Audio Jun 15, 2018 Ilya Tovbis The Washington Jewish Film Festival’s director Ilya Tovbis wants to open doors to Jewish life around the world.
Audio Apr 11, 2014 Shailja Patel With a trunk full of her mother’s saris, Kenyan author and performer Shaija Patel reclaims a lost history.
Audio Feb 06, 2014 Tope Folarin He's the first writer born outside of Africa to win the Caine Prize with his short story set in Texas in an evangelical Nigerian church.
Audio Mar 14, 2013 M. Evelina Galang M. Evelina Galang's work spans generations with her writing of young Filipina-Americans and the surviving World War II "comfort women."
Audio Feb 08, 2013 Nick Cave Chosen to participate in the U.S. State Department's Arts-in-Embassies program, Cave talks about his Sound Suits, a unique blend of sculpture, fashion, and dance.
Audio Mar 16, 2011 Linda Murray Her organization, Solas Nua, is the only organization in the United States dedicated exclusively to contemporary Irish arts.
Audio Jan 27, 2011 Azar Nafisi Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and "Things I've Been Silent About," Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her life in Iran, her parents, the Iranian Revolution, and, of course, the power of literature.
Audio Jan 13, 2011 Luis Alberto Urrea The NEA Big Read author on the inspiration for his novel "Into the Beautiful North," which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico, all the way north to Kankakee, Illinois.
Audio Sep 16, 2010 Mike Rafferty The NEA National Heritage Fellow talks about growing up in East Galway, Ireland, and learning flute playing from his father, as well as coming to America and eventually returning to Irish music in his 50s as both a performer and teacher.
Audio Aug 19, 2010 Unai Elorriaga Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of translation and the Basque language.
Audio Jul 01, 2010 Amy Tan Amy Tan talks about her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, her relationship with her mother, and the art of writing.