Episode Ninety-Two: Hannah Pittard

In This Episode:

Another returning guest?! It's true - we're hitting that point where all our favorite folks from days of yore are putting out something new, so Hannah Pittard swung back through the Damn Library to talk 1962, writing advice like 'always kill the dog,' other tidbits about her new novel Visible Empire -- and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, which provokes much discussion (and zero references to the neat title connection, which is frankly kind of disappointing but thems the breaks).

The Ep. 92 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner / The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner / Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin & David Naimon
Christopher: Saving Central Park by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Hannah: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner / Exit West by Mohsin Hamid / Less by Andrew Sean Greer / An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

ALSO MENTIONED:

The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
Reunion by Hannah Pittard
Listen to Me by Hannah Pittard
There There by Tommy Orange
The Sewanee Review, Vol. 125, Issue 2
A Dog of Flanders by Ouida
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
The Explosion at Orly by Ann Uhry Abrams
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, read by Joe Morton
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
The Wire (2002-2008)
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
THE ADVENTURE ZONE
HELLO FROM THE MAGIC TAVERN
Veep (2012-present)

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: Any Man by Amber Tamblyn
Hannah: American Pastoral by Philip Roth / A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood / Atlanta (2016-present) / ATLANTA MONSTER
Christopher: A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017-present) / MEET MY FRIENDS THE FRIENDS

The Damn Bar