Gilbert Cruz on The Best Books of the 21st Century

Gilbert Cruz, Books Editor for the New York Times joins us to talk about the 100 Best Books of the 21stCentury list. Cruz talked about the creation of the list, the varied participants, the importance of recent literature and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. 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 (Episode): Filterworld by Kyle Chayka Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Trust by Hernan Diaz Stay True by Hua Hsu Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjeh-Brenyah Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Round House by Louise Erdrich Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu