All Episodes

Douglas Stuart on 'John of John'

Revisiting Ian McEwan on 'What We Can Know'

Revisiting 'The Phoebe Variations' with Jane Hamilton

Revisiting Annie Hartnett on 'The Road to Tender Hearts'

John Boyne on his novel 'The Elements'

Revisiting: Poet Kevin Young on his collection, 'Night Watch'

Bar Fridman-Tell on her novel 'Honeysuckle'

Nancy Foley on her debut novel, 'I Am Agatha'

Revisiting: Karen Russell on her novel 'The Antidote'

Saba Sams on her novel 'Gunk'

Tayari Jones on 'Kin'

Grant Ginder on 'So Old, So Young' and Torrey Maldonado on 'Just Right'

Jonathan Miles on 'Eradication'

Naeem Murr on 'Every Exit Brings You Home'

Larissa Pham on her novel 'Discipline'

Angela Tomaski on her novel, 'The Infamous Gilberts'

Belle Burden on her memoir 'Strangers'

Stefan Merrill Block on his memoir 'Homeschooled'

Ben Markovits on 'The Rest of Our Lives'

Patrick Ryan on his novel 'Buckeye'

Virginia Evans on 'The Correspondent'

L.M. Chilton on his satirical mystery, 'Everyone in the Group Chat Dies'

Susan Orlean on her memoir, 'Joyride'

Frode Grytten on 'The Ferryman and His Wife'

Sue Roe on the Six Women Who Shaped Picasso's Life

Quiara Alegria Hudes on 'The White Hot'

Oyinkan Braithwaite on her novel 'Cursed Daughters'

Nicholas Thompson on 'The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports'

Gish Jen on her 'autobiographical' novel, 'Bad Bad Girl'

Megha Majumdar on 'A Guardian and A Thief'

Joy Harjo on her new new collection of essays, "Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age"

Lily King on her new novel, 'Heart the Lover'

Ian McEwan on his new novel, 'What We Can Know'

Jane Hamilton on her new novel, 'The Phoebe Variations'

John Boyne on his new novel, 'The Elements'

Poet Kevin Young on his new collection, 'Night Watch'

Jessica Francis Kane on her new novel, 'Fonseca'

Janice Graham on her new spy novel, 'Red Lily'

Emily Adrian on her new novel, 'Seduction Theory'

Ally Carter on 'The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold'

Stephanie Wambugu on her debut novel, 'Lonely Crowds'

Elif Shafak on her novel, 'There Are Rivers In the Sky'

Kate Russo on her new literary thriller, 'Until Alison'

Ayşegül Savaş on her new story collection, 'Long Distance'

Amy McCulloch on her new novel, 'Runner 13'

Megan Hunter on her new novel, 'Days of Light'

Maria Reva on her novel, 'Endling'

Tash Aw on his new novel, 'The South'

Mary Morris on her new novel, 'The Red House'

Amanda Hess on her book, 'Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age'

Annie Hartnett on her new novel, 'The Road to Tender Hearts'

Jo Harkin on her historical novel, 'The Pretender'

Andrew Porter on his new novel, 'The Imagined Life'

Visiting poet Michael Prior on his two collections 'Model Disciple' and 'Burning Province'

Sarah Kay on her poetry collection, 'A Little Daylight Left'

Ron Currie on his new novel, 'The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne'

Evie Wyld on 'The Echoes'

Karen Russell on her new novel, 'The Antidote'

Nathaniel Ian Miller on his new novel, 'Red Dog Farm'

Sophie Madeline Dess on her debut novel, 'What You Make of Me'

Eric Puchner on his new novel, 'Dream State'

Tova Mirvis on her new novel, 'We Would Never'

Mischa Berlinski on Shakespeare, actors and 'Mona Acts Out'

Lola Kirke on her new book, 'Wild West Village'

Adam Ross on his new novel, 'Playworld'

Adam Haslett on his new novel, 'Mothers and Sons'

Philip Nel on 'How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children’s Classic'

Lily Tuck on her new book, 'The Rest is Memory'

Jane Pek on 'The Rivals' - the second book in her mystery series

Juhea Kim on her sophomore novel, 'City of Night Birds'

Billy Collins on his new poetry collection, 'Water, Water'

Melanie Cheng on her novel 'The Burrow'

Sy Montgomery on her new book, 'What the Chicken Knows'

Holly Wilson on her debut novel, 'Kittentits'

Anna Montague on her debut novel, 'How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?'

Charles Baxter on his new book, 'Blood Test: A Comedy'

Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin on their new book for young readers, 'The Bletchley Riddle'

Sarah Smarsh on her collection of essays, 'Bone of the Bone'

Lauren Elkin on her novel, 'Scaffolding'

Melissa Petro on her book, 'Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification'

Colm Tóibín on his new book of essays, 'On James Baldwin'

Coco Mellors on her new novel, 'Blue Sisters'

Amanda Jones on being 'That Librarian'

Priscilla Morris on her novel, 'Black Butterflies'

Kristopher Jansma on his new novel, 'Our Narrow Hiding Places'

Jessica Anthony on her new novel, 'The Most'

Juliet Grames on her new novel, 'The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia'

Kevin Barry on his new novel, 'The Heart in Winter'

Ben Shattuck on his new story collection, 'The History of Sound'

Hampton Sides on Captain James Cook and 'The Wide Wide Sea'

Liz Moore on her new novel, 'The God of the Woods'

Catherine Newman on her new novel, 'Sandwich'

Claire Lombardo on her sophomore novel, 'Same As It Ever Was'

Nicola Yoon on her new adult novel, 'One of Our Kind'

Sarah Gilmartin on her novel 'Service'

Yael van der Wouden on her debut novel, 'The Safekeep'

Jaclyn Goldis on 'The Main Character'

Nicholson Baker on 'Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art'

Kimberly King Parsons on her debut novel, 'We Were the Universe'

Ferdia Lennon on his debut novel 'Glorious Exploits'

Sarah Braunstein on her novel, 'Bad Animals'

Douglas Westerbeke on 'A Short Walk Through a Wide World'

Nell Freudenberger on her new novel, 'The Limits'

Holly Gramazio on her debut novel, 'The Husbands'

Gina Chung on her short story collection, 'Green Frog'

Scott Guild on his debut novel, 'Plastic'

Brian Turner on 'My Life as a Foreign Country'

Tommy Orange on 'Wandering Stars'

Emily Ballesteros on 'The Cure for Burnout'

Kelly Link on her debut novel, 'The Book of Love'

Margot Livesey on her new novel, 'The Road from Belhaven'

Poet Andrés N. Ordorica on his debut novel, 'How We Named the Stars'

Paul Harding on his novel 'This Other Eden'

Poet Kaveh Akbar on his debut novel, 'Martyr!'

Lea Carpenter on her novel 'Ilium'

Kayla Min Andrews on finishing her mother's novel, 'The Fetishist'

Tara Karr Roberts on her 'Moby-Dick'-inspired novel, 'Wild and Distant Seas'

National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez on 'The Vulnerables'

Author Charlotte Vassell on 'The Other Half'