Podcast Episodes

Viet Thanh Nguyen on A MAN OF TWO FACES

Viet Thanh Nguyen's new memoir, A Man of Two Faces, is an unconventional and impeccable personal narrative that tackles the author's own life alongs…

2 years, 8 months ago

Alix E. Harrow on STARLING HOUSE

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow is a haunted house story for those of us who love books, creepy fairy tales and Southern Gothic themes. Harrow join…

2 years, 9 months ago

Alice McDermott on ABSOLUTION

"It does come down to that moment, when as a reader or as a writer entering into a story we say — it's not about me, it's about you." 

Alice McD…

2 years, 9 months ago

Amanda Peters on THE BERRY PICKERS

"There's nothing truer than fiction, because you can always find yourself in the work."

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters is the story of a Mi'kmaq…

2 years, 9 months ago

Poured Over Double Shot: K-Ming Chang and Anbara Salam

Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang connects lyrical, dreamy prose and visceral reality in the story of two girls who navigate their complicated friendship …

2 years, 9 months ago

Jhumpa Lahiri on ROMAN STORIES

In Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri translates her own writing from Italian in a feat of language and a love and connection to Rome itself. Lahiri joins …

2 years, 9 months ago

Jesmyn Ward on LET US DESCEND

"I think that messy, sort of evolving spiritual element of Black Americans' lives ... has allowed us to survive, and not only to survive, but also to…

2 years, 9 months ago

Rick Riordan on THE CHALICE OF THE GODS

Percy Jackson returns at long last in The Chalice of the Gods. Rick Riordan brings back the characters that started it all in a new adventure as the…

2 years, 9 months ago

Poured Over Double Shot: Sy Montgomery with Matt Patterson and Margaret Renkl

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by Sy Montgomery with illustrations by Matt Patterson brings these wondrous creatur…

2 years, 9 months ago

Jacqueline Woodson on REMEMBER US

"I expect my reader to meet me halfway with their own experiences and fill in the white space, fill in what's left unsaid."

Remember Us by Jacquelin…

2 years, 9 months ago