Time for the last book of the summer Rooster!

Summer daze coming to a close. It's the final book of the season: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, in discussion with Emma Straub.

Articles Written By Josh Fischel

Josh Fischel lives outside Boston with his wife and their dog. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, The Believer, The Bygone Bureau, and Bean Soup.

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Education

You Never Forget
by Josh Fischel
At 36, a schoolteacher learns how to ride a bicycle from his former student, who’s still struggling to succeed in school programs that value order above all else.
The Madness Within

Humans Playing Humans
by Josh Fischel
As Mad Men enters its much-anticipated fifth season, the New York psychotherapist who consulted on the show’s development explains why its characters and storylines feel so ineffably real.