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Every guest on Bookworm

905 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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    Rita Dove

    Rita Dove: “Playlist for the Apocalypse” (Re-air) · 4 episodes

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    Salman Rushdie

    Salman Rushdie: Quichotte (Part 2) · 11 episodes

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    Seamus Heaney

    Seamus Heaney · Aug 2004

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    Stephen Sondheim

    Stephen Sondheim: Finishing the Hat · 2 episodes

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    Tom Stoppard

    Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman: Shakespeare in Love · Feb 1999

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    Umberto Eco

    Umberto Eco · Aug 2005

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    William Gibson

    William Gibson · 2 episodes

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    Zadie Smith

    Zadie Smith: “On Beauty” · 3 episodes

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    Ben Marcus

    Ben Marcus: The Flame Alphabet · 2 episodes

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    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Americanah · Jun 2013

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    Colson Whitehead

    Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad · Dec 2016

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    David Lipsky

    David Lipsky and Rick Moody: David Foster Wallace's 'The Pale King' · Apr 2011

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    Douglas Stuart

    Douglas Stuart: “Shuggie Bain” · 2 episodes

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    Erica Jong

    Erica Jong: Fear of Flying · 2 episodes

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    Ethan Canin

    Ethan Canin · 3 episodes

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    Hilton Als

    Hilton Als: White Girls · Feb 2014

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    Jennifer Egan

    Jennifer Egan: Manhattan Beach · 2 episodes

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    Jhumpa Lahiri

    Jhumpa Lahiri · Jan 2004

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    John Guare
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    Joyce Carol Oates

    Joyce Carol Oates: A Book of American Martyrs · 15 episodes

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    Mary Karr

    Mary Karr: The Art of Memoir · 2 episodes

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    Morgan Parker

    Morgan Parker: There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé · Dec 2017

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    Ocean Vuong

    Ocean Vuong: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous · 2 episodes

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    Paul Auster

    Paul Auster · 3 episodes

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    Richard Powers

    Richard Powers: “Bewilderment” · 5 episodes

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    Sandra Cisneros

    Sandra Cisneros: “Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo” · 6 episodes

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    Sherman Alexie

    Sherman Alexie · 2 episodes

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    Steve Almond

    Steve Almond · Oct 2004

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    Steve Erickson

    Steve Erickson: Shadowbahn · 6 episodes

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    Steve Martin

    Steve Martin · Feb 2002

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    Tayari Jones

    Tayari Jones: An American Marriage · May 2019

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    Ann Patchett

    Ann Patchett: Commonwealth · 4 episodes

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    Chris Ware

    Chris Ware: Rusty Brown · 4 episodes

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    Emma Donoghue

    Emma Donoghue: Akin · 2 episodes

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    Jessica Powell
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    Joy Williams

    Joy Williams: The Visiting Privilege · 4 episodes

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    Leonard Cohen

    Leonard Cohen · Jun 2006

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    Scott Turow

    Scott Turow · 2 episodes

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    Steven Watson

    Steven Watson · Jun 1999

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    Warren Lehrer

    Warren Lehrer: A Life in Books · Mar 2014

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Recent episodes

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  3. Poetry
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  4. The Story of America, Pt. 3
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  5. The Story of America, Pt. 2
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  6. The Story of America, Pt. 1
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    with Tobias Wolff

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  18. Tao Lin’s ‘Leave Society’ shifts the author’s perspective to love and kindness

    with Tao Lin

    Mar 2022
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    with Zac Smith

    Mar 2022
  20. Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half

    with Brit Bennett

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  21. Sarah Manguso’s ‘Very Cold People’ and life’s overwhelming small moments

    with Sarah Manguso

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    with Sheila Heti

    Feb 2022
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    with Tom Bissell

    Feb 2022
  24. Tessa Hadley: “Free Love”

    with Tessa Hadley

    Feb 2022
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    with Antoine Wilson

    Jan 2022