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"...these three conversations with Ursula, our making of them into a book, and its arrival into the world, changed the trajectory of my life." @davidnaimon.bsky.social discusses with @anushreenande.bsky.social the transformative impact of his work with Ursula K. Le Guin. ➡️ buff.ly/dNW5i8b

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 14h

On the occasion of the reissue of URSULA K LE GUIN: CONVERSATIONS ON WRITING, Mumbai-based writer and editor Anushree Nande interviewed me for The Rumpus about collaborating on the book with Ursula. Our conversation was given the wonderful title "Nothing is Too Small to Contain the World"

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Candace Robb @candacerobbauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wow. David is one of the best literary interviewers, does a deep dive to prepare, which allows him to ask questions that truly honor writer and material. This episode with China Miéville is one of the best, a true conversation/discussion/meeting of minds.

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tin House is sending me on a mini-regional tour for the gorgeous reissue of Ursula K Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. Portland-Seattle-Bay Area friends I hope to see you. Come say hi and celebrate Ursula's legacy with me! @tinhouse.bsky.social @ursulakleguin.com @ebbooksellers.bsky.social

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Brad Johnson @ahablives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For a store that doesn't do events (us), we co-host a lot next door. And I'm very excited for this one.

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Kevin Loria @kevinloria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is an incredible discussion that covers so much ground and gives me so much to think about. Can’t wait to read the rouse and will be going into the backlog of this pod for lots more

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Tabitha Potts @tabithapotts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

go.bsky.app/5LUKX3V Ahem, have you seen this very cool literary podcasts starter pack I happen to be in?

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

Listened to this epic podcast on China Mieville's new book, The Rouse, at the weekend. It's extraordinary, the questions were indeed marked by "rigour and perspicacity and depth". No one preps and delivers like @davidnaimon.bsky.social. It feels like a significant event in a way hard to describe.

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China Miéville : The Rouse | Milkweed Editions

China Miéville’s much-anticipated new book The Rouse is twenty-one years in the making. He was writing it when he wrote The City & The City and Embassytown. He was writing it when he wrote October…

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today's archival episode is a 2019 conversation with Marlon James about Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Winner of the 2020 Locus Award for Best Horror, Amal El-Mohtar described it as "like being slowly eaten by a bear." Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...

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Gareth @garethavonb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

More China Mieville goodness on the brilliant Between the Covers podcast #booksky

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Life is just a prologue to a ghost story..."

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Life is just a prologue to a ghost story..."

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Marek @marekmcgann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hard to overstate my excitement about this book. Now I *really* want to listen to this podcast but also...not. I know almost precisely zero about the book, a rare treat. That said, 1200 pages? Jesus. At the rate I'm reading at the moment I'll still be at it when my kids finish college.

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Don't miss today's ep with China Miéville about his new novel, 21 years in the making, THE ROUSE. We explore everything from Marxism to monsters, apophatic theology to the nature of consciousness to the failure of language before all that goes bump in the night. Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Between the Covers interview with Cristina Rivera Garza led me to this book, and to the "The Autobiography of Cotton" which I am starting later this evening. I'm looking forward to it because it feels like her Alchemy Lecture touched her family's journey and history with cotton a bit.. #Lit

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From the Archives : Cristina Rivera Garza : The Taiga Syndrome & The Iliac Crest | Milkweed Editions

Today’s archival conversation, recorded in 2019, is Cristina Rivera Garza’s first unforgettable appearance on the show. We discuss two works of fiction by her, The Taiga Syndrome and The Iliac Crest…

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Don't miss today's conversation between Thalia Field, @annedemarcken.com and myself, hosted by the Pacific Northwest College of Arts low residency Visual Arts MFA, about making art in relation to science Audio🌿: milkweed.org/between-the-...

