Burned By Books Podcast
1) Erin Somers, "The Ten Year Affair: A Novel" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
When Cora meets Sam at a baby group in their small town, the chemistry between them is undeniable. Both are happily married young parents with two kids, and neither sees themselves as the type to enga...Show More
2) Marcy Dermansky, "Hot Air" (Knopf, 2025)
Marcy Dermansky is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Hurricane Girl, Very Nice, The Red Car, Bad Marie, and Twins. She has received fellowships from McDowell and the Edward F Albee Foundat...Show More
3) Maggie Gram, "The Invention of Design: A Twentieth-Century History" (Basic Books, 2025)
Maggie Gram is a writer, cultural historian, and designer. She leads an experience-design team at Google. She has taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and...Show More
4) Brandon Taylor, "Minor Black Figures" (Riverhead, 2025)
Brandon Taylor is the author of the novels Minor Black Figures (Riverhead, 2025), The Late Americans and Real Life, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Joh...Show More
5) Olivia Wolfgang-Smith, "Mutual Interest" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Olivia Wolfgang-Smith is the author of the novels Mutual Interest (2025) and Glassworks, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, App...Show More
6) Yiming Ma, "These Memories Do Not Belong To Us" (Mariner Books, 2025)
Yiming Ma holds an MBA from Stanford and an MFA from Warren Wilson College, where he was the Carol Houck Smith Scholar. His stories and essays appear in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Florida R...Show More
7) Emily Adrian, "Seduction Theory" (Little, Brown, 2025)
Emily Adrian is the author of Seduction Theory (Little, Brown, 2025) Daughterhood, The Second Season, and Everything Here Is Under Control, as well as two critically acclaimed novels for young adults...Show More
8) 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
9) 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
10) 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