Ep. 89: Kevin Wilson & Zachary Wagman

TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books Podcast

Kevin Wilson's fifth book, the novel NOTHING TO SEE HERE, is a perfect combination of everything that made his previous work so singular: the humor and edge of THE FAMILY FANG, the intensity of his short fiction, and the heart and earnestness of PERFECT LITTLE WORLD. He and James talk depicting basketball, writing being fun and versatile, keeping it short, and lacking a radar for weirdness. Plus, Ecco executive editor Zachary Wagman.

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Kevin Wilson: https://www.wilsonkevin.com/

Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE: Buy NOTHING TO SEE HERE

Kevin's work mentioned: "Blowing up on the Spot", PERFECT LITTLE WORLD, TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, THE FAMILY FANG, Buzzfeed essay: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevinwilson/i-cant-save-my-son-from-the-anxiety-ive-passed-on-to-him.

Kevin and James discuss:

PLOUGHSHARES

Laura van den Berg

Lee Boudreaux

Harry Potter

The Southern Voices Festival

"A to B" from A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan

Caki Wilkinson

Latina Davis

Kim Woodley

Grundy County

Franklin County

Kansas State

University of Florida

Patrick Ewing

Hakeem Olajuwon

Kevin McHale

THE DART LEAGUE KING by Keith Lee Morris

"Boys Town" by Jim Shepard

Harvard University

THE NEW YORKER

Calvin Trillin

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE by Shirley Jackson

A MEMBER OF THE WEDDING by Carson McCullers

MRS. CALIBAN by Rachel Ingalls

GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong

TREASURE ISLAND!!! by Sara Levine

BAD MARIE by Marcy Dermansky

THE LONGSHOT by Katie Kitamura

TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson

Christine Schutt

Steven Millhauser

Larry Bird

Johnny Storm, "The Human Torch"

Julie Barer

Ecco

Greensboro Review

Nicole Kidman

Keith Urban

Christopher Walken

Ryan Call

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Zachary Wagman: @zackwagman

Zack and James discuss:

THE FAMILY FANG

BABY, YOU'RE GONNA BE MINE

PERFECT LITTLE WORLD

Saturday Night Live

ALA

The Lead Read

The Today Show

Vintage

Crown

Dennis Lehane

Dan Halpern

Hogarth

Knopf

New England Patriots

Gillian Flynn

Pulitzer Prize

Nobel Prize

YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha

COLD STORAGE by David Koepp

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