David Naimon
@davidnaimon.bsky.social
Host of the Between the Covers podcast & Crafting with Ursula series, co-author of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing.
Podcast: tinhouse.com/podcasts
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@BetweentheCovers-DavidNaimon
Podcast: tinhouse.com/podcasts
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@BetweentheCovers-DavidNaimon
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David Naimon
@davidnaimon.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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Looking for a good writing podcast? Flash reader Christina D’Antoni recommends BETWEEN THE COVERS by David Naimon.
"Especially the Bhanu Kapil and Caren Beilin episodes. There are SO many good ones, but I've saved those two in particular when I need to let a little extra light in. ✨ "
"Especially the Bhanu Kapil and Caren Beilin episodes. There are SO many good ones, but I've saved those two in particular when I need to let a little extra light in. ✨ "
February 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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And the episode with Omar El Akkad was one of the finest hours of podcasting ever.
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
And the episode with Omar El Akkad was one of the finest hours of podcasting ever.
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Listen, be inspired, repeat. I have several, but this is one of my all time favorite Between the Covers interviews.
"this does not need a balm
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Dionne Brand : Nomenclature — New and Collected Poems | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest Dionne Brand, to borrow the words of John Keene, “is without question one of the major living poets in the English language.” Kamau Brathwaite called Brand “our first major exile female ...
milkweed.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Listen, be inspired, repeat. I have several, but this is one of my all time favorite Between the Covers interviews.
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Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
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Looking for a good writing podcast? Flash reader Christina D’Antoni recommends BETWEEN THE COVERS by David Naimon.
"Especially the Bhanu Kapil and Caren Beilin episodes. There are SO many good ones, but I've saved those two in particular when I need to let a little extra light in. ✨ "
"Especially the Bhanu Kapil and Caren Beilin episodes. There are SO many good ones, but I've saved those two in particular when I need to let a little extra light in. ✨ "
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Looking for a good writing podcast? Flash reader Christina D’Antoni recommends BETWEEN THE COVERS by David Naimon.
"Especially the Bhanu Kapil and Caren Beilin episodes. There are SO many good ones, but I've saved those two in particular when I need to let a little extra light in. ✨ "
"Especially the Bhanu Kapil and Caren Beilin episodes. There are SO many good ones, but I've saved those two in particular when I need to let a little extra light in. ✨ "
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"this does not need a balm
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Dionne Brand : Nomenclature — New and Collected Poems | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest Dionne Brand, to borrow the words of John Keene, “is without question one of the major living poets in the English language.” Kamau Brathwaite called Brand “our first major exile female ...
milkweed.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
"this does not need a balm
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
"this does not need a balm
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Dionne Brand : Nomenclature — New and Collected Poems | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest Dionne Brand, to borrow the words of John Keene, “is without question one of the major living poets in the English language.” Kamau Brathwaite called Brand “our first major exile female ...
milkweed.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
"this does not need a balm
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
this needs an ending"
--Dionne Brand, Nomenclature for the Time Being
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
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“If I am peaceful in this discomfort, is not peace,/ is getting used to harm.”
Dionne Brand
Land to Light On
Dionne Brand
Land to Light On
February 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
“If I am peaceful in this discomfort, is not peace,/ is getting used to harm.”
Dionne Brand
Land to Light On
Dionne Brand
Land to Light On
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I had a chance to take a class with Ngugi and he was an amazing, kind, funny teacher. He'd take me and Wesley--the other Black kid in class--out to lunch and those were not just some of the mist memorable lunches of my life, but they turned W into one of my closest (and now oldest) friends
"I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power."
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o : The Language of Languages | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest, novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, scholar, translator, and perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is an iconic figure in postcolonial tho...
milkweed.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I had a chance to take a class with Ngugi and he was an amazing, kind, funny teacher. He'd take me and Wesley--the other Black kid in class--out to lunch and those were not just some of the mist memorable lunches of my life, but they turned W into one of my closest (and now oldest) friends
the great Ballaké Sissoko in Portland last night
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
the great Ballaké Sissoko in Portland last night
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"I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power."
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o : The Language of Languages | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest, novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, scholar, translator, and perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is an iconic figure in postcolonial tho...
milkweed.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power."
