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Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
David Naimon, Tin House Books
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Weekly comic book news and reviews from Joe and Matt: The Two-Headed Nerd!
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Weekly comic book news and reviews from Joe and Matt: The Two-Headed Nerd!
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Indigenous American poet, editor, and general vocal cheese fry Tommy Pico interviews a treasure trove of cultural luminaries about relics, keepsakes, and rando baubles in their apartments, sussing out the stories of their Junk. Each episode ends with a short reading from his latest poetry collection (also called Junk nbd lol smiley face). Brought to you by Tin House Books.
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DC All-In, Absolute Batman, Storm, The Terminator & MORE: New Comics Review Show #756
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DC All-In, Absolute Batman, Storm, The Terminator & MORE: New Comics Review Show #756Absolute Batman is an absolute UNIT!In this week's episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring the DC All-In and the birth of the Absolute Universe, Declan Shalvey's new take on the Terminator, Storm's long overdue graduation to solo status and MORE! Aft…
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DC All-In, Absolute Batman, Storm, The Terminator & MORE: New Comics Review Show #756
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Absolute Batman is an absolute UNIT! In this week’s episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring the DC All-In and the birth of the Absolute Universe, Declan Shalvey’s new take on the Terminator, Storm’s long overdue graduation to solo status and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new comic picks for next week […] The post DC All-I…
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The Life & Times of the Penguin! Back Issue Comics Review Show #755
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Oswald Cobblepot…this is your life! In this episode: we try to capitalize on the SEO boost of HBO’s new hit series The Penguin, by taking a look at the character’s evolution over the past 80 years! Each back issue comics review ends with a rating from THN’s “Buy It,” “Skim It,” or “Leave It” system, […] The post The Life & Times of the Penguin! Bac…
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The Life & Times of the Penguin! Back Issue Comics Review Show #755
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Oswald Cobblepot…this is your life! In this episode: we try to capitalize on the SEO boost of HBO’s new hit series The Penguin, by taking a look at the character’s evolution over the past 80 years! Each back issue comics review ends with a rating from THN’s “Buy It,” “Skim It,” or “Leave It” system, […] The post The Life & Times of the Penguin! Bac…
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As part of Jewish Currents Live: A Day of Politics & Culture, I moderated a conversation between Adania Shibli and Dionne Brand this September in New York City. Both Dionne and Adania have been on the show individually, and part of why I was hoping to bring them together this way was because of just how unforgettable my conversations with each of t…
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Isabella Hammad : Recognizing the Stranger : On Palestine and Narrative
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Today’s conversation with Isabella Hammad is truly like no other on the show in its fourteen year history. The main text of her book is the speech she delivered for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture in September of 2023. A remarkable speech called “Recognizing the Stranger” which looks at the middle of narratives, at turning points, recognition scen…
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Avengers Assemble, The Moon Is Following Us, Time Waits, The Tin Can Society & MORE: New Comics Review Show #754
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Avengers Assemble, The Moon Is Following Us, Time Waits, The Tin Can Society & MORE: New Comics Review Show #754The jackets are BACK, baby!!!In this week's episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring the return of classic avenging action in Steve Orlando and Cory Smith's Avengers Assemble, gut-punching science fantasy from Daniel Warren …
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Avengers Assemble, The Moon Is Following Us, Time Waits, The Tin Can Society & MORE: New Comics Review Show #754
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The jackets are BACK, baby!!! In this week’s episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring the return of classic avenging action in Steve Orlando and Cory Smith’s Avengers Assemble, gut-punching science fantasy from Daniel Warren Johnson and Riley Rossmo, time travel hijinx from Chip Zdarsky, David Brothers, and Marcus To, speculative fict…
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Today’s episode is an archival recording of poet Frank Bidart from the 2008 Tin House Writers Workshop. It begins with an introduction by the poet Brenda Shaughnessy, followed by an extended poetry reading by Frank Bidart. After the reading is a not-to-be-missed substantive and remarkable craft interview of Frank by Brenda. They look at how he appr…
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THN 2024 Labor Day Special: Resurgence of the Valiant Universe!
