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Latino Studies October 25, 2021

My Book of the Dead

New Poems

Ana Castillo

Hosted by Jonathan Cortez
“My poetry captures a moment,” remarked Dr. Castillo when asked about the process of writing her most recent collection of poems My Book of the Dead: New Poems (University of …

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The Common Magazine October 22, 2021

Arabic Translations from Morocco

Nariman Youssef

Hosted by Emily Everett
Nariman Youssef speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her work translating three short stories from Arabic for The Common’s portfolio of fiction from Morocco, in the spring issue. In …
South Asian Studies October 20, 2021

A Passage North

Anuk Arudpragasam

Hosted by Selva Swetha
A Passage North (Granta, 2021) is a novel set in contemporary post-war Sri Lanka. A young, privileged Tamil man takes a train journey from the capital Colombo to former war-torn Kilinochchi to attend …
Historical Fiction October 20, 2021

The Artist Colony

Joanna Fitzpatrick

Hosted by C. P. Lesley
By 1924, Sarah Cunningham has spent years in France establishing her own artistic style, more contemporary than the landscapes that have made her older sister, Ada Belle Davenport, famous. She …
Literature October 19, 2021

Beneficence

Meredith Hall

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Today I talked to Meredith Hall about her new novel Beneficence (Godine, 2020). A beautiful family is torn apart by a shocking loss, and three of its members blame themselves. It’s …
Japanese Studies October 15, 2021

The Blood of Gutoku

A Jack Riddley Mystery in Japan

J. W. Traphagan

Hosted by Jingyi Li
Today I talked to anthropologist J. W. Traphagan's novel The Blood of Gutoku: A Jack Riddley Mystery in Japan (Balestier Press, 2021). Jack Riddley is an anthropologist all too ready to retire – …
Science Fiction October 14, 2021

Light From Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

Hosted by Rob Wolf
Ryka Aoki’s new novel, Light from Uncommon Stars (Tor Books, 2021), is packed with as much variety as a box of lovingly prepared assorted donuts from your favorite, funky-but-long-standing neighborhood donut …
Literature October 12, 2021

Migrations

J. L. Torres

Hosted by Minni Sawhney
Migrations (LA Review of Books, 2021) is a collection of short stories by the Puerto Rican born writer and now retired university professor J. L. Torres. Each story condenses a bit of …
Historical Fiction October 11, 2021

God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen

Rhys Bowen

Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Back in the days when brick-and-mortar bookstores were common in suburban America, I was browsing the shelves at my local Borders when a title caught my eye: Her Royal Spyness …
Fantasy October 11, 2021

Capture the Crown

Jennifer Estep

Hosted by Gabrielle Mathieu
Today I talked to Jennifer Estep about her new book Capture the Crown (HarperCollins, 2021). Princess Gemma Ripley is famous for her glittering outfits, in which she flounces through countless parties and balls …
The Common Magazine October 8, 2021

nigresence

Ricardo Wilson

Hosted by Emily Everett
Ricardo Wilson speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about his poem, “nigrescence,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. In this conversation, Ricardo talks about his new collection Apparent Horizon …
Literature October 8, 2021

Slim Confessions

The Universe as a Spider or Spit

Sarah Minor,

Hosted by Eric LeMay
Today I interview Sarah Minor, a brilliant and exciting author and artist. Minor has written a new book that looks into—in fact, I might even say sinks us or maybe …
Literature September 28, 2021

Jillian in the Borderlands

Beth Alvarado

Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Today I talked to Beth Alvarado about her new novel Jillian in the Borderlands (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)We first meet Jillian Guzmán when she is nine. She’s mute, has a big …
Literature September 27, 2021

Limbo

Dan Fox

Hosted by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
In a world that demands faith in progress and growth, Limbo (Fitzcarraldo, 2019) is a companion for the stuck, the isolated, delayed, stranded and those in the dark. Fusing memoir with …
Eastern European Studies September 27, 2021

From Odessa with Love

Political and Literary Essays in Post-soviet Ukraine

Vladislav Davidzon

Hosted by Steven Seegel
The Tashkent-born Russian-American literary critic, editor, essayist, and journalist Vladislav Davidzon has been covering post-Soviet Ukraine for the past ten years, a tumultuous time for that country and the surrounding …
Eastern European Studies September 24, 2021

Time of Changes

Mark Baker

Hosted by Steven Seegel
Mark Baker is an American journalist and travel writer. In the 1980s, he lived in Vienna and reported on the former Eastern bloc for Business International and The Economist Group …
The Common Magazine September 24, 2021

Home

Celeste Mohammed

Hosted by Emily Everett
Celeste Mohammed speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “Home,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. In this conversation, Celeste talks about her novel-in-stories, Pleasantview, and why …
Science Fiction September 23, 2021

No Gods, No Monsters

Cadwell Turnbull

Hosted by Rob Wolf
Cadwell Turnbull appeared on New Books in Science Fiction two years ago to discuss his debut novel, The Lesson, about an alien invasion and colonization of Earth, centered around Turnbull's …
Literature September 23, 2021

On Wandering Beaches

Rawya Jarjoura Burbara

Hosted by Yakir Englander
On Wandering Beaches (Pardes, 2020) is a novel of journeys, a novel of migration that conceals contradictions that summarize a whole world. Along the shores of Tel Aviv- Haifa-Acre-Nahariyya, all the …
Poetry September 22, 2021

Make Room for the Rain

Shahar-Mario Mordechai

Hosted by Yakir Englander
The poet Shachar-Mario Mordechai was born 1975 in Haifa and he currently lives in Tel Aviv. He has published four volumes of poetry, all of which attracted critical attention. Mordechai is …