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Hanya Yanagihara grapples with pandemics in 'To Paradise'
Author of the wildly popular and, at times, controversial A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara, is out with a new novel. To Paradise is an epic – in three parts – sprawling over 700 pages and 200 years ab…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
In 'All Adults Here,' family is messy
Author Emma Straub has written a book about family dynamics and the mess and love that comes with them in All Adults Here. It's no secret that families are complicated. Straub argues a lot of our fam…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Tap dancing Twizzlers, cockroach warriors, and fairy tales! Oh my!
Two collections of short stories, both alike in playfulness in our fair podcast. The first is with Gwen Kirby whose debut collection of short stories is called, hilariously, Shit Cassandra Saw. It ra…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Finding simplicity and radical acceptance through animal sexuality
A non-fiction science book about animal sexuality could read like a dry textbook, but Eliot Schrefer wanted his book to be accessible. Queer Ducks uses interviews with scientists, illustrations, and …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
A new book shows how the South – and its history – shapes our nation
Frye Gaillard and Cynthia Tucker are old enough to remember Jim Crow in the South. But they recognize the part of the country they grew up in for both its flaws and its significant role in the histor…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
In Séamas O'Reilly's memoir, a tribute to a widowed father raising 11 kids in Ireland
As a little boy grieving his mother, Séamas O'Reilly couldn't entirely grasp the monumental task it was for his father to have to raise 11 children all on his own. In his new memoir, Did Ye Hear Mamm…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Nicole A. Taylor's cookbook puts a spin on traditional African American food
Junteenth was celebrated across the country this weekend and is observed nationally Monday. In a new, Juneteenth-inspired cookbook, Nicole A. Taylor puts a summery spin on traditional African America…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Two books on fatherhood to help celebrate Sunday
Father's Day is this Sunday, giving us a good opportunity to reflect not only the art of fatherhood but also on the struggles that come after dads leave us. First, Helen McDonald talks to Robin Young…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
A reflection on ambition and success in 'Tracy Flick Can't Win'
You've probably seen it: Reese Witherspoon playing ambitious, throat-cutting Tracy Flick in the 1999 movie Election. It's the film adaptation of Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name. Now, Perrotta h…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
In Keri Blakinger's memoir, the path from high-achieving teenager to prison to writer
Keri Blakinger says there are no rules behind bars. In 2010, she was arrested on a drug charge and spent two years in prison. And although that statement might sound counterintuitive, Blakinger says …
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago