Bounded Enthusiasm #18: Lucy Knisley and ‘Something New’
Earlier this week I promised an interview with Lucy Knisley, and here it is!
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Bounded Enthusiasm #17: Subalekha Udayasankar and ‘Bycatch’
Subalekha Udayasankar is the designer of ‘Bycatch,’ a card game that uses an usual mechanic to simulate drone warfare.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #16: Happy 10th Anniversary, First Second Books!
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of First Second Books, one of my favorite publishers.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #15: Gene Luen Yang, Reading Ambassador
For today’s Bounded Enthusiasm episode, I interviewed Gene Luen Yang, one of my favorite graphic novelists, who was just appointed the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #13: Andy Weir and ‘The Martian’
Andy Weir was a software engineer for over two decades, writing short stories and Sherlock Holmes fan fiction in his spare time. And then he wrote ‘The Martian.’ Maybe you’ve heard of it.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #11: Steven Gould and ‘Jumper’
Today’s Bounded Enthusiasm podcast is an interview with author Steven Gould. We talk about the ‘Jumper’ series, what it’s like to be a supporting character, and the recent controversy surrounding the Hugo Awards.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #10: Victoria Jamieson Is a ‘Roller Girl’
Bounded Enthusiasm is back, with a review of ‘Roller Girl’ and an interview with Victoria Jamieson.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #9: Jennifer Holm and The Fourteenth Goldfish
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is an interview with Jennifer Holm about her latest book, The Fourteenth Goldfish. Holm has written several books for kids, both novels and comics, and has won three Newbery Honors and an Eisner Award. In the podcast, we talk about Holm’s inspiration for The Fourteenth Goldfish, what it’s like being a parent and a writer, and why Jonas Salk was so cool.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #8: Elissa Brent Weissman Takes Us Back to Nerd Camp
In today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm, I interview Elissa Brent Weissman, author of several middle-grade books about smart kids. Her latest is Nerd Camp 2.0, a sequel to her 2011 book Nerd Camp. Listen in as we talk about her inspiration for the books and parenting little nerds-in-training.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #7: Tony DiTerlizzi, Ralph McQuarrie, & Star Wars
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is an interview with Tony DiTerlizzi. He’s an author and illustrator of many books for kids, including one of my family’s favorites, the WondLa series, and I’ve actually interviewed him a couple of times before. Today we’re talking about his new book, a picture book about Star Wars featuring paintings by the late great Ralph McQuarrie.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #6: Paul Pope, Battling Boy, and The Rise of Aurora West
Today’s episode is an interview with Paul Pope about his latest comic book series, Battling Boy. Paul Pope is a prolific cartoonist and illustrator, perhaps best known for Batman: Year 100, for which he won two Eisner awards.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #5: B.J. Novak and The Book With No Pictures
Between a trip for my high school reunion and Gen Con, it’s been a while since I’ve had time to conduct any interviews, but Bounded Enthusiasm is back! Today’s episode is an interview with B.J. Novak about his brand-new picture book … with no pictures.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #4: Gene Yang and Sonny Liew on The Shadow Hero
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a double interview with Gene Yang and Sonny Liew, author and illustrator (respectively) of The Shadow Hero, a new comic book just out this month from First Second Books. It’s a new origin story for an obscure WWII-era superhero named the Green Turtle, created by a Chinese-American artist. If the rumors are true, the Green Turtle is the first Asian-American superhero.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #3: Daniel H. Wilson Thinks Like a Machine
Today’s episode of the Bounded Enthusiasm podcast is an interview with Daniel H. Wilson, author of several books including Robopocalypse and its sequel, Robogenesis (published this week). We only had time for a short conversation, but I asked him about what it means to have a Ph.D. in robotics, the plausibility of various robot scenarios like Terminator and Short Circuit, and the awesome spaceship simulator he built for his kids.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #2: Jonathan Auxier and the Spud Cannon
Bounded Enthusiasm is a new podcast I’ve started to talk about books and games and whatever else comes to mind. Today’s episode is an interview with author Jonathan Auxier, the author of an upcoming book The Night Gardener.
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Bounded Enthusiasm #1: Tony DiTerlizzi Talks About WondLa, Dungeons & Dragons, and Star Wars
Tony DiTerlizzi is one of my favorite author-illustrators, and his WondLa series is a family favorite. The final book of the trilogy, The Battle for WondLa, is out this month, and I got a chance to speak with DiTerlizzi before he heads out for his book tour. We talked about all things WondLa, his upcoming Star Wars book, Dungeons and Dragons, and more.
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