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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   Tracey Rose Peyton

   Poured Over Double Shot: Tracey Rose Peyton and Parini Shroff · Jan 2023

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   Tracy K. Smith

   Tracy K. Smith on TO FREE THE CAPTIVES · Nov 2023

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   Téa Obreht

   Téa Obreht on SUNRISE · 2 episodes

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   Vanessa Chan

   Vanessa Chan on THE STORM WE MADE · Jan 2024

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   Viet Thanh Nguyen

   Viet Thanh Nguyen on A MAN OF TWO FACES · 2 episodes

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   Yiyun Li
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   Aaliyah Bilal
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   Abi Daré

   Abi Daré on AND SO I ROAR · Aug 2024

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   Abraham Chang

   Abraham Chang on 888 LOVE AND THE DIVINE BURDEN OF NUMBERS · Oct 2024

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    Adam Hochschild

    Adam Hochschild on AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: THE GREAT WAR, A VIOLENT PEACE, AND DEMOCRACY'S FORGOTTEN CRISIS · Nov 2022

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    Adam Johnson

    Adam Johnson on THE WAYFINDER · Oct 2025

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    Addie E. Citchens

    Addie E. Citchens on DOMINION · Aug 2026

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    Adrian McKinty

    Adrian McKinty on THE DETECTIVE UP LATE · Aug 2023

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    Adrienne Young

    Adrienne Young on A SEA OF UNSPOKEN THINGS · Jan 2025

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    Agustina Bazterrica

    Agustina Bazterrica on THE UNWORTHY · Sep 2025

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    Aiden Thomas

    Aiden Thomas on CEMETERY BOYS · Aug 2025

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    Aimee Nezhukumatathil

    Aimee Nezhukumatathil on BITE BY BITE · May 2024

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    Aisling Rawle

    Poured Over Double Shot: Aisling Rawle and Emily Nussbaum · Jul 2025

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    Alafair Burke

    Alafair Burke on THE NOTE · Jan 2025

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    Alejandro Heredia

    Alejandro Heredia on LOCA · Feb 2025

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    Aleksandar Hemon

    Aleksandar Hemon on THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS · Jan 2023

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    Alex Kiester
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    Alia Hanna Habib

    Alia Hanna Habib on TAKE IT FROM ME · Jan 2026

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    Alice Carrière

    Alice Carrière on EVERYTHING/NOTHING/SOMEONE · Aug 2023

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    Alice Elliott Dark

    Alice Elliott Dark on FELLOWSHIP POINT · Jul 2022

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    Alice Hoffman

    Alice Hoffman on THE BOOK OF MAGIC · Oct 2021

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    Alice McDermott

    Alice McDermott on ABSOLUTION · Nov 2023

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    Alice Winn

    Poured Over Double Shot: Alice Winn and Madelaine Lucas · Mar 2023

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    Alisa Alering

    Alisa Alering on SMOTHERMOSS · Jul 2024

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    Alison Espach

    Alison Espach on THE WEDDING PEOPLE · 2 episodes

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    Alison L. Strayer

    Alison L. Strayer and Dan Simon on Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux · Dec 2022

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    Alix E. Harrow

    Alix E. Harrow on THE EVERLASTING · 3 episodes

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    Allegra Goodman

    Allegra Goodman on ISOLA · Feb 2025

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    Amal El-Mohtar

    Amal El-Mohtar on SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON · Mar 2026

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    Amanda Montell

    Amanda Montell on THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING · Apr 2024

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    Amitav Ghosh

    Amitav Ghosh on GHOST-EYE · Jun 2026

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    Anbara Salam
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    Andrew Joseph White

    Andrew Joseph White on YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN · Sep 2025

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    Andrew Porter

    Andrew Porter on THE IMAGINED LIFE · Apr 2025

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    Andrés N. Ordorica

    Andrés N. Ordorica on HOW WE NAMED THE STARS · Feb 2024

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