Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDanielle Girard, "Pinky Swear" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
Episode 1821
In Pinky Swear (Simon and Schuster, 2026) Lexi thought she knew everything about Mara Vannatta. Best friends since middle school, they drifted apart…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Casey Walker, "Islands" The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)
Episode 1820
Casey Walker speaks to Emily Everett about his story “Islands,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. Set at an old lake house rife with unresolv…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Ed Simon, "Writing During the Apocalypse: Reflections on the Great Unraveling" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Episode 1819
Rising authoritarianism. Covid. Inflation. Wealth disparity. War. Climate change. While every time period is marked by apocalyptic fears, it certainl…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Just Slightly Outside the Circle: Peter Orner and Sarah Wasserman (EH)
Episode 1818
Chicago is the main character, the setting, the obsession, and the historical grist for the mill of Peter Orner’s most recent novel, The Gossip Colum…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Namwali Serpell, "On Morrison" (Hogarth, 2026)
Episode 1817
Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and one of our most beloved writers, has inspired generations of readers. But her artistic genius is often overshadowe…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Dana Mele, "The Beast You Let In" (Sourcebooks, 2026)
Episode 1816
Dana Mele talks about their latest book, The Beast You Let In (Sourcebooks, 2026). Everyone in the rural town of Ashling knows the tale of Veronica G…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Zhou Meisen, "Property of the People" (Sinoist, 2025)
Episode 1815
"Honoured Investors,
As Zhongfu Group enters its eighth decade, we are pleased to announce the acquisition of two famous coal mines. These assets fur…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Cameron Sullivan, "The Red Winter" (Tor Books, 2026)
Episode 1814
Cameron Sullivan’s novel The Red Winter (Tor Books, 2026) follows Sebastian Grave, a centuries old monster hunter, recounting events that occurred i…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Teddy Jones, "Far From Uncertain: One Woman’s Life of Crime and Other Righteous Deeds" (Stoney Creek, 2026)
Episode 1813
When a young reporter comes to interview Margaret Kenyon, the oldest practicing nurse in the Texas panhandle, she tells him that he’ll have to listen…
7 months ago
Alison Gadsby, "Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive" (Guernica Editions, 2026)
Episode 1812
n this NBN episode, NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Alison Gadsby about her collection of short fiction, Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive …
7 months ago