NEW EPISODE: MLS commentator @natebukaty.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about Kansas City’s influence on American soccer and how the city came to host the World Cup. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/nate-bukaty-...

NEW EPISODE: Acclaimed nonfiction writer Peter Hessler joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new memoir, Other Rivers: A Chinese Education, and explain how education there shifted between that era and 2019. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/peter-hessle...

NEW EPISODE: Young adult novelist Soman Chainani joins co-hosts Christian Barter and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel Young World, writing a teenage president, and the impact of age on politics. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/soman-chaina...

In response to the Guardian's recent Best 100 Novels List, which almost entirely shut out the Southern Hemisphere, the Academy of New Zealand Literature assembled this list of "The rest of ‘the greatest literature ever published in English’" www.anzliterature.com/feature/the-...

NEW EPISODE: Journalist Matthew Wolfe joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new book Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/matthew-wolf...

NEW EPISODE: Writer Deb Olin Unferth joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Christian Barter to discuss the enduring power of apocalyptic narratives and her new novel Earth 7, set on an an earth that depopulated by war and environmental collapse. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/deb-olin-unf...

Proud to know Vivek Bharathan, who is doing tremendous work. www.tucsonagenda.com/p/disrupting...

விரைவில்: “கடலோடிகள்”: இலங்கையைப் பூர்விகமாக கொண்டு மேலைத்தேய இலக்கிய உலகில் பரிணமித்த நான்கு நட்சத்திர எழுத்தாளர்களின் பத்துக் கதைகள். Coming Soon: "kaṭalōṭikaḷ": A Tamil collection. Ten stories originally published in English by internationally acclaimed authors of Sri Lankan origin. @sugi.bsky.social @vajra.me @sureshcanax.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Ben Fountain joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new book, Rasputin Swims the Potomac, a satire set in the not-to-distant future where a fictional President seeks an unprecedented third term. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ben-fountain...

Hey Humans! We're back with another episode of MRAH. This episode, @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social and @benjaminrosenbaum.com are joined by V.V Ganeshananthan to discuss her novel "Brotherless Night" as well as her life and other stories. youtu.be/7A45e2Pv4QQ

NEW EPISODE: Writer @rebeccalehmann.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her debut novel, The Beheading Game, a work of speculative historical fiction about Anne Boleyn's post-beheading quest for revenge. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/rebecca-lehm...

NEW EPISODE: Historian Sarah Pearsall joins co-hosts @maritza4770.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new book, Freedom Round the Globe: a World History of the American Revolution. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/sarah-pearsa...

I'm excited to announce that the German translation of my novel Brotherless Night made the shortlist for the 2026 Internationaler Literaturpreis! www.hkw.de/en/programme...

I'm excited to join students and writers at the University of Peradeniya this Monday when I'm leading a talk about historical fiction!

NEW EPISODE: Music critic @barrywalters.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Christian Barter to discuss his new book, Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/barry-walter...

NEW EPISODE: Christian B. Miller joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @maritza4770.bsky.social to discuss his newest work of nonfiction, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/christian-b-...

2026 மே மாத வல்லினம் இதழில் வீ. வீ, கணேஷானந்தனின் 'Gardening' சிறுகதையின் தமிழாக்கம் 'தோட்டவேலை' வெளியானது. --- Vallinam has published 'தோட்டவேலை,' a Tamil translation of V. V. Ganeshananthan's short story… https://ezi.asokan.org/2026/05/01/gardening/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

NEW EPISODE: Veteran war correspondent and Kirkus Prize winner Scott Anderson joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @maritza4770.bsky.social to discuss his new nonfiction book King of Kings, a history of the Iranian Revolution. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/scott-anders...

NEW EPISODE: Acclaimed novelist Liam Callanan joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss American-born Pope Leo XIV’s recent conflicts with the Trump administration. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/liam-callana...

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with Amna Chaudhry about her Scribe for Human Rights fellowship, and how it shaped her creative work and emerging novel over the past year.

