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A wide-ranging conversation with filmmaker John McNaughton. Read an edited version with photos here.

I read a couple excerpts from William Gass's The Tunnel.

A talk with musician/writer/friend Tim Kinsella on the occasion of his new novel, Danny B.

I talk to Nathan Knapp about Schopenhauer and related matters.

I read a few pages from Nathan Knapp's forthcoming, Schopenhauer.

I read William Gass's great 1968 story.

A recording of the book-release for a new illustrated version of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury at Tangible Books on Saturday, July 18th, with publisher Mallory Smart and designer Dmitry Samarov.

A few pages of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury on the occasion of the publication of a new illustrated edition.

A talk with the musician Chris Connelly about only a few of his many, many projects, starting with Fini Tribe and ending with Catholics Against Architecture, but barely even scratching the surface...

I talk to Donna Knezek about her start in the restaurant business and how she ran legendary Chicago eateries like Leo's Lunchroom, Bite Cafe, and Feed.