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Back to SearchLeo Ríos, "Lencho," The Common magazine (2023)
Episode 54
Leo Ríos speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Lencho,” which appears in The Common’s most recent issue, in a portfolio from the i…
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What Makes A Great Picture Book?
Episode 134
Betsy Bird is the Collection Development Manager of Evanston Public Library and the former Youth Materials Specialist of New York Public Library. She…
2 years, 5 months ago
Samantha Harvey, "Orbital" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023)
Episode 119
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023) deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through spa…
2 years, 5 months ago
Astrid Blodgett, "This Is How You Start to Disappear" (U Alberta Press, 2023)
Episode 386
Astrid Blodgett is the author of the short story collections This Is How You Start to Disappear (U Alberta Press, 2023) and You Haven’t Changed a Bit…
2 years, 5 months ago
"The Sun" Magazine: A Chat with Derek Askey
Episode 4
Derek Askey is an associate editor on staff at The Sun magazine, located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
What qualifies as a Sun essay? As noted by my…
2 years, 5 months ago
Beth Driscoll and Claire Squires, "The Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2023)
Episode 432
How do fiction and research intersect? In The Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition (Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2023), Beth Driscoll, an Associate …
2 years, 5 months ago
Kathleen Collins, "Study in Hysteria" (Vine Leaves Press, 2024)
Episode 385
Kathleen Collins talks about her debut novel Study in Hysteria (Vine Leaves Press, 2024)). In the middle of 1974, Flora is privileged and middle-aged…
2 years, 5 months ago
Stefano Gualeni, "The Clouds: An Experiment in Theory-Fiction" (Routledge, 2023)
Episode 7
On a slow autumn afternoon, an atmospheric physicist working at the Malta Weather Station receives a surprising email from a colleague working in the…
2 years, 5 months ago
"Solstice" Magazine: A Discussion with Richard Hoffman
Episode 3
Richard Hoffman is the creative nonfiction editor at Solstice and is the author of seven books, including two memoirs and four books of poetry. He’s …
2 years, 5 months ago
Andrea Penrose, "The Diamond of London" (Kensington Books, 2024)
Episode 172
I’ve interviewed Andrea Penrose before about her mysteries set in the Regency period—most notably, her ongoing series starring the Earl of Wrexford a…
2 years, 5 months ago