Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast

Jacob Silverman on the Tech Bros’ Gilded Rage Journalist Jacob Silverman joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley. He discusses the right…

NEW EPISODE:Journalist @jacobsilverman.com joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley which discusses the rightward ideological shift among tech giants and their companies
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Kathryn Nuernberger on Mutualism, Climate, and Finding Family at the End of the World Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mu…

NEW EPISODE:
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Countries are gathering for climate negotiations. Here's where the U.S. stands Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes.

Today is the 1st day of COP30, or the UN’s annual climate summit. Revisit Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social as they talk with @emilyraboteau.bsky.social as they discuss climate change & her book, Lessons for Survival; Mothering Against “the Apocalypse.”

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‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control

A federal judge permanently barred Trump from sending the National Guard to Portland. Revisit Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social in an interview with @rubenwrites.bsky.social as they discuss mass deportation efforts & his book There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven.
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Trump administration announces settlement with UVA | CNN Politics The Trump administration has reached a settlement with the University of Virginia, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice, marking the first public university to reach a deal with...

The University of Virginia is the first public university to strike a deal with the Trump administration. Revisit Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social and their conversation with @meghanor.bsky.social on her NYT piece “The End of the University as We Know It”.

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Ottilie Mulzet on Translating Hungarian Nobel Prize Winner László Krasznahorkai Translator Ottilie Mulzet joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work. Mulzet, who was born…

NEW EPISODE: Translator @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work.
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Max Delsohn on the Importance of Portraying Trans Men Fiction writer Max Delsohn joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his debut short story collection, Crawl, which features a number of transmasculine characters. Delsohn a…

Fiction writer @maxdelsohn.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his debut short story collection, Crawl, intracommunity violence, and the Trump administration’s vicious assault on transgender Americans.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows 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…

Revisit @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to hear their conversation with Vanity Fair’s journalist, Dan Adler, as they further breakdown his coverage highlighting new details on Maxwell’s involvement with the island and Epstein. lithub.com/vanity-fairs...

Alissa Quart on the Dangerous Lie of American Bootstrap Narratives Nonfiction writer Alissa Quart joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss how the American obsession with “bootstrap narratives” led to the publishing industry championing Hi…

The USDA announced that food benefits, used by more than 41 million Americans, would not be issued on November 1st due to the ongoing shutdown. Listen to Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social w/ @lisquar3d.bsky.social on the danger of the bootstrap narrative. lithub.com/alissa-quart...

Ben Passmore on the History of Black Resistance Graphic novelist Ben Passmore joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. Passmore explains the…

NEW EPISODE: Graphic novelist @benpassmore.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new graphic novel Black Arms To Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Jelani Cobb on Race, Politics, and the ‘Trayvon Martin Generation’ New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new essay collection, Three or More is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025. Cobb re…

New Yorker staff writer @jelaniya.bsky.social
joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new essay collection, Three or More is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/jelani-cobb-...

Elliot Ackerman and Anuradha Bhagwati on the Role of the Military in American Politics In this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, novelist Elliot Ackerman and memoirist Anuradha Bhagwati talk about how the military has—and hasn’t—changed during Donald Trump’s time as Command…

The relationship between American politics and the military is long and varied. Revisit Episode 21 from Season 2, where our hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social talk with novelist and Marine Elliot Ackerman and memoirist and Marine Anuradha Bhagwati! lithub.com/elliot-acker...

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on the History of Powerful Black Women Challenging the Establishment Fiction writer Maurice Carlos Ruffin joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about the literary and historical antecedents to Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who has file…

Black women have a long history of challenging the establishments of power. Revisit this conversation of our hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell with author @mauricenow.bsky.social about his book, The American Daughters. Links in bio. lithub.com/maurice-carl... #fnfpod #lithubpod #writers

Edwidge Danticat on Haiti and Trump, Past and Present Acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Edwidge Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her new essay collection We’re Alone. Danticat reflects on misinformation an…

Acclaimed fiction writer and essayist Edwidge Danticat joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her new essay collection We’re Alone. Danticat reflects on misinformation and xenophobic rhetoric in Trump's second term.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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No back pay for federal workers? Listen as @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell discuss Trump's strategy to thwart Congressional spending with ProPublica reporter @mtredden.bsky.social en.bsky.social. Links in bio. lithub.com/molly-redden... #FNFpod #writingcommunity #lithub #writers #lithubpod

Censoring the American Canon: Farah Jasmine Griffin on Book Bans Targeting Black Writers Acclaimed writer and professor Farah Jasmine Griffin joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about why book bans so often target the power of Black literature. Griffin discus…

It’s Banned Book Week! A great opportunity to revisit a conversation between hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
with Farah Jasmine Griffin about censoring the American canon and targeting Black writers. lithub.com/censoring-th... #writingcommunity #writers #FNFpod #lithub #lithubpod

Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship 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…

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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Caleb Gayle on Black Settlers in the American West 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 …

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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/caleb-gayle-...

Omar El Akkad on Gaza and Western Empire 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…

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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social

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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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
#books #podcast
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Patrick Ryan on The Good Heart of Buckeye 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 …

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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
#smalltown #Midwest #books
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Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs on Great American Road Trip Books 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…

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.”
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/jennifer-sza...

Nicholas Boggs on James Baldwin’s Love Stories 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…

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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/nicholas-bog...

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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/will-bardenw...

Barbara Kingsolver on Supporting Appalachian Women Recovering from Addiction 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…

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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/barbara-king...

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...

Gary Shteyngart on Vera, Faith, and American Authoritarians 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…

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

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

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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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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