# Stuart Dybek

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‘No Saints, No Demons’: Sidik Fofana on Creating Characters and Protecting Dreams

Deesha and Dawnie sit down with Sidik Fofana, author of the acclaimed collection Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, published in 2022. Fofana discusses his journey getting into NYU, being a public school teacher, taking the long road to publishing his debut collection, and finding inspiration in …

Stuart Dybek

I Sailed with Magellan (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Dream and reality are side by side in Stuart Dybek's short stories--but with a twist. As the sexual dreams of his adolescent characters are shaped by reality, those characters are transformed...

Fandom, Criticism, & Milk Pans w/ Akosua Adasi

My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Redden Keefe Say Nothing by Patrick Madden Keefe The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel  The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek  Rayne Fisher Quann Interview with Tavi Gevinson  The Vanishing White Ma…

Episode 58 - Challenges My Expectations with Jess Abra Sandy

On this episode, Jess Abra Sandy, a self-described lapsed opera singer and cyber security expert talks about how poetry has provided for her in different ways as her seasons of life change. We also talk about books that make us want to throw them across the room, how her reading life has changed as…

S3 Ep 01 - Coast of Chicago (Part 1)

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Chicago Review of Books, this year we're reading and discussing some of the best literature the Windy City has to offer! To start out, we're covering Mike's absolute favorite short story collection COAST OF CHICAGO by the legendary Stuart Dybek. Jessica Kel…

S3 Ep 02 - Coast of Chicago (Part 2)

We return to the fantastic Stuart Dybek short story collection COAST OF CHICAGO to cover the second half of the volume. This episode is part of our ongoing celebration of all things Chicago for the 10th anniversary of the Chicago Review of Books.

The Translator’s Life: Motoyuki Shibata on MONKEY, Fiction, and Language

Note: This episode originally aired in November 2021. My guest today is Motoyuki Shibata, one of Japan’s most celebrated translators of American literature and a hugely important figure in the world of literary exchange between Japan and the English-speaking world. Shibata is Professor Emeritus at …

Stuart Dybek: “Nine Bluegills”

Recorded by Stuart Dybek for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 1, 2026. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org⁠