So Many Damn Books

Hosted ByChristopher & Drew

Christopher (@cdhermelin) and Drew (@drewsof) talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through their never-dwindling stack of things to read. All with a themed drink in their hands.

Recorded at the Damn Library in Brooklyn, NY. For show info, book lists, and drink recipes, visit somanydamnbooks.com


All Episodes

90: Amy Kurzweil (FLYING COUCH) & Riad Sattouf’s ARAB OF THE FUTURE

For the first time ever, a graphic memoirist stops by the Damn Library in the form of Amy Kurzweil, author of the graphic memoir Flying Couch! She also draws New Yorker cartoons! Listen as we chat about form and tone, board games and heartbreak, and…

89: Christopher + Drew (Just Interview Each Other)

Christopher and Drew hang out and explain themselves. They also talk their jobs, and formative reading experiences, and other subjects. music: Disaster Magic – Pier 6 (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic) contribute! patreon.com/smdb for drink…

88: Jonathan Ames (YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE) & Leonard Gardner’s FAT CITY

Jonathan Ames, writer of novels like Wake Up, Sir and I Pass Like Night, as well as series creator of Bored to Death and Blunt Talk, sits down in the Damn Library to talk his new pulp novella, You Were Never Really…

Minisode: 2018 PEN World Voices Festival!

Christopher and Drew talk about PEN’s 2018 World Voices Festival – check out their website of events! https://worldvoices.pen.org/schedule/ music: Disaster Magic – Desert Snake and Coconut Crab (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic) contribute!…

87: Ruth Curry (Emily Books) & Sigrid Nunez’s THE FRIEND

Ruth Curry joins the guys in the Damn Library fresh off her #TOB18 judge-ship to chat about all sorts of things, like balancing her reading life and her work life, what she reads for at Emily Books, and why she has a Tiny Letter. We also get to…

The 2018 Tournament of Books – Minisode #4

Oh my gosh! It’s over! Listen to me and Drew talk about what we thought about the Tournament this year, and also, a couple books we really wish had been in the tournament! Bok bok to you! Become a sustaining member of the Tournament!…

The 2018 Tournament of Books – Minisode #3

Oh my gosh it’s still the tournament and we are feeling the madness! Listen to us talk about what’s gone on so far, and also, some of the past tournament injustices! Become a sustaining member of the Tournament!…

86: Gabe Habash (STEPHEN FLORIDA) & Iris Murdoch’s THE NICE AND THE GOOD

Christopher and Drew wrestle up Gabe Habash to drink, chat, and be merry. Christopher serves everyone a very strange cocktail based on Habash’s Stephen Florida, then dive right into the very strange headspace of Mr. Florida. They discuss plot…

The 2018 Tournament of Books – Minisode #2

Christopher and Drew prognosticate! The first round is still underway, but we still wanted to talk about what’s gone on so far, and what might happen for the end of the round. Become a sustaining member of the Tournament!…

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