Eye 94

This special episode featured Senator Tammy Duckworth, discussing her memoir “Every Day Is A Gift,” out now from Twelve Press. This episode first aired on April 29, 2021.

The boys from Eye94 chatted to Max Besora, the author of the ornately titled THE ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY AND ADMIRABLE JOAN ORPÍ, CONQUISTADOR AND FOUNDER OF NEW CATALONIA. Whew! Besora chatted about his satire of Spanish literature, Catalonian politics and of course, Cervantes, on Eye 94, Lumpen’s books and literature show. It airs every Thursday and Sunday at 11 am.

This episode featured Sam Riviere, author of “Dead Souls” out now from Catapult. This episode first aired on June 17, 2021.

This episode featured Joe Meno, author of “Between Everything and Nothing,” out now from Counterpoint. This episode first aired on July 1, 2021.

This episode featured Mikita Brottman, author of “Couple Found Slain,” out now from Henry Holt. This episode first aired on July 15, 2021.

This episode featured Nancy Campbell, JP Olsen and Luke Walden, authors of “The Narcotic Farm,” out now from South Limestone. This episode first aired on August 19 2021.

This episode featured Jesse McCarthy, author of “The Fugitivities” out now from Melville House. This episode first aired on August 26 2021.

This episode featured Margo Mifflin, author of “Looking for Miss America: a Pageant’s 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood,” out now from Counterpoint. This episode first aired on September 2, 2021.

This episode featured writer and artist Jim Terry, author of “Come Home Indio,” a graphic novel out now from Street Noise Press. This episode first aired on April 1, 2021.

This episode featured Abraham Reisman, author of “True Believer, the Rise and Fall of Stan Lee,” out now from Random House. This episode first aired on April 8, 2021.

This episode featured Brontez Purnell, author of “100 Boyfriends,” out now from Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. This episode first aired on April 15, 2021.

This episode featured Stephen Heyman, author of “The Planter of Modern Life,” out now from Norton. This episode first aired on March 11, 2021

This episode featured David Kamp, author of “Sunny Days,” out now from Simon and Schuster. This episode first aired on January 24, 2021.

This episode featured Dolores Reyes and Julia Sanches in discussion of Reyes’ novel “Earth Eater,” out now from Harper Collins. This episode first aired on February 11, 2021.

This episode featured Chelsea G Summers, author of "A Certain Hunger" out now from UnNamed. This episode first aired on February 25, 2021.

This episode featured William Hazelgrove, author of “Sally Rand, American Sex Symbol,” out now from The Lyons Press. This episode first aired on January 14, 2021.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Phil Christman, author of “Midwest Futures” out now from Belt Publishing, This episode first aired on December 3, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Deesha Philyaw, author of the National Book Award-nominated “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” out now from West Virginia University Press. This episode completed Season Four and first aired on December 17th, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Kevin Matson, author of “We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan and the Real Culture War of 1980's America,” out now from Oxford. This episode first aired on January 7, 2021 to open our Fifth Season.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured John Corbett, the curator of “Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, c. 1933” out now on Soberscove Press. This episode first aired on November 26, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured John Corbett, the curator of “Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, c. 1933” out now on Soberscove Press. This episode first aired on November 26, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Phil Christman, author of “Midwest Futures” out now from Belt Publishing, This episode first aired on December 3, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Tea Kroulos, author of “American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness,” out now from Feral House. This episode first aired on October 29, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Maryse Meijer, author of “The Seventh Mansion,” out now from Farrar Strauss and Giroux. This episode first aired on October 8, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This is our 100th episode and it featured Wendy Erskine, author of “Sweet Home,” out now from Picador. This episode first aired on October 15, 2020. Thanks for all your support over these past four years!

Eye 94 chatted with Gish Jen, author of the summer’s breakout hit “The Resisters” out now from Knopf. Jen discussed her novel’s allegory for these times, why baseball is so important to emigrant families, and how Naomi Osaka embodies one of her characters. This episode first aired on September 24, 2020.

This episode featured Lucie Britsch, author of “Sad Janet,” out now from Riverhead . This episode first aired on September 10, 2020.

This episode featured Ivan Vladislevic, author of “The Distance” out now from Archipeligo. This episode first aired on September 17, 2020.

