Literature

Literature

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

Greg Wrenn, "Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis" (Regalo Press, 2024)

March 27, 2024

Mothership

Greg Wrenn
Hosted by Claire Clark

A dazzling, evidence-based account of one man’s quest to heal from complex PTSD by turning to endangered coral reefs and psychedelic plants after trad…

Marie Mutsuki Mockett, "The Tree Doctor" (Graywolf Press, 2024)

March 23, 2024

The Tree Doctor

Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Hosted by Chris Holmes

When the unnamed narrator of Marie Mutsuki Mockett's stirring second novel returns to Carmel, California, to care for her mother, she finds herself st…

Jennifer Lang, "Places We Left Behind: A Memoir-in-miniature" (Vine Leaves Press, 2023)

March 22, 2024

Places We Left Behind

Jennifer Lang
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Jennifer Lang's Places We Left Behind: A Memoir in Miniature (Vine Leaf Press, 2023) uses short chapterettes and experimental prose to examine her mar…

The Georgia Review: A Discussion with Gerald Maa and Maggie Su

March 22, 2024

The Georgia Review

Gerald Maa and Maggie Su
Hosted by Dan Hill

Gerald Maa has been The Georgia Review’s director and editor since 2019. During his tenure there, the magazine has won the National Magazine Award for…

Herbert Gold and Ari Gold, "Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems" (Rare Bird Books, 2024)

March 20, 2024

Father Verses Sons

Herbert Gold and Ari Gold
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems (Rare Bird, 2024). When the global pandemic forced his ninety-six-year-old father into isolation, filmma…

Robin Oliveira, "A Wild and Heavenly Place" (Putnam, 2024)

March 19, 2024

A Wild and Heavenly Place

Robin Oliveira
Hosted by C. P. Lesley

When Samuel Fiddes and Hailey MacIntyre meet by chance in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1878, their worlds appear to be far distant from each other. Samuel li…

Céline Keating, "The Stark Beauty of Last Things" (She Writes Press, 2023)

March 19, 2024

The Stark Beauty of Last Things

Céline Keating
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

The Stark Beauty of Last Things (She Writes Press, 2023) is set in Montauk, the far reaches of the famed Hamptons, an area under looming threat from a…

Brenda Novak, "Tourist Season" (Mira Books, 2024)

March 17, 2024

Tourist Season

Brenda Novak
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In Brenda Novak's latest book, Tourist Season (Mira Books, 2024), Ismay Chalmers' plans to spend a relaxing summer at the beach are derailed when she …

The Iowa Review: A Discussion with Lynne Nugent

March 14, 2024

The Iowa Review

Lynne Nugent
Hosted by Dan Hill

Lynne Nugent is the editor of The Iowa Review and the author of a chapbook of essays, Nest, about motherhood and domesticity published by The Florida …

Scott Alexander Howard, "The Other Valley" (Atria Books, 2024)

March 14, 2024

The Other Valley

Scott Alexander Howard
Hosted by Chris Holmes

Sixteen-year-old Odile is an awkward, quiet girl vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns the position, she'll decide who may cross her t…

Millicent Borges Accardi, "Quarantine Highway" (Flowersong Press, 2022)

March 12, 2024

Quarantine Highway

Millicent Borges Accardi
Hosted by Megan Wildhood

Millicent Borges Accardi, a Portuguese-American writer, is the author of four poetry collections, including Only More So (Salmon Poetry, Ireland), and…

Parul Kapur, "Inside the Mirror" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

March 5, 2024

Inside the Mirror

Parul Kapur
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Parul Kapur's novel Inside the Mirror (University of Nebraska Press, 2024) centers on twin sisters growing up in 1950s Bombay, who aspire to become ar…

Nayereh Doosti, “The Little One” The Common magazine (Nov, 2023)

March 1, 2024

The Little One

Nayereh Doosti
Hosted by Emily Everett

Nayereh Doosti speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about her story “The Little One,” which appears in The Common’s most recent issue. Nayereh tal…

John Wray, "Gone to the Wolves" (FSG, 2023)

February 29, 2024

Gone to the Wolves

John Wray
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Kip, Leslie, and Kira are outliers—even in the metal scene they love. In arch-conservative Gulf Coast Florida in the late 1980s, just listening to met…

Tyler C. Gore, "My Life of Crime: Essays and Other Entertainments" (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2022)

February 28, 2024

My Life of Crime

Tyler C. Gore
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In his debut essay collection, My Life of Crime (Sagging Meniscus Press, 2022), Tyler C. Gore brings readers on an awkward visit to a nude beach. A bi…

Marie-Helene Bertino, "Beautyland" (FSG, 2024)

February 27, 2024

Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino
Hosted by Chris Holmes

At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Phil…

Harry Turtledove, "Wages of Sin" (Caezik SF & Fantasy, 2024)

February 26, 2024

Wages of Sin

Harry Turtledove
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

What if HIV started spreading in the early 1500s rather than the late 1900s? Without modern medicine, anybody who catches HIV is going to die. In Wage…

Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, "The Phoenix Crown" (William Morrow, 2024)

February 25, 2024

The Phoenix Crown

Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
Hosted by C. P. Lesley

Kate Quinn and Janie Chang are independently acclaimed authors of historical fiction, both of whom have previously appeared on this podcast channel. H…

"Michigan Quarterly Review" magazine

February 22, 2024

"Michigan Quarterly Review" magazine

Chandrica Barua
Hosted by Dan Hill

Chandrica Barua is the Nonfiction and Online Editor for MQR. A PhD candidate in the Department of English Language and Literature, her dissertation fo…

Mako Yoshikawa, "Secrets of the Sun: A Memoir" (Mad Creek Books, 2024)

February 20, 2024

Secrets of the Sun

Mako Yoshikawa
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Mako Yoshikawa's Secrets of the Sun: A Memoir (Mad Creek Books 2024) contains a host of essays about her difficult, brilliant father. Shoichi Yoshikaw…