Ranked #1
A Conversation with Ursula K Le Guin
A Conversation with Ursula K Le Guin
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin on the blurring of fact and ficti... Read more
3 Jan 2018
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49mins
Ranked #2
A Conversation with Maggie Nelson
A Conversation with Maggie Nelson
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the writer Maggie Nelson about how Proust inspires guilt, the disillusionmen... Read more
21 Dec 2017
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48mins
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Ben Lerner: Part I
Ben Lerner: Part I
Paul Holdengraber talks to Ben Lerner about fatherhood, failure, and the poetry of both. Learn more about your ad choice... Read more
21 Oct 2015
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24mins
Ranked #4
A conversation with Paul Auster
A conversation with Paul Auster
Paul Auster talks to Paul Holdengraber about the nature of the unexpected, the nature of the self, and the cruel nature ... Read more
25 Jan 2017
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35mins
Ranked #5
Cheryl Strayed, part one
Cheryl Strayed, part one
Cheryl Strayed and Paul Holdengraber discuss sex, grief, and the power of quotations. For more, visit LitHub.com. Learn ... Read more
27 Jan 2016
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27mins
Ranked #6
Ben Lerner, Part II
Ben Lerner, Part II
Paul Holdengraber talks with Ben Lerner about first-person narrators, the power of art, and Leonard Cohen's Greek cottag... Read more
28 Oct 2015
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25mins
Ranked #7
A Conversation With Stephen Karam
A Conversation With Stephen Karam
Stephen Karam talks to Paul Holdengraber about pain, despair, and the enduring power of great writing.. Learn more about... Read more
3 Mar 2017
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50mins
Ranked #8
A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward
A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to the writer Jesmyn Ward about her latest book, "Sing, Unburied, Sing," the ar... Read more
19 Sep 2017
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37mins
Ranked #9
A Conversation With Sjon
A Conversation With Sjon
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the poet Sjon about the importance of travel, keeping your audience awake, c... Read more
18 May 2017
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45mins
Ranked #10
Jhumpa Lahiri, part one.
Jhumpa Lahiri, part one.
In which Jhumpa Lahiri and Paul Holdengraber discuss the old-world family unit, bad conversation, and the pleasure of ph... Read more
10 Feb 2016
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24mins
Ranked #11
A Conversation With Pamela Paul
A Conversation With Pamela Paul
In this episode, Paul Holdengraber talks to New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul about her new book, "My Life W... Read more
22 Jun 2017
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41mins
Ranked #12
A Conversation with Susan Orlean
A Conversation with Susan Orlean
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the American journalist and author about her new book on the 1986 Los Angele... Read more
26 Apr 2018
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50mins
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A Conversation with Wayne Koestenbaum
A Conversation with Wayne Koestenbaum
In this episode, Paul Holdengräber talks to the American poet and cultural critic about Susan Sontag, Marcel Proust, and... Read more
1 Mar 2018
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57mins
Ranked #14
Claudia Rankine, part one
Claudia Rankine, part one
Paul Holdengraber caught up with the ever-itinerant Claudia Rankine this past summer to talk about casual stalking and t... Read more
7 Oct 2015
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15mins
Ranked #15
A Conversation with Deborah Eisenberg
A Conversation with Deborah Eisenberg
In this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber speaks with Deborah Eisenberg on "Bartleby the Scrivener," ... Read more
30 Aug 2018
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #16
A Conversation with Alexander Chee
A Conversation with Alexander Chee
In this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber reaches Alexander Chee in Italy and asks him about mentors ... Read more
19 Jul 2018
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39mins
Ranked #17
A Conversation with Sarah Broom
A Conversation with Sarah Broom
In this week's episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber and Sarah Broom discuss her memoir, The Yellow House... Read more
15 Aug 2019
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50mins
Ranked #18
William Gibson, part two
William Gibson, part two
William Gibson, part two by Literary Hub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Jan 2016
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23mins
Ranked #19
Jhumpa Lahiri, part two.
Jhumpa Lahiri, part two.
In the second part of Jhumpa Lahiri's conversation with Paul Holdengraber, they discuss nostalgia, language, and being t... Read more
17 Feb 2016
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25mins
Ranked #20
Claudia Rankine: Part II
Claudia Rankine: Part II
Paul Holdengraber talks to Claudia Rankine about race, hope, and the power of President Obama's Charleston eulogy. Learn... Read more
14 Oct 2015
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20mins