Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAndrew Forbes, "McCurdle's Arm: A Fiction" (Invisible Publishing, 2024)
Episode 1623
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Andrew Forbes about his phenomenal novella, McCurdle’s Arm: A Fiction (Invisible Publishing, Jul…
1 year, 5 months ago
Zohra Saed and Sahar Muradi, "One Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature" (U Arkansas Press, 2010)
Episode 1622
Since 9/11 there has been a cultural and political blossoming among those of the Afghan diaspora, especially in the United States, revealing a vibran…
1 year, 5 months ago
Jeff Nania, "River Gold: A Northern Lakes Mystery" (Feet Wet Writing, 2025)
Episode 1621
In River Gold (Feed Wet Writing, 2025) Sheriff John Cabrelli is pulled into a murder investigation after a nationally known Great Lakes historian is …
1 year, 5 months ago
Emily Everett, "All That Life Can Afford" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2025)
Episode 1620
Anna first fell in love with London at her hometown library—its Jane Austen balls a far cry from her life of food stamps and hand-me-downs. But whe…
1 year, 5 months ago
Gina Leola Woolsey, "Fifteen Thousand Pieces" (Guernica Editions, 2023)
Episode 1619
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author Gina Leola Woolsey about her stunning biography, Fifteen Thousand Pieces (Guernica Editio…
1 year, 5 months ago
Lucas Schaefer, "Tuesday" The Common Magazine (Spring, 2025)
Episode 1618
Lucas Schaefer speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Tuesday,” which appears in The Common’s brand new spring issue. “Tuesday” is …
1 year, 5 months ago
Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024)
Episode 167
For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he rei…
1 year, 5 months ago
Stephanie Cesca, "Dotted Lines" (Guernica Editions, 2024)
Episode 490
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews Stephanie Cesca about her acclaimed novel, Dotted Lines (Guernica Editions, 2024) which has been …
1 year, 5 months ago
Reem Gaafar, "A Mouth Full of Salt" (Saqi Books, 2024)
Episode 489
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Reem Gaafar about her Island Prize 2023-winning book, A Mouthful of Salt, published in Canada by…
1 year, 5 months ago
Thomas Leduc, "Palpitations" (Latitude 46, 2025)
Episode 1614
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with former Sudbury Poet Laureate Thomas Leduc about his new collection of poetry, Palpitations (Lati…
1 year, 5 months ago