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Celeste Ng on OUR MISSING HEARTS
6 oktober 2022 · 44 min
"He thinks of himself as a character in a fairy tale in a way who's going on a quest. And there's so many stories like that about a character who's going in search of a lost loved one, whether it's a daughter, a mother, a son, there's this sense of I'm going off to find you. And that's really powerful." Celeste Ng follows her massive hit Little Fires Everywhere with a novel set in a world that "looks like ours, but with the volume kind of turned up to 11" in Our Missing Hearts, an indelible story about family and identity, art and connection. Celeste joins us on the show to talk about the novel she never planned to write, mothers and sons, coming-of-age (for adults and children), Asian American history, pushing against our ideas of hero figures, being a word nerd and her love of Shakespeare, her literary influences and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TNR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode):
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston
Tripmaster Monkey by Maxine Hong Kingston
Interior Chinatown by Charles YuFeatured Books (TBR Topoff):
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen
The Memory Police by Yoko OgawaPoured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
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Jess Kidd on THE NIGHT SHIP
4 oktober 2022 · 38 min
"I want to escape into these like incredible, immersive situations, really. But I think I try and balance this kind of creation of a world or this world building with the dialogue. And that's where things like the humor come in. And particularly with this one, because it's quite a gritty subject. But it was really important to have that joy and have that humor. And to my mind that comes very akin with the bravery in the book and the courage in the book, there is this kind of ability, even under these immense pressures, to have these moments of joy…" Jess Kidd's ghostly and gothic novels — including Things in Jars and now, The Night Ship, our latest B&N Book Club pick — are some of our absolute favorites. She joins us on the show to talk about the true story behind The Night Ship, the places her research took her, connecting her characters, how writing flash fiction and short stories influence her novels, The Epic of Gilgamesh and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode):
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
Mr. Flood's Last Resort by Jess Kidd
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Andrew George, translator)
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
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Sarah Thankam Mathews on ALL THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT
1 oktober 2022 · 41 min
"So you know, something that is a big part of my project…is actually this idea that we deserve pleasure. I think that pleasure and care, these are antidotes against various kinds of violence and degradation that we're all beset with. And so for me, when I wrote this novel, I did not write it for a critic at The New York Times, you know. I wrote it for the past version of me. And I wrote for someone who would need to read this, who would be reading this book after work on the subway." Lees meer
Sarah's Thankam Mathews is making a terrific debut with All This Could Be Different—longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction and a finalist for our own Discover Prize—and she joins us on the show to talk about channeling her characters, subverting the coming-of-age novel, challenging the expectations of the immigrant experience, queerness, finding our people and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer.
Featured Books (Episode):
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
Luster by Raven Leilani
The New Me by Halle Butler
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Hua Hsu on STAY TRUE: A MEMOIR
29 september 2022 · 54 min
"I think I figured a lot of things out literally as I was writing the book. I'm usually an obsessive methodical writer, or I have everything, if not mapped out, I kind of know spatially, what's going to happen in a piece of writing. But with this, I just kind of had to write it to figure out what it was. For years, friends knew that I was working on this — friends who were in the book, actually. But I could never explain what it was nor could they imagine what it might be. You know, I would just say, I'm writing the story of us, I'm writing a story about Ken." Lees meer
Whether he's riffing on music or sports or Asian American icons like Maxine Hong Kingston, Hua Hsu's work in The New Yorker is a joy to read. Now he's turning inward in his new book, Stay True, a beautifully written story of unexpected friendship, shocking loss, and his own coming of age. Hua joins us on the show to talk about grief and growing up, inside jokes, his literary influences, changing the conversations we're having about Asian America, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer.
Featured Books (Episode)
Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure across the Pacific by Hua Hsu
The Hanging on Union Square by H. T. Tsiang
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book by Maxine Hong Kingston
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Laura Warrell on SWEET, SOFT, PLENTY RHYTHM
27 september 2022 · 49 min
"I feel like very often when we have stories about womanizing characters, whether we piece those stories out, so we see each woman—individually or not, they don't really have stories. They don't really have lives except as they relate to that main character. So, it was always going to be each woman steps forward, each woman gets a chapter." Laura Warrell takes us behind the scenes of her smart, sharp and deeply resonant debut novel Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm. She joins us on the show to talk about flipping the script, the women she writes about (and letting her characters be who they are), love and loneliness, her writing process and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode):
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell
Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Hafizah Augustus Geter on THE BLACK PERIOD: ON PERSONHOOD, RACE, AND ORIGIN
24 september 2022 · 55 min
"I did nothing but read the entire time I was writing this….literally every waking moment, I was doing some type of research and a lot of research I did for this book was on joy and celebration and on community. Because, yes, we're going through all of these things, but there's a reason the cover is bright and celebratory, because that's also where the book goes, where the journey goes." Hafizah Augustus Geter covers an incredible amount of ground in her memoir The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin: past and present, able-bodied and disabled, home and away, grief and love. She joins us on the show to talk about her family's story, her father's art (which appears in full color throughout the book), who gets to make history and why, her literary influences and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. Lees meer
Featured Books:
The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter
Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
The Yellow House by Sarah Broom
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Year of The Tiger by Alice Wong
Border and Rule by Harsha Walia
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Bobby Finger on THE OLD PLACE
22 september 2022 · 46 min
