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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   Gal Beckerman

   Gal Beckerman on THE QUIET BEFORE: ON THE UNEXPECTED ORIGINS OF RADICAL IDEAS · Feb 2022

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   James McBride

   James McBride on THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE · Aug 2023

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   Jen Hatmaker

   Jen Hatmaker on AWAKE · Oct 2025

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   Jenny Lawson

   Jenny Lawson on HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY · Apr 2026

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   Jill Lepore

   Jill Lepore on THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ARTIFICIAL STATE · 2 episodes

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   Katherine May

   Katherine May on ENCHANTMENT: AWAKENING WONDER IN AN ANXIOUS AGE · Mar 2023

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   Kaveh Akbar

   Kaveh Akbar on MARTYR! · Jan 2024

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   Maggie Smith

   Maggie Smith and Saeed Jones on THE PEOPLE'S PROJECT · 3 episodes

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   Rick Steves

   Rick Steves on ON THE HIPPIE TRAIL · May 2026

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    Ron Chernow

    Ron Chernow on MARK TWAIN · May 2025

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    Ross Gay

    Ross Gay on INCITING JOY · Oct 2022

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    Rufi Thorpe

    Rufi Thorpe on MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES · Jun 2024

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    Saeed Jones

    Saeed Jones on ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD · Sep 2022

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    Sarah Hart

    Sarah Hart on ONCE UPON A PRIME · Apr 2024

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    Sarah J. Maas

    Sarah J. Maas on HOUSE OF SKY AND BREATH · Feb 2022

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    Sarah Smarsh

    Sarah Smarsh on BONE OF THE BONE · Sep 2024

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    Sowmya Krishnamurthy

    Sowmya Krishnamurthy on FASHION KILLA · Dec 2023

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    Sy Montgomery

    Poured Over Double Shot: Sy Montgomery with Matt Patterson and Margaret Renkl · Oct 2023

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    Wajahat Ali

    Wajahat Ali on GO BACK TO WHERE YOU COME FROM · Jan 2022

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    Amanda Peters

    Amanda Peters on THE BERRY PICKERS · Oct 2023

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    Andrew Graham-Dixon

    Andrew Graham-Dixon on VERMEER · Jun 2026

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    Andy Weir

    Andy Weir on PROJECT HAIL MARY · Mar 2026

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    Beverly Gage

    Poured Over Double Shot: Beverly Gage and Megan Kate Nelson · Jul 2026

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    Dan Brown

    Dan Brown on THE SECRET OF SECRETS · Sep 2025

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    Drew Magary

    Drew Magary on THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT · Oct 2021

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    Edwidge Danticat

    Edwidge Danticat on DÈY · 2 episodes

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    Elizabeth Acevedo
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    Emily St. John Mandel

    Emily St. John Mandel on SEA OF TRANQUILITY · Apr 2022

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    Hari Kunzru

    Hari Kunzru on BLUE RUIN · May 2024

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    Jeff Chang

    Jeff Chang on WATER MIRROR ECHO · Dec 2025

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    Joe Hill

    Joe Hill on KING SORROW · Nov 2025

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    John Darnielle

    John Darnielle on DEVIL HOUSE · Jan 2022

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    Matty Matheson

    Matty Matheson on SOUPS, SALADS, SANDWICHES · Nov 2024

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    Melissa Murray

    Melissa Murray on THE U.S. CONSTITUTION: A COMPREHENSIVE AND ANNOTATED GUIDE FOR THE MODERN READER · Jul 2026

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    Ruha Benjamin

    Ruha Benjamin on IMAGINATION: A MANIFESTO · Jan 2024

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    Stephen Graham Jones

    Stephen Graham Jones on DON'T FEAR THE REAPER · Feb 2023

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    Walter Mosley

    Walter Mosley on GHALEN · Jun 2026

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    Yann Martel

    Yann Martel on SON OF NOBODY · Mar 2026

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    John Ganz

    John Ganz on WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE · Jul 2025

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    Jonathan Eig
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