• Check This Out

  • By: NHPR
  • Podcast

Check This Out

By: NHPR
  • Summary

  • From New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, Check This Out is a new seasonal literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.
    2024
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Episodes
  • Check This Out: Elizabeth Gonzalez James & 'The Bullet Swallower'
    Nov 23 2024
    Based on (mostly) true events, "The Bullet Swallower" is a magical realism western about violence and revenge, a story that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors, and whether it is possible to be better than our forebears.
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    49 mins
  • Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'
    Nov 16 2024
    In this historical fantasy novel, a group of passengers set out on the Trans-Siberian Express train, in a journey across a magical landscape known as “the Wastelands.” Can they trust each other even as the rules seem to be changing?
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Essie Chambers & 'Swift River'
    Nov 9 2024
    This debut novel uncovers the story of three generations of African Americans, whose lives span the 20th century and reveal a much larger picture of prejudice and abandonment, love and devotion.
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    48 mins

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