193: Ashley Hutson (ONE'S COMPANY) & Lindsay Hill's SEA OF HOOKS

In This Episode:

Ashley Hutson, author of Christopher’s favorite novel of 2022, One’s Company, drops into the Damn Library to discuss the joy of writing a novel based on a favorite sitcom, writing a novel chronologically and then interweaving it, and how publishing a novel is quite different than the dream of publishing a novel. Plus, she brings along Lindsay Hill’s Sea of Hooks, which leads into a robust recommendation section of a few extremely sad and difficult books.

THE EP. 193 BOOKSHELF

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Ashley:
The Empire of Dirt by Francesca Manfredi
Christopher:
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
My Dirty California by Jason Mosberg

ALSO MENTIONED:

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
I’m Thinking of Ending Things dir. Charlie Kaufman
Three’s Company (created by Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernard West)
The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
Remainder by Tom McCarthy
Sea of Hooks by Lindsay Hill
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Contango by Lindsay Hill
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Ashley:What the Living Do by Marie Howe
Black Aperture by Matt Rass
Comemadre by Roque Larraquy
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Human Acts by Han Kang
The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois
Hogg by Samuel Delany
Christopher:
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana audiobook, read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Nile Bullock, Sidik Fofana, Dominic Hoffman, DePreOwens, André Santana, Bahni Turpin, Jade Wheeler