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Interviews with writer of creative fiction and non-fiction about their new books.

Ruth Vanita, "A Slight Angle" (India Viking, 2024)

November 14, 2024

Ruth Vanita

Ruth Vanita
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

A Slight Angle (India Viking: 2024), the newest novel from Indian writer Ruth Vanita, is a story about love. Difficult love–her six characters are gro…

Benjamin Resnick, "Next Stop" (Simon and Schuster, 2024)

November 12, 2024

Next Stop

Benjamin Resnick
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Today I talked to Benjamin Resnick about his novel Next Stop (Simon and Schuster, 2024) A hole opens in the universe and suddenly consumes a building…

Aspire to Magic but End Up With Madness: Adam Ehrlich Sachs speaks with Sunny Yudkoff (JP)

November 7, 2024

Aspire to Magic but End Up With Madness

Adam Ehrlich Sachs
Hosted by Novel Dialogue

What happens when a novelist wants “nonsense and joy” but his characters are destined for a Central European sanatorium? How does the abecedarian form…

Megan Staffel, "The Causative Factor" (Regal House, 2024)

November 5, 2024

The Causative Factor

Megan Staffel
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Sparks fly in Megan Staffel’s novel, The Causative Factor (Regal House 2024), when Rachel is randomly paired with Rubiat, a fellow student, for an ass…

Tim Ecott, "Sigmundur and the Golden Ring" (Sprotin, 2024)

November 3, 2024

Sigmundur and the Golden Ring

Tim Ecott
Hosted by Crawford Gribben

Tim Ecott, who is well-known as a journalist and writer, has, in his last several books, turned his attention to the history and culture of the Faroe …

Bonnie Jo Campbell, "The Waters: A Novel" (Norton, 2024)

October 29, 2024

The Waters: A Novel

Bonnie Jo Campbell
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Hermine “Herself” Zook is a healer who rules over an island in a swampy area of Michigan known as “The Waters.” People, including her three grown daug…

Kristopher Jansma, "Our Narrow Hiding Places" (Ecco, 2024), "Revisionaries" (Quirk Books, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Our Narrow Hiding Places (Ecco, 2024), Revisionaries (Quirk Books, 2024)

Kristopher Jansma
Hosted by Chris Holmes

Kristopher grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from C…

To Gallop Again and Again into Failure: Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi (SW)

October 25, 2024

To Gallop Again and Again into Failure: Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi

Kaveh Akbar and Pardis Dabashi
Hosted by Novel Dialogue

An unforgettable horse gallops through the pages of Kaveh Akbar’s best-selling novel Martyr! (2024), but it is a figurative hastening toward failure a…

Nat Reeve, "Earlyfate" (Cipher Press, 2024)

October 24, 2024

Earlyfate

Nat Reeve
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Pip Property is no stranger to disaster. Typically, they’ve got a plan, but now Dallyangle’s favourite dandy & part-time criminal is locked in the mor…

S. L. Wisenberg, "The Adventures of Cancer Bitch" (Tortoise Books, 2024)

October 22, 2024

The Adventures of Cancer Bitch

S. L. Wisenberg
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

It’s 2006, and S. L. Wisenberg is teaching writing at one of Chicago’s great universities and living a busy life when she’s gobsmacked by a sudden can…

CK Westbrook, "The Aftermath" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2024)

October 20, 2024

The Aftermath

CK Westbrook
Hosted by Karyne Messina

It's been almost five years since a wrathful extraterrestrial called Rex perpetrated a mass shooting that caused hundreds of millions of people to tak…

Jennifer Lang, "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces & Poses" (Vine Leaves Press, 2024)

October 17, 2024

Landed

Jennifer Lang
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

In her latest memoir, Landed: A Yogi's Memoir of Places & Poses (2024, Vine Leaves Press), American-born Jennifer traces her journey-both on and off …

Cynthia Reeves, "The Last Whaler" (Regal House, 2024)

October 15, 2024

The Last Whaler

Cynthia Reeves
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

After losing their young son in a tragic accident, Astrid, a Norwegian botanist specializing in Arctic flora, decides to join her husband, Tor, at a r…

P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes

October 14, 2024

P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes

P. Djèlí Clark
Hosted by UConn PopCast

P. Djèlí Clark is the author of acclaimed and award-winning speculative fiction, including the much-loved Dead Djinn universe books, Ring Shout, and h…

V. Domontovych, "On Shaky Ground" (CEU Press, 2024)

October 14, 2024

On Shaky Ground

V. Domontovych
Hosted by CEU Press

In this episode host, Andrea Talabér (CEU Press) sits down with Oksana Rosenblum, the translator of the new addition to our CEU Press Classics series,…

Anna Rasche, "The Stone Witch of Florence" (Park Row, 2024)

October 13, 2024

The Stone Witch of Florence

Anna Rasche
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan

Anna Rasche's debut novel A Stone Witch of Florence (2024, Park Row) brings reader on a historical fiction adventure to Florence. As the Black Plague …

Ursula Villarreal-Moura, "Like Happiness" (Celadon Books, 2024)

October 11, 2024

Like Happiness

Ursula Villarreal-Moura
Hosted by Chris Holmes

Ursula Villarreal-Moura is the author of Math for the Self-Crippling (2022), selected by Zinzi Clemmons as the Gold Line Press fiction contest winner,…

Rohit Manchanda, "The Enclave: A Sharp and Hilarious Portrait of Womanhood in India" (Fourth Estate, 2024)

October 10, 2024

The Enclave

Rohit Manchanda
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda’s novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She’s newly single, her net worth s…

Dirt Bag Novels: Lydia Kiesling in Conversation with Megan Ward (CH)

October 10, 2024

Dirt Bag Novels

Lydia Kiesling and Megan Ward
Hosted by Novel Dialogue

What does it mean for a novel to think globally? And can a global novel concerned with the macro movements of capital and labor still exist in the for…

Esinam Bediako, "Blood on the Brain" (Red Hen Press, 2024)

October 8, 2024

Blood on the Brain

Esinam Bediako
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb

Today I talked to Esinam Bediako about here novel Blood on the Brain (Red Hen Press, 2024). When Akosua, a 24-year-old grad student in New York, fall…