"Ever since we left, when I was 13, it's a place that I think about constantly. I think about it in hypothetical terms. It's something that I just sort of lose myself in all the time. I left before things really got complicated. I left when I was 13. What if I had stayed until now? And what if I had left and gone back? You know, the book kind of stemmed from this story that I had been working through in my mind, all of these hypothetical versions of myself. And then it turned into this." Bobby Finger, writer and co-host of the celebrity and entertainment podcast Who? Weekly, breaks new ground in his debut novel, The Old Place. Inspired by his real-life roots in Texas, Finger explores the consequences of love and loss in this small-town narrative centered around a retired schoolteacher burdened by a decade-old secret. Bobby discusses his journey to writing a novel, his literary influences and creative process—and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode):
The Old Place by Bobby Finger
Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria SempleBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanPoured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Andrew Sean Greer on LESS IS LOST
20 september 2022 · 47 min
"I already had a kind of Don Quixote set up in mind. And so I was like, Wouldn't it be funny if Arthur was the sort of Sancho Panza in this? I'll just barely touch on it and see where it goes. And I thought he needs someone totally full of himself to shake him up…" Readers fell in love with Arthur Less — and Andrew Sean Greer took home a Pulitzer Prize for Less, the novel that introduced us to Arthur. Andrew joins us on the show to talk about his new novel, the not-really-a-sequel, Less Is Lost, turning tragedy into comedy, rewrites, what scares him as a writer, his literary influences, the writing advice that he still relies on and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we finish this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode):
Less (winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by Andrew Sean Greer
The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean GreerChéri by Colette
Don Quixote by Cervantes
A Boy's Own Life by Edmund WhiteTravels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
Moby Dick by Herman MelvilleFeatured Books (TBR Topoff):
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Bucky F*cking Dent by David Duchovny
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Saeed Jones on ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD
17 september 2022 · 45 min
"This book feels very much…drawing from the Black Saints: Whitney Houston, Paul Mooney, Little Richard, Luther Vandross, almost my own canon, my own tradition, my own history, to make sense of what's happening now. I'm not going back to Homer, necessarily. I'm kind of trying to create a new lineage, because I feel that we've been betrayed by our presented histories." Saeed Jones joins us on the show to riff on his incredibly personal and indelible new poetry collection Alive at the End of the World, along with the pervasiveness of grief, how both he and his writing have changed since he published his memoir, what's up with his new podcast, Vibe Check, and much more with Poured Over's host Miwa Messer. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones
Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Furious Cool by David Henry and Joe Henry
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Abdulrazak Gurnah on AFTERLIVES
15 september 2022 · 48 min
"Well, home is a complicated concept....So you've shaken me awake at three o'clock in the morning. Where's home? I'll say Zanzibar without hesitation. Oh, but then on the other hand, I've been living here and working here for 50 years, my family, my children, and my grandchildren live here. The idea that this is not my home, it's just ridiculous. I just won't have it. You know, this is my home. So home is complicated, both are home, but it means something different." An epic story of life, loss, and love set against an unforgiving landscape of colonial violence, Afterlives is a multi-generational novel set in East Africa that is at once wistful, grounded—and unforgettable. 2021 Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah joins us on the show to discuss his body of work, the legacy of colonialism, what it was like to win the Nobel and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. Lees meer
Feature Books (Episode):
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Admiring Silence by Abdulrazak GurnahFeatured Books (TBR Topoff):
Home by Toni Morrison
Dear Life by Alice MunroPoured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Ian McEwan on LESSONS
13 september 2022 · 53 min
"I'm heading into my mid 70s and I really want to just get into a novel and live inside it. No sense of hurry. No deadline, no sense that anyone's waiting for this. I don't want to talk to anyone about it, but I just want to inhabit it." Award-winning author Ian McEwan's new novel, Lessons, takes readers on an emotional journey through the life of one man and McEwan joins us on the show to talk about aging, writing a novel in lockdown, what kinds of books make us cry and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode):
Lessons by Ian McEwan
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Herzog by Saul Bellow
Cocoon by Zhang Yueran
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Jonathan Escoffery, Yiyun Li and Ling Ma on The Art of Fiction
10 september 2022 · 55 min
"I start with the emotion. I don't know what the story is. I don't know who the characters are necessarily. I'm working on very little like, I'm thinking, 'oh, well, the way this light looks through a window', or something — very few details here and there. But I don't know what happens in this story." Join three amazing authors talking about their three fabulous fall reads: If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery, The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li and Bliss Montage by Ling Ma. The authors speak with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, about the balance between humor and dread, how they start a project, some of their favorite writers & more. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode)
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
Severance by Ling Ma
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Moshin Hamid
Passing by Nella Larsen
Quicksand by Nella Larsen
The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty
Moby Dick by Herman Mellville
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
Artist in the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised By Wolves by Karen Russell
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Margaret Wilkerson Sexton on ON THE ROOFTOP
8 september 2022 · 47 min
"…In this particular book, I think I wanted to combat the feeling that we were already inundated with, and even the feelings that are attached to social justice issues. I wanted to combat the feelings of anger and helplessness and all of that with joy." Margaret Wilkerson Sexton follows her NAACP Image Award-winning novel The Revisioners with On the Rooftop, a stunning novel about a mother whose dream of stardom for her three daughters clashes with their own desires in a rapidly gentrifying 1950s San Francisco. Margaret joins us on the show to talk about wanting to write a book that sits in conversation with Fiddler on the Roof, how her research led her to the Harlem of the West, writing a love story for an older couple, her literary inspirations and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. Lees meer
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
Featured Books (Episode)
On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
A complete transcript of this episode is here.
