So Many Damn Books
By Christopher Hermelin
A blessing, a curse, a podcast, since 2014. Christopher (@cdhermelin) invites folks to the Damn Library to talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through the never-dwindling stack of things to read. All with a themed drink in hand. Recorded at the Damn Library in Brooklyn, NY. For show info, book lists, and drink recipes, follow @somanydamnbooks and visit somanydamnbooks.com
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Latest episode
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228: Lev Grossman (THE BRIGHT SWORD) & Philip K Dick's UBIK
Lev Grossman returns to the podcast after a nine year break. That’s a long time! Since he was here last, he wrote his Arthurian magnum opus, The Bright Sword, and he chats about it, along with a good name for a cocktail sword, God, Merlin… -
227: Holly Gramazio (THE HUSBANDS) & Zito Madu's THE MINOTAUR AT CALLE LANZA
Holly Gramazio drops by via the magic of Zoom to talk her magical summer blockbuster of a book, The Husbands. She gets into its origin as a computer game, a lack of supernatural solutions, and why it used to have the moon falling apart. P… -
226: Kate Slotover (THE BOOK CLUB REVIEW) discusses Helene Hanff's LETTER FROM NEW YORK and Joseph Mitchell's UP IN THE OLD HOTEL
Kate Slotover, host of The Book Club Review podcast, joins me in the Damn Library all the way from London! Drinks are had, New York is discussed, along with two different worlds of New York reportage, Helene Hanff’s Letter from New … -
225: Melissa Mogollon (OYE) and Jenny Odell's HOW TO DO NOTHING
Melissa Mogollon zooms in to talk her debut Oye, and all the fun she had writing it. That means we talk how her friends are like her sisters, the unusual structure that always felt like it could fail, and how she might write a sequel from… -
224: Tea & Contemplation with Drew Broussard
Our old pal Drew (of Voyage into Genre) is back! We talk about how the internet used to be, how Drew broke hi… -
223: Fiona Warnick (THE SKUNKS) and Sheila Heti's ALPHABETICAL DIARIES
Fiona Warnick, author of the charming novel The Skunks, drops by to talk animals and metaphor, how her creative writing program helped her with this book, writing smooth, and more than that, because we also get into Sheila Heti’s Alph… -
222: Bookshelf May 2024
Christopher goes through some stuff he read and some stuff he wants to read. Got any modern pirate book recommendations?contribute! https://patreon.com/smdbfor drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com -
221: Alexander Tanner (WORRY) and Kathryn Scanlan's AUG 9 - FOG
Alexandra Tanner shares the Damn Library physical space, sitting in the chair across from me and everything. She discusses her sibling’s influence on Worry, writing for an audience of one, money, moms, and more. Plus, she brings Kathryn S… -
220: Lines in the Sand with Sarah
Damn Library co-owner Sarah sits to chat about all the things that makes one pick up a book only to put it back down again. A list of reading pet peeves that touches on everything from subject matter, to stylizations, tropes, design choices, and m… -
219: Rachel Lyon's FRUIT OF THE DEAD & Tessa Hadley's THE PAST
Rachel Lyon returns to talk about her new novel, Fruit of the Dead, and how it wasn’t always a Persephone myth retelling, she found that along the way. Plus, we get into the “generative fill” of reading, and I pontificate on dust mote fic…