The Greenlight Bookstore Podcast

S3, Ep. 17: Squawkin' Sports with Timothy Bella (April 20, 2023)

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Created and hosted by writers Patrick Sauer and David J. Roth, Squawkin’ Sports is an ongoing series featuring book chats with grown-up authors writ...

S3, Ep. 16: Sarah Fawn Montgomery & James Tate Hill (April 13, 2023)

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When she left a chaotic home at eighteen, author Sarah Fawn Montgomery chased restlessness, claiming places on the West Coast, Midwest, and East Coast...

S3, Ep. 15: Ryan Lee Wong & Megha Majumdar (April 6, 2023)

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How can we live with integrity and pleasure in this world of police brutality and racism? In author, activist, and our own Brooklyn neighbor Ryan Lee ...

S3, Ep. 14: Saeed Jones & Adam Falkner (March 30, 2023)

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight was thrilled to welcome award-winning author and long-time friend of the store Saeed Jones back to our store to celebrate the release of hi...

S3, Ep. 13: Chris Belcher & Chloé Cooper Jones (March 23, 2023)

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In her utterly profound and thought-provoking debut memoir and companion to her viral 2018 Salon article “What a Dominatrix Knows about #MeToo,” w...

S3, Ep. 12: Laura Silverman & Marisa Kanter (March 16, 2023)

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hannah used to be all about focus, back before she shattered her ankle and her Olympic dreams in one bad soccer play. These days, she’s all about di...

S3, Ep. 11: Larissa Pham & Sally Wen Mao (March 9, 2023)

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Like a song that feels written just for you, Pham's debut work of nonfiction captures the imagination and refuses to let go. Pop Song is a book a...

S3, Ep. 10: Zakiya Dalila Harris & Andrea Bartz (January 26, 2022)

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight welcomed Zakiya Dalila Harris in-person to our Fort Greene events stage to celebrate the paperback release of her New York Times-bestsellin...

S3, Ep. 9: Jessi Jezewska Stevens & Christian Lorentzen (January 19, 2022)

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jessi Jezewska Stevens graced our events stage to launch her brilliant new novel out from And Other Stories, one of the most forward-thinking independ...

S3, Ep. 8: The Greenlight Poetry Salon: Renia White & Aracelis Girmay (January 12, 2022)

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Created and hosted by poet and former Greenlight bookseller Angel Nafis, Greenlight’s Poetry Salon welcomes locally and nationally celebrated poets ...

S3, Ep. 7: Geoff Dyer & Sam Lipsyte (October 27, 2022)

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When artists and athletes age, what happens to their work? Does it ripen or rot? Achieve a new serenity or succumb to an escalating torment? Acclaimed...

Kyung-Sook Shin & Anton Hur (October 13, 2022)

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight welcomed celebrated Korean author and Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-sook Shin (Please Look After Mom) and acclaimed translator Anto...

S3, Ep. 5: Alyssa Songsiridej & Julia Phillips

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When the unnamed narrator of Alyssa Songsiridej’s debut novel Little Rabbit first meets a choreographer at an artists' residency in Maine, it&a...

S3, Ep. 4: Alejandro Varela & Rumaan Alam

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight welcomed author Alejandro Varela to celebrate his debut novel, The Town of Babylon--named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Literary Hub, ...

S3, Ep. 3: The Octavia Project & N.K. Jemisin

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we continue to grapple with uncertainty in our world, how can writers and creators build community and make an imprint? Whose voices get heard and ...

S3, Ep. 2: Roger Reeves & A. Van Jordan

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed, Whiting Award-winning poet Roger Reeves probes the apocalypses and raptures of humanity—climate change, anti-Black racism, familial and e...

S3, Ep. 1: Elaine Hsieh Chou & Larissa Pham

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Greenlight Bookstore Podcast kicks off its third season—though we remain far from the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re out of quarantine! O...

Ep. QS107: Yanyi & Sandra Lim

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We bid farewell to our “Quarantine Season” of podcasts as we navigate our way back to in-person author events at Greenlight Bookstore! For our vir...

Ep. QS106: NoViolet Bulawayo & Novuyo Tshuma

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a virtual event co-presented with our friends at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA, award-winning author NoViolet Bulawayo joined us to launch G...

Ep. QS105: Rebecca Mead & Jia Tolentino (June 30, 2022)

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrated New Yorker staff writer and author Rebecca Mead joined us virtually from across the pond to discuss her topical new memoir, Home/Land--a mo...

