Debra Gwartney, Mitchell S. Jackson, and Peter Rock discuss reconstructing the past in order to understand the present in their writing practices.

Laurie Halse Anderson, Saeed Jones, and T Kira Madden discuss writing craft and their recent memoirs at the 2019 Portland Book Festival.

Novelist Min Jin Lee speaks on her writing craft and personal journey to publishing the best-sellers Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires.

Tayari Jones discusses her newest novel An American Marriage as well her complex journey to literary success.

Novelist Jonathan Lethem speaks to what shaped him as a writer and tackles both sides of the debate on the generative function of art.

Iranian writer and activist Azar Nafisi examines literature as identity, radical stereotypes, and a blind obedience to leadership.

A look back at our recent Long Distance podcast series interviews with three women who released debut novels in summer 2020.

Debut novelist Raven Leilani shares from Luster and discusses race, sex, art, and the importance of making room for joy.

Poet, scholar, and National Book Award winner Robin Coste Lewis presents on “The Race Within Erasure.”

Orhan Pamuk discusses his life in Turkey, from visits to the barbershop to moments with his family to the significance of time.