Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAmrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh trans., "Baidehisha Bilasa: The Amorous Plays of Sita’s Husband" (Wide Open Window Books, 2025)
Episode 1860
Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh bring into English for the first time a long-inaccessible masterpiece of South Asian literature Baidehisha Bilasa: …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Terao Tetsuya and translated by Kevin Wang, "Spent Bullets" (HarperVia, 2025)
Episode 1859
With Taiwan Travelogue winning the 2026 International Booker Prize, Taiwanese literature in translation has achieved new heights of visibility in the…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Martha Conway, "We Meet Apart" (Regal House Publishing, 2026)
Episode 1858
It’s 1940 and Gaby’s parents and sister succumb to Typhus after staying in France to care for Gaby and Sabine’s dying grandmother. The war is in full…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Mackenzi Lee, "Masters of the Universe: Teela: Daughter of Eternos" (Mattel, 2026)
Episode 1857
Mackenzi Lee's Masters of the Universe: Teela: Daughter of Eternos (Mattel, 2026) is a young adult tie-in for the Masters of the Universe (2026) film…
5 months ago
chaun webster, "Without Terminus: untraining an archive" (Greywolf, 2026)
Episode 1856
In his first work of nonfiction, poet chaun webster blends memoir, archival research, visual poetics, and cultural criticism to trace the ways struct…
5 months ago
Elina Penner, 'Nightberries" (CMU Press, 2026)
Episode 1855
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Elina Penner about her translated novel, Nightberries (CMU Press, 2026, translated by Bradley Sc…
5 months, 1 week ago
An Interview with Senior Literary Agent Stephen Fraser
Episode 1854
Stephen Fraser is senior literary agent with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, after having worked as an editor for over 25 years before becomi…
5 months, 1 week ago
An Interview with Senior Literary Agent Stephen Fraser
Episode 1853
Stephen Fraser is senior literary agent with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, after having worked as an editor for over 25 years before becomi…
5 months, 1 week ago
Elizabeth Bradfield's Books in Dark Times (JP)
Episode 1852
For the RtB Books in Dark Times series back in 2021, John spoke with Elizabeth Bradfield, editor of Broadsided Press, poet, professor of creative wri…
5 months, 1 week ago
Paige Lewis, "Canon" (Viking, 2026)
Episode 1851
In Canon (Viking, 2026), two unlikely heroes embark on quests to win God’s favor in this outrageously entertaining, profoundly heartfelt novel that …
5 months, 1 week ago