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It’s the THN 2024 Labor Day Special! In this week’s episode: We’re proud to welcome Valiant Comics guest expert Doctor Mister Carl Smith to the Ziggurat to celebrate our fellow workers with the THN 2024 Labor Day Special, featuring our advance review of Resurgence of the Valiant Universe #1! Can Valiant and Alien Books turn […] The post THN 2024 La…
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THN 2024 Labor Day Special: Resurgence of the Valiant Universe!
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It’s the THN 2024 Labor Day Special! In this week’s episode: We’re proud to welcome Valiant Comics guest expert Doctor Mister Carl Smith to the Ziggurat to celebrate our fellow workers with the THN 2024 Labor Day Special, featuring our advance review of Resurgence of the Valiant Universe #1! Can Valiant and Alien Books turn […] The post THN 2024 La…
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Todays’ guest is Grand Master of science fiction and fantasy Nalo Hopkinson. Together we center her first novel in over a decade, the remarkable Blackheart Man, and look at what it means to not only write an alternate Caribbean history, but within that history conjure an entirely new culture, one with its own language, sexual norms, family and gend…
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Aliens Vs. Avengers, Wolverine Revenge, Eye Lie Popeye, Jenny Sparks & MORE: New Comics Review Show #753
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No dinosaurs were harmed in the recording of this podcast! In this week’s episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring a legitimately terrifying tale of Aliens Vs. Avengers, the totally “true” story of how Popeye lost his eye, red banded Wolverine dino-dicing action, the return of Jenny Sparks and MORE! After that, we reveal […] The post …
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Aliens Vs. Avengers, Wolverine Revenge, Eye Lie Popeye, Jenny Sparks & MORE: New Comics Review Show #753
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No dinosaurs were harmed in the recording of this podcast! In this week’s episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring a legitimately terrifying tale of Aliens Vs. Avengers, the totally “true” story of how Popeye lost his eye, red banded Wolverine dino-dicing action, the return of Jenny Sparks and MORE! After that, we reveal […] The post …
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When Tony Stark Turns Evil! Back Issue Comics Review Show #752
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What happens when a good Tony Stark goes bad?! In this episode: we try to make sense of the RDJ-to-Doctor Doom pipeline by reviewing eight comics that examine what happens when Tony Stark turns evil (or evil-adjacent, or is actually a weird cosmic octopus doppleganger…you get it)! Each back issue comics review ends with a […] The post When Tony Sta…
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When Tony Stark Turns Evil! Back Issue Comics Review Show #752
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What happens when a good Tony Stark goes bad?! In this episode: we try to make sense of the RDJ-to-Doctor Doom pipeline by reviewing eight comics that examine what happens when Tony Stark turns evil (or evil-adjacent, or is actually a weird cosmic octopus doppleganger…you get it)! Each back issue comics review ends with a […] The post When Tony Sta…
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Sri Lankan writer Vajra Chandrasekera’s first novel, The Saint of Bright Doors, was shortlisted for or won nearly every major SFF award there is. Much of the buzz around this book circled the question:”what exactly is this?” Saints not only didn’t fulfill the expected tropes of the genre, but seemed to be actively working against them, subverting t…
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Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, Rainbow Rowell’s Sensational She-Hulk & MORE: New Comics Review Show #751
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Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, Rainbow Rowell's Sensational She-Hulk & MORE: New Comics Review Show #751The first must-read X-Titles of the From the Ashes Era!In this week's episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring the first must-read X-Titles of the From the Ashes Era, a nuclear war allegory from Kieron Gillen and Casper Wijngaard, the bit…
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Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, Rainbow Rowell’s Sensational She-Hulk & MORE: New Comics Review Show #751
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The first must-read X-Titles of the From the Ashes Era! In this week’s episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring the first must-read X-Titles of the From the Ashes Era, a nuclear war allegory from Kieron Gillen and Casper Wijngaard, the bittersweet ending of Rainbow Rowell’s Sensational She-Hulk and MORE! After that, we reveal […] The …
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Today’s guest is one of the most singular and celebrated Anglophone poets writing today, Carl Phillips. We center his latest collection, Scattered Snows, to the North, his first since winning the 2023 Pulitzer prize in poetry. But we also use his three craft books written over the decades (in 2004, 2014 and 2023 respectively) to look at his body of…
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