Bonnie Jo Campbell's The Waters follows the interwoven and often complicated lives of a family of women inhabiting an island in a Michigan swamp. Campbell joins us to talk about the challenges in crafting this novel, matching her unique characters with an equally intriguing setting, small-town storytelling and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books (Episode):

The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Once Upon a River by Bonnie Jo Campbell

American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell

King Lear by William Shakespeare

The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute

Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver