Dec 13
Randa Abdel-Fattah : Discipline
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s new novel Discipline is set in Sydney, Australia in 2021 during Ramadan. Discipline follows two Palestinians there, one in media and one in academia, where each has to confront questions of silence and complicity in their respective fields. As Israel intensif ... Show More
1h 56m
Dec 6
Jazmina Barrera : The Queen of Swords
Jorge Luis Borges called her the “Tolstoy of Mexico” and César Aira the “greatest novelist of the 20th century,” so why is it likely that you haven’t read or even heard of Elena Garro before now? And given that Garro was, like her fantastical stories, not beholden to the truth wh ... Show More
1h 58m
Nov 22
Tin House Live : Caren Beilin : Sea Poison
<p>Caren Beilin’s first appearance on the show, in 2022 to discuss her book Revenge of the Scapegoat, was so unforgettable, and spurred so much enthusiasm and electrifying conversation in its wake, that I couldn’t say “no” to being in conversation with her again, this time live a ... Show More
1h 16m
Aug 2024
Episode 599 - Mirana Comstock
This one's all about legacies: familial, literary, cultural & institutional! Mirana Comstock joins the show to celebrate the publication of The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years with the Legends Who Lunch (Excelsior Editions/SUNY Press), by her grandfather, the late literary lion K ... Show More
1h 20m
Jan 2024
The Binti Trilogy - Binti, Binti: Home, & Binti: The Night Masquerade
<p>Binti is the first of her people to leave her home and receive an education off-planet. In this trilogy of novellas (love that format) we follow Binti, a member of the mysterious Himba people who keep to themselves and preach a strict adherence to culture. This theme of cultur ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 2025
Two Chilling Stories: Woman in the Window & The Boy Upstairs
Something lurked around Reina's house, the figure of a woman, making brief appearances. Will they ever figure out who she was or what she wanted?In our second story, Breanna tells us about the experiences that several people in the house went through, witnesses who they called "t ... Show More
23m 46s
Jan 2024
S9 Ep7: The Victorian Obsession with Shrunken Heads
<div>My very dear guest, we have a rather unique and meaningful story as tonight's offering here in The Reading Room. It will undoubtedly pique your morbid interest, as the subject is "The Victorian Obsession with Shrunken Heads" But more than this, I believe it will touch, or ... Show More
42m 43s
Dec 2024
We Are Always Rising: Andrea Davis Pinkney Spreads Stories and Hope
“I am saying: reader, we're going on a journey. You are going to come with me and then I'm pulling them gently into the narrative. And then again, if I'm doing my job, I'm holding them like a hug.” - Andrea Davis PinkneyAndrea Davis Pinkney stands tall at just 4’11”, but she is s ... Show More
42m 22s
Today’s conversation with Lydia Davis about her latest story collection, Our Strangers, a collection of 143 stories, is a deep dive into storytelling. These stories, whether incredibly short or quite long, often eschew backstory, exposition, context, or psychological interiority. Sometimes they even comment on other stories within the collection, or re ... Show More
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2289638/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p><b>JOANNA BARAKAT IS AN ARTIST, FOUNDER OF THE TATREEZ CIRCLE, AND NOW AUTHOR (</b><a href='https://www.instagram.com/joanna.barakat.art'><b>@joanna.barakat.art< ... Show More
