Iris Smyles: Droll Tales
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Iris Smyles and Droll Tales
3:22 – Shortages, tampons, and the handyman
6:29 – Literature has a tempo
9:41 – Lou's book release and comedians dying
13:05 – Lou's two sons and their K-pop future
16:03 – Earliest memories and Baby Hands Up
19:51 – What "droll" means and 20 years of revising
23:11 – Lou's erotic fiction job
26:49 – Dating is like eating at Denny's
29:28 – NYU, Tisch, Gallatin, and teaching
33:34 – Book signings and forgetting her own name
37:49 – Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J on Any Given Sunday
41:33 – The value of a cheap, ragtag MFA program
45:41 – Romantic walks through New York
49:35 – A stalker's magazine subscriptions
53:09 – Hate mail over a New York Times essay
57:39 – Fans and being recognized on the street
1:00:31 – Wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Writer Iris Smyles joins Lou to talk about her book Droll Tales, why literature has a tempo, 20 years of revising, and the writing life.
We also get into shortages and the handyman, Lou's two sons and their K-pop future, earliest memories and Baby Hands Up, what "droll" actually means, Lou's erotic fiction job, why dating is like eating at Denny's, forgetting her own name at a book signing, Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J on Any Given Sunday, the value of a cheap, ragtag MFA program, a stalker's magazine subscriptions, and hate mail over a New York Times essay.