Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEmily Adrian, "Seduction Theory" (Little, Brown, 2025)
Episode 1703
Emily Adrian is the author of Seduction Theory (Little, Brown, 2025) Daughterhood, The Second Season, and Everything Here Is Under Control, as well …
1 year, 1 month ago
Ham’s Heaven with Ori Gersht
Episode 1702
Listen to Ori Gersht speak about his novel Ham’s Heaven (Warbler Press, 2025). Inspired by the true story of the first great ape in space, it explore…
1 year, 1 month ago
Thomas Schlesser, "Mona's Eyes" (Europa Editions, 2025)
Episode 1701
Mona’s Eyes (Europa Editions, 2025) is an enchanting debut novel written by art historian Thomas Schlesser. It tells the story of a 10-year-old girl …
1 year, 1 month ago
Maria Dadouch, "I Want Golden Eyes" (U Texas Press, 2025)
Episode 1700
This interview is with one of the translators, M. Lynx Qualey.
A girl must save herself and her family after discovering her society's secrets in th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Meghana V. Nayak, "Tilt: A Novel on Intergenerational Trauma" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024)
Episode 1699
Kavya is an Indian-American professor and single mother struggling with debilitating panic attacks. Bombarded by flashbacks of cruelty and violence t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jeremy Gordon, "See Friendship: A Novel" (Harper Perennial, 2025)
Episode 1697
Ahead of looming layoffs within the ongoing decimation of media, Jacob Goldberg, a culture writer in New York, knows what will save him: a podcast. N…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jonas Hassen Khemiri, "The Sisters" (FSG, 2025)
Episode 1698
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Lynda Williams, "The Beauty and the Hell of It and Other Stories" (Guernica, 2025)
Episode 1696
The Beauty and the Hell of It and Other Stories (Guernica, 2025) conjures up images of women who struggle through difficult transitions, unpleasant e…
1 year, 2 months ago
Catherine Merridale, "Moscow Underground" (HarperColins, 2025)
Episode 204
Moscow Underground (HarperCollins, 2025) by Dr. Catherine Merridale is a sweeping novel of life, death and politics in the quicksand world of Stalin'…
1 year, 2 months ago
Lily Lloyd Burkhalter, "Raffia Memory," The Common Magazine (Spring, 2025)
Episode 1694
Lily Lloyd Burkhalter speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her essay “Raffia Memory,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. Lily talks…
1 year, 2 months ago