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Publisher of books and journals (scholarly, literary, and regional), at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://uwpress.wisc.edu. (We are not the UW news/PR office)
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Scenes from @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25: Anastasia Gordienko with her book, Outlaw Music in Russia

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Anastasia Gordienko stands in the University of Wisconsin Press booth at the 2025 ASEEES convention in Washington, DC, holding a copy of her book, Outlaw Music in Russia. In the background, the University of Wisconsin Press logo banner and book cover banners, along with a table with lots of Slavic Studies books on top of it
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Scenes from @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25: Andrey Ivanov with his book, A Spiritual Revolution.

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Andrey Ivanov stands in the University of Wisconsin Press booth at the 2025 ASEEES convention in Washington, DC, holding a copy of his book, A Spiritual Revolution. In the background, the University of Wisconsin Press logo banner and book cover banners, as well as tables with recent Slavic Studies books on them
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Scenes from @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25: Tim Harte with his book, Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades!: Sports, Art, and Ideology in Late Russian and Early Soviet Culture.

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Tim Harte stands in the University of Wisconsin Press booth at the 2025 ASEEES annual convention holding a copy of his book Faster, Higher, Stronger, Comrades! In the background, the University of Wisconsin Press logo banner and book cover banners, and tables with Slavic Studies books on them
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Scenes from #ASA2025 (African Studies Association): Corrie Decker is signing copies of her new book at the @uwiscpress.bsky.social booth (#202), through 1:30 PM!
Corrie Decker seated at the University of Wisconsin Press booth at the African Studies Association convention, 2025, in Atlanta, signing copies of her book, The Age of Sex: Custom, Law, and Ritual in Twentieth-Century East Africa
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Reminder: Corrie Decker will sign copies of her new book at @asanewsonline.bsky.social #ASA2025 TODAY from 1-1:30 at the @uwiscpress.bsky.social booth (#202)!
Text reads "Book signing: Corrie Decker." Then there's the University of Wisconsin Press logo. And then the text "Booth 202, Friday, November 21, 1:00-1:30 PM, African Studies Association, 2025." Then a photo of the cover of the book, The Age of Sex: Custom, Law, and Ritual in Twentieth-Century East Africa
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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We're in Atlanta for #ASA2025 @asanewsonline.bsky.social! If you're here too, we hope you'll stop by booth 202 to browse new books and journals and chat with editor in chief @dancrissman.bsky.social and journals manager Toni Gunnison!
A colorful frame around a tan background with the University of Wisconsin Press logo and the header "African Studies Association." Then, six thumbnail images of recent African Studies books's covers (Sisters for Justice; Book of Healing; The State, Ethnicity, and Gender in Africa; The Age of Sex; Fashioning Inland Communities; and Letters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria). Then the discount code ASA25UWISC discount on select titles
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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We're in DC for @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25! If you're here too, we hope you'll drop by to check out new books & chat with acquisitions editor @kilravockrose.bsky.social. And if you're not here, you can still browse our virtual exhibit (with the ASEEES discount) at uwpress.wisc.edu/About/Exhibi...
A navy blue background with a teal background on top. At top, text reads ASEEES 2025. Then there are seven thumbnail images of recent and forthcoming Slavic Studies books (Sacred Springs in the Camps, The Secret Protocol, Soviet Rock on Screen, Hacking the Iron Curtain, The Politics of Fantasy, Cinema of Sincerity, and From Metaphor to Direct Speech). Then the University of Wisconsin Press logo in white. And then text that reads: ASEEES25WISC discount code on select titles
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Scenes from #ASEEES25: Pavel Khazanov with his book, The Russia That We Have Lost.

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Pavel Khazanov stands in the University of Wisconsin Press booth at the 2025 ASEEES convention in Washington, DC, holding a copy of his book, The Russia That We Have Lost. In the background, the University of Wisconsin Press logo banner and a table with Slavic Studies books on it
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Scenes from @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25: Eliot Borenstein with his latest book, The Politics of Fantasy: Magic, Children's Literature, and Fandom in Putin's Russia.

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Eliot Borenstein stands in the University of Wisconsin Press booth at the 2025 ASEEES convention in Washington, DC, holding a copy of his book, The Politics of Fantasy. In the background, you can see the University of Wisconsin Press logo banner, a couple of book cover banners (including one of The Politics of Fantasy), and a table with Slavic Studies books on it
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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We're all set up at @aseees.bsky.social #ASEEES25! The exhibit hall will open at 5 this evening, and will be open Friday through Sunday as well. If you're here too, we hope you'll drop by to check out new books and chat with acquisitions editor Amber Cederström @kilravockrose.bsky.social!
A photograph of the University of Wisconsin Press exhibit at the 2025 ASEEES convention in Washington, DC. In the background you can see blue curtains with the University of Wisconsin Press logo banner hanging in the middle and book cover posters on either side. In the foreground, an L-shaped table displaying a number of Slavic Studies books
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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We're in Atlanta for #ASA2025 @asanewsonline.bsky.social! If you're here too, we hope you'll stop by booth 202 to browse new books and journals and chat with editor in chief @dancrissman.bsky.social and journals manager Toni Gunnison!
A photo of the University of Wisconsin booth at the African Studies Association annual conference, 2025, in Atlanta, GA. In the background, yellow curtains with the University of Wisconsin Press logo banner. In the foreground, several tables with books and journals on them
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Reminder: Corrie Decker will sign copies of her new book at #ASA2025, Friday from 1-1:30, at the @uwiscpress.bsky.social booth (#202)! @asanewsonline.bsky.social
Text reads "Book signing: Corrie Decker at the University of Wisconsin Press exhibit, Booth # 202, Friday, November 21, 1:00-1:30 PM, African Studies Association, 2025." And then there's a photo of the cover of the book, The Age of Sex: Custom, Law, and Ritual in Twentieth-Century East Africa
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Tomorrow, Lindsay Stuart Hill's tour for her new poetry collection, WOLRD OF DEW, continues! If you're in NYC, we hope you'll join Lindsay Stuart Hill and Emily Hockaday for an event at @astoriabookshop.bsky.social, 7 p.m. on Thursday 11/20!
At top, a photo of the cover of World of Dew and of the author, poet Lindsay Stuart Hill. Then, text reads "upcoming events with Lindsay Stuart Hill." Then, a list of events. Nov 11 Next Chapter Books in St Paul MN. Nov 20 The Atoria Bookshop in Queens NY with Emily Hockaday. Dec 1 Water Street Bookstore in Exeter NY with Diannely Antigua. April 14 Goucher College's The Kratz Center in Baltimore MD
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The University of Wisconsin Press is pleased to announce the launch of a new book series, Yorùbá Worlds, edited by Toyin Falola!

Learn more here: tinyurl.com/4njk4zpj
At the top, the University of Wisconsin Press logo. Then the text reads: Announcing a new book series: Yoruba Worlds, edited by Toyin Falola. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/4njk4zpj
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Many thanks to Alida Becker and NYT Book Review for this lovely review of Janet Burroway's new novel, Simone in Pieces: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...

Milwaukee: reminder! Janet Burroway will be at @boswellbooks.bsky.social TONIGHT, 11/18, at 6:30 PM, in conversation with @kimsuhr.bsky.social
At top, a photo of the cover of Simone in Pieces. At bottom, a quote from the New York Times review: “In a series of slyly eloquent chapters that follow Simone Lerrante from childhood into her 60s, we see her through the refracting context of the people she meets.”—New York Times At top, text reads "Janet Burroway in conversation with Kim Suhr." Then there are photos of Janet Burroway and Kim Suhr on either side of a photo of the cover of Simone in Pieces. Then the event details: November 18, 2025 @ 6:30 PM, Boswell Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211-4242
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Milwaukee: reminder! On November 18, Boswell Book Company will host will host Janet Burroway, in conversation with Kim Suhr, in celebration of Janet's new novel, Simone in Pieces! Learn more and RSVP (for free): boswellbooks.com/event/2025-1...
At top, text reads "Janet Burroway in conversation with Kim Suhr." Then there are photos of Janet Burroway and Kim Suhr on either side of a photo of the cover of Simone in Pieces. Then the event details: November 18, 2025 @ 6:30 PM, Boswell Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211-4242
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Providence, RI: reminder! TOMORROW, November 14, Riffraff Bookstore will host the launch event for David O'Connell's new book of poetry, At Some Point! David will be in conversation with Julie Danho. Details: riffraffpvd.com/events/
At the top, text reads "launch event and signing: David O'Connell in conversation with Julie Danho, November 14, 2025, @ 6 p.m., Riffraff Bookstore in Providence, RI." At the bottom, a photo of the cover of At Some Point, which is mostly blue, looking into a window lit up with orange light, with a staircase visible
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Chicago: reminder! Janet Burroway will launch her new novel, Simone in Pieces, tonight at Women & Children First, in conversation with Rosellen Brown! Details and (free) registration: womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/2025-1...
A graphic advertising the Women & Children First launch event for Janet Burroway's Simone in Pieces, in conversation with Rosellen Brown. The graphic includes a photo of the cover of Simone in Pieces and a photo of Janet Burroway, along with event details: Wednesday, November 12, 7 PM CT, 5233 N. Clark St in Chicago
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Happy publication day to Lindsay Stuart Hill, whose new poetry collection WORLD OF DEW (winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry) is out today! Learn more about the book here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/W/Worl...
At left, a photo of the cover of World of Dew. At top, text reads "available now" and at bottom "winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry." In between, two blurbs: “Hill’s poems ring with a lyrical clarity that invites us to embrace the mysteries of everyday life. These are poems to live in and to get lost in, and, if you are patient and lucky, to never quite find your way out of. Gentle, honest, and unstintingly truthful, this is a beautiful and life-affirming book.” — Ronald Wallace, judge, Brittingham Prize in Poetry “A tender and meditative collection, exploring joy, grief, loss, and wonder in sharp-eyed poems filled with grace. One can feel the poet’s wise gaze fall over these pages, lighting the natural landscape of Hill’s mind in all its enlightened awe.” — Safiya Sinclair At left, a photo of the cover of World of Dew. At top, text reads "more praise" and at bottom "winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry." In between, two blurbs: “In this remarkable collection, traveling can be an outward journey, an inner one, and sometimes both at the same time. The best poems here nourish the reader in deeply original ways. Reading them is like drinking the purest water from a hidden spring.” — Elizabeth Spires “What a marvelous debut! The sacred openness of each poem reveals a mind that thinks and feels with equal lucidity.” — Gregory Orr At top, a photo of the cover of World of Dew. Then, an excerpt from one of the poems: “We ended our tour on the bottom floor, in a large and empty hall, where there was a table bearing a tray of pumpkin muffins we weren’t allowed to eat. I imagined tearing one open, saw steam rising from the inside, and thought of how quickly a slip of butter would melt into the cake of it. We never had butter out for eating at home. It was always kept in the freezer, preserved until it was needed for baking. In that moment, I held the vanishing smear of it in my mind, and the imagined taste against the spices of the muffin was like the light from a match struck in the dark.” —Excerpt from “The Bahá’í School” At top, a photo of the cover of World of Dew and of the author, poet Lindsay Stuart Hill. Then, text reads "upcoming events with Lindsay Stuart Hill." Then, a list of events. Nov 11 Next Chapter Books in St Paul MN. Nov 20 The Atoria Bookshop in Queens NY with Emily Hockaday. Dec 1 Water Street Bookstore in Exeter NY with Diannely Antigua. April 14 Goucher College's The Kratz Center in Baltimore MD
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Happy publication day to David O'Connell, whose new poetry collection AT SOME POINT (winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry) is out today! Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/A/At-S...
At top, a photo of the cover of At Some Point and the words "available now!" At the bottom, "winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry." In between, three blurbs: “Plain-spoken, warm, and affectionate poems give way to deeper observation as O’Connell turns a wry eye on finitude and mortality. These poems never leave us behind, embracing a world in which even a ‘lummox’ (like us) can be ‘gobsmacked’ by ‘so many choices’ that ‘the whole universe seemed possible.’ This is a capacious and big-hearted book.” — Ronald Wallace, judge, Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry “Marvelous. Delicate, durable, intimate in feeling, and sweeping in view, At Some Point rewards belief in an American poetry that wants to ravel language, that’s keen to the mesmeric, that recognizes awe can be located in the everyday. Poems like these are what happens when grace and intelligence decide to take a walk.” — Colin Channer, Rhode Island Poet Laureate “Consistently spare, precise, and thoughtful, these poems are, above all, intimate. Subjects are not merely observed but experienced and meditated upon until loneliness, joy, and grief are, as O’Connell writes, ‘observed as passing clouds, an innate meteorology.’” — Gary Fincke At top, a photo of the cover of At Some Point. Then, an excerpt from one of the poems: “Unable to carry // their overloaded backpacks, my daughter / and her friends wheel them to school / like battered airline luggage, struggling // to pull them along their shortcut / through the cemetery. As they cross, / she tells me, they’ll each, out loud, say // I'm sorry, though she’s not sure who / started this, and, pressed, rolls her eyes, / embarrassed to admit the reasons they do.” —Excerpt from “Intervale Cemetery”
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Happy publication date to Bruce Snider, whose latest poetry collection BLOOD HARMONY (winner of the Four Lakes Prize in Poetry) is out today! Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/B/Bloo...
At left, a photo of the cover of Blood Harmony. At top, text reads "available now" and at bottom text reads "winner of the Four Lakes Prize in Poetry." To the right, two blurbs: “There is a mythic precision in Blood Harmony, a collection of the limits of recovery and language (‘There was always need in the needle’); heartbreaking elegy; and always Indiana, a place of ice and kerosene but also ‘unmown grass, sweetness, rain.’ No American poet is as empathetic as Bruce Snider.” — Randall Mann “In Blood Harmony, ‘the truck stop / is the ghost of a truck stop’ and songs of George Strait strike lightning. Snider’s devastating love poems for a ‘brother of Indiana tattooed on his calf’ show the body alive in itself, in this battle of desire and blood’s machinery.” — Jan Beatty At top, a photo of the cover of Blood Harmony. Then, an excerpt from one of the poems: “When I looked at him across the table, I wanted to lean over, crying out for what was lost. He sat there talking, talking. And our mother wanted to believe his new story. And our father wanted to remove the bolt from their bedroom door. I drove to a bar and ordered a whiskey then another and another until I felt the warm stupor wash over me Wasn’t I my brother now? Hadn’t we been interchangeable all along?” —Excerpt from Blood Harmony
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Reminder: Today's the last day to submit to the Wisconsin Prize for Poetry in Translation, judged by Daniel Borzutzky! Learn more here: wicw.submittable.com/submit
On the left size, a red background with the University of Wisconsin press logo in white at the bottom and the text "Wisconsin Prize for Poetry in Translation, judged by Daniel Borzutzky, submit by November 8 at wicw.submittable.com. On the left, a photo of judge Daniel Borzutzky and thumbnail images of the covers of What Sex Is Death? and The Roof of the Whale Poems
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The @texasbookfest.bsky.social takes place this weekend in Austin and @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social, award-winning author of the poetry collection HOW TO KILL A GOAT & OTHER MONSTERS, will be on panels and signing copies of his book! If you're in the area, we hope you'll stop by!
A graphic created by the Texas Book Festival including a photo of Saul Hernandez and information on the festival itself (Nov 8-9 in downtown ATX), and in the upper right-hand corner a photo of the cover of HOW TO KILL A GOAT AND OTHER MONSTERS
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Happy publication date to Janet Burroway, whose new novel SIMONE IN PIECES is out today!

