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Back to SearchNathan Jordan Poole, "Idlewild," The Common magazine (Spring, 2022)
Episode 35
Nathan Jordan Poole speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Idlewild,” which appears in The Common’s new spring issue. In this conve…
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Cynthia Parker-Ohene, "Daughters of Harriet: Poems" (UP of Colorado, 2022)
Episode 115
Drawing inspiration from the life of Harriet Tubman, Cynthia Parker-Ohene's poetic narratives follow a historical arc of consciousness of Black folks…
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Ariela Freedman, "Lea" (Linda Leith Publishing, 2022)
Lea Roback was a feminist and labor activist who was raised in a large Jewish family in Quebec, Canada. In the novel Lea (Linda Leith Publishing, 202…
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Grant Ginder, "Let's Not Do That Again" (Henry Holt, 2022)
Episode 40
An interview with novelist Grant Ginder. In his latest dramady of familial disfunction, Let’s Not Do That Again (Henry Holt, 2022), Grant starts wit…
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W. Jeff Barnes, "Mingo" (Little Star, 2021)
Episode 251
Set against the backdrop of coal-rich, hard-scrabble West Virginia and "civilized," segregated Virginia, W. Jeff Barnes' Mingo (Little Star, 2021) re…
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Kim Hyun, "Glory Hole" (Seagull Books, 2022)
Episode 114
In this episode, co-translators Suhyun J. Ahn and Archana Madhavan discuss their Korean-to-English translation of Glory Hole by Kim Hyun (Seagull Boo…
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Behind the Scenes at a Literary Magazine: The Common
Episode 94
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How the Common got started What is involved in running a literary journal Why grants…4 years, 1 month ago
80 We are Not Digested: Rajiv Muhabir (Ulka Anjaria, JP)
Episode 80
Rajiv Mohabir is a dazzling poet of linguistics crossovers, who works in English, Bhojpuri, Hindi and more. He is as prolific as he is polyglot (thre…
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Khan Wong, "The Circus Infinite" (Angry Robot, 2022)
Episode 141
Few writers are as qualified to set their book in a circus as Khan Wong, who has not only performed in a circus but is an internationally recognized …
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Irina Shapiro, "Murder on the Sea Witch: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 7" (2022)
Episode 140
Jason Redmond, a US Civil War surgeon, never expected to step into his father’s shoes as the heir to an English earldom. When he first shows up to cl…
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