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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   Nick Hornby

   Nick Hornby on DICKENS AND PRINCE: A PARTICULAR KIND OF GENIUS · Nov 2022

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   Richard Osman

   Richard Osman on WE SOLVE MURDERS · Oct 2024

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   Robert Macfarlane

   Robert Macfarlane on IS A RIVER ALIVE? · May 2025

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   Salman Rushdie

   Salman Rushdie on KNIFE · Apr 2024

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   Samantha Irby

   Samantha Irby on QUIETLY HOSTILE · May 2023

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   Viola Davis

   Viola Davis on FINDING ME · Apr 2022

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   Zadie Smith

   Zadie Smith on THE FRAUD · Sep 2023

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   Ada Limón

   Ada Limón on THE HURTING KIND · Aug 2022

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   Colson Whitehead

   Colson Whitehead on COOL MACHINE · 3 episodes

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    David Lipsky

    David Lipsky on THE PARROT AND THE IGLOO · Jul 2023

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    Douglas Stuart

    Douglas Stuart on JOHN OF JOHN · 2 episodes

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    Emily Wilson

    Emily Wilson on CROSSING THE WINE-DARK SEA · 2 episodes

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    Glory Edim

    Glory Edim on GATHER ME · Nov 2024

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    Griffin Dunne

    Griffin Dunne on THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB · Jun 2024

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    Jane McGonigal

    Jane McGonigal on IMAGINABLE: HOW TO SEE THE FUTURE COMING AND FEEL READY FOR ANYTHING — EVEN THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TODAY · Mar 2022

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    Jason Mendelson

    Sean and Jason Mendelson on 75 Years of Peanuts · Oct 2025

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    Jennifer Egan

    Jennifer Egan on THE CANDY HOUSE · Apr 2022

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    Jesmyn Ward

    Jesmyn Ward on LET US DESCEND · Oct 2023

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    Jessie Burton

    Jessie Burton on THE HOUSE OF FORTUNE · Sep 2022

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    Jhumpa Lahiri

    Jhumpa Lahiri on ROMAN STORIES · Oct 2023

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    John Cho

    John Cho on TROUBLEMAKER · Mar 2022

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    Julian Brave NoiseCat

    Julian Brave NoiseCat on WE SURVIVED THE NIGHT · Nov 2025

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    Liz Moore

    Liz Moore on THE GOD OF THE WOODS · Jul 2024

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    Matt Haig

    Matt Haig on THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN · 2 episodes

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    Molly Jong-Fast

    Molly Jong-Fast on HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER · Jun 2025

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    Ocean Vuong

    Ocean Vuong on THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS · May 2025

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    Percival Everett

    Percival Everett and Cord Jefferson on JAMES · 2 episodes

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    Rachel Cargle

    Rachel Cargle on A RENAISSANCE OF OUR OWN · Jul 2023

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    Rachel Eliza Griffiths

    Rachel Eliza Griffiths on THE FLOWER BEARERS · Jan 2026

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    Richard Powers

    Richard Powers on PLAYGROUND · 2 episodes

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    Steve Almond

    Steve Almond on ALL THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD · May 2022

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    Tayari Jones

    Tayari Jones on KIN · 2 episodes

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    Zoë Schlanger

    Zoë Schlanger on THE LIGHT EATERS · May 2024

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    Akwaeke Emezi

    Akwaeke Emezi on YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY · May 2022

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    Ann Patchett

    Ann Patchett on WHISTLER · 2 episodes

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    Brandon Sanderson

    Brandon Sanderson on WIND AND TRUTH · Dec 2024

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    Brandon Taylor

    Brandon Taylor on THE LATE AMERICANS · May 2023

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    Chloé Cooper Jones

    Chloé Cooper Jones on EASY BEAUTY · Apr 2022

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    Elizabeth Strout

    Elizabeth Strout on TELL ME EVERYTHING · 2 episodes

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    Emma Donoghue

    Emma Donoghue on LEARNED BY HEART · Sep 2023

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