the Damn Library Hyperspace Zoom Zone to chat her incredible new campus satire, Disorientation. We get into the world of academia, writing villains, and of course, why she wrote this book three times.

Plus, she brings along Matthew Salesses’ Craft in the Real World. and we talk about the wisdom found therein. And lots more!

THE EP. 184 BOOKSHELF

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Elaine -
The Atmospherians by Isle Mcelroy
You Will Never Be Forgotten by Mary South
Abundance by Jakob Guanzon

Christopher -
Hide by Keirsten White
One’s Company by Ashley Hutson

ALSO MENTIONED:

Search Party (HBO Max)
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
Poetics by Aristotle
The Great Wall (2016, dir. Zhang Yimou)
Lost (ABC)

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Christopher-
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
The Shrink Next Door (Wondery, Apple TV)

Elaine-
White People Won’t Save You
Severance (Apple TV)

THE DAMN BAR: