# Lily Meyer

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Jonathan Woollen — SUPERSTARS - with Lily Meyer

One of the premier French cult novels of the last thirty years, a tender and combative portrait of Paris’s queer rave scene in the 90s — for fans of Virginie Despentes and Gary Indiana.Louise is a woman in her early thirties with a record contract, colorful roommates, and a passionate, volatile rel…

Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross

This week we visit with Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her fiction, poetry, essays, a…

Two romance books give opposite takes on love, relationships and the absence of both

In the new novel They All Fall in Love at the End, polyamory is the topic at hand — primarily what it offers the protagonist and how she navigates a world where open relationships are not the norm. The End of Romance tells a story quite the opposite: A woman becomes opposed to romance altogether af…

I launched Cuba’s first independent magazine. And that’s when my troubles began

My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogated By Abraham Jiménez Enoa. Read by Sebastián Capitán Viveros A version of this essay was previously published in the Dial under the title The Sneeze. Translatio…

The End of Romance

Raizel and Malya follow maternal advice and discuss "The End of Romance" by Lily Meyer

Half Year Check In: Top 10 (11) books so far - 2026

In this episode, Pearl shares *spoiler free* reviews of her ten (eleven) favorite books she has read so far in 2026. From dark romance, to romantasy, to literary fiction. Rom-com, to romantic suspense, and historical romance, there’s something for everyone! Books mentioned in this episode: ​ Dom…

Lily Meyer

This week we visit with Lily Meyer in Washington, D.C.  Lily Meyer is a translator, a critic, and the author of the novels The End of Romance (Viking, 2026) and Short War (Deep Vellum, 2024). She is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Her stories and translations can be found in The Dial, The Drift, T…

Sigrid Nunez — It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories - with Lily Meyer

The first ever collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The FriendOver the course of thirty years, Sigrid Nunez has become one of contemporary fiction’s most distinctive voices, producing nine penetrating, profound novels celebrated by f…

Marlon James — The Disappearers - with Lily Meyer

In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: All of them are gay―a “battyman” in Jamaican argot―and all of them must contend with the dangers t…

Episode 46: Closeting the Straights

Welcome to HEART REACTS, an advice podcast for all of us trying to remain emotionally functional through the collapse of late capitalism. We're back!! Thanks again for bearing with us as the school year got off the ground. We have a little chat about education, its value, and give a shout-out to t…