# Yiyun Li on MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT

An episode of [Poured Over](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1567969228), 20 Oct 2026, 48 min.

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Music Against the Night is an epic story about love and betrayal, music and power, creativity and lust, that cuts across time and countries, from Yiyun Li, the acclaimed author of The Book of Goose. Yiyun joins us to talk about Hilary Mantel, movement and music, laughter 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: Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li Book of Goose by Yiyun Li Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel Childhood; Boyhood; Youth by Leo Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy King Lear by William Shakespeare Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Collected Stories by William Trevor Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Moderation by Elaine Castillo Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Duel Duet: Selected Stories by Graham Greene East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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