Poured Over: Revisiting Hilary Mantel on The Mirror and the Light
The Mirror and the Light is the final book in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall Trilogy, showcasing the final years of…
Jenna Seery
Jenna Seery has been a Barnes & Noble Bookseller since 2017 and a reader since birth. After getting a degree in English Literature (and a couple other degrees for good measure) she joined the BN team to be around books as much as she could. She’s most at home among the fiction shelves (literary fiction to the front, please!) but she spends a fair share of her time with poetry and history books as well.
Poured Over: Chris Bohjalian on The Jackal’s Mistress
The Jackal’s Mistress by Chris Bohjalian is a sweeping tale of humanity and hope centered on two remarkable characters faced with a…
Poured Over: Lauren Christensen on Firstborn
Firstborn by Lauren Christensen is a memoir of tragedy and hope that depicts grief and love with tenderness and heart.…
Poured Over: Scaachi Koul on Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul is a witty and wise collection of essays on family, love, divorce and healing. Koul…
Poured Over: Karen Russell on The Antidote
The Antidote by Karen Russell is a transportive story about history, American ideology, and community. Russell joins us to talk…
Poured Over: Chloe Dalton on Raising Hare
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton is the inspiring and extraordinary story of an unlikely connection between a woman and a…
Poured Over: Karen Thompson Walker on The Strange Case of Jane O.
The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker is a mesmerizing story about motherhood, memory and complicated family ties…
Poured Over: Laila Lalami on The Dream Hotel
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami is an engrossing, dire and dystopian story about authoritarianism, survival and the fight for…
Poured Over: Sarah Jones on Disposable
Disposable by Sarah Jones is a compassionate examination of the most overlooked people in the United States. Jones joins us to talk about…
Poured Over: Sonya Walger on Lion
Lion by Sonya Walger is an autobiographical novel detailing the life and loss of her complicated and charismatic father. Walger joins…
Poured Over: Matthew Goodman on Paris Undercover
Paris Undercover by Matthew Goodman sheds new light on the story of two women who rescued Allied soldiers during World…
Poured Over: Ali Smith on Gliff
Gliff by Ali Smith is the story of two siblings navigating a dystopian world that feels timely and hopeful amid…
Poured Over: Eric Puchner on Dream State
Dream State by Eric Puchner is a story spanning fifty years, with three best friends grappling with life, love, family and climate…
Poured Over: Sarah Chihaya on Bibliophobia
Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya reflects on the books that change the way we think about life and literature. Chihaya joins us…
Poured Over: Eowyn Ivey on Black Woods, Blue Sky
Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey delves into the wilderness in this tender, bold and enchanting fable set in…
Poured Over: Alejandro Heredia on Loca
Loca by Alejandro Heredia is a stunning novel about identity, home, life and love that takes readers through one epic, life-changing year alongside…
Poured Over: Jennifer Finney Boylan on Cleavage
Cleavage by Jennifer Finney Boylan interrogates modern and relevant themes of gender and sexuality with writing that is both entertaining and…
Poured Over: Geraldine Brooks on Memorial Days
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks explores what it means to truly grieve — a moving account of what it is to…
Poured Over: Allegra Goodman on Isola
Isola by Allegra Goodman is a story of courage and isolation and a sweeping tale of companionship against all odds.…
Poured Over: Charmaine Wilkerson on Good Dirt
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson takes us from New England to West Africa and France on a quest to uncover…