Season 3 Cheryl Strayed + Maia Sharp Roxane Gay + Celisse + Toshi Reagon Odie Lindsey + Mary Gauthier Sarah Hepola + Matt the Electrician Nicholson Baker + Rod Picott Lucia Berlin, read by Elizabeth Geoghegan + Rebecca Rego Polly Samson + David Gilmour George Saunders + Ben Arthur George Saunders + Amanda Shires Jeremy Welch + Maia Sharp Joyce Carol Oates + TBD Jonathan Lethem + Tift Merritt Season 2 Malachy McCourt + Louise Cairns Soman Chainani + Cave Twins Dodai Stewart + Natalia Zukerman Louisa Young + Miranda Joy Amy Turn Sharp + Parker Paul Ethan Lipton + Sarah Jaffe Lou Barrett + Michelle Gaw Mike Veve + Johnny Leitera Lauren Morrill + Justin Cutway + Vinson Muhammad Alison Gaylin + Colin McGrath Joyce Carol Oates + Tony Trischka + Jennifer Marks Ben Sollee + James Lindsey Michael Ian Black + Victoria Jones Season 1 Susan Orlean + Ben Arthur Gary Shteyngart + Elissa LeCoque Deborah Copaken + Tommy Siegel (Jukebox the Ghost) Dolan Morgan + Emily Hope Price Joyce Carol Oates + Ted Leo Roxane Gay + Aya Aziz Rick Moody + Xenia Rubinos Kurt Anderson + Vienna Teng Rita Mullaney + Byron Isaacs (the Lumineers) Aura Hernandez + Denise Reis Patricia Lockwood + Sasha Dobson Anna North + Miss Eaves Jonathan Lethem + Cindy Lee Berryhill (Bonus Episode)