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Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over’s host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who’s always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).

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Chang-rae Lee on A TENDER AGE

Aug 11, 2026

A Tender Age by Chang-rae Lee is a coming-of-age story which explores complex family dynamics, masculinity and the search for the American dream. Chang-rae joins us to talk about retrospection, the hidden drama of the suburbs, childhood in the 70's and more with host Miwa Messer.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.


Featured Books: 
A Tender Age by Chang-rae Lee
Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee
My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
Aloft by Chang-rae Lee
A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee
The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee
A Typing Lady by Ruth Ozeki
Dubliners by James Joyce
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens