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- Paul Auster (BSS #231)
(34mb)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:36:24 +0000
Paul Auster is most recently the author of Man in the Dark. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Opening himself up to explanation. Author: Paul Auster Subjects Discussed: Starting a novel from a title, the advance titles contained within The Book of Illusions, the working title of The Music of Chance, Mr. Blank, the relationship between Travels in the Scriptorium [...] - Recent Segundo Shoutouts
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:44:05 +0000
We’ve received some very kind shoutouts lately from The Los Angeles Times’s Carolyn Kellogg, The Sound of Young America’s Colin Marshall, and The Fiction Circus’s Miracle Jones. Thanks, folks, for the writeups. They’ve even made Mr. Segundo blush! - Jenny Davidson (BSS #230) (59mb)
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:40:58 +0000
Jenny Davidson is most recently the author of The Explosionist. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Investigating the veracity of explosions. Author: Jenny Davidson Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: Well, going back to one of the many questions that I just asked you about the idea of concocting this alternative universe, was it a matter of working within [...] - Ross Raisin (BSS #229) (48mb)
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:35:47 +0000
Ross Raisin is the author of God’s Own Country (UK title)/Out Backward. (Please note: This discussion deals at length with many of the Yorkshire terms that Mr. Raisin uses within his novel. Please consult this lexicon if you’d like to know more.) Condition of Mr. Segundo: Abdicating to a helium-impaired fill-in host. Author: Ross Raisin Subjects Discussed: [List [...] - Ethan Canin (BSS #228) (41mb)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:09:18 +0000
Ethan Canin is most recently the author of America America. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Examining his miserable relationship with America. Author: Ethan Canin Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Canin: I wish I could act as if there was something more intentional. I’m a little tired here. Correspondent: Oh, that’s okay. Canin: Perhaps there was a little more intentionality on [...] - Kathryn Harrison (BSS #227) (48mb)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:05:24 +0000
Kathryn Harrison is most recently the author of While They Slept. Condition of Mr. Segundo:: Grappling with death and emergencies. Author: Kathryn Harrison Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Harrison: I worked from a number of documents and sources. And I didn’t feel that I could do better than to begin with that exchange between Jody [...] - The Save Segundo Campaign (0mb)
Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:17:20 +0000
First off, I want to thank all of the people who have written with their concerns and kind words about The Bat Segundo Show. I have received messages from listeners all over the world — including France, Sweden, Japan, and Norway. I was also extremely honored by Colin Marshall’s kind writeup at The [...] - Mike Edison (BSS #226) (51mb)
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:49:49 +0000
Mike Edison is the author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go. Condition of the Show: Reinvestigating the purported death of Bat Segundo. (See also Show #199.) Author: Mike Edison Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: First off, you have a lot of critical things to say about a lot of people. Edison: I name names, brother! Correspondent: Yeah, [...] - Peter David (BSS #225) (44mb)
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:01:19 +0000
Peter David is most recently the author of Tigerheart. Condition of the Show: Investigating claimed nemeses of Goliath. Author: Peter David Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: I’m wondering though if there has ever been an instance in your comic career, in which an editor has come to you and said, “Hey, Peter, the sales for this [...] - ¡Más Segundo!
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:42:02 +0000
Over the past two weeks, plans have been drafted and considerable efforts have been made to keep the show going at least through the end of the year. The details of these plans will be revealed here on Friday. The Save Segundo team believes that we can do it and we will have [...] - Sen. Mike Gravel & Joe Lauria (BSS #224) (48mb)
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:24:33 +0000
Senator Mike Gravel and Joe Lauria are the co-authors of A Political Odyssey. Gravel was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. presidential race. Lauria is an investigative journalist who writes for The Sunday Times. Condition of the Show: Delving into the complexities of the military industrial complex. Authors: Senator Mike Gravel and Joe Lauria. Subjects Discussed: [...] - Faye Flam (BSS #223) (41mb)
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:16:12 +0000
Faye Flam is most recently the author of The Score. Condition of the Show: Attempting to contend with gender generalizations. Author: Faye Flam Subjects Discussed: [List forthcoming] EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: But not every man, Faye, is going to sit down and slap thousands of dollars wanting to get laid like this. Flam: (laughs) No. Correspondent: I mean, this isn’t the archetypal [...] - Nam Le (BSS #222) (58mb)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:03:40 +0000
Nam Le is the author of The Boat. Condition of the Show: Attempting to find classification within the media industrial complex. Author: Nam Le Subjects Discussed: On writing about panna cotta before experiencing it, plausibility and aesthetics, subjectivity, the dangers of autobiographical connections and personal experience perceived by readers and critics, why fiction needs to be influenced by [...] - Grandmaster Flash & Karen Abbott (BSS #221) (46mb)
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:23:31 +0000
Grandmaster Flash is most recently the author of The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash (with David Ritz). Karen Abbott is most recently the author of Sin in the Second City. Condition of the Show: Marinating in urban culture. Authors: Grandmaster Flash and Karen Abbott SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Using “adventures” in a book title, cutting, rubbing and scratching, finding obscure [...] - The Bat Segundo Show, 2004-2008
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:26:56 +0000
The Bat Segundo Show is going on indefinite hiatus. Which pretty much means that it’s over, unless some magical sponsor or benefactor can appear at the eleventh hour to save the show. But I doubt it. I tried to keep the show running as long as I could, supporting it with my [...] - Mark Kurlansky (BSS #220) (48mb)
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:44:26 +0000
Mark Kurlansky is most recently the author of The Last Fish Tale. Condition of the Show: Moving forward after unexpected losses. Author: Mark Kurlansky Subjects Discussed: Mark Kurlansky’s wonderful dog, coming into Gloucester from an outsider’s perspective, possible solutions to global fishing problems, the close parallels between bottom dragging and the decline in fish stocks, ineffective methods [...] - Thomas M. Disch (BSS #219) (52mb)
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:52:15 +0000
To my great shock, the late, great Thomas M. Disch committed suicide on July 4, 2008. This was his last face-to-face interview before his death, conducted on June 25, 2008 at his apartment. For more on Disch, start here. His most recent book was The Word of God. Condition of the [...] - Andre Dubus III (BSS #218) (36mb)
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:00:43 +0000
Andre Dubus III is most recently the author of The Garden of Last Days. Condition of the Show: Plagued by decaying verdure and intrusive catering managers. Author: Andre Dubus III Subjects Discussed: The propinquity of Roman numerals after surnames, Richard Flanagan’s The Unknown Terrorist, Heinrich Böll, books being categorized as post-9/11 novels, on letting a book go after [...] - Rachel Shukert (BSS #217) (47mb)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:49:55 +0000
Rachel Shukert is the author of Have You No Shame? Condition of the Show: Contending with tenuous widows and the mysterious circumstances of Mr. Segundo’s death. Author: Rachel Shukert Subjects Discussed: Whether Ms. Shukert is still on the Viacom blacklist, the soul-crushing aspects of temping, working odd jobs in Amsterdam, Anne Frank as a constant in life, the [...] - Mort Walker (BSS #216) (27mb)
Wed, 21 May 2008 17:36:22 +0000
