Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLisa Lee, "American Han" (Algonquin Books, 2026)
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s, Jane Kim and her brother, Kevin, dutifully embodied the model minority myth as their parents d…
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Linda Hamilton, "The Fourth Wife" (Kensington, 2026)
There must be a shift in the Zeitgeist of the publishing world, because after a long drought in Gothic novels, this is the second one I’ve encountere…
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Jason Reynolds, "Soundtrack: A Novel" (Random House, 2026)
The print adaptation of Jason Reynolds acclaimed, award-winning audiobook Soundtrack (Crown Books, 2026)—a stirring story of music, friendship, and f…
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Casey Walker, "Islands" The Common Magazine (Fall, 2025)
Casey Walker speaks to Emily Everett about his story “Islands,” which appears in The Common’s fall issue. Set at an old lake house rife with unresolv…
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Danielle Girard, "Pinky Swear" (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
In Pinky Swear (Simon and Schuster, 2026) Lexi thought she knew everything about Mara Vannatta. Best friends since middle school, they drifted apart…
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Just Slightly Outside the Circle: Peter Orner and Sarah Wasserman (EH)
Chicago is the main character, the setting, the obsession, and the historical grist for the mill of Peter Orner’s most recent novel, The Gossip Colum…
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Ed Simon, "Writing During the Apocalypse: Reflections on the Great Unraveling" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Rising authoritarianism. Covid. Inflation. Wealth disparity. War. Climate change. While every time period is marked by apocalyptic fears, it certainl…
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Namwali Serpell, "On Morrison" (Hogarth, 2026)
Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and one of our most beloved writers, has inspired generations of readers. But her artistic genius is often overshadowe…
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Dana Melek, "The Beast You Let In" (Sourcebooks, 2026)
Dana Mele talks abut her latest book, The Beast You Let In (Sourcebooks, 2026). Everyone in the rural town of Ashling knows the tale of Veronica Gree…
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Cameron Sullivan, "The Red Winter" (Tor Books, 2026)
Cameron Sullivan’s novel The Red Winter (Tor Books, 2026) follows Sebastian Grave, a centuries old monster hunter, recounting events that occurred i…
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