What to Read? Katherine Boo Recommends
Katherine Boo, author of Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2rd place, nonfiction, 2012 Discover Awards), tells us about the three books…
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.
The Participant Reader: Mohsin Hamid
The author of How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia discusses his choice of a narrative point of view.
Who Was Nellie Bly Again? A Guest Post by Matthew Goodman
We knew we had a hit on our hands as soon as the first reads of Matthew Goodman’s Eighty Days…
Imperfect Loves: Ayana Mathis
We’re not the only readers who fell in love with Ayana Mathis’s terrific debut The Twelves Tribes of Hattie –this…
"None of Us Give or Receive a Perfect Love": A Q&A with Ayana Mathis
The Discover Great New Writers selection committee readers aren’t the only ones who fell in love with Ayana Mathis’s terrific…
"Books Opened the Door Onto So Many Topics": A Conversation with Will Schwalbe
“Schwalbe has done something extraordinary: made a personal journey public in the most engaging, funny, and revealing way possible. It…
Junot Díaz is a Card-Carrying Genius
We couldn’t be more thrilled with the news that Junot Díaz was awarded a 2012 “genius grant” from the MacArthur…
On Bookselling: A Guest Post by Emma Straub
“The booksellers I’ve met in the last few years, both here and elsewhere, at stores large and small, are without…
"Write What You Know": An Original Essay by Ayad Akhtar
Ayad Akhtar’s acclaimed debut novel, American Dervish – a Spring 2012 Discover Great New Writers selection – is now available…
Back into the Abyss: Junot Díaz and Francisco Goldman
The authors — and old friends — discuss their writing processes, the countries that are close to their hearts, and…
From the Discover Archives: Héctor Tobar Recommends
Héctor Tobar, author of the critically-acclaimed novel The Barbarian Nurseries — a Holiday 2011 Discover Great New Writers selection now…
What Was Behind That Facade?: A Conversation with Emma Straub
In Emma Straub’s novel Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, a Fall 2012 Discover Great New Writers selection, we watch as…
Faith, Family, Fiction: Ayad Akhtar and Maria Semple in Conversation
Two of our favorite authors, Ayad Akhtar (American Dervish) and Maria Semple (Where’d You Go, Bernadette) speak with one another…
From the Discover Archives: Katie Kitamura Recommends 3 Great Reads
Katie Kitamura, author of Gone to the Forest and the ’09 Discover pick The Longshot recommends 3 great reads.
"Putting Your Faith in Something Unlikely": A Conversation with Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, discusses writing about the things she believes in, ordinary people,…
"Once I Can Hear the Way the Character Speaks": A Q&A with Carol Rifka Brunt
Carol Rifka Brunt, author of Tell The Wolves I’m Home, talks about finding inspiration and her characters’ voices, and wanting…
"You Do It for the Sake of Doing It"
Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, and Alan Heathcock, author of Volt, discuss provocative and “political” writing,…
"Working as an Editor Made Me a Better Writer": A Conversation with Karen Thompson Walker
Karen Thompson Walker, author of Summer ’12 Discover pick The Age of Miracles talks about choosing her book’s title, “the…
The Story vs. the Artifact: Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes, a Fall 2010 Discover Great New Writers selection, talks about…
"Stories Are Far More Important Than Possessions": A Conversation with Edmund de Waal
Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes, a Fall 2010 Discover Great New Writers selection, discusses connecting…