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Reading the Room

Jaylen Lopez (@thebarandthebookcase)•readingtheroom.simplecast.com
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A literary podcast featuring author interviews and discussions with bookish content creators, hosted by Jaylen (aka @thebarandthebookcase on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok).
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Episodes

Sheila Heti, "Alphabetical Diaries"

Watch/Listen to Reading the Room on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Feb 06, 2024•43 min•Ep. 66

Alice McDermott, "Absolution"

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Nov 07, 2023•51 min•Ep. 65

Beauty, Drag, & Halloween w/ Mona Awad ("Rouge")

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Oct 31, 2023•48 min•Ep. 64

Bryan Washington, "Family Meal"

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Oct 24, 2023•51 min•Ep. 63

Justin Torres, "Blackouts"

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Oct 10, 2023•43 min•Ep. 62

Body Horror, Religion, & Working Class Narratives w/ Elle Nash ("Deliver Me")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Oct 03, 2023•48 min•Ep. 61

Body-Swapping, Marriage, & Art w/ Isle McElroy ("People Collide")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Sep 26, 2023•46 min•Ep. 60

Survival, Solitude, & Middlemarch w/ Lauren Groff ("The Vaster Wilds")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Sep 12, 2023•25 min•Ep. 58

Sacred Queer Books & Merch Collab w/ CJ Reads

SAVED T-SHIRT (10% of all proceeds are donated to Lambda Literary): https://www.sunnysbooktruck.com/merch/p/saved-short-sleeve Follow Sunny's Book Truck: https://www.instagram.com/sunnysbooktruck/ Watch Episodes Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6481...

Sep 08, 2023•39 min•Ep. 57

Superpowers and Extinction w/ Hilary Leichter ("Terrace Story")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Aug 29, 2023•54 min•Ep. 56

Mating by Norman Rush with Lauren Oyler

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Aug 15, 2023•45 min•Ep. 55

Trauma Plots & Lana Del Rey w/ Kyle Dillon Hertz ("The Lookback Window")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Aug 08, 2023•48 min•Ep. 54

Memory & Child Narrators w/ Khashayar J. Khabushani ("I Will Greet the Sun Again")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Aug 01, 2023•38 min•Ep. 53

Family Dramas, Autofiction, & Humor w/ Andrew Ridker ("Hope")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 52

Vampires & Silicon Valley w/ Daniel Hornsby ("Sucker")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Jul 18, 2023•47 min•Ep. 51

Workplace Horror & Black Holes w/ Sarah Rose Etter ("Ripe")

Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Jul 11, 2023•58 min•Ep. 50

Absurdity in Fiction w/ Matthew Binder ("Pure Cosmos Club")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Jun 27, 2023•50 min•Ep. 49

The Brandon Taylor Interview | Reading the Room Podcast

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

May 23, 2023•58 min•Ep. 48

Heavy Metal & Coming of Age Tales w/ John Wray ("Gone to the Wolves")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

May 02, 2023•40 min•Ep. 47

Separating Art from the Artist w/ Claire Dederer ("Monsters")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Apr 25, 2023•47 min•Ep. 46

Domestic Fiction & Crafting a Story Collection w/ Andrew Porter ("The Disappeared")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Apr 18, 2023•34 min•Ep. 45

Fandom, Surrealism, & Literature w/ Esther Yi ("Y/N")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Apr 11, 2023•52 min•Ep. 44

The Jonathan Franzen Interview

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Apr 04, 2023•44 min•Ep. 43

Novelizing Reality & True Crime w/ Tiffany McDaniel ("On the Savage Side")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Mar 28, 2023•33 min•Ep. 41

Altering History & Metanarratives w/ Catherine Lacey ("Biography of X")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Mar 21, 2023•50 min•Ep. 40

Siblings, Queerness, & Literary Horror w/ Richard Mirabella ("Brother & Sister Enter the Forest")

Bonus Content & Book Club Access: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Mar 14, 2023•30 min•Ep. 39

Crafting a Murder Mystery w/ Rebecca Makkai ("I Have Some Questions for You")

READING THE ROOM PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/readingtheroom Watch the Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/thebarandthebookcase Email: thebarandthebookcase@gmail.com Jaylen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebarandthebookcase/ Reading the Room Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readingtheroom.podcast/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/64819771-jaylen TikTok: tiktok.com/@thebarandthebookcase...

Mar 07, 2023•25 min•Ep. 38

Patreon & Book Club Updates

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Feb 28, 2023•9 min•Ep. 37
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