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Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who's always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).
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- 5 days ago34 min
Jane Schoenbrun on PUBLIC ACCESS AFTERWORLD
Public Access Afterworld, a harrowing mystery from filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, follows a content moderator who discovers the horrific realm beyond the television static. Jane joins us to talk about creating a mythology, nostalgia, screenwriting and more with cohost Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Authors & Films: Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun I Saw The TV Glow Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Cormac McCarthy Don DeLillo TBR Featured Books: Slade House by David Mitchell Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay
- 1 weeks ago46 min
T. Geronimo Johnson on THE OCCIDENTAL BOOK OF THE DEAD
The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson is a sharp-eyed look at America which follows George Washington Jonson across two decades of his life as a Black cop in Atlanta. T. Geronimo joins us to talk about class, community, belonging, and empathy with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books & Authors: The Occidental Book of the Dead by T. Geronimo Johnson Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson Hold It 'Til It Hurts by T. Geronimo Johnson House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Percival Everett Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Tibetan Book of the Dead Egyptian Book of the Dead Middlemarch by George Eliot Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen James Baldwin There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone
- 1 weeks ago1h 0m
Julie Orringer on LUNA, PHOENIX, QUEEN
Luna, Phoenix, Queen is Julie Orringer's latest, a thoughtful, and thought-provoking novel about the stories we tell about ourselves—and who gets to tells them. Julie joins us to talk about autonomy, memory, patience, and her adopted dog, Hazel with cohost Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books: Luna, Phoenix, Queen by Julie Orringer The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer Dear Life by Alice Munro How to Be Your Dog's Best Friend by The Monks of New Skete The Art of Raising a Puppy by The Monks of New Skete Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Last Days of the Dog-Men: Stories by Bad Watson Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey by Stephen Kuusisto Middlemarch by George Eliot Day for Night by Frederick Reiken Intimacies by Katie Kitamura Foster by Claire Keegan A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
- 1 weeks ago47 min
Yiyun Li on MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT
Music Against the Night is an epic story about love and betrayal, music and power, creativity and lust, that cuts across time and countries, from Yiyun Li, the acclaimed author of The Book of Goose. Yiyun joins us to talk about Hilary Mantel, movement and music, laughter and more with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books: Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li Book of Goose by Yiyun Li Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel Childhood; Boyhood; Youth by Leo Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy King Lear by William Shakespeare Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Collected Stories by William Trevor Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Moderation by Elaine Castillo Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Duel Duet: Selected Stories by Graham Greene East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- 2 weeks ago49 min
Bonnie Garmus on PECK & PECK
After the global sensation Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus delivers a charming and funny novel about a young man searching for his place in the world in Peck & Peck. When he stumbles into a job at an unconventional New York City poetry journal, Batter Gray discovers the transformative power of language and a community he never knew he needed. Bonnie joined us live in New York to talk about her dog Friday, the magic of poetry, and the future of the arts with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books & Poets: Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant Robert Lowell Sylvia Plath Jericho Brown Aimee Nezhukumatathil Jorie Graham Geraldine Brooks Langston Hughes Claudia Rankine Edgar Allen Poe Charles Bukowski A. A. Milne Phillip Larkin
- 2 weeks ago44 min
Elizabeth Kostova on MYSTERY PLAY
When a dark secret comes to light after his mother's death, Jay sets out to uncover the truth in Mystery Play, a haunting tale steeped in Dracula lore from master storyteller, Elizabeth Kostova. Elizabeth joins us to talk about seances, mysticism, the theater and Indiana Jones with cohost Jenna Seery. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books & Authors: Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Dracula by Bram Stoker Henry James Robert Louis Stevenson The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Arthur Conan Doyle Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare King Lear by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
- 2 weeks ago49 min
Jason Rekulak on LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN
In Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak, after agreeing to pet sit, a cartoonist becomes haunted by violent nightmares and starts to find disturbing imagery in her art. Jason joins us to talk about demonic possession, viral videos, collaborating with Doogie Horner and Will Staehle on the book's illustrations, and more with cohost Chris Gillespie. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Chris Gillespie and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books: Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak Smile by Raina Telgemeier Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series The Adventures of Invisible Boy by Doogie Horner Bleak House by Charles Dickens The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters Cujo by Stephen King Dead Zone by Stephen King Christine by Stephen King Carrie by Stephen King The Shining by Stephen King The Green Mile by Stephen King Jaws by Peter Benchley Pet Semetary by Stephen King Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix
- 2 weeks ago1h 4m
Anand Giridharadas on MAN IN THE MIRROR
Man in the Mirror by Anand Giridharadas is a meticulously reported, empathetic and urgent account of America at a crossroads, where mental health and systemic failure intersect. Anand joins us to talk about his reporting process, compassion, civic engagement, and the questions of democracy with host Miwa Messer. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books: Man in the Mirror by Anand Giridharadas The Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas Evicted by Matthew Desmond There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder Invisible Child by Andrew Elliott
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