HeyJaredShelf Destruct
Tired of the brain rot? Outread the algorithm with us. We take on the heavyweights and maybe just give you something different to talk about over a beer.
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Adam Ross on Playworld, 1980s New York & Writing From Your Own Life (opens the original)
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We sat down with Adam Ross, author of Playworld, to talk about taking ten years to write a novel, stealing from your own life without quite writing a memoir, growing up feral in 1980s New York, and why maybe not everything needs to be “content.” Along the way: child acting, literary success, jiu-jitsu, AI, DND, Odysseus, Goodreads psychos, and the idea of becoming a “life artist." This was a good one. Spotify → https://tinyurl.com/spotify-shelf-destruct Apple Podcasts → https://tinyurl.com/apple
Is 'The Catcher in the Rye' Actually Good? | J. D. Salinger (opens the original)
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Remember this book from your high school summer reading list? America’s (most hated? favorite?) teenage menace returns with all the swearing, depression, phonies, and moral panic one could need. We read it and give our thoughts. YouTube → https://youtu.be/BKGiWNwVPgQ Apple Podcasts → https://tinyurl.com/apple-shelf-destruct Follow us → IG: @shelfdestructpod | TT: @shelfdestructpod About Shelf Destruct A podcast where three guys ruin literature by talking about it too much. Each week, we read a c
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