The Minor Books Podcast

Nikhil Krishnan
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Raph Cormack, Nikhil Krishnan and guests discuss minor works of literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 12/01/2025

    Christmas Gate

    Nikhil and Raph are joined by Ben Sims, who has a Substack newsletter called 'Short Stories Once a Month', to discuss Max Beerbohm's A Christmas Garland (1912) and Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate (1986). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min

  2. 11/06/2025

    Rhapsodes

    Raph and Nikhil are joined by David Egan, Koç University, Istanbul, to talk about Robert Bringhurst's A Story As Sharp As a Knife and Ismail Kadare's The File on H (tr. David Bellos). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min

  3. 08/31/2025

    Heaven's Thirst

    Nikhil and Raph are joined by Alistair Henfrey, Head of English at Winchester College, to talk about Mark Doty's Heaven's Coast: A Memoir (1996) and Adam Mars-Jones's The Waters of Thirst (1993). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

  4. 07/31/2025

    Plums and Poppies

    Raph and Nikhil are joined, for the last episode in our series on short story collections, by Henry Oliver, author among other things of the Substack newsletter The Common Reader, to discuss Jane Gardam's 1994 collection Going Into a Dark Room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    57 min

  5. 07/13/2025

    Indus Valley Picnics

    Nikhil and Raph are joined by Supriya Nair, one of the hosts of The Lit Pickers Podcast, to discuss the Pakistani-American writer Daniyal Mueenuddin's 2009 collection, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min

  6. 06/01/2025

    Cat Crystal

    Raph and Nikhil are joined again by Rey Conquer, author of the forthcoming How To Live Together (Fitzcarraldo), to discuss Adalbert Stifter's Motley Stones (1853, tr. Isabel Fargo Cole, NYRB Classics). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    57 min
  7. Crocodile Shops

    04/16/2025

    Crocodile Shops

    Nikhil and Raph are joined by the writer and translator Joshua Billings to talk about Bruno Schulz's 1934 collection Sklepy Cynamonowe, translated from the Polish by Celina Wieniewska in 1963. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
  8. Labour Writes

    03/15/2025

    Labour Writes

    Raph and Nikhil are joined by Lucy Jackson, Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University, to talk about the American writer Tillie Olsen's 1961 collection of short stories, Tell Me a Riddle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 min
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Raph Cormack, Nikhil Krishnan and guests discuss minor works of literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Nikhil Krishnan
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Nikhil Krishnan
  • Show Website
    The Minor Books Podcast