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
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A classic from the archives, re-released in anticipation of Jake Skeets second collection, HORSES, coming in March from @milkweededitions.bsky.social
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
From the Archives : Jake Skeets : Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers | Milkweed Editions
Today’s episode is a classic from the archives, a conversation from 2019 with current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Jake Skeets about his debut poetry collection Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flow...
milkweed.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:57 PM
A classic from the archives, re-released in anticipation of Jake Skeets second collection, HORSES, coming in March from @milkweededitions.bsky.social
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
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I've never listened to this so I will and am so excited for Horses
A classic from the archives, re-released in anticipation of Jake Skeets second collection, HORSES, coming in March from @milkweededitions.bsky.social
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
From the Archives : Jake Skeets : Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers | Milkweed Editions
Today’s episode is a classic from the archives, a conversation from 2019 with current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Jake Skeets about his debut poetry collection Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flow...
milkweed.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I've never listened to this so I will and am so excited for Horses
A classic from the archives, re-released in anticipation of Jake Skeets second collection, HORSES, coming in March from @milkweededitions.bsky.social
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
From the Archives : Jake Skeets : Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers | Milkweed Editions
Today’s episode is a classic from the archives, a conversation from 2019 with current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate Jake Skeets about his debut poetry collection Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flow...
milkweed.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:57 PM
A classic from the archives, re-released in anticipation of Jake Skeets second collection, HORSES, coming in March from @milkweededitions.bsky.social
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
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This is such a powerful conversation
"I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power."
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o : The Language of Languages | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest, novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, scholar, translator, and perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is an iconic figure in postcolonial tho...
milkweed.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
This is such a powerful conversation
"I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power."
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o : The Language of Languages | Milkweed Editions
Today’s guest, novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, scholar, translator, and perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is an iconic figure in postcolonial tho...
milkweed.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power."
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
Audio: milkweed.org/between-the-...
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Events tonight! Canisia Lubrin in Conversation With David Naimon at Powell's Burnside and Emiko Jean in Conversation With Aiden Thomas at Powell's Cedar Hills.
#portlandevents #authorevent #powellsevents #powellsbooks
#portlandevents #authorevent #powellsevents #powellsbooks
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Events tonight! Canisia Lubrin in Conversation With David Naimon at Powell's Burnside and Emiko Jean in Conversation With Aiden Thomas at Powell's Cedar Hills.
#portlandevents #authorevent #powellsevents #powellsbooks
#portlandevents #authorevent #powellsevents #powellsbooks
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Congrats David! This is wonderful news! Can’t wait to see what’s next. Meanwhile, I’ve just started reading GOVERNING BODIES, love the table of contents as a confluence of rivers. Excited now to listen to your conversation with Sangu. What a treat. 🥰
January 29, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Congrats David! This is wonderful news! Can’t wait to see what’s next. Meanwhile, I’ve just started reading GOVERNING BODIES, love the table of contents as a confluence of rivers. Excited now to listen to your conversation with Sangu. What a treat. 🥰
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David Naimon x Milkweed? This is the best literary news I’ve seen since forever.
Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Sangamithra Iyer : Governing Bodies : A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed | Milkweed Editions
“When I tell you a story about my body, I cannot separate it from a story about water. And a story about water is also a story about family. And a story about family is rooted in the earth…,” opens Sa...
milkweed.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
David Naimon x Milkweed? This is the best literary news I’ve seen since forever.
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Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Sangamithra Iyer : Governing Bodies : A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed | Milkweed Editions
“When I tell you a story about my body, I cannot separate it from a story about water. And a story about water is also a story about family. And a story about family is rooted in the earth…,” opens Sa...
milkweed.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
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So excited for Between the Covers new home!
Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Sangamithra Iyer : Governing Bodies : A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed | Milkweed Editions
“When I tell you a story about my body, I cannot separate it from a story about water. And a story about water is also a story about family. And a story about family is rooted in the earth…,” opens Sa...
milkweed.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
So excited for Between the Covers new home!
Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Sangamithra Iyer : Governing Bodies : A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed | Milkweed Editions
“When I tell you a story about my body, I cannot separate it from a story about water. And a story about water is also a story about family. And a story about family is rooted in the earth…,” opens Sa...
milkweed.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
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"Fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely", -historian Mike Davis. Painting by educator Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely", -historian Mike Davis. Painting by educator Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social
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Just finished listening to the Shibli interview, powerful.
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Between the Covers conversations with Palestinian novelists
Adania Shibli about Minor Detail: tinhouse.com/podcast/adan...
Isabella Hammad about Enter Ghost: tinhouse.com/podcast/isab...
Between the Covers conversations with Palestinian novelists
Adania Shibli about Minor Detail: tinhouse.com/podcast/adan...
Isabella Hammad about Enter Ghost: tinhouse.com/podcast/isab...
Adania Shibli : Minor Detail - Tin House
The latest book by Palestinian novelist Adania Shibli, Minor Detail, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature, and longlisted for the International Booker Prize. Shibli tal...
tinhouse.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Just finished listening to the Shibli interview, powerful.