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Back to SearchSara Farrington, "A Trojan Woman Adapted from Euripides" (Broadway Play Publishing, 2024)
Episode 136
In a flash of modern warfare (Ukraine? Afghanistan? Vietnam? Poland? Hiroshima? Israel? Gaza?), a mother loses her child. She becomes "A Trojan Woman…
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"The Threepenny Review": A Discussion with Wendy Lesser
Episode 27
Today’s spotlight is on the literary magazine The Threepenny Review. I’m joined by the magazine’s founding and current Editor, Wendy Lesser.
Wendy Les…
1 year, 10 months ago
Charles Holdefer, "Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic" (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024)
Episode 420
Charles Holdefer's new short story collection, Ivan the Terrible Goes on a Family Picnic (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2024) weaves together ten stories t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Stephen Schottenfeld, "This Room Is Made of Noise" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023)
Episode 419
Today I talked to Stephen Schottenfeld about his new novel This Room Is Made of Noise (U Wisconsin Press, 2023).
Don Lank is a newly divorced handyma…
1 year, 10 months ago
Heather Redmond, "Death and the Visitors" (Kensington, 2024)
Episode 182
Today I talked to Heather Redmond about her new novel Death and the Visitors (Kensington, 2024).
In this second Regency-era mystery featuring Mary God…
1 year, 10 months ago
"New Letters" Magazine: A Discussion with Christie Hodgen
Episode 26
Christie Hodgen is the author of four books of fiction, most recently the novel Boy Meets Girl, which won the 2020 AWP Award for the Novel. Her short…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jessica Anthony, "The Most" (Little, Brown, 2024)
Episode 136
It's November 3, 1957. As Sputnik 2 launches into space, carrying Laika, the doomed Soviet dog, a couple begin their day. Virgil Beckett, an insuranc…
1 year, 10 months ago
Juli Min, "Shanghailanders" (Spiegel & Grau, 2024)
Episode 199
Shanghailanders (Spiegel & Grau: 2024), the debut novel from Juli Min, starts at the end: Leo, a wealthy Shanghai businessman, sees his wife and daug…
1 year, 10 months ago
Zoë Bossiere, "Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir" (Abrams Press, 2024)
Episode 418
Today, I interview Zoë Bossiere about Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir (Abrams Press, 2024). Bossiere is writer from Tucson, Arizona. They are the ma…
1 year, 10 months ago
Casey Plett, "On Community" (Biblioasis, 2023)
Episode 417
Today I interview Casey Plett. Plett is the author of multiple works of fiction, including the story collection A Dream of a Woman, the novel Little …
1 year, 10 months ago