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Back to SearchHernan Diaz : Trust
Hernan Diaz’s debut novel In the Distance went on to become not only one of the great debuts of the year, but a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fi…
3 years, 10 months ago
Rae Armantrout : Finalists
The first time Rae Armantrout came on the show, in 2017, we looked at her poetry through the lens of her interest in quantum physics. Now, five years…
3 years, 10 months ago
Crafting with Ursula : Kim Stanley Robinson on Ambiguous Utopias
Today’s guest, Kim Stanley Robinson, is perhaps the living writer most associated with utopian literature today. And as a student of the philosopher,…
3 years, 10 months ago
Courtney Maum — The Year of the Horses
Courtney Maum’s latest book, her memoir The Year of the Horses, is about a writer at a rough point in her writing career, in her marriage, as a mothe…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ada Limón : The Hurting Kind
Today’s guest Ada Limón discusses her latest collection of poetry, The Hurting Kind, whose poems ask and explore what it means to be a human animal a…
3 years, 11 months ago
Crafting with Ursula : adrienne maree brown on Social Justice & Science Fiction
Today’s conversation with adrienne maree brown begins with the notion that all organizing is science fiction, and thus that social justice and scienc…
3 years, 11 months ago
Cristina Rivera Garza : New and Selected Stories
Cristina Rivera Garza returns to the show to discuss her New and Selected Stories, which gathers together fiction across thirty years of her writing …
4 years ago
Caren Beilin : Revenge of the Scapegoat
Today’s guest, Caren Beilin, talks about her latest novel Revenge of the Scapegoat. All four of her books—two nonfiction, two fiction—each stand alon…
4 years ago
Crafting with Ursula : Karen Joy Fowler on Experimental Women, Animals, Science & Story
Today’s guest on Crafting with Ursula, the award-winning writer of science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction Karen Joy Fowler, was a longstand…
4 years ago
Sheila Heti : Pure Colour
Sheila Heti returns to Between the Covers to discuss her latest unclassifiable novel Pure Colour. When something happens in your life that upends eve…
4 years, 1 month ago