Podcast Episodes

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 …

3 years 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 …

3 years 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…

3 years 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…

3 years 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…

3 years 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…

3 years ago

Poured Over Double Shot: Bryan Washington and Curtis Chin

Family Meal by Bryan Washington features the importance of food, friends and connection with a cast of characters working through the transitions in…

3 years ago

Jean Kwok on THE LEFTOVER WOMAN

"I want people to read it with joy, just for the story. But I do hope that they'll pick up something else along the way about … deeper things."

The …

3 years ago

Justin Torres on BLACKOUTS

"I wanted it to feel like stepping off the world..."

Blackouts by Justin Torres explores love, loss and the stories we leave behind with inventive a…

3 years ago

Pauls Toutonghi on THE REFUGEE OCEAN

Our October Discover Pick is The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi, featuring musical prose and interwoven stories that cross generations and countri…

3 years ago