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From New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, Check This Out is a new seasonal literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and... more
FAQs about Check This Out:How many episodes does Check This Out have?The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.
December 27, 2024Check This Out: Alison Espach & 'The Wedding People'"The Wedding People" is a novel about depression, love, one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew....more50minPlay
December 18, 2024Check This Out: Yael van der Wouden & 'The Safekeep'"The Safekeep" is a story of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961; an exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past....more50minPlay
December 13, 2024Check This Out: N.H. Librarians recommend their favorite books of 2024Looking for a good book to read by the fire or to give as a gift? Tune in to hear three NH librarians offer their takes on their favorite books of 2024....more51minPlay
December 06, 2024Check This Out: Cherry Lou Sy & 'Love Can't Feed You'A tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own desires....more50minPlay
November 30, 2024Check This Out: Ferdia Lennon & 'Glorious Exploits'An unlikely production of Euripides in a prison quarry, set in ancient Greece with a contemporary Irish accent. As funny as it is moving, the novel is an ode to the power of art in a time of war and brotherhood in a time of enmity....more50minPlay
November 23, 2024Check This Out: Elizabeth Gonzalez James & 'The Bullet Swallower'Based on (mostly) true events, "The Bullet Swallower" is a magical realism western about violence and revenge, a story that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors, and whether it is possible to be better than our forebears....more49minPlay
November 16, 2024Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'In this historical fantasy novel, a group of passengers set out on the Trans-Siberian Express train, in a journey across a magical landscape known as “the Wastelands.” Can they trust each other even as the rules seem to be changing?...more50minPlay
November 09, 2024Check This Out: Essie Chambers & 'Swift River'This debut novel uncovers the story of three generations of African Americans, whose lives span the 20th century and reveal a much larger picture of prejudice and abandonment, love and devotion....more49minPlay
October 31, 2024Check This Out: Morgan Talty & 'Fire Exit'In a novel about belonging, the shifting nature of memory, and bloodlines, one man’s family is divided like the river that separates him from his childhood home on Maine’s Penobscot Reservation....more50minPlay
October 18, 2024Check This Out: Marjan Kamali & 'The Lion Women of Tehran'A heartfelt epic about friendship, betrayal, and redemption during three transformative decades in Iran. This surprisingly timely novel serves as a reminder of the fragility of freedom....more51minPlay
FAQs about Check This Out:How many episodes does Check This Out have?The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.