Podcast Episodes

Zhou Meisen, "Property of the People" (Sinoist, 2025)

"Honoured Investors,

As Zhongfu Group enters its eighth decade, we are pleased to announce the acquisition of two famous coal mines. These assets fur…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Teddy Jones, "Far From Uncertain: One Woman’s Life of Crime and Other Righteous Deeds" (Stoney Creek, 2026)

When a young reporter comes to interview Margaret Kenyon, the oldest practicing nurse in the Texas panhandle, she tells him that he’ll have to listen…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Alison Gadsby, "Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive" (Guernica Editions, 2026)

n this NBN episode, NBN host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Alison Gadsby about her collection of short fiction, Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Why Did Langston Hughes's "Troubled Lands" Go Unpublished for Nearly a Century?: A Conversation with Ricardo Wilson

Why did Langston Hughes's translations of Mexican and Cuban stories go unpublished for nearly a century?

A landmark book—the first complete publicati…

3 months ago

10.2 Beautiful Sentences Matter. Billy-Ray Belcourt and Matt Hooley (SW)

Can a novel with a singular voice also be a chorus? Can it reject the conventions of the novel and still be a novel? Poet, essayist, and novelist Bil…

3 months ago

Esther Goldenberg, "Song of the Bluebird" (Row House, 2026)

Much of history has revolved around the journeys, challenges, and relationships, of men, but Serrah, daughter of Asher describes the teachings of her…

3 months ago

Daniel Poppick, "The Copywriter" (Scribner, 2026)

Daniel Poppick is a poet and novelist. He is the author of the poetry collections Fear of Description, selected for the National Poetry Series, and T…

3 months ago

Janice Hadlow, "Rules of the Heart" (Henry Holt and Company, 2026)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with Janice Hadlow about her fascinating novel, Rules of the Heart (Henry Holt & Company, 2026).

A be…

3 months ago

Sean Bedell, "Shoebox" (Now or Never, 2025)

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with author and retired paramedic and fire captain, Sean Paul Bedell, about his novel, Shoebox (NoN P…

3 months, 1 week ago

Alice Martin, "Westward Women" (St. Martins Press, 2026)

It starts with an itch.
In homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down.
Tired. Blank. Restless.
Drawn to the Pacific…

3 months, 1 week ago