Learn more here: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/S/Simo...
At left, a photo of the cover of SIMONE IN PIECES. At top, text reads "available now!" Then, two review quotes: “[This] novel might also be thought of as a guide to writing fiction, putting on display a wide array of techniques for portraying a character and unfolding a story. As Simone creates collages from fragments of photographs, this novel delivers similar aesthetic surprise and satisfaction.” — Kirkus Reviews “A well-crafted tale of a war orphan’s decades-spanning journey of self-discovery. . . . Burroway alternates Simone’s narration with evocative snippets from other characters’ points of view.” — Publishers Weekly At top, text reads "more praise for..." followed by a photo of the cover of SIMONE IN PIECES. Then, two review quotes and two blurbs: “A compelling story of love, loss, and the coincidences that make a life. . . . Readers will find themselves contemplating the trajectory of their own lives while following Simone on her long, winding road to a happy-ish ending.” — Library Journal “In the absorbing novel Simone in Pieces, a young refugee’s mutable identity diverts and sustains the course of her life.” — Foreword Reviews “Brilliant in conception and dazzlingly adept in its technical execution, Simone in Pieces proves once again that Burroway is a national treasure. She is at the height of her prodigious powers, exploring the great and enduring theme of literary art: the yearning for a self, for an identity, for a place in the universe. This is a must read.” — Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. "Austere and haunting. . . a must-read."--Adam Johnson At left, a photo of the cover of SIMONE IN PIECES. At top, text reads "more praise." Then, two blurbs: “In this brilliantly structured novel, Burroway presents the life of her heroine through the eyes of characters who come irresistibly to life and in turn bring Simone to life. Burroway writes with virtuosic authority about a life spanning more than sixty years; the result is both compelling and deeply satisfying. I would have followed Simone anywhere.” — Margot Livesey, author of The Road from Belhaven “I love this book. Each time the story baton is handed forward here, it’s with a precision and grace and élan that only Burroway has. Her instinct for what to do in the next line feels so natural, so right.” — Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times best-selling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter At top, a photo of the cover of SIMONE IN PIECES and text reading "additional praise." Then, three blurbs: “A capacious novel. For more than sixty years, Simone navigates her career and relationships, working through traumas and fragmented memory, and strives for self-realization during a precarious time for a woman academic. Moving, courageous, and thought provoking, Simone’s quest is both a love story and a triumph over her childhood tragedies.” — Yang Huang, author of My Good Son. “If there were such a thing as a cubist novel, Simone in Pieces would define the genre. Every chapter captures the woman at its center from a different angle, each a dazzling surprise. Burroway has found a brilliant way to portray a woman in search of herself and her dire history, lost and found many times over.” — Rosellen Brown, author of Before and After. “This book is stupendous. I loved it so, so much. An assemblage, fragments that bring vividly to life a woman, an era, a world—or rather many worlds—this book is a marvel and a delight.” — Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Treasure
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Happy publication date to Emily Mitchell, whose new story collection THE CHURCH OF DIVINE ELECTRICITY is out today! Learn more: tinyurl.com/4jwdxnex

