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Rachel Joyce on MAUREEN: A HAROLD FRY NOVEL Feb 09, 2023

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"Maureen's journey is about going to the dark — and when you go right into the dark, you then find the light and the kind of renewal — and of all of them, this book felt to me a book about rebirth, which felt the right place to end."

Following The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, Rachel Joyce's Maureen completes her series of novels revolving around a cast of characters that you can't help but connect with. Whether you've read them all or are ready to meet Maureen for the first time, you'll find something to love.

Joyce talks with us about the evolution of the world of her incredibly popular series, her writing process, the authors who have shaped her, what she's working on next and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. We end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Jamie.

Featured Books (Episode):

Maureen by Rachel Joyce

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce

Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick

This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes of Poured Over land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and wherever you listen to podcasts.

Stephen Graham Jones on DON'T FEAR THE REAPER Feb 07, 2023

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"For us, horror stories are a long, dark, scary tunnel. You hear sounds you don't want to hear; you see things that are going to stick in your head. But if you keep putting one foot after the other, that speck of light at the end is going to grow a little bit bigger and a little bit bigger and one day you step out into daylight."

Stephen Graham Jones' second installment in the Indian Lake Trilogy, Don't Fear the Reaper, is a big-hearted, blood-soaked romp that rivals the very best slasher films. Jones joins us to talk about creating his fierce and funny characters, the importance of setting, Native American authors in horror, his favorite scary movies and frightening books and more with Poured Over guest host, Jenna Seery.

Featured Books (Episode):

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Shining by Stephen King

Books of Blood by Clive Barker

Experimental Film by Gemma Files

Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Road of Bones by Christopher Golden

Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Carrie by Stephen King

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes of Poured Over land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and wherever you listen to podcasts.

Jessica George on MAAME Feb 02, 2023

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"That was only three years ago, where I read a protagonist I could relate to on a deeper level, for the first time. Subconsciously, it gave me the idea of, oh, maybe you can write how you want to write… it was kind of that seed of — there is space for stories like this, I can use my own voice to tell a story."

Jessica George's debut novel Maame is a coming-of-age story that reminds us that where there is sadness and loss we can find laughter, growth and love. Readers will go on a journey of discovery alongside a main character that is warm, full of heart and surprisingly relatable. George joins us for a sentimental and laughter-filled conversation on how she found her character's voice, processing grief, what she's working on next and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Jamie.

Featured Books (Episode):

Maame by Jessica George

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Writers and Lovers by Lily King

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).

Poured Over Double Shot: Matthew Salesses and Kashana Cauley Jan 31, 2023

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These two novels explore the gulf between expectation and reality, ambition and opportunity, and what happens when life veers off from your carefully planned path. Kashana Cauley and Matthew Salesses each give us indelible casts of characters to follow as they face career upheaval, challenges to their identities and find new love in unexpected ways. Listen to this Double Shot episode with both authors in conversation separately with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Jamie.

Matthew Salesses combines professional basketball, K-dramas, and young love in his novel The Sense of Wonder. Salesses joins us to talk about the effect of Jeremy Lin, the structure of a novel vs. a K-drama, his teaching career and what he's reading now.

In Kashana Cauley's The Survivalists, a young Black lawyer meets a man who thoroughly changes her life through love, coffee and doomsday prepping. Cauley talks with us about how she developed her characters, social class and real estate in New York City, the authors who influenced her and more.

Featured Books (Episode):

The Sense of Wonder by Matthew Salesses

The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley

Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses

The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

No-No Boy by John Okada

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.

Paul Harding on THIS OTHER EDEN Jan 26, 2023

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"I love finishing reading a book and thinking, I feel privileged to have read that, I feel dignified. I feel like that book sort of thought of me as sacred… I want to write the kind of books that I most love to read."

From Paul Harding, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Tinkers, comes This Other Eden — an intricate novel inspired by the fascinating true story of Malaga, an island in Maine that held one of the first integrated communities after the Civil War. Harding joins us to talk about his vibrant cast of characters, studying with Marilynne Robinson, the authors who have influenced him and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Jamie.

Featured Books (Episode):

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

Tinkers by Paul Harding

Enon by Paul Harding

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).

