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Little Atoms

Neil Dennylittleatoms.com
Little Atoms is a weekly show about books, with authors in conversation. Produced and presented by Neil Denny.

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Episodes

Little Atoms 734 - Christine Smallwood's The Life Of The Mind

Padraig chats to Harper's and n+1 critic Christine Smallwood about "adjunct lit", therapists, the end of the world, and her debut novel The Life Of The Mind Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 25, 202232 minEp. 734

Little Atoms 731 - Kelefa Sanneh's Major Labels

The New Yorker's Music critic Kelefa Sanneh talks to Neil about his new book Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 04, 202234 min

Little Atoms 730 - Judy Golding on William Golding

On the last Little Atoms of 2021, Judy Golding talks to Neil about her father William Golding, on the republication by Faber of The Inheritors, Pincher Martin and The Spire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 21, 202128 min

Little Atoms 728 - Tom Chivers' London Clay

Tom Chivers joins Neil to talk about walking the historical strata of London and it's hidden rivers, in his new book London Clay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 07, 202127 min

Little Atoms 725 - Qian Julie Wang's Beautiful Country

Qian Julie Wang talks to Neil about growing up hungry and afraid in America as an undocumented migrant, in her new memoir Beautiful Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 16, 202135 min

Little Atoms 723 - Monisha Rajesh's Around The World In 80 Trains

Monisha Rajesh, author of Around The World in 80 Trains, talks to Neil about how her obsession with train travel began, puts up a hearty defence of Amtrak, and tells of her travels to North Korea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 02, 202139 min

Little Atoms 722 - Mary Roach's Fuzz

Mary Roach talks to Neil about house-breaking bears and monkey muggers in her new book Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 25, 202130 min

Little Atoms 720 - Jackie Higgins' Sentient

Jackie Higgins talks to Neil about what the amazing senses of animals from the cheetah to the octopus can tell us about our own senses in her new book Sentient . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 11, 202133 min

Little Atoms 719 - Sebastian Faulks' Snow Country

Birdsong author Sebastian Faulks talks to Neil about his latest novel Snow Country, set in Austria between the wars, the second novel of an Austrian trilogy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 04, 202128 min

Little Atoms 718 - Geoff Dyer's SEE/SAW

Geoff Dyer talks to Neil about SEE/SAW his latest collection of essays on looking at photographs. Yes we talk about lots of photographs on an audio podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 27, 202131 min

Little Atoms 716 - Lauren Groff's Matrix

Lauren Groff returns to Little Atoms and talks to Neil about her latest novel Matrix, a meticulously recreated historical fiction set in a 12th century abbey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 20, 202128 min

Little Atoms 714 - Joyce Carol Oates' Breathe

Joyce Carol Oates talks to Neil about her latest novel Breathe, "a memoir that has been reimagined as a work of fiction" about grief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 13, 202128 min

Little Atoms 713 - Ece Temelkuran's Together

Ece Temelkuran returns to Little Atoms to tell Padraig about Together: Ten Choices for a Better Now, the sequel to the global hit How To Lose A Country. Ece discusses how criticism replaced action, the role of the exile, and the radical proposition of trust. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 09, 202141 min

Little Atoms 712 - Elif Shafak's The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist whose work has been translated into 54 languages. Shafak's last novel  10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World  was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize. She talks to Neil about her latest novel The Island of Missing Trees , set in Cyprus during the partition and contemporary London, and featuring a rather unusual narrator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 06, 202128 min

Little Atoms 711 - Stephen Walker's Beyond

Stephen Walker talks to Neil about the 60th annversary of Yuri Gagarin's incredible journey into space in his new book Beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 30, 202143 min

Little Atoms 710 - Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz talks to Neil about her latest novel The Plot, which centers around the literary world and the contested ownership of the right to tell a story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 26, 202129 min