Chris Bohjalian is known for his character-driven thrillers — some based in history, but most come straight from his imagination. He’s a writer fascinated by people and the choices they make. Bringing us from the New England woods of the 1600s to an African safari in the 60s, a deadly morning-after to modern-day Vietnam, Chris […]
Still planning your Summer Reading? No matter where you’re headed—beach, backyard, mountains or your living room—we have a few fabulous suggestions for you, starting with the authors joining us on Poured Over this July. Brian Broome’s prize-winning memoir, Punch Me Up to the Gods, is not to be missed (and Kiese Laymon loves this book […]
“I just had so many questions about adoption and motherhood. And you know, you’ve read my books, you know that I’m very interested in what makes a family and how does our family influence us. And that’s all part of this book, too.” From her sparkling debut, The Weird Sisters, to her latest, Any Other […]
“I decided to give myself the license to fail, and to write across gender, to write in the voice of a midwife’s daughter. And if the book isn’t working, fine, we’ll write it from the perspective of the midwife’s husband, from some other male character. But I loved it. It was so emancipating to not […]
If you’ve suddenly been hit with the urge to put on your boldest and flashiest outfit while letting your quiet confidence speak volumes, or you’ve designated yourself as the leader of a project at work—with no objections, because you’ve got this—and may you possess all the courage of Percy Jackson. Oh, and maybe your hair […]