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Back to SearchChristine Evans, "Nadia" (U Iowa Press, 2023)
Episode 384
Christine Evans' Nadia (U Iowa Press, 2023) is a dark novel about how the trauma of war follows people no matter how far they’ve fled. A few years af…
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Prophet Song: A Novel about a Totalitarian Takeover in Ireland
Episode 7
It’s the UConn Popcast, and today we discuss Prophet Song (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023), Paul Lynch’s Booker Prize winning novel about a totalitaria…
2 years, 5 months ago
"n+1" Magazine: A Discussion with Dayna Tortorici
Episode 1
Dayna Tororici is the co-editor of n + 1 magazine, located in New York City. She’s been on staff for the past 10 years, following her studies at Brow…
2 years, 5 months ago
Derek B. Miller, "The Curse of Pietro Houdini" (Simon and Schuster, 2024)
Episode 383
From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies b…
2 years, 5 months ago
Julius Taranto, "How I Won a Nobel Prize" (Little, Brown, 2023)
Episode 118
Helen is one of the brightest minds of her generation: a young physicist on a path to solve high-temperature superconductivity (which could save the …
2 years, 5 months ago
Agnes Chew, "Eternal Summer of My Homeland" (Epigram Books, 2023)
Episode 170
The opening story of Eternal Summer of My Homeland (Epigram Book, 2023) the debut story collection from Singaporean author Agnes Chew, is about grief…
2 years, 5 months ago
Waubgeshig Rice, "Moon of the Turning Leaves" (William Morrow, 2023)
Episode 381
It’s been over a decade since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy. Evan …
2 years, 5 months ago
Chika Unigwe, "The Middle Daughter" (Dzanc Books, 2023)
Episode 381
The Middle Daughter (Dzanc Books, 2023) by Chika Unigwe opens with a happy, well-to-do family living in a guarded community in Nigeria. The loving fa…
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Raul Palma, "A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens" (Dutton, 2023)
Episode 117
A genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens (Dutton, 2023) explores the weight of the devil's bargain, follo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Matthew Batt, "The Last Supper Club: A Waiter's Requiem" (U of Minnesota Press, 2023)
Episode 142
During a year on sabbatical from his university position, Matthew Batt realized he needed money—fast—and it just so happened that a craft brewery in …
2 years, 5 months ago