In this episode, we talk with prolific reader and accomplished musician Evan Stephens Hall from the band Pinegrove. We discuss his top books of the year and go through a few of our own favorite reading experiences from 2022.
Here is the David Foster Wallace & Richard Powers Q&A we mention.
And here is the reading poriton of that event that begins with DFW talking about the “brick” in his pocket.
The Pinegrove songs featured in this episode are Alaska and Habitat.
Thank you to Rough Trade Records, Pinegrove and Evan Stephens Hall for permission.
Here are our Concavity Show Best Songs of 2022 playlists:
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/best-of-2022/pl.u-EdAVv5dCaMJB7j
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BwuTDJq2LoU8ZzdSDXSK5?si=052f5d25ed514b43
Evan, top books mentioned:
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (Gaines stamp!)
Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Public Library by Ali Smith (and Autumn!)
Breaking and Entering by Joy WIlliams
Leave Society by Tao Lin
Dave, top books mentioned:
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyaasi
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Autoportrait by Jesse Ball
Liberation Day by George Saunders
Matt, top books read this year:
Robert Crews by Thomas Berger
Literary Alchemist by Steve Paul
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Airport Music by Mark Tardi
Zol by REYoung
Evan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evanstephenshall/
Pinegrove website: https://pinegroveband.com/
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Episode 76 - 2023 Year in Review, featuring Ben "Felonies!" Diamond
Episode 75 - Diego Báez, Author of Yaguareté White
Episode 74 - David Lipsky, author of The Parrot and the Igloo
BONUS: DFW vs Martin Amis: Every Tennis Match is a Ghost Story
Episode 73 - Matt Bucher, author of The Belan Deck
Episode 72 - Sheila Liming, author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time
Episode 70 - Peyton Thomas, author of Both Sides Now
Episode 69 - Michael O’Connell, editor of Conversations with George Saunders
Episode 68 - Adam Levin, author of Mount Chicago
Episode 67 - Christian TeBordo, author of The Apology (and DFW22 Conference Recap)
Episode 66 - Dario Diofebi, author of Paradise, Nevada
Episode 65 - Kyle Beachy, author of The Most Fun Thing
Episode 64 - 2021 Year in Review
Episode 63 -Deb Olin Unferth
Episode 62 - Phillip Freedenberg & Jeff Walton
Episode 61 - Steve Erickson (feat. Matt Luter & Mike Miley)
Episode 60 - Brandon Hobson
Episode 59 - Introducing....Concavity Show
Episode 58 - Discussing David Foster Wallace with Chris Via of Leaf by Leaf
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