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Back to SearchMeryl Branch-McTiernan, "What You Should Worry About" (Akashic Books, 2026)
Episode 1898
Tune in to this interview with Meryl Branch-McTiernan about her new book What You Should Worry About (Akashic Books, 2026).
It's January of 2020 and …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Abdelwahab Meddeb, "Returns to Marrakesh / Retour à Marrakech" (Syracuse UP, 2026)
Episode 1897
Abdelwahab Meddeb’s Returns to Marrakesh, co-translated by Claudia Esposito and Laura Reeck and published by Syracuse University Press in 2026, chron…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong with Simon Elegant
Episode 1896
John chats with writer and journalist Simon Elegant about his third novel, a crime thriller set during the Hong Kong protests of 2019. City on Fire i…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Jacqueline West, "Black Point" (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2026)
Episode 1895
Black Point (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2026) is an insular small town steeped in Norse traditions, a teen’s developing romance with a newcome…
3 months ago
Elisabeth Rhoads, "Haggard House" (Bodger Books, 2025)
Episode 1894
It’s the 19th century, and a village in northern Michigan is the setting for Adam Bolton’s strange, decrepit house, called Haggard House by the commu…
3 months ago
Charles Akl, "Red Like Orange" (Hoopoe, 2026)
Episode 1893
A Conversation with author Charles Akl about his debut novel Red Like Orange (Hoopoe, 2026)
An offbeat tale of creativity, friendship, and finding …
3 months ago
Mark Kitto, "China Running Dog" (Plum Rain Press, 2025)
Episode 1892
In his novel China Running Dog (Plum Rain Press, 2025), a young man in his early twenties lives in Shanghai in the year 2000, in a greed-crazed free…
3 months ago
A Conversation with LeUyen Pham illustrator of "As I Dream of You" (First Second, 2026)
Episode 1891
As I Dream of You (First Second, 2026) illustrated by LeUyen Pham and written by Jennifer Lee. Falling in love is supposed to hurt. That’s what Fran…
3 months ago
Mohamed Alyahyai, "The War" (Dararab for Publishing and Translation, 2026)
Episode 1890
A psychological Arabic novel in English translation, The War by Mohamed Alyahyai follows a man who begins to question whether he is truly the one who…
3 months, 1 week ago
Julie Buntin, "Famous Men" (Random House, 2026)
Episode 1889
Will Miles is trapped. Trapped in tiny Greening, Michigan, where a toxic high school rumor has turned her into a social exile. Trapped in the predic…
3 months, 1 week ago