Ep. QS104: Hawa Allan & Anjuli Raza Kolb (June 23, 2022)

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight welcomed lawyer and critic Hawa Allan to discuss her prescient and timely debut book of nonfiction, Insurrection, a deeply researched and f...

Ep. QS103: Valerie Hsiung & Ginger Ko (June 16, 2022)

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed and prolific local poet Valerie Hsiung, whose work pushes past the limits of genre and grammar, joined us virtually to present her fourth fu...

Ep. QS102: Paul Tran & Yanyi (June 9, 2022)

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Tran joined us virtually from lush, violet-lit quarters in Oakland for the virtual launch of their scintillating debut collection of poems, All t...

Ep. QS101: Sarah Manguso & Elizabeth McCracken

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Manguso--award-winning author and one of the most acclaimed and genre-defying prose stylists working today—joined us virtually for the launch ...

Ep. QS100: Marlon James + Isaac Fitzgerald (May 26, 2022)

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For our one-hundredth(!) podcast episode, we’re releasing a very special conversation recorded at our first offsite book launch of 2022 celebrating ...

Ep. QS99: Andrew Lipstein + Cara Blue Adams (May 19, 2022)

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For our first foray into livestreamed events and our first event held in-store since March 2020, Greenlight welcomed our Brooklyn neighbor Andrew Lips...

Ep. QS98: Grace Lavery + Elif Batuman (May 12, 2022)

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight welcomed author, scholar, and activist Grace Lavery to our (virtual) stage for the launch of Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggerin...

Ep. QS97: Rachel Krantz + Jen Winston (May 5, 2022)

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When Rachel Krantz met and fell for Adam, he told her that he was looking for a committed partnership—just one that did not include exclusivity. In ...

Ep. QS96: Bernardine Evaristo + Rumaan Alam (April 27, 2022)

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo (Girl, Woman, Other) graced our virtual stage from London for the U.S. launch of her new memoir Manife...

Ep. QS95: Colette Brooks + Jennifer Egan (April 21, 2022)

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed authors, Greenlight neighbors, and longtime friends Colette Brooks and Jennifer Egan (Manhattan Beach) joined us for a virtual conversation ...

Ep. QS94: Leanne Brown + Hawa Hassan (April 13, 2022)

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Leanne Brown’s wildly popular and NYT bestselling cookbook Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day showed us that kitchen skill and resourcefulness—not...

Ep. QS93: Cynthia Dewi Oka + Jenny Zhang (April 6, 2022)

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For Greenlight’s first poetry event of 2022, we welcomed Indonesian American poet Cynthia Dewi Oka and acclaimed poet and fiction writer Jenny Zhang...

Ep. QS92: Leah Konen + Andrea Bartz (March 31, 2022)

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed YA author Leah Konen’s second novel for adults, The Perfect Escape, is a pacey, suspenseful, unforgettable thriller about a girls’ weeke...

Ep. QS91: Cara Blue Adams + Alexandra Kleeman (March 24, 2022)

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In Greenlight’s longstanding tradition of celebrating the debuts of new literary voices, Cara Blue Adams graces our (virtual) stage to present her f...

Ep. QS90: Amy Leach + Eula Biss (March 17, 2022)

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Whiting Award-winning author Amy Leach graces Greenlight’s virtual stage  to present The Everybody Ensemble, her newest collection of short, glorio...

Ep. QS89: Myisha Cherry + Jacqueline Woodson (March 10, 2022)

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In The Case for Rage, philosopher Myisha Cherry turns popular prejudices about anger on their head and argues for anger’s utility—and importance—...

Ep. QS88: Grafton Tanner + Roisin Kiberd (March 3, 2022)

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nostalgia is the defining emotion of our age. Political leaders promise a return to yesteryear. Old movies are remade and cancelled series are reboote...

Ep. QS87: Donald Cohen with Joseph McCartin (February 24, 2022)

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the lengthening shadow of an exceptional year, Greenlight welcomed to its virtu Donald Cohen, founder and executive director of In the Public Inter...

Ep. QS86: Diane Exavier with Carlos Sirah and Shayla Lawz, hosted by Angel Nafis (February 17, 2022)

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For phenomenal local writer, theatermaker, and educator Diane Exavier’s début collection, The Math of Saint Felix, Greenlight’s own Poetry Salon ...

Ep. QS85: The Best American Poetry 2021 with Tracy K. Smith and David Lehman (February 10, 2022)

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

To commemorate the 2021 edition of the Best American Poetry anthology, Greenlight invited editor and former poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, series edito...

