Tag Archives: Podcast

Justin Spring at the NYPL

Justin Spring spoke with Honor Moore at the New York Public Library on September 29th, 2010. BOMB was there.

Gary Shteyngart at BookCourt

Better late than never! Listen to Gary Shteyngart read from his new novel, Super Sad True Love Story, at BookCourt this past July. A short Q & A follows the (hilarious) reading. Shteyngart’s novels include The Russian Debutante’s Handbook (2003),and Absurdistan (2006),. His other writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, Granta, Travel and Leisure, [...]

Heather Christle


In episode #014 of Phoned-In, Heather Christle reads from her book The Difficult Farm and from her chapbook The Seaside! Click through for the reading and a Q&A with Luke Degnan where they discuss the forest, a generation’s obsession with animals, and authenticity.

Sam Amidon


On a summer night last July BOMBlog contributor Richard Goldstein came across something out of the ordinary in a Chelsea gallery, among Bill Beckley’s photographs was experimental folk musician Sam Amidon. Intrigued, Goldstein picked Amidon’s brain about free-jazz, the history of American folk music, and the skills you can pick up on a beach in Nova Scotia.

Telephone #1

This special episode of Phoned-In features poems from issue #1 of the journal Telephone. Click through to hear twelve poets read their translations of a poem by Uljana Wolf and to read an interview with editors Sharmila Cohen and Paul Legault.

Jim Behrle

I want to shock you in a wine & cheese kind of way. This twelfth episode of Phoned-In features a reading by poet Jim Behrle. Click through to listen to the podcast and to read a Q&A in which he and Luke Degnan discuss The Boston Poet Tea Party, satire, Snooki and being punched in the face.

David Mitchell at BookCourt

Listen to David Mitchell read from his new novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, at BookCourt on July 16th, 2010. David Mitchell is the author of five novels, most notably number9dream and Cloud Atlas, which were both listed for the Booker Prize. A short Q & A follows the reading.

Mairéad Byrne

Why am I here–in this house–in this world–which also holds a man screaming as other men saw at his neck with an inadequate knife? In episode 11 of Phoned-In, BOMB Magazine’s poetry reading by phone podcast, Mairéad Byrne reads from her book, The Best of (What’s Left of) Heaven. Click through for the reading and a short Q&A.

Beryl Korot at the Aldrich Museum

From her ’70s publication Radical Software, to her own studio practice, Beryl Korot pushes the line between technology and communication. Watch a video of her work and listen to a podcast of an artist’s talk she gave at the Aldrich Museum.

Podcast: Jessica Hagedorn & Nelson George

This BOMB Podcast features a reading curated by novelist James Hannaham presenting Nelson George and Jessica Hagedorn. It was recorded live at the historic Montauk Club on June 23, 2010, as part of their new reading series No Book Jackets Required. Nelson George reads from his memoir City Kid and Thriller: The Musical Life of Michael Jackson; Jessica Hagedorn reads from her new novel Toxicology, forthcoming from Viking in 2011. A short Q & A with the authors follows.