With new book titled "You Can Date Boys When You're Forty: Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About," how could we not invite Barry back to advise on other topics he knows very little about, listener etiquette questions?
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Helen Oyeyemi Gives the Wicked Stepmother a Second Look
Helen Oyeyemi - a leading voice in British fiction, at only 29 years old - re-imagines the "Snow White" fable, and how wickedness takes root.
Peeking into a Bordello of Belle Epoque New Orleans
Cari Lynn's novel "Madam" is based on the true story of one of the most powerful madams of the 1900s.
Rebecca Mead Visits the Library, Home
In this story from her new book, "My Life in Middlemarch" about her love of George Eliot's classic novel, New Yorker critic Rebecca Mead touches - and smells - literary history.
Annabelle Gurwitch Enjoys Life’s Tweet-Sized Pleasures
Actress, humorist, author, and multi-hyphenate Annabelle Gurwitch thinks it is time middle-aged people face facts: 50 is not the new 40. 50 is 50 - but that is perfectly fine.
Jackie Collins Knows What All Women Want
Nobody is prepared to answer our listeners' devious, steamy, and terribly glamorous etiquette questions quite like Jackie Collins.
Carl Hiaasen and the Vile Pizza Plot
Author and journalist Carl Hiaasen has a hard time coming up with fiction that is more bizarre than the real-life headlines of his native Florida. He offers some slightly-bizarre advice to our own listeners' real-life questions.
“Bad Luck Wife” – Gary Shteyngart
Author Gary Shteyngart tells us three jokes that one old lady told him. He joins us in this episode to read from his new memoir, “Little Failure.”
The Big Literary Successes of a ‘Little Failure’
Lauded author Gary Shtenyngart has penned hit novels including "Super Sad True Love Story" and "Absurdistan." His newest book, "Little Failure" is his first memoir, named after the nickname his mother called him.
Three Bleak-but-Beautiful Dystopias that Inspire Chang-rae Lee
Novelist Chang-Rae Lee shares some of the dystopic yet nonetheless poignantly beautiful visions of the future that inspired his newest book, "On Such a Full Sea."