Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDennard Dayle, "How to Dodge a Cannonball: A Novel" (Henry Holt, 2025)
Episode 1664
How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight, not j…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jesse Browner, "Sing to Me" (Little Brown, 2025)
Episode 1662
Jesse Browner is the author of the novels Sing to Me (Little Brown, 2025) The Uncertain Hour and Everything Happens Today, among others, as well as o…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jennifer Kabat, "Nightshining" (Milkweed, 2025)
Episode 1661
Nightshining (Milkweed, 2025)
Jennifer Kabat is the author of The Eighth Moon, her writing has also appeared in Frieze, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, and T…
1 year, 4 months ago
Libby Buck, "Port Anna" (Simon & Schuster, 2025)
Episode 1660
After Gwin Gilmore loses her adjunct teaching job, mother, and boyfriend, she leaves the south and heads for the cottage she’s just inherited on the …
1 year, 4 months ago
Lindsay Zier-Vogel, "The Fun Times Brigade" (Book*hug Press, 2025)
Episode 1659
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Lindsay Zier-Vogel about her new novel, The Fun Times Brigade (Book*hug Press, 2025).
From accl…
1 year, 4 months ago
Bianca Marais, "A Most Puzzling Murder" (Harper Collins, 2025)
Episode 1658
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Bianca Marais about her delightful and highly entertaining new book, A Most Puzzling Murder (Har…
1 year, 4 months ago
Tochi Onyebuchi, "Harmattan Season: A Novel" (Tor Books, 2025)
Episode 1657
Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel Harmattan Season: A Novel (Tor Books, 2025) follows Boubacar, a veteran and private eye living in French occupied West Afric…
1 year, 4 months ago
John DeVore, "Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway" (Applause, 2024)
Episode 1655
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with John Devore about his phenomenal memoir, Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway (Applause…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jennifer Kabat, "Nightshining: A Memoir in Four Floods" (Milkweed Editions, 2025)
Episode 1656
Hello, my name is Eric LeMay, a host on New Books in Literature, a channel on the New Books Network. Today I interview Jennifer Kabat. Kabat is write…
1 year, 4 months ago
Pria Anand "The Elephant's Child" The Common Magazine (Spring, 2025)
Episode 1654
Pria Anand speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “The Elephant’s Child,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. The piece is a…
1 year, 4 months ago