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Javier Zamora on SOLITO
6 september 2022 · 45 min
"That nine-year-old kid still follows me and is with me and is very much a part of me... And this is the hope for the book, not only for non-immigrants, but for immigrants, to really start to have that internal conversation about what we have been through. And I think this book is mostly for them. The book was for me, and then putting it around the world is for everybody. But I hope that non-immigrants can see that we don't want to do this, and that it's difficult, and that we carry this with us every single day." Lees meer
Solito is the story Javier Zamora has been trying to get out ever since he started writing. Through choppy waters and unforgiving deserts, this intimate, gripping memoir is an immersive look into the consciousness of a young boy seeking to be reunited with his parents. Listen as Javier talks about reliving trauma, growing up undocumented, poetry as a gateway to therapy, and what it was like to give his nine-year-old self back his voice, with the host of Poured Over, Miwa Messer.
Featured Books (Episode)
Solito by Javier Zamora
Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Mason Hereford on TURKEY AND THE WOLF: FLAVOR TRIPPIN' IN NEW ORLEANS
3 september 2022 · 36 min
"I think about food constantly, but more so than anyone else it's the people I work with who are inspiring me now.... I'm always inspired by the people I cook with, and the people I work with in the restaurants, and they're, you know, they're the ones who are inspiring me most right now, because they're making it all happen." Chef and restaurant owner, Mason Hereford's new cookbook Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans is full of flavorful, fun recipes and beautiful photos that will delight any appetite. Mason talks about cooking with nostalgia, vintage McDonald's plates, what his day in the restaurants looks like, what's inspiring him in the kitchen now, and more with Poured Over guest host Kat Sarfas. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans by Mason Hereford
Without Getting Killed or Caught by Tamara Saviano
This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Jessie Burton on THE HOUSE OF FORTUNE
1 september 2022 · 45 min
"I think it is a conversation I'm having with my younger self, who loved the idea of time travel, who loved the idea that these people perhaps not so different from us, who quite quickly could imagine herself out of her body and into another world against all the laws of physics. And I know I'm not alone in that. I think so many people want to read for a moment in their day or week, of escape, but not mindless escape, but detailed, pleasurable, important escape…" Jessie Burton's debut novel, The Miniaturist, is a stellar, entertaining work of historical fiction that sold a million copies in its first year and has been translated into 40 languages. Jessie returns to 17th century Amsterdam with an unforgettable cast of characters (including a few familiar faces) in her latest, The House of Fortune. She joins us on the show to talk about writing and rewriting, story points and Post-It notes, revisiting characters, her favorite authors and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Titles (Episode)
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
Featured Titles (TBR Topoff)
The Binding by Bridget Collins
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Sarah Addison Allen on OTHER BIRDS
30 augustus 2022 · 46 min
"I think they grew out of the setting of this weird island, this odd place, this place of southern stories and ghosts and food and how they are misfits, but they find their tribe, they find where they belong with other people who think they don't belong either. And I think that is a universal truth for us all." Sarah Addison Allen's charming new novel, Other Birds, is our September B&N Book Club pick and she joins us on the show to talk about ghosts, unconditional love, mothers and mothering, place as a character, the problem with notebooks, her writing process, and more with guest host Allyson Gavaletz. And we end the episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Bittersweet by Susan Cain
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Allyson Gavaletz and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Ada Limón on THE HURTING KIND
27 augustus 2022 · 47 min
"I think it's really important to remember that poetry has always sort of existed in the moment. It's full of the life that we're living right now. It is a remnant of the life that we're living right now. You know, distilled moments, it's the mess of our life. It's all of those things. And I think we do ourselves a disservice if we think those things don't include joy, that don't include breath and contentedness and moments of peace. And we all have that sometimes, as we struggle." Ada Limón, our 24th US Poet Laureate and host of the poetry podcast The Slowdown, joins us on the show to take us behind the scenes of her newest book, The Hurting Kind, and talk about the purpose of art, honoring the slipperiness of time, the importance and pleasure of reading out loud, her literary inspirations and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. Lees meer
Featured Books:
The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón
Lucky Wreck by Ada Limón
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is here.
