6 hours ago · Writing · 0 comments

Every so often Tyler asks for podcast guest recommendations. Rather than typing the same stuff over and over, I'm collecting my notes here. This is not just a list of my favorite living writers who have never been on the show. I've reviewed Tyler's theory of podcast-guest quality1 and am making judgments on that basis. In alphabetical order: William Deresiewicz. My favorite working critic. Consistently thoughtful and brave, and excellent as a podcast guest. His background as a teacher always comes through. Byrne Hobart. I'm sure Tyler is well aware of Byrne, the one writer whom I think of as sometimes "out-Tylering Tyler."2 Zvi Mowshowitz. Zvi's structural choices are striking: why such long posts, and in that style? What does his information stream look like? Yes, he and Tyler could hash out various disagreements, but I'm most curious about their overlapping but strikingly different approaches to being high-output infovores.3 Reviel Netz. Behind the enthusiasm Tyler has sometimes…

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