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Back to SearchLauren Delapenha, "Supermarketing" (Spring, 2026)
Episode 1910
Lauren Delapenha speaks to Emily Everett about her poems “Supermarketing” and “If You Are Learning English,” which appear in The Common’s spring issu…
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Rhys Bowen, "The Castle in the Glen" (Lake Union Publishing, 2026)
Episode 1909
I love Rhys Bowen’s historical mystery series, especially Her Royal Spyness books, which feature Lady Georgiana Rannoch. The Castle in the Glen (Lake…
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Huang Chongkai, "The Formosa Exchange" (Honford Star, 2026)
Episode 1908
In this episode of the New Books Network, we talk with Jeremy Tiang about his English translation of The Formosa Exchange (Honford Star, 2026)—which …
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Seamus O’Reilly, "Prestige Drama" (Cardinal, 2026)
Episode 1907
A dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus--and nobody's version is the same.
In Derry, …
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M. H. Ayinde, "A Song of Legends Lost" (Saga Press, 2025)
Episode 1906
A Song of Legends Lost (Saga Press, 2025) is the first, highly praised instalment in the Invoker Series. Set in a world offering an unique combinati…
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Christopher R. Rogers, "My City Need Something" (Common Notions, 2026)
Episode 1905
Moving between word and image, the call-and-response collaboration between writer Christopher R. Rogers and photographer karim brown improvises a con…
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Tsering Döndrup, "The Red Wind Howls" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Episode 1904
The Red Wind Howls (Columbia UP, 2025) is an unsettling, gripping, and darkly funny novel by Tsering Döndrup, one of modern Tibet’s most celebrated w…
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Tom Lin, "Babylon, South Dakota" (Little, Brown and Co, 2026)
Episode 1903
Today, we’re welcoming novelist Tom Lin back to the show, whose new novel Babylon, South Dakota (Little, Brown and Company: 2026) moves his fascinati…
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Amy B. Scher, "The Unexpected Afterlife of Salon Rose" (Tiny Ghost Press, 2026)
Episode 1902
In Amy B. Scher's The Unexpected Afterlife of Salon Rose (Tiny Ghost Press, 2026) college hopeful Salon Rose arrives to the Nowhere in Between, a way…
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Emily McBride, "Queen Mab" (FSG, 2026)
Episode 1901
There is a changeling in this story—but who?
Madeleine is young for motherhood, a promising grad student in Victorian and Modernist literature, twe…
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