New Books in Literature

Interviews with Writers about their New Books

Arts
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Rebecca Roanhorse, "Black Sun" (Gallery/Saga Pr...
An interview with Rebecca Roanhorse
31 min
1052
Mike Anthony, "Life at Hamilton: Sometimes You ...
An interview with Mike Anthony
58 min
1053
Andy Boyd, "The Trade Federation or Let's Explo...
Interview with Andy Boyd
54 min
1054
Catherine Chung, "The Tenth Muse" (HarperCollin...
An interview with Catherine Chung
27 min
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Lauren Russell, "Descent" (Tarpaulin Sky Press,...
An interview with Lauren Russell
52 min
1056
Ilona Andrews, "Emerald Blaze: A Hidden Legacy ...
An interview with Ilona Andrews
30 min
1057
Yxta Maya Murray, "Art Is Everything: A Novel" ...
An interview with Yxta Maya Murray
30 min
1058
Molly Greeley, "The Heiress: The Revelations of...
An interview with Molly Greenley
29 min
1059
Omer Friedlander, “Operation Tamar," The Common...
Writer Omer Friedlander speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his story “Operation Tamar,” which appears in Issue 19 of The Common magazine...
19 min
1060
Bethany Maile, "Anything Will Be Easy After Thi...
An interview with Bethany Maile
40 min
1061
Elizabeth McCulloch, "Dreaming the Marsh" (Twis...
An interview with Elizabeth McCulloch
29 min
1062
Kim Stanley Robinson, "The Ministry for the Fut...
An interview with Kim Stanley Robinson
43 min
1063
Ashon T. Crawley, "The Lonely Letters" (Duke UP...
An interview with Ashon T. Crawley
61 min
1064
Tara Skurtu, "Offering," The Common magazine (S...
Skurtu speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about “Offering,” her poem from Issue 19 of The Common magazine....
43 min
1065
Susie Yang, "White Ivy" (Simon & Schuster, 2020)
An interview with Susie Yang
28 min
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Joyce Ruth Yarrow, "Zahara and the Lost Books o...
An interview with Joyce Ruth Yarrow
26 min
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Paul Kingsnorth, "Alexandria" (Graywolf Press, ...
27 min
1068
Sunisa Manning, "A Good True Thai" (Epigram Boo...
In this interview, Sunisa and I discuss the historical setting of her book, and how much her characters represent the dynamics and emotions of Thailand’s student activists...
32 min
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Gila Green, "No Entry" (Stormbird Press, 2020)
Seventeen-year-old Yael Amar is in South Africa, signed up for a summer course in South Africa’s Kruger National Park....
26 min
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David Moloney, “Counsel,” The Common magazine ...
David Moloney discusses his story “Counsel,” The Common Magazine (Spring, 2020)
26 min
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Finola Austin, "Bronte's Mistress" (Atria Books...
It seems likely that most of our listeners have at least heard of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and her sister Emily’s Wuthering Heights. Many also know that Charlotte and Emily had two other talented siblings who grew to adulthood...
39 min
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Roy G. Guzmán, "Catrachos" (Graywolf Press, 2020)
Part immigration narrative, part elegy, and part queer coming-of-age story..
50 min
1073
Evan Winter, "The Fires of Vengeance" (Orbit Bo...
In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior...
29 min
1074
Mary Cappello, "Lecture" (Transit Books, 2020)
Today I interview Mary Cappello about her new book, Lecture (Transit Books, 2020). Although I almost hesitate to call it a book. It’s much more—like all great lectures are—a performance...
43 min
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Rachel Hall, "Heirlooms: Stories" (BkMk Press, ...
In these linked stories, the war reverberates through four generations of a Jewish family...
55 min