Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
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Alexis Wright : Praiseworthy
Todays guest is one of the most important and celebrated writers in Australia today, Alexis Wright. We look together at the ways Wright reshapes the novel form to honor Aboriginal notions of story, o
Nam Le : 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
Over the past fifteen years, Nam Le has published a book in each genre. Best known for his phenomenal 2009 debut story collection The Boat, he followed it with his 2019 debut nonfiction On David Malou
Anne de Marcken : It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over
Writer, interdisciplinary artist, editor and publisher Anne de Marcken discusses her new book It Lasts Forever and Then Its Over. Winner of the Novel Prize, and thus published simultaneously in the U
Canisia Lubrin : Code Noir
Award-winning poet Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir.The fifty-nine stories in this collection are each prefaced by one of Louis XIVs fifty-nine Black codes, the rules of con
Diana Khoi Nguyen : Root Fractures
Todays conversation, with poet and multimedia artist Diana Khoi Nguyen, is not to be missed. Both of her books, Ghost Of and Root Fractures, engage with and are shaped by her brothers absence and th
Álvaro Enrigue : You Dreamed of Empires
Todays conversation with lvaro Enrigue about his latest novel, You Dreamed of Empires, translated by Natasha Wimmer, is set during the relatively undocumented first encounter between Moctezuma and H
Mathias Énard : The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild
Is Mathias nards latest book formally influenced by the Buddhist Wheel of Time, by Jewish undertaker guilds, by Franois Rabelaiss scatological and philosophical prose and linguistic wordplay, by C
Tin House Live : Denis Johnson : 2003
We are kicking off the new year with a serious blast from the past. A recording from the very first Tin House writers workshop in the summer of 2003 with novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright
Elle Nash : Deliver Me
Perhaps it is fitting that todays episode, with writer and founding editor of Witch Craft Magazine, Elle Nash, is launched on the shortest day of the year, the longest night of darkness. Nashs new n
Naomi Klein : Doppelganger : Part Two
Todays part two of the conversation with Naomi Klein about Doppelganger highlights the Jewish elements in the book, and looks at them through the lens of Palestine and Israel. We discuss Zionism, Mar