Poured Over

Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who's always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).

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Every guest on Poured Over

735 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Genevieve Kingston

   Genevieve Kingston on DID I EVER TELL YOU? · May 2024

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   Geraldine Brooks

   Geraldine Brooks on MEMORIAL DAYS · 2 episodes

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   Gilbert Cruz

   Gilbert Cruz on The Best Books of the 21st Century · 2 episodes

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   Gina Chung

   Gina Chung on SEA CHANGE · Apr 2023

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   Grace D. Li

   Grace D. Li on PORTRAIT OF A THIEF · Apr 2022

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   Grady Hendrix

   Grady Hendrix on HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE · Jan 2023

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   Griffin Hansbury
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   Hafizah Augustus Geter

   Hafizah Augustus Geter on THE BLACK PERIOD: ON PERSONHOOD, RACE, AND ORIGIN · Sep 2022

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   Hannah Whitten

   Hannah Whitten on FOR THE THRONE · Jun 2022

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    Heather Ann Thompson

    Heather Ann Thompson on FEAR AND FURY · Feb 2026

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    Heather Walter

    Heather Walter on MISRULE · May 2022

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    Helen Garner

    Helen Garner on THE CHILDREN'S BACH and THIS HOUSE OF GRIEF · Nov 2023

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    Henry Hoke

    Henry Hoke and Jackson Howard on OPEN THROAT · Jun 2023

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    Hilary Mantel

    Revisiting Hilary Mantel on THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT · Mar 2025

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    Hisham Matar

    Hisham Matar on MY FRIENDS · Jan 2024

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    Holly Brickley

    Holly Brickley on DEEP CUTS · Feb 2025

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    Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

    Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on MISBEHAVING AT THE CROSSROADS · 2 episodes

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    Héctor Tobar

    Poured Over Double Shot: Héctor Tobar and Jonathan Eig · Jun 2023

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    Idra Novey

    Idra Novey on TAKE WHAT YOU NEED · Mar 2024

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    Ilyon Woo

    Ilyon Woo on MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE · Feb 2024

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    Isabel Cañas

    Isabel Cañas on VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE · Aug 2023

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    Isabel Ibañez

    Isabel Ibañez on GRACELESS HEART · Jan 2026

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    Jackson Howard
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    Jacqueline Holland

    Jacqueline Holland on THE GOD OF ENDINGS · Mar 2023

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    Jana Casale

    Jana Casale on HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE MADLY · Aug 2022

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    Jane Smiley

    Jane Smiley on A DANGEROUS BUSINESS · Dec 2022

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    Jarrod Shusterman
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    Jasmine Guillory

    Jasmine Guillory on Writing Characters We Love · Aug 2022

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    Jason Griffin
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    Jason Mott

    Jason Mott on PEOPLE LIKE US · Aug 2025

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    Jason Mraz

    Jason Mraz on MYSTICAL MAGICAL RHYTHMICAL RADICAL RIDE · Jul 2023

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    Jay Ellis

    Jay Ellis on DID EVERYONE HAVE AN IMAGINARY FRIEND (OR JUST ME)? · Aug 2024

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    Jean Kwok

    Jean Kwok on THE LEFTOVER WOMAN · Oct 2023

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    Jeannette Walls

    Jeannette Walls on HANG THE MOON · Apr 2023

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    Jeff Yang

    Jeff Yang, Phil Yu & Philip Wang on RISE: A POP HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICA FROM THE 90s TO NOW · Mar 2022

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    Jemimah Wei

    Jemimah Wei on THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER · May 2025

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    Jennifer Finney Boylan

    Jennifer Finney Boylan on CLEAVAGE · Feb 2025

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    Jennifer Haigh

    Jennifer Haigh on RABBIT MOON · Apr 2025

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    Jennifer Weiner

    Jennifer Weiner on THE SUMMER PLACE · May 2022

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    Jenny Jackson

    Jenny Jackson on THE SHAMPOO EFFECT · 2 episodes

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