Poured Over

After the global sensation Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus delivers a charming and funny novel about a young man searching for his place in the world in Peck & Peck. When he stumbles into a job at an unconventional New York City poetry journal, Batter Gray discovers the transformative power of language and a community he never knew he needed. Bonnie joined us live in New York to talk about her dog Friday, the magic of poetry, and the future of the arts 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 & Poets:
Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant
Robert Lowell
Sylvia Plath
Jericho Brown
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Jorie Graham
Geraldine Brooks
Langston Hughes
Claudia Rankine
Edgar Allen Poe
Charles Bukowski
A. A. Milne
Phillip Larkin

When a dark secret comes to light after his mother's death, Jay sets out to uncover the truth in Mystery Play, a haunting tale steeped in Dracula lore from master storyteller, Elizabeth Kostova. Elizabeth joins us to talk about seances, mysticism, the theater and Indiana Jones 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 & Authors:
Mystery Play by Elizabeth Kostova
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Henry James
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Arthur Conan Doyle
Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

In Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak, after agreeing to pet sit, a cartoonist becomes haunted by violent nightmares and starts to find disturbing imagery in her art. Jason joins us to talk about demonic possession, viral videos, collaborating with Doogie Horner and Will Staehle on the book's illustrations, and more with cohost Chris Gillespie.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Chris Gillespie and mixed by Harry Liang.
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
 
Featured Books:
Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix Series
The Adventures of Invisible Boy by Doogie Horner
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
Cujo by Stephen King
Dead Zone by Stephen King
Christine by Stephen King
Carrie by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
The Green Mile by Stephen King
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Pet Semetary by Stephen King
Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix

Man in the Mirror by Anand Giridharadas is a meticulously reported, empathetic and urgent account of America at a crossroads, where mental health and systemic failure intersect. Anand joins us to talk about his reporting process, compassion, civic engagement, and the questions of democracy 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:
Man in the Mirror by Anand Giridharadas
The Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas
Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone
Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
Invisible Child by Andrew Elliott

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw is a scandalous, messy satire about a pageant for the wives of megachurch pastors, following Scharisse Freeman, a church "First Lady" who gets caught between childhood secrets and her public image. Deesha joined us live at B&N City Center in Philadelphia to talk about creating humor on the page, obedience, faith, and her skepticism of forgiveness 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:
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Phillyaw
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Prophets by Robert Jones