"One thing I really have learned—or at least for myself about writing—is never to explain why a person is the way they are, just to make a dramatic case for why they are the way they are. So, the moments I have that are backstory, or that go back and forth in time, it's because that backstory or that moment of slippage of time is dramatically relevant to the present moment of the story." Alice Elliott Dark (In the Gloaming) returns with Fellowship Point, a spectacular novel of friendship and family, love and loss, loyalty and legacy. She joins us on the show to talk about her modern 19th-century novel, where she's been for the last few years, what we often take for granted when it comes to women's lives, the craft of writing, her literary influences, what's next for her and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, live from our flagship store at Union Square in New York City. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.

Featured Books (episode):

Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark

In the Gloaming by Alice Elliott Dark

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Middlemarch by George Eliott

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Featured Books (TBR Topoff):

Nightwoods by Charles Frazier

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg

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).

A full transcript of this episode is available here.