Mort Walker is the creator of Beetle Bailey. A forthcoming volume of the first two years of Beetle Bailey is coming next month. Condition of the Show: Observing fifty years of development. Author: Mort Walker Subjects Discussed: Walker’s drawing pace, the Beetle Bailey production cycle, filtering through the gags, rejected strips sent to Sweden, Beetle’s early days [...] - Christian Bauman (BSS #215) (35mb)
Wed, 21 May 2008 17:29:54 +0000
Christian Bauman is most recently the author of In Hoboken. Condition of the Show: Contending with contentious Midtown diners. Author: Christian Bauman Subjects Discussed: Defining a rock and roll novel, writing an ensemble novel with Hoboken as a character, references to paper storms and 9/11, chronological foreshadowing, using real-life Hoboken locations vs. invented locations, the Hoboken-New York rivalry, [...] - Ralph Bakshi (BSS #214) (42mb)
Wed, 21 May 2008 17:17:07 +0000
Ralph Bakshi is the director of such films as Heavy Traffic, Coonskin, and American Pop. There is also a recent book, Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, now out that collects his work. Condition of the Show: Caught in a musical daydream. Guest: Ralph Bakshi Subjects Discussed: The role of music in Bakshi’s films, making good films without [...] - Steven Greenhouse (BSS #213) (45mb)
Tue, 20 May 2008 17:27:31 +0000
Steven Greenhouse is the New York Times labor reporter and the author of The Big Squeeze. Condition of the Show: Reporting upon the darker truths of America. Author: Steven Greenhouse Subjects Discussed: Whether economic factors of the 1970s or Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous maxim caused the current strife between corporations and workers, the social contract that came from 20th [...] - Fiona Maazel (BSS #212) (38mb)
Tue, 20 May 2008 16:18:35 +0000
Fiona Maazel is the author of Last, Last Chance. [LISTENING NOTE! Please note that this show contains numerous grinding noises. We have endeavored to remove as many of these as possible, and reduce the noise where possible. Alas, SOME aural residue remains.] Condition of the Show: Considering the niceties of superplagues. Author: Fiona Maazel Subjects Discussed: [...] - Ed Park (BSS #211) (60mb)
Tue, 20 May 2008 14:48:18 +0000
Ed Park is most recently the author of Personal Days. Condition of the Show: Plagued by brutal downsizing. Author: Ed Park Subjects Discussed: Literary people named Ed, writing Personal Days and using vacation days while employed at the Voice, counting words written per day, B.S. Johnson, Jonathan Coe’s Like a Fiery Elephant, Harry Stephen Keeler, staying productive as [...] - Cynthia Ozick (BSS #210) (46mb)
Mon, 19 May 2008 18:37:04 +0000
Cynthia Ozick is most recently the author of Dictation. Condition of the Show: Overtaken by a tyrannical dictator. Author: Cynthia Ozick Subjects Discussed: Balancing two authors, two secretaries and other stylistic repetitions that evoke typewriters in “Dictation,” purloining language from Henry James and Joseph Conrad’s letters, Henry James’s “forgotten umbrella,” “Literary Entrails,” parallels between the last two turns [...] - Sloane Crosley (BSS #209) (48mb)
Mon, 19 May 2008 18:19:18 +0000
Sloane Crosley is the author of I Was Told There’d Be Cake. Condition of the Show: Placing the authors and book titles under too much scrutiny. Author: Sloane Crosley Subjects Discussed: Marie Antoinette, caring about perception, Veganism, the personal essay as a series of impersonations and observations, on being perceived as “nice,” the text as a [...] - Tobias Wolff (BSS #208) (34mb)
Mon, 19 May 2008 18:00:11 +0000
Tobias Wolff is most recently the author of Our Story Begins. Condition of the Show: Speculating upon Mr. Wolff’s unknown powers. Author: Tobias Wolff Subjects Discussed: Writing first-person stories that don’t seem like first-person stories, the use of the word “I,” contemporary short stories and therapy sessions, fiction and narcissism, William Trevor, knowing the lay of the land, [...] - David Hajdu (BSS #207) (43mb)
Fri, 09 May 2008 21:26:14 +0000
David Hajdu is most recently the author of The Ten-Cent Plague. Condition of the Show: Dabbling into hidden threats. Author: David Hajdu Subjects Discussed: Hajdu’s approach to journalism, primary sources vs. secondary sources, categories of people to talk with when preparing a book, tracking down people who disappeared, grassroots methods of finding people, changing names, the untold story [...] - Sarah Hall (BSS #206) (64mb)
Fri, 09 May 2008 18:15:15 +0000
Sarah Hall is most recently the author of Daughters of the North (published in the UK as The Carhullan Army). Condition of the Show: Remaining optimistic about a dystopian future. Author: Sarah Hall Subjects Discussed: Daughters of the North vs. The Carhullan Army, writing books that aren’t set in the present day, concern for environmental details, the comforts [...]
