In this episode, it was a thrill to speak with Katherine Packert Burke about her captivating debut novel, Still Life (Norton, 2024). ”Katherine Packert Burke’s Still Life is everything you want from a Künstlerroman: smart, sexy, funny, sly, and exceptionally queer. With biting insights and...

We’re thrilled to announce that we are currently open for submissions! In this episode, we discuss what’s new about this year’s open reading period, our tips and tricks for submitting your work, and what our vision for Host’s 2025 publishing program holds!

In this episode, we discuss the works by women in translation that have been blowing our socks off this month. We talk about literary celebrities in the small press world, how their books have opened our minds, and taught us something new about literature. The books we discussed in this episode...