897 Episodes

  1. Danica Roem reclaims her own story in her memoir 'Burn the Page'

    Published: 5/2/2022
  2. Two memoirs that celebrate the influence of Black female artists

    Published: 4/29/2022
  3. A retelling of the Book of Genesis with God as a woman in 'Let There Be Light'

    Published: 4/28/2022
  4. 'How to Be a Woman Online' tackles online harassment against women

    Published: 4/27/2022
  5. A queer, Afrofuturistic world in 'The Memory Librarian'

    Published: 4/26/2022
  6. Mortality, politics, and the power of poetry in Colm Tóibín's 'Vinegar Hill'

    Published: 4/25/2022
  7. For Earth Day, two books rethink how we talk about environmental crises

    Published: 4/22/2022
  8. Humor, horror and social commentary blend in Percival Everett's detective novel

    Published: 4/21/2022
  9. How Delia Ephron let herself fall back in love after heartbreak

    Published: 4/20/2022
  10. Reinventing the epic with 'The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois'

    Published: 4/19/2022
  11. Virtual memories live in 'The Candy House'

    Published: 4/18/2022
  12. A Douglas Stuart double feature! 'Shuggie Bain' and 'Young Mungo'

    Published: 4/15/2022
  13. In 'Lessons in Chemistry,' a chemist is the star of ... a cooking show?

    Published: 4/14/2022
  14. How to manage a disaster in 'The Devil Never Sleeps'

    Published: 4/13/2022
  15. Novel 'Four Treasures of the Sky' focuses on the horrors of the Chinese Exclusion Act

    Published: 4/12/2022
  16. Poet Ocean Vuong shares his grief in 'Time Is A Mother'

    Published: 4/11/2022
  17. Maud Newton and Jhumpa Lahiri interrogate one's place in the world

    Published: 4/8/2022
  18. Viet Thanh Nguyen follows Pulitzer winning 'The Sympathizer' with 'The Committed'

    Published: 4/7/2022
  19. 'The Vortex' investigates how climate catastrophes can have unexpected consequences

    Published: 4/6/2022
  20. 'Booth' looks at the family life of President Lincoln's notorious assassin

    Published: 4/5/2022

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