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Episode 72: Andrew Leland
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Dec 11, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Andrew Leland is an editor at The Believer and hosts The Organist.
"I think a good editor has a strong stomach for crazy assholes. Because often crazy assholes are really brilliant great writers."
Thanks to TinyLetter and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.
Show notes:
Leland's archive at the Oakland Standard
Leland's blog, "Good Jobbbbbbbbb"
[4:00] "Web Dreams" (Josh Quittner • Wired • Nov 1996)
[5:15] 826 Valencia
[5:45] A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (David Eggers • 2001)
[6:45] "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction" (The Review of Contemporary Fiction • Jun 1993)
[15:30] Interview with Laura Owens (Rachel Kushner • The Believer • May 2003)
[17:45] "Rejoice! Believe! Be Strong and Read Hard!" (Heidi Julavits • The Believer • Mar 2003)
[48:00] Wholphin archive
[50:00] Please Vote for Me
[56:00] Joe Frank Show
"I think a good editor has a strong stomach for crazy assholes. Because often crazy assholes are really brilliant great writers."
Thanks to TinyLetter and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.
Show notes:
Leland's archive at the Oakland Standard
Leland's blog, "Good Jobbbbbbbbb"
[4:00] "Web Dreams" (Josh Quittner • Wired • Nov 1996)
[5:15] 826 Valencia
[5:45] A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (David Eggers • 2001)
[6:45] "E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction" (The Review of Contemporary Fiction • Jun 1993)
[15:30] Interview with Laura Owens (Rachel Kushner • The Believer • May 2003)
[17:45] "Rejoice! Believe! Be Strong and Read Hard!" (Heidi Julavits • The Believer • Mar 2003)
[48:00] Wholphin archive
[50:00] Please Vote for Me
[56:00] Joe Frank Show
Released:
Dec 11, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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