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Back to SearchVictoria Christopher Murray, "Harlem Rhapsody" (Berkley, 2025)
Episode 197
Most people in North America have probably at least heard the name W. E. B. Dubois. In the early twentieth century, DuBois—the first African-American…
1 year, 3 months ago
Rob Winger, "It Doesn't Matter What We Mean" (McClelland & Stewart, 2021)
Episode 153
In this episode, NBN host Hollay Ghadery chops it up with poet Rob Winger about his collection, It Doesn't Matter What We Meant by Rob Winger (McClel…
1 year, 3 months ago
Shahd Alshammari, "Confetti and Ashes" (2025)
Episode 471
Shahd Alshammari’s Confetti and Ashes: Reflections on Wellness (Literary Mentor Words for Wellness, 2025) is a speculative memoir that questions what…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jehanne Dubrow, "Civilians" (LSU Press, 2025)
Episode 151
The final volume in Dr. Jehanne Dubrow’s groundbreaking trilogy about the experience of being a modern military spouse, Civilians (LSU Press, 2025) e…
1 year, 3 months ago
Catherine Owen, "Moving to Delilah" (FreeHand Books, 2024)
Episode 150
From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman’s journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house…
1 year, 3 months ago
Kirby, "She" (Knife, Fork, Book, 2024)
Episode 151
In this episode of NBN host, Hollay Ghadery speaks with the incomparable Toronto poet Kirby in an exclusive sampler of spectacular Kirby poetry.
Kirby…
1 year, 3 months ago
Su Chang, "The Immortal Woman" (House of Anansi Press, 2025)
Episode 471
Lemai never forgets the humiliation of her teachers and the burning of books during the Cultural Revolution. She uses her position as a student Red G…
1 year, 3 months ago
Cristina Leport, "Change of Heart: A Miner & Mulville Medical Thriller" (Bancroft, 2025)
Episode 470
In the bustling heart of New York City, a young medical student’s life is tragically cut short, though her heart continues to beat, holding the promi…
1 year, 3 months ago
George Elliott Clarke, "Canticles II (MMXX)" (Guernica, 2020)
Episode 149
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with one of her “favourite poets in the galaxy”, Canada’s 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Ell…
1 year, 3 months ago
Joseph Earl Thomas, "God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer" (Grand Central Publishing, 2024)
Episode 156
After a deployment in the Iraq War dually defined by threat and interminable mundanity, Joseph Thomas is fighting to find his footing. Now a doctoral…
1 year, 3 months ago