Check This Out with Rachel Barenbaum

Rachel Barenbaum
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From New Hampshire Public Radio and the PEN/ Faulkner Foundation, Check This Out is a literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.

  1. 12/13/2025

    Ep. 154 NHPR: Holiday Episode with Deesha Philyaw and Gwydion Suilebhan

    A conversation with Deesha Philyaw and Gwydion Suilebhan from the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Foundation offering a behind-the-scenes look at what makes a book stand out—and their favorite books you might have missed.

    50 min

  2. 12/06/2025

    Ep. 153 NHPR Janet Rich Edwards: CANTICLE

    Set in 13th-century Bruges, this historical debut centers on a young woman’s search for faith, agency, and love in a convent—and in a world that wants to silence her.

    51 min

  3. 11/29/2025

    Ep. 152 NHPR Eliana Ramage: TO THE MOON AND BACK

    A sweeping, multi-generational story of a young woman obsessed with becoming an astronaut and escaping her complicated past, and the extraordinary lengths she will go to find space for herself.

    51 min

  4. 11/22/2025

    Ep. 151 NHPR Callie Hart: BRIMSTONE

    The romantasy series that began with “Quicksilver” is back with “Brimstone.” Originally self-published, the series has been picked up by a traditional publisher and is back with more drama, higher stakes, and deadly consequences.

    49 min

  5. 11/15/2025

    Ep 150 NHPR Quiara Alegría Hudes: THE WHITE HOT

    Told as a letter from mother to daughter, this luminous novel explores a moment of abandonment that stretches from ten days to ten years—and reshapes a family forever.

    51 min

  6. 11/08/2025

    Ep. 149 NHPR Katie Yee and Vanessa Lillie: Maggie or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar and The Bone Thief

    Maggie: Or A Man and A Woman Walk Into A Bar - When a young mother’s life unravels after a divorce and a cancer diagnosis, she spins her pain into sharp, comedic fiction that’s equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious.   The Bone Thief - When a Native teenager vanishes from her small town, a place with dark ties to an elite historical society, archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate.

    50 min

  7. 11/01/2025

    Ep. 148 NHPR Rickey Fayne: THE DEVIL THREE TIMES

    In this debut novel, eight generations of a Black family in West Tennessee are visited by the Devil himself, each offered a different kind of salvation—while he wonders if redemption is possible for him, too.

    51 min

  8. 10/25/2025

    Ep. 147 NHPR Addie E. Citchens: DOMINION

    A Southern Black family drama unfolds as long-held secrets about a beloved son surface, shaking the foundation of a Mississippi town.

    49 min
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From New Hampshire Public Radio and the PEN/ Faulkner Foundation, Check This Out is a literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.

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