Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlix E. Harrow on THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES
"Suffragettes, but witches." That was the three-word pitch that Alix E. Harrow used to sell her very fun and very smart second novel, The Once and Fu…
4 years, 7 months ago
Naomi Novik on THE LAST GRADUATE
"One of the ways you make magic work is by believing it's going to work." Readers love Naomi Novik's series set at the mysterious (and deadly) Scholo…
4 years, 7 months ago
Wiley Cash on WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME
"You never know what's going to happen in a bookstore." Wiley Cash joins us on the show to talk about the story about a too-big aircraft and a too-sh…
4 years, 7 months ago
Phoebe Robinson on PLEASE DON'T SIT ON MY BED IN YOUR OUTSIDE CLOTHES
"I was honing my writing voice before anyone knew anything or cared about me as a writer." Phoebe Robinson's a force of nature with her standup shows…
4 years, 7 months ago
Anthony Doerr on CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
"But if you say today, I'm just working on this little monologue by this one character, you can trick yourself into making something bigger…" Anthony…
4 years, 7 months ago
Ruth Ozeki on THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS
Ruth Ozeki's new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, is a beautiful story about books and libraries, life and love. Ruth joins us on the show for…
4 years, 7 months ago
Brendan Kiely on THE OTHER TALK
Brendan Kiely's an award-winning author of YA fiction, including All-American Boys, which he co-wrote with Jason Reynolds. His fifth book is a bit of…
4 years, 7 months ago
Richard Powers on BEWILDERMENT
Richard Powers is the author of 13 novels, including The Overstory, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His new novel, Bewilderment, shortlist…
4 years, 8 months ago
Mary Roach on FUZZ
We've seen what death and dying do to the human body and we've investigated the afterlife thanks to Mary Roach. We've gone to space and to war with h…
4 years, 8 months ago
Colson Whitehead on THE HARLEM SHUFFLE
Two Pulitzers, a National Book Award, and a MacArthur Genius Grant: Colson Whitehead is one of the greatest novelists working today. From The Intuiti…
4 years, 8 months ago