Emily has upcoming events in Washington, D.C.; Madison, WI; Richmond, VA; Columbia, MD; and Cleveland, OH!
At left, a photo of the cover of THE CHURCH OF DIVINE ELECTRICITY. At right, text reads "available now!" and then there are two blurbs: “Mitchell’s prose is crystal clear—there’s no hiding the ball. It’s thoughtful, perceptive, vivid—and can steam up a mirror! This is excellent work, flawlessly executed.” — Michelle Latiolais, author of She and Widow “These eerie fables of societies gone amok are almost too realistic to bear. Mitchell has written a fitting epitaph for our species: a darkly glittering gem of a book.” — Dan Chaon, author of One of Us At top, text reads "additional praise" and then there's a photo of the cover of THE CHURCH OF DIVINE ELECTRICITY. then a blurb: “Mitchell is one of our most astute chroniclers of the way we live now. These diabolically inventive stories, often wickedly funny, vary thrillingly in tonal register and form. They ask all the big questions, including: Are we humans gone awry worth saving? Together, they whisper yes.” — Maud Casey, author of City of Incurable Women At top, photos of the cover of THE CHURCH OF DIVINE ELECTRICITY and author Emily Mitchell. Then text reads "Upcoming Events with Emily Mitchell." Nov 6 Lost City Books in DC with Tania James, Nov 15 Watershed Reading Series at Art Lit Lab in Madison WI. Nov 20 Flying South Reading Series in Richmond VA. Dec 9 Wilde Readings at Queen Takes Book in Columbia MD. Jan 15 Loganberry Books in Cleveland OH with Dan Chaon
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM