Almost Anything Can Grow Lighter: Heather Harpham in Conversation with Bret Anthony Johnston
The author of the new memoir “Happiness” talks with Bret Anthony Johnston about her journey along a “crooked little road…
Miwa Messer
Miwa Messer is the creator, executive producer and host of our podcast, Poured Over, a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and character — readers who ask a lot of questions, just like her, a career bookseller who’s always reading.
Lisa Ko on Immigration and the Inspiration for “The Leavers”
The author of than award-winning debut talks with Kaitlyn Greenidge about how we see (and don’t see) the immigrant body.
Emma Cline on the Dark Side of Girl Power
The author of the bestseller “The Girls” talks with editor Kate Medina on her gripping novel and writing about “a…
Overcoming Invisibility: Mychal Denzel Smith in Conversation with Melissa Harris-Perry
“If we’re actually invested in this idea of freedom, if we’re actually invested in a politics of liberation, how are…
“You Want to Know You Have a Home”: Eddie Huang on “Double Cup Love”
The author of the new memoir “Double Cup Love” talks about courtship, travel, cooking in China and the paradox of…
Everybody is an Outsider: Helen Simonson on “The Summer Before the War”
The author of “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” talks about her new novel with award-winning writer Elizabeth Strout.
Announcing the Discover Great New Writers Spring 2016 Selections
Ask any of our booksellers what they love most about their jobs, and you’ll hear a chorus of voices say,…
Our Favorite Books from the 1990s
Bookended by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Y2K scare, defined by social change and economic prosperity, the…
The Strangest Sort of Surgery: Mira Jacob
We love Mira Jacob’s debut novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing. Dazzling and irreverent, witty and profound, this is a family…
The Golden Bowl Cracks: Laura McBride and Eleanor Brown
What’s the line between a writer’s life and a writer’s truth? Two novelists pursue the “$64,000 question.”
Jo Baker & Evie Wyld: Stepping Out of the Story
Two novelists on the obsessions that give birth to fiction.
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: Kenneth Calhoun and Lysley Tenorio in Conversation
Kenneth Calhoun (Black Moon) and Lysley Tenorio (Monstress) of the Discover Great New Writers program on B-movies, heritage, and finales.
Invisible Country: Phil Klay and Bill Cheng
Two of today’s best young fiction writers on soldier’s stories, the Delta blues, and walking the tightrope between terror and…
Pioneer Girl: Bich Minh Nguyen & Wendy McClure
Two writers capture the legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder in works of memoir and fiction.
The Kind of Thing You Still Write About: A Guest Post by Wiley Cash
We’re still raving about Wiley Cash’s incredibly assured, character-driven debut novel, A Land More Kind Than Home — and we’re giving…
Wiley Cash: the Kind of Thing You Still Write About: A Guest Post
Novelist Wiley Cash uncovers the notebook of his seventh-grade self: “Halloween Hallow,” Die Hard, and an apprentice writer’s first work…
It Seemed Like a Dark and Tragic Tale: A Conversation with Hannah Kent
“I was living in a small Icelandic town where I felt conspicuous as a foreignor, yet also socially isolated. I…
"By writing, I was able to tolerate remembering": A Conversation with Sonali Deraniyagala
Sonali Deraniyagala’s memoir, Wave, a Spring ’13 selection, is an impossible book to forget. She discusses how what started as…
Regret is a Waste of Time: A Conversation with Domenica Ruta
Domenica Ruta, author of the critically-acclaimed memoir With or Without You (Spring ’13) discusses the books that inspired her as…
What to Read? Cheryl Strayed Recommends
Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild (nonfiction winner, 2012 Discover Awards), tells us about the books she’s frequently recommending these days,…