Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they like. Authors they hate. Great books, terrible books, and books they love that you’d never expect them to. As a writer and an editor, Marlon and Jake have read thousands of books between them, and they’re not shy in expressing their opinions about them. Sometimes they’ll agree, sometimes they won’t, but in every episode, they’ll tell you what they think— uncensored and with no holds barred. (That’s why the authors have to be dead.) So, listen along to hear about the spectacularly good, the hilariously bad, and the brutally honest.
Marlon and Jake Read Dead People
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Podcast Overview
Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they like. Authors they hate. Great books, terrible books, and books they love that you’d never expect them to. As a writer and an editor, Marlon and Jake have read thousands of books between them, and they’re not shy in expressing their opinions about them. Sometimes they’ll agree, sometimes they won’t, but in every episode, they’ll tell you what they think— uncensored and with no holds barred. (That’s why the authors have to be dead.) So, listen along to hear about the spectacularly good, the hilariously bad, and the brutally honest.
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12/18/2019
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Recent Episodes
September 8, 2026
The Literary Hall of Shame
Hosts Marlon and Jake explore literary misfires and wasted genius, discussing why even great authors sometimes miss the mark in this interview.
September 1, 2026
English Teachers, Look Away
Hosts Marlon and Jake debate which books deserve a break from school reading lists, exploring curriculum choices and student engagement.
August 25, 2026
In Defense of Gratuitous Violence
Hosts Marlon and Jake explore the nuances of violence in fiction, questioning the validity of "gratuitous violence" and its impact on audiences.
44 total episodes available with 10 transcripts
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The Literary Hall of Shame
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[…] I love a lot of his writing on jazz. His novel is horrendous. Okay, so what you're saying basically is the nonfiction writers that you have come across who've tried to write fiction have not been uniformly successful. No. Or at least in these two examples. Yeah. Do you think in the case of a journalist, it's more difficult to become a successful or maybe less of a journalist and more of a commentator or opinion writer? You know what? Considering how much I usually insist on my fiction students taking journalism courses... You do? Yeah. I don't think necessarily it's what... I actually think what you have as a journalist can really work. […]
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