Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSafiya Sinclair on HOW TO SAY BABYLON
"Language doesn't just exist on the page … It's about how you embody it."
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair is a poetic memoir about growing up…
2 years, 7 months ago
Poured Over Double Shot: Jonathan Lethem and Benjamín Labatut
Jonathan Lethem's Brooklyn Crime Novel brings readers to New York in the 70s and the cast of characters it contains. Lethem joins us to talk about c…
2 years, 7 months ago
V.E. Schwab on THE FRAGILE THREADS OF POWER
"My biggest goal was to convert people who said they don't like fantasy."
V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series has enchanted us with wit, wonder and …
2 years, 7 months ago
Ayana Mathis on THE UNSETTLED
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis follows a family through generations from small town Alabama to Philadelphia in the 80s as they struggle, succeed and …
2 years, 7 months ago
C Pam Zhang on LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
"It really illuminates these questions of privilege and pleasure, and what kind of joy we can look forward to in the human experience as things conti…
2 years, 7 months ago
Lauren Groff on THE VASTER WILDS
"This book is the most personal because it is what I feel about the world itself."
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff is a beautiful and propulsive su…
2 years, 7 months ago
Poured Over Double Shot: Daniel Mason and Paul Murray
Daniel Mason's North Woods follows one house in the woods of New England as it passes through families (with inhabitants both human and not) and end…
2 years, 8 months ago
Poured Over Double Shot: Nathan Hill and Ben Fountain
Wellness by Nathan Hill follows a marriage over decades through a variety of successes, challenges and surprises. Hill joins us to talk about how lo…
2 years, 8 months ago
Andrew Leland on THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
"I feel like I could actually follow you through this journey and come out of it changed rather than abused by my ignorance."
The Country of the …
2 years, 8 months ago
Poured Over Double Shot: Claudia Dey and Sheena Patel
Claudia Dey's novel Daughter is a stark and beautiful portrait of the complicated dynamic between a young artist and her father. Dey joins us to tal…
2 years, 8 months ago