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Narrative Edge

Narrative Edge

By: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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 Narrative Edge from Georgia Public Broadcasting highlights books with Georgia connections. Hosted by two of your favorite public radio book nerds who also happen to be your hosts of All Things Considered on GPB radio, Peter Biello and Orlando Montoya . In this podcast Peter and Orlando will introduce you to authors, their writings, and the insights behind their stories mixed with their own thoughts and ideas on just what gives these works the Narrative Edge.All Rights Reserved. © 2025 Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
Episodes
  • The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick: Sex and the Supreme Court in the Age of AIDS by Martin Padgett

    The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick: Sex and the Supreme Court in the Age of AIDS by Martin Padgett
    Jul 29 2025

    Michael Hardwick had no idea that when a police officer stood at his bedroom door on August 3, 1982, he would become a face of the gay rights movement. Arrested for sodomy, Hardwick sued for his right to privacy to the Supreme Court, even as the HIV/AIDS epidemic began to take its toll. When he lost, his era-defining case inspired a half-million people to protest, and the ruling became one of the most reviled of its time.
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    21 mins
  • The Fantasies of Future Things By Doug Jones

    The Fantasies of Future Things By Doug Jones
    Jul 15 2025

    The Fantasies of Future Things is set in the rapidly changing landscape of Atlanta on the eve of the 1996 Olympics. On this episode of Narrative Edge, Peter and Orlando delve into this powerful debut novel, which tells the story of two Black men working for a real estate development firm that is responsible for uprooting the very communities they call home.
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    22 mins
  • Seven Islands of the Ocmulgee: River Stories by Gordon Johnston

    Seven Islands of the Ocmulgee: River Stories by Gordon Johnston
    Jul 1 2025

    In this episode, Peter Biello and Orlando Montoya dive into Seven Islands of the Ocmulgee: River Stories by Gordon Johnston, a haunting collection of short stories set along Georgia’s Ocmulgee River. With themes of mystery, class, and transformation, the river becomes both setting and character in tales that linger long after they end.
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    23 mins
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