#290Michelle de Kretser : Theory & PracticeToday’s guest, one of Australia’s most celebrated and daring writers, Michelle... more09 Mar 20252 HR 02 MINS2:02:3609 Mar 2025
#289Omar El Akkad : One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against ThisIn late October 2023, weeks into Israel’s bombing of northern Gaza, the novelist Oma... more21 Feb 20252 HR 12 MINS2:12:5521 Feb 2025
#288Hélène Cixous : RêvoirFeminist and literary theorist, playwright, philosopher, memoirist and novelist Hélène Cix... more01 Feb 20251 HR 29 MINS1:29:3701 Feb 2025
#287Aria Aber : Good GirlPoet Aria Aber’s debut novel Good Girl , set in the club scene of Berlin, is a book ... more14 Jan 20252 HR 10 MINS2:10:5714 Jan 2025
#286Zahid Rafiq : The World With Its Mouth OpenToday’s guest Zahid Rafiq discusses his debut short story collection The World With ... more01 Jan 20252 HR 04 MINS2:04:1401 Jan 2025
#285Tin House Live : Denis Johnson : 2004We started 2024 with [an archival recording] (https://tinhouse.com/podcast/tin-house-live-... more24 Dec 20241 HR 10 MINS1:10:2324 Dec 2024
#284Rodrigo Fresán : MelvillHow can a novel set during one brief moment near the end of Herman Melville’s father... more09 Dec 20241 HR 57 MINS1:57:4309 Dec 2024
#283Dionne Brand : Salvage : Readings from the WreckWhat does it mean that a life can not only be animated by books but destroyed by them? Tha... more25 Nov 20242 HR 11 MINS2:11:0325 Nov 2024
#282Danez Smith : BluffDanez Smith’s poetry is so many things, a poetry of resistance, of elegy, of joy, of... more08 Nov 20242 HR 53 MINS2:53:1108 Nov 2024
#281Kenzie Allen : Cloud MissivesToday’s conversation with Kenzie Allen, about her debut poetry collection Cloud Miss... more24 Oct 20242 HR 33 MINS2:33:1724 Oct 2024
#280Tin House Live : Torrey Peters on Strategic OpacityToday’s craft talk—by Torrey Peters on “Strategic Opacity”— was recorded... more11 Oct 202445 MINS45:4511 Oct 2024
#279Jewish Currents Live : Dionne Brand & Adania Shibli in ConversationAs part of Jewish Currents Live: A Day of Politics & Culture, I moderated a conversation b... more02 Oct 2024--:----:--02 Oct 2024
#278Isabella Hammad : Recognizing the Stranger : On Palestine and NarrativeToday’s conversation with Isabella Hammad is truly like no other on the show in its ... more24 Sep 20241 HR 56 MINS1:56:1724 Sep 2024
#277Tin House Live : Frank BidartToday’s episode is an archival recording of poet Frank Bidart from the 2008 Tin Hous... more06 Sep 20241 HR 10 MINS1:10:1906 Sep 2024
#276Nalo Hopkinson : Blackheart ManTodays’ guest is Grand Master of science fiction and fantasy Nalo Hopkinson. Togethe... more01 Sep 20241 HR 50 MINS1:50:3401 Sep 2024
#275Vajra Chandrasekera : RakesfallSri Lankan writer Vajra Chandrasekera’s first novel, The Saint of Bright Doors, was ... more17 Aug 20242 HR 25 MINS2:25:5617 Aug 2024
#274Carl Phillips : Scattered Snows, to the NorthToday’s guest is one of the most singular and celebrated Anglophone poets writing to... more02 Aug 2024--:----:--02 Aug 2024
#273Shze-Hui Tjoa : The Story GameToday’s guest, Shze-Hui Tjoa, has written a book that is remarkably unique. Is it an... more20 Jul 20241 HR 45 MINS1:45:5520 Jul 2024
#272Cecilia Vicuña : Deer BookToday’s guest Chilean poet, performance artist, visual artist, activist, and filmmak... more01 Jul 20242 HR 10 MINS2:10:0501 Jul 2024
#271Lance Olsen : Absolute Away & ShrapnelLance Olsen returns to Between the Covers to discuss his two new books, his uncategorizabl... more16 Jun 20242 HR 17 MINS2:17:5916 Jun 2024
#270Amitav Ghosh : Smoke and AshesFor nearly twenty years Amitav Ghosh has been writing about opium and the opium trade, fir... more01 Jun 20241 HR 34 MINS1:34:2301 Jun 2024
#269Joyelle McSweeney : Death StylesToday’s guest, poet, playwright, novelist, translator, publisher, editor and critic,... more18 May 20241 HR 59 MINS1:59:3618 May 2024
#268Danielle Dutton : Prairie, Dresses, Art, OtherOne might ask, just what is Danielle Dutton’s latest book, Prairie, Dresses, Art, Ot... more20 Apr 20242 HR 03 MINS2:03:0620 Apr 2024
#267Alexis Wright : PraiseworthyToday’s guest is one of the most important and celebrated writers in Australia today... more01 Apr 20241 HR 33 MINS1:33:2901 Apr 2024
#266Nam Le : 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese PoemOver the past fifteen years, Nam Le has published a book in each genre. Best known for his... more17 Mar 20242 HR 24 MINS2:24:4217 Mar 2024
#265Anne de Marcken : It Lasts Forever and Then It’s OverWriter, interdisciplinary artist, editor and publisher Anne de Marcken discusses her new b... more04 Mar 20242 HR 11 MINS2:11:0004 Mar 2024
#264Canisia Lubrin : Code NoirAward-winning poet Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir. The fifty-nine... more26 Feb 20242 HR 26 MINS2:26:5326 Feb 2024
#263Diana Khoi Nguyen : Root FracturesToday’s conversation, with poet and multimedia artist Diana Khoi Nguyen, is not to b... more05 Feb 20242 HR 39 MINS2:39:4905 Feb 2024
#262Álvaro Enrigue : You Dreamed of EmpiresToday’s conversation with Álvaro Enrigue about his latest novel, You Dreamed of Empi... more21 Jan 2024--:----:--21 Jan 2024
#261Mathias Énard : The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ GuildIs Mathias Énard’s latest book formally influenced by the Buddhist Wheel of Time, by... more10 Jan 20241 HR 49 MINS1:49:0510 Jan 2024