Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMark Vernon, "Awake!: William Blake and the Power of the Imagination" (Hurst & Co., 2025)
Episode 1683
In the 200 years since Blake's death, the visionary artist, poet and writer has become a household name, often beloved. Yet many struggle to comprehe…
1 year, 3 months ago
Rehearsals for Dying
Episode 278
Deena stepped out of the shower and opened her towel in the steam. “Does my breast look weird?” These words irrevocably change the lives of writer Ar…
1 year, 3 months ago
Aatish Taseer, "A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile" (Catapult, 2025)
Episode 249
In 2019, famed journalist and writer Aatish Taseer was thrown out of India. Soon after he wrote a cover article for Time calling Prime Minister Naren…
1 year, 3 months ago
Therí Alyce Pickens, "What Had Happened Was" (Duke UP, 2025)
Episode 175
In her debut poetry collection, What Had Happened Was, Therí Alyce Pickens investigates the complex structures of Black storytelling. Addressing topi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Benoit Berthelier and Immanuel Kim, "Hidden Heros: Anthology of North Korean FIction" (Anthem, 2025)
Episode 17
Hidden Heroes (Anthem Press, 2025) offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the lives of ordinary North Koreans through a collection of short stories …
1 year, 3 months ago
Saad Omar Khan, "Drinking the Ocean" (Buckrider Books, 2025)
Episode 523
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery chats with the wonderful Saad Omar Khan about his debut novel, Drinking the Ocean (Wolsak & Wynn, 2025).
The…
1 year, 3 months ago
Cynthia Blakeley, "The Innermost House: A Memoir" (Bright Leaf, 2024)
Episode 1676
The Innermost House: A Memoir (Bright Leaf, 2024) is a stunning account of year-round life on the windswept shores of Cape Cod, threaded with meditat…
1 year, 3 months ago
Mariah Rigg, "Target Island," The Common (Spring, 2025)
Episode 67
Mariah Rigg speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “Target Island,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. “Target Island” is a…
1 year, 3 months ago
Sanjena Sathian, "Goddess Complex" (Penguin Press, 2025)
Episode 1677
Sanjana Satyananda, the main character of Sanjena Sathian’s novel, Goddess Complex (Penguin Press, 2025), is a bit of a mess. She’s back in the State…
1 year, 3 months ago
James Cairns, "In Crisis, on Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times" (Wolsak and Wynn, 2025)
Episode 1674
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews author and academic James Cairns about his collection of essays, In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in …
1 year, 3 months ago