192: Kevin Wilson (NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC) & Blair Braverman's SMALL GAME
In This Episode:
Kevin Wilson zooms in from his mountain to discuss his thrilling new novel, Now is Not the Time to Panic, and that means going into writing teenagers, the pre-Internet world, and magic disappearing as one gets older, and how that’s okay, along with a whole lotta other stuff. Plus, he brings along Blair Braverman’s Small Game, which means survival talk and reality television.
THE EP. 192 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Kevin: TV Grime by Luke Geddes
Christopher: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfeld
A Visit by Shirley Jackson
The Dead and the Countess by Gertrude Atherton
The Corner Shop by Lady Asquith
ALSO MENTIONED:
Heart of Junk by Luke Geddes
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
That Thing You Do! (dir. Tom Hanks)
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender
Civilwarland in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson
Baby, You’re Gonna Be Mine by Kevin Wilson
Perfect Little World by Kevin Wilson
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Small Game by Blair Braverman
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman
Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
The Bear by Claire Cameron
Room by Emma Donoghue
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Kevin: Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Bear by Marian Engel
Julian the Magician by Gwendolyn MacEwen
The Fetish by Theodora Keogh
Meg by Theodora Keogh
Christopher: The Feather Thief by Kirk W. Johnson