NEW EPISODE: Writer and scholar @carolinebicks.bsky.social joins co-hosts @maritza4770.bsky.social and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her new book Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King. lithub.com/caroline-bic... @literaryhub.bsky.social

April 27th 4pm join us for a discussion between Professor Vivian Choi and Professor Sugi Ganeshananthan about Professor Choi's book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press, 2025). Info cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

Thank you to authors @atticalocke.bsky.social and @pronounced-ing.bsky.social for the warm, insightful, and occasionally unprintable (!) conversation with Prof @sugi.bsky.social Tues night. It was a marvelous way to celebrate 25 years of the Freier Literary Series. And thanks to all who attended!

Literary Hub » Chris Hadfield on Final Orbit, Artemis II, and the Future of Space https://www.europesays.com/ie/437849/ In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction Retired astronaut and novelist Chris Hadfield joins co-hosts…

April 27th 4pm join us for a discussion between Professor Vivian Choi and Professor Sugi Ganeshananthan about Professor Choi's book Disaster Nationalism: Tsunami and Civil War in Sri Lanka (Duke University Press, 2025). Info cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

hugely illuminating and fun

This free talk on the 14th is going to be epic—and many many thanks to @pronounced-ing.bsky.social and @sugi.bsky.social and @atticalocke.bsky.social for doing it! And additional thanks to Ng for spilling the beans on her secret life as a true Minnesotan! mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...

Opinion | The U of M is ailing. If only we had a doctor. www.startribune.com/university-o...

NEW EPISODE: Writer @motherslug.bsky.social joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to talk about her recent article for @currentaffairs.bsky.social “Thomas Pynchon Saw American Fascism Coming.” @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ana-gavrilov...

With English Prof @sugi.bsky.social author of the novel Brotherless Night:

I'm so excited to come talk in Minneapolis next week! See you then, @sugi.bsky.social and @atticalocke.bsky.social!

NEW EPISODE: Psychologist, behavioral geneticist and writer Kathryn Paige Harden joins co-hosts @maritza4770.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/kathryn-paig...

NEW EPISODE: Author Ellie Roscher joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and @maritza4770.bsky.social to talk about her recent book, Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ellie-rosche...

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Jeff Boyd joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to talk about his new work of literary crime fiction, Hard Times, which is set in Chicago, where he lived previously. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/jeff-boyd-on...

So excited to see this year's Carol Shields Prize Longlist!

Don't miss this timely episode!

I'm excited to be in conversation with the brilliant @ninamcconigley.bsky.social about her latest book, "How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder," at Plymouth Library on March 7th. Register here! hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/69657...

NEW EPISODE: Novelist, essayist, and educator Brian Platzer joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel, The Optimists, which follows private school teacher Mr. Keating over three decades. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/brian-platze...

NEW EPISODE: Writer and editor Yi-Ling Liu joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Jennifer Maritza McCauley to talk about state-controlled censorship and what it means to build community online despite surveillance and suppression. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/yi-ling-liu-...

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Eleanor Shearer joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new novel, Fireflies in Winter, about the Leeward Maroons of Jamaica—a free Black community—who came to Nova Scotia in the late 1700s. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/eleanor-shea...

ICE/CBP have taken at least 3 Columbia Heights students and 25 families(it’s a small suburb) and they’re staging *in the school parking lot* www.kare11.com/article/news...

Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti —from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts. cla.umn.edu/human-rights...

Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti —from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts. cla.umn.edu/human-rights...

“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said. "Two of them are high-schoolers. "One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out. For the record, the small example I chose: My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

NEW EPISODE: Performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman @uminnpress.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and local resistance. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/jessica-lope...

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. - James Baldwin

The UMN Twin Cities AAUP calls on the university to reduce operations on Friday, January 23rd to allow members of the university community the time and space to exercise their fundamental right to free speech on a day of deep importance to our community. www.umn-tc-aaup.org/day-of-truth...

Noticing even in work meetings that, while most people might end the meeting with "Have a good one" or "See you soon," people in Minneapolis reflexively stay, "Stay safe"