The Body and Other Sites of Resistance
Sarah Wang discusses her new novel about reality television, plastic surgery, and mother-daughter dynamics.
Interviews
Mutual Aid Is the Norm
Ray Nayler discusses his new novel and the ‘rhizome of care’ that links us with nonhuman species.
Fighting the Frackers
D. Graham Burnett discusses the politics of attention in our algorithmic age.
Eleni Sikelianos's 'Memory Rehearsal'
Eleni Sikelianos discusses her new book 'Memory Rehearsal,' a hybrid-memoir that tracks the history of her great-grandparents
Poets in the Workplace
Daniel Poppick discusses his new novel, an exploration of ‘the unique absurdism of the gone-but-not-forgotten era of office culture between the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic.’
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From the Archive
Delightful Listening: A Conversation Between Viet Thanh Nguyen with Arundhati Roy
Viet Thanh Nguyen, whose novel “The Sympathizer” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, speaks to novelist Arundhati Roy.
An Intrusive Culture of Care
Aruni Kashyap discusses his new novel, a portrayal of the small pleasures of everyday life that a group of friends tries to safeguard against the violence of the Indian state.
Erin Maglaque's 'Presence'
Historian Erin Maglaque joins the podcast to talk about her new book 'Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body'
Kim Phillips-Fein's 'Country of Lords'
Kim Phillips-Fein joins the podcast to talk about the anti-egalitarian strain in American culture and politics
Rachel Aviv’s 'Strangers to Ourselves'
Listening back to Rachel Aviv's discussion of her first book, how mental illness can defy psychiatric explanation, and more
Two Ships in Touch
Maya C. Popa discusses distance, wonder, and the 19th-century love letters explored in her newest collection.
John Waters Is ‘Officially Good’
The legendary director talks about his films’ induction into the Criterion Collection, comedy as our best weapon against fascism, and ‘going on 81.’
’Pemi Aguda's 'One Leg on Earth'
’Pemi Aguda joins the podcast to talk about about her debut novel, 'One Leg on Earth,' agency, and her background in architecture
A Room Inside Another Room
Alexis Almeida discusses her debut poetry collection ‘Caetano,’ a meditation on family, memory, and language.
