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Back to SearchOmneya Ayad, "Love in Sufi Literature: Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Understanding of the Divine Word" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 1645
Love in Sufi Literature: Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Understanding of the Divine Word (Routledge, 2023) explores the role of divine love in the Quranic commentary o…
1 year, 4 months ago
Helen Sheehy, "Just Willa" (Cave Hollow Press, 2025)
Episode 1642
Just Willa (Cave Hollow Press, 2025) is a family chronicle of rare beauty-more than reminiscent of Willa Cather in capturing the regional flavors of …
1 year, 4 months ago
Leah Lax, "Not From Here: the Song of America" (Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie, 2024)
Episode 1641
When Leah Lax was asked to write an opera to celebrate local immigrants, she began by spending a year listening to accounts of upheaval, migration, a…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ana Hebra Flaster, "Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town" (She Writes Press, 2025)
Episode 1640
Ana Hebra Flaster was six years old when her working-class family was kicked out of their Havana barrio for opposing communism. Once devoted revoluti…
1 year, 4 months ago
Catherine Bush, "Skin" (Goose Lane Editions, 2025)
Episode 1639
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with one of Canada's most beloved novelists, Catherine Bush, about her debut collection of short fict…
1 year, 4 months ago
Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew eds., "A Thousand Tiny Awakenings" (Latitude 46, 2025)
Episode 1638
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with co-editors and poets, Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew about their anthology, A Thousand Tiny…
1 year, 4 months ago
Daryl Sneath, "In the Country in the Dark" (Signature Editions, 2023)
Episode 1637
NBN host Hollay Ghadery interviews fellow rural Ontario author Daryl Sneath about his 2024 novel, In the Country in the Dark (Signature Editions).
W…
1 year, 4 months ago
Rob Franklin, "Great Black Hope" (Summit Books, 2025)
Episode 1635
Rob Franklin, Great Black Hope (Summit Books, 2025)
Born and raised in Atlanta, Rob Franklin is a writer of fiction, criticism, and poetry, and a cof…
1 year, 4 months ago
Callista Markotich, "Wrap in a Big White Towel" (Frontenac House, 2024)
Episode 1636
NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Kingston, Ontario poet Callista Markotich about her poetry collection, Wrap in a Big White Towel. Callista’s powe…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jack Wang, "The Riveter" (HarperVia, 2025)
Episode 1633
NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author Jack Wang about his novel, The Riveter (HarperVia, 2025).
In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a c…
1 year, 4 months ago