Poured Over

Every Story is a Love Story by Imbolo Mbue is a smart and tender exploration of grief following a man who meets the person responsible for his wife's fatal car accident. Imbolo joins us to talk about faith, community, regret, and forgiveness with cohost Brenda Allison.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang.

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

Every Story is a Love Story by Imbolo Mbue

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundathi Roy

Monkey Boy by Francisco Goldman

The Country of the Blind by Andrew Leland

The Laughter by Sonora Jha

In Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz's Ply, centuries from now, society has adapted to a new way of life as humans mend their relationships to the world…and each other. Hernan joined us live in Philadelphia to talk about subjectivity, selfhood and identity; particle physics; and Charles Dickens with host Miwa Messer.

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

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

Ply by Hernan Diaz

Trust by Hernan Diaz

In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

The Bostonians by Henry James

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Moderation by Elaine Castillo

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

The acclaimed, bestselling author of Pachinko, Min Jin Lee returns with American Hagwon, a modern classic about ambition and love, family and finding home. Min Jin joined us live at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to talk about education and ambition, the 19th century social novel, compressed modernity, and trying to be a good person in an anxious world with host Miwa Messer.

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

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Can You Forgive Her? By Anthony Trollope

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

The Risk of Compressed Modernity by Chang Kyung-Sup

Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

In The French Illusion by John Grisham, a honeymoon unravels into terror as newlyweds Paul and Chelsea get snatched from the French countryside, prompting a puzzling investigation. John joins us to talk about his time in law school, his prolific writing career, and his advocacy for the wrongfully convicted with cohost Chris Gillespie.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Chris Gillespie and mixed by Harry Liang.

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

The French Illusion by John Grisham

The Law Student by John Grisham

Time to Kill by John Grisham

Pelican Brief by John Grisham

The Innocent Man by John Grisham

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham & Jim McCloskey

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author, Ayad Akhtar joins us to talk about craft, the campus novel, autofiction, and his latest book, The Radiance, with host Miwa Messer.

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

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar

Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar

American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar

Junk by Ayad Akhtar

McNeal by Ayad Akhtar

The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar

Poor Folk and Other Early Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fifty-Two Stories by Anton Chekhov

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy

Herzog by Saul Bellow

The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow

Seize the Day by Saul Bellow

Ravelstein by Saul Bellow

The Republic of Plato translated by Allan Bloom

The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom

Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia

Antiquities and Other Stories by Cynthia Ozick

Nature and Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hawthorne's Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

The American Canon by Harold Bloom

The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation by Harold Bloom

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

The Complete Odes and Epodes by Horace

Now out in paperback, The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon casts a needed spotlight on the other heroes of American greatness — ones you may not have heard of. Sharon joins us to talk about raising engaged citizens, local news, and communication as a leadership skill with cohost Chris Gillespie.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Chris Gillespie and mixed by Harry Liang.

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

We are Mighty by Sharon McMahon

Beloved storyteller John Green returns with a tender love story set against the underbelly of the entertainment industry as two actors balance their rising fame with their complicated feelings in Hollywood, Ending. John joins us to talk about the social internet, the attention economy, Andy Warhol, having fun writing, and the world's largest ball of paint with cohost Brenda Allison.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang.

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

Hollywood, Ending by John Green

Looking for Alaska by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Canon by Paige Lewis

Some of Us May Never Die by Robin Wasserman (coming soon)

The visual artists mentioned are Joan Mitchell, Agnes Martin, Kerry James Marshall, and Andy Warhol.

Blending surrealism, satire and philosophical concepts, Booker Prize-longlisted Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman weaves a tale of beginnings following a disgraced professor who moves into a house where the presence of the previous owner lingers. Makenna joins us to talk about narrative form, stand-up comedy, and the dynamism of nature with cohost Jenna Seery.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman

Living the Good Life by Scott & Helen Nearing

All Fours by Miranda July

Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Friere

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

The Moomin Series by Tove Jansson

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid

In Triage, acclaimed author and playwright Claudia Rankine uses prose, poetry and art images to challenge the ways we look at friendship and memory, action and obligation. Claudia joined us live from B&N Upper West Side to talk about narrative, lyric poetry, interiority, and broadening the collective we with host Miwa Messer.

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

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

Triage by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine

Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

The White Card by Claudia Rankine

Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space by Catherine Barnett

Gaza in My Phone by Mazen Kerbaj

William Kentridge: Milestones: At the Heart of Creation by William Kentridge

Anarchitecture After Everything by Jack Halberstam

Black Formations: Poetics of Refusal Within the African Diaspora by Melody Howse

In her latest novel, Hollow Bones, Jodi Picoult uses her powerful voice to craft a moving story about what we do to protect our loved ones when faced with the unexpected. Jodi joins us to talk about public health, private tragedy, motherhood, and gender gaps in healthcare with cohost Brenda Allison.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang.

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books:

Hollow Bones by Jodi Picoult

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves

Under Story by Chloe Benjamin

TBR Featured Books:

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan