Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMaggie O'Farrell on THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
"They have traveled for most of the day using what little daylight the season offers leaving Ferrara Dawn and riding out to what he had told her was …
3 years, 5 months ago
Alison L. Strayer and Dan Simon on Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux
"It is an amazing, amazing translation experience….But it took a long time to get to the point where the language started moving because you have to …
3 years, 5 months ago
Jane Smiley on A DANGEROUS BUSINESS
"One of my favorite places to take a little walk around is the public cemetery, which is on a little hill that overlooks the bay. And you know, if yo…
3 years, 5 months ago
Lauren Graham on HAVE I TOLD YOU THIS ALREADY?: STORIES I DON'T WANT TO FORGET TO REMEMBER
"Storytelling can just be you understanding yourself, but it turns into something else when it's a shared piece — so much of anything in life is prac…
3 years, 5 months ago
Nick Hornby on DICKENS AND PRINCE: A PARTICULAR KIND OF GENIUS
"I loved it more than everybody. And afterwards, I thought for the first time, whatever I do, I've got to get as close to that as I can. Not the nois…
3 years, 5 months ago
Matthew Quick on WE ARE THE LIGHT
"I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood. And you know, nobody was expected to be a novelist — that was not a thing, that was not a choice in my neig…
3 years, 5 months ago
Adam Hochschild on AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: THE GREAT WAR, A VIOLENT PEACE, AND DEMOCRACY'S FORGOTTEN CRISIS
"One of the ways you can get into my cast of characters is by leaving a very detailed written record. Because that's what we historians have to work …
3 years, 5 months ago
Erika T. Wurth on WHITE HORSE
"When I was a kid, I was super, super geeky, it was so nerdy. And all I read was dragon books, or ghost books, or elf books…someone tried to give me …
3 years, 6 months ago
Sue Lynn Tan on HEART OF THE SUN WARRIOR
"They're rooted in our culture as well. And because of all that, I think they feel a little bit more real, even though they are fantastical magical r…
3 years, 6 months ago
Jerry Saltz on ART IS LIFE
"We are writing our stories to the world, as opposed to just reading the old stories. And somehow, some way accidentally, intentionally, desperately …
3 years, 6 months ago