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Episode 1: The Bunt, with Chad Harbach
Episode 1: The Bunt, with Chad Harbach
It's only fitting that our first show features the author who turned Steve Blass Disease into one of the best fictional depictions of fellowship through sports ever written. But we haven’t asked Chad Harbach on to talk about the connection between Prufrock, the Vietnam War, and double-clutching. Instead, we talk about that most humble of baseball plays: the sacrifice bunt.
Chad's Re-reading list
Chad's Re-reading list
(This podcast stems in large part from the fact that Nathaniel is an unabashed re-reader of books. We ask each author what books they keep going back to for inspiration. Here are Chad's answers):
Walden (Thoreau)
Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
The Age of Innocence (Wharton)
Emma (Austen)
Short stories of Deborah Eisenberg
Skylark (Kosztolányi)
The Line of Beauty (Hollinghurst)
Episode 2: Spitball Morality with David James Duncan
Episode 2: Spitball Morality with David James Duncan
By the time David James Duncan published The Brothers K (and the short story The Mickey Mantle Koan before it) he had spent seven years living with the characters in it, who in many ways resemble his own family. We talk to David about the healing brought on by writing after the death of his brother, about foreign substances, and about letting the game dictate when it's time to hang your cleats up.
David's re-reading list
David's re-reading list
The Ramayana (Buck translation)
Laurus (Vodolazkin)
Braided Creek (Kooser and Harrison
For the Time Being (Dillard)
Always Coming Home (LeGuin)
Short stories of Barry Lopez
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