fiction/non/fiction

In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelists Emily Raboteau and Omar El Akkad discuss telling the stories of climate change with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. Raboteau talks about her recent NYRB article, "Climate Signs," and El Akkad shares how his history as a journalist connects to his novel, American War,  

Readings for the Episode:

●   “Climate Signs” by Emily Raboteau, New York Review Daily

●   The Professor's Daughter by Emily Raboteau

●   Searching for Zion by Emily Raboteau

●   American War by Omar El Akkad

●   Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins

●   “Flying Cars Could Save us from Climate Change,” by Jen Christensen, CNN

●   “Climate Change: European Team to drill for ‘oldest’ ice in Antarctica” by Jonathan Amos, BBC

●   “Atchafalaya” by John McPhee, The New Yorker

●   The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

●   “There's so much CO2 in the atmosphere that planting trees can no longer save us,” by Rob Ludacer and Jessica Orwig, Business Insider

●   "Young Readers Ask: The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells," by Geronimo LaValle, Orion Magazine

●   “As We Approach the City,” by Mik Awake, The Common

●   “The Climate Museum Launches Pun-Filled Art Installations Across the City,” by Katie Brown, Medium/NYU Local

●   “‘Hand that’s feeding the world is getting bit.’ Farmers cope with floods, trade war” by Crystal Thomas and Bryan Lowery, The Kansas City Star

●   “Senator uses Star Wars posters, image of Reagan riding a dinosaur to blast Green New Deal,” by Christal Hayes, USA Today

●   Learning to Die in the Anthropocene by Roy Scranton

●   Horizon, by Barry Lopez

●   The End of Nature, by Bill McKibben

Guests:

·    Emily Raboteau

·    Omar El Akkad

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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, editors Brigid Hughes of A Public Space and Jennifer Baker of Electric Literature and the Minorities in Publishing podcast discuss the world of literary journals with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. What gets an editor’s attention? How much editing do they really do? And where was the AWP hotel bar in Portland? This episode, recorded during the annual AWP conference, has the answers.

Readings for the Episode:

·    A Public Space, Issue 27, ed. Brigid Hughes

·    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Bette Howland (forthcoming, APS Books)

·    Everyday People: The Color of Lifeed. Jennifer Baker

·    Acentos Review

·    As/Us

·    Kweli Journal

·    Callaloo

·    Lambda Literary

·    Papercuts

·    Paper Darts

·    Tayo Literary Magazine

·    Tin House

·    Copper Nickel

·    The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling

·    The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

·    Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans

·    The Bible of Dirty Jokes by Eileen Pollack

Guests:

·    Brigid Hughes

·    Jennifer Baker

Live from the FSG Originals Party

 ·   Jessica Eckerstorfer

·   Danielle Evans

·   Lydia Kiesling

·   Dan Kois

·   R.O. Kwon

·   Wayne Miller

·   Eileen Pollack

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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelist Marcus Burke and sportswriter Shira Springer discuss writing and basketball with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. As March Madness rages on, we talk buzzy topics in the sports world: apprenticeship in college basketball, the need for consistent coverage of women athletes, and the importance of women sportswriters.

Readings for the Episode:

·      Team Seven by Marcus Burke

·      Hennessy and Red Lightsby Marcus Burke

·      “7 Ways to Improve Coverage of Women’s Sports,” by Shira Springer, Nieman Reports

·      “WNBA superstar Sue Bird rates sports coverage and finds room for improvement,” by Shira Springer, Nieman Reports

·      "La Liga turning heads with women’s soccer," by Shira Springer, Sports Business Daily

·      “What If the United States Had Boycotted Hitler’s Olympics?” by Shira Springer from Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History, edited by Mike Pesca

·      One on One by Tabitha King

·      The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

·      A Sense of Where You Are, by John McPhee

·      Burn it All Down Podcast

·      The Meaning of Serena Williams by Claudia Rankine

·      Citizen by Claudia Rankine

·      R. R. Knudson, a Writer Whose Subject Was Sports, Dies at 75, The New York Times

·      “Grant Hall,” in A Region Not Home, by James McPherson 

·      The Bad News Bears, dir. Michael Ritchie

·      The Girl Who Wanted to Run the Boston Marathon, by Robert McKay

·      Champion’s Choice, by John R. Tunis

Guests:

·      Marcus Burke

·      Shira Springer 

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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, scholar and author C. Riley Snorton and author T Fleischmann discuss intersections of gender, race, and their own writing with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell.

Readings for the Episode:

·       Nobody is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low by C. Riley Snorton

·       Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

·       Syzygy, Beauty: An Essay by T. Fleischmann

·       Time is the Thing the Body Moves Through by T. Fleischmann

·       Epistemology of the Closet by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

·       Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction by Claire Colebrook

·       Scenes of Subjection by Saidiya V. Hartman

·       Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book by H.J. Spillers

·       Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

·       Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft

·       “What people fail to realize is…” A Twitter Thread by Nikole Hannah-Jones 

·       Felix Gonzalez-Torres

·       Histories of the Transgender Child by Julian Gill-Peterson

·       “Why Does Obama Scold Black Boys?” by Derecka Purnell

Guests:

·       C. Riley Snorton

·       T Fleischmann

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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelist and screenwriter Brit Bennett and television and screenwriter Emily Halpern discuss their projects and craft with hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell. What is it like to adapt your own novel for screen—for Kerry Washington? What’s it like to attend a big awards show? How can screenwriting tips apply to fiction? Which movies deserved Best Picture nominations? The episode discusses these questions and more in the run-up to the Oscars. 

