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Check This Out

For this fourth season, Check This Out is expanding to 12 episodes, offering more opportunities for in-depth exploration of the work of diverse and emerging authors.

Host Rachel Barenbaum and her guests go beyond the pages of each book, discussing not only the characters and themes, but the writing process itself—from finding writing groups to navigating the evolving world of publishing.

Check out the show page for each episode to discover downloadable PDF discussion questions for readers and book clubs.

Check This Out is proud to partner with The PEN/Faulkner Foundation to champion new voices in literature.

Check This Out airs Saturdays at 3 p.m. through June 21 on NHPR and NHPR.org. 

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Upcoming episodes:

Emma Pattee, Tilt - Saturday, May 31 at 3 p.m.

Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. All she can do is try to walk home. We follow her journey across a transformed city as she reflects on her life and re-considers hope for the future.

Rob Franklin, Great Black Hope - Saturday, June 7 at 3 p.m.

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.

Aaron John Curtis, Old School Indian - Saturday, June 14 at 3 p.m.

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. In his family’s hands, Abe just might find hope.

Lucas Schaefer, The Slip - Saturday, June 21 at 3 p.m.

A novel about a missing teenage boy, cases of fluid and mistaken identity, and the transformative power of boxing.

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