Check This Out!
Check This Out, a partnership between New Hampshire Public Radio and PEN/Faulkner, is a literary podcast in which host and novelist Rachel Barenbaum interviews diverse and emerging authors about their work. Previous guests have included PEN/Faulkner honorees Claire Jimenez, John Vercher, Jonathan Escoffery, Ruben Degollado, and K-Ming Chang, among many others.
You can listen to episodes live, if you live in New Hampshire, on NHPR.org, or wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple, Amazon, and Spotify. Past episodes are also available to stream at any time.
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Sept 25 – Maria Reva
Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry, and as Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail.
Oct 2 – Jennifer Armentrout
“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.
Oct 9 – Ruben Reyes Jr.
A genre-blending, speculative historical novel about revolution and empire, following two families across alternate timelines of the Salvadoran civil war.
Oct 16 – Xenobe Purvis
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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