Upstart Crow
by Upstart Crow Podcast
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Shubha Sunder - The Push and Pull of Constructing a Life
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About this podcast
Dedicated to promoting books and culture through engaging and informative podcasts. Our mission is to inspire our listeners to explore the literary arts and appreciate the diversity of ideas within our amazing world. We invite a diverse range of writers, historians, and cultural influences to share their expertise. From established artists to up-and-coming creatives, our guests provide unique perspectives on writing, the literary arts, and culture. Hosted by Ken Budd, Jennifer Disano, and William Miller.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 52 episodes
- Shubha Sunder - The Push and Pull of Constructing a Life · 1 h 0 min · Episode 52Second of four in the Upstart Crow–Fairfax County Public Library Interview Series, celebrating America's 250th anniversary. More information about the series and upcoming…
- Liam Callanan - Stone Age Astronaut · 58 min · Episode 51What makes an extraordinary accomplishment disappear from the history books? And what does it take to leave one life behind and begin another? Liam Callanan, author of four…
- Lois Romano – Mary Todd Lincoln: An Inconvenient Widow · 1 h 5 min · Episode 50Lois Romano – Mary Todd Lincoln: An Inconvenient Widow This is the first of four interviews in the Upstart Crow–Fairfax County Public Library Interview Series, presented as part…
- Ilan Stavans – A Nation Wrestles with God · 53 min · Episode 49Internationally known, award-winning writer and editor Ilan Stavans sees an anthology as something akin to a library where the books come down from the shelves at night and fly…
- Nicholas Reynolds and Katie S. Sanders – Ortiz’s War · 53 min · Episode 48From 1932 until the end of World War II, Peter J. Ortiz was almost constantly involved in international warfare—13 years of it—either fighting or gathering intelligence about…
- Marty Ross-Dolen – Always There, Always Gone · 48 min · Episode 47Marty Ross-Dolen’s memoir Always There, Always Gone, winner of the 2026 Ohio Book Awards Readers’ Choice Award, carries the subtitle “A daughter’s search for truth.” Marty…
- Kathryn DeZur - Objects of Affection · 43 min · Episode 46Kathryn DeZur – Objects of Affection The things Kathryn DeZur focuses on—a doll, a quilt, bookshelves, a gun, an ashtray, a table, a finial—in this book of 15 essays are things…
- Emil Wilson - The Nightingales · 55 min · Episode 45Emil Wilson – The Nightingales. Based in San Francisco, Emil Wilson is an advertising art director and illustrator as well as a comic artist. His work has appeared in magazines…
- Lina Patton - The Lake Club · 51 min · Episode 44Lina Patton – The Lake Club A spirited read about the sort of people who spend summer days sitting poolside and playing golf, versus ambitious young adults starting their lives…
- Melody Lomboy-Lowe - Author & Founder, Luna Peak Foundation · 28 min · Episode 43Melody Lomboy-Lowe — Founder, Luna Peak Foundation Melody Lomboy-Lowe was 6 years old when she planned her own funeral. She had been diagnosed with leukemia, and in 1983…
- Caroline Bock - The Other Beautiful People · 48 min · Episode 42Caroline Bock – The Other Beautiful People In the entertainment world, there are the on-stage, front-of-camera, beautiful people, and there are those who actually make things…
- Zach Powers -The Migraine Diaries: A singular, first-person novel. · 54 min · Episode 41Zach Powers – The Migraine Diaries: A singular, first-person novel. This story goes into the interior life of a thirty-something man who has just lost the best friend he ever…
- Caroline Bicks – Monsters in the Archive: My Year of Fear with Stephen King · 55 min · Episode 40Caroline Bicks – Monsters in the Archive: My Year of Fear with Stephen King Monsters in the Archives – that’s the main title of Caroline Bicks’ latest book, which is based on her…
- Olufunke Grace Bankole - The Edge of Water · 46 min · Episode 39Olufunke Grace Bankole – The Edge of Water In an immigration novel not like others, a Nigerian daughter wants to try life in America, and so once more she enters the visa…
- Jung Yun - All the World Can Hold · 41 min · Episode 38Jung Yun – All the World Can Hold It is Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001. The Sunday after 9/11. Five days after the Tuesday when hijacked planes are flown into the twin towers of the…
- Cristina Jimenez - Dreaming of Home · 51 min · Episode 37Cristina Jimenez – Dreaming of Home The subtitle of Cristina Jimenez’s memoir is, “How we turn fear into pride, power, and real change.” In the book, she defines “home” as a…
- Shubha Sunder - Optional Practical Training · 43 min · Episode 36Shubha Sundra – Optional Practical Training In 2006, when this novel is set, American immigration law allows students, scholars, trainees, teachers, etc., on temporary visas to…
- Margaret Hutton - If You Leave · 51 min · Episode 35Margaret Hutton – If You Leave With the intrusive, catalytic forces of two wars, World War II and Vietnam, Margaret Hutton’s debut novel, If You Leave, tells of two women who…
- Linda Chavez - The Silver Candlesticks: A Novel of the Spanish Inquisition · 41 min · Episode 34Linda Chavez – A Novel of the Spanish Inquisition: The Silver Candlesticks Linda Chavez began working on The Silver Candlesticks after appearing on the PBS series Finding Your…
- W. Ralph Eubanks - When It's Darkness on the Delta · 1 h 2 min · Episode 33W. Ralph Eubanks – When It’s Darkness on the Delta Some today would cross off the Mississippi Delta as a backwater beyond redemption or a region where bad history happened, but…
