Poured Over: Aria Aber on Good Girl
Good Girl by Aria Aber is a coming-of-age novel featuring the daughter of Afghan immigrants set against the backdrop of Berlin’s…
Poured Over: The B&N Podcast
This is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences, ideas, stories and characters. Follow us here or on your favorite podcast app for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and more from big name authors and those on their way to being big names. We’re on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; and you can find video editions of most episodes on our YouTube channel.
Poured Over: Nnedi Okorafor on Death of the Author
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor is a novel about what it means to be a storyteller, told in…
Poured Over: Alafair Burke on The Note
The Note by Alafair Burke is a page-turning thriller that springs into action when one small decision leads a group of…
Poured Over: Tananarive Due on The Reformatory
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due is sharp, tragic, heartbreaking and terrifying, taking readers back in time to an all-boys school in the…
Poured Over: Emma Knight on The Life Cycle of The Common Octopus
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight is a sharp coming-of-age journey set in a glamorous world of high…
Poured Over: A.O. Scott on Criticism and Voice
A.O. Scott, critic at the New York Times Book Review joins us to talk about what he looks for in…
Poured Over: Adam Moss on The Work of Art
The Work of Art is a series of in-depth conversations from artists, poets, musicians and more on how they make their art…
Poured Over: Lili Anolik on Didion & Babitz
Lili Anolik’s Didion and Babitz takes a look at the fraught relationship between two iconic women of literature. Anolik joins us to…
Poured Over: Brandon Sanderson on Wind and Truth
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson is the fifth book in the best-selling Stormlight Archive — a story of honor, battles…
Poured Over: Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson on James
Author James Everett and director Cord Jefferson sat down live to discuss Book of the Year, James. Everett and Jefferson join…
Poured Over: Nate DiMeo on The Memory Palace
The Memory Palace by Nate DiMeo presents a collection of stories from history highlighting both quiet and significant moments with a…
Poured Over: Matty Matheson on Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Soups, Salads, Sandwiches by Matty Matheson showcases the culinary star’s favorite meals with flavorful twists on kitchen basics. Matheson joins us…
Poured Over: Karl Ove Knausgaard on The Third Realm
The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgaard continues the story of a world where change is set in motion when a…
Poured Over: Nayantara Roy on The Magnificent Ruins
The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy is a saga of secrets, lies and family ties when a prodigal daughter returns to…
Poured Over: Charles Yu on Interior Chinatown
National Book Award winner Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu captures family, legacy, immigration and assimilation in a personal and comedic novel. Yu joins…
Poured Over: Peter Ames Carlin on The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin chronicles the band’s precipitous rise to fame, shining a comprehensive…
Poured Over: Robin Wall Kimmerer on The Serviceberry
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer reflects with care and compassion on humanity’s reciprocal relationship with nature and the economy. Kimmerer joins…
Poured Over: Ruth Dickey of the National Book Foundation
Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, joins us to talk about her connection to the organization, the…
Poured Over: Malcolm Gladwell on Revenge of the Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell’s Revenge of the Tipping Point revisits the author’s previous subject matter with a modern lens, dissecting what it is that…
Poured Over: Glory Edim on Gather Me
Gather Me by Glory Edim is a memoir that centers on reading, writing and the way literature can shape us…