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April 16, 2021
The Golden Age of the American Essay
1945-1970
Phillip Lopate
Hosted by Zachary McCulley
The three decades that followed World War II were an exceptionally fertile period for American essays. The explosion of journals and magazines, the rise of public intellectuals, and breakthroughs in …
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Literature
April 16, 2021
An Indian Among Los Indígenas
Ursula Pike
Hosted by Zoe Bossiere
The western travel narrative genre has a history long tied to voyeurism and conquest. A way to see the world—and its many unique people and places—through the eyes of mostly …
Fantasy
April 15, 2021
The Frozen Crown
A Novel
Greta Kelly
Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
The horror of the battlefield is fresh for Princess Askia. She’s just been forced to flee her kingdom, the northern country of Seravesh, where her cousin now rules under the …
Poetry
April 13, 2021
Hotel Almighty
Sarah J. Sloat
Hosted by Andrea Blythe
Visually arresting and utterly one-of-a-kind, Sarah J. Sloat's Hotel Almighty (Sarabande Books) is a book-length erasure of Misery by Stephen King, a reimagining of the novel's themes of constraint and …
Literature
April 13, 2021
Four Dead Horses
KT Sparks
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Today I talked to KT Sparks about her debut novel Four Dead Horses (Regal House, 2021) On May 1, 1982, eighteen-year-old Martin Oliphant watches a horse drown off the shore of …
Military History
April 9, 2021
The Last Platoon
A Novel of the Afghanistan War
Bing West
Hosted by Jeffrey Bristol
The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War (Bombardier Books, 2020) is a riveting book of infantry ground combat. As a work of fiction it is superb, showing the …
Literature
April 9, 2021
A Fourteen-Hour Lesson in Theosophy
Edgar Garbelotto
Hosted by Emily Everett
Writer and translator Edgar Garbelotto speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “A Fourteen-Hour Lesson in Theosophy,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine. The story …
Popular Culture
April 9, 2021
My Private Lennon
Explorations from a Fan Who Never Screamed
Sibbie O'Sullivan
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
In My Private Lennon: Explorations From a Fan Who Never Screamed (Mad Creek Press, 2020), Sibbie O'Sullivan offers a new point of view from which to consider the Beatles’ impact on society and on …
Science Fiction
April 8, 2021
The Rain Heron
A Novel
Robbie Arnott
Hosted by Rob Wolf
At the end of its life, the phoenix bursts into flames and a younger bird rises from the ashes. The roc is large enough to carry an elephant in its …
Literature
April 7, 2021
Road Out of Winter
Alison Stine
Hosted by Ellee Achten
Sometimes you come across a book that pulls you in from every angle. It offers you the space to explore your own fears and hopes all while taking you on …
Middle Eastern Studies
April 7, 2021
Stories My Father Told Me
Memories of a Childhood in Syria and Lebanon
Helen Zughaib and Elia Zughaib
Hosted by Valerie Saint-Rossy
Family stories are the texture of the human fabric. From every land, from every time, they bring the past to life for young ears. In the beginning of the twentieth …
Literature
April 5, 2021
Darkness at Noon
A Novel
Arthur Koestler
Hosted by Ian Drake
Philip Boehm, who has translated over thirty books from German and Polish into English, has translated a recently discovered German manuscript Darkness at Noon (Scribner, 2019) by the late Arthur Koestler …
Historical Fiction
April 5, 2021
The Sky Worshipers
F. M. Deemyad
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
There have been more than a few contenders for the title of “World Conqueror,” but eight hundred years after the fact, Genghis Khan’s claim to the title remains unmatched. Over …
Critical Theory
April 2, 2021
Imperial Encore
The Cultural Project of the Late British Empire
Caroline Ritter
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What role did culture play in the British Empire? In Imperial Encore: The Cultural Project of the Late British Empire (University of California Press, 2021), Caroline Ritter, an Assistant Professor of …
Popular Culture
April 2, 2021
Warhol's Mother's Pantry
Art, America, and the Mom in Pop
M. I. Devine
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
In Warhol's Mother's Pantry: Art America and the Mom in Pop (Mad Creek Press, 2020), M.I. Devine introduces readers to a collection of 21st-century multi-genre essays inspired by Andy Warhol's mother …
Literature
March 30, 2021
Father Guards the Sheep
Sari Rosenblatt
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
In Sari Rosenblatt’s collection, Father Guards the Sheep (University of Iowa Press, 2020), by turns tender and hilarious, we see fathers who are bullies and nervous watchdogs, haunted by their own pasts …
Literature
March 30, 2021
Lightning Flowers
My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life
Katherine E. Standefer
Hosted by Zoe Bossiere
As the push for a Universal Healthcare system in the United States becomes more and more popular among the American people, we’re beginning to have more public conversations about access …
The Common Magazine
March 26, 2021
Vigilância
Casey Walker
Hosted by Emily Everett
Casey Walker speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his short story “Vigilância,” which appears in Issue 20 of The Common magazine. In this conversation, Walker talks about writing World …
Literature
March 23, 2021
Prospects of a Woman
Wendy Voorsanger
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
When Elisabeth Parker and her husband leave Massachusetts and arrive in California to join her father, she quickly learns that her father is not who she thought he was. It’s …
Australian and New Zealand Studies
March 22, 2021
After Australia
Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Hosted by Bede Haines
After Australia (Affirm Press with the Sweatshop Literacy Movement 2021). No, Australia has not ended - it's a book edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and …
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