Genevieve West joins guest host John McCaa to discuss her extensive compilation of work that features essays, criticism, and articles of the Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston.
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Genevieve West joins guest host John McCaa to discuss her extensive compilation of work that features essays, criticism, and articles of the Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston.
Read moreMelissa Febos explains walking the line between vulnerability and over divulgence in writing and offers guidance to other aspiring writers on how to begin their journey.
Read moreNovelist George Saunders is the recipient of the Man Booker Prize and many other literary honors, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss his book of seven essays about what makes great writing and how readers connect with a page of words.
Read moreWriter Sarah Hepola examines the ways she has muted herself and contemplates what cancel culture means for writers.
Read moreImani Perry discusses her return to her Southern home in Alabama with fresh eyes, weaving in the stories of the good-tempered with a darker history.
Read moreSuleika Jaouad joins us to talk about the cancer that left her fighting for life at a young age and how she’s reimagined what the future holds now that she’s cancer-free.
Read moreDaphne Palasi Andreades discusses her new novel, where five daughters of immigrants become friends for life but are tested when views on ambition, loyalty and class begin to diverge.
Read moreKate Cohen considers why naming books as illicit increases demand, and why that means the written word still resonates with today’s youth.
Read moreAuthor Jessamine Chan discusses her novel “The School for Good Mothers,” which focuses on a Big Brother-like future in which perfect parenting is judged by the state.
Read moreScience journalist Catherine Price discusses her definition of true fun and why she feels it can lead us to happier, more fulfilling lives.
Read moreAuthor Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb joins us to talk about his novel, a thriller called “The Violin Conspiracy.”
Read moreEssayist B.D. McClay joins us to discuss the many phases of a friendship, from joy to loss, using touchstones from classic stories.
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