Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNick Harkaway, "Titanium Noir" (Knopf, 2023)
Episode 156
According to Merriam-Webster, noir is “crime fiction featuring hard-boiled, cynical characters and bleak, sleazy settings.” The Cambridge Dictionary …
2 years, 10 months ago
Elizabeth Graver, "Kantika: A Novel" (Metropolitan Books, 2023)
Episode 348
Today I talked to Elizabeth Graver about her new novel Kantika (Metropolitan Books, 2023).
Rebecca Cohen and her family live in Istanbul, until they l…
2 years, 10 months ago
Linda Nemec Foster, "Bone Country: Prose Poems" (Cornerstone Press, 2023)
Episode 126
Linda Nemec Foster has published twelve collections of poetry including Amber Necklace from Gdansk (finalist for the Ohio Book Award in Poetry), Talk…
2 years, 10 months ago
Arin Greenwood, "Your Robot Dog Will Die" (Soho, 2019)
Episode 54
Today I talked to Arin Greenwood about her new book Your Robot Dog Will Die (Soho, 2019).
When a global genetic experiment goes awry and canines stop …
2 years, 10 months ago
Cecilia Gentili, "Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My Rapist" (Littlepuss Press, 2022)
Episode 349
Today I interview Cecilia Gentili about her new book, Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist (LittlePuss Press, 2022). In thi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Kate Doyle, "I Meant It Once" (Algonquin Books, 2023)
Episode 96
With this sharp and witty debut collection, author Kate Doyle captures precisely that time of life when so many young women are caught in between, pr…
2 years, 11 months ago
Leanne Kale Sparks, "Every Missing Girl" (Crooked Lane Books, 2023)
Episode 347
Today I talked to Leanne Kale Sparks about her new book Every Missing Girl (Crooked Lane Books, 2023).
The stunning landscape of Colorado's Rocky Moun…
2 years, 11 months ago
Amy Grace Loyd, "The Pain of Pleasure" (Roundabout Press, 2023)
Episode 346
In Amy Grace Loyd’s new novel, The Pain of Pleasure (Roundabout Press 2023), nearly everyone suffers some kind of intense pain. Some find their way t…
2 years, 11 months ago
Alejandro Varela, "The Town of Babylon" (Astra, 2022)
Episode 106
Writing Latinos, from Public Books, features interviews with Latino (a/x/e) authors discussing their books and how their writing contributes to the e…
2 years, 11 months ago
Matt Donovan, "Guy with a Gun" The Common Magazine (Fall, 2023)
Episode 49
Matt Donovan speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his prose poem “Guy with a Gun,” which appeared in The Common’s fall issue. Matt talks abo…
2 years, 11 months ago