Selma Blair discusses her debut memoir, Mean Baby, her career in Hollywood, & living with multiple sclerosis, in this convo with Esm Weijun Wang.

Mira Jacob, the featured author for Everybody Reads 2022, speaks about family, race, art, America, and her graphic memoir Good Talk.

George Saunders & Jess Walter discuss their recent short story collections in this conversation with OPBs Geoff Norcross at 2022 #PDXBookFest.

Novelist Lauren Groff discusses her writing process along with the inspirations for & deep undercurrents present in her recent book, Matrix.

Leila Mottley discusses her best-selling debut novel, Nightcrawling, with Mitchell S. Jackson at 2022 #PDXBookFest.

Essayist Melissa Febos & memoirist Hua Hsu discuss coming-of-age, identity, art-making, & community in these discussions from 2022 #PDXBookFest.

Memoirist and short story writer Tobias Wolff explores the process of writing both fiction and creative nonfiction in this talk from 2003.

Authors Michelle Ruiz Keil and Juhea Kim discuss Ursula K. Le Guins legacy through exploration of pacifism and environmentalism in her works.

Russell Banks talks about the relationship between authors and Hollywood, including the adaptation of his own novels for the screen.

Novelists and long-time literary friends Amy Bloom & Michael Cunningham discuss why they are drawn to writing in this conversation from 2000.