Scott Broker, whose excellent new novel The Disappointment is out now, stops by to talk James Baldwin, Greek myths, desire, grief, and more. 

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"The Disappointment" by Scott Broker https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781646222858

"Another Country" by James Baldwin https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780679744719

"Autobiography of Red" by Anne Carson https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780375701290

"Small Rain" by Garth Greenwell https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781250397508

"The Outsiders" by SE Hinton https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780142407332

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