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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.

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Check This Out: Elizabeth Gonzalez James & 'The Bullet Swallower'

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.

49 min
16 NOV

Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'

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?

50 min
9 NOV

Check This Out: Essie Chambers & 'Swift River'

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.

48 min
31 OCT

Check This Out: Morgan Talty & 'Fire Exit'

In a novel about belonging, the shifting nature of memory, and bloodlines, one man’s family is divided like the river that separates him from his childhood home on Maine’s Penobscot Reservation.

50 min
18 OCT

Check This Out: Marjan Kamali & 'The Lion Women of Tehran'

A heartfelt epic about friendship, betrayal, and redemption during three transformative decades in Iran. This surprisingly timely novel serves as a reminder of the fragility of freedom.

50 min
29 JUN

Check This Out: Kaliane Bradley & 'The Ministry of Time'

Kaliane Bradley's debut is a time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy and a testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.

50 min
22 JUN

Check This Out: Andrew Boryga & 'Victim'

In Andrew Boryga's debut "Victim," the protagonist is a hustler from a family of hustlers. He learns to talk about his background in just the right way to open doors to an elite college and writing gigs. The novel asks: What does real diversity look like?

50 min
15 JUN

Check This Out: Zibby Owens & 'Blank'

“Blank” by Zibby Owens follows the story of Pippa Jones, a fortyish former literary sensation who fears she will be a one-hit wonder. Her solution to writer's block is an idea her 12-year old son came up with as a joke.

50 min

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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.