Ann Patchett discusses her latest best-selling novel, Tom Lake, with Cheryl Strayed in this conversation recorded in Portland, Oregon.

Zadie Smith, joined by Parul Sehgal, sparkles with humor and insight in this conversation about her latest novel, The Fraud.

John Freeman, Jane Hirshfield, and Debra Gwartney honor Barry Lopez as part of 2023 Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover event series with Broadway Books Year of Reading Barry Lopez.

Tommy Orange shares his non-linear journey to becoming a writer and the inspiration behind his award-winning debut novel, There There.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Eli Saslow, discusses the impact of major national issues on individual lives with Oregon Humanities executive director, Adam Davis.

With his signature humor, author Charles Yu deconstructs the lecture genre and by doing so revealsprofound insights into what it means to be human.

From the 2023 Portland Book Festival on the relationships between humans and animals, and on our ideas about the meaning of animals.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, this episode features poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil at Portland Arts & Lectures.

Dive into Verselandia! Portlands annual youth poetry slam championship, with performances from 2023s event and interviews with this years hopefuls.

This week, we continue to celebrate National Poetry Month with a conversation from the 2023 Portland Book Festival featuring Jane Hirshfield and Major Jackson with moderator Matthew Zapruder.