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Back to SearchRita Zoey Chin, "The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern" (Melville House, 2022)
Episode 284
The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern (Melville House 2022) by Rita Zoey Chin is equal parts coming of age, epic travel tale, quest to find a mother w…
3 years, 8 months ago
Kristina Marie Darling, "Daylight Has Already Come" (Black Lawrence Press, 2022)
Episode 117
Kristina Marie Darling’s Daylight Has Already Arrived (Black Lawrence Press, 2022) spans six years and countless styles. Motifs and images reappear, …
3 years, 8 months ago
A. M. Homes, "The Unfolding" (Viking, 2022)
Episode 58
A. M. Homes most recent book is The Unfolding (Viking, 2022). Her previous work includes, This Book Will Save Your Life, which won the 2013 Orange/Wo…
3 years, 8 months ago
Victor Manibo, "The Sleepless" (Erewhon, 2022)
Episode 146
Part mystery, part thriller, with a splash of cyberpunk, Victor Manibo’s debut novel The Sleepless (Erewhon, 2022) imagines a near-future New York Ci…
3 years, 8 months ago
4.3 Strange Beasts of Translation: Yan Ge and Jeremy Tiang in Conversation
Episode 28
Yan Ge and Jeremy Tiang are both writers who accumulate languages. Sitting down with host Emily Hyde, they discuss their work in and across Chinese a…
3 years, 8 months ago
Celeste Ng, "Our Missing Hearts: A Novel" (Penguin, 2022)
Episode 57
Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts.
Her first novel, Everything I …
3 years, 8 months ago
Jill Stukenberg, "News of the Air" (Black Lawrence Press, 2022)
Episode 283
Immigration problems, climate issues, dysfunctional families, road barricades, and the division between haves and have nots play a role in this dream…
3 years, 8 months ago
Jane Satterfield, "Letter to Emily Brontë," The Common magazine (Spring, 2022)
Episode 43
Jane Satterfield speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her poem “Letter to Emily Brontë,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. Jane ta…
3 years, 8 months ago
Bárbara Mujica, "Miss Del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood" (Graydon House Books, 2022)
Episode 149
Miss del Río (Graydon House Books, 2022) explores the biography of a real-life actress, Dolores del Río, who became a silent movie star in Hollywood,…
3 years, 8 months ago
Susanne Davis, "Gravity Hill" (Madville Publishing, 2022)
Episode 282
Gravity Hill (Madville Publishing 2022) is the story of a small town in Connecticut grappling with the tragic death of three teenage boys. What first…
3 years, 9 months ago