Episode · How I Write · 2026-01-07
Books mentioned on Tom Junod: How to Write Unapologetically Well | How I Write
Tom Junod is famous for writing essays that have defined both people and events. He wrote a piece called "The Falling Man" for Esquire, which is the canonical piece about 9/11.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce is a notoriously experimental and linguistically complex novel famous for its stream-of-consciousness style and dream-like structure.
Discussed“Like the books were going to be in there chronologically. And so it begins with the Bible and ends with Finnegan's Wake, you know.”
Where to get it
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian masterpiece widely recognized as one of humankind's earliest surviving works of literature.
Discussed“Maybe maybe even pre-Bible. You know, there's some like some stoic an epic of Gilgamesh. Yeah. Exactly. How did you know? Yeah.”
Where to get it