This episode featured David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of “Winter Counts,” out now from Ecco. This episode first aired on September 3, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday and Thursday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Lee Weiner, author of “Conspiracy To Riot,” out now from Belt Publishing. This episode first aired on August 20, 2020.

This episode featured Charles Brandt, author of “I Heard You Paint Houses,” out now from Steerforth, and the subject of the Martin Scorcese movie, “The Irishman,” out now on Netflix. This episode first aired on July 12, 2020

This episode featured Lisa Taddeo, author of “Three Women” out now from Avid, an imprint of Simon and Schuster. This episode first aired on July 19, 2020

This episode featured Veronica T Watson, editor of a new collection of stories by the late Frank Yerby, out now from the University of Missisisippi Press. This episode first aired on August 6, 2020. Which is also Jamie’s birthday.

This episode featured Veronica T Watson, editor of a new collection of stories by the late Frank Yerby, out now from the University of Missisisippi Press. This episode first aired on August 6, 2020. Which is also Jamie’s birthday.

This episode featured Genevieve West, editor of a new collection of stories by the late Zora Neale Hurston: “Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick,” out now from Amistad, a division of Harper Collins. This episode first aired on August 13, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured the author Michael Zapata, whose new book “The Lost Book of Adana Moreau” is out now from Hanover Square. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience at the Dial on February 20th and first aired on February 29, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Tope Falarin, author of “A Particular Kind of Black Man,” out now from Simon and Schuster. This episode first aired on February 16, 2020

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Jonathan Foiles, author of “This City Is Killing Me,” out now from Belt Publishing. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience at the Dial on December 18, 2019 and first aired on February 2, 2020

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Steph Cha, author of “Your House Will Pay,” out now from Ecco. This episode first aired on January 19, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Amanda Goldblatt, author of “Hard Mouth,” out now from Counterpoint. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience at the Dial on January 16 and first aired on January 26, 2020.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Don Hayner, the author of "Binga: The Rise and Fall of Chicago's First Black Banker," out now from Northwestern. This episode first aired on January 12, 2020

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Christine Sneed, author of “The Virginity of Famous Men,” out now from Bloomsbury. This episode first aired November 10, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Jac Jemc, author of “False Bingo,” out now from Farrar Strauss And Giroux. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience at the Dial on November 21 and first aired on November 24, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Dr Ben Alexander, the editor of The Letters of Flannery O’Connor: “Good Things Out Of Nazareth” out now from Convergent. This episode first aired on December 1 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Tom O’Neill, author of “Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties” out now from Little, Brown and Co. This episode first aired on December 15 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Helen Dewitt, author of “The Last Samurai” and “Some Trick,” both out now from New Directions. This episode first aired October 27, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Jim DeRogatis, author of “Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly” out now from Abrams. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience at the Dial Bookshop on October 17 and first aired on October 24, 2019.

This episode featured Marc Fisher of Public Collectors. Public Collectors’ many publications are available from Half Letter Press. This episode first aired on September 29, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Tea Krulos, author of “Apocalypse Any Day Now,” out now from the Chicago Review Press. This episode first aired on August 25, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Colin Asher, author of “Never A Lovely So Real,” a biography of Nelson Algren, out now from WW Norton. This episode first aired on September 1, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Rachel Galvin, author of Elevated Threat Level (out now from Green Lantern Press) and News of War: Civilian Poetry 1936-1945 (out now from Oxford) This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience on August 15th and first aired on August 18th 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Claire Lombardo, author of “The Most Fun We Ever Had,” out now from Doubleday and debuting this week on the New York Times Best Seller List. This episode first aired on July 21th, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Alyson Hagy, author of “Scribe” out now from Graywolf. This episode first aired on June 30th, 2019.

This episode featured Edwin Frank, the editorial director of the New York Review Of Books Classics Series. Books featured in this episode included “Political Action” by Michael Walzer; “The Mad and the Bad” by Jean-Patrick Manchette; “Return to Romance" by Ogden Whitney; “Sand” by Wolfgang Herndorf; and “Naked Earth” by Eileen Chang. This episode first aired on May 26th, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured WK “Kip” Stratton, author of “The Wild Bunch” out now from Bloomsbury. This episode first aired on June 2nd, 2019.

