Marginalia
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From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Network, Marginalia is a weekly 29-minute show hosted by Beth Golay. Episodes always features an author interview, and *sometimes* include editorial commentary, book reviews, indie bookstore reading recommendations and other marginalia to enhance the reading experience. Since 2015, Beth has interviewed hundreds of authors, including Pulitzer Prize–winners, US Poet Laureates and two Nobel Laureates.Several of Beth's interviews are included each year in NPR's Books We Love (formerly known as Book Concierge). And you can see the list of what Beth has read since she started keeping track in 2003.Listen to KMUW on Saturdays at 11:30 am CT, find episodes below, or subscribe to Marginalia wherever you get your podcasts.Marginalia is available to public radio stations through PRX.Marginalia never charges to do author interviews. If you are an author and have received an email asking for payment, please do not pay and let us know at info@kmuw.org.
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Douglas Stuart on 'John of John'
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May 09, 2026 |
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Revisiting Ian McEwan on 'What We Can Know'
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May 04, 2026 |
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Revisiting 'The Phoebe Variations' with Jane Hamilton
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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Revisiting Annie Hartnett on 'The Road to Tender Hearts'
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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John Boyne on his novel 'The Elements'
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Revisiting: Poet Kevin Young on his collection, 'Night Watch'
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Bar Fridman-Tell on her novel 'Honeysuckle'
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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Nancy Foley on her debut novel, 'I Am Agatha'
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Revisiting: Karen Russell on her novel 'The Antidote'
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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Saba Sams on her novel 'Gunk'
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Tayari Jones on 'Kin'
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Grant Ginder on 'So Old, So Young' and Torrey Maldonado on 'Just Right'
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Jonathan Miles on 'Eradication'
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Naeem Murr on 'Every Exit Brings You Home'
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Larissa Pham on her novel 'Discipline'
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Angela Tomaski on her novel, 'The Infamous Gilberts'
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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Belle Burden on her memoir 'Strangers'
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Stefan Merrill Block on his memoir 'Homeschooled'
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Ben Markovits on 'The Rest of Our Lives'
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Patrick Ryan on his novel 'Buckeye'
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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Virginia Evans on 'The Correspondent'
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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L.M. Chilton on his satirical mystery, 'Everyone in the Group Chat Dies'
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Susan Orlean on her memoir, 'Joyride'
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Frode Grytten on 'The Ferryman and His Wife'
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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Sue Roe on the Six Women Who Shaped Picasso's Life
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Quiara Alegria Hudes on 'The White Hot'
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Oyinkan Braithwaite on her novel 'Cursed Daughters'
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Nicholas Thompson on 'The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports'
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Gish Jen on her 'autobiographical' novel, 'Bad Bad Girl'
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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Megha Majumdar on 'A Guardian and A Thief'
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Joy Harjo on her new new collection of essays, "Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age"
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Lily King on her new novel, 'Heart the Lover'
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Ian McEwan on his new novel, 'What We Can Know'
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Jane Hamilton on her new novel, 'The Phoebe Variations'
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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John Boyne on his new novel, 'The Elements'
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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Poet Kevin Young on his new collection, 'Night Watch'
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Jessica Francis Kane on her new novel, 'Fonseca'
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Janice Graham on her new spy novel, 'Red Lily'
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Emily Adrian on her new novel, 'Seduction Theory'
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Ally Carter on 'The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold'
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Stephanie Wambugu on her debut novel, 'Lonely Crowds'
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Elif Shafak on her novel, 'There Are Rivers In the Sky'
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Kate Russo on her new literary thriller, 'Until Alison'
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ayşegül Savaş on her new story collection, 'Long Distance'
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Amy McCulloch on her new novel, 'Runner 13'
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Megan Hunter on her new novel, 'Days of Light'
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Maria Reva on her novel, 'Endling'
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Tash Aw on his new novel, 'The South'
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May 27, 2025 |
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Mary Morris on her new novel, 'The Red House'
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May 13, 2025 |
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Amanda Hess on her book, 'Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age'
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May 06, 2025 |
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Annie Hartnett on her new novel, 'The Road to Tender Hearts'
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Jo Harkin on her historical novel, 'The Pretender'
