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Back to SearchRevisiting Colson Whitehead on THE NICKEL BOYS
The Nickel Boys, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, is a story of injustice and ultimately hope about two young men at a Florida …
1 year, 3 months ago
Elizabeth Harris on HOW TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
How to Sleep at Night is a tender and timely novel telling a heartfelt story about marriage, love and politics. Harris joined us live to talk about w…
1 year, 3 months ago
Paraic O'Donnell on THE NAMING OF THE BIRDS
The Naming of the Birds by Paraic O'Donnell takes readers back to dark and gloomy Victorian London with a relentless killer on the loose. O'Donnell …
1 year, 4 months ago
Aria Aber on GOOD GIRL
Good Girl by Aria Aber is a coming-of-age novel featuring the daughter of Afghan immigrants set against the backdrop of Berlin's creative scene. Abe…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nnedi Okorafor on DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor is a novel about what it means to be a storyteller, told in an ingenious blend of sci-fi and literary fiction.…
1 year, 4 months ago
Alafair Burke on THE NOTE
The Note by Alafair Burke is a page-turning thriller that springs into action when one small decision leads a group of friends to question what they …
1 year, 4 months ago
Tananarive Due on THE REFORMATORY
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due is sharp, tragic, heartbreaking and terrifying, taking readers back in time to an all-boys school in the 1950s Amer…
1 year, 4 months ago
Emma Knight on THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUS
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight is a sharp coming-of-age journey set in a glamorous world of high academia, old money and one ecc…
1 year, 4 months ago
A.O. Scott on Criticism and Voice
A.O. Scott, critic at The New York Times Book Review joins us to talk about what he looks for in literature, why we read the things we do, his path t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Adam Moss on THE WORK OF ART
The Work of Art is a series of in-depth conversations from artists, poets, musicians and more on how they make their art and what goes on inside thei…
1 year, 5 months ago