Miranda July
In 2005, if you were lucky enough to catch her quirky and beautiful indie movie called "Me and You and Everyone We Know," you know that Miranda July (who wrote, directed, and starred in the film) is a...
View ArticlePotter, Mars, Griffin
Little reminders of our humanity. We’ll consider the fate of Harry Potter, find out what it takes to photograph something much bigger than ourselves: Mars. Then we’ll hear a story from Miranda July...
View ArticleBirthmark
Miranda July has had critical and commercial success as a screenwriter, director, actor, and performance artist. This year, she published a powerful collection of short stories called No One Belongs...
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Last year, the screenwriter/director/actress Miranda July published a collection of short stories called No One Belongs Here More Than You, and she joined us to read the story “Birthmark.” With...
View ArticleEllison, Thao, Fallingwater
People with something to prove. Author Harlan Ellison makes the case that he's heir to Poe, Kafka, and Borges. We visit indie rocker Thao Nguyen in her mother's laundromat. Miranda July reads her short...
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Miranda July became an indie darling with the 2005 film "Me and You and Everyone We Know." She's also a performance artist, sculptor, and writer. She reads the story "This Person" from her...
View ArticleLife is a Hallway
July in June. We aired one of our favorite Miranda July short stories this past weekend. Then I noticed this video popping up on some of my favorite blogs. It's from July's installation at the 2008...
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Miranda July Sees the Future
Six years ago, the indie film Me and You and Everyone We Know took everyone else by surprise. It was a smart, funny first-time feature by the short story writer and performance artist Miranda July. Her...
View ArticleThe Flaming Lips & Literary Porn
Kurt Andersen talks with Wayne Coyne, the mastermind behind the Flaming Lips, about a near-death experience. Nicholson Baker reads from his newest novel House of Holes, which is about sex and pretty...
View ArticleMiranda July Wants You to Talk to Strangers
You're down with Yo. You've got the emoji-only messaging app. Now there's Somebody, a new app designed by artist/writer/actor/director/superhero of twee Miranda July.Somebody lets you send a message,...
View ArticlePlaylist: Radio Plays
On Studio 360, we usually interview fiction writers about their work — but every once in a while, we feature some original fiction on the show, too. We've put together a list of some of our favorite...
View ArticleSelected Shorts: It Chooses You—An Evening with Miranda July
This program is based on a special evening at Symphony Space derived from writer, filmmaker, and visual and performance artist Miranda July’s book It Chooses You. As the artist explains in her remarks...
View ArticleSelected Shorts: Romantic Disasters
Romantic confusion and comic advice for the lovelorn are offered in the five stories on this program.First, Patricia Marx tracks a difficult courtship in “Starting from Happy” in an excerpt from her...
View ArticleAlex Karpovsky Talks New Yorker Festival
The New Yorker Magazine’s fourteenth annual festival with its customary mix of A-list writers, artists, and Gothamites address topics ranging from the invasion of privacy to where to find "the God...
View ArticleSelected Shorts: Romantic Calamities
Romantic confusion and comic advice for the lovelorn are offered in the five stories on this program. First, Patricia Marx tracks a difficult courtship in “Starting from Happy” in an excerpt from her...
View ArticleWorkouts for a Broken Heart
This reading by Parker Posey of Miranda July’s story “The Swim Team” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “Romantic Calamities,” hosted by Parker Posey.
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Inside the Outsider Vision of Miranda July
Miranda July has been a live performer, a short story writer, a film actor and director, a recording artist, and even a mobile app developer. What could possibly be left? Somewhat surprisingly, she's...
View ArticleMissed Connections
Guest host Jane Kaczmarek presents a program of stories in which things don’t quite work out as planned. Three are by humorist BJ Novak, from his book of comic essays and stories, One More Thing. He...
View ArticleRoy Spivey
This reading by Amy Ryan of Miranda July’s story “Roy Spivey” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “Missed Connections” hosted by Jane Kaczmarek.
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