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Andrew Porter on his new novel, 'The Imagined Life'
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Visiting poet Michael Prior on his two collections 'Model Disciple' and 'Burning Province'
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Sarah Kay on her poetry collection, 'A Little Daylight Left'
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Ron Currie on his new novel, 'The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne'
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Evie Wyld on 'The Echoes'
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Karen Russell on her new novel, 'The Antidote'
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Nathaniel Ian Miller on his new novel, 'Red Dog Farm'
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Sophie Madeline Dess on her debut novel, 'What You Make of Me'
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Eric Puchner on his new novel, 'Dream State'
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Tova Mirvis on her new novel, 'We Would Never'
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Mischa Berlinski on Shakespeare, actors and 'Mona Acts Out'
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Lola Kirke on her new book, 'Wild West Village'
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Adam Ross on his new novel, 'Playworld'
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Adam Haslett on his new novel, 'Mothers and Sons'
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Philip Nel on 'How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children’s Classic'
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Lily Tuck on her new book, 'The Rest is Memory'
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Jane Pek on 'The Rivals' - the second book in her mystery series
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Juhea Kim on her sophomore novel, 'City of Night Birds'
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Billy Collins on his new poetry collection, 'Water, Water'
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Melanie Cheng on her novel 'The Burrow'
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Sy Montgomery on her new book, 'What the Chicken Knows'
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Holly Wilson on her debut novel, 'Kittentits'
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Anna Montague on her debut novel, 'How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?'
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Charles Baxter on his new book, 'Blood Test: A Comedy'
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin on their new book for young readers, 'The Bletchley Riddle'
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Sarah Smarsh on her collection of essays, 'Bone of the Bone'
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Lauren Elkin on her novel, 'Scaffolding'
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Melissa Petro on her book, 'Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification'
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Colm Tóibín on his new book of essays, 'On James Baldwin'
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Coco Mellors on her new novel, 'Blue Sisters'
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Amanda Jones on being 'That Librarian'
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Priscilla Morris on her novel, 'Black Butterflies'
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Kristopher Jansma on his new novel, 'Our Narrow Hiding Places'
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Jessica Anthony on her new novel, 'The Most'
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Juliet Grames on her new novel, 'The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia'
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Kevin Barry on his new novel, 'The Heart in Winter'
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Ben Shattuck on his new story collection, 'The History of Sound'
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Hampton Sides on Captain James Cook and 'The Wide Wide Sea'
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Liz Moore on her new novel, 'The God of the Woods'
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Catherine Newman on her new novel, 'Sandwich'
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Claire Lombardo on her sophomore novel, 'Same As It Ever Was'
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Nicola Yoon on her new adult novel, 'One of Our Kind'
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Sarah Gilmartin on her novel 'Service'
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Yael van der Wouden on her debut novel, 'The Safekeep'
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May 28, 2024 |
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Jaclyn Goldis on 'The Main Character'
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May 21, 2024 |
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Nicholson Baker on 'Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art'
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May 17, 2024 |
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Kimberly King Parsons on her debut novel, 'We Were the Universe'
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May 14, 2024 |
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Ferdia Lennon on his debut novel 'Glorious Exploits'
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Sarah Braunstein on her novel, 'Bad Animals'
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Douglas Westerbeke on 'A Short Walk Through a Wide World'
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Nell Freudenberger on her new novel, 'The Limits'
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Holly Gramazio on her debut novel, 'The Husbands'
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Gina Chung on her short story collection, 'Green Frog'
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Scott Guild on his debut novel, 'Plastic'
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Brian Turner on 'My Life as a Foreign Country'
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Tommy Orange on 'Wandering Stars'
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Emily Ballesteros on 'The Cure for Burnout'
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Kelly Link on her debut novel, 'The Book of Love'
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Margot Livesey on her new novel, 'The Road from Belhaven'
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Poet Andrés N. Ordorica on his debut novel, 'How We Named the Stars'
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Paul Harding on his novel 'This Other Eden'
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Poet Kaveh Akbar on his debut novel, 'Martyr!'
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Lea Carpenter on her novel 'Ilium'
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Kayla Min Andrews on finishing her mother's novel, 'The Fetishist'
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Tara Karr Roberts on her 'Moby-Dick'-inspired novel, 'Wild and Distant Seas'
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Jan 02, 2024 |