In this talk from 1997, writer and academic Orville Schell recounts Tibet’s history, including its fraught relationships with China and the West.

Naturalist, historian, illustrator, and writer Helen Macdonald shares stories and insights on a range of topics linked to the natural world.

Highlights from the 2019 Verselandia! youth slam poetry competition, including live performances and interviews with Portland students.

In this event from 2006, prolific poet, essayist, and influential public figure Adrienne Rich shares poems and musings with a Portland audience.

Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, interviewed by Mitchell S. Jackson.

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward gives us an intimate look at the experiences that drive and define her work.

Margaret Atwood shares her latest poetry collection, Dearly, in this conversation with Karen Russell from the Portland Book Festival.

Yaa Gyasi discusses her novels, Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom, as well as the what and who have influenced her as both a reader and writer.

Joy Harjo discusses her recent projects as US Poet Laureate, plus crafting poetry and the importance of art, in this talk and conversation with Anis Mojgani.

Alison Bechdel discusses exercise, nature, creativity, and her graphic memoir The Secret to Superhuman Strength in this conversation with Cheryl Strayed.