The Goldberry Books Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Best Fiction of 2023 So Far (with Sam Sacks)
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Sacks writes the weekly fiction column for the Wall Street Journal’s book review, one of the most comprehensively interesting book sections in t...
Tess Gunty on Narrative Voice, Her Writing Process, and the Books That Most Inspire Her
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tess Gunty is an award-winning novelist based in Los Angeles, whose fascinating (and acclaimed) debut novel, The Rabbit Hutch, was recently published ...
Tyler Dunne on the state of the NFL and good sports books
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sports writer, Tyler Dunne has written “the definitive guide to the real men of the gridiron: NFL tight ends”. It’s called The Blood and Guts: H...
Scott Avett on His Favorite Books, Truth in Art, and the Notion of the Contemplative Life
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Avett is perhaps best known for his work in the acclaimed and much-loved band, The Avett Brothers, but he’s also a very accomplished visual ar...
The Best Fiction of 2022 So Far (with Sam Sacks)
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Sacks writes the Fiction Chronicle for the Wall Street Journal Book Review, one of the best sections in the world of book criticism. He is eloquen...
Audio Book Narrator Edoardo Ballerini
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Edoardo Ballerini has been in your head—or at least there’s a good chance he has if you listen to audio books. Having narrated more than 350 books...
Alissa Wilkinson Talks Great Food Writing (and more)
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know that classic question, if you could have a dinner party with anyone dead or alive, who would it be? Well, Alissa Wilkinson’s new book, Salt...
Chris Beha Shares the Books He Loves
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Christopher Beha is one of the most talented young writers at work today.” —Jess Walter, author of Beautiful RuinsThis episode’s guest is Ch...
David McCloskey Shares His Favorite Spy Novels
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David McCloskey knows spy fiction. Having been a CIA analyst in a former life, he knows what makes a spy novel realistic and as a novelist he knows wh...
Historian Megan Kate Nelson Shares Her Favorite Books of History (and more)
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Megan Kate Nelson is an expert in the history of the American Civil War, the U.S. West, and popular culture. In fact, she’s such an expert that in 2...
Austin Kleon Spreads Some Book Love
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Kleon is an enthusiast, a man of joy, who takes great pleasure in contemplating the creative process and who has built a loyal following by sha...
William Kent Krueger shares his most beloved books
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
William Kent Krueger is the author of the Cork O’Connor series of mystery books about a detective who is part Irish, part Ojibwa and who solves crim...
Michelle Nijhuis
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of David’s favorite books last year was Michelle Nijhuis’ Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, a fascinating history of ...
Josh Ritter On Books He Loves and the Differences Between Songwriting and Novel Writing
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is Josh Ritter, novelist, musician, all around highly intelligent gentleman. In 2006, he was named one of the "100 Greatest Livi...
Jess Walter's Reading Life
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Walter is the author of seven novels, one book of short stories and one nonfiction book. His work has been selected three times for Best American Sho...
James Lee Burke
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Best known for his David Robicheaux series of novels, James Lee Burke is a New York Times best selling author many times over, who has been awarded t...
Kate Baer
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Baer is a #1 New York Times bestselling poet and author of What Kind Of Woman, a book that Publishers Weekly describes as “ confident and fearl...
Wiley Cash
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wiley Cash is a NC-based writer whose new novel is called When Ghosts Come Home. It’s the story of a NC sheriff named Winston Barnes who is forced...
Alexandra Andrews
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Andrews is the author of Who is Maude Dixon, a delightfully twisty new mystery that has been described as heir to Patricia Highsmighth’s l...
Ron Rash
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Rash is one of the Carolina's most beloved authors, known in equal measure for his novels and his short fiction. He's the author of Serena, an awa...
Graham Greene the Spy, with Christopher Hull
13 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed, David chats with historian, Christopher Hull, about his new book Our Man Down in Havan...
On the Work of the Regional Novelist, with David Joy
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed, David chats with novelist David Joy about what it's like to be a regional novelist and...
Callie Feyen on Teaching Shakespeare
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed, David chats with author and teacher Callie Feyen about her book, The Teacher Diaries: ...
The Summer Reading Episode
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join David Kern and guest Levi Stahl (marketing director for University of Chicago Press and a wonderful books-based Twitter follow) for a conversatio...
Paul Sahre, One of the World's Foremost Book Cover Designers
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In which David chats with Paul Sahre, one of the world's foremost book cover designers. Sahre's designed covers for the likes of Chuck Klosterman and ...
Discussing the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalists with John Wilson
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, longtime book critic and former editor of Books and Culture, John Wilson, joins the show to discuss the three finalists for the 2019 ...
Christian Kiefer on "Phantoms" and the Writing Life
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
Dostoevsky's Gambling Problem (featuring Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson)
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
Eighth Day Book's owner, Warren Farha
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
The Tragic Story of A Confederacy of Dunces
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
On Sans Forgetica, a new font to aid memory retention
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
On the Best Film Adaptations of Books, with Jeffrey Overstreet and Steven Greydanus
02 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
Libromania Top 5: The Most Romantic Books
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed. In this episode, David is joined by Heidi White and Tim McIntosh to talk the most romanti...
Matthew Zapruder, author of WHY POETRY, on life as a poet
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
Remembering Mary Oliver (with A.M. Juster and Allison Backous Troy)
26 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biogr...
Why Do We Love the Smell of Old Books?
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Libromania, David chats with Cecilica Bembibre, a researcher at University College London, about the science behind the smell of ol...
S.D. Smith, Jonathan Rogers, & Douglas McKelvey talk process and vocation
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, b...
Why "To Kill a Mockingbird" is America's most popular novel
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, b...
The Year in Movies, with Jeffrey Overstreet
29 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, b...
John Wilson on his favorite books of 2018
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, b...