AOT #176: Anne Waldman Podcasts Manatee/Humanity

Internationally renowned poet Anne Waldman co-founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where she still teaches. Waldman reads from and discusses her new work Manatee/Humanity. This new investigative...

AOT #175: Jason Sheehan Podcasts Cooking Dirty

Jason Sheehan, the food writer for Denver’s Westword, won a James Beard Award in 2003. His essay “There’s No Such Thing as Too Much Barbecue” was reprinted in the book This I Believe, and his work has appeared in Best American Food Writing for...

AOT #173: James Rollins Podcasts The Doomsday Key

James Rollins, the New York Times bestselling master of nail-biting suspense and historical mystery, discusses his new thriller The Doomsday Key. Combining cutting-edge biotechnology with a centuries-old secret, Rollins has created an apocalyptic story that reveals...

AOT #172: Ali Sethi Podcasts The Wish Maker

Ali Sethi reads from and discusses his debut novel The Wish Maker, a sweeping story of love, friendship, and family ties that brings to life the turbulent world of modern Pakistan. “The Wish Maker, in Ali Sethi’s mature and sure-handed prose, is an...

AOT #171: Monica Ali Podcasts In the Kitchen

British author Monica Ali, whose novel Brick Lane was nominated for the Man Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, reads from and discusses her follow-up novel In the Kitchen. Readers and reviewers have been stunned...