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"How do we allow fiction to reconfigure our sense of attention & therefore care for the world? So much so that our lives can feel like they are simultaneously being lived & written w/the threads of fiction. That is, w/the threads of observant care"💞💫 —Valeria Luiselli with @davidnaimon.bsky.social

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Valeria Luiselli : Beginning Middle End | Milkweed Editions

We welcome back Valeria Luiselli—who first appeared on the show eleven years ago—to discuss her new and truly marvelous novel Beginning Middle End. Much like the shapeshifting god Proteus, who figures...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thanks, again and again, to @davidnaimon.bsky.social for including Piżama Press on his wonderful literary podcast Between the Covers, a favorite of ours. You can find this shout-out from the archival episode with Zadie Smith, where they discuss her story collection Grand Union 📚 ❤️

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Don't miss today's conversation with Hajjar Baban, and our deep dive into Kurdish poetics Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-... @milkweededitions.bsky.social

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Don't miss today's conversation with Hajjar Baban, and our deep dive into Kurdish poetics Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-... @milkweededitions.bsky.social

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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Finished Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Beginning Middle End’ this afternoon and can’t wait to listen to her and David in conversation (Spoiler emojis 🌋🪼🪥🐟📚)

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Jenny Staff Johnson @htownjenny.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just finished The Iliac Crest, part of my #WomenInTranslation month reading project. It was fantastic in at least two senses of the word.

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Maybe collapsing simply was the easiest way to keep from breaking apart."

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"Maybe collapsing simply was the easiest way to keep from breaking apart."

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"That's not what I am saying. I'm asking."💥🌠💥 --Claudia Rankine, TRIAGE

There might be no solutions, only recognitions, I said. We all already know there is no cease in any ceasefire. What's in place is in place. We seem unable to reroute our trajectories. We don't believe the future will happen, even as we experience it happening. Shouldn't we at the very least be grieving the bodies on the ground? Every day some must forever live resistance; every day some must forever have been abandoned. Death doesn't make distinctions; it just cuts through carcass and calls itself a transformation. What now? As it all poured from me, the theorist stood still.

You might be right, it might be too late for a fight, they said, warily. But you are also wrong.

That's not what I am saying, I said, shaking my head. That's not what I am saying. I'm asking.

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Cari Luna @cariluna.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I held off on listening to @davidnaimon.bsky.social's conversation with Lisa Robertson until I'd finished reading Riverwork and damn it was worth the wait. Such a great episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Lisa Robertson : Riverwork

Podcast Episode · Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry · June 8 · 2h 26m

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Paul Sweeney @paulsweeneypoet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Really enjoyed listening to this again @davidnaimon.bsky.social I could listen to her read the phone book ! Or “how the yellow pages is a poem” :) podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b...

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From the Archives : Morgan Parker : Magical Negro

Podcast Episode · Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry · 13 August · 2hr

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Don't miss today's archival conversation with poet Morgan Parker about her National Book Critics Circle Award winning collection Magical Negro Audio🔥: milkweed.org/between-the-... @tinhouse.bsky.social @zandoprojects.bsky.social @bookcritics.bsky.social

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"As if collapsing is living--living while lost, while still following our longings to be found in the eyes of another, the governing systems of others. Rise up." --Claudia Rankine, TRIAGE

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Tara Shea @tsbhoney.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

whew do yourself a FAVOR

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

And if you haven’t already, please check out my review of this exceptional book about how to live with the “toomuchness” of it all 📚💙 www.whoevenreads.com/claudia-rank...

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Review: Triage by Claudia Rankine | Who Even Reads

How can one live like this, Triage asks, at the same time it declares the question beside the point. What is the alternative?

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Lisa @runtalien.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Very excited to listen to David’s conversation with Claudia Rankine on the eve of the publication of Triage 📚💙

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Aimee Knupsky @aknupsky.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hard conversations are also grounding conversations that help you find words, name emotions, and prepare for action. Like the conversation with Omar El Akkad, this interview with Claudia Rankine took my breath away. Asked me questions that I've been thinking about, but in a more alive way.

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Paul Sweeney @paulsweeneypoet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A real event it would seem to me. All her books have been not only good, but groundbreaking.

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