Podcast Episodes

Eric Chopra, "Ghosted" (Speaking Tiger, 2026)

Delhi is haunted—by its ghosts, its ruins, and its unending capacity for rebirth. In the shadow of medieval mosques and Mughal tombs, the past refuse…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollay Ghadery, "The Unravelling of Ou" (Palimpsest Press, 2026)

In this NBN episode, award-winning and celebrated author Farzana Doctor interviews Hollay Ghadery about her novel, The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Neelum Saran Gour, "Requiem in Raga Janki" (Penguin Viking, 2018)

In the early years of the twentieth century, in what was then British India, culture thrived in the city of Allahabad. In this vibrant hub of musicia…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sunny Dhillon, "Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin" (Wolsak and Wynn, 2025)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Sunny Dhillon about his book, Hide & Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin (Wolsak & Wynn, 202…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iida Turpeinen, "Beasts of the Sea" (Little, Brown, 2025)

Iida Turpeinen is a literary scholar writing a dissertation on the intersection of the natural sciences and literature. Her short stories exploring t…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Princess Joy L. Perry, "This Here Is Love" (W.W. Norton, 2025)

Three people—two enslaved, one indentured—living beside each other, struggling against their circumstances, trying to bend destiny.

As the seventeent…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Luis Rechani Agrait, "My Excellency: Comedy in Three Acts" (Swan Isle Press, 2025)

My Excellency: Comedy in Three Acts (Swan Isle Press, 2025) by Luis Rechani Agrait was translated into English by William Carlos Williams but not pub…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Cush Rodríguez Moz “Future Remains” The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)

Cush Rodríguez Moz speaks to Emily Everett about his essay “Future Remains: The Mysterious Allure of a Town in Ruins,” which appears in The Common’s …

5 months ago

Lesley Chamberlain, "The Mozhaisk Road" (Austin Macauley, 2025)

In The Mozhaisk Road (Austin Macauley, 2025) the time is 1978 and Moscow is still the capital of a Communist country. The political police contin…

5 months ago

Mia Tsai, "The Memory Hunters" (Erewhon Books, 2025)

Mia Tsai’s novel The Memory Hunters centers Kiana Strade, Key, a reckless young archaeologist and religious figure, who is capable of diving deeper i…

5 months, 1 week ago