Poured Over

Homebound by Portia Elan is a vibrant, moving story about connection, humanity and the unwavering power of love. Portia joins us to talk about story structure, voice, research, technology, connection and more 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 (Episode):
Homebound by Portia Elan
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Sarah Jessica Parker discusses being a book publisher, a reader, a Booker Prize judge, and how she knew she had to publish The Radiant Dark while SJPLit author Alexandra Oliva takes us behind the scenes of her new novel in a special episode of Poured Over taped at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC 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 (Episode):
The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Milkman by Anna Burns
A Place for Us Fatima Farheen Mirza
I Am You by Victoria Redel
Flesh by David Szalay
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Flashlight by Susan Choi
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
Universality by Natasha Brown
Audition by Katie Kitamura

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie follows an invasion of flesh-eating elves threatening Europe and a special force of monsters recruited to save the day. Joe joins us to talk about fantasy subgenres, characterization, voice, action sequences, The Lord of the Rings and more 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 (Episode):
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote

John of John by Douglas Stuart is a poignant story of a young gay man who moves back to his childhood home. Douglas joins us to talk about the Outer Hebrides, Calvinism, isolation, inheritance, tweed weaving 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 (Episode):
John of John by Douglas Stuart
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Clear by Carys Davies

On the Hippie Trail by Rick Steves tells the origin story of the travel writing superhero. Rick joins us to talk about looking back on his twenties, chronocentrism, travel vs tourism, serendipity and more with cohost Brenda Allison.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.

Featured Books (Episode):
On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer by Rick Steves
Whistler by Ann Patchett
Europe on 5 Dollars a Day by Arthur Frommer