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1055. Emily St. John Mandel

September 22, 2026

Emily St. John Mandel is the author of the novel Exit Party, available from Knopf. Mandel is the author of six novels, most recently Sea of Tranquility, which has been translated into 25 languages and was selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of 2022. Her previous novels include The Glass Hotel, which was also on Obama’s list, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and has been translated into 26 languages; and Station Eleven, whi...

REPLAY: Margaret Malone on the Portland Writing Scene, Philosophy, Psychology, & Improv

September 20, 2026

Today on the program, a trip into the archive and a return to Episode 396, my conversation with Margaret Malone. We were talking about her debut story collection, People Like You (Atelier 26 Books). It was a finalist for the PEN / Hemingway Award for First Fiction, and it won the 2016 Balcones Fiction Prize.   Air date: January 13, 2016. A recent MacDowell Fellow, Margaret's writing has appeared or is forthcoming from BOMB, The Missouri Review, The Rumpus, Oregon Hu...

Ben Loory Reads 'The Poet' & 'The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun'

September 19, 2026

Vol. 19 of Story Time, featuring an author reading aloud from his/her/their work. In this episode, Ben Loory reads two stories. The first story is called 'The Poet,' from his debut collection entitled Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day. And the second story is called 'The Squid Who Fell in Love with the Sun,' from his second collection, Tales of Falling and Flying. Both books are available from Penguin. Loory’s fables and tales have appeared in over 100 magazines and journals, ...