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R.F. Kuang on BABEL
25 augustus 2022 · 41 min
"We're all constantly translating ourselves to the world—we all are trying to take the inevitable stuff that happens in our psyche, our fears, and hopes and desires and dreams and trying to communicate that with others. And some of us are more successful at it than others." A group of four friends find themselves at the center of a deadly battle between good and evil at an alternate 1800s Oxford University in Babel, the epic new novel from R.F. Kuang, author of the bestselling Poppy War series. Rebecca joins us on the show to talk about world-building, friendship, colonialism, her literary inspirations (including The Secret History by Donna Tartt), Victorian ideas of masculinity and queerness, how she writes, and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from interns Issa and Jenna. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Babel by R.F. Kuang
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke
Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation by David L. Eng
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Beth Macy on RAISING LAZARUS: HOPE, JUSTICE AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA'S OVERDOSE CRISIS
23 augustus 2022 · 44 min
"And so, then I thought, Who do I most admire? Who taught me the most, and also, they're doing it for completely selfless reasons, right? And I thought, Oh, that moment and the parking lot. So, I thought, I'm going to start a book in the parking lot of a McDonald's dumpster in a dying town and show you how, in the most unlikely places, magic is happening." Beth Macy's 2018 bestseller Dopesick and the Emmy-nominated Hulu streamer it inspired have helped changed our national conversation about Opioids and addiction. Her new book, Raising Lazarus, takes a new approach to our ever-growing crisis, focusing on solutions and the people bringing those solutions to our communities. Beth joins us on the show to talk about harm reduction, meeting people where they are, organizing at a local level, the lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and the behavior of the Sackler family, activism, and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Raising Lazarus by Beth Macy
Dopesick by Beth Macy
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Undoing Drugs by Maia Szalavitz
Death in Mud Lick by Eric Eyre
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Keith Corbin on CALIFORNIA SOUL: AN AMERICAN EPIC OF COOKING AND SURVIVAL
20 augustus 2022 · 42 min
"But I had fun growing up, you know, kids Double Dutch and playing football in the front yard, trash can basketball, running around 40 deep into projects with extended family, cutting the lights off—we really have fun. Of course, you've seen the drug selling, you've seen the dice games. We found a way to become comfortable in an uncomfortable situation." Keith Corbin's story is unlike any we've heard for a James Beard Award nominated chef, and he holds nothing back in his candid memoir, California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival. Keith joins us on the show to talk about representation, the realities of second chances (and why opportunity without support isn't enough), fact-checking his memories with members of his community, the start of his friendship with fellow chef Daniel Patterson, unexpected loneliness and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. Lees meer
Featured Book:
California Soul by Keith Corbin
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Dr. Moiya McTier on THE MILKY WAY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF OUR GALAXY
18 augustus 2022 · 41 min
"To me, science is the rigorous attempt at understanding the world around you. And most people think that that means you're in a lab wearing a coat, working with test tubes. But I think that that's just a matter of using the scientific method in your everyday life. It's a matter of observing the world around you and being curious enough to ask questions and having the logic skills and some math and science skills to find the answers to those questions. But it goes beyond physics and chemistry. It goes beyond math. It goes beyond psychology and sociology, the social sciences." Dr. Moiya McTier delivers a very fun and somewhat surprising look at our universe in her debut, The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy. Dr. McTier joins us on the show to talk about stepping outside of herself to find our galaxy's voice, the importance of story (and how it relates to science), growing up in rural Pennsylvania, her hit Exolore podcast, why space isn't just for billionaires, and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we finish this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode)
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
How I Killed Pluto by Mike Brown
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Julian Barnes on ELIZABETH FINCH
16 augustus 2022 · 1 uur
"This is one of the great differences between journalism and literature, which I practice in. You write journalism in order for everything to be absolutely clear at the first reading … you write fiction in order to reflect the complexity of the world. And that complexity isn't necessarily grasped at first meeting." Elizabeth Finch is the latest (and deceptively slim) new novel from Julian Barnes, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense of an Ending. He joins us on the show to talk about cutting to the chase, unreliable narrators, the intersection of time and memory and history, translating Flaubert, his friendships with fellow Booker Prize-winners Anita Brookner and Ian McEwan, electric typewriters and Blackwing pencils, and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we finish this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books:
Elizabeth Finch by Julian Barnes
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (translated by Frances Steegmuller
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (translated by Lydia Davis)
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Jana Casale on HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE MADLY
11 augustus 2022 · 44 min
"To me, the thing as a writer that you should always be working towards is like, how can I make this just be delicious for the reader?" Lees meer
Jana Casale has perfected the art of writing about the ordinary lives of women in such a way that fans of Elena Ferrante and Sally Rooney will flock to, and her latest story following the lives of three young women as they navigate love, How to Fall Out of Love Madly, is just out. Jana joins us on the show to talk about the lives and relationships of Millennial women, body image issues, self-love, loneliness, the influence one teacher had on her decision to be a writer, and much more with guest host, Elani Wilson. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Featured Books (episode)
How to Fall Out of Love Madly by Jana Casale
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
Next Year, for Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
This episode of Poured Over is produced and hosted by Elani Wilson and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Jasmine Guillory on Writing Characters We Love
9 augustus 2022 · 43 min
"All three of the books that I have written during the pandemic have really been my way of going into another world and finding a place where none of this was happening. And that I could just relax and have fun. And so, I hope that my books are that kind of fun, joyous of maybe slightly salacious time for readers, too, because that's what I enjoyed as I was writing them." Jasmine Guillory is one of our favorite rom-com authors, with her seventh and eighth books (By the Book and Drunk on Love) releasing this year. Jasmine joins us on the show to talk about writing Black leads in romance, her literary influences, releasing three books during the pandemic and connecting with readers in person again, her love for the Bay Area, the elements that make up a signature Jasmine Guillory novel, and much more with guest host, Elani Wilson. And we end this episode with a TBR Topoff with Marc and Rhys riffing on their favorite Jasmine Guillory novels Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
This episode of Poured Over is produced and hosted by Elani Wilson and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Tess Gunty on THE RABBIT HUTCH
6 augustus 2022 · 45 min
"To write a young woman who refuses to define herself by anything other than her activism, her mind, her curiosity, that was just a delight, and she wasn't the most predictable character, but she was the one who told me what to do on every page." How to describe Tess Gunty's dynamic debut, The Rabbit Hutch? Think Jennifer Egan + Denis Johnson. Think polyphonic novel about climate change and gentrification and coming-of-age in a dying American Dream with an unforgettable 18-year-old as its heart. Tess joins us on the show to talk about loneliness and connection, South Bend and Studebaker automobiles, needing to leave home in order to write about it, how an anxious kid became a writer, mysticism, revision, the poets and writers who inspire her and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
NW by Zadie Smith
Great House by Nicole Krauss
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays, with occasional Saturdays.
