Audio Aug 29, 2013 Benjamin Percy In his current novel, "Red Moon," Ben Percy serves up a hybrid of horror and literature to tell a story about our lives today.
Audio Aug 22, 2013 Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, VA The 78th Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Virginia. Where music happens on and off the stage.
Audio Aug 08, 2013 Tony Kushner In the second of our two-part interview, talk about his latest play and his screenplay for the movie, Lincoln.
Audio Aug 01, 2013 Tony Kushner In part 1 of a two-part interview, Tony Kushner talks about his early attraction to theater and writing Angels in America.
Audio Jul 25, 2013 Laurie Olin On the work of landscape architecture—balancing nature and cultivation.
Audio Jul 18, 2013 Nancy Buirski Nancy Buirski discusses her prize-winning documentary, "The Loving Story," a look at a couple’s decision to remain a family and challenge Virginia’s miscegenation laws.
Audio Jul 11, 2013 Joan Myers Brown The founder of Philadanco! on building a leading African-American dance company and school.
Audio Jun 13, 2013 Andre Dubus III His memoir "Townie" isn’t a literary coming of age story. It’s an exploration of violence and absence.
Audio Jun 06, 2013 Manil Suri "The City of Devi," an apocalyptic sex comedy and love story, is the third book in Manil Suri’s trilogy centered on Mumbai.
Audio May 30, 2013 Marna Stalcup Learn about the Right Brain Initiative, which is teaching Portland's children core curriculum through the arts.
Audio May 23, 2013 Stephan Jost Stephan Jost discusses how the Honolulu Museum of Art works to serve its military community.
Audio May 16, 2013 Robert Ward Toward the end of his life, NEA Opera Honoree Robert Ward discussed his remarkable career in music.
Audio May 10, 2013 Terry Tempest Williams In her latest book, "When Women Were Birds," naturalist Terry Tempest Williams explores the legacy of her mother’s journals.
Audio May 03, 2013 Elda Rotor and John Morgan The team behind the new app Poems by Heart discuss how they combine great gaming with classic poetry.
Audio Apr 25, 2013 Adam Johnson The 2010 NEA Literature Fellow talks the challenges of setting a novel in North Korea.
Audio Apr 19, 2013 Antonio Sanchez Antonio Sanchez talks about the melody of jazz drumming and his new CD, "New Life."
Audio Apr 11, 2013 Lynn Hill Lynn Hill—an Air Force veteran, author, and performer—discusses her participation in "Holding It Down" -- Vijay Iyer's and Mike Ladd's performance piece based on the dreams of veterans of color.
Audio Apr 05, 2013 George Wein A conversation with the man who launched the first outdoor jazz festival in the US--the legendary Newport Jazz Festival.
Audio Mar 29, 2013 Lillian Faderman Lillian Faderman's writes a "reconstructed memoir" about her mother's life as an immigrant factory worker and single mother during the Great Depression.
Audio Mar 22, 2013 Rachael Holmes At the intersection of theater and social activism: Citizen Artist Rachael Holmes.
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 28, 2013 Jennie C. Jones The winner of the 2012 Joyce Wein Artist Prize discusses the relationship in her work between visual and sonic art.