About this podcast
Narrative Edge from Georgia Public Broadcasting highlights books with Georgia connections. Hosted by two of your favorite public radio book nerds who also happen to be your hosts of All Things Considered on GPB radio, Peter Biello and Orlando Montoya. In this podcast, Peter and Orlando will introduce you to authors, their writings, and the insights behind their stories, mixed with their own thoughts and ideas on just what gives these works the Narrative Edge.
Episodes
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- Work Lunch · 17 minMusician Lee Bains (Lee Bains & the Glory Fires) has been writing songs about the American south and the working class for years. He’s now written his debut collection of poetry…
- The Personal Cost of Covering America’s Worst News with Justin Glawe · 15 minJournalist Justin Glawe has spent years reporting from scenes of violence, protest, and national upheaval, from Ferguson to the aftermath of mass shootings and the killing of…
- Kathryn Stockett on The Calamity Club, The Help, and Writing Mississippi · 36 minPeter Biello sits down with The Help author Kathryn Stockett to discuss her new novel, The Calamity Club, a Depression era story set in Mississippi. Stockett talks about the…
- A Funeral, a Time Loop, and a Georgia Island: Exploring Paige Harbison’s Destination Funeral · 15 minWhat happens when four estranged people gather for a funeral on a fictional Georgia island and discover that Saturday keeps repeating? This episode explores Paige Harbison’s…
- How Lillian Smith Challenged Segregation Through Writing, Education, and Activism · 13 minHistorian Keri Leigh Merritt joins the conversation around An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America, her…
- Broken Houses by Chelsea Rathburn: How Poetry Rebuilds the Meaning of Home · 18 minGeorgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn explores family history, financial instability, and the emotional meaning of home in her poetry collection, Broken Houses. Peter and…
- K.W. Oxnard Explores Medicine and Mortality in The Leg in Question · 15 minThe Leg in Question is the debut short story collection by Savannah writer K.W. Oxnard. Peter and Orlando discuss stories about HIV and AIDS, an apparently healthy leg a patient…
- Taylor Brown Explores Wolves, Wilderness, and Human Nature in Wolvers · 15 minWhat happens when lifelong beliefs collide with lived experience? Georgia author Taylor Brown joins us to discuss Wolvers, his novel set in New Mexico's Gila Wilderness. We…
- From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia by Greg Brooking · 20 minWas the American Revolution really Americans versus the British, or was it a civil war between neighbors, families, and lifelong friends? This episode explores Greg Brooking's…
- In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America by Daniel Rood · 17 minWhat makes a plantation more than just a historic mansion? In this episode, Peter and Orlando explore In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America…
- Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola · 17 minThis episode of Narrative Edge explores Leave Your Mess at Home, the debut novel from Atlanta-based author Tolani Akinola. Peter Biello and Orlando Montoya unpack the book’s…
- The Negroes Send Their Love: Poems, Perspectives, and Possible Futures By Sean Hill · 13 minPoet Sean Hill joins Narrative Edge to discuss his collection The Negroes Send Their Love: Poems, Perspectives, and Possible Futures. In this conversation, Hill reflects on race…
- Momma May Be Mad: A Memoir by Kerry Neville · 16 minIn this episode, Peter and Orlando explore Momma May Be Mad, a powerful memoir by Kerry Neville that examines mental health, addiction, and recovery. They discuss her journey…
- A Fate Worse than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War by W. Fitzhugh Brundage · 18 minExplore the harsh realities of Civil War prison camps, including Andersonville, in this episode featuring historian Fitzhugh Brundage and his book A Fate Worse Than Hell. Hosts…
- In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir By Tom Junod · 20 minIn this episode, Peter Biello and Orlando Montoya explore In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod. They discuss the author’s complex…
- Kin by Tayari Jones · 16 minIn this episode, Peter and Orlando explore Kin by Tayari Jones. They discuss how the friendship between Annie and Niecy anchors the novel, along with Jones’ ideas about story…
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins · 19 minAuthor Ace Atkins joins us to discuss Everybody Wants to Rule the World, a Cold War spy novel set in 1985 Atlanta. We explore how real espionage history, including the story of…
- The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America's Lawsuit Factory By Elizabeth Chamblee Burch · 16 minIn this episode, Peter and Orlando explore The Pain Brokers by Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, a gripping investigation into how call centers, lenders, lawyers, and doctors exploited…
- Rough House: A Father, a Son, and the Pursuit of Wrestling Glory by Allison Lyn Miller · 17 minPeter and Orlando explore Rough House: A Father, a Son, and the Pursuit of Wrestling Glory, a deeply reported look at Georgia’s independent professional wrestling scene. Host…
- Scarlett: Slavery’s Enduring Legacy in an American Family by Leslie Stainton · 17 minIn this episode, we discuss Scarlett: Slavery’s Enduring Legacy in an American Family, a work of creative nonfiction that traces one white family’s deep ties to slavery on…
