Soraya Nadia McDonald reads her essay "Wandering In Search of Wakanda", with an original Storybound remix featuring Marco Pavé. Soraya Nadia McDonald is the culture critic for The Undefeated. She writes about pop culture, fashion, the arts, and literature. She is the 2020 winner of the George Jean Nathan prize for dramatic criticism, a 2020 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism, and the runner-up for the 2019 Vernon Jarrett Medal for outstanding reporting on black life. Marco Pavé has for...
Feb 02, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Jason Diamond reads an excerpt from "The Sprawl", with an original Storybound remix featuring Xander Marsden. Jason Diamond is the founder of the website Vol. 1 Brooklyn and has worked as Editor and Writer at outlets such as Flavorwire, Men's Journal, Rolling Stone, and Insidehook.com. He's written for the New York Times, Outside, The Paris Review, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, The Wall Street journal, New Republic, Vice, Tablet, The Awl, Pitchfork, McSweeney's, NPR, and more. His memoir Searching f...
Jan 26, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Noé Álvarez reads an excerpt from "Spirit Run", with an original Storybound remix featuring composition by Daniel Frankhuizen of Locator. Noé Álvarez was born to Mexican immigrant parents and raised working-class in Yakima, Washington, which are both topics covered in detail in his book, which – btw – is a debut. And some debut it was, garnering a Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly and an Editor's Choice Selection from the New York Times. This is one of those rare stories that skirt the edge o...
Jan 19, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Paul Lisicky reads an excerpt from "Later: My Life at the Edge of the World", with an original Storybound remix featuring Jordan Warmack. Paul is the author of five books. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts, and he teaches in the MFA program at Rutgers University-Camden. Paul's work has been praised everywhere from the New York Times and Slate to the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe. Jordan Warmack is a member of Whiston and Wa...
Jan 12, 2021•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Charlie Jane Anders reads an excerpt from "Victories Greater Than Death", with an original Storybound remix featuring Oginalii. Charlie Jane Anders is the author of Victories Greater Than Death, the first book in a new young-adult trilogy coming in April 2021, along with the forthcoming short story collection Even Greater Mistakes. Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. Her fiction and journalism have appeared in the New York Times, the Washingt...
Jan 05, 2021•42 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Andy Greenberg reads an excerpt from his book "Sandworm", with an original Storybound remix featuring Locator. Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for WIRED, covering security, privacy, and information freedom. He’s the author of the book Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers. The book and excerpts from it published in WIRED won a Gerald Loeb Award for International Reporting, a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and ...
Dec 22, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Madhuri Vijay reads an excerpt from her novel "The Far Field", featuring French Cassettes. Madhuri Vijay was born and raised in Bangalore. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Non-Required Reading, Narrative Magazine, and Elle India, among many other publications. The Far Field is her first book, and won the second JCB Prize for Literature, India’s most prestigious literary award. French Cassettes are a harmony driven power pop r...
Dec 15, 2020•26 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Junot Díaz reads his short story "Aurora", featuring Y La Bamba. Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize,...
Dec 08, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by Jude Brewer and with original music composed for each episode, the podcast features the voices of today’s top literary icons reading their essays, poems, and fiction. Season 3 will begin publishing next Tuesday, December 8th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 01, 2020•1 min
Ruth Reichl reads a selection of Letters to the Editor from Thanksgiving issues of Gourmet Magazine, with sound design and music composition from Tim Karplus. Ruth Reichl was Editor in Chief of Gourmet Magazine from 1999 to 2009. Before that she was the restaurant critic of both The New York Times (1993-1999) and the Los Angeles Times (1984-1993), where she was also named food editor. As co-owner of The Swallow Restaurant from 1974 to 1977, she played a part in the culinary revolution that took ...
Nov 17, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Stephanie Danler reads a second excerpt from her memoir "Stray" (the first can be found here) with sound design and music composition from Tim Karplus. Stephanie Danler is a novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter. Her memoir, Stray, was just published by Knopf on May 5, 2020. She is the author of the international bestseller, Sweetbitter, and the creator and executive producer of the Sweetbitter series on Starz. Her work has appeared in the Sewanee Review, Vogue, The New York Times Book Review, a...
Oct 13, 2020•24 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Phil Klay reads an excerpt from his forthcoming novel "Missionaries," with sound design and music composition from Tim Karplus. Phil Klay is a veteran of the US Marine Corps. His short story collection Redeployment won the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. He currently teaches fiction at Fairfield University. Tim Karplus has been working as a professional musical jack-of...
