Lily King (Heart the Lover) feat. Dustin Thao, Guest Gay Reader

Host Jason Blitman talks to author Lily King about her newest novel, Heart the Lover.

Conversation highlights include:
👩🏼‍🏫 weird classes we took in college
📝 beautiful sentences
🃏 a love of card games
💌 a story about letters from an ex-boyfriend

Jason is then joined by Guest Gay Reader Dustin Thao who shares what he's been reading and talks about his book, You've Found Oliver.

Notes from the Episode:
HERE is the link to the rule sheet for the book's card game, Sir Hincomb Funnibuster

The Joyce quote that Lily tried to remember:
"The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed"

Lily King is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter. Her work has won numerous prizes and awards, including the Kirkus Prize, the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Book Award for Fiction, and a Whiting Award. She lives in Portland, Maine.

Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese American writer based in New York City. He graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in Political Science and studied critical media literacy at Northwestern University. His debut novel You’ve Reached Sam is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller. His second book, When Haru Was Here, published in September 2024.