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Sruti Islam and Alex hosts Weird Era, a arts show with 126 episodes published.
About Emily Haworth-Booth: Emily Haworth-Booth teaches at the Royal Drawing School and is an illustrator, a graphic novelist, and a children’s author of three books for children: The King Who Banned the Dark &
About Strange Girls: An award-winning international author’s stunning US debut about two estranged friends who reunite over one feverish weekend and reckon with the choices that tore them apart A decade has passed since
About Yann Martel: YANN MARTEL is the author of Life of Pi, the global bestseller that won the 2002 Man Booker Prize and was adapted to the screen in the Oscar-winning film by Ang Lee. He lives in Saskatoon, Canada. Abou
About Andrew Martin: Andrew Martin is the author of the novel Early Work, a New York Times Notable book of 2018, and the story collection Cool for America, longlisted for the 2020 Story Prize. His essays and stories have
About Daniyal Mueenuddin: DANIYAL MUEENUDDIN was brought up in Lahore, Pakistan, and Elroy, Wisconsin. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, his stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Zoetrope, a
About Lauren Rothery: Lauren Rothery was born in London and raised in San Diego. She spent her twenties writing and directing short films and music videos between New York and Los Angeles. In 2020, she moved to Europe an
SOUVANKHAM THAMMAVONGSA is the author of four poetry books and the short story collection How to Pronounce Knife, winner of the 2020 Giller Prize and 2021 Trillium Book Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Ci
About Alan Light: Emmy Award–winning music journalist Alan Light is the author of numerous books including The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” (which was adapted i
About Zadie Smith: Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, Swing Time, and The Fraud; as well as a novella, The Embassy of Cambodia; three collections of essays, Changing My
About Erin Somers: Erin Somers is a reporter and news editor at Publishers Lunch. Her first novel, Stay Up with Hugo Best was a Vogue Best Book of the Year in 2019. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris R
About Jason Purcell: Jason Purcell (they/them) is a writer and musician from amiskwaciwaskahikan, Treaty 6 (Edmonton, Alberta). They are the author of the poetry collections Swollening (Arsenal Pulp Press) and A Place Mo
About Amie Barrodale: Amie Barrodale’s stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Harper’s Magazine, and other publications. In 2012 she was awarded The Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize for Fiction for her story
About Vincenzo Latronico: Born in Rome, Vincenzo Latronico studied philosophy at the University of Milan and has since published numerous books in Italian, including The Conspiracy of Doves and Gymnastics and Revolution.
About Ocean Vuong: Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections Night Sky with Exit Wounds and Time Is a Mother, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
About Curtis McRae: Curtis John McRae is editor-in-chief at Yolk Literary Journal. His fiction has appeared in The New Quarterly, Prairie Fire, Chronicling the Days anthology (Guernica Editions, 2021), and others. Quietl
About Adelaide Faith: Adelaide Faith worked as an editor in the Schools Department of Channel 4 before training to be a veterinary nurse at Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, after which she worked as a nurse at the RSPCA and
About Adam Ross: ADAM ROSS is the author of Mr. Peanut, which was selected as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Economist. He has been a fellow in fiction at the American Ac
About Amanda Leduc: AMANDA LEDUC is a disabled writer whose most recent novel, The Centaur's Wife, is "an exquisite magical world, perfectly rendered, for [a] dark and wonderful story about the dream life of outsiders an
About Katie Kitamura: Katie Kitamura is the author of four previous novels, most recently A Separation and Intimacies, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a finalist for a
About Kevin Nguyen: Kevin Nguyen is the author of the novel New Waves. He is the features editor at The Verge and was previously a senior editor at GQ. He lives in Brooklyn. About My Documents: Ursula, Alvin, Jen, and Du
Yann Martel
author
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Andrew Martin
Music Instructor at Inver Hills Community College · Alberta Professional Fire Fighters & Paramedics Association
1 appearance on this show
Souvankham Thammavongsa
1 appearance on this show
Zadie Smith
1 appearance on this show
Jason Purcell
Innovation, Relationships & Longevity
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Ocean Vuong
novelist and poet
1 appearance on this show
Katie Kitamura
Audition
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Kevin Nguyen
Author of My Documents and Keen Observer and Chronicler of the Old and the New, and Connections Between Historical Tragedies and Today's World · TaylorMade
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Laurie Woolever
Food Writer and Former Assistant to Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali
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Torrey Peters
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Lauren Elkin
author of Scaffolding
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Jeff Vandermeer
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