Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTeddy 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
Why Did Langston Hughes's "Troubled Lands" Go Unpublished for Nearly a Century?: A Conversation with Ricardo Wilson
Episode 1811
Why did Langston Hughes's translations of Mexican and Cuban stories go unpublished for nearly a century?
A landmark book—the first complete publicati…
7 months, 1 week ago
10.2 Beautiful Sentences Matter. Billy-Ray Belcourt and Matt Hooley (SW)
Episode 1810
Can a novel with a singular voice also be a chorus? Can it reject the conventions of the novel and still be a novel? Poet, essayist, and novelist Bil…
7 months, 1 week ago
Esther Goldenberg, "Song of the Bluebird" (Row House, 2026)
Episode 1808
Much of history has revolved around the journeys, challenges, and relationships, of men, but Serrah, daughter of Asher describes the teachings of her…
7 months, 1 week ago
Daniel Poppick, "The Copywriter" (Scribner, 2026)
Episode 1809
Daniel Poppick is a poet and novelist. He is the author of the poetry collections Fear of Description, selected for the National Poetry Series, and T…
7 months, 1 week ago
Janice Hadlow, "Rules of the Heart" (Henry Holt and Company, 2026)
Episode 1807
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Janice Hadlow about her fascinating novel, Rules of the Heart (Henry Holt & Company, 2026).
A be…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sean Bedell, "Shoebox" (Now or Never, 2025)
Episode 1806
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author and retired paramedic and fire captain, Sean Paul Bedell, about his novel, Shoebox (NoN P…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Alice Martin, "Westward Women" (St. Martins Press, 2026)
Episode 1805
It starts with an itch.
In homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down.
Tired. Blank. Restless.
Drawn to the Pacific…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Mahesh Rao, "Half Light" (Penguin Random House India, 2025)
Episode 1803
On Sep. 6, 2018, India’s Supreme Court ruled that Section 377, a law that criminalized consensual homosexual activity, was unconstitutional, reversin…
7 months, 2 weeks ago