• Ep 150 NHPR Quiara Alegría Hudes: THE WHITE HOT
    Nov 15 2025

    Told as a letter from mother to daughter, this luminous novel explores a moment of abandonment that stretches from ten days to ten years—and reshapes a family forever.

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    51 mins
  • Ep. 149 NHPR Katie Yee and Vanessa Lillie: Maggie or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar and The Bone Thief
    Nov 8 2025

    Maggie: Or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar - When a young mother’s life unravels after a divorce and a cancer diagnosis, she spins her pain into sharp, comedic fiction that’s equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious.

    The Bone Thief - When a Native teenager vanishes from her small town, a place with dark ties to an elite historical society, archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate.

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    50 mins
  • Ep. 148 NHPR Rickey Fayne: THE DEVIL THREE TIMES
    Nov 1 2025

    In this debut novel, eight generations of a Black family in West Tennessee are visited by the Devil himself, each offered a different kind of salvation—while he wonders if redemption is possible for him, too.

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    51 mins
  • Ep. 147 NHPR Addie E. Citchens: DOMINION
    Oct 25 2025

    A Southern Black family drama unfolds as long-held secrets about a beloved son surface, shaking the foundation of a Mississippi town.

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    49 mins
  • Ep. 146 NHPR Xenobe Purvis: THE HOUNDING
    Oct 18 2025

    Based on a strange historical anecdote, this novel tells the story of five sisters in18th-century England whose neighbors become convinced they’re turning into dogs.

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    50 mins
  • Ep. 145 NHPR Ruben Reyes and Zibby Ownens: ARCHIVE OF UNKOWN UNIVERSES
    Oct 11 2025

    With Ruben we see a genre-blending, speculative historical novel about revolution and empire, following two families across alternate timelines of the Salvadoran civil war. Plus, a look into the publishing world with Zibby Owens.

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    50 mins
  • Ep. 144 NHPR Jennifer L. Armentrout: THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE
    Oct 4 2025

    “Romantasy” titles from indie presses, along with their enormous fan bases on BookTok, are reshaping the publishing landscape. Jennifer Armentrout is proving that the next giant of fiction doesn’t need a giant publisher. This is the sixth book in the Blood and Ash series- all published by a tiny Indie press that is taking publishing by storm.

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    45 mins
  • Ep. 143 NHPR Maria Reva: ENDLING
    Sep 27 2025

    Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey involving kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail.

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    50 mins