Host Neal Pollack succeeds in feeling like a failure on this week's show. He welcomes in the pride of Ontario, Canada, Steven Marche, to talk about Steven's new book 'On Writing and Failure.' Hear Steven talk about the poverty-stricken Herman Melville! And how James Joyce wasn't good enough to teach English in Italy! Listen to Neal complain about how no one loves him anymore. Neal continues to take issue with Steven's statement that he would still complain if he'd made $100 million as a writer. Not likely. But what a treat it is to hear a couple of bitter literary relative successes talk shop.

Then it's time for a long dessert as Neal welcomes Rob Kutner and Paula Shaffer to listen to him rant endlessly abou ...