This episode featured Edwin Frank, the editorial director of the New York Review Of Books Classics Series. Books featured in this episode included “Political Action” by Michael Walzer; “The Mad and the Bad” by Jean-Patrick Manchette; “Return to Romance" by Ogden Whitney; “Sand” by Wolfgang Herndorf; and “Naked Earth” by Eileen Chang. This episode first aired on May 26th, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Dmitry Samarov, author of “Music To My Eyes,” out now from Tortoise Books. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience on May 16th at Pilsen Community Books, and first aired on May 19th, 2019. Engineered by Neil Gainer.

This episode featured The Caxton Club’s Chicago By The Book: 101 publications that Shaped the City" out now from U of Chicago Press. This episode first aired on March 31, 2019.

Eye 94 spoke with award-winning author Alex Kotlowitz in front of a sold-out studio audience at the Dial. Kotlowitz discussed his forthcoming book “An American Summer,” discussed the plague of violence in Chicago’s neighborhoods, and what, if anything, can be done to stop it. Eye 94, Lumpen Radio’s books and literature show, airs every Sunday at 11 am.

This episode featured author, Sean Michael Wilson, who adapted Nitobe Inazo's "Bushido" into a graphic novel with artist Akiko Simojima. "Bushido, Soul of the Samurai" is now out from Shambhala Boulder Press. This episode first aired on January 27, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured a grab bag of books that the boys thought were among the best they read in 2018. This episode first aired on February 10, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Maryse Meijer, author of “Rag,” out now from FSG. This episode first aired on March 10, 2019.

This episode featured author, Sean Michael Wilson, who adapted Nitobe Inazo's "Bushido" into a graphic novel with artist Akiko Simojima. "Bushido, Soul of the Samurai" is now out from Shambhala Boulder Press. This episode first aired on January 27, 2019.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured author Rebecca Makkai, author of the Great Believers, a National Book Awards finalist out now from Penguin Random House. This episode was recorded at The Dial in front of a live audience on November 29th, and first aired on December 2, 2018.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Nico Walker, author of the book “Cherry,” out now from Penguin/Random House. This episode first aired on December 16, 2018.

This episode featured author Meghan O’Gieblyn, whose book of essays, Interior States, is out now from Penguin Random House. This episode first aired on November 18, 2018.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured author Ingrid Rojas Contreras, whose new book Fruit of the Drunken Tree, is out now from Doubleday. This episode first aired on November 4, 2018.

This episode featured Corrinne Halbert in a discussion of Horror Comics! This episode was taped in front of a liver studio audience at Pilsen Community Books on October 18, and first aired on October 21, 2018.

This episode featured Corinne Halbert, author of Hate Baby Comix, in a discussion of Horror Comics from the 1950s-present day. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience on October 18th at Pilsen Community Books and first aired on October 21st, 2018.

This episode featured Dubravka Ugresic, author of American Fictionary, out now on Open Letter. Ugresic chatted about identity, the Balkan War and her mixed feelings about the World Cup. This episode first aired on September 30.

This episode featured Kathleen Belew, author of Bring the War Home out now from Harvard. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience on September 20th, 2018 at Pilsen Community Books and first aired on September 23.

This episode featured Ling Ma, author of “Severance” out now from FSG. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience on August 16 2018 at The Dial and first aired on August 25th. This episode was engineered by Hannah Larson.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Adam Morgan discussing Henry Blake Fuller’s “The Cliff Dwellers,” reissued by the Chicago Review of Books. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience on July 19 2018 at The Dial and first aired on July 29.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured Sergio de la Pava’s book “Lost Empress” out now from Pantheon. This episode first aired on July 15, 2018.

This episode will air July 29, 2018.

This episode featured Megan Stielstra author of the books “Once I Was Cool” from Curbside Splendor and “The Wrong Way To Save Your Life” from Harper Perennial. This episode was taped in front of a live studio audience on June 21st at Pilsen Community Books and first aired on June 24th, 2018.

This episode featured the book “Heads of the Colored People” by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, out now from 37INK. This episode first aired on June 10, 2018.

This episode featured the book “The Boys of Fairy Town” by Jim Elledge out now from The Chicago Review Press. This episode first aired on June 3, 2018.

