Audio Jun 17, 2021 Kaitlyn Greenidge Greenridge’s historical novel Libertie explores the possibilities and limitations for 19th century Black women.
Audio Jun 10, 2021 Jericho Brown Brown talks about writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning collection The Tradition.
Audio Jun 03, 2021 Michael R. Jackson Michael R. Jackson takes us through the making of A Strange Loop his prize-winning musical about a Black queer musical theater writer.
Audio May 20, 2021 Ethan Heard With both reverence and irreverence, Heartbeat Opera radically reconfigures classic opera.
Audio May 13, 2021 Charles Yu Charles Yu’s novel Interior Chinatown confronts the implications of Asian-American stereotypes.
Audio Apr 29, 2021 Darrel Alejandro Holnes Darrel Alejandro Holnes explores immigration and belonging through poetry and theater.
Audio Apr 22, 2021 Terri Lyne Carrington Virtuoso drummer and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington talks about career and her advocacy for “jazz without patriarchy.”
Audio Apr 15, 2021 Camille T. Dungy Award-winning writer and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T. Dungy discusses her work as an ecopoet.