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Souvankham Thammavongsa joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Size of Things,” by Samanta Schweblin (translated, from the Spanish, by Megan McDowell), which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Thammavongsa is a Laotian Canadian writer. Her publications include the ... Show More

Edwidge Danticat joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Two Men Arrive in a Village,” by Zadie Smith, which was published in The New Yorker in 2016. Danticat, a MacArthur Fellow and a winner of the Vilcek Prize in Literature, has published six books of fiction, including “Br ... Show More

Yiyun Li joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Piano Tuner’s Wives,” by William Trevor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1995. Li has published eight books of fiction, including the novels “Must I Go” and “Book of Goose,” a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for F ... Show More

Lalami discusses her latest novel, and Jenny Odell talks about "How to Do Nothing." 

Marc Maron discusses “Waiting for the Punch,” and Victor Sebestyen talks about his new biography of Lenin. 

Director Judd Apatow reads an essay about a date that goes very wrong. This is an encore presentation. 

Jamison talks about Offill’s new novel, and Courtney Maum talks about “Before and After the Book Deal.” 

Wesley Morris, Parul Sehgal and Dwight Garner talk about Morrison’s career, and Sarah M. Broom talks about her debut memoir, “The Yellow House.” 

David Haugh and Marshall Harris were joined by Dan Bernstein and Leila Rahimi to discuss what people did on the weekend.  

Money is all things... or it can become all things, says Hernan Diaz, author of Trust. In his new book, readers are presented with narratives on wealth, reality, and a woman set on separating fact from fiction. In an interview on Weekend Edition Saturday, Diaz told Scott Simon th ... Show More

José Saramago tackles the conflict between mind and body in ‘The Centaur’, says Nadine Gordimer 

Jann discusses the concept of soulmates, the validity of Valentine’s Day and her worst date story with Caitlin and Adam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

We know - or we think we know - what friendship is today, but what did it mean to Dante? In this episode, Jacke travels back to the Middle Ages with Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall (On Amistà: Negotiating Friendship in Dante's Italy) to discuss how Dante and his contemporaries und ... Show More