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Ryka Aoki on LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS
4 augustus 2022 · 46 min
"But when I write, that's when I feel I can take part in society, I can contribute to ideas, and to teach and to share, and to say, I love you to society—to maybe talk about some of the difficult things in life, but to affirm that these experiences only serve to make life what it is." From space aliens and cursed violins to a Queen of Hell with a heart, to found family, coming-of-age and living in your truest self, Ryka Aoki's Light from Uncommon Stars is our latest Speculative Fiction Monthly Pick and it's an absolute blast to read. Ryka joins us on the show to talk about world-building, the San Gabriel Valley, writing love stories, the evolution of science fiction, her literary inspirations, donuts and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Book (episode)
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Blackwater Sister by Zen Cho
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Anthony Marra on MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS
2 augustus 2022 · 45 min
"There's just so much rich material in Hollywood during the 1940s—which is where much of the book is set—there is just sort of an endless rabbit hole you can go down. And of course, one of the problems with writing a book about the movie industry is that sitting around watching movies technically counts as research." We still think about Anthony Marra's incredible debut, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, years after first reading. His newest novel, Mercury Pictures Presents, is an epic story of family secrets, love and war, loyalty and reinvention that cuts between Hollywood and Mussolini's Italy in the 1930s and 40s—and it's the August B&N Book Club pick. Anthony joins us on the show to talk about mapping stories, the landscape of exile and imprisonment, the importance of humor, research and rewrites and snappy dialogue, his literary inspirations (including Zadie Smith and David Mitchell), and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book reviews from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode):
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels by Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan
A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Eleanor Brown on ANY OTHER FAMILY
28 juli 2022 · 45 min
"I just had so many questions about adoption and motherhood. And you know, you've read my books, you know that I'm very interested in what makes a family and how does our family influence us. And that's all part of this book, too." From her sparkling debut, The Weird Sisters, to her latest, Any Other Family, Eleanor Brown writes big-hearted novels with hopeful endings about family and finding ourselves. She joins us on the show to talk about the story behind her latest novel, how questions and character drive her novels, capturing children's voices on the page, how she approaches the writing process, what she's been reading and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Titles (episode)
Any Other Family by Eleanor Brown
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
The Light in Paris by Eleanor Brown
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
The Foundling by Ann Leary
Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
On Writing by Stephen King
Featured Titles (TBR Topoff)
Run by Ann Patchett
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Eric Kim on KOREAN AMERICAN: FOOD THAT TASTES LIKE HOME
26 juli 2022 · 56 min
"What's really interesting about taste memory is it's not that you're trying to necessarily replicate the dish exactly as it was, I think you're actually just trying to replicate your memory of it, because your memory is always going to be the platonic ideal of it." Eric Kim has a delightful approach to food, and his debut cookbook is a charming exploration of the Korean American table. He joins us on the show to talk about home cooking and how our family stories connect to food, representation (and how his parents landed in Atlanta), the politics of spam, his pantry must-haves, making kimchi, finding joy in a creative space, testing recipes with his mom, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home by Eric Kim
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee
Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Alice Elliott Dark on FELLOWSHIP POINT
21 juli 2022 · 47 min
"One thing I really have learned—or at least for myself about writing—is never to explain why a person is the way they are, just to make a dramatic case for why they are the way they are. So, the moments I have that are backstory, or that go back and forth in time, it's because that backstory or that moment of slippage of time is dramatically relevant to the present moment of the story." Alice Elliott Dark (In the Gloaming) returns with Fellowship Point, a spectacular novel of friendship and family, love and loss, loyalty and legacy. She joins us on the show to talk about her modern 19th-century novel, where she's been for the last few years, what we often take for granted when it comes to women's lives, the craft of writing, her literary influences, what's next for her and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, live from our flagship store at Union Square in New York City. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode):
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
In the Gloaming by Alice Elliott Dark
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Middlemarch by George Eliott
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Isaac Fitzgerald on DIRTBAG, MASSACHUSETTS
19 juli 2022 · 43 min
