Widow Basquiat: Jennifer Clement on Love, Art...

For the Service95 Book Club this month, Dua is joined by award-winning poet and novelist Kaveh Akbar to discuss his debut novel – and Dua’s Monthly Read for September – Martyr!, a poignant and generous exploration of addiction, identity, art and exile. At the heart of the novel i ...  Show more

From the archives: Dua Lipa’s April 2025 conversation with author Max Porter on his novel Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. In this lyrical, surreal meditation on loss – in which a crow guides a father and his sons through the grief of losing their wife and mother – Max Porter te ...  Show more

The author of Call Me By Your Name (and many other amazing books) joins the pod to discuss memory, desire, exile, happiness, and New York City.

Ellen and Mom discuss the beloved neighbors, bathroom renovations, and bad parenting in Love at First by Kate Clayborn.  Plus, we go over diverse stories and LGBTQ+ representation in our NoYoMo Beginners' Guide to Reading Romance!  

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Explore the trials and tribulations of love in these deeply personal essays. A collaboration of The New York Times and WBUR in Boston, Modern Love: The Podcast features the popular New York Times column, with readings by notable personalities and updates from the essayists the ...

This week, a special interview with the sociologist Richard Sennett takes us from Roland Barthes to Leonard Bernstein; and Hettie Judah on two memoirs inspired by a love of 17th-century art.'The Performer: Art, Life, Politics', by Richard Sennett'Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and ...  Show more