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Back to SearchKathleen M. Osberger, "I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile's Dictatorship, 1975" (Oribis Books, 2023)
Episode 356
Today I talked to Kathleen Osberger about her book I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile's Dictatorship, 1975 (Oribis Books, 2023).
In 1975, Kathleen Osberg…
2 years, 9 months ago
Anise Vance, "Hush Harbor" (Hanover Square Press, 2023)
Episode 355
In his debut novel, Hush Harbor (Hannover Square Press, 2023), Anise Vance takes readers inside a race revolution as a resistance group takes America…
2 years, 9 months ago
Kristal Brent Zook, "The Girl in the Yellow Poncho: A Memoir" (Duke UP, 2023)
Episode 400
At five years old, Kristal Brent Zook sat on the steps of a Venice Beach, California, motel trying to make sense of her white father’s abandonment, w…
2 years, 9 months ago
Salar Abdoh, "Out of Mesopotamia" (Akashic Books, 2020)
Episode 191
Saleh, the narrator of Out of Mesopotamia (Akashic Books, 2020), is a middle-aged Iranian journalist who moonlights as a writer for one of Iran's mos…
2 years, 9 months ago
Katherine Heiny, "Games and Rituals: Stories" (Knopf, 2023)
Episode 99
Today I talked to Katherine Heiny about Games and Rituals: Stories (Knopf, 2023).
The games and rituals performed by Heiny's characters range from mis…
2 years, 9 months ago
Andrew Varga, "The Last Saxon King: A Jump in Time Novel (Book One)" (Imbrifex Books, 2023)
Episode 167
Daniel Renfrew is a typical American sixteen-year-old. His main gripe when the story opens is that his dad insists on home schooling even though Dani…
2 years, 9 months ago
Nishanth Injam, "The Best Possible Experience: Stories" (Pantheon, 2023)
Episode 150
The characters in Nishanth Injam’s The Best Possible Experience (Pantheon, 2023), his debut short story collection, are like many in India or in Indi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Jerome Charyn, "Ravage & Son" (Bellevue Literary Press, 2023)
Episode 354
Ravage & Son (Bellevue Literary Press, 2023) by Jerome Charyn is a novel set in the Lower East Side of New York City in the early years of the twenti…
2 years, 9 months ago
Aparna Verma, "The Phoenix King" (Orbit, 2023)
Episode 75
Aparna Verma’s debut novel The Phoenix King (Orbit, 2023) takes place in the desert kingdom of Ravence as war brews on its borders and the king is se…
2 years, 10 months ago
CK Westbrook, "The Judgment" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2023)
Episode 353
Today I talked to CK Westbrook about The Judgment (4 Horsemen Publications, 2023), book 3 of "The Impact Series."
Kate thought the world was finally …
2 years, 10 months ago