Podcast Episodes

Tommy Orange and Roxane Gay on WANDERING STARS

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange is a multigenerational saga of Native American heritage and culture, and a stunning follow up to his previous work, T…

2 years, 2 months ago

Cristina Henríquez on THE GREAT DIVIDE

"I'm not here to tell the story. I'm here to find the story…" 

 Cristina Henríquez's new novel, The Great Divide is a deeply meaningful, character…

2 years, 2 months ago

Brad Gooch on RADIANT

Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring is biographer Brad Gooch's compassionate and comprehensive look at the artist's work and archives. Gooch …

2 years, 2 months ago

Tana French on THE HUNTER

"The big reveal isn't 'who done it', the big reveal is why and what effects does it have?"  

Set in an insular small town in the Irish countryside,…

2 years, 2 months ago

Idra Novey on TAKE WHAT YOU NEED

"I do think it was freeing for me to write about a female character who has been relegated to a corner, but she takes over the whole house."

Take Wha…

2 years, 2 months ago

Ilyon Woo on MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE

"I think the question has to do with American memory and what, as a nation, we are prioritizing in that memory…"

Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon …

2 years, 2 months ago

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on THE AMERICAN DAUGHTERS

"If my mother and my grandma were in this book, how would they be? And what kind of love can I show them as a writer…" 

The American Daughters by …

2 years, 2 months ago

Poured Over Double Shot: Katherine Arden and Yangsze Choo

Two historical novels with elements of fantasy and folklore will bring readers from the battlefields of World War One to the last years of the Qing …

2 years, 2 months ago

Andrés N. Ordorica on HOW WE NAMED THE STARS

"I describe this as a love story steeped in loss." 

How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica is a heartbreaking yet hopeful debut novel of fir…

2 years, 3 months ago

Phillip B. Williams on OURS

"To have freedom you have to give something up, to have love — to experience love as an action — there has to be something that you're willing to sa…

2 years, 3 months ago