Aleksandar Hemon on THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS Jan 24, 2023

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"At any given time, there's a choir of ideas and nagging voices in my head — chatter that I had to contend with I guess — in the end it ends up with this model of working and living in which everything is happening simultaneously."

Aleksandar Hemon, author of National Book Award Finalist The Lazarus Project, has no shortage of accomplishments, including screenwriting credits on Sense8 and The Matrix: Revolutions. He's back with The World and All That it Holds, an epic love story spanning decades, countries, and political boundaries. Hemon joins us to talk about his multitudinous (and simultaneous) projects, his music career as Cielo Hemon, being a romantic (or not) and more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Jamie.

Featured Books:

The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon

The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.

Poured Over Double Shot: Colm Tóibín and Tom Crewe Jan 21, 2023

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This Double Shot episode features two authors, one familiar and one who soon will be, each tackling similar themes. Through fiction and essays these authors explore social politics and sexual freedom — listen in as both talk separately with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Madyson.

A Guest at the Feast is a collection of essays by Colm Tóibín on topics ranging from his own cancer diagnosis, how reading the diaries of Thomas Mann led to the creation of The Magician (out in paperback now), the works of Marilynne Robinson and more. Tóibín joins us to talk about making private stories public, the lives of Popes and what he's working on next.

Tom Crewe's debut novel, The New Life, shows us two marriages and two affairs that buck tradition and showcases the struggles of lives deemed unconventional in 19th century London. Crewe talks with us about the reality of being gay in the 1800s, social class in Victorian England and the authors that have influenced him.

Featured Books (Episode):

A Guest at the Feast by Colm Tóibín

The Magician by Colm Tóibín

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

Washington Square by Henry James

Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann

The New Life by Tom Crewe

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Homo Irrealis by André Aciman

The Collected Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde

Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.

Grady Hendrix on HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE Jan 19, 2023

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"I wanted to spend time with a family and haunted house books are always about families." Grady Hendrix's bone-chilling novels The Final Girl Support Group and Horrorstör will have fans knocking at the door for his newest book, How to Sell a Haunted House. This new take on a classic horror story forces readers to confront one of the most frightening things there is: family. Hendrix joins us to talk about what makes a home into a haunted house, the horrifying history of puppets and dolls, the differences in writing a novel and writing for the screen, what he's been reading lately and more with Poured Over guest host, Kat Sarfas. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Jamie.

Featured Books:

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom

The Elementals by Michael McDowell

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

The Grip of It by Jac Jemc

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Kat Sarfas and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays).

Poured Over Double Shot: Monica Heisey and Laura Zigman Jan 17, 2023

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Two witty novels, two funny women, and two engaging interviews await you in this Double Shot episode of Poured Over. This pair of authors and their stories of relationships and what happens when they end fit so well together - if you're a fan of one, you're sure to love the other. Listen in as both authors talk separately with host Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Jamie and Madyson.

Schitt's Creek writer Monica Heisey's debut novel REALLY GOOD, ACTUALLY gets at the heart of the Millennial struggle as one twenty-something puts her life together again after divorce. Heisey joins us to talk about how we cope when relationships end, what happens when characters spend their lives online, how to find a voice as a comedic writer and more.

SMALL WORLD by Laura Zigman is a different kind of post-divorce novel that focuses on family in the wake of change. Zigman talks about how we get to know our families as adults, the many manifestations of grief, how to work through writer's block and what she's reading now.

Featured Books (Episode):

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Small World by Laura Zigman

Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Bunny by Mona Awad

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee

Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays with occasional Saturdays.

Margo Price on STRAYS Jan 14, 2023

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"That's one of those epiphanies - I realized if I wanted to be taken seriously, I needed representation. And who better than to do it than a man who doesn't exist, who's really me? Yeah, it was the perfect decoy." You've heard her plucking guitar strings & heartstrings – now Margo Price sits down with guest host Allyson Gavaletz to talk about her new album Strays, songcraft, exorcising demons, trading jokes with Willie Nelson and being honest with herself on this episode of Poured Over. Featured Media Strays [B&N Exclusive, Baby Pink Vinyl] Maybe We'll Make It: A Memoir This episode of Poured Over was produced and hosted by Allyson Gavaletz and mixed by Harry Liang.

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