Podcast Episodes

Richard Russo on SOMEBODY'S FOOL

"If you're going to go to dark places… then you better go armed with humor." 

Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Russo returns to upstate New York with S…

2 years, 9 months ago

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on YOU WERE ALWAYS MINE

Writing duo Christine Pride and Jo Piazza return with You Were Always Mine, a timely, tender and thought-provoking novel about race, motherhood and f…

2 years, 10 months ago

David Lipsky on THE PARROT AND THE IGLOO

"I feel this book is really about America." 

David Lipsky's The Parrot and the Igloo is not the climate change story you might expect — with a distin…

2 years, 10 months ago

Rachel Cargle on A RENAISSANCE OF OUR OWN

"And I'm grateful for the times I got to ask questions. I got to be curious, I got to say, Hey, this looks different over there." 

A Renaissance of …

2 years, 10 months ago

Michael Finkel on THE ART THIEF

"Every reader can have a different opinion at the end between admiration and disgust and nobody's wrong."

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel is the str…

2 years, 10 months ago

Beth Nguyen on OWNER OF A LONELY HEART

"That to me is part of the joy … of memoir, which is — it is all about looking back."

Beth Nguyen's Owner of a Lonely Heart is a memoir about mother…

2 years, 10 months ago

Poured Over Double Shot: Caleb Azumah Nelson and Aaliyah Bilal

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson is a novel of family and freedom as one young man navigates coming of age as a Londoner born to Ghanian parents.…

2 years, 10 months ago

Patrick deWitt on THE LIBRARIANIST

"... what is it like to live your life through the books you read?" 

The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt is a warm, introspective novel about a retire…

2 years, 10 months ago

Adrienne Brodeur on LITTLE MONSTERS

"What part of yourself is actually in each character?" 

Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur is a family drama set on the shores of Cape Cod, full of …

2 years, 10 months ago

Poured Over Double Shot: Danielle Trussoni and Ivy Pochoda

Whether it's to 18th century Prague or present-day Los Angeles, you'll find yourself transported with these fast paced and thrilling reads and their …

2 years, 10 months ago