Date: December 16, 2025
Coming March 6, 2026: the 22nd installment of the Tournament of Books. …Here’s how the Tournament works. Each weekday, starting March 6, two books from the shortlist are read and […]
Date: December 9, 2025
Short Story Collection. Each of these fourteen stories pulses with a rhythm—jazzy or contemplative, staccato or silky, intricate or straightforward—that matches the histories, desires, even the geographies of the characters.
Date: December 3, 2025
Poet April Ossmann on changing perceptions to heal relationships. In this episode, we talk with April Ossmann, poet and independent editor, and author of WE… a collection of poems focused […]
Date: November 19, 2025
Facilitator Spotlight: Hannah Soyer on Identity, Storytelling, and Disability Hannah Soyer, a queer disabled writer and content specialist for the Reeve Foundation, shares how storytelling empowers identity and self-acceptance. Her […]
Date: November 12, 2025
Anger Management He conducts anger management by group chat,and then asks, Mirror, mirror on the wall,who’s the angriest pod-cast host of them all?There’s an angry man in the basement,there’s an […]
Date: November 12, 2025
“The nature of the writer is to observe the world, remaining at least somewhat detached. This poem, ‘Aperture,’ explores notions of vision. What happens when the writer becomes the object, […]
Date: November 12, 2025
In today’s episode, I talk with poet April Ossmann about her new book of poetry titled “We.” It’s full of poems that bridge divides and see the humanity of others. […]
Date: November 12, 2025
I believe the solution to ending our painful political division is a spiritual/emotional one, resolved not by reason, argument or verbal bullying, but by willingness to engage civilly. We can, […]
Date: November 4, 2025
Cai Emmons’ ‘The Bells’ releases posthumously as a documentary on her final months screens.
Date: October 28, 2025
Visual artist and photographer, Louise Wannier, author of the new children’s book TREE SPIRITS AROUND THE WORLD. Louise talks about inspiring children to open their imaginations and connect more meaningfully […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover. Consider the cover image for Deborah A. Lott’s memoir Don’t Go Crazy Without Me (Red Hen Press): a chubby adult male dressed in blue velvet […]
Date: June 3, 2020
Subduction is most of all a story of displacement and dislocation: for Claudia, whose Latina heritage lies over a border and whose sense of family lies beyond the betrayal that […]
Date: June 3, 2020
What happens when the world as you know it changes course? When your seemingly rock-solid life suddenly becomes thin and porous? Such is the case for Claudia, a Latinx anthropologist based […]
Date: June 3, 2020
VERDICT Gorgeously, toughly written, this book dares to be open-ended yet leaves readers with a satisfying sense of how life really unfolds. Cultural clash matters here, but personal differences and […]
Date: June 3, 2020
In the gray autumn of Seattle, Claudia, an anthropology professor, is on edge. Her marriage is over after she found out her husband and sister were having an affair. She’s […]
Date: June 2, 2020
What was it the anthropologist said? Claudia wonders as she types up her notes. “Oh, yes. ‘An observer is under the bed. A participant observer is in it.’ She doubted […]
Date: May 28, 2020
This moving collection of poetry by Felicia Zamora covers a range of topics from love, politics, identity, addiction, and the natural world. On one level, Body of Render explores a […]
Date: May 21, 2020
Kristen Millares Young’s debut novel Subduction takes as its subject a subtle clash of culture in the Pacific Northwest. The novel’s protagonist, Claudia, is an anthropologist fleeing the remains of her marriage […]
Date: March 16, 2020
TBT! In a mid-April review, Midwest Book Review recommended Anne Edelstein’s memoir Lifesaving for Beginners. The recommendation reads, “It is no surprise that Lifesaving for Beginners is an deftly crafted, engagingly presented, intensely […]
Date: March 16, 2020
Camille Dungy shares with us in this manuscript her sharp, clear and honest ear and her unswerving commitment to the voice of life. She is a brave poet writing true […]
