Poured Over

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore explores technology's impact on human community and self-government, and what the future holds. Jill Lepore joins us to talk about AI, citizenship, personal data, the public sphere, local newspapers and touching grass with cohost Jenna Seery.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
 
Featured Books:
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore
If/Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future by Jill Lepore
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
The Wind and the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Dèy by acclaimed writer Edwidge Danticat is multigenerational story of family, resilience, and hope in the wake of an unexpected tragedy. Edwidge joins us to talk about evolving ideas of the American Dream, the Haitian diaspora, ghost stories and expanding canon with host Miwa Messer.
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:
Dèy by Edwidge Danticat
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
The Art of Death by Edwidge Danticat
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid
Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Triptych by Marie Vieux-Chauvet
Paule Marshall: A Writer's Life by Mary Helen Washington
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Moderation by Elaine Castillo
Windward Heights by Maryse Condé
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Krik? Krack! by Edwidge Danticat

Crocodilopolis by John Manuel Arias is a riveting meditation on legacy, myth and masculinity which follows brothers locked in a power struggle after a dark family secret threatens their once-powerful political dynasty. John joins us to talk about the anxiety of a sophomore novel, sibling rivalry, global mythology, and tropical plants with cohost Isabelle McConville.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Isabelle McConville and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
 
Featured Books:
Crocodilopolis by John Manuel Arias
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Sula by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu
Blindness by José Saramago
The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
 
TBR Featured Books:
Crocodilopolis by John Manuel Arias
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens explores the clash of small-town secrets, unspoken rules and family drama in a Mississippi church community.  Addie joins us to talk about Faulkner, self-belief, and reading Harlequin novels in church with host Miwa Messer.
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:
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Sula by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Complete Stories by Zora Neale Hurston
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties by Pulitzer Prize finalist Ed Park is an experimental portrait of the author, pieced together from his early twenties to now. Ed Park, joined us live from B&N Upper West Side to talk about The Village Voice, reconnecting with his younger self, the art of juxtaposition and more with host Miwa Messer.
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:
Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties by Ed Park
Personal Days by Ed Park
An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories by Ed Park
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
Transparent Things by Vladimir Nabokov
The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe
Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
Amazons by Don DeLillo
White Noise by Don DeLillo
A Visit from the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan
East Goes West by Younghill Kang
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Moderation by Elaine Castillo
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson
AVA by Carol Maso
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Inglorious Columbus by Edward P. Vining
Grass Roof by Younghill Kang
Reader's Block by David Markson