On this week's show, author David Shields talks about his new collaboration That Thing You Do With Your Mouth, LARB senior editor Sarah Mesle recommends The Royal We by the creators of the popular blog Go Fug Yourself, and Parnaz Foroutan joins to discuss her debut novel, The Girl from the Garden.

Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 2:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.

On this week's show, author Dana Johnson explains the dos and don'ts of writing sex scenes, Antoine Wilson recommends Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist, and vocal coach Rae Dubow talks about helping writers become better speakers and gives Tom, Laurie, and Seth feedback on their radio voices.

Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 2:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.

On this week's show, Tom Lutz talks with acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie about his new book Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, poet Jill Essbaum discusses her debut novel Hausfrau, and novelist and TV writer Jerry Stahl joins to talk about his new essay collection OG Dad: Weird Shit Happens When You Don't Die Young.

Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 3:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.

On this week's show, author Nina Revoyr talks about her new backpacking thriller Lost Canyon, film critic John Powers unearths the forgotten Hollywood novels of Alfred Hayes, LARB senior editor Sarah Mesle drops some knowledge about mansplaining, and National Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera reads a poem by the late Philip Levine.

Featuring Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland. Produced by Jerry Gorin. The LARB Radio Hour airs Thursdays at 3:30pm on KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles.