Episodes

  • Check This Out: Elizabeth Gonzalez James & 'The Bullet Swallower'

    Check This Out: Elizabeth Gonzalez James & 'The Bullet Swallower'
    Nov 23 2024
    Based on (mostly) true events, "The Bullet Swallower" is a magical realism western about violence and revenge, a story that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors, and whether it is possible to be better than our forebears.
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    49 mins
  • Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'

    Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'
    Nov 16 2024
    In this historical fantasy novel, a group of passengers set out on the Trans-Siberian Express train, in a journey across a magical landscape known as “the Wastelands.” Can they trust each other even as the rules seem to be changing?
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Essie Chambers & 'Swift River'

    Check This Out: Essie Chambers & 'Swift River'
    Nov 9 2024
    This debut novel uncovers the story of three generations of African Americans, whose lives span the 20th century and reveal a much larger picture of prejudice and abandonment, love and devotion.
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    48 mins
  • Check This Out: Morgan Talty & 'Fire Exit'

    Check This Out: Morgan Talty & 'Fire Exit'
    Oct 31 2024
    In a novel about belonging, the shifting nature of memory, and bloodlines, one man’s family is divided like the river that separates him from his childhood home on Maine’s Penobscot Reservation.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Marjan Kamali & 'The Lion Women of Tehran'

    Check This Out: Marjan Kamali & 'The Lion Women of Tehran'
    Oct 18 2024
    A heartfelt epic about friendship, betrayal, and redemption during three transformative decades in Iran. This surprisingly timely novel serves as a reminder of the fragility of freedom.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Kaliane Bradley & 'The Ministry of Time'

    Check This Out: Kaliane Bradley & 'The Ministry of Time'
    Jun 29 2024
    Kaliane Bradley's debut is a time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy and a testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Andrew Boryga & 'Victim'

    Check This Out: Andrew Boryga & 'Victim'
    Jun 22 2024
    In Andrew Boryga's debut "Victim," the protagonist is a hustler from a family of hustlers. He learns to talk about his background in just the right way to open doors to an elite college and writing gigs. The novel asks: What does real diversity look like?
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Zibby Owens & 'Blank'

    Check This Out: Zibby Owens & 'Blank'
    Jun 15 2024
    “Blank” by Zibby Owens follows the story of Pippa Jones, a fortyish former literary sensation who fears she will be a one-hit wonder. Her solution to writer's block is an idea her 12-year old son came up with as a joke.
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    50 mins