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Interviews with writer of creative fiction and non-fiction about their new books.

Bonnie Jo Campbell, "The Waters: A Novel" (Norton, 2024)

October 29, 2024

The Waters: A Novel

Bonnie Jo Campbell
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Hermine “Herself” Zook is a healer who rules over an island in a swampy area of Michigan known as “The Waters.” People, including her three grown daug…

Kristopher Jansma, "Our Narrow Hiding Places" (Ecco, 2024), "Revisionaries" (Quirk Books, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Our Narrow Hiding Places (Ecco, 2024), Revisionaries (Quirk Books, 2024)

Kristopher Jansma
Hosted by Chris Holmes

Kristopher grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from C…

To Gallop Again and Again into Failure: Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi (SW)

October 25, 2024

To Gallop Again and Again into Failure: Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi

Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi
Hosted by Novel Dialogue

An unforgettable horse gallops through the pages of Kaveh Akbar’s best-selling novel Martyr! (2024), but it is a figurative hastening toward failure a…

Nat Reeve, "Earlyfate" (Cipher Press, 2024)

October 24, 2024

Earlyfate

Nat Reeve
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Pip Property is no stranger to disaster. Typically, they’ve got a plan, but now Dallyangle’s favourite dandy & part-time criminal is locked in the mor…

S. L. Wisenberg, "The Adventures of Cancer Bitch" (Tortoise Books, 2024)

October 22, 2024

The Adventures of Cancer Bitch

S. L. Wisenberg
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

It’s 2006, and S. L. Wisenberg is teaching writing at one of Chicago’s great universities and living a busy life when she’s gobsmacked by a sudden can…

CK Westbrook, "The Aftermath" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2024)

October 20, 2024

The Aftermath

CK Westbrook
Hosted by Karyne Messina

It's been almost five years since a wrathful extraterrestrial called Rex perpetrated a mass shooting that caused hundreds of millions of people to tak…

Jennifer Lang, "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces & Poses" (Vine Leaves Press, 2024)

October 17, 2024

Landed

Jennifer Lang
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In her latest memoir, Landed: A Yogi's Memoir of Places & Poses (2024, Vine Leaves Press), American-born Jennifer traces her journey-both on and off …

Cynthia Reeves, "The Last Whaler" (Regal House, 2024)

October 15, 2024

The Last Whaler

Cynthia Reeves
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

After losing their young son in a tragic accident, Astrid, a Norwegian botanist specializing in Arctic flora, decides to join her husband, Tor, at a r…

P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes

October 14, 2024

P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes

P. Djèlí Clark
Hosted by UConn PopCast

P. Djèlí Clark is the author of acclaimed and award-winning speculative fiction, including the much-loved Dead Djinn universe books, Ring Shout, and h…

V. Domontovych, "On Shaky Ground" (CEU Press, 2024)

October 14, 2024

On Shaky Ground

V. Domontovych
Hosted by CEU Press

In this episode host, Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sits down with Oksana Rosenblum, the translator of the new addition to our CEU Press Classics series,…

Anna Rasche, "The Stone Witch of Florence" (Park Row, 2024)

October 13, 2024

The Stone Witch of Florence

Anna Rasche
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Anna Rasche's debut novel A Stone Witch of Florence (2024, Park Row) brings reader on a historical fiction adventure to Florence. As the Black Plague …

Ursula Villarreal-Moura, "Like Happiness" (Celadon Books, 2024)

October 11, 2024

Like Happiness

Ursula Villarreal-Moura
Hosted by Chris Holmes

Ursula Villarreal-Moura is the author of Math for the Self-Crippling (2022), selected by Zinzi Clemmons as the Gold Line Press fiction contest winner,…

Rohit Manchanda, "The Enclave: A Sharp and Hilarious Portrait of Womanhood in India" (Fourth Estate, 2024)

October 10, 2024

The Enclave

Rohit Manchanda
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda’s novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She’s newly single, her net worth s…

Dirt Bag Novels: Lydia Kiesling in Conversation with Megan Ward (CH)

October 10, 2024

Dirt Bag Novels

Lydia Kiesling and Megan Ward
Hosted by Novel Dialogue

What does it mean for a novel to think globally? And can a global novel concerned with the macro movements of capital and labor still exist in the for…

Esinam Bediako, "Blood on the Brain" (Red Hen Press, 2024)

October 8, 2024

Blood on the Brain

Esinam Bediako
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Today I talked to Esinam Bediako about here novel Blood on the Brain (Red Hen Press, 2024). When Akosua, a 24-year-old grad student in New York, fall…

Recall This Story: Part 2 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP)

October 4, 2024

Part 2 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP)

Linda Schlossberg

You will want to start with Part 1 of episode 135; it can be found right here. Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard…

Emma Hinds, "The Knowing" (Bedford Square Publishers, 2024)

October 4, 2024

The Knowing

Emma Hinds
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In the slums of 19th-century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs on the turn of a tarot card. Powerful, intoxicating …

Maaria Sayed, "From Pashas to Pokemon" (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024)

October 3, 2024

From Pashas to Pokemon

Maaria Sayed
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

From Pashas to Pokemon (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024), Maaria Sayed’s first novel, is a coming-of-age story. Aisha grows up in the Muhammad Ali Road…

Recall This Story: Part 1 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP)

October 3, 2024

Part 1 of Linda Schlossberg on Alice Munro's "Miles City, Montana" (JP)

Linda Schlossberg

Linda Schlossberg, author of Life in Miniature, who teaches at Harvard, joins RTB to read and explore one of her favorite Alice Munro stories, "Miles …

Cynthia Swanson, "Anyone But Her" (Columbine York, 2024)

October 1, 2024

Anyone But Her

Cynthia Swanson
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Today I talked to Cynthia Swanson about Anyone But Her (Columbine York, 2024). In 1979 during her freshman year at Denver East High School in 1979, S…