"I wish I could tell you that I went to a cabin and wrote it perfectly and got it in on time, and it just flowed out of me. But really, the truth of the matter is, it came in fits and starts. And it was written on notepads and half-filled notebooks and phone apps and bar napkins….I grew up in a time of a lot of white men writing, Oh, my sad childhood stories. And so, my whole thing was I'm not going to do that, I'm not going to do that." Isaac Fitzgerald walks through the world with an open heart, and luckily for readers, he takes notes. Dirtbag, Massachusetts is his memoir-in-essays, and it covers plenty of ground, from his unconventional childhood and the librarians who helped change the trajectory of his life, to issues of class and code switching and complicated family dynamics, to the craft of writing and his literary inspirations. He joins us on the show to talk about all that and more, including a few things that didn't make the book's final draft, with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Andre Dubus III, Breece D'J Pancake
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Becky Chambers on A PRAYER FOR THE CROWN-SHY
16 juli 2022 · 42 min
"The primary intent of these books is to take a break... have something you can just curl up with for an afternoon. This is a book that is not going to hurt you. And I think that that's so vital in this day and age, to be able to just pause for a second. I want the book to feel like a cup of tea as well... But I wanted to give you the option of chewing on some of the stuff in there." Lees meer
Hugo Award-winning author Becky Chambers is arguably a master of the space opera, with her complex, hopeful characters and her compelling world-building. Sibling Dex and Mosscap return in A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, the latest book in the Monk and Robot series and Becky joins us on the show to talk about creating a story that incorporates the same comfort as watching your favorite TV show for the 10,000th time, how a good cup of tea can make a bad day better, what's on her TBR list, and much more with guest host, Allyson Gavaletz. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Featured Books (Episode):
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Spear by Nicola Griffith
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Ayoki
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher
This episode of Poured Over is produced and hosted by Allyson Gavaletz and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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T. Kingfisher on WHAT MOVES THE DEAD
14 juli 2022 · 45 min
"When you're writing a children's book, it shares much relation with horror, because it has to be usually very immediate and very visceral and gripping. Because otherwise the kids are gonna get bored. And your window of opportunity to grab the reader is … longer with horror, you can do the slow creeping dread better, but you have to grab the reader, metaphorically, by the throat." Lees meer
Whether you know her as Ursula Vernon or T. Kingfisher, one thing is for sure—this Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author always pulls us in with her captivating fantasies and chilling thrillers—which remains true of her two new books, Nettle & Bone and What Moves the Dead, both releasing this year. Ursula joins us on the show to talk about the fine line between writing children's books and writing horror and her love for gothic stories, the artwork that inspired this stunning cover, mycology, the lesser-known life of Beatrix Potter, what she's working on next and what games she's playing, and much more with guest host, Kat Sarfas. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Featured Books (Episode):
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allen Poe
The White People and Other Weird Stories by Arthur Machen
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
This episode of Poured Over is produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Caleb Gayle on WE REFUSE TO FORGET: A TRUE STORY OF BLACK CREEKS, AMERICAN IDENTITY, AND POWER
12 juli 2022 · 46 min
"But there is joy in advocating for changing of the world for the better, for not allowing the world to tell you who you shall be, but rather reimagining a world in which you can be anything." Lees meer
Award-winning journalist and professor at Northeastern University Caleb Gayle delivers a stunningly original story of America in his first book, We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power. Caleb joins us on the show to talk about growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the aftermath of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, the untold stories of marginalized communities, his hopeful outlook for the future of the country, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Featured Books (Episode):
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power by Caleb Gayle
Featured Books (TBR Topoff):
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Chris Bohjalian on Telling Stories
9 juli 2022 · 47 min
"I decided to give myself the license to fail, and to write across gender, to write in the voice of a midwife's daughter. And if the book isn't working, fine, we'll write it from the perspective of the midwife's husband, from some other male character. But I loved it. It was so emancipating to not be me, to not be (at the time) this 30-something dude. And I loved it. And I think, my best books, my best characters, whether it's first person or third person, are women." Lees meer
Bestselling author and all-around charmer Chris Bohjalian has written 23 books, including our May 2021 B&N Book Club pick Hour of the Witch, The Flight Attendant—now a hit HBO series—and his latest, The Lioness. Chris joins us on the show to talk about his love of bookstores, not writing the same story twice, researching and asking questions and learning stories, letting his characters guide the plot and going back to the first sentence, geography as a character, and so much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with a TBR Topoff with Marc and Becky riffing on their favorite Bohjalian novels.
