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Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

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David Naimon, Tin House Books

BOOKS ∙ WORKSHOPS ∙ PODCAST

#303

Rickey Laurentiis : Death of the First Idea

Ten years in the making, poet Rickey Laurentiis joins us to talk about her much-anticipate... more

08 Sep 2025

1 HR 59 MINS

1:59:56

08 Sep 2025

#302

Laynie Browne : Apprentice to a Breathing Hand

What does it mean to write toward or under the aura of another poet one admires, to write ... more

20 Aug 2025

1 HR 49 MINS

1:49:46

20 Aug 2025

#301

Martha Anne Toll : Duet for One

Today’s guest is writer and critic Martha Anne Toll. Through a discussion of her lat... more

06 Aug 2025

1 HR 54 MINS

1:54:02

06 Aug 2025

#300

Rob Macaisa Colgate : Hardly Creatures & My Love is Water

Today’s conversation with Rob Macaisa Colgate is about two books, his poetry collect... more

19 Jul 2025

2 HR 32 MINS

2:32:30

19 Jul 2025

#299

Robert Macfarlane : Is a River Alive?

Don’t miss today’s conversation with Robert Macfarlane. A polyvocal deep dive ... more

27 Jun 2025

2 HR 12 MINS

2:12:14

27 Jun 2025

#298

adrienne maree brown : Ancestors

With the arrival of Ancestors, the third and final book in adrienne maree brown’s Gr... more

09 Jun 2025

2 HR 23 MINS

2:23:56

09 Jun 2025

#297

Madeleine Thien : The Book of Records

The Book of Records is many things: a book of historical fiction and speculative fiction, ... more

19 May 2025

2 HR 00 MINS

2:00:32

19 May 2025

#296

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson : Theory of Water

What would it mean for our writing, thinking, and living if we looked to land as pedagogy,... more

01 May 2025

2 HR 01 MINS

2:01:04

01 May 2025

#295

Keetje Kuipers : Lonely Women Make Good Lovers

From the craft of writing sex in poetry to the virtues of failing publicly, today’s ... more

19 Apr 2025

2 HR 25 MINS

2:25:57

19 Apr 2025

#294

Patrycja Humienik : We Contain Landscapes

What does it mean to risk rupture for rapture, on the page, and in one’s life? Or fo... more

05 Apr 2025

2 HR 21 MINS

2:21:31

05 Apr 2025

#293

Torrey Peters : Stag Dance

Four novellas, in four different genres—science fiction, horror, teen romance, and a weste... more

24 Mar 2025

2 HR 18 MINS

2:18:27

24 Mar 2025

#292

Michelle de Kretser : Theory & Practice

Today’s guest, one of Australia’s most celebrated and daring writers, Michelle... more

09 Mar 2025

2 HR 02 MINS

2:02:36

09 Mar 2025

#291

Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

In late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Oma... more

21 Feb 2025

2 HR 12 MINS

2:12:55

21 Feb 2025

#290

Hélène Cixous : Rêvoir

Feminist and literary theorist, playwright, philosopher, memoirist and novelist Hélène Cix... more

01 Feb 2025

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:37

01 Feb 2025

#289

Aria Aber : Good Girl

Poet Aria Aber’s debut novel Good Girl , set in the club scene of Berlin, is a book ... more

14 Jan 2025

2 HR 10 MINS

2:10:57

14 Jan 2025

#288

Zahid Rafiq : The World With Its Mouth Open

Today’s guest Zahid Rafiq discusses his debut short story collection The World With ... more

01 Jan 2025

2 HR 04 MINS

2:04:14

01 Jan 2025

#287

Tin House Live : Denis Johnson : 2004

We started 2024 with [an archival recording] (https://tinhouse.com/podcast/tin-house-live-... more

24 Dec 2024

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:23

24 Dec 2024

#286

Rodrigo Fresán : Melvill

How can a novel set during one brief moment near the end of Herman Melville’s father... more

09 Dec 2024

1 HR 57 MINS

1:57:43

09 Dec 2024

#285

Dionne Brand : Salvage : Readings from the Wreck

What does it mean that a life can not only be animated by books but destroyed by them? Tha... more

25 Nov 2024

2 HR 11 MINS

2:11:03

25 Nov 2024

#284

Danez Smith : Bluff

Danez Smith’s poetry is so many things, a poetry of resistance, of elegy, of joy, of... more

08 Nov 2024

2 HR 53 MINS

2:53:11

08 Nov 2024

#283

Kenzie Allen : Cloud Missives

Today’s conversation with Kenzie Allen, about her debut poetry collection Cloud Miss... more

24 Oct 2024

2 HR 33 MINS

2:33:17

24 Oct 2024

#282

Tin House Live : Torrey Peters on Strategic Opacity

Today’s craft talk—by Torrey Peters on “Strategic Opacity”— was recorded... more

11 Oct 2024

45 MINS

45:45