Season 2 Trailer

Paul is back with a new season of The Book I Had to Write!

This time around, the show explores nonfiction writers and stories from Canada.

Upcoming interviews will be published every other Tuesday starting on May 9, 2023.

Highlights include: 

• Josh Lambert (The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature) on the story of Jewish editors and writers who helped to shape many 20^th century American literature, and how the idea of a “Jewish literary mafia” could actually help increase diversity in publishing.
  
  
• Susan Olding (Big Reader) on the power of hybrid forms in writing essays, on the changing nature of identity, and what she learned when she went back to re-read classics like Anna Karenina that she’d loved when younger.
  
  
• Stephen Marche (On Writing and Failure) on why the current moment is so challenging for writers trying to make a living, on the rise of AI in writing, and why authors need to embrace failure.
  
  
• Julija Šukys (Siberian Exile) on the power of discovering your real subjects during archival research, and on the impact of gun culture on campuses and beyond today.

Just like on Season 1, you’ll learn tips and secrets to getting your own book done, and why publishing one will change your life.

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Thoughts? Guest Ideas? Drop Paul a line at paul@pzak.info

Big Thanks

This season would not have been possible without the generous financial support of the following people: Seth Wilson, Tony Bleasdale, Ron Gleiberman, Amy Hayes, Rebecca Spence, Mark Childs, Sari Botton, Karen Propp, Daniel Hochman, Nelly Reifler, Anonymous (2), Andy Ingall, Jennifer Mattson, Cherie Newman, Monica Steiner, and Elizabeth Bobrick. My heartfelt thanks to each of you.

Credits

This trailer was edited by Paul Zakrzewski and produced by Magpie Audio Productions. The theme music  is "The Stone Mansion" by BlueDot Productions.