Featured Books:
Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Ibram X. Kendi on HOW TO RAISE AN ANTIRACIST
7 juli 2022 · 30 min
"And so, too often, kids are raised to have empathy for people who look like them, or worship like them or act like them. And we're also taught to have empathy for people who deserve it. And I wanted to convey the importance of raising our kids to have empathy for people who don't look like them or don't live near them. And for us to not make our empathy almost like a tip in which it's transactional." Lees meer
Award-winning, bestselling author and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Ibram X. Kendi returns with How to Raise an Antiracist, a book that parents, caregivers and teachers won't want to miss. Ibram joins us on the show to talk about his own family's experiences, as well as the intersection of ableism and racism, learning from our children, the importance of joy, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Featured Books:
How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Gabrielle Zevin on TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
5 juli 2022 · 45 min
"I never thought I would be writing something where there would be a lot of intricate feelings around the game engine. But then if you think about something like say, like Sally Rooney's Normal People, who would think that you could feel so much passion over whether like, they go to that dance together, you know?" Gabrielle Zevin's delightful new novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is part love story, part coming of age and entirely unforgettable—which is why it's our July B&N Book Club pick. Gabrielle joins us on the show for a spoiler-free conversation about her latest book, from the parallels between writing novels and video games, to Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson, money and class, creativity, friendship and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (episode)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Brian Broome on PUNCH ME UP TO THE GODS
2 juli 2022 · 45 min
"The most important thing is the reader. I tell my students, Look, if you're writing about yourself, it's great that you want to get your feelings out. You want to maybe, you know, have some catharsis. You want to get the earliest things out. But, if you bore the reader, you're done. You know, and it's important to consider the fact that you're telling a story…this is not a therapy session, you know, you're telling a story. And hopefully that story enlightens, or maybe makes the reader think." Brian Broome's acclaimed memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods is a stunning story of love and loss, secrets and shame, sorrow and joy. He joins us on the show for a wise and often very funny conversation about spelling bees and ballet, addiction and recovery, how his memoir is in conversation with Gwendolyn Brooks and bell hooks and James Baldwin, what his students have taught him and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books (Episode):
Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by bell hooks
Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Unprotected by Billy Porter
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin on MY NAME IS JASON, MINE TOO
30 juni 2022 · 46 min
"For me, and perhaps for both of us, I think that our greatest sort of skill set is audacity. It's so funny the way people sort of negatively connote ego, but I think it's necessary to have some, because one has to have a little bit of, I mean, like, when we were 20 years old, our whole thing was we're gonna rearrange and change the way people think of the book, right?" Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin have been friends for 20 years and that friendship has led to an incredible artistic collaboration in Ain't Burned All the Bright and the now reissued My Name is Jason, Mine Too. Jason and Jason join us on the show to talk about how their collaboration works, how they make art (and when the medium matters), masculinity, the incredible range of artists and media that inspire them both, why paper and pencil is sometimes all that you need, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books:
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
My Name is Jason, Mine Too by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Patrick Radden Keefe on ROGUES: TRUE STORIES OF GRIFTERS, KILLERS, REBELS AND CROOKS
28 juni 2022 · 46 min
"It's so painful to me to feel as though the very notion of objective truth or that journalism could be a vehicle for expressing a kind of objective truth is under assault today." Patrick Radden Keefe is one of the best longform journalists working today, and we'd follow his dogged reporting anywhere, from bestselling books like Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, to his work as a staff writer at The New Yorker, some of which is collected in his latest book, Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks. Patrick joins us on the show to talk about the art of the write-around and why access is overrated, how one story can lead to the next (or not), writing about morally complicated people (and the stories they tell themselves), the importance of media literacy and getting the facts right, his literary influences and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end the episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books:
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesday and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Ava Reid on JUNIPER & THORN
25 juni 2022 · 42 min
"So much classic fantasy exists in this sort of timeless state where, you know, whatever fantasy world it's set in has kind of always existed....I've always been really interested in kind of disrupting that and kind of setting my books during periods of like, enormous change and upheaval, like, I'm really interested in the idea of a fantasy world that has not always been the same, because that's not how the world works, and kind of taking apart these things that are really taken for granted." Lees meer
Ava Reid knows how to do unforgettable fractured fairy tale retellings with fabulous, fierce heroines, hidden magic and family ties based on Hungarian and Jewish folklore. The Wolf and the Woodsman was her debut novel and her latest, Juniper & Thorn, is a gothic horror retelling of the Grimm Brothers' The Juniper-Tree, and she joins us on the show to talk about world-building by starting from the present and working backwards, diversifying the stereotypical Eastern European fantasy setting, killing off characters for the right reason, designing the cover art, her upcoming YA fantasy debut, what she's reading right now, and much more with guest host Kat Sarfas. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Featured Books:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Juniper-Tree by Brothers Grimm
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert
This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas, and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Ed Yong on AN IMMENSE WORLD
23 juni 2022 · 49 min
"I sort of figured that, having been interested in science from as long as I can remember, I would be a PhD student, and make a career for myself and research. And it turned out that the one hitch with that plan was that I am catastrophically bad at doing actual research. I was the world's worst graduate student….So instead, I thought that I would find a different purpose and better joy in talking and writing about science, which is what I did. That nourishes my soul much more; I get to learn about a lot of really cool things." An Immense World is the delightful new book from The Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong, and he joins us on the show to talk about meeting animals on their own terms, the connection between Jane Austen and mice, peacocks and The Bee Gees; how hearing is also a kind of touch and how deer-like creatures transformed into whales; his pandemic puppy and his literary inspirations (including Mary Roach) and much more, with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books:
An Immense World by Ed Yong
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
H Is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.
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Ottessa Moshfegh on LAPVONA
21 juni 2022 · 41 min
"I wanted to write something that was going to take me away, literally and metaphorically, literally take me away from sitting with my feelings about the present moment and take me to another place and this time where you couldn't travel at all. I barely left the neighborhood to play out some imagined incredible drama … I think escapism has its purpose, you know, and so does fiction in general, if we want to live in the biggest world possible, we need everybody's imagination to be there in the ether so we can grab it and follow it and follow ourselves through this journey beyond what we know." Acclaimed author Ottessa Moshfegh (Eileen, My Year of Rest and Relaxation) joins us on the show to take us behind the scenes of Lapvona, her unexpected new novel set in a medieval village. Ottessa riffs on putting so much of what disgusts her into this new novel, writing in the third person, faith, the importance of creating a new topography, what's next for her and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and his guest bookseller, Becky. Lees meer
Featured Books:
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh
McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A complete transcript of this episode is available here.
