Gabrielle Mathieu, "Girl of Fire" (Five Directi...
In the fantasy medieval land of Trea—a conservative society that despite its worship of the goddess Amur respects her human daughters only as wives and mothers—eighteen-year-old Berona has limited expectations for her future...
37 min
1327
Kristen Millares Young, "Subduction" (Red Hen P...
Young provides a lyrical exploration of cultural encounters in the Pacific Northwest...
53 min
1328
Michael Zapata, "The Lost Book of Adana Moreau"...
In 1916, Adana Moreau’s parents are killed by American Marines. She flees to Santo Domingo and then to New Orleans. There, she marries a pirate...
When Nino Cipri entered the Dzanc Short Story Collection Contest, they had no expectation of winning, so when they won, they were shocked...
43 min
1330
Martín Prechtel, "The Disobedience of the Daugh...
Prechtel introduces the unique stories he heard when he lived among the Tzutujil Mayan people in the village of Santiago Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands...
71 min
1331
Abdullah Qodiriy, "Bygone Days" (Bowker, 2019)
Mark Reese’s recent translation of Abdullah Qodiriy’s 1920s novel "Bygone Days" brings an exemplary piece of modern Uzbek literature to English-speaking audiences...
61 min
1332
Brad Balukjian, "The Wax Pack: On the Open Road...
A combination of Charles Kuralt and Lawrence Ritter, Balukjian’s work examines 14 baseball players pulled from a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards...
35 min
1333
Joan Schweighardt, "Gifts for the Dead" (Five D...
As "Gifts for the Dead" opens, it is 1911 and the heroine, Nora Sweeney, is waiting for bad news in Hoboken, NJ...
33 min
1334
Sarah Kozloff, "The Nine Realms" (Tor, 2020)
Sarah Kozloff does her world building gradually and carefully, introducing you to a few characters you get to know and care for, before moving on to other lands and cultures...
37 min
1335
Kameron Hurley, "The Light Brigade" (Saga Press...
Some war stories emphasize heroism and a higher purpose; others emphasize brutality and disillusionment...
After her parents' divorce, Jackie Stalnaker is sent to her grandmother’s dilapidated house in a tiny town in West Virginia...
21 min
1337
Christina Adams, "Camel Crazy" (New World Libra...
Adams' son is on the autistic spectrum, and her love for him becomes a beautiful and passionate engine that ultimately leads her to start a movement that may just transform how we see camels and how we see and treat autism...
47 min
1338
Katharine Dion, "The Dependents" (Back Bay Book...
'The Dependents' is a sensitive novel about love, parenthood, friendship, and finding contentment...
27 min
1339
Priya Sharm, "Ormeshadow" (Tor.com, 2019)
Priya Sharm's 'Ormeshadow' is about more about human beasts than the actual dragon that slumbers under the earth...
37 min
1340
Mike Chen, "A Beginning at the End" (MIRA, 2020)
36 min
1341
Becca Klaver, "Ready for the World" (Black Lawr...
Klaver reminds us that no matter the digital distance between us we are never quite alone...
34 min
1342
Mark Barr, "Watershed" (Hub City Press, 2019)
It’s 1937 and rural Tennessee is still recovering from the Great Depression. The construction of a huge dam brings job seekers, fortune hunters, and the promise of electricity to the area...
24 min
1343
Serena Burdick, "The Girls with No Names" (Park...
Burdick turns a spotlight on the world of “Magdalene laundries” and the many nameless women who passed through them...
34 min
1344
Donald Morrill, "Impetuous Sleeper" (Mid-List P...
"Impetuous Sleeper" offers us an interesting opportunity to talk about a part of publishing world that we often don’t talk about: what happens when your publisher closes and your book goes out of print?
47 min
1345
Jason Brown, "A Faithful but Melancholy Account...
John Howland and his descendants struggle with their New England legacy as one of the country's founding families and the decaying trappings of that esteemed past..
34 min
1346
Abdulhamid Sulaymon o’g’li Cho’lpon, "Night and...
Fort gives readers a chance to dive into the world of early 20th century Uzbek literature and understand the complex social problems of late Russian imperial Turkestan...
44 min
1347
Seanan McGuire, "Middlegame" (Tor.com, 2019)
McGuire sees elements of a “modern Frankenstein” in her novel about a brother and sister created by a ruthless alchemist...
29 min
1348
Jim Rossi, "Cleantech Con Artists: A True Vegas...
Rossi tells the real life story of his effort to get to the bottom of confidence men in the modern American West...
34 min
1349
Katherine Kayne, "Bound in Flame" (Passionflowe...
In this delightful debut novel Katherine Kayne sweeps us back to a Hawaii still mourning its lost kingdom,..
37 min
1350
Joyce Ashuntantang, "A Basket of Flaming Ashes"...
Joyce Ashuntantang talks about her experiences as a traveler and a poet, from her childhood Cameroon to her years studying in Great Britain and the United States...