John Evans of Diesel, a bookstore in Brentwood, talks about the state of his business and shares his insights on how bookselling will look in a post-pandemic world.

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E43: Bookstories Redux with John Evans of Diesel Bookstore

a conversation with producer, teacher, and author Richard Wolf about his new book, In Tune, available now.

E42: Richard Wolf, author of 'In Tune'

Shawn Levy, in conversation, about his new book The Castle on Sunset.

E41: Shawn Levy, author of The Castle on Sunset

Danny discusses his new book remembering Kurt Cobain, his time managing the band Nirvana, and more.

E40: Danny Goldberg, author of Serving the Servant

A conversation with Stephanie Valdez, owner of Community Bookstore in Brooklyn.

E39: Community Bookstore (Brooklyn) / Stephanie Valdez

A conversation with Ben Rybeck of Brazos Bookstore in Houston, TX.

E38: Brazos Bookstore / Ben Rybeck

Geoff discusses his prior work and current thoughts on tennis, jazz, film, tv, literature, bookstores and more.

E37: Geoff Dyer

Susan Jaques in conversation about her new book, The Caesar of Paris. Topics discussed include: tackling the subject matter of Napoleon Bonaparte, the history of art appropriation, the history of The Louvre, Napoleon's looting of Egypt, his relationship with the Catholic Church, the history of the Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon's downfall, and why we still talk about and study him today.

E36: Susan Jaques, author of The Caesar of Paris

Madhuri and Vik discuss the inspiration behind her first novel, writing in the first person, the Kashmir region of India, favorite bookstores, and much more.

E35: Madhuri Vijay, author of The Far Field

Karen Bender discusses intent and process on several short stories in her new collection and caps the conversation with a run down of favorite works, bookstores and what she's currently reading.

E34: Karen Bender, author of The New Order

Kembrew McLeod discusses his new book, The Downtown Pop Underground

E33: Kembrew McLeod, author of The Downtown Pop Underground

Thomas Kohnstamm, author of Lake City, discusses why he wrote about the two sides of Seattle, Lake City the place, the business of producing a book, the writing process, favorite places to write, and much more.

E32: Thomas Kohnstamm, author of Lake City

E31: Longfellow Books / Ari Gersen

Christie talks about the store she owns and operates in beautiful Mendocino, CA. Topics discussed include: taking over a legacy store, event planning for stores outside big cities, Joan Didion, the origin story behind their great coffee mugs, the state of technology in the retail book space, and more.

E30: Gallery Bookshop / Christie Olson Day

David Kipen discusses his new book, Dear Los Angeles: the City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018

E29: David Kipen, editor of the book 'Dear Los Angeles'

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