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Back to SearchRebecca Gayle Howell et al., "What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)
Episode 147
What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People (UP of Kentucky, 2023) is the first major anthology of labor writing in nearly a century. Here, editors…
3 years, 3 months ago
Olivia Atwater, "Half a Soul" (Orbit, 2022)
Episode 67
Today I talked to Olivia Atwater about her new book Half a Soul (Orbit, 2022).
When a nasty fairy Lord tries to take young Dora’s soul, her doting cou…
3 years, 4 months ago
Kyla Zhao, "The Fraud Squad" (Berkley Books, 2023)
Episode 123
Can anyone break into high society? From Cinderella, Eliza Doolittle and Jay Gatsby to Don Draper and Anna Sorokin, characters that can fool their wa…
3 years, 4 months ago
Joanna Higgins, "In the Fall They Leave: A Novel of the First World War" (Regal House Publishing, 2023)
Episode 308
Today I talked to Joanna Higgins about her new book In the Fall They Leave: a Novel of the First World War (Regal House Publishing, 2023).
Nineteen-ye…
3 years, 4 months ago
Deepti Kapoor, "Age of Vice" (Riverhead Books, 2023)
Episode 80
Today I talked to Deepti Kapoor about her new novel Age of Vice (Riverhead, 2023).
Deepti Kapoor grew up in northern India and worked for several year…
3 years, 4 months ago
Lynn Cullen, "The Woman with the Cure" (Berkley Books, 2023)
Episode 157
The essential contribution of The Woman with the Cure (Berkley Books, 2023) can be summarized in one sentence: like most of its future readers (I ass…
3 years, 4 months ago
Lyudmyla Khersonska, "Today is a Different War" (Arrowsmith Press, 2023)
Episode 12
Today is a Different War (Arrowsmith Press, 2023) is Lyudmyla Khersonska's striking portrayal of life from inside war-torn Ukraine. Masterfully trans…
3 years, 4 months ago
Freddy Prestol Castillo, "You Can Cross the Massacre on Foot" (Duke UP, 2019)
Episode 95
In 1937 tens of thousands of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic were slaughtered by Dominican troops wielding machetes and knives. Dominican w…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mary Salisbury, "Side Effects of Wanting" (Mainstreet Rag, 2022)
Episode 307
In Side Effects of Wanting (Main Street Rag, 2022), author Mary Salisbury spent nearly twenty years gathering together the pieces of humanity she saw…
3 years, 4 months ago
Nic Brown, "Bang Bang Crash: A Memoir" (Counterpoint, 2023)
Episode 144
In his memoir, Bang Bang Crash (Counterpoint, 2023), Nic Brown shares his experiences as a rock and roll drummer who abandons his successful music ca…
3 years, 4 months ago