Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMary Jones, "The Goodbye Process" (Zibby Books, 2024)
Episode 140
In her stunning debut short story collection, The Goodbye Process (Zibby Books, 2024), Mary Jones uses her distinctive voice to examine the painful a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Madeline Martin, "The Booklover's Library" (Hanover Square Press, 2024)
Episode 183
The Booklover's Library (Hanover Square Press, 2024) has one of the most dramatic openings I’ve ever read, and I’ve read a lot of novels. It’s 1931 i…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ayelet Tsabari, "Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel" (Random House, 2024)
Episode 423
Zohara flies from New York to Israel for her mother’s funeral. She’d already been through a tough year; a divorce from her American husband and troub…
1 year, 9 months ago
Kaliane Bradley, "The Ministry of Time" (Avid Reader Press, 2024)
Episode 139
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chelsea Bieker, "Madwoman" (Little, Brown, 2024)
Episode 138
Today I talked to Chelsea Biker about her novel Madwoman (Little, Brown, 2024).
Clove has gone to extremes to keep her past a secret. Thanks to her li…
1 year, 9 months ago
Maria de Caldas Antão, "My Freedom," The Common Magazine
Episode 59
Maria de Caldas Antão speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her poem “
My Freedom,” which appears in The Common’s most recent issue. Maria tal…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jake Lamar, "Viper's Dream" (Crooked Lane Books, 2023)
Episode 422
Jake Lamar's novel Viper's Dream (Crooked Lane Books, 2023) is a gritty, daring look at the vibrant jazz scene of mid-century Harlem, and one man’s d…
1 year, 10 months ago
C. Michelle Lindley, "The Nude" (Atria Books, 2024)
Episode 137
1999: An island off the southern coast of Greece. Art historian Elizabeth Clarke arrives with the intent to acquire a rare female sculpture. But what…
1 year, 10 months ago
Marga Ortigas, "God's Ashes: Apocrypha" (Penguin, 2024)
Episode 201
Climate change. The refugee crisis. The rise of social media.
These big social questions—and others—inspired journalist Marga Ortigas in the creation …
1 year, 10 months ago
Terena Elizabeth Bell, "Tell Me What You See" (Whiskey Tit, 2022)
Episode 421
Terena Elizabeth Bell's Tell Me What You See (Whisk(e)y Tit, 2022), is a collection of ten experimental short stories about coronavirus quarantines, …
1 year, 10 months ago