Episode description

“Shift in perception is a miracle” 

 Death Valley by Melissa Broder is part desert survival story, part examination of grief — mixing the absurd with the profoundly human in a feat of imagination. Broder joins us to talk about the realities of anticipatory grief, incorporating fantastical elements into the real world, including humor in her work and more with guest host, Jenna Seery. 

 This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.              

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Featured Books (Episode): 

Death Valley by Melissa Broder 

The Pisces by Melissa Broder 

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder 

The Babysitter at Rest by Jen George 

Open Throat by Henry Hoke 

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls 

Leave Society by Tao Lin 

The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector 

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey 

Correction by Thomas Bernhard 

Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton