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

212: Amy Kurzweil (ARTIFICIAL: A LOVE STORY) & Jason Lutes’ BERLIN

Amy Kurzweil stops into the Damn Library, physically, to talk about the physical object of her new graphic memoir, Artificial: A Love Story, which largely concerns AI. We discuss...

211: Edan Lepucki (TIME’S MOUTH) & Yael Goldstein-Love’s THE POSSIBILITIES

Edan Lepucki visits the virtual Damn Library by the power of the internet to discuss her intergenerational time travel novel, Time’s Mouth. We get into all the fun stuff,...

210: Jennifer Baker (FORGIVE ME NOT) & Akwaeke Emezi’s PET

Jennifer Baker steps into the physical reality of the Damn Library and thankfully brings along her infectious laugh and passion for books. We chat all about the long road...

209: Mona Awad (ROUGE) & Susanna Clarke’s PIRANESI

Mona Awad visits the Damn Library via the casual magic of web video for a third go round, this time for her bedeveling, garnet-bedazzled Rouge. She talks about putting...

208: Stacey Mei Yan Fong (50 PIES 50 STATES) & John Waters’ CARSICK

Stacey Mei Yan Fong drops into the Damn Library for a slice of pie and a pie-inspired cocktail and lots of impassioned talk of pie and baking and her...

207: Henry Hoke (OPEN THROAT) & Steven Dunn’s POTTED MEAT

Henry Hoke makes a visit to the physical space of the Damn Library to talk his novel Open Throat, and allowing P-22 to become “me-22,” as well as the...

206: Vacation Reading

I’m just hanging out in the Damn Library talking about some books I just got in the mail, and the books I’m taking on vacation. Is this a good...

205: Christine Grillo (HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH) & Molly Keane’s GOOD BEHAVIOUR

Into the Damn Library Christine Grillo zooms, and what do we talk about? Her inventive, touching, hopefully not too prescient Hestia Strikes a Match, plus all that went into...

204: Kate Slotover (The Book Club Review) & Kathryn Scanlan’s KICK THE LATCH & Christopher Morley’s PARNASSUS ON WHEELS

Kate Slotover, co-host of the podcast The Book Club Review, zooms into the Damn Library and chats book podcast reading, how many books she will get to before she...

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