# Lucia Berlin

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"Purity" by Jonathan Franzen

Slate critic, Katy Waldman, is joined by Parul Sehgal of the New York Times Book Review and culture critic, Meghan O'Rourke, to discuss Jonathan Franzen's Dickensian novel – Purity. Next month, Slate's Audio Book Club will discuss A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin. Read the book and join …

Jessica Mitford — The American Way of Death with Mimi Pond

Send us Fan Mail In this follow-up to our 2021 episode on Nancy Mitford, we’re turning the spotlight on her younger sister, Jessica (a.k.a. “Decca”) Mitford, an activist and journalist whom Time magazine called “the queen of the muckrakers.” Her influential 1963 nonfiction title The American Way of…

Episode 84: Fiction (Short Stories by Bolano, Berlin, Samarakis)

In this episode a few pages of the following books will be read: Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews  A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin The Passport and Other Selected Short Stories by Antonis Samarakis, translated from…

161: “A Manual for Cleaning Women” by Lucia Berlin

If you enjoyed this episode, consider joining our Patreon. Your support helps us keep the show running. Find out more at http://www.patreon.com/whyisthisgoodpodcast In this episode, we discuss “A Manual for Cleaning Women” by Lucia Berlin. What can we learn from this story? How can we use a repeati…

Lucy Caldwell, author of "Devotions"

In this episode, I’m joined by Lucy Caldwell, ahead of the publication of her new short story collection Devotions, due out in April 2026. We may be early to the party, but this conversation offers a rich introduction to a book that explores love, loss, longing, and the everyday objects and rituals…

2025 SEPTEMBER The White Girl by Tony Birch

We’re joined by award-winning author, historian, and activist Tony Birch to dive deep into his powerful novel The White Girl. We talk about: ✨ The inspiration behind Odette Brown’s story ✨ Love, resilience, and tenderness at the heart of the novel ✨ How fiction helps us confront Australia’s history…

728 - Beats to Scenes with Drew Goddard

John welcomes back Drew Goddard (Project Hail Mary, High Potential) to ask, how do you turn the beats of your story into full scenes? Using Drew's script for The Martian, we look at how he translates moments in a book into scenes in a movie, the freedom Drew finds in a beat sheet, how beats are app…

Why Pip Finkemeyer Stopped Scrolling

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Buy One Story here: https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/one-story-by-pip-finkemeyer/9781761152047 You can follow Pip on Instagram here (https://www.instagram.com/pipfink/) but I recommend checking out her website (https://pipfin…