Journalist and bestselling author, Susan Orlean, talks about what topics spark her interest and her process of writing The Library Book.

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

Portland-based authors Rene Denfeld & Phillip Margolin discuss writing thrillers and their most recent novels at the 2019 Portland Book Festival.

Nobel Prize-winning author, V. S. Naipaul, shares and contextualizes selections from India: A Million Mutinies Now in this event from 1991.

Diannely Antigua, Jericho Brown, and Malcolm Tariq discuss the power of poetry and the individual experience at the 2019 Portland Book Festival.

Esteemed actor, comedian, director, playwright, and screenwriter, Elaine May, shares insights on the art of writing comedy in this talk from 1997.

Tommy Orange discusses his writing career and acclaimed debut novel, There There, in an interview at the 2019 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.

Authors Karl Marlantes, Elizabeth McCracken, and Daniel José Older discuss their works in conversation at the 2019 Portland Book Festival.

Robert Bly—groundbreaking poet, editor, and translator—shares his poetry in this recording from 2006.

Toni Morrison discusses how her work—specifically in her novels Beloved and Jazz—examines the evolution of racial self-regard in African Americans.