Burned By Books Podcast
1) Jonas Hassen Khemiri, "The Sisters" (FSG, 2025)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of short stories and essays. His work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. The Family Clause was a ...Show More
2) Alejandro Puyana, "Freedom Is a Feast" (Little, Brown, 2024)
In 1964, Stanislavo, a zealous young man devoted to his ideals, turns his back on his privilege to join the leftist movement in the jungles of Venezuela. There, as he trains, he meets Emiliana, a nurs...Show More
3) Nell Stevens, "The Original" (Norton, 2025)
Nell Stevens is an award-winning author of memoir and fiction. Her work has been awarded the Somerset Maugham Award, longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted by the BBC National Short Sto...Show More
4) Megan Cummins, "Atomic Hearts" (Ballentine Books, 2025)
Sixteen and living in a small Michigan town, Gertie is harboring a secret heavy enough to fracture her closest friendship. She and Cindy have been bonded since birth by the fact their fathers are addi...Show More
5) Amy Stuber, "Sad Grownups" (Stillhouse Press, 2024)
A neighborhood of picturesque content-creation houses perched on too-green lawns in a California desert; a meandering stampede of unleashed dogs on the streets of San Francisco; a skein of snow geese ...Show More
6) Jesse Browner, "Sing to Me" (Little Brown, 2025)
Jesse Browner is the author of the novels Sing to Me (Little Brown, 2025) The Uncertain Hour and Everything Happens Today, among others, as well as of the memoir How Did I Get Here? He is also the tra...Show More
7) Jennifer Kabat, "Nightshining" (Milkweed, 2025)
Nightshining (Milkweed, 2025) Jennifer Kabat is the author of The Eighth Moon, her writing has also appeared in Frieze, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, and The Believer. She teaches at the school of Visual Ar...Show More
8) Kate Folk, "Sky Daddy: A Novel" (Random House, 2025)
Kate Folk, Sky Daddy (Random House, 2025) Kate Folk is the author of the novel Sky Daddy and the short story collection Out There. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, n+1, t...Show More
9) Kevin Nguyen, "My Documents" (One World, 2025)
Kevin Nguyen, My Documents (One World, 2025) Kevin Nguyen is the author of the novel New Waves, published in 2020. He is the features editor at The Verge, where he publishes award-winning stories abo...Show More
10) Rob Franklin, "Great Black Hope" (Summit Books, 2025)
Rob Franklin, Great Black Hope (Summit Books, 2025) Born and raised in Atlanta, Rob Franklin is a writer of fiction, criticism, and poetry, and a cofounder of Art for Black Lives. A Kimbilio Fiction ...Show More