It’s our last episode for now, listeners! We’re sorry to be winding down the podcast for the immediate future, but there will still be plenty of great content to enjoy on this podcast, including author readings from our issues and …

Welcome back to the podcast, listeners! After a break, we have another great reading for you from the March issue. Two Cities author Twila Newey reads her piece, “A Note to Hemingway’s Women”, full of anger, warning, and a feminist …

The new spring issue is here, listeners! And it’s full of absolutely incredible writing. In this episode of the podcast, we hear author Kirby Wright read from his work, “The Queen of Moloka’i”. We discuss the influence of history in …

This week we hear Brooke Larson discuss her visually arresting, poetic three-part poem “Tree, a Triptych.” And we talk about the books we’re reading and loving lately with a sports theme, including CONCUSSION by Jeanne Marie Laskas and ALL THE …

This week we’re in conversation with poet Caroline Johnson, whose searing, tender collection THE CAREGIVER follows her own struggle to care for her parents over many years. We discuss the difficult issues of end-of-life care, parent-child relationships, and her choices …

It’s time for one of our favorite episodes of the year, listeners — the Pushcart Prize Nominations! We choose outstanding works from the magazine to be nominated for the prize, and return to discuss what made these pieces special. Thanks …

In Episode 65, Olivia Tandon and I are tackling the complex, haunting stories of the Rust Belt and the American Midwest. We discuss our current reads, Stephen Markley’s OHIO and Celeste Ng’s LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE. And we’re talking about National …

Happy Halloween, listeners! Olivia Tandon and I have saved one of our favorite pieces from the latest FEAR issue of Two Cities Review to read and discuss today. Philip Ivory reads his classic spine-tingling ghost story “Dr. Marsh’s Final House …

This week’s episode is a really special one, listeners. This time, we’re in conversation with each other, and we’re talking about the launch of Blair’s debut novel, THE DEVOTED. Listen as we dive deep into the novel’s journey from very …