12: #Neveragain and the Hope of Student Protest
In mid-February, seventeen students and adults were shot at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In the aftermath, surviving students have led a powerful campaign for gun control...
8 Maalis 20181h 8min
11: Annihilation, Adaptation: What's It Really Like to Have Your Book Made Into a Movie
In episode 11, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell offer a very Lit Hub take on Academy Awards season. What’s the process really like when a book becomes a movie? How does Hollywood decide which b...
22 Helmi 20181h 7min
10: Anti-Semitism and the Authoritarian Playbook
Recently, the Polish Senate passed a law that would criminalize any suggestions of complicity by the Polish state in Nazi war crimes, including the Holocaust. In episode 10, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Wh...
8 Helmi 20181h 6min
9: A Whole New Kind of Obscenity?
For episode 9, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell talk with Ron Charles, editor of The Washington Post Book World and Shanthi Sekaran, author of Lucky Boy, about obscenity, literature, and immigr...
25 Tammi 20181h 6min
8: Literary Color Lines
In episode 8, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell talk about sensitivity reads, cross-cultural writing, and the lack of diversity in the publishing industry with author and COO of We Need Diverse ...
11 Tammi 20181h 6min
7: How Has Literary Life Changed in 20 Years? With Curtis Sittenfeld and Oscar Villalon
In search of some nostalgic holiday cheer, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell climb in the way back machine and time travel to 1997 with critic and editor Oscar Villalon and novelist Curtis Sitte...
28 Joulu 20171h 5min
6: All the President's Shakespeare
In episode 6, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell talk political betrayal past and present with novelist Jess Walter and poet Kiki Petrosino. Jess Walter once interviewed an ailing Mark Felt, aka ...
14 Joulu 20171h 8min
5: The New Culture Wars: Higher Ed Edition
The novelists V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell discuss how cuts to higher education are threatening the fabric of American life. Guests John Freeman and Sarah Smarsh talk about the higher cost ...
30 Marras 20171h 7min
