Kristen Arnett celebrates the paperback release of her debut novel Mostly Dead Things in this interview with Amanda Bullock.

Poet Eavan Boland addresses the difference between Ireland’s “history” and its “past” during her Poetry Downtown reading in 2008.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists, discusses her journey as an author, from her childhood in Nigeria to the present-day.

Renowned playwright Terrence McNally discusses his career in theatre and the crucial artistic inspiration and support he received along the way.

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

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

Bestselling author, New Yorker staffer, and renowned podcast producer, Malcolm Gladwell, discusses his latest book, Talking to Strangers.

Amor Towles discusses his celebrated second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, with this lecture that explores the historical inspiration for the story and setting.

National Book Award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses his debut novel, The Water Dancer, in an onstage conversation with Renée Watson.

The Atlantic staff writer George Packer shares from and discusses his recent biography, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century.