This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode)Knife by Salman RushdieMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieQuichotte by Salman RushdieVictory City by Salman RushdieJoseph Anton by Salman RushdieThe Heaven and Earth Grocery […]
The Fetishist by Katherine Min is a darkly humorous and provocative novel of love, revenge, and identity published after her death in 2019. Min’s daughter, Kayla Min Andrews, joins us to talk about her mother’s work, taking on the task of finishing and publishing this novel, creating and continuing a legacy and more with host, […]
Either/Or, Elif Batuman’s sequel to Pulitzer Prize finalist The Idiot, is the humorous and relatable ongoing story of a Turkish American surviving college in the 90s. Batuman joins us to talk about her approach to writing fiction, how her own life influences her work, analyzing literature and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. […]
[Drumroll, please!] The National Book Foundation has announced the five finalists in each of five categories for the 2022 National Book Awards, and there is some GREAT reading on this list, starting with two of our own Discover Prize finalists. Winners will be announced live in New York on November 16, 2022, but until then… […]
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” So begins a book about one of the most unhappy marriages in all of literature. The classics are rife with unions so disturbed and disturbing that it’s a wonder any student who makes it through high school English ever gets hitched. […]
