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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   Ivy Pochoda
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   Jade Chang

   Jade Chang on WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE · Oct 2025

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   Jamel Brinkley
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   Jami Attenberg

   Jami Attenberg on I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET YOU: WRITING MY WAY HOME · Jan 2022

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   Jason Diamond

   Jason Diamond on KAPLAN'S PLOT · Oct 2025

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   Jericho Brown

   Jericho Brown on HOW WE DO IT · Jan 2024

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   Jess Walter

   Jess Walter on SO FAR GONE · Jun 2025

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   John Wray

   John Wray on GONE TO THE WOLVES · May 2023

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   Jonathan Escoffery

   Jonathan Escoffery, Yiyun Li and Ling Ma on The Art of Fiction · Sep 2022

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    Jonathan Lethem

    Poured Over Double Shot: Jonathan Lethem and Benjamín Labatut · Oct 2023

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    Joy Harjo

    Joy Harjo on GIRL WARRIOR · 2 episodes

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    Julie Buntin

    Julie Buntin on FAMOUS MEN · Jul 2026

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    Julie Myerson

    Julie Myerson on NONFICTION: A NOVEL · Jan 2024

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    Jung Yun

    Jung Yun on ALL THE WORLD CAN HOLD · 2 episodes

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    Justin Torres

    Justin Torres on BLACKOUTS · Oct 2023

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    Kai Bird

    Kai Bird on AMERICAN SCOUNDREL · 2 episodes

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    Karl Ove Knausgaard

    Karl Ove Knausgaard on THE THIRD REALM · Nov 2024

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    Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

    Karla Cornejo Villavicencio on CATALINA · Jul 2024

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    Kashana Cauley
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    Kate DiCamillo

    Kate DiCamillo on THE PUPPETS OF SPELHORST · Aug 2024

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    Katie Kitamura

    Katie Kitamura on AUDITION · Apr 2025

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    Kevin Barry

    Kevin Barry on THE HEART IN WINTER · Jul 2024

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    Keziah Weir

    Poured Over Double Shot: Keziah Weir and Katie Williams · Jun 2023

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    Khashayar J. Khabushani

    Poured Over Double Shot: Khashayar J. Khabushani and Jamel Brinkley · Aug 2023

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    Laila Lalami

    Laila Lalami on THE DREAM HOTEL · Mar 2025

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    Lan Samantha Chang

    Lan Samantha Chang on THE FAMILY CHAO · Feb 2022

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    Larissa Pham

    Larissa Pham on DISCIPLINE · Jan 2026

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    Lauren Groff

    Lauren Groff on THE VASTER WILDS · 2 episodes

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    Lili Anolik

    Lili Anolik on DIDION & BABITZ · Dec 2024

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    Lindsay Hunter

    Lindsay Hunter and Roxane Gay · Dec 2023

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    Lorrie Moore

    Lorrie Moore on I AM HOMELESS IF THIS IS NOT MY HOME · Jun 2023

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    Louise Erdrich

    Louise Erdrich on THE MIGHTY RED · 2 episodes

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    Luis Alberto Urrea

    Poured Over Double Shot: Luis Alberto Urrea and Rita Chang-Eppig · May 2023

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    Lydia Millet

    Lydia Millet on DINOSAURS: A NOVEL · Oct 2022

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    Madelaine Lucas
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    Maggie Nelson

    Maggie Nelson on LIKE LOVE · Apr 2024

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    Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

    Margaret Wilkerson Sexton on ON THE ROOFTOP · Sep 2022

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    Maria Semple

    Maria Semple on GO GENTLE · Apr 2026

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    Marie-Helene Bertino

    Poured Over Double Shot: Marie-Helene Bertino and Claire Oshetsky · Jan 2024

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    Mark Haddon

    Mark Haddon on DOGS AND MONSTERS · Oct 2024

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