Seinfeld Book Report

Episode 17 - "The Letter” w/ Lacey Rowland

Donald receives “The Letter,” the 21st episode of season three. With special guest Lacey Rowland, they talk about art production, the USA Today, the foundations of cringe comedy, minks, the perils of growing up in 90s, and Neil Simon’s Chapter Two.  Lacey Rowland (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist from the Gem State. Their writing has been published in Moss, Tahoma Literary Review, Cutbank, Pleiades, Hobart and elsewhere. They’ve been awarded residencies with the⁠ Mineral School⁠ [https://mineral-school.org/residency/] and⁠ Wildacres⁠ [https://wildacres.org/wildacres-residency-program/]. Lacey received their MFA in Fiction from Oregon State University. Here are the texts and authors discussed in this episode: * Chapter Two by Neil Simon * The Past Ten: An Anthology * César Aira & Percival Everett * Olivia Laing * Capote & Harper Lee * Basquiat & Keith Haring * I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson * Giuseppe Arcimboldo * USA Today * The National Enquirer * The New York Times * The Washington Post * The Idaho Statesman

Episode 16 - "The Good Samaritan” w/ Lauren Myers-Hinkle

Donald checks in with “The Good Samaritan,” the 19/20th episode of season three. With special guest Lauren Myers-Hinkle, they talk about the 90s masculinity crisis, etiquette breaches, The French Connection and Zorba the Greek, and their film adaptations.  Lauren Myers-Hinkle writes poetry that reimagines history and cinematic experience. She was a finalist for the Missouri Review’s Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize, Tupelo Quarterly’s Prize for Cross-Disciplinary Writing, and the American Literary Review's poetry award. Lauren’s poems and literary journalism have appeared in such publications as Tupelo Quarterly, RHINO, Carve Magazine, and the Writer’s Chronicle. She serves as Poetry Editor of The Maine Review and earned an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Prior to the MFA, she completed graduate work in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. Here are the texts and authors discussed in this episode: * The Correspondent by Virginia Evans * The French Connection by Robin Moore * Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis * The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa * Back to the Future Part III (1990) * The Secret of My Success (1987) * Emily Post

EPISODE 15 - "The Boyfriend" w/ Tomás Q. Morín & Erin Evans

Donald chats up “The Boyfriend,” the 17th and 18th episodes of season three. With special guests Tomás Q. Morín & Erin Evans, they discuss handshakes, friendship tiers, and books that inspired Oliver Stone’s JFK (1991). Tomás Q. Morín has written so many books that he can’t even list them all here. If you know you know. He once swung a dead cat and hit ten new books that are yet to come out. He’s got hair that you’ll be jealous of, but will never touch. And a laugh so booming you’d think it was god himself. Because it is. You can find him when you look in the mirror and blow yourself a kiss. Award-winning poet Erin Evans received the Francine Ringold Award for New Writers from Nimrod-International Journal. Her work has also appeared in Defunct, Revel, and A Mouthful of Salt. She’s at work on a multigenerational novel about women who are out of fucks to give. She lives in Vermont with her two beautiful and brilliant kids. You can find her out with lanterns looking for herself.  Here are the texts and authors discussed in this episode: * Fernando A. Flores * Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller * On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison * Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs * I'm Keith Hernandez: A Memoir by Keith Hernandez

EPISODE 14 - "The Fix-Up" w/ Sena Quist

Donald says yes to the “The Fix-up,” the sixteenth episode of season three. With extra special guest, Sena Quist (his sister), they talk about Seinfeld’s continued love for the New York Times, and the best-selling book of all time, The Bible. Here are the texts and authors discussed in this episode: * Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets * Entrances and Exits by Michael Richards * The Justice League

EPISODE 13 - "The Subway"

Donald boards  “The Subway,” the thirteenth episode of season three. He talks about Death of a Salesman and George Costanza’s similarities to one of Arthur Miller’s saddest characters. He also reflects on the legacy of  The New York Times and comedian Dick Gregory . Here are the texts and authors discussed in this episode: * Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham * Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller * The New York Times * Dick Gregory's Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin' with Mother Nature!  - Dick Gregory