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Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · 6d

Fiction writer Yiming Ma joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel These Memories Do Not Belong To Us and how terrifyingly easy it can be to live in a society in which censorship is the default.
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Fiction writer Yiming Ma joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new novel These Memories Do Not Belong To Us. Ma, who was born in Shanghai and visited China frequentl…

Caleb Gayle on Black Settlers in the American West

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · 12d

Journalist @calebgayle.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social
to discuss his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State.
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Journalist Caleb Gayle joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, which recounts the efforts of …

Omar El Akkad on Gaza and Western Empire

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · 19d

NEW EPISODE: Writer
Omar El Akkad joins co-hosts
Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his recent nonfiction book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, which was just nominated for the National Book Award.
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Writer Omar El Akkad joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his recent nonfiction book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, which was just nominated for…

Jessica Francis Kane on Penelope Fitzgerald in Mexico

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · 27d

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Jessica Francis Kane joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her new novel Fonseca, which fictionalizes writer Penelope Fitzgerald’s 1952 trip to Mexico.
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#books #podcast
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Novelist Jessica Francis Kane joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new novel Fonseca, which fictionalizes writer Penelope Fitzgerald’s 1952 trip to Mexico. Kane tal…

Patrick Ryan on The Good Heart of Buckeye

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW EPISODE: Fiction writer and editor Patrick Ryan joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss
his debut novel, Buckeye, which traces two generations of two Midwestern families connected by a secret.
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#smalltown #Midwest #books
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Fiction writer and editor Patrick Ryan joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his debut novel, Buckeye, which traces two generations of two Midwestern families connected …

Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs on Great American Road Trip Books

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW EPISODE: New York Times book critics
JenniferSzalai and @alexandrajacobs.bsky.social
join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss their recent article, “Love Jack Kerouac? Read These Great American Road Trip Books Next.”
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New York Times book critics Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss their recent article, “Love Jack Kerouac? Read These Great American…

Nicholas Boggs on James Baldwin’s Love Stories

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 21

NEW EPISODE: Biographer Nicholas Boggs joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his groundbreaking new book, Baldwin: A Love Story, the first major biography of James Baldwin to be published in three decades.
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Biographer Nicholas Boggs joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his groundbreaking new book, Baldwin: A Love Story, the first major biography of James Baldwin to be publ…

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 14

Journalist Will Bardenwerper joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new book, Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America, which explores the consequences of MLB cutting 40 minor league teams.
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Barbara Kingsolver on Supporting Appalachian Women Recovering from Addiction

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 7

NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her support of Higher Ground, a long-term residence for women recovering from addiction.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her support of Higher Ground, a long-term residence for women recovering from ad…

Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 31

NEW EPISODE: Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey #Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows, in conversation with @sugi.bsky.social & Whit Terrell cc @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/vanity-fairs...

Vanity Fair journalist Dan Adler joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his coverage of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex…

Gary Shteyngart on Vera, Faith, and American Authoritarians

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 24

NEW EPISODE! Gary Shteyngart @shteyngart.bsky.social on Vera, or Faith, and American #Authoritarians, in conversation with @sugi.bsky.social and Whit Terrell cc @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new novel, Vera, or Faith, which explores American identity, politics, and immigrant experie…

Canceling ‘The Late Show’ Is Bad News for Late-Night TV, Not for Stephen Colbert

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 21

Is political discourse under attack getting help from mainstream media? Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk with writer Jeff Sharlet about “sanewashing” and “fascism.”

#FNFpodcast #writers #writingcommunity

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What Andrea Gibson Understood About Very Simple Poetry

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 20

Tributes to Poet Andrea Gibson, who died this last week, speak of her simple authenticity. Many writers present very differently. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk with writer Lan Samantha Chang about personas.

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Gibson, who died this week, valued live performance and emotionally resonant language.

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Ed Park on An Oral History of Atlantis

Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 19

Haitian families see cracks in the American Dream. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk with Myriam J.A. Chancy about the perils facing Haitian communities in Trump’s picture of America.

#FNFpodcast #writers

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 17

NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize finalist Ed Park joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his debut short story collection, An Oral History of Atlantis. Park talks about short stories, humor, and New York underwater.
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Ed Park joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his debut short story collection, An Oral History of Atlantis. Park talks about writing the stories…

Raina Lipsitz on Mamdani, DSA, and the Rise of a New Left

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 10

NEW EPISODE: Writer @Raina Lipsitz joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
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#politics #podcast #DemocraticSocialist #news #books #nycprimary
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Writer Raina Lipsitz joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. Lipsitz explains how Mamdani,…

How the Women of ‘Too Much’ Made the Rom-Com Just Right

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 9

Lena Dunham’s new Rom-Com is one is a series of new romance shows and books having a hot moment. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk to romance writers Elle Everhart and Elllie Palmer about the industry.

#FNFpodcast

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Elon Musk Says He Will Start a New Political Party

Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Feud: Part 2. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk to the South African author of Scatterlings, Resoketswe Manenzhe, about Elon Musk’s formative years in South Africa.

#FNFpodcast #writers #writingcommunity

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

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She Wanted to Save the World From A.I. Then the Killings Started.

Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 6

Indirect consequences of Artificial Intelligence open a dark story of those opposed to the technology. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk to writer Vauhini Vara about how AI works.
#FNFpodcast #writers

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/b...

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Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 3

NEW EPISODE: Prize-winning Iranian American author Dina Nayeri joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss the complicated reality of survival on the ground during Israel’s recent bombing of Iran.
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#politics #podcast #iran
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Prize-winning Iranian American author Dina Nayeri joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss the complicated reality of survival on the ground during Israel’s recent bombing …

Ernesto Londoño on the Personal Cost of Minnesota’s Political Killings

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 26

NEW EPISODE: New York Times reporter ‪‪@londonoe.bsky.social‬ joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss the murder of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman, a rare assassination of a local politician in the U.S.
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New York Times reporter Ernesto Londoño joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the recent murder of Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman, which has made headlin…

Amid the Rubble of the Palisades Fire, Taco Trucks Feed the Recovery

Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 25

As LA deals with massive wildfire cleanup, creative entrepreneurs aid the effort. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk about the climate of wildfires with writer Sarah S. Grossman.

#fnfpod #writingcommunity

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/d...

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Extreme Heat Is Exacerbating Air Pollution, a ‘Double Whammy’ for Health

Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 24

Many Americans are caught in a heat wave, but some are suffering more than others. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk about the inequities of climate change with author, Emily Raboteau.

#FNFpod #climatechange #writers

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/c...

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Zelensky Arrives in U.K. After Russian Attack on Kyiv Kills at Least 9

Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Ukraine-Russia War rages on with Zelensky building support where he can find it. Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell talk about the history of this war with journalists Tatyana Ogarkova and Volodymyr Yermolenko.

#FNFpod

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/w...

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