Love the radio! We've been having a happy reunion these past few days.

Here's the archived show. Wilsey's a charming speaker—great voice, self-deprecating. He clearly has a highly developed sense of humor (it's in the book, but it's revealing to hear these stories told aloud) about the over-the-topness of his family drama. This is not an ungrateful child.

Wilsey on his mother, whose memoir he quotes extensively in Oh the Glory: "She would love to have her book get published!"

Lopate to Wilsey: "You do not dress like the child of wealthy parents," indicating his T-shirt, and Wilsey laughs. "Yes, well, I was thinking since I was doing a radio show..." and notes that Lopate isn't wearing a tie.

Lopate: "My brother [Philip] and I often have this argument—should you open yourself up to people slowly, like a rose, or rip off big chunks of yourself at a time, like a loaf of French bread?"

Wilsey on readers outside San Francisco: "Who am I, who are they, to your average reader?"

On book-party-location kerfuffle: "The U.S. miliary ultimately sponsored the party, which is kind of ironic considering my mother's efforts for peace."

On his father: "He had a huge file on me in his office."

On Eggers and McSweeney's: "I was very lucky—I met Dave out at a bar and we just really hit it off."

On whether his own young son might someday write a memoir: "I'm being SO nice to him." Laughs heartily. "He's got every right to his own opinion, but I'm going to try to be as good a father as I possibly can be."

Wilsey's at the Chelsea B&N tonight at 7.