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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   Keith Corbin

   Keith Corbin on CALIFORNIA SOUL: AN AMERICAN EPIC OF COOKING AND SURVIVAL · Aug 2022

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   Kelly Link

   Kelly Link on THE BOOK OF LOVE · Feb 2024

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   Kevin Fedarko

   Kevin Fedarko on A WALK IN THE PARK · Apr 2026

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   Kevin Jared Hosein

   Kevin Jared Hosein on HUNGRY GHOSTS · Feb 2023

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   Kevin Kwan

   Kevin Kwan on LIES AND WEDDINGS · May 2024

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   Kevin Nguyen

   Kevin Nguyen on MY DOCUMENTS · Apr 2025

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   Kevin Wilson

   Kevin Wilson on NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC · Nov 2022

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   Kiley Reid

   Kiley Reid on COME AND GET IT · Feb 2024

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   Kiran Desai

   Kiran Desai on THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY · Sep 2025

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    Kristen Arnett

    Kristen Arnett on STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE · 2 episodes

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    Kwame Alexander

    Kwame Alexander on THIS IS THE HONEY · Feb 2024

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    Kyra Davis Lurie

    Kyra Davis Lurie on THE GREAT MANN · Jun 2025

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    Laura Lippman

    Laura Lippman on DREAM GIRL · Jun 2021

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    Laura Pegram

    Laura Pegram, Edwidge Danticat and Princess Joy L. Perry on SING THE TRUTH · May 2025

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    Laura Warrell

    Laura Warrell on SWEET, SOFT, PLENTY RHYTHM · Sep 2022

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    Laura Zigman
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    Lauren Christensen

    Lauren Christensen on FIRSTBORN · Mar 2025

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    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Laurie Halse Anderson on REBELLION 1776 · Jul 2026

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    Lee Kravetz

    Lee Kravetz on THE LAST CONFESSIONS OF SYLVIA P. · Mar 2022

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    Leif Enger

    Leif Enger on I CHEERFULLY REFUSE · Apr 2024

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    Leigh Bardugo

    Leigh Bardugo on HELL BENT · Jan 2023

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    Leila Mottley

    Leila Mottley on NIGHTCRAWLING · Jun 2022

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    Lev Grossman

    Lev Grossman on THE BRIGHT SWORD · Jul 2024

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    Lily King

    Lily King on HEART THE LOVER · Nov 2025

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    Linden Lewis

    Linden Lewis on THE SECOND REBEL · Aug 2021

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    Ling Ma
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    Lisa Ko

    Lisa Ko on MEMORY PIECE · Mar 2024

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    Loretta Rothschild

    Loretta Rothschild on FINDING GRACE · Jul 2025

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    Lottie Hazell

    Lottie Hazell on PIGLET · Mar 2024

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    Louise Kennedy

    Louise Kennedy on TRESPASSES · Nov 2022

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    Louise Penny

    Louise Penny on THE MADNESS OF CROWDS · Nov 2021

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    Lucy Steeds

    Lucy Steeds on THE ARTIST AND THE FEAST · Oct 2025

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    M.L. Rio

    M.L. Rio on HOT WAX · Sep 2025

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    MJ Franklin

    How We Read Now (featuring MJ Franklin and Joumana Khatib of The New York Times) · Jan 2026

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    Madeline Cash

    Madeline Cash on LOST LAMBS · Feb 2026

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    Madeline Miller

    Madeline Miller on GALATEA · Nov 2022

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    Maggie Stiefvater

    Maggie Stiefvater on THE LISTENERS · Jun 2025

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    Marcus Kliewer

    Marcus Kliewer on THE CARETAKER · Apr 2026

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    Margaret Renkl
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    Maria Reva

    Maria Reva on ENDLING · Jul 2026

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