Fiction

Beyond the Writing of Fiction with Vanya Rose

January 18, 2022January 20, 2022 Fiction, PRERECORDED

In January, we celebrated Edith Wharton’s birthday commemorating her literary legacy. Screenwriter/director Vanya Rose joined us to discuss her film WOMAN IN CAR, inspired by Wharton’s 1912 novel, The Reef. As an author ... Read more

Beyond the Writing of Fiction with mystery series author Anne Perry

October 21, 2021November 3, 2021 Fiction, PRERECORDED

As an author of multiple books in different genres, the writer and book coach Courtney Maum is thrilled to host guests from across the literary stratosphere on The Mount’s new ... Read more

Things that Grow by Meredith Goldstein

March 25, 2021March 26, 2021 Fiction

Boston Globe columnist Meredith Goldstein’s new YA novel, Things That Grow, is a bittersweet comedy about a Massachusetts teen and her New Yorker uncle visiting beautiful gardens to scatter the ashes ... Read more

The Smash-Up with Ali Benjamin and Amy Bloom

February 25, 2021February 26, 2021 Fiction

Ali Benjamin’s debut adult novel, The Smash-Up, inspired by Edith Wharton’s novella Ethan Frome, explores a strained marriage in a small town. In conversation with Amy Bloom, author of White Houses, the writers ... Read more

Must I Go by Yiyun Li

December 6, 2020February 16, 2021 Fiction

Yiyun Li was joined by Heidi Pitlor, discussing Li’s new novel, Must I Go, published in July 2020. Her work is about life in all its messy glory, and of a ... Read more

The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

November 15, 2020June 11, 2021 Fiction

Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who ... Read more

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg

October 18, 2020February 19, 2021 Fiction

Van den Berg ‘s most recent collection of storied I Hold a Wolf by the Ears presents a collection of women on the verge, trying to grasp what’s left of life: ... Read more

Impersonation by Heidi Pitlor

September 10, 2020February 19, 2021 Fiction

Listen to author/editor Heidi Pitlor in conversation with editor Kathy Pories as they discuss Pitlor’s new novel Impersonation, a timely, bitingly funny, and insightful story of ambition, motherhood, and class ... Read more