Sep 15, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Yaa Gyasi reads an excerpt from her novel "Transcendent Kingdom," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tim Karplus. Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Her debut novel, Homegoing, was awarded the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” honors for 2016, and the American Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn. Tim Karplus has b...
Sep 08, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Amanda Stern reads an excerpt from her memoir "Little Panic," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Hayley Lynn. Amanda Stern is the host of the Bookable podcast and the founder of the popular literary event series Happy Ending at Joe’s Pub in New York City, Stern is also a writer. Happy Ending ran for more than a decade and was selected as New York’s best book-related series by New York Magazine, The Village Voice and NY Press. The New York Times Magazine singled out Stern...
Sep 01, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Megan Angelo reads an excerpt from "Followers," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tim Karplus. Megan Angelo has written about television, film, women and pop culture, and motherhood for publications including The New York Times (where she helped launch city comedy coverage), Glamour (where she was a contributing editor and wrote a column on women and television), Elle, The Wall Street Journal, Marie Claire, and Slate. She is a native of Quakertown, Pennsylvania and a gr...
Aug 25, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Garth Greenwell reads an excerpt from "Cleanness," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library. Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year, was longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a finalist for several other prizes, including the PEN/Faulkner Award and the LA Times Book Prize. His new book of fiction, Cleanness, was published in January and has been named a Be...
Aug 18, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Chloe Caldwell reads her essay "The Opposite of Light," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tony Kieraldo. Chloe Caldwell is the author of three books: novella Women and essay collections I'll Tell You in Person and Legs Get Led Astray. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Vice, Salon, New York Magazine, Nylon, and half a dozen anthologies including Goodbye To All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving NYC. Her essay "Hungry Ghost" was named notabl...
Aug 11, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Sopan Deb reads an excerpt from "Missed Translations," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Jordan Holloman. Sopan Deb is a basketball writer and a contributor to the culture section for The New York Times. Before joining The Times, he covered Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign for CBS News. He is also a New York-city based comedian. He is the author of the memoir "Missed Translations: Meeting The Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me." Jordan Holloman, musician and indepen...
Aug 04, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Lauren Groff reads her short story "Flower Hunters" from her short story collection Florida, with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Naomi LaViolette. Lauren Groff is the author of five books. Her latest, Florida, a story collection, and Fates and Furies, a novel, were both finalists for the National Book Award. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and was named one of Granta‘s Best of Young American Novelists. She lives in Gainesville, Florida. Naomi LaViolette’s original music has r...
Jul 28, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Tommy Orange reads his short story "Copperopolis" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Ryan Dann of Holland Patent Public Library. Tommy Orange is faculty at the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA program. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland, California, and currently lives in Angels Camp, California. He’s the author of There There, which was one of the finalists for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize, a winner...
Jul 21, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Stephanie Danler reads an excerpt from her memoir "Stray" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Naomi LaViolette. Stephanie Danler is a novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter. Her memoir, Stray, was just published by Knopf on May 5, 2020. She is the author of the international bestseller, Sweetbitter, and the creator and executive producer of the Sweetbitter series on Starz. Her work has appeared in the Sewanee Review, Vogue, The New York Times Book Review, and The Paris Rev...
Jul 14, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Ten new stories, one new season. Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by Jude Brewer and with original music composed for each episode, the podcast features the voices of today’s top literary icons reading their essays, poems, and fiction. Season 2 will begin publishing next Tuesday, July 14th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 07, 2020•1 min
Mitchell S. Jackson reads an excerpt from his memoir "Survival Math" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Zane featuring Stephanie Strange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Caitlin Doughty reads an excerpt from her novel "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Stephanie Strange. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 11, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Diksha Basu reads an excerpt from her novel "The Windfall" with sound design by Jude Brewer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 04, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Nathan Hill reads an excerpt from his novel "The Nix" with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tim Karplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 28, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Adelle Waldman reads an excerpt from her novel "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Haley Johnsen and Tim Karplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 21, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Jack Rhysider reads his story "The Old Church of St. Louis" with original composition from Shane Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 14, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Kim Barnes reads an excerpt from her memoir "Hungry for the World," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Pretty Gritty and Bryan Daste. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 07, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Matt Gallagher reads his short story "Know Your Enemy: Celebrating 50 Years of the Forever War" from the 2016 fiction issue from Wired magazine, with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Colin Hogan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 17, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 3
