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Return the Key: Jewish Questions for EveryoneEpisode 17: The Stranger Inside of UsIn episode 17, I talk with writer and podcast host David Naimon about his vexed relationship with listening, his childhood experiences of antisemitism, and his decision to leave medical practice behind. Digging into three episodes of his acclaimed literary podcast, Between the Covers, that have deeply affected me—his conversations with Isabella Hammad, Anne de Marcken, and Daniel Mendelsohn—we talk about the ethics of encounter, the stranger within the self, the “others” at the heart of Judaism, and language itself as an other that makes us and is not ours. Along the way we wind ourselves through many writers and topi...2025-03-081h 03
A Good ReadInua Ellams and Ted HodgkinsonWHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD by Benjamin Labatut (translated by Adrian Nathan West), chosen by Ted Hodgkinson
ENTER GHOST by Isabella Hammad, chosen by Inua Ellams
GHOSTING: A DOUBLE LIFE by Jennie Erdal, chosen by Harriett GilbertAs Head of Literature and Spoken Word-programming at the Southbank Centre in London, writers and writing are at the heart of Ted Hodgkinson's work. In 2020 he chaired the judging panel of the International Booker Prize and he has judged many other awards, including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing. His choice of a good read is a slim...2025-03-0327 min
Tea or Books?#135: Can Literary Fiction Be A Comfort Read? and Enter Ghost vs Lady Living AloneIsabella Hammad, Norah Lofts, comfort reads – welcome to episode 135!
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In the first half, we discuss whether or not literary fiction can be comfort reads – thank you for the suggestion, Marcy! In the second half, we compare novels we chose from each other’s Best Books of 2024 – Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad vs Lady Living Alone by Norah Lofts.
You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc (please do!) at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify, Apple...2025-02-0600 min
Le thé livresqueChapitre 56 : Le meilleur et le pire de 2024 !Hello tout le monde ! On se retrouve aujourd'hui avec l'un de nos épisodes préférés, le meilleur et le pire ! On espère que celui-ci vous plaira et on vous souhaite une belle écoute(désolée pour le retard)MeilleursNuit d’orage à hauterives de Juliette GalianiSpy family de Tatsuya EndoSaga Jack the Ripper Kerri ManiscalcoNeverland de Taylor Tom et Jon SommarivaThe book of doors de Garrett BrownPlus grand que le ciel et...2025-02-031h 04
Between the Covers Podcast - Tin HouseAria Aber : Good GirlPoet Aria Aber’s debut novel Good Girl , set in the club scene of Berlin, is a book brimming over with sex and drugs and music, true. But really at its heart it is a book of self-making and unmaking, of self-destruction and self-discovery, where 19 year old Nila navigates the irresolvable dialectics of being a second generation Afghan-German immigrant, finding home neither in the world of her family nor in Germany at large. A book coursing with desire and shame, flight and pursuit, Good Girl is ultimately about the desperate need to find oneself and one’s home, whatever the c...2025-01-142h 10
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryAria Aber : Good GirlPoet Aria Aber’s debut novel Good Girl , set in the club scene of Berlin, is a book brimming over with sex and drugs and music, true. But really at its heart it is a book of self-making and unmaking, of self-destruction and self-discovery, where 19 year old Nila navigates the irresolvable dialectics of being a second generation Afghan-German immigrant, finding home neither in the world of her family nor in Germany at large. A book coursing with desire and shame, flight and pursuit, Good Girl is ultimately about the desperate need to find oneself and one’s home, whatever the c...2025-01-142h 10
Books with BetsyEpisode 35 - Best of 2024 Part 2On this episode, past guests of Books with Betsy and I share our favorite books of 2024! Listen to hear about lots of great 2024 books and the excellent backlist we got to this year.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Betsy’s Top 11 Books (in no particular order):
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Punk Rock Karaoke by Biana Xunise
2025-01-061h 27Tea or Books?#134: Our Top 10 Books of 2024Happy new year! In episode 134, Rachel and I share our favourite books reads in 2024 – counting down from ten to one. And we each pick one of the other’s top 10 to read for our next episode!
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Thanks so much for everyone who listens to the podcast and gets in touch. It means such a lot to us.
The books and authors we mention in this episode are below – but if you want to avoid spoilers for our favourite books, then don’t read this list too care...2025-01-0100 min
The Novel TeaThe Parisian by Isabella Hammad: belonging and edificationNeha and Shruti discuss The Parisian by Isabella Hammad, a book that follows Midhat Kamal, a Palestinian man, between the First and Second World Wars. We talk about the 19th century European novel, prominent themes we noticed in the book, and our thoughts on the characters and their development. We also get into the historical context of the events unfolding in the book.LinksIsraelPalestine For Critical Thinkers on YoutubeEmpire Podcast [Apple Podcasts] [Spotify]Books Mentioned & Shelf DiscoveryWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy...2024-12-1857 min
Vibe CheckSuccessful Repression featuring Isabella HammadOn this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed speaks to British-Palestinian author, Isabella Hammad, about her book, Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative. They discuss the Israel-Hamas war, student activism, and much more.
You can find everything Vibe Check related at our official website, www.vibecheckpod.comWe want to hear from you! Email us at vibecheck@stitcher.com, and keep in touch with us on Instagram @vibecheck_pod.Get your Vibe Check merch at www.podswag.com/vibecheck.Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes o...2024-12-1830 min
LitHouse podcastHamlet on the West Bank: Isabella Hammad and Priya BainsSonia Nasir is a somewhat successful actor in London. After a distressing end to a love affair, she travels to see her sister in Haifa, Israel, where their father’s family is from, and where she’s hardly been since she was a teenager. Soon, she is pulled into a local theatre production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet on the West Bank. And as the past catches up with Sonia, ghosts appear off stage as well.Enter Ghost is a complex and skillfully composed novel, an exploration of identity and belonging, the role of art, community, and the painful...2024-12-081h 02
Litteraturhusets podkastHamlet på Vestbredden: Isabella Hammad og Priya BainsSonia Nasir er en middels vellykket skuespiller i London. Etter et opprivende brudd reiser hun for å besøke søsteren i Haifa i Israel, der farens familie kom fra, og der hun knapt har vært siden hun var tenåring. Snart blir hun dratt med i et lokalt teaterprosjekt, der en trupp skal sette opp Shakespeares Hamlet på Vestbredden. Det dukker opp gjenferd også utenfor teaterscenen, etter hvert som fortiden innhenter Sonia.Gjenferdet inn (til norsk ved Bjørn Alex Herrman) er en kompleks og velkomponert fortelling, en utforskning av identitet og tilhørighet, av kunstens rolle, av...2024-12-081h 02
Radio On BerlinRadio-On-Berlin - Daybreak in Gaza - Mahmoud Muna & Matthew Teller @ Curious Fox Bookstore
Reading & discussion with Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller, editors of Daybreak in Gaza (Saqi Books) at Curious Fox books, Berlin.
‘A love letter to Gaza. A heartbreaking testament to the beauty and courage of Palestinian people in the face of extraordinary brutality.’— Isabella Hammad‘A most significant collection, one that frightens, awes and inspires, the timeliest of reminders of our common humanity and the irrepressible force of the written word.’— Philippe Sands
About the Book: This was Gaza. A place of humanity and creativity, rich in culture and industry. A place now pulverised and devastated, i...2024-11-2950 min
Forum med Saga och MyrnaMed Isabella HammadForum görs i samarbete med tidskriften Flamman. Bli prenumerant på flamman.preno.se
Saga och Myrna har den stora äran att välkomna den internationella författarstjärnan Isabella Hammad för ett samtal om hennes aktuella böcker ”Vålnaden in”, ute nu på svenska på Norstedts, och essän ”Recognizing the stranger: on Palestine and narrative”.
I avsnittet refereras även till:
Isabellas text "Acts of language" i The New York Review of Books
"The bombs are still falling. My heart breaks
every day’: novelists...2024-11-2647 min
On the NoseVolatile EmotionsOn this episode of On the Nose—recorded at an online event on October 30th—editor-in-chief Arielle Angel speaks with author Naomi Klein and writer and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan about the place of feelings and affect in the movement for Palestinian liberation. They discuss the role of grief and rage, how movements can accommodate affective diversity, and what it means to channel emotions politically. Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).Texts Mentioned and Further Resources:“How Israe...2024-11-1448 minOn the Nose"Between the Covers" Live: Dionne Brand and Adania ShibliFor this live taping of the literary podcast Between the Covers—recorded at Jewish Currents’s daylong event on September 15th and presented in partnership with On the Nose—host David Naimon convened a conversation with renowned writers Dionne Brand and Adania Shibli about contesting colonial narratives. Rooted in their long-standing literary practice and in the demands of this moment of genocide, they discuss the vexed meanings of home, how to recover the everydayness of life erased by empire, and what it means to imagine togetherness beyond the nation-state.This episode was produced by David Naimon, with music...2024-10-021h 08
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookRecognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative Audiobook by Isabella HammadListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 796876
Title: Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
Author: Isabella Hammad
Narrator: Isabella Hammad
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:17:14
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-24
Publisher: PGRH UK
Genres: History, Fiction & Literature, Politics, Middle East, Political Advocacy, Literary Criticism
Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin.
*FROM THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF ENTER GHOST*
Award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Lecture at Columbia University nine days before 7 October 2023. The text of Hammads seminal speech and her afterword written in the...2024-09-261h 17
Listen to New Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsRecognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella HammadPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/796876 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative Author: Isabella Hammad Narrator: Isabella Hammad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: September 26, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An outstanding and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative from the Women's Prize for Fiction-shortlisted author of Enter Ghost Award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Lecture at Columbia University nine days before 7 October 2023. The text of Hammad’s seminal speech an...2024-09-2605 minBetween The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryIsabella Hammad : Recognizing the Stranger : On Palestine and NarrativeToday’s conversation with Isabella Hammad is truly like no other on the show in its fourteen year history. The main text of her book is the speech she delivered for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture in September of 2023. A remarkable speech called “Recognizing the Stranger” which looks at the middle of narratives, at turning points, recognition scenes and epiphanies; which explores the intersection of aesthetics and ethics, words and actions, and the role of the writer in the political sphere; and which complicates the relationship between self and other, the familiar and the stranger. It does all of this i...2024-09-241h 56
Let Your Ears Discover the Magic of Full AudiobookRecognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative Audiobook by Isabella HammadListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 793494
Title: Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
Author: Isabella Hammad
Narrator: Isabella Hammad
Format: Unabridged
Length: 02:28:51
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-24
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: History, Fiction & Literature, Middle East, Current Affairs, Global Politics, Literary Criticism
Summary:
Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much
more revealing than political writing. Rashid Khalidi, New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred
Years War on Palestine
From the award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on...2024-09-242h 28
Listen to New Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsRecognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella HammadPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/793494 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative Author: Isabella Hammad Narrator: Isabella Hammad Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 24, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Nine days before October 7, 2023, award-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University. The text of Hammad’s seminal speech and her afterword, written in the early weeks of 2024, together make up a searing appraisal of the war on Palestine during what seems a turning point in the narrative of human history. Profound and mo...2024-09-2405 min
Read ThisCaoilinn Hughes Is Barely Patient Enough to WriteCaoilinn Hughes is an Irish poet and writer whose debut novel Orchid And The Wasp was published in 2018 to rave reviews. Her third and latest novel, The Alternatives, might be her best yet, and this week she sits down with Michael to discuss it. Reading list:Gathering Evidence, Caoilinn Hughes, 2014Orchid And The Wasp, Caoilinn Hughes, 2018The Wild Laughter, Caoilinn Hughes, 2020The Alternatives, Caoilinn Hughes, 2024Enter Ghost, Isabella Hammad, 2023Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, 2024You can find these books and all the others we mentioned at your favourite independent book store. Socials: Stay in touch with Re...2024-09-0430 min
Literati GlitteratiLiterati Glitterati August Salon: 'Enter Ghost' by Isabella HammadThe monthly Literati Glitterati Salon returns to discuss 'Enter Ghost' by Isabella Hammad, a novel about a Palestinian production of Hamlet.Mel Fulton speaks to novalist Nevo Zisin, illustrator Sofia Sabbagh, and editor Tess Cullity on how the book portrays the power of Palestinian theatre, and the complexity of a book released just months before last October when Palestine was changed drastically by increasing violent conflict and opression from Israeli settlers and IDF forces.2024-08-2752 min
Vale a pena com Mariana AlvimT3 #21 Tess GuntyTess Gunty´s debut novel The Rabbit Hutch (in Pt: “O Contrário de Nada”), won the 2022 National Book Award for fiction, the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, it was a finalist for the 2023 John Leonard Prize, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle for a first book in any genre. Let’s learn a little more about this talented author and take a peek at some of her favorite reads.
The books Tess chose for our conversation:
Enter Ghost, Isabella Hammad;
Hurricane Season (Pt: “Temporada de furacões”), Fernanda Melchor;
Winter in S...2024-08-2743 minThe Novel TeaSeason 4: Beyond BordersIn this episode, Neha and Shruti introduce the theme for Season 4: Beyond Borders! We talk about the books we've selected to read in this theme, and share what we're excited about in the upcoming months.Books Mentioned:The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NyugenThe Inheritance of Loss by Kiran DesaiThe Other Americans by Laila LalamiThe Savage Detectives by Roberto BolañoDaughters of the Deer by Danielle DanielAnother Country by James BaldwinThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by S...2024-08-2025 min
Reckon True StoriesAlexander Chee on Storytelling, Motivation, and MoneyDeesha Philyaw and Kiese Laymon chat with writer Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. The three writers talk about their journeys in the publishing industry, and what success has meant to each of them, specifically in regards to money. They discuss Chee’s essay, “My Inheritance Was My Father’s Last Lesson To Me,” where he writes about his relationship to money, how it changes over time, and what the relationship between anxiety, money, and body looks like. Reading List: Authors, Stories, and Books Mentioned
How to Wr...2024-08-0648 min
You're BookedEricka Waller - You're BookedThis week on the podcast, we visit the home of one of our favourite authors and favourite people, the brilliant Ericka Waller! Ericka is an award-winning columnist and the author of the acclaimed novels Dogs Days and Goodbye Birdie Greenwing. And, as you will hear, she is a voracious reader. We talked to her about filthy books, snacks in kids books and the genius of John Shuttleworth. Find out more about the books Ericka mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Order Daisy's new novel Pity Party HERE. More about the London Writer's Salon Podcast HERE.BOOKS2024-07-221h 00Le thé livresqueChapitre 50 : Nos lectures du 2e trimestre 2024HellooooVoici les livres cités dans cet épisode : Par Hêlîn : BD Cœurs en sourdine Mr Darcy & Miss Tilney 2&3 de Claudia GrayCapturing the devil - Kerri ManiscalcoEnter Ghost - Isabella Hammad The book of doors - Gareth Brown Prisonnière de l’hiver russe - Shannen Malka Les sept sœurs 1&2 - Lucinda RileyThe unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne YoungPlus grand que le ciel - Virginie Grimaldi En compagnie...2024-07-142h 19LitHouse podcastMy African Reading List: Leila AboulelaLeila Aboulela is a Sudanese writer, currently living in Scotland. She is the author of six award winning novels, including The Translator (1999), Bird Summons (2019) and River Spirit (2023), as well as a number of plays and short story collections. Aboulela was the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for Fiction, and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.This is Leila Aboulela’s reading list:Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow KingTayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North The Wedding of ZeinNaguib Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street) ...2024-07-1430 minLitteraturhusets podkastMy African Reading List: Leila AboulelaLeila Aboulela er en sudansk forfatter som bor i Skottland. Hun er forfatter av seks kritikerroste og prisvinnende romaner, blant annet The Translator (1999), Bird Summons (2019) og River Spirit (2023), samt en rekke skuespill og flere novellesamlinger. Abouela var den aller første vinneren av Caine Prize for Fiction, og hun er valgt inn i The Royal Society of Literature.Dette er Leila Aboulelas leseliste:Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King (Skyggekongen)Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North (Trekket mot nord) The Wedding of ZeinNaguib Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy (Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street) - Kairo...2024-07-1430 min
Radio InquilabEp 15 - Global Dev 4 Palestine - Aid Washing in the Context of Palestine In this episode, Rupande speaks with members of Global Development for Palestine about their tireless work to raise awareness about the ongoing conflict. Bringing in their extensive experience, the group talks about Palestine in context with decolonization, how global assistance organizations need to show up vs. their total lack of concern, the double standard & sense of white saviorism in the US - aid world and how aid washing is happening in Palestine. The group talks about how the general public can help and how those who work in this sector can collectively organize through...2024-06-271h 13
BücherEselWomen's Prize for Fiction 2024Es ist schon fast eine Tradition, dass wir die Shortlist des Women's Prize for Fiction besprechen. Sechs englischsprachige Romane von Autorinnen aus der ganzen Welt. Jedes Jahr sind hier tolle Bücher am Start, sodass sich der Aufwand, über den Tellerrand zu schauen, wirklich lohnt. Dieses Jahr ist die Auswahl nicht ganz so bunt und abwechslungsreich wie in manch anderem Jahr, aber es sind trotzdem sechs tolle Bücher dabei, die wir für euch (an-) gelesen bzw. gehört haben.
Enter Ghost von Isabella Hammad
The Wren, The Wren von Anne Enright
Soldi...2024-06-1235 min
Bedside ReadingWomen's Prize for Fiction - ShortlistSend us a textWelcome to Season 7 !!!!! I am so excited to launch this new season with an episode which is all about the Women's Prize shortlist. I'm delighted to welcome book-tuber Sarah Cubitt to Bedside Reading. Sarah has a wonderful YouTube book channel called Your True Shelf. https://www.youtube.com/c/yourtrueshelf Sarah and I are talking about the 6 books which have made this year's Women's Prize shortlist. The prize winner is announced on June 13th so if you are listening today, 4th June when it comes out you have nine days to...2024-06-0435 min