Readings for the Episode:

·    The Mothers, by Brit Bennett

·    Scandal on ABC

·    Movies in Oscar discussion:

o   Roma (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)

o   If Beale Street Could Talk (dir. Barry Jenkins)

o   The Favourite (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

o   A Star is Born (dir. Bradley Cooper)

o   Sorry To Bother You (dir. Boots Riley)

·    Trophy Wife

·    Carol’s Second Act (pilot in progress for CBS, by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins)

·    Book Smart, by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins (forthcoming in May 2019)

·    What Will Win Best Picture? 20 Oscar Voters Spill Their Secrets · .  Scriptnotes podcast

·    Russian Doll (Natasha Lyonne, Netflix) 

Guests: 

·      Brit Bennett

·      Emily Halpern

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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, playwright Rhiana Yazzie and novelist Brandon Hobson and hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell discuss Native literature. In the wake of viral images showing Covington Catholic students disrespecting Native activist Nathan Phillips in Washington, D.C., this episode turns the focus away from the MAGA hats, and back to the Indigenous Peoples March and indigenous writing. 

Readings for the Episode:

·           New Native Theatre

·           Native Woman The Musical

·           A Winter Love (film, forthcoming)

·           Queen Cleopatra and Princess Pocahontas (forthcoming) by Rhiana Yazzie

·           Where the Dead Sit Talking, Desolation of Avenues Untold, and Deep Ellum by Brandon Hobson

·           Mekko and Barking Water by Sterlin Harjo

·           Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

·           Stewart O’Nan

·           Louise Erdrich's Facebook post

·           The Indigenous Peoples March was about a Lot More than the Kids in MAGA Hats, by Tekendra Parmar              

Guests:

·           Rhiana Yazzie

·           Brandon Hobson         

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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelists R.O. Kwon and Paul Harding and hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell discuss writing about God and faith.

Readings for the Episode:

·      The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

·      Tinkers and Enon by Paul Harding

·      Blind Spot and Open City by Teju Cole

·      The Complete Sermons of Ralph Waldo Emerson

·      He Held Radical Light by Christian Wiman

·      Marilynne Robinson

·      Laleh Khadivi

·      Simone Weil

·      Mohsin Hamid

·      Louisa May Alcott

Guests:

·      R.O. Kwon

·      Paul Harding

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In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, publicists and writers Carla Bruce-Eddings and Karen Gu and novelist Tom Barbash talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about how literary publicity works, and how books and authors get attention.

Readings for the Episode:

Part I: ·      Carla Bruce-Eddings on Twitter·      Algonquin Books on Twitter·      Karen Gu on Twitter·      Graywolf Press on Twitter·      Graywolf Press on Instagram·      Oculus by Sally Wen Mao ·      Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi ·      “Gender, Transition, and Ogbanje,” by Akwaeke Emezi, for The Cut·      Severance by Ling Ma ·      Pachinko by Min Jin Lee ·      “Amazing Grace,” by Carla Bruce-Eddings, in Well Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, ed. Glory Edim ·      Carla Bruce-Eddings archive at New York Magazine·      “Seven White Rabbit Candies is Equivalent to One Cup of Milk,” by Karen Gu Part II ·      The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash ·      Lori & Julia’s Book Club Show on 107.1 in Minneapolis. ·      “In 'The Dakota Winters,' Finding A New Story To Tell About John Lennon,” National Public Radio Weekend Edition with Scott Simon·      The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon ·      “Oscar Villalon and Arthur Phillips on Getting That Big, Fat Writer’s Advance,” Fiction/Non/Fiction Episode 24, Season 1

Guests:

Tom Barbash

Carla Bruce-Eddings

Karen Gu

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In this special holiday episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, fiction writer and memoirist Bich Minh Nguyen talks to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about her history as a refugee, recent news about the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies, and her holiday traditions.

Readings for the Episode:

·       Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, Pioneer Girl, and Short Girls by Bich Minh Nguyen

·       “Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees,” by Charles Dunst and Krishnadev Calamur, Atlantic.com Dec. 12, 2018 ·       

·       A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

·       Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

·       "The Dead," by James Joyce

·       “The Netflix Christmas Movie Cinematic Universe Is Here,” Buzzfeed, Alanna Bennett

·       “It’s a Wonderful Life,” film, 1946, dir. Frank Capra

·       “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” short story by Ernest Hemingway.

·      “Santa Clo va a La Cuchilla,” short story by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro

·       “Is Denaturalization the Next Front in the Trump Administration’s War on Immigration?” by Seth Freed Wessler, The New York Times Magazine, Dec. 19, 2018

  Guests: Bich Minh Nguyen

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In this live episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, recorded at the 2018 Miami Book Fair, writers Steve Almond, Mark Leibovich, and Etan Thomas talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the NFL, the NBA, and moral and political questions around professional sports.

Readings for the Episode:

·       Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto by Steve Almond

·       Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times by Mark Leibovich

·       We Matter: Athletes and Activism by Etan Thomas

·       The Art of Taking a Knee: Colin Kaepernick Edition (Season 1, Episode 1, fiction/non/fiction)

Guests:Steve AlmondMark LeibovichEtan Thomas

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