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

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

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BOOKS ∙ WORKSHOPS ∙ PODCAST

 

#290

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


#289

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


#288

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


#287

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


#286

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


#285

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


#284

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


#283

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


#282

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


#281

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


#280

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

11 Oct 2024


#279

Jewish Currents Live : Dionne Brand & Adania Shibli in Conversation

As part of Jewish Currents Live: A Day of Politics & Culture, I moderated a conversation b... more

02 Oct 2024

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02 Oct 2024


#278

Isabella Hammad : Recognizing the Stranger : On Palestine and Narrative

Today’s conversation with Isabella Hammad is truly like no other on the show in its ... more

24 Sep 2024

1 HR 56 MINS

1:56:17

24 Sep 2024


#277

Tin House Live : Frank Bidart

Today’s episode is an archival recording of poet Frank Bidart from the 2008 Tin Hous... more

06 Sep 2024

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:19

06 Sep 2024


#276

Nalo Hopkinson : Blackheart Man

Todays’ guest is Grand Master of science fiction and fantasy Nalo Hopkinson. Togethe... more

01 Sep 2024

1 HR 50 MINS

1:50:34

01 Sep 2024


#275

Vajra Chandrasekera : Rakesfall

Sri Lankan writer Vajra Chandrasekera’s first novel, The Saint of Bright Doors, was ... more

17 Aug 2024

2 HR 25 MINS

2:25:56

17 Aug 2024


#274

Carl Phillips : Scattered Snows, to the North

Today’s guest is one of the most singular and celebrated Anglophone poets writing to... more

02 Aug 2024

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02 Aug 2024


#273

Shze-Hui Tjoa : The Story Game

Today’s guest, Shze-Hui Tjoa, has written a book that is remarkably unique. Is it an... more

20 Jul 2024

1 HR 45 MINS

1:45:55

20 Jul 2024


#272

Cecilia Vicuña : Deer Book

Today’s guest Chilean poet, performance artist, visual artist, activist, and filmmak... more

01 Jul 2024

2 HR 10 MINS

2:10:05

01 Jul 2024


#271

Lance Olsen : Absolute Away & Shrapnel

Lance Olsen returns to Between the Covers to discuss his two new books, his uncategorizabl... more

16 Jun 2024

2 HR 17 MINS

2:17:59

16 Jun 2024


#270

Amitav Ghosh : Smoke and Ashes

For nearly twenty years Amitav Ghosh has been writing about opium and the opium trade, fir... more

01 Jun 2024

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:23

01 Jun 2024


#269

Joyelle McSweeney : Death Styles

Today’s guest, poet, playwright, novelist, translator, publisher, editor and critic,... more

18 May 2024

1 HR 59 MINS

1:59:36

18 May 2024


#268

Danielle Dutton : Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other

One might ask, just what is Danielle Dutton’s latest book, Prairie, Dresses, Art, Ot... more

20 Apr 2024

2 HR 03 MINS

2:03:06

20 Apr 2024


#267

Alexis Wright : Praiseworthy

Today’s guest is one of the most important and celebrated writers in Australia today... more

01 Apr 2024

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:29

01 Apr 2024


#266

Nam Le : 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem

Over the past fifteen years, Nam Le has published a book in each genre. Best known for his... more

17 Mar 2024

2 HR 24 MINS

2:24:42

17 Mar 2024


#265

Anne de Marcken : It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over

Writer, interdisciplinary artist, editor and publisher Anne de Marcken discusses her new b... more

04 Mar 2024

2 HR 11 MINS

2:11:00

04 Mar 2024


#264

Canisia Lubrin : Code Noir

Award-winning poet Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir. The fifty-nine... more

26 Feb 2024

2 HR 26 MINS

2:26:53

26 Feb 2024


#263

Diana Khoi Nguyen : Root Fractures

Today’s conversation, with poet and multimedia artist Diana Khoi Nguyen, is not to b... more

05 Feb 2024

2 HR 39 MINS

2:39:49

05 Feb 2024


#262

Álvaro Enrigue : You Dreamed of Empires

Today’s conversation with Álvaro Enrigue about his latest novel, You Dreamed of Empi... more

21 Jan 2024

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21 Jan 2024


#261

Mathias Énard : The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild

Is Mathias Énard’s latest book formally influenced by the Buddhist Wheel of Time, by... more

10 Jan 2024

1 HR 49 MINS

1:49:05

10 Jan 2024