On this month’s episode of the The Deerfield Public Library Podcast, I have the great honor to share a conversation with Richard Powers about his new novel Playground (W. W. Norton & Co., 2024). Playground gives us a masterful braided narrative of lives devoted to oceanography, computer programming, art, and literature, taking us from French… Read More
Podcast: Amina Gautier, author of The Best That You Can Do: Stories
On this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are honored to welcome author Amina Gautier to discuss her recently published collection of short stories, The Best That You Can Do (Soft Skull Press, 2024). Amina Gautier is one of the most prolific and acclaimed short story writers working today, and she lives in… Read More
Podcast: Dr. Jennifer MacLure’s new book on Victorian Fiction, The Feeling of Letting Die
This month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, it is my great pleasure to present a conversation with Dr. Jennifer MacLure, Assistant Professor of English at Kent State University, on the occasion of the publication of her book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction (Ohio State University Press, 2023). (Our conversation is… Read More
Podcast: Poet Robert Pinsky on his memoir Jersey Breaks
This month on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, it is my great honor to present a conversation I had with the poet Robert Pinsky on the occasion of the publication of his new memoir, Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet (W. W. Norton & Company, 2022). Robert Pinsky is a celebrated poet, essayist, translator, teacher,… Read More
