New Books in Literary Studies

Interviews with Scholars of Literature about their New Books

Arts
901
NBN Classic: Great Books: Manthia Diawara on Ac...
Chinua Achebe's 1958 Things Fall Apart transformed the world by vividly imagining the story of an African community in English...
36 min
902
Olga Melnyk, "Ship Life: Seven Months of Volunt...
An interview with Olga Melnyk
38 min
903
"Riding the Wild Horse in Chinese Literature”: ...
A Conversation with Vibeke Børdahl
27 min
904
Olúfemi Táíwò, "Against Decolonization: Taking ...
An interview with Olúfemi Táíwò
61 min
905
Light and Sound: Boubacar Boris Diop with Sarah...
A Discussion with Boubacar Boris Diop and Sarah Quesada
30 min
906
On Jorge Luis Borges' "Fictions"
A Discussion with Mariano Siskind
29 min
907
Mary J. Magoulick, "The Goddess Myth in Contemp...
An interview with Mary J. Magoulick
38 min
908
Andrew Sean Greer, "Less Is Lost" (Little Brown...
An interview with Andrew Sean Greer
26 min
909
Andrew Hadfield, "Literature and Class: From th...
An interview with Andrew Hadfield
65 min
910
On Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe"
A Discussion with Stephanie DeGooyer
33 min
911
Abby L. Goode, "Agrotopias: An American Literar...
An interview with Abby L. Goode
36 min
912
Courtney Zoffness, "Spilt Milk" (McSweeney's, 2...
An interview with Courtney Zoffness
39 min
913
On Giovanni Boccaccio’s "The Decameron"
A Discussion with Robert Pogue Harrison
28 min
914
On Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "Confessions"
A Discussion with David Avrom Bell
34 min
915
89* Charles Yu with Chris Fan: The Work of Inha...
44 min
916
Sasha Senderovich, "How the Soviet Jew Was Made...
An interview with Sasha Senderovich
85 min
917
Michael Ignatieff, "On Consolation: Finding Sol...
An interview with Michael Ignatieff
31 min
918
Vauhini Vara, "The Immortal King Rao" (Norton, ...
An interview with Vauhini Vara
35 min
919
Book Talk 55: Courtney B. Hodrick and Amir Eshe...
An Discussion with Courtney Blair Hodrick and Amir Eshel
87 min
920
Nicholas Gamso, "Art After Liberalism" (Columbi...
An interview with Nicholas Gamso
80 min
921
Elizabeth Andrews Bond, "The Writing Public: Pa...
An interview with Elizabeth Andrews Bond
69 min
922
Barry Houlihan, "Theatre and Archival Memory: I...
An interview with Barry Houlihan
48 min
923
Silvia Schwarz Linder, "Goddess Traditions in I...
An interview with Silvia Schwarz Linder
41 min
924
Jini Kim Watson, "Cold War Reckonings: Authorit...
84 min
925
4.1 “Sometimes I’m just a little disappointed i...
Alejandro Zambra, Megan McDowell, and Kate Briggs Tackle Translation
55 min