Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHeather McGhee on THE SUM OF US
"I wrote The Sum of Us in the hopes that people would read it together, that people from all walks of life, different backgrounds, whether they're co…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tara Westover on EDUCATED
"You know, when I wrote the book, I sort of thought it would resonate with a fairly narrow… I was writing it for people who are more or less like me,…
4 years, 3 months ago
Chuck Klosterman on THE NINETIES
"The Nineties were the last decade that we're ever going to talk about as a decade…" Chuck Klosterman has been challenging how we think, see and hear…
4 years, 3 months ago
Chang-rae Lee on MY YEAR ABROAD
"And fiction is all about obstacles. It's all about misapprehension, misunderstanding, lack of information, lack of connection, and the problems that…
4 years, 3 months ago
Lan Samantha Chang on THE FAMILY CHAO
"But I do feel like I was on a quest as a writer, for my work to get bigger. I just wanted it to contain a larger portion of the world than it starte…
4 years, 3 months ago
Dana Schwartz on ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY
"It's about people following their passions, and it's about falling in love for the first time whether that love is romantic, or with a professional …
4 years, 3 months ago
Wajahat Ali on GO BACK TO WHERE YOU COME FROM
"If you aren't writing your story in America, your story is being written for you. And if you're not telling your story, your story is being told to …
4 years, 3 months ago
Isabel Allende on VIOLETA
"I want my readers to be entertained. And if possible, to take a look at that period of that century that was so fascinating, a time of violence, and…
4 years, 3 months ago
Imani Perry on SOUTH TO AMERICA
"…I read every day. Reading feels like part of my identity…[it] feels essential as a writer to be reading always." Imani Perry is the acclaimed autho…
4 years, 3 months ago
John Darnielle on DEVIL HOUSE
"…Try reading it out loud. That's what I do. I read the whole book out loud, seven or eight times…four or five times… before it ever goes to edit. I …
4 years, 3 months ago