Check This Out with Rachel Barenbaum Rachel Barenbaum
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From New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, 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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Ep 118 NHPR Zibby Owens: BLANK
“Blank” by Zibby Owens follows the story of P***a 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.
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Ep 117 NHPR Jennifer Croft: THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA REY
"The Extinction of Irena Rey" is the new novel by famed translator Jennifer Croft. Eight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, Gray Eminence. But within days of their arrival, Irena disappears without a trace.
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Ep 116 NHPR Inci Atrek: HOLIDAY COUNTRY
Inci Atrek brings readers a seductive and lyrical debut novel. “Holiday Country" follows a young woman’s dangerous summer romance during an idyllic vacation on the Aegean coast.
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Ep 115 NHPR Aube Rey Lescure: RIVER EAST RIVER WEST
Set against the backdrop of developing modern China, Aube Rey Lescure’s “River East, River West” is part coming-of-age tale and part family and social drama. It follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world.
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Ep. 114 NHPR Leo Vardiashvili: HARD BY A GREAT FOREST
Rachel Barenbaum interviews author Leo Vardiashvili’s about his debut novel“Hard By a Great Forest” – a story about a man who fled the Republic of Georgia in the midst of war. It’s a unique tale about the traumas of war and the lasting effects of those families driven not just to survive, but to remember, love and live.
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Ep. 113 NHPR Maura Cheeks: ACTS OF FORGIVENESS
Rachel Barenbaum interviews author Maura Cheeks who talks about her new novel Acts of Forgiveness. Set in a speculative America, readers navigate a world where the government has approved reparation payments for black Americans – but only if they can prove they are descended from slaves.