Jerome Charyn: 8/25/15

The Moment with Brian Koppelman

Brian Koppelman & Gemini XIII

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🗓️ 25 August 2015

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Jerome Charyn, the highly regarded author of books such as I Am Abraham and Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins, joins Brian this week to discuss his love of language, ping-pong, and his latest book of stories, Bitter Bronx. Also, Brian draws a parallel between Charyn and Haruki Murakami’s work, asks about Jerome’s struggles with depression, and rekindles an old idea about a Marty Reisman movie. Plus, Jerome shares his touching story about finding love in his 70s and the cat that stole his heart. Topics discussed on today’s show include: Bitter Bronx by Jerome Charyn Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins by Jerome Charyn I Am Abraham by Jerome Charyn The American University of Paris Jerome Charyn’s interview with Frederic Tuten The Power Broker by Robert Caro I Smile Back by Amy Koppelman Why Are We In Vietnam by Norman Mailer Dubliners by James Joyce People discussed on today’s show include: Jerome Charyn Tom Bissell Jonathan Lethem Michael Chabon Don DeLillo Charles Dickens Shakespeare Lawrence Block Abraham Lincoln Marty Reisman Van Gogh Harold Brodkey Robert Moses Ethan Canin John Malkovich Paul Auster Haruki Murakami Dashiell Hammett Jean-Pierre Melville Jerzy Kosinki James Salter This episode of the Moment is sponsored by Braintree. If you’re working on a mobile app and searching for a simple payments solution, check out Braintree. With one simple integration, you can offer your customers every way to pay. Period. To learn more, and for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free, go to braintreepayments.com/moment Email: [email protected] Twitter: @BrianKoppelman iTunes: itunes.com/themoment To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of the moment is sponsored by Braintree.
0:02.5	If you're working on a mobile app
0:03.5	and searching for simple payment solutions,
0:05.8	check out Braintree with one simple integration
0:08.0	you can offer your customers every way to pay, period.
0:10.8	To learn more, and for your first 50,000 in transactions, fee-free, go to braintree payments.com
0:17.0	slash moment.
0:18.0	The following podcast contains explicit language. Thanks for listening. My guest today is a legendary writer, Jerome Sharon.
0:35.0	He's written 50 books. My point of entry to his work, I'd heard of him for years,
0:41.0	but my point of entry was nonfiction and it was
0:44.0	Sizzling Chops and Devler Spins, which is a book about ping pong, a subject that
0:48.8	matters a lot to the two of us. You may know him from I am Abraham, his incredible book about Lincoln and the Civil War.
0:57.2	But he is a great writer, full stop, and one whom other writers regard in the highest way possible.
1:06.5	I mean Don Delillo has written and talked about him.
1:10.0	Tom Bissell has written and talked about him.
1:12.2	Jonathan Latham Michael Michael Shaymon.
1:14.5	I mean, these are people who routinely say,
1:16.2	I don't do blurbs.
1:17.9	I won't even talk about another writer.
1:20.0	And if I do, it's only to shit on them.
1:22.6	And these people all celebrate Jerome Charon.
1:25.7	And when Jerome walked in here and was asking about this podcast
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