Arts & Letters

Arts & Letters


Latest Episodes

The Liminal Spaces of Danny Marsh
April 05, 2021

Meet math-loving fourth grader, Danny Bowman Marsh, and join us for an…

On The Battlefield
February 09, 2021

Discover Sue Cowan Williams, an early Civil Rights advocate in Arkansas, who…

Leveling the Playing Field
January 19, 2021

A discussion of the roots of Ozark rural resistance to federalist authority.

Redefining The Color Line
January 04, 2021

A retrospective of Governor Orval Faubus.

Thank You For Joining Us
December 21, 2020

Celebrate a life in public radio.

In Costume
December 06, 2020

Meet American short-story writer and novelist, Jeffrey Condran. Jane Austen…

The Ghost Variations, with Kevin Brockmeier
October 19, 2020

Preview award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier’s upcoming release, The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories. On this episode of Arts & Letters, Brockmeier shares three stories from his latest project, available in the spring of 2021 and published by

The Captain and the Glory
October 12, 2020

Imagine a noble cruise ship with a rogue charlatan as its new captain with followers "most fowl" and a conspiracy theorist speaking from the bowels of the ship... Join us as we interview author and journalist Dave Eggers about his satirical allegory, The

The Perfect Novel
October 05, 2020

Discover American author John Edward Williams, who wrote Stoner , critically described as the "perfect novel." Yet, both Williams and this book remain largely obscure to American readers. On this episode, we interview renowned literary biographer Charles

Mystics, Madmen or Cunning Frauds
September 20, 2020

Can a blind astronomer, who claims to use the longest telescope in the world, accurately predict an eclipse? Does it take a madman to truly "see" reality? What is the nature of tasty dumplings? On this episode, we speak with author Adam Ehrlich Sachs who