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Geraldine Brooks on HORSE
18 juni 2022 · 47 min
"You know, Marlon James said something once, he said, if you're going to write about the enslaved, and you're not going to write about the resilience, and the brilliance, and the incredible ability to make a life in a brutal system, a life full of love and some joy, then he said, he's not interested in reading that book." Lees meer
Geraldine Brooks, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, March, is known for her moving historical novels. Her latest, Horse, is a stunning new novel that transports readers between 1850s Kentucky and the present day following a legendary thoroughbred racehorse named Lexington.
Geraldine joins us on the show to talk about the real-world experiences of her unforgettable characters and why we still talk about slavery, growing up on the mindset that books are food, reading poetry before writing as part of her creative process, her literary influences and so much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Featured Books:
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
March by Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Sloane Crosley on CULT CLASSIC
16 juni 2022 · 48 min
"...A part of the point of the book was to not shy away from what we shy away from in real life. And one of the things we shy away from in real life is admitting for exactly how long we are a mess and don't know what we're doing." Lees meer
From her classic essay collections, including I Was Told There Would Be Cake through her last bestselling novel, The Clasp, Sloane Crosley keeps us entertained with her trademark wit, voice and gimlet eye. Her latest, the genre-busting new novel, Cult Classic, is gobs of fun and utterly original, and Sloane joins us on the show to talk about love and relationships and finding our sense of self, the fantasy of consistency, aiming through the wood and at the chopping block, having the same editor (or therapist) for 14 years, her literary influences, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer.
Featured Books:
Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley
The Clasp by Sloane Crosley
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
Pitch Dark by Renata Adler
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Hannah Whitten on FOR THE THRONE
14 juni 2022 · 42 min
"And when you give people the option to kind of live inside the head of a different character … if you're doing your job, and you make it a character that they can see themselves in and they can empathize with, and then you kind of throw these things at them. And then it just changes the way that people think about something." Lees meer
For the Throne is the stunning conclusion to the Wilderwood duology that invokes familiar fairy tales with sharp prose and epic world-building, and it's out now. Hannah joins us on the show to talk about what draws readers to retellings, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings as a gateway to all fantasy, writing fanfiction and what she does with all those candles, The Foxglove King, her dream cast, what she's reading and watching right now and much more with guest host Kat Sarfas.
Featured Books:
For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
For the Throne by Hannah Whitten
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hunter by Kerrigan Byrne
Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas, and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Corban Addison on WASTELANDS: THE TRUE STORY OF FARM COUNTRY ON TRIAL
11 juni 2022 · 39 min
"It was the people really, that convinced me that this was a story not just worth telling, but needed to be told, and needed to be told the right way, in a way that would actually be fun to read and engaging, that would reach broader than an academic audience that would reach deep into the community and say, you know, this is a story about ordinary people trying to get justice in a time and place in America where it's pretty hard to do that…" Lees meer
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial is the true story of an epic battle of power and justice, good and evil, with heroes to remind us that there is virtue in the world. Corban Addison joins us on the show to talk about his nonfiction legal thriller—a book John Grisham says he wished he'd written—centered on the Black and brown residents of eastern North Carolina, two million hogs and the men who run the big business of pork, along with the ways story connects and empowers communities, the hours of personal interviews and research that informed his writing, what next for him, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer.
Featured Books:
A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
City on Fire by Don Winslow
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Leila Mottley on NIGHTCRAWLING
9 juni 2022 · 44 min
"I really wanted to depict the ways that young Black girls are made adults by a culture that sees us as that. And I wanted to show the way that that pressure piles on and what it does to teenage Black girls, who are really often forgotten in our culture." Lees meer
Nightcrawling is a powerful story of family, grief and justice with an unforgettable teenage narrator (and equally unforgettable author), and it's out now. Leila Mottley joins us on the show to talk about writing her first novel at 14, sibling dynamics, the importance of published Black authors, the portrayal of young Black girls in the media, gentrification in Oakland, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer.
Featured Books:
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
There There by Tommy Orange
Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this show is available here.
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Tom Perrotta on TRACY FLICK CAN'T WIN
7 juni 2022 · 42 min
"Tracy never went away. So yes, you can say I'm bringing her back, but the culture kept her in circulation in a way that was really interesting to me, and at times a little alienating. It's like you create a character and, suddenly, she's played brilliantly by Reese Witherspoon, and in a sense, that becomes the public's image of the character — and I love that performance as much as anybody. But then Tracy got picked up by political journalists and by the internet as a kind of shorthand for an overly ambitious woman… In a sense she became a kind of touchstone and a shorthand and sometimes a bit of a stereotype, caricature, whatever." Lees meer
Tracy Flick Can't Win is the first time Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, Mrs. Fletcher) has revisited a character from one of his bestselling novels, and his timing couldn't be better. Tom joins us on the show to talk about comic (and counterintuitive) openers, why he returned to Tracy's orbit, how our own stories change over time, mental gymnastics, why he doesn't see himself as a satirist, adapting his work for the screen and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer.
Featured Books:
Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta
Election by Tom PerrottaPoured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).
A full transcript of this episode is available here.