W. David Marx and I talk about his book Ametora, Japanese culture, and books in translation. Full transcript is available online: https://craigmod.com/onmargins/s02e03/ Noted: Ametora: How Japan Saved American Fashion AMETORA(アメトラ) 日本がアメリカンスタイルを救った物語 Néojaponisme @wdavidmarx on Twitter A Bathing Ape Takes a Final Bath Brift H shoe shine master David’s recent writing about obscurity in the Internet Age Scarcity Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - early nytimes piece on BAPE, David quoted American Truck Simulator
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Sam Anderson (Part 2)
Sam Anderson is back, 10 months later, discussing his 2020 pandemic writing life. We cover his Weird Al essay, his NBA bubble excursion, how closely observing something makes for a wonderful writing exercise, and! we reveal our extremely obvious One Wild Trick to getting everything done in life. Show notes: Sam Anderson on Twitter Boom Town, Sam Anderson Descript, visual podcast editing “The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic”, Sam Anderson “What I Learned Inside the N.B.A. Bubble”, Sam Anderson The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth, Sam Anderson “Watch This Snowball Fight From 1897 for a Jolt of Pure Joy”, Sam Anderson “I Recommend Eating Chips”, Sam Anderson Ursula K. Le Guin (Author) A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K. Le Guin illustrated by t-shirt Audrey Lorde, “Anger is loaded with information and energy." As always, a full transcript is available at: https://craigmod.com/onmargins/s02e02/
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Sam Anderson (Part 1/2)
Sam Anderson is a New York Times Magazine staff writer and the author of Boom Town, a book about the "great minor city of America" — Oklahoma City. This is part one of a two part interview. We recorded this conversation in March, 2020, just as the first lockdown of the pandemic had gone into effect. Sam Anderson on Twitter Boom Town, Sam Anderson New Sentences Annie Dillard (Author) The Writing Life, Annie Dillard The Abundance, Annie Dillard John McPhee (Author) “The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami” Full transcript online at: https://craigmod.com/onmargins/s02e01/
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Gray318 (Jon Gray)
An extended interview with Jon Gray, aka Gray318, the award winning, London based, book designer. Gray318 has designed covers for William Gibson, Zadie Smith, Salman Rushdie, David Foster Wallace, Robin Sloan, and perhaps most famously, for Jonathan Safran Foer. Show links: Gray318 Gray318 Instagram Corrie Baldauf's Gravity's Rainbow Project Gravity's Rainbow Sally Mann documentary Jonathan Safran Foer Tree of Codes The Yellow World Zadie Smith Karl Lagerfeld Rodrigo Corral MCD Books Infinite Jest A Death by Stephen King America is Not the Heart House of Leaves Only Revolutions Art Space Tokyo Full transcript online at: https://craigmod.com/onmargins/010
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Lynne Tillman and What She Would Do
An interview with novelist, essayist, and cultural critic, Lynne Tillman. Craig Mod sits down with Lynne Tillman at her apartment in Manhattan and they go through the covers of her novels, essay collections, and non-fiction books. Show Links: Lynne on Twitter Lynne's Books Lynne's Wikipedia Artist Babara Kruger Artist Nan Goldin Artist Peter Drerer Artist Sadie Benning Artist Barbara Ess Charles Orr, designer Soft Skull Press Publisher / Editor Richard Nash What Would Lynne Tillman Do, the website 3am Magazine interview with Lynne “On Lynne Tillman” by Colm Toibin for The New Yorker An Interview With Lynne Tillman, Believer Mag
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