Poured Over: Rufi Thorpe on Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Margo’s Got Money Troubles features Rufi Thorpe’s wry voice and sharp insights in a rollicking ride about the hustle and…
Jenna Seery
Jenna Seery has been a Barnes & Noble Bookseller since 2017 and a reader since birth. After getting a degree in English Literature (and a couple other degrees for good measure) she joined the BN team to be around books as much as she could. She’s most at home among the fiction shelves (literary fiction to the front, please!) but she spends a fair share of her time with poetry and history books as well.
Poured Over: KB Brookins on Pretty
In Pretty, poet KB Brookins shines a light on their life with a remarkable queer coming-of-age memoir. Brookins joined us to talk about…
Poured Over: Griffin Dunne on The Friday Afternoon Club
Griffin Dunne’s long-awaited memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club is a stunning portrait of the 70s and 80s, and the stubborn persistence of…
Poured Over: Nicola Yoon on One of Our Kind
Nicola Yoon’s adult fiction debut, One of Our Kind, is a novel of class, privilege and how things may not always…
Poured Over: Morgan Talty on Fire Exit
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty centers around a man grappling with a secret and trying to care for the few loved…
Poured Over: Essie Chambers on Swift River
Swift River by Essie Chambers is a story of family mythology and coming-of-age that you won’t want to put down. Chambers…
Poured Over: Sarah Perry on Enlightenment
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry is a story of lost love, longing and scientific pursuit with transportive and transformative prose. Perry joins…
Poured Over: Nina St. Pierre on Love is a Burning Thing
In her memoir, Love is a Burning Thing, Nina St. Pierre explores her complicated relationship with her mother, mental health, poverty and…
Poured Over: Kevin Kwan on Lies and Weddings
Travel across the globe in Kevin Kwan’s Lies and Weddings, a funny, lavish novel about love and secrets. Kwan joins…
Poured Over: Garth Risk Hallberg on The Second Coming
The Second Coming by Garth Risk Hallberg is a story of fathers and daughters and the lengths we’d go to for the…
Poured Over: Hari Kunzru on Blue Ruin
Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru is a novel about how we live now, the price we pay for the choices we make,…
Poured Over: R.O. Kwon on Exhibit
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon weaves together themes of identity, artistry, and desire in a powerful story of women searching for…
Poured Over: Sebastian Junger on In My Time of Dying
In My Time of Dying, Sebastian Junger’s deeply personal memoir, follows the author’s own harrowing journey to answer his questions…
Poured Over: Carvell Wallace on Another Word for Love
Carvell Wallace’s memoir Another Word for Love recounts life growing up Black and queer with beautifully crafted, emotional storytelling. Wallace…
Poured Over: Aimee Nezhukumatathil on Bite by Bite
Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Bite by Bite offers a rich look at our connection to food and the ways it shapes our traditions, cultures and…
Poured Over: Miranda July on All Fours
All Fours by Miranda July is a funny and unflinching look at one woman’s existence as she faces changes in…
Poured Over: Zoë Schlanger on The Light Eaters
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger is a journey through the complexity and beauty in the world of plants. Schlanger joins us…
Poured Over: Rachel Khong on Real Americans
Rachel Khong’s Real Americans is a family story that weaves class and race with forgiveness and identity in a story with rich…
Poured Over: Colm Tóibín on Long Island
Colm Tóibín’s Long Island features family secrets and complicated choices in the sequel to his beloved novel, Brooklyn. Tóibín joins us to talk about choosing…
Poured Over: Genevieve Kingston on Did I Ever Tell You
Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston is an intimate and compelling story of grief and love, family, and the reverberating…