This episode featured a discussion of escapist works, including food writing, occult books and palmistry, and space opera. Special guest: Teresa Principe. Books discussed included "Creepy Crawly Cuisine: The Gourmet Guide to Edible Insects” By Julieta Ramos-Elorduy and Peter Menze; and James S.A. Corey’s “Leviathan Wakes,” and “Nemesis Games” from the Expanse Series. This episode aired live on May 7, 2017.

This episode featured the work of Chicago author Anne Elizabeth Moore, with readings from her book “Body Horror,” published by Curbside Splendor. This episode aired on May 14, 2017.

This episode featured the work of Chicago author Donna Seaman with readings from her book “Identity Unknown,” published by Bloomsbury. Music by Justin Cholewa and Jaimie Branch; incidental music from the International Anthem Recording Company archive, both used with kind permission. This episode aired on May 21, 2017.

This episode featured work from Open Letter Books, and a chat with publisher Chad Post, with selections from “A Greater Music” by Bae Suah; “The Invented Part” by Rodrigo Fresan; and “Gessel Dome” by Guillermo Saccommano. This episode aired on May 28, 2017.

This episode featured selections from the Point Magazine, a Chicago-based publication. Incidental music from the International Anthem Recording Company archive, Justin Cholewa and Eric Streichart, all used with kind permission. This episode aired on June 18, 2017.

This episode featured a discussion of Compass by Mathias Enard, with translator Charlotte Mandell. Published in America by New Directions. Music from the International Anthem Recording Company archive, used with kind permission. This episode aired on July 2, 2017.

This episode featured a discussion with Mairead Case about her book “See You In The Morning” from Featherproof Press. Music from the International Anthem Recording Company archive, used with kind permission. This episode aired on July 30, 2017.

This episode was recorded at Pilsen Community Books in front of a live audience. Our special guest was Anne Elizabeth Moore, Author of “Body Horror.” This episode aired on August 13, 2017.

This episode featured author Erika Wurth and her book “Buckskin Cocaine” from Astrophil Press. This episode aired on August 27, 2017.

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Pilsen Community Books on August 31st and featured a discussion of “Tiger Island,” by Reagan M Sova. The episode first aired on September 3, 2017.

This episode featured the book “Calf” from Soft Skull Press, written by Andrea Kleine. Additional music from this show came from Julie Pomerlau, Tomeka Reid, International Anthem and the Lumpen audio archive. The episode first aired on September 24, 2017.

This episode featured the work of Achy Obejas, published by Akashic and Ballantine books Additional music from this show from the International Anthem Archive. The episode first aired on October 8, 2017.

This episode featured the work of Tori Teller author of Lady Killers: Dangerous Women Throughout History. This episode was taped in front of a live audience at Pilsen Community Books on October 19 and first aired on October 22, 2017.

This episode featured the book “Tower Dog” by Doug Delaney, from Soft Skull Press. Additional music from this show from the Lumpen and International Anthem Archives. The episode first aired on November 19, 2017.

This special year-end edition of Eye 94 features some of our favorite moments from 2017. Eye 94 spoke with: Donna Seaman, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Doug Delaney, and Achy Obejas. The boys have been lucky to have great guests on the show this year, and they are looking forward to a big year in 2018. Happy holidays to everyone and thanks so much for joining us on Eye 94!

This episode featured work from Archipelago Press. Additional music from this show from Justin Cholewa, Maren Celest and Jaimie Branch courtesy of the International Anthem Archives. The episode was our first of our second season and first aired on January 7th.

This episode featured Joe Allen, an author with several titles on Haymarket Press. This episode was recorded live at Pilsen Community Books on January 18th, and first aired on January 28th.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured the work of Eve Ewing, the author of Electric Arches, and was recorded in front of a live studio audience at Pilsen Community Books on February 22nd. This episode first aired on February 25th, 2018.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured the work of Frances FitzGerald, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Evangelicals, out now from Simon and Schuster. This episode first aired on March 4th, 2018.

Eye 94 is Lumpen Radio's books and literature program, airing every Sunday at 11 am CT. This episode featured the work of Gary Indiana, cultural critic and author of Three Month Fever, part of the Semiotext reissue series. This episode first aired on March 11th, 2018.

This episode featured the work of Michael Daley, author of “Bobby BlueJacket,” out now from First To Knock. This episode was recorded in front of a live studio audience on March 29th at Pilsen Community Books and first aired on April 1, 2018.