Mike Scalise's guest appearances

Mike Scalise

TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books Podcast

Rare Bird Radio

Brian Koppelman

Sam Polk

Matt Bell

Rachel Lang

Danielle Evans

Kevin Alexander

Bobbie Brown

AJ Jacobs

John Hanrahan

Ken Murray

Cheston Knapp

Scott Harrison

David Clark

Stephen King

Stephen Graham Jones

OwlTail

Karen Stefano

Karen Stefano, author of The Secret Games of Words, in conversation with Mike Scalise, author of The Brand New Catastrophe.

Karen Stefano in conversation with Mike Scalise

Ariel Lewiton Pt

In part 2 of their conversation, James and Mike Scalise, author of the memoir THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE, discuss an old wound, social media, and how winning the Center for Fiction's Christopher Doheny Award let to the incredible sequence of events surrounding the sale of Mike's book. Then, Sarabande Director of Marketing and Publicity/ Mike's editor/ excellent writer Ariel Lewiton joins James to discuss her many roles and how she got to where she is.    Mike Scalise: http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc Mike and James Discuss:  THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING by De La Soul  Laura van den Berg  Urban Waite  The Dzanc Prize  "The Root" by Kim Deal  Grub Street  Christopher Castellani  Janet Silver Zachary Shuster Harmsworth WILD by Cheryl Strayed Emerson College Book Court Paul Dano Rachel Cantor Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Center for Fiction Christopher Doheny Award  Franz Kafka  Housing Works Brooklyn  David Tomas Martinez  Sarabande Books Ariel Lewiton Paul Yoon  - Ariel Lewiton: http://www.ariellewiton.com/new-page/  Ariel and James discuss:  Sarah Gorham  ON IMAGINATION by Mary Ruefle  Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction  Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry  The Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature  Kristen Radtke  McGraw-Hill Education  CHINA DAILY The University of Iowa  GUERNICA  HIM, ME, MUHAMMAD ALI by Randa Jarrar  BUZZFEED BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson  AUDIBLE  IN FULL VELVET by Jenny Johnson  ANIMALS STRIKE CURIOUS POSES by Elena Passarello  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In part 2 of their conversation, James and Mike Scalise, author of the memoir THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE, discuss an old wound, social media, and how winning the Center for Fiction's Christopher Doheny Award let to the incredible sequence of events surrounding the sale of Mike's book. Then, Sarabande Director of Marketing and Publicity/ Mike's editor/ excellent writer Ariel Lewiton joins James to discuss her many roles and how she got to where she is.  Mike Scalise: <a href="http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc</a> Mike and James Discuss:  THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING by De La Soul  Laura van den Berg  Urban Waite  The Dzanc Prize  "The Root" by Kim Deal  Grub Street  Christopher Castellani  Janet Silver Zachary Shuster Harmsworth WILD by Cheryl Strayed Emerson College Book Court Paul Dano Rachel Cantor Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Center for Fiction Christopher Doheny Award  Franz Kafka  Housing Works Brooklyn  David Tomas Martinez  Sarabande Books Ariel Lewiton Paul Yoon  - Ariel Lewiton: <a href="http://www.ariellewiton.com/new-page/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ariellewiton.com/new-page/ </a> Ariel and James discuss:  Sarah Gorham  ON IMAGINATION by Mary Ruefle  Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction  Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry  The Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature  Kristen Radtke  McGraw-Hill Education  CHINA DAILY The University of Iowa  GUERNICA  HIM, ME, MUHAMMAD ALI by Randa Jarrar  BUZZFEED BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson  AUDIBLE  IN FULL VELVET by Jenny Johnson  ANIMALS STRIKE CURIOUS POSES by Elena Passarello  - <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 27: Mike Scalise and Ariel Lewiton Pt. 2 

In part one of the TK One Year Anniversary Jubilee, Mike Scalise discusses his phenomenal memoir, THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE. He talks with James about being diagnosed with the hormonal disorder acromegaly, the difficulties he encountered writing about it, the blind spots of memoir, what it's like to be a public representative of a rare condition, and the complexities of ordering middle grade Bobby "The Brain" Heenan bios through university inter-library loan. Will they discuss Mike's beloved Steelers? (Spoiler: No)   - Mike Scalise: http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc Mike and James Discuss:  Sarabande Books  THE TWO KINDS OF DECAY by Sarah Manguso Eddie Carmel  Rondo Hatton Andre the Giant  Tony Robbins   Agni  Yaddo  Ninth Letter  George Mason University  Bucknell University  Susan Orlean  Michael Paterniti  SEEK: REPORTS FROM THE EDGES OF AMERICA &amp; BEYOND by Denis Johnson American Short Fiction  One Story  BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS  ANDRE THE GIANT: LIFE AND LEGEND by Box Brown  AS YOU WISH: INCONCEIVABLE TALES FROM THE MAKING OF THE PRINCESS BRIDE by Cary Elwes  Philip Roth  Bobby "The Brain" Heenan  Rick Flair  The Fabulous Moolah  Porochista Khakpour  G.C. Waldrep  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE by Lucy Grealy HAPPY: A MEMOIR by Alex Lemon  PATRIMONY: A TRUE STORY by Philip Roth   STOP-TIME: A MEMOIR by Frank Conroy  SPEAK, MEMORY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY REVISITED by Vladimir Nabokov  Laura van den Berg Jim Shepard   HALF A LIFE: A MEMOIR by Darin Strauss  -   http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

In part one of the TK One Year Anniversary Jubilee, Mike Scalise discusses his phenomenal memoir, THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE. He talks with James about being diagnosed with the hormonal disorder acromegaly, the difficulties he encountered writing about it, the blind spots of memoir, what it's like to be a public representative of a rare condition, and the complexities of ordering middle grade Bobby "The Brain" Heenan bios through university inter-library loan. Will they discuss Mike's beloved Steelers? (Spoiler: No)   - Mike Scalise: <a href="http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc</a> Mike and James Discuss:  Sarabande Books  THE TWO KINDS OF DECAY by Sarah Manguso Eddie Carmel  Rondo Hatton Andre the Giant  Tony Robbins   Agni  Yaddo  Ninth Letter  George Mason University  Bucknell University  Susan Orlean  Michael Paterniti  SEEK: REPORTS FROM THE EDGES OF AMERICA &amp; BEYOND by Denis Johnson American Short Fiction  One Story  BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS  ANDRE THE GIANT: LIFE AND LEGEND by Box Brown  AS YOU WISH: INCONCEIVABLE TALES FROM THE MAKING OF THE PRINCESS BRIDE by Cary Elwes  Philip Roth  Bobby "The Brain" Heenan  Rick Flair  The Fabulous Moolah  Porochista Khakpour  G.C. Waldrep  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE by Lucy Grealy HAPPY: A MEMOIR by Alex Lemon  PATRIMONY: A TRUE STORY by Philip Roth   STOP-TIME: A MEMOIR by Frank Conroy  SPEAK, MEMORY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY REVISITED by Vladimir Nabokov  Laura van den Berg Jim Shepard   HALF A LIFE: A MEMOIR by Darin Strauss  -   <a href="http://tkpod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tkpod.com</a> / <a href="mailto:tkwithjs@gmail.com">tkwithjs@gmail.com</a> / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/</a>

Ep. 26: Mike Scalise & Ariel Lewiton Pt. 1 