Mining the Dalkey Archive Podcast

A bit longer than the usual podcast, in this episode of Vince Francone and Chad Post’s tour through the Irish section of the Dalkey Archive catalog, you get to hear them go from appreciators to huge fans of Eileen Battersby’s Teethmarks on My Tongue over the course of the conversation. They also discuss some of Vince’s favorite Irish women writers and announce that they’ll be reading Sleepwalker by John Toomey for May’s episode.The music in this episode is “Winter Beats” by I Break Horses.You can

On this episode, Norwegian author Edy Poppy and her translator, May-Brit Akerholt, join Chad W. Post and Walker Rutter-Bowman to discuss Edy's first novel, Anatomy. Monotony. (available now) and her short story collection, Coming. Apart. (fall 2025), along with her most recent novel, Iggy. They discuss the connections between these three books, in particular the woman writer (based in part on Edy Poppy's own life) featured in each, who moves from an open marriage through a divorce and beyond. They

On this episode of the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast, Brian Wood joined me to talk with Nicholas Delbanco about his two most recent books: Still Life at Eighty and Reprise: The Collected Stories of Nicholas Delbanco. They discuss the nature of memoirs, the careful construction of Delbanco’s books and stories, his experiences as a creative writing student and professor, and the evolution of his literary approach.Reprise is the fourth book of his published by Dalkey Archive, the others being

On this episode of the “Mining the Dalkey Archive: Irish Edition,” Tom Flynn (Paratext Publicity, Why Not? Read Alpha Flight with Chris and Tom) joined myself and Vincent Francone (A Book No One Wants) to discuss The Third Policeman, one of Flann O'Brien’s masterpieces. We talk about the book itself, the use of footnotes (in comparison to how Boylan uses them in Killoyle), Brian O’Nolan/Brian Ó Nualláin/Myles na gCopaleen and names, the reactions of Vince’s students to the book (and how that’s

On this special episode, Roger Boylan (Killoyle, The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad, The Adorations) joins Chad and Vince Francone (A Book No One Wants, The Soft Lunacy, Like a Dog) to discuss his life and works, ruminate on Irish humor and the great Flann O’Brien, the use of footnotes to tell a story, and much more. This is the first in a planned series of episodes talking about Irish books in the Dalkey catalogue. There’s a lot to choose from, although, as teased in this podcast, the next episode

Not the happiest day in which to record a podcast, but Chad, Brian, and Kaija speak their fears and then dive into Melville’s Confidence-Man, talking about grifters, the value of footnotes, and just how modern and amazing Melville’s prose is. They guess at who the “confidence man” might be, the burnt over district of western New York, Mormons, and a lot more.This week’s music is “All Bets Are Off” by Japandroids.Next episode will cover Chapters 10-19 of The Confidence-Man. You can find the full

If you’re not already familiar with it, every so often—for the past decade or more—I’ve hosted the Three Percent Podcast to discuss publishing, books, bookselling, book culture, etc., etc. All of the past (and future) episodes are available at iTunes and Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. I’m sharing this particular episode because it centers around Marguerite Young’s Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, Dalkey’s “biggest” publication to date, coming in at a whopping 1,321 pages. Getting readers to