Podcast:Poured Over Published On: Thu Nov 07 2024 Description: Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, joins us to talk about her connection to the organization, the process of judging the National Book Awards, who she is as a reader and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Marc, Jamie, and Donald. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app Featured Books (Episode): March: Book Three by John Lewis Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson My Friends by Hisham Matar Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Featured Books (TBR Top Off): The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Behind the Beautiful Forever by Katherine Boo The Shipping News by Annie Proulx