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#336

Joan Naviyuk Kane : with snow pouring southward past the window

When Cynthia Cruz describes Joan Naviyuk Kane’s latest collection as a series of poe... more

12 Mar 2026

2 HR 39 MINS

2:39:03

12 Mar 2026

#335

From the Archives : Brandon Shimoda : The Grave on the Wall

Today’s episode is a classic from the archives, a conversation from 2019 with Brando... more

02 Mar 2026

1 HR 55 MINS

1:55:54

02 Mar 2026

#334

Báyò Akómoláfé : Selah

What if we were to take seriously that we, as humans, aren’t the sole authors of our... more

25 Feb 2026

2 HR 14 MINS

2:14:41

25 Feb 2026

#333

Milkweed Live : Canisia Lubrin : The World After Rain

Canisia Lubrin returns to Between the Covers for a live conversation in downtown Portland,... more

11 Feb 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:57

11 Feb 2026

#332

From the Archives : Jake Skeets : Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers

Today’s episode is a classic from the archives, a conversation from 2019 with curren... more

05 Feb 2026

1 HR 58 MINS

1:58:22

05 Feb 2026

#331

Sangamithra Iyer : Governing Bodies : A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed

“When I tell you a story about my body, I cannot separate it from a story about wate... more

28 Jan 2026

2 HR 41 MINS

2:41:26

28 Jan 2026

#330

Lily Dunn : Into Being : The Radical Craft of Memoir and Its Power to Transform

In Into Being Lily Dunn explores the ways in which writing one’s life has the potent... more

01 Jan 2026

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:09

01 Jan 2026

#329

Randa Abdel-Fattah : Discipline

Randa Abdel-Fattah’s new novel Discipline is set in Sydney, Australia in 2021 during... more

13 Dec 2025

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:31

13 Dec 2025

#328

Jazmina Barrera : The Queen of Swords

Jorge Luis Borges called her the “Tolstoy of Mexico” and César Aira the &#8220... more

06 Dec 2025

1 HR 58 MINS

1:58:43

06 Dec 2025

#327

Tin House Live : Caren Beilin : Sea Poison

Caren Beilin’s [first appearance on the show, ] (https://www.betweenthecoverspodcast... more

22 Nov 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:08

22 Nov 2025

#326

Tin House Live: Stephen Hayes

Painter Stephen Hayes latest exhibition, “Elegy,” consists of twelve abstract ... more

17 Nov 2025

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17 Nov 2025

#325

Robin Coste Lewis : Archive of Desire

Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C.P. Cavafy began as a collaborative multidisc... more

04 Nov 2025

2 HR 40 MINS

2:40:51

04 Nov 2025

#324

Diana Arterian : Agrippina the Younger & Smoke Drifts

As an artist, how does one dive into the wreck of an archive, a canon, a shared collective... more

16 Oct 2025

2 HR 12 MINS

2:12:56

16 Oct 2025

#323

Olga Ravn : The Wax Child

Set during the 17th century witch trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice o... more

29 Sep 2025

2 HR 16 MINS

2:16:42

29 Sep 2025

#322

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

#321

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