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Episode 36
With the publication of her most recent novel, White Horse, Erika T. Wurth breaks from the realism that characterized her earlier fiction and venture…
3 years, 1 month ago
Aaron Hamburger, "Hotel Cuba" (Harper Perennial, 2023)
Episode 327
Today I talked to Aaron Hamburger about his new novel Hotel Cuba (Harper Perennial, 2023).
Two sisters fleeing the horror of the Soviet Revolution and…
3 years, 1 month ago
Jolene McIlwain, "Sidle Creek" (Melville House, 2023)
Episode 223
In her debut short story collection, Sidle Creek (Melville House, 2023), Jolene McIlwain skillfully interrogates the myths and stereotypes of the min…
3 years, 1 month ago
Eirinie Carson, "The Dead are Gods" (Melville House, 2023)
Episode 88
After an unexpected phone call on an early morning in 2018, writer and model Eirinie Carson learned of her best friend Larissa's death. In the wake o…
3 years, 1 month ago
Jenifer Debellis, "New Wilderness" (Cornerstone Press, 2023)
Episode 123
Jenifer DeBellis, M.F.A., is author of New Wilderness (Cornerstone Press, 2023), Warrior Sister, Cut Yourself Free from Your Assault (Library Tales P…
3 years, 1 month ago
Heather Bourbeau, "Monarch" (Cornerstone Press, 2023)
Episode 125
Heather Bourbeau’s poetry and fiction appeared in 100 Word Story, Alaska Quarterly Review, The Kenyon Review, Meridian, The Stockholm Review of Liter…
3 years, 1 month ago
Robin Lee Carlson, "Reading the Ashes," The Common Magazine (Fall, 2022)
Episode 47
Robin Lee Carlson speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her essay “Reading the Ashes,” which appears in The Common’s fall 2022 issue. Robin t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Marian O'Shea Wernicke, "Out of Ireland" (She Writes Press, 2023)
Episode 161
Today I talked to Marian O’Shea Wernicke about her new novel Out of Ireland (She Writes Press, 2023).
Most people have heard of the Irish famine in 1…
3 years, 1 month ago
Aleksandar Hemon, "The World and All That It Holds" (MCD, 2023)
Episode 325
Today I talked to Aleksandar Hemon about his new novel The World and All That It Holds (MCD, 2023).
As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajev…
3 years, 1 month ago
Gareth L. Powell, "Descendant Machine" (Titan Books, 2023)
Episode 153
Gareth L. Powell’s Descendant Machine (Titan Books, 2023) is set about 200 years in the future, and yet the recent explosion in A.I. technology sugge…
3 years, 1 month ago