Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchS. A. Cosby on RAZORBLADE TEARS
We're huge fans of S.A. Cosby's pulse-pounding noir novels set in Red Hill County, VA—and we're not alone: Dennis Lehane, Walter Mosley, Lee Child, …
4 years, 10 months ago
Ayad Akhtar on HOMELAND ELEGIES
Ayad Akhtar's plays—Disgraced (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama), The Who and the What, and Junk¬—and his novels, American Dervish and Homeland…
4 years, 10 months ago
Casey McQuiston on RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE
We're not the only readers who adore Casey McQuiston's super-fun, hilarious—and bestselling—love stories. She joins us on the show to talk about usin…
4 years, 10 months ago
Kiese Laymon on LONG DIVISION
Kiese Laymon — memoirist, essayist, novelist — is one of the most extraordinary and exciting writers working today. Best known for his acclaimed memo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Laura Lippman on DREAM GIRL
Writer Gerry Allen is trapped at home after a bad fall, isolated in his swank apartment high over Baltimore Harbor — and the strange calls and letter…
4 years, 10 months ago
Kristen Arnett on WITH TEETH
We fell head over heels for Mostly Dead Things, Kristen Arnett's wonderful, darkly comic debut novel about family (and taxidermy) set in central Flor…
4 years, 11 months ago
John MacLean on HOME WATERS
You don't have to be an avid fly fisher to appreciate John Maclean's beautiful new book HOME WATERS, but it will certainly inspire you to spend more …
4 years, 11 months ago
Danielle Henderson on THE UGLY CRY
You might know Danielle Henderson as the creator of the legendary feminist Ryan Gosling meme (which she later turned into a book); or from her most e…
4 years, 11 months ago
Clint Smith on HOW THE WORD IS PASSED
HOW THE WORD IS PASSED is one of our most anticipated books for June 2021 — it's a powerful portrait of America today, built from our history and Cli…
4 years, 11 months ago
Ashley C. Ford on SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER
Ashley C. Ford's essays and journalism have run in The Guardian and Buzzfeed; She's profiled Serena Williams and Anne Hathaway for Allure, Stacey Abr…
4 years, 11 months ago