Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDeb Olin Unferth, "Earth 7: A Novel" (Graywolf Press 2026)
Well, that’s about it for the story of planet Earth, poor Earth, reduced to not much more than a piece of burnt coal. But, as Deb Olin Unferth shows …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Kyra Davis Lurie, "The Great Mann" (Crown, 2025)
In 1945, Charlie Trammell steps off a cross-country train into the vibrant tapestry of Los Angeles. Lured by his cousin Marguerite’s invitation to th…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Deb Olin Unferth, "Earth 7" (Graywolf Press 2026)
With thanks to “forever” plastics, the earth has reverted to sand and dust. Dylan has been raised by her scientist mother, in a pod under the sea, an…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Terese Mason Pierre, "As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories" (Spiderline, 2025)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with editor, poet, and author, Terese Mason Pierre about As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculat…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh trans., "Baidehisha Bilasa: The Amorous Plays of Sita’s Husband" (Wide Open Window Books, 2025)
Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh bring into English for the first time a long-inaccessible masterpiece of South Asian literature Baidehisha Bilasa: …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Terao Tetsuya and translated by Kevin Wang, "Spent Bullets" (HarperVia, 2025)
With Taiwan Travelogue winning the 2026 International Booker Prize, Taiwanese literature in translation has achieved new heights of visibility in the…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Martha Conway, "We Meet Apart" (Regal House Publishing, 2026)
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…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Mackenzi Lee, "Masters of the Universe: Teela: Daughter of Eternos" (Mattel, 2026)
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…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
chaun webster, "Without Terminus: untraining an archive" (Greywolf, 2026)
In his first work of nonfiction, poet chaun webster blends memoir, archival research, visual poetics, and cultural criticism to trace the ways struct…
1 month ago
Elina Penner, 'Nightberries" (CMU Press, 2026)
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Elina Penner about her translated novel, Nightberries (CMU Press, 2026, translated by Bradley Sc…
1 month ago