Feb 21, 2013
On today’s show we talk to author Ben Marcus. An Associate Professor at
Columbia, Ben's work has appeared in Harper's, The New
Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York
Times, and many other publications, and he's won numerous
awards including an NEA Fellowship. Ben's also penned four
fantastic books: The Father Costume, The Age of Wire
and String, Notable American Women, and his latest,
The Flame Alphabet, which was just released last year by
Alfred A. Knopf.
Last week, Ben was nice enough to come to the Wrestling Team
apartment and have a wonderfully fun discussion about shaming
yourself into making art, woodworking and parental failures. It was
a delight!
Subscribe on iTunes and follow Andy and Mark on Twitter! See a live episode on
March 5th at UCB East at 8pm with author/performer Dave Hill, Ilana
Glazer (and maybe Abbi Jacobson) of Broad City and
more!