Poppin' Off with Nicole Cuffy

We have THE Nicole Cuffy on today's episode. Her upcoming novel O Sinners!, our March 18, 2025 needs to be on your TBR asap. In O Sinners! a young journalist, reeling from loss, investigates a mysterious cult in the California redwoods, only to be drawn in by its charismatic leader—an addictive novel that asks why people give up control and what it takes, ultimately, to find your place in the world.

Cuffy is the author of Dances, longlisted for the Carol Shields prize for fiction and the Pen/Hemingway award. Cuffy has a MFA from The New School. She is a lecturer at the University of Maryland and American University. Her work can be found in Mason’s Road, The Master’s Review Volume VI (curated by Roxane Gay), Chautauqua, and Blue Mesa Review, and her chapbook, Atlas of the Body, won the Chautauqua Janus Prize and was a finalist for the Black River Chapbook Competition.

Follow Nicole on instagram: @nikk2cole

Songs recommended by Nicole when working on O Sinners!

Fortunate Son by Credence Clearwater Revival

Marvin Gaye

A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan

Watch on Netflix: Wild Wild Country

Books Nicole recommends:

Lone Women by Victor Lavalle

Model Home by River Solomon

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