Ep. QS84: Nelson Simon and Amy Eddings (February 3, 2022)

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrated local writer and performer Nelson Simon graced Greenlight's (virtual) stage to share his new book, Soul of the Hurricane, the unlikely...

Episode QS83: Uli Beutter Cohen, Glory Edim + Lupita Aquino (January 27, 2022)

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For the better part of a decade, Uli Beutter Cohen rode the subway through New York City’s underground to observe society through the lens of our mo...

Episode QS82: Kelefa Sanneh + Zoe Chace (January 20, 2022)

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New Yorker staff writer and acclaimed music journalist Kelefa Sanneh joined Greenlight virtually to launch Major Labels, his debut book of nonfiction ...

Episode QS81: Peter Staley + Ann Northrop (January 13, 2022)

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In his memoir Never Silent, Peter Staley shares the untold story of his journey from closeted Wall Street bond trader to one of the leading AIDS and L...

Episode QS80: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi + Eileen Myles (January 6, 2022)

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of literati darlings Call Me Zebra and Fra Keeler took to Greenlight’s virtual stage to launch her third novel, Sa...

Episode QS79: Caoilinn Hughes + Diane Cook (December 23, 2021)

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode QS79: Caoilinn Hughes + Diane Cook (December 23, 2021)(Recorded September 30, 2021)Award-winning authors Caoilinn Hughes and Diane Cook took t...

Episode QS78: Mina Stone + Urs Fischer (December 16, 2021)

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mina Stone, author of the cult-favorite Cooking for Artists, joined Greenlight (virtually!) to launch her stunning new cookbook, Lemon, Love & Oli...

Episode QS77: Qian Julie Wang + Charles Yu (December 9, 2021)

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a heartrending and deeply moving evening, two Asian-American literary luminaries, Qian Julie Wang and Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown) welcomed Wang...

Episode QS76: Jai Chakrabarti + Brigid Hughes (December 2, 2021)

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jai Chakrabarti graced our virtual stage to launch his debut novel, A Play for the End of the World--an unforgettable love story set in early 1970&apo...

Episode QS75: Yiyun Li + Alexandra Schwartz (November 25, 2021)

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When acclaimed author Yiyun Li and A Public Space magaine invited people to read War and Peace together at the start of the pandemic, thousands around...

Episode QS74: Eyal Press + E. Tammy Kim (November 18, 2021)

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning journalist Eyal Press joined Greenlight to present his groundbreaking, urgent book Dirty Work, which illuminates the moving, sometimes h...

Episode QS73: Nadia Owusu + Tope Folarin (November 11, 2021)

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to write a narrative of yourself? Whiting award winner Nadia Owusu joined Greenlight to launch the paperback edition of Aftershocks,...

Episode QS72: Deborah Copaken + Tad Friend (November 4, 2021)

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling authors Deborah Copaken and New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend (also Copaken’s actual friend!) graced Greenlight’s virtual stage for t...

Episode QS71: Geoff Manaugh + Nicola Twilley + Mary Roach (October 28, 2021)

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On the heels of an unprecedented, unforgettable year of quarantine, Geoff Manaugh (A Burglar’s Guide to the City) and science journalist Nicola Twil...

Episode QS70: Katie Kitamura + Raven Leilani

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Katie Kitamura, acclaimed author of A Separation and Greenlight neighbor, joined us virtually to launch her electrifying new novel. In Intimacies, an ...

Episode QS69: Joshua Henkin + Julie Orringer (September 30, 2021)

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning author Joshua Henkin graces the virtual Greenlight stage to share from his sweeping new novel Morningside Heights, “a richly textured ...

Episode QS68: Kiese Laymon + Robert Jones, Jr. (September 23, 2021)

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Critically acclaimed author Kiese Laymon and Robert Jones Jr. (The Prophets) discuss and celebrate the newly revised and reissued Long Division, Laymo...

Episode QS67: Zakiya Dalila Harris + Brit Bennett (September 16, 2021)

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author Zakiya Dalila Harris alights at Greenlight to launch her debut novel The Other Black Girl, a whip-smart thriller and crackling social commentar...

Episode QS66: Michael Koresky + Mark Harris (September 9, 2021)

09 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In his new book Films of Endearment, filmmaker and critic Michael Koresky revisits the important and popular female-driven films of the 1980s he grew ...

Episode QS65: Maggie Shipstead + Brandon Taylor (September 2, 2021)

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author Brandon Taylor interviews fellow novelist and travel writer Maggie Shipstead about her epic novel Great Circle, a world-spanning tale of women ...

Episode QS64: Joan Silber + Margot Livesey (August 26, 2021)

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This virtual launch event for Joan Silber’s newest novel Secrets of Happiness drew a passionate crowd for her conversation with fellow novelist Marg...

Episode QS63: Stephanie Danler + Emma Roberts & Karah Preiss (August 19, 2021)

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling memoirist Stephanie Danler celebrates the paperback release of her most recent work Stray with author Kara Preiss and actor Emma Roberts, ...

Episode QS62: Adam Mansbach + Saeed Jones (August 12, 2021)

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Mansbach, best known as creator of the parodic children’s book Go the F*ck to Sleep as well as several award-winning novels, opens up about his...

Episode QS61: J. Nicole Jones + Allie Rowbottom (August 5, 2021)

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight neighbor J. Nicole Jones discusses Low Country, her new memoir of her South Carolina family, with Allie Rowbottom, Allie Rowbottom (author ...

Episode QS60: Michaela Carter + Kate Christensen (July 29, 2021)

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author (and indie bookstore owner!) Michaela Carter discusses her new book Leonora in the Morning Light, a novel of the real-life Surrealist artist Le...

Episode QS59: Rachel Kushner + Hari Kunzru (July 22, 2021)

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award and Man Booker finalist Rachel Kushner discusses her new collection of nonfiction, The Hard Cr...

Episode QS58: Sanjena Sathian + Andrew Ridker (July 15, 2021)

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Ridker (author of The Altruists) interviews his longtime friend Sanjena Sathian about her epic debut novel Gold Diggers, an Indian American fam...

Episode QS57: Edward Hirsch + Victoria Change & Vijay Seshradi (July 8, 2021)

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Poets Victoria Chang and Vijay Seshradi join poet and editor Edward Hirsch to celebrate the publication of the anthology 100 Poems to Break Your Heart...

Episode QS56: Dawnie Walton + Kiley Reid (July 1, 2021)

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dawnie Walton launches her debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, a fictional oral history of a 1970s rock ’n’ roll duo, in conversatio...

Episode QS55: Craig Taylor + New York City actors (June 24,2021)

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Craig Taylor's new book New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time comes to life with local actors portraying  some of the 75 fascinating ci...

Episode QS54: Katie Engelhart + Larissa MacFarquhar (June 17, 2021)

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Content warning: This episode discusses suicide and death. Reporter Katie Engelhart discusses her compassionate and thoughtful new book The Inevitable...

Episode QS53: Hala Alyan + Rumaan Alam (June 10, 2021)

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight neighbor Rumaan Alam (Leave the World Behind) talks with returning favorite Hala Alyan about her new novel The Arsonist's City, a rich...

Episode QS52: Carol Edgarian + Jennifer Egan (June 3, 2021)

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight neighbor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan interviews bestselling author Carol Edgarian about her cinematic and adventurous n...

Episode QS51: Naima Coster + Elizabeth Acevedo (May 27, 2021)

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Duende District bookstore owner Angela Spring is the guest host for this special event with Naima Coster presenting her new book What’s Mine and You...

Episode QS50: Hermione Lee + Tom Stoppard (May 20, 2021)

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate the launch of her highly anticipated biography Tom Stoppard: A Life, venerated biographer Hermione Lee interviews Stoppard himself in an ...

Episode QS49: Priyanka Champaneri + Grace Talusan (May 13, 2021)

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Priyanka Champaneri presents her new book The City of Good Death, winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, in conversation with a...

Episode QS48: Marie Arnold + Zoraida Cordova (May 6, 2021)

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marie Arnold talks with award-winning middle grade author Zoraida Córdova about Arnold's debut middle grade novel, The Year I Flew Away.  The b...

Episode QS47: Ben Okri + Porochista Khakpour (April 29, 2021)

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri launches his timely new collection of stories, Prayer for the Living, in conversation with novelist and essayist ...

Episode QS46: Clover Hope & Rachelle Baker + Briana Younger (April 22, 2021)

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Clover Hope talks about the women who have shaped the music, power, and reach of rap in her new book, The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made H...

Episode QS45: Gabrielle Korn + Whembley Sewell (April 8, 2021)

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gabrielle Korn, former editor-in-chief of Nylon, discusses her new essay collection Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Cli...

