121: Courtney Maum (COSTALEGRE) and Aaron Schulman's THE AGE OF DISENCHANTMENTS

In This Episode:

Courtney Maum drops into the Damn Library to imbibe a tequila and mezcal cocktail and talk about her new novel Costalegre. She gets into her past as a tequila promoter, we talk about how Peggy and Pegeen Guggenheim ended up fictionalized in her novel, and we discuss the travails of the social media side to writing. We also dive into The Age of Disenchantments by Aaron Schulman, discovering the Paneros and the unexpected mirror they hold to modern life.

The Ep. 121 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Costalegre by Courtney Maum
The Age of Disenchantments by Aaron Schulman

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: The Not Wives by Carley Moore // Overthrow by Caleb Crain
Courtney: Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn // There Will Be No Miracles Here by Casey Gerald
Christopher: Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi // Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace by Susanne Bürner

ALSO MENTIONED:

I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum
Touch by Courtney Maum
Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T. Kira Madden
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Veep (2012-2019)
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Grey Gardens (1975)
Experience: A Memoir by Martin Amis
Just Kids by Patti Smith

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Courtney: Western (2017) // The Boondocks Film Society
Christopher: Billie by Anna Gavalda, translated by Jennifer Rappaport
Drew: The Dinner Guest by Gabriela Ybarra, translated by Natasha Wimmer // The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Damn Bar