Diverse Voices Book Review with Hopeton Hay

Diverse Voices Book Review with Hopeton Hay Podcast & radio show on KAZI 88.7 FM featuring interviews with culturally diverse authors

Diaspora, survival, and home are some of the themes discussed by Kimberly Lau in her interview with Yu-Mei Balasingamcho...
08/25/2026

Diaspora, survival, and home are some of the themes discussed by Kimberly Lau in her interview with Yu-Mei Balasingamchow about her debut novel, NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED, on the August 22 episode of Diverse Voices Book Review on the Hopeton Hay Podcasts feed. Their conversation explores Ophir, a Singaporean woman who commits a crime, flees the country, and spends the next decade moving through Tokyo, London, Colorado, and unnamed U.S. locations under changing identities. Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/45J0oKK, Spotify - https://bit.ly/4xRPI8s, or the platform of your choice on the Hopeton Hay Podcasts feed.

Check out my interview with Laura B. McGrath, author of MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction, o...
08/23/2026

Check out my interview with Laura B. McGrath, author of MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction, on the August 17 episode of Diverse Voices Book Review on the Hopeton Hay Podcasts.

It's a revealing study of how literary agents have shaped American fiction, publishing markets, and the literary canon from the 1950s to today. Listen on Spotify - https://bit.ly/3U9FkdO, Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3UOygDu, or on the podcast platform of your choice on the Hopeton Hay Podcasts feed.

If you're a fan of the heist novel, be sure to check out my August 1 episode featuring Gary Phillips, author of THE HAUL...
08/23/2026

If you're a fan of the heist novel, be sure to check out my August 1 episode featuring Gary Phillips, author of THE HAUL, on Diverse Voices Book Review on the Hopeton Hay Podcasts feed. Set in Los Angeles, the thief targets a billionaire tech mogul in Los Angeles who has a secret bunker where millions in cash are stashed. As Gary said in the interview, "invariably in the aftermath, something goes wrong, something goes sideways, something that...O'Connor, the mastermind, didn't see coming, because he's quite the plotter and planner. But, for once, even he is caught flat-footed..." Listen to the interview on Apple Podcasts - https://bit.ly/3SpHFAM, Spotify - https://bit.ly/4gdzoZM, or the platform of your choice on Hopeton Hay Podcasts.

08/09/2026

What a wonderful interview with Naima Coster about her new novel, TAKE WHAT YOU CAN. She plumbs the depths of friendship, motherhood, and class in this intricately woven tale. Listen to the interview on the podcast platform of your choice on the Hopeton Hay Podcasts feed. Links are in the bio.

I'm proud of KAZI's POV Austin host Elijah Scott for moderating the Town Hall on Social Justice discussion featuring a d...
08/08/2026

I'm proud of KAZI's POV Austin host Elijah Scott for moderating the Town Hall on Social Justice discussion featuring a distinguished panel of local judges explaining the importance of serving on juries.

While I love books and interviewing authors, here is an opportunity to learn more about social justice issues on jury du...
08/08/2026

While I love books and interviewing authors, here is an opportunity to learn more about social justice issues on jury duty at David Chapel at 2 p.m. today. Check it out!

I was so excited to have ire'ne lara silva back on Diverse Voices Book Review to discuss her story collection, THE LIGHT...
08/06/2026

I was so excited to have ire'ne lara silva back on Diverse Voices Book Review to discuss her story collection, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Her range of stories from fantasy to historical to erotic, provide a fulfilling emotional journey for the reader. Listen to the interview on Apple Podcasts, or the platform of your choice on the Hopeton Hay Podcasts feed. Links are in the bio.

07/19/2026

Listen to the latest episode of Diverse Voices Book Review featuring Amanda Moore in conversation with May Cobb about her latest novel, ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES. Set in Longview, Texas, May's hometown, it's her self-described updated version of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRE. Stream or download the episode on the platform of your choice under Hopeton Hay Podcasts. Links are onthe bio.

Thanks to sociologist and retired Huston-Tillotson professor Rosalee Martin for writing THEIR STORIES, OUR STORIES: Four...
07/17/2026

Thanks to sociologist and retired Huston-Tillotson professor Rosalee Martin for writing THEIR STORIES, OUR STORIES: Four Presidents of Huston-Tillotson University. HBCUs have played such a crucial role in developing leaders that are ever striving to secure the promise of democracy. Another good read in this vein is Randal Jelks's book BENJAMIN ELIJAH MAYS: Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography. The legendary president of Morehouse College who Martin Luther King, Jr. called his “spiritual and intellectual father.”

07/12/2026

THE PINNACLE is a thrilller set in Mumbai featuring a fading Hollywood star adjusting to living in the shadow of his Bollywood star wife. S. A. Cosby described it as "A fascinating mystery and a scintillating social critique. Fresh and addictive!" Check out my interview with its author Abir Mukherjee. Links are in the bio.

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