Rachel Barenbaum
Rachel Barenbaum is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels Atomic Anna and A Bend in the Stars. She is a prolific writer and reviewer. Her work has appeared in the LA Review of Books, Harper’s Bazaar, and more.
Her literary radio show, Check This Out, airs on NHPR and spotlights emerging and diverse authors. She has been a scholar in residence at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis and her work has been supported by residencies at Ucross and Norton Island.
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The title sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s the end of a marriage and a cancer diagnosis, and a funny and hopeful debut novel by Katie Yee. Plus, native American archeologist Syd Walker is back in Vanessa Lillie’s “The Bone Thief.” -
A complex meditation on Black history set in West Tennessee, a family saga where the Devil plays a leading role. -
A Black Southern family drama unfolds as the sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town. -
A debut novel that takes us to a small village in 18th-century England where neighbors are convinced five sisters are turning into dogs. -
Host Rachel Barenbaum speaks with Ruben Reyes Jr. about his new book "Archive of Unknown Universes" followed by media maven Zibby Owens to get a view of what's happening in the publishing world today. -
Jennifer Armentrout is proving that the next giant of fiction doesn’t need a giant publisher, as we talk with her about her latest "romantasy" novel. -
A debut novel about missing teenage boy, cases of fluid and mistaken identity, and the transformative power of boxing. "The Slip" tackles race, gender and questions of identity with a mix of the absurd and the sublime. -
A coming-of-middle-age novel full of humor and grief. When Abe Jacobs is faced with an unthinkable diagnosis, he follows his fragile hope for a cure to the Mohawk rez where he grew up. -
A young Stanford graduate caught between worlds of race and class, glamour and tragedy, a friend’s mysterious death and his own arrest. Pulled into the court system and mandated treatment, he finds himself in an absurd but dangerous situation: his class protects him, but his race does not. -
Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. We follow her journey across a transformed city as she walks and reflects on life and hopes for the future.