Episode QS44: Mahogany L. Browne + Renee Watson & Ellen Hagan (April 1, 2021)

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed YA authors Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan open for poet and Greenlight neighbor Mahogany L. Browne as she launches debut YA book, Chlorine Sky...

Episode QS43: Janice Nimura + Emily Silverman (March 25, 2021)

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author and historian Janice P. Nimura launches her new book, The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women—and Women t...

Episode QS42: Min Jin Lee + Jennifer Buehler (March 18, 2021)

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Novelist Min Jin Lee and scholar Jennifer Buehler, who both contributed writing to the new Penguin Classics edition of The Great Gatsby, explore Fitzg...

Episode QS41: Daniel Loedel + Phil Klay (March 11, 2021)

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bloomsbury editor Daniel Loedel launches his debut novel Hades, Argentina with a resonant conversation with National Book Award-winning novelist Phil ...

Episode QS40: Dale Maharidge + Sarah Smarsh (March 4, 2021)

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dale Maharidge talks with friend and fellow journalist Sarah Smarsh about his new book Fucked at Birth: Recalibratin...

Episode QS39: Robert Jones, Jr. + Kiese Laymon (February 25,2021)

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this rich and powerful conversation, Robert Jones (creator of Son of Baldwin) launches his highly anticipated novel The Prophets in conversation wi...

Episode QS38: Charles Yu + Charlie Jane Anders (February 18, 2021)

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Award-winning novelist Charles Yu is joined by his friend, sci fi and fantasy author Charlie Jane Anders, to discuss Yu's novel Interior Chinatow...

Episode QS37: Tina Chang + Aimee Nezhukumatahil (February 11, 2021)

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Beloved poets Tina Chang (Hybrida) and Aimee Nezhukumatathil (World of Wonders) discuss their latest books, both of which meditate on the themes of ra...

Episode QS36: Jason Reynolds + Danica Novgorodoff (February 4, 2021)

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight Bookstore events director Jessica Stockton Bagnulo interviews Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff about Novgorodoff's graphic novel ...

Episode QS35: Laura Marks + Carmen Maria Machado (January 28, 2021)

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Two literary authors discuss their new horror-tinged graphic novels: Laura Marks on her blood-soaked 19th-century tale Daphne Byrne and Carmen Maria M...

Episode QS34: Adam Kirsch + Ruth Franklin (January 21, 2021)

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Authors Adam Kirsch and Ruth Franklin explore the legacy of Jewish literature in the 20th century on the occasion of the publication of Kirsch's ...

Episode QS33: Maureen Mahon + Bridgett M. Davis (January 14, 2021)

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Acclaimed novelist and memoirist Bridgett M. Davis talks with music writer and educator Maureen Mahon about Mahon's book Black Diamond Queens: Af...

Episode QS32: Deesha Philyaw + Kiese Laymon (January 7, 2021)

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Deesha Philyaw discusses her already beloved fiction debut The Secret Lives of Church Ladies in a joy-filled conversation with her close friend, poet ...

Episode QS31: Eric Adams + Bryant Terry (January 1, 2020)

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and award-winning chef, author, and educator Bryant Terry offer an inspiring conversation on food and racial jus...

SPECIAL EPISODE: Greenlight All-Star Revue + Virtual Reopening (December 24, 2020)

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight celebrates the re-opening of its stores with a star-studded evening with many of our favorite authors, MC’ed by poet Saeed Jones!  Liste...

Episode QS30: Roman Mars & Kurt Kohlstedt + Seth Godin (December 17, 2020)

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The beloved 99% Invisible podcast takes book form in The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design, and host and creato...

Episode QS29: Brooklyn Indie Party (December 10, 2020)

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greenlight’s annual Brooklyn Indie Party (ten years and counting) goes virtual for 2020! Editors and publishers from eleven small publishers introdu...

Episode QS28: Michael Ian Black + Liz Plank (December 3, 2020)

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The multi-talented Michael Ian Black discusses his book A Better Man: A (Mostly) Serious Letter to my Son with award-winning journalist and author Liz...

Episode QS27: Mychal Denzel Smith + Brit Bennett (November 27, 2020)

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Set squarely in the context of an America ravaged by a pandemic and racial and political violence, Mychal Denzel Smith's discussion of his book S...

Episode QS26: Sid Meier + David Ewalt (November 19, 2020)

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Legendary game developer Sid Meier (creator of Pirates, Railroad Tycoon, and Sid Meier's Civilization) talks about his own story, as related in h...