Welcome to the podcast's first Hidden Gems episode of 2026! This is a special feature Rebecca and Tara offer in which they invite guests to recommend authors or titles that may be new to their listeners. Today’s guest is author and retired professor Garnett Kilberg Cohen from Chicago, IL.

Garnett is the author of four short story collections: Cravings; Lost Women, Banished Souls; How We Move the Air; and Swarm to Glory. Her chapbook, Passion Tour, was published by Finishing Line Press. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker online, Rumpus, The Gettysburg Review, Witness, The Literary Review, StoryQuarterly, The Antioch Review and elsewhere.

Check out Rebecca's interview with Garnett on Feb 13, 2024:

https://canadareadsamericanstyle.podbean.com/e/interview-garnett-kilberg-cohen-and-cravings/

Garnett's Hidden Gems:

The Registry of Forgotten Objects: Stories by Miles Harvey
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Down the Steep by A.D. Nauman
The Adventures of Cancer Bitch by S.L. Wisenberg
French Girl by Jesse Lee Kercheval
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
You've Told Me Before by Jennifer Moses
Simone in Pieces by Janet Burroway

https://garnettcohenauthor.com/

https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/06/06/review-of-jesse-lee-kerchevals-french-girl-by-garnett-cohen/

Hidden Gems with Garnett Kilberg Cohen