Daniel Mason's North Woods follows one house in the woods of New England as it passes through families (with inhabitants both human and not) and endures natural and human history. Mason joins us to talk about how he connected with his setting, writing a novel covering a large timespan, playing with form and more.

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray chronicles the saga of a family in a post-economic-collapse Ireland. Murray joins us to talk about the cultural background of his novel, writing a dysfunctional family, the influences of Joyce and Faulkner and more.

Listen in as these authors speak separately with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

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

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Featured Books (Episode):

North Woods by Daniel Mason

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Skippy Dies by Paul Murray

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Ulysses by James Joyce

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner