Jul 27, 202657 minS1
Aruni Kashyap in conversation with Bhakti Shringarpure about How To Date A Fanatic , queer campus novel about a group of characters whose lives are torn asunder by right-wing political violence in northern India. Buy...
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BookRising
Hosted by Radical Books Collective · arts · EN
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Featuring progressive conversations about books, publishing, writing.
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Who hosts BookRising?
BookRising is hosted by Radical Books Collective. The show has published 57 episodes to date.
What has BookRising covered recently?
Recent episodes include "How To Date A Fanatic Book Club with Aruni Kashyap" (27 July 2026, 57 minutes), "'Homosexual Intifada' Book Club with editors Hannah Moushabeck & George Abraham" (15 July 2026, 52 minutes), and "Breathe In, Breathe Out, Shoot to Kill: Women, Wellness & Fascism" (10 July 2026, 60 minutes).
How often does BookRising publish?
BookRising publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 57 episodes.
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Booking probability for BookRising is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. BookRising requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. BookRising's contact route on record: public web form.
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Radical Books Collective hosts BookRising, an arts podcast with 57 episodes published.
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Jul 15, 202652 minS1A powerful conversation about a groundbreaking anthology! Editors Hannah Moushabeck and George Abraham spoke with Bhakti Shringarpure about Homosexual Intifada , a powerful anthology spotlighting the voices of queer...
Jul 10, 20261 hourS1Alyson K. Spurgas, Madhuri Sastry and Bhakti Shringarpure unpack the dark side of wellness, self-care and yoga industries. Celebrity wellness influencer Gwenyth Paltrow recently shocked the world with an ad selling real...
Jun 25, 20261h 21mS1Aruni Kashyap, Madhuri Sastry and Bhakti Shringarpure discuss the rapidly increasing presence of AI which is causing a cognitive vertigo. Love it, hate it, need it or resist it, there is no denying that the pervasive...
Episode #52
'At Sea' Book Club with Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Jun 22, 202645 minS1A book club discussion between Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Bhakti Shringarpure about her book At Sea. Buy the book here. At Sea is propulsive novel of ambition, greed, and the deadly fury of Mother Nature, as a female...
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Jun 3, 20261 hourS1A live book club chat about The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World (Haymarket Books, 2026) by Vicky Osterweil. Moderated by Sherry Zane. About the book: A provocative history of...
Episode #50
How African Novels Think with Ainehi Edoro
May 21, 202655 minS1A book discussion on Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think by Ainehi Edoro. Moderated by Bhakti Shringarpure. About the book: Forests in fiction are often understood simply as settings, symbols, or remnants of a...
Episode #49
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek: Against Forgetting
Mar 30, 202559 minS1Poet and writer Otoniya J. Okot Bitek joins Bhakti Shringarpure to speak about her novel We, The Kindling . A beautifully assembled symphony of women’s voices breathes life into the cruel, two-decades history of the war...
Dec 1, 202443 minS1Writer Hamza Koudri joins host Bhakti Shringarpure from Algiers to talk about his debut novel Sand Roses. A historical novel about the semi-nomadic Ouled Nail group in Algeria, it focuses on the women who are trained as...
Aug 5, 202453 minS1Ainehi Edoro (Brittle Paper) and Bhakti Shringarpure (Radical Books Collective) discuss about the controversial New York Times' "100 Best Books of the Century list." A grandiose list claiming to represent the world and...
Jun 21, 20241h 6mS1In Love and War: Collective Memory and the Self is our fifth conversation in a series centering the Warscapes anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (Daraja Press). Featuring Samina Najmi, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah...
Episode #45
Poetry of Witness
Jun 11, 20241h 14mS1Poetry of Witness is our fourth conversation in a series centering the Warscapes anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (Daraja Press). Featuring Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Jehan Bseiso and Meg Arenberg. What is the...
Episode #44
Wounds of War: Narrating Health and Healing
May 23, 20241h 6mS1Wounds of War: Narrating Health and Healing is the third conversation in a series centering the Warscapes anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (Daraja Press). Featuring Zahra Moloo, Valerie Gruhn and Danielle...
Episode #43
Gaslighting as Method and Ways to Resist It
May 5, 20241h 16mS1Gaslighting as Method and Ways to Resist It is the second conversation in a series centering the Warscapes anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (Daraja Press). Featuring Suzy Salamy, Suchitra Vijayan and Bhakti...
Episode #42
Unlearning War in the Classroom
Apr 21, 20241h 10mS1Unlearning War in the Classroom is our first conversation in a series centering the Warscapes anthology Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War (Daraja Press). Featuring Sherry Zane, Veruska Cantelli and Bhakti Shringarpure...
Episode #41
Mehfil 7 - Presenting Kashmir, Anew
Dec 12, 202338 minS1Amrita Ghosh talks to Kashmiri scholar and academic Hafsa Kanjwal her new book Colonizing Kashmir: State-building Under Indian Occupation (2023). The episode presents Kashmir and its long conflict in a new narrative...
Nov 22, 202333 minS1In our 12th episode of Radical Publishing Futures, Nadine El-Hadi, senior acquisitions editor at Hoopoe Fiction joins Meg Arenberg from her office near Tahrir Square in Cairo. The discussion focuses on the special...
Episode #39
Writing Somalia: Nuruddin Farah
Oct 4, 202354 minS1Novelist, essayist and master trilogist Nuruddin Farah is one of the most important contemporary authors working today. In a writing career that spans more than five decades, Farah has published thirteen novels, dozens...
Oct 3, 20231h 2mS1Cameroonian writer Léonora Miano joins guest host Greg Pierrot for the 10th episode of our Trailblazing African Feminists series. Miano was born in Doula, Cameroon and lived in France from 1991. She studied American...
Sep 5, 202336 minS1Radical Publishing Futures returns with a conversation between Meg Arenberg and director of Feminist Press Margot Atwell. Margot offers some perspective on the pioneering role of the Feminist press and its...
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