Theater video tags: Miwa Messer

Sarah Chihaya: Bibliophobia

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, book critic and editor Sarah Chihaya talks about her debut memoir, Bibliophobia (Random House, 2025), and the concept of “life ruiner” books that “not only make you want to keep reading, but make you read the world around you differently.”

Poured Over: A. O. Scott

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast with host Miwa Messer, New York Times Book Review critic at large A. O. Scott talks about his journey as a journalist and book critic, reflects on “instant classics” like Percival Everett’s novel James (Doubleday, 2024), and discusses how the experience of discovering books has changed because of the internet.

Poured Over: Abraham Chang

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, author Abraham Chang talks about writing his debut novel, 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers (Flatiron Books, 2024), after working for years in the publishing industry, as well as how Eastern traditions, pop culture, and growing up in the borough of Queens in New York influenced his book.

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Poured Over: Dinaw Mengestu

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Dinaw Mengestu discusses the complex characters with sometimes uncertain motivations in his latest novel, Someone Like Us (Knopf, 2024), the nature of diasporic communities in American cities, and the mainstream expectations placed upon immigrant stories.

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Poured Over: Julia Phillips on Bear

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, author Julia Phillips talks about the ferocity of sister relationships, themes of isolation and survival, and her second novel, Bear (Hogarth, 2024). A profile of Phillips by Renée H. Shea appears in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Poured Over: Edmund White and Garth Greenwell

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Edmund White and Garth Greenwell speak about the reissue of White’s 1978 epistolary novel, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, published by McNally Editions.

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