A discussion between Young Adult authors Marissa Meyer and Tochi Onyebuchi at the 2018 Portland Book Festival, moderated by Alicia Tate.

Sally Wen Mao, Paisley Rekdal, and Jake Skeets discuss reimagining myths and history through their poetry, from the 2019 Portland Book Festival.

Colson Whitehead and Yaa Gyasi joined at the 2016 Portland Book Festival to discuss race, fiction, and the legacy of both in American culture.

Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani leads a conversation between 2020 Oregon Book Award winners Kesha Ajose Fisher and Ashley Toliver.

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.