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Michael Jerome Plunkett's newsletter - essays, updates, and podcast interviews.
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The Stopping Place (A Series) (opens the original)
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I have books to catch up on. Quite a few, if I’m being honest. I have books I’ve been meaning to read. Books I’ve been saving. Books I swear I’ll read next. Books I should have read by now. Books I am embarrassed I have not read. Books I’m missing out on. Books that caught my attention. Books everyone’s talking about. Books people gave me because they read my book and thought I would like theirs. Books I bought just because. All of these books form what’s known in the biz as my to-be-read list,
LW19: Emily St. John Mandel (opens the original)
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Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel EXIT PARTY hits shelves today. In 2024, I got the chance to speak with her for the 10th anniversary of STATION ELEVEN which I’m sharing here. Mandel possesses a quality approaching clairvoyance when it comes to her novels so I can’t wait to jump into EXIT PARTY.
LW3: Phil Klay (opens the original)
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Revisiting my conversation with Phil Klay today. This is from a few years back right when the LitWar Podcast was getting started. My “recording studio” was my closet in my apartment in South Carolina. Phil remains one of the most thoughtful authors I’ve had a chance to sit with. He considered every question so thoroughly that when I went to edit the episode I ended up cutting close to 15 minutes total of dead air